Some more upcoming RTS games which look promising: Tempest Rising, D.O.R.F, Global Conflagration, Zephon, ZeroSpace, Red Chaos: The Strict Order, Space Tales, Dinolords, Warpaws. And also some management/builder games like: Frostpunk 2, Endzone 2 and Worshippers of Cthulhu.
Hey, Marc here, the developer of Block Strategy. Thanks so much for mentioning my game at the start, I really appreciate it. Personally I'm excited to play Battle Aces the most!
I think D.O.R.F is something worth mentioning, it looks just fantastic and really captures that 90s RTS vibe so well. Base building & resource collection, lots of really cool giant units with plenty of variety, mentions of things like a railway system. What they've shown just seems great and it seems to have so many cool planned features.
I'm looking most forward to Tempest Rising, Dust Front, AoM Retold, Sins 2 and D.O.R.F. I really hope RTS developers are learning the lesson that a focus on sweaty competitive online play at breakneck speed is what drove most casual players (and thus income) away from RTS.
I am suprised you haven't mentioned D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict in the beyond section. If you haven't heard about that one yet it got a steam page with a little trailer that. Got a pretty interesting art style.
Cataclismo rocks! I’ve never seen rts game do so much with verticality. Base building is unique and interesting. Art style is great and story seems promising. If you can, please cover it! The devs deserve it.
The game I'm personally most excited about, but isn’t on this list, is Silica. It's a rts/fps hybrid. It's in my opinion extremely promising. Beautiful graphics and atmosphere. You can buy and play the EA already, but mind you, a lot of content development still needs to be done. The developer is very active in interacting with the community, and has a great vision for the game.
We're all wondering that. They were supposed to release last year. Now it's delayed and they won't release all 3 factions. 2 at launch and the last one later. It's a bit worrying.
Gates of pyre is one of the RTS games I have been looking forward to for weeks now, I saw an announcement that it was launching for public testing on 2nd of August
I am SO hype for broken arrow, ive been in every play test (i think) so far and oh man i just want it now. I cant wait to get the unrestricted access to the full unit list of each battlegroup. It even has tactical nukes, its gonna be so bad ass!
There is also a new RTS from "Syrian Warfare" creators called "Front Edge". It technically have been released this April and was pretty much playable, but it's mostly multiplayer and constantly receiving new features, obviously being a groundwork for something bigger - roadmap suggests it becoming a premium game with singleplayer campaign and editor at some point in the future (or most likely serve as a platform for paid expansions with various campaigns). Until then it probably won't get to Steam though and currently only available on the developer's website or VK Play to download.
@@gerfand the only ones to show real promise from what I've seen.. it's crazy to think that games like starcraft2 & Supreme commander from 14 years ago are still the best of the rts genre!!!
Really wish there was something like Red Alert 3, with its art style and absurdity. Red alert 3 and it’s dlc uprising was some of the most fun I have ever had playing for RTS campaigns. I suck at the game but I have probably played each mission at least 50 times, with my favorite missions well above it
As someone who still plays starcraft 2...its hard for me to be impressed by these. But supcom successor has my attention...i still play supcom once in awhile...nothing else similar since
please look into the first explorers. very similar to settlers3/4 but made by an indie developer with modern graphics! a trailer was released recently! 200k views on it in 2 weeks.
I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, show this also to thy servant: whether after death, as soon as every one of us yields up his soul, we shall be kept in rest until those times come when thou wilt renew the creation, or whether we shall be tormented at once?" 76 He answered me and said, "I will show you that also, but do not be associated with those who have shown scorn, nor number yourself among those who are tormented. 77 For you have a treasure of works laid up with the Most High; but it will not be shown to you until the last times. 78 Now, concerning death, the teaching is: When the decisive decree has gone forth from the Most High that a man shall die, as the spirit leaves the body to return again to him who gave it, first of all it adores the glory of the Most High. 79 And if it is one of those who have shown scorn and have not kept the way of the Most High, and who have despised his law, and who have hated those who fear the Most High -- 80 such spirits shall not enter into habitations, but shall immediately wander about in torments, ever grieving and sad, in seven ways. 81 The first way, because they have scorned the law of the Most High. 82 The second way, because they cannot now make a good repentance that they may live. 83 The third way, they shall see the reward laid up for those who have trusted the covenants of the Most High. 84 The fourth way, they shall consider the torment laid up for themselves in the last days. 85 The fifth way, they shall see how the habitations of the others are guarded by angels in profound quiet. 86 The sixth way, they shall see how some of them will pass over into torments. 87 The seventh way, which is worse than all the ways that have been mentioned, because they shall utterly waste away in confusion and be consumed with shame, and shall wither with fear at seeing the glory of the Most High before whom they sinned while they were alive, and before whom they are to be judged in the last times. 88 "Now this is the order of those who have kept the ways of the Most High, when they shall be separated from their mortal body. 89 During the time that they lived in it, they laboriously served the Most High, and withstood danger every hour, that they might keep the law of the Lawgiver perfectly. 90 Therefore this is the teaching concerning them: 91 First of all, they shall see with great joy the glory of him who receives them, for they shall have rest in seven orders. 92 The first order, because they have striven with great effort to overcome the evil thought which was formed with them, that it might not lead them astray from life into death. 93 The second order, because they see the perplexity in which the souls of the unrighteous wander, and the punishment that awaits them. 94 The third order, they see the witness which he who formed them bears concerning them, that while they were alive they kept the law which was given them in trust. 95 The fourth order, they understand the rest which they now enjoy, being gathered into their chambers and guarded by angels in profound quiet, and the glory which awaits them in the last days. 96 The fifth order, they rejoice that they have now escaped what is corruptible, and shall inherit what is to come; and besides they see the straits and toil from which they have been delivered, and the spacious liberty which they are to receive and enjoy in immortality. 97 The sixth order, when it is shown to them how their face is to shine like the sun, and how they are to be made like the light of the stars, being incorruptible from then on. 98 The seventh order, which is greater than all that have been mentioned, because they shall rejoice with boldness, and shall be confident without confusion, and shall be glad without fear, for they hasten to behold the face of him whom they served in life and from whom they are to receive their reward when glorified. 99 This is the order of the souls of the righteous, as henceforth is announced; and the aforesaid are the ways of torment which those who would not give heed shall suffer hereafter." 100 I answered and said, "Will time therefore be given to the souls, after they have been separated from the bodies, to see what you have described to me?" 101 He said to me, "They shall have freedom for seven days, so that during these seven days they may see the things of which you have been told, and afterwards they shall be gathered in their habitations." 102 I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, show further to me, thy servant, whether on the day of judgment the righteous will be able to intercede for the unrighteous or to entreat the Most High for them, 103 fathers for sons or sons for parents, brothers for brothers, relatives for their kinsmen, or friends for those who are most dear." 104 He answered me and said, "Since you have found favor in my sight, I will show you this also. The day of judgment is decisive and displays to all the seal of truth. Just as now a father does not send his son, or a son his father, or a master his servant, or a friend his dearest friend, to be ill or sleep or eat or be healed in his stead, 105 so no one shall ever pray for another on that day, neither shall any one lay a burden on another; for then every one shall bear his own righteousness and unrighteousness." .....2 Esdras 7:75 /////////////
I'd like a sci fi rts game with a halo-like character models, playing as either a futuristic earth military (balance) fighting for survival or a highly advanced enigmatic alien invaders (powerhouse) similar to 2005 war of the worlds and independence day, and having some grey-and-grey morality within these factions.
Ratten Reich, Dust and Broken Arrow added to the wishlist. Also really exited for Sanctuary, but then again how can you improve on a perfect game. Honestly at best we could get a really good (SupCoM) 'Doom' clone
Kinda puzzled why people compare Broken Arrow with World in Conflict, while there are Wargame and Warno games. BA is much closer to them than to WiC. Its funny that I remember buying Wargame:EE exactly because "it looks like WiC!" but it was so long ago, the series gone its way since. And BA goes with them. For WiC-like I'd say Terminator Defiance is more like it or its successor Front Edge.
It's interesting that almost all of the titles have a sci-fi setting. I personally prefer the high fantasy setting, which seems to be out of fashion right now.
There are more which are not on this list but I like the list ! I'm craving RTS so much... I miss that time where RTS were everywhere, what happened? :( So many great RTS would also deserve a remake !
ugh so much cartoony "style-ised" art directions in RTS. Never was a fan. Prefer something girtty like or realistic like Broke Arrow as you covered, or the new Terminator RTS game that released a bit ago.
RTS games that have stylized art last longer, and RTS games are in it for the long haul. you may have noticed that RTS games that look hyper-realistic tend to die because the artwork ages like milk and drives people away. where as homeworld (as in the original, not remastered homeworld) still has a fanbase
Total Annihilation deserves a remake it was my first RTS and up until last year I still played it some. Unfortunately my new pc with W11 wont run it or other older games such as Empire Earth and Rise of nations
Try a few things to play old games: * Install Legacy Component (from "Windows features") * Set Compatibility to Windows XP SP2 in old game Properties. * Try googling something like this "game name Windows 11". Or "game name community patch". * Try old game + DXVK. This is a translation layer that converts DirectX 9,10,11,12 to Vulkan About Total Annihitation: * Try Balanced Annihilation. * Try Total Annihilation from GOG.
Era one (surely in early access) should get released this year. An innovative homeworld like game by the hw complex mod devs. Beyond all reasons... again? Its released already since years now. Well free advertisement is always appreciated for such a niche game. zero-k deserve more love too.
In my opinion, the problem about all these games is that literally every game is a "clone of", or a "remake of". Literally noone is doing anything to innovate the genre. Everything here looks old while not even being out yet. Personally, I'd love to have a mix between an RPG and an RTS like kenshi, but set in the first/second world war with the men of war shooting and cover system
I'm going to try stormgate and will likely give them money just to support RTS games, but I personally think RTS games need to go down the path of "online is free but the single player costs money". I think SC2 would have succeeded better with that model. I personally really need a single player to sell me on the world enough to want to play online, unless the online does a LOT of world building (i don't even think helldivers 2 did enough of that and would've benefited from a slapstick single player game)
I still want to see a new galactic battlegrounds game that runs on the current age of empires engine and or a modern equivalent of empire at war but it has the clonewars era and more independent or sub factions
I know it's not my place to tell you what to like sir Zade but I feel like your uh.. how can I put this... "Mildly visceral" reaction to PvP RTS seems somewhat misunderstood to me. PvP RTS is one of the most amazing feelings you can have as a commander on the field dishing against another human commander. The problem is in my opinion that you are sick... Er what am I insulting you? No what I really mean is that there is this sickness or phobia that has entered the bones of some people that any rts that tries to take it's PvP seriously will instantly end up like StarCraft 2 and now we're going full eSports mode and let's get a hyper competitive ranked system...... No like, calm down 😁 PvP is fun, smashing your dumb brain in your opponents dumber brain in a human experience is super fun. This is what most rts PvP is and should be.
I really do not understand the logic of paying more for a game to play it a week before anyone else. Does 7 days really matter that much? Don't people have jobs and other commitments that would make such a thing trivial?
Wanted to buy Retold, but after I saw the God portraits I essentially backed off. That and the old portraits being premium content is more than enough for me to stay with the older EE...even if Tales of The Dragon is one huge bug-filled mess.
The 4 pillars of Stormgate are Campaign, Coop, PvP and Custom Games, and seeing how its made by people who worked on Warcraft III and StarCraft II, I am confident the campaign and PvE coop will be great. There's another StarCraft inspired RTS: ZeroSpace, which is going a bit further than Stormgate in the Blizzard RTS formula. It will have a RPG-style campaign, and the PvE coop will be part of a galactic war, so that's also great. Other than these two, I'm mostly looking forward to Age of Mythology Retold, although after WC3 Reforged, I am still on the fence about remakes.
Honestly im only excited only for DORF. Sins 2 & Homeworld 3 seems to be major dissapointments, AoM is only an reskin. The others looks like f2p phone games...
You're not paying more to play early; you're playing at release time. This is exactly it, and I find it amusing and confusing that people are okay with this kind of scam.
