13 Games Like Warcraft 3
Our collection of games like Warcraft 3 features fantasy real time strategy games with strong stories, multiple races and heroes for you to command.
Warcraft 3 explores a fantasy world with a real time strategy setting that is in stark contrast to Blizzard’s other popular strategy series, StarCraft. The popularity of this fantasy world franchise though has resulted in Warcraft being remastered (Warcraft III: Reforged) and featured in a number of other Blizzard titles.
Known for its four detailed races and story based campaigns the single player experience of Warcraft is diverse with interconnected storylines of hero characters. These heroes are also a key mechanic of the strategy gameplay and can be customised by equipping items you find and selecting their skills. This emphasis on player choice also extends to a number of side quests in campaign missions for players that want an extra challenge.
This games like Warcraft 3 list focuses on other great fantasy real time strategy games with options that provide player choice and diverse story. While fantasy titles have been prioritised some real time strategy titles with strong story elements or hero management from other themes (science fiction and medieval) have been included.
Age of Empires III
Marking the third game in the highly successful Age of Empires (AoE) franchise Age of Empires III continues the strategic routes of the series while making several interesting gameplay mechanic designs that provide light RPG elements. While Age of Empires III has not seen the longevity of it’s popular younger brother (Age of Empires II) in the multiplayer scene the title has still been rated positively by the community. In terms of single player campaign Age of Empires III focuses in on th...[Read Review]
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II is set in the LOTR universe and offers a real time strategy experience for Windows and the Xbox 360. A genre rarely explored by film and media franchises this strategy adventure gives players the option to explore both a good and evil campaign as you experience the fantasy game world from both sides of the conflict. With similar core mechanics to the past game in the Battle for Middle-earth series you’ll find a challenge that is compara...[Read Review]
Rise of Nations
Released in 2003 Rise of Nations is one of the most popular and successful real time strategy games of all time with its diverse range of civilisations and solid foundation of RTS mechanics. Being both accessible to newcomers to the genre while offering vast strategic depth Rise of Nations achieved that rare feat that few games have been able to replicate since. This success also led to an expansion pack (Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots) and spin-off game (Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends)...[Read Review]
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War combines deep military strategy with a science fiction setting from the popular universe of Warhammer. Based on the tabletop games it has obvious appeal to fans of the Warhammer 40k physical tabletop war game but it is still an attractive real time strategy experience for newcomers to the franchise thanks to the robust mechanics and impressive campaign underneath the sci-fi skin. After the success of the original base game three expansion packs were released to expand ...[Read Review]
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes (CoH) is a WW2 real time strategy game released in 2006 and brought to mobile devices in 2020. Serving as the first in the series of strategy games players have a number of historic battles to conquer with realistic locations, units and familiar storylines. For the campaign component of Company of Heroes players will be joining the ranks of the US army Able Company in the later stages of the war in 1944. There is still ample combat to see the United States achieve victory thoug...[Read Review]
Littlewargame
Littlewargame is a simple but addicting browser based adventure in the real time strategy game genre that creates an accessible experience with minimal fuss. While basic in core design Littlewargame offers all the necessary features to enable you to play games against the computer, friends or strangers. With a surprising array of features and regular updates this is the perfect title for accessible RTS gameplay that is always available if you have an internet connection. Littlewargame allows pla...[Read Review]
Age of Mythology
Age of Mythology (or AoM) is a real time strategy game based on the Age of Empires series which offers a mythology based spin off to the otherwise historical RTS franchise. Exploring the legendary myths of some of the greatest civilisations of time such as the Greeks, Norse and Egyptians players will experience similarly robust campaign structures that draw from the legends of this civilisations rather than factual events across more than 30 game scenarios. Further content is available through t...[Read Review]
StarCraft 2
StarCraft 2 is a 2010 real time strategy title which expands the Blizzard franchise with new single player campaigns and multiplayer content once again focused around the three races of Terran, Zerg and Protoss. Originally a paid experience released in three parts the base Wings of Liberty adventure and the corresponding multiplayer features went free to play in late 2017. The single player campaign content related to Zerg (Heart of the Swarm) and Progress (Legacy of the Void) are still paid exp...[Read Review]
Warfare Incorporated
Warfare Incorporated is an older real time strategy game that originally released in 2003 for a range of operating software including Palm OS. With the advent of mobile devices the game was eventually ported over to iOS (discontinued) and Android devices to carry over the legacy of the game while also releasing as an open sourced version called Hostile Takeover (available on GitHub). Warfare Incorporated is set far into the future where the world has been reduced to two super corporations fighti...[Read Review]
Age of Empires II
Age of Empires II belongs to the hugely success AoE series of real time strategy games and is arguably the most well known and widely praised from the franchise that continues to be relevant today. Originally launched in 1999 the game saw a revival with a 2013 HD remake and a 2019 definitive edition with a number of expansion packs along the way building on the game content and modernising the graphics. With single player campaigns primarily set around the Middle Ages players have dozens of play...[Read Review]
Company of Heroes 2
Company of Heroes 2 is the sequel to the original highly popular CoH game and builds on the fundamentals previously established in this war strategy title. Released in the middle of 2013 you’ll find a familiar core gameplay experience alongside many enhancements that pushes the game to a new level of strategic and visual experience across a base game and several expansion packs. Within the base game players will find a story based around the Red Army who is currently engaged in a brutal co...[Read Review]
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
Serving as a spin off title to the popular Rise of Nations title, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends is a real time strategy game that attempts to blend the worlds of fantasy magic and technology together into one. Despite the change in setting the game stays closely to the original Rise of Nations experience although does shed some of the deeper 4X and turn based elements which purists of the original may hold dear. The game is not just a trimmed down version though and instead uses this space fo...[Read Review]
Warlords Battlecry II
Warlords Battlecry II is a real time strategy experience that combines role playing elements into its core gameplay loop to give you a greater sense of ownership over each hard fought mission victory. It’s a mix that has been done several times before and since but Warlords Battlecry II perfects the balance with a long campaign and an insane amount of depth beyond the surface to dive into. Released in 2002 Warlords Battlecry II serves as a direct sequel to the original game released two years ea...[Read Review]
