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RTS History and Genres
Krank, created 13th April 2022
Excerpt from List of real-time strategy video games - Wikipedia:
| Year | Setting | Game |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | scifi | Herzog Zwei forerunner for Dune II |
| 1989 | fantasy | Populous first God game with RTS elements |
| 1992 | Scifi | Dune II RTS by Westwood and inspiration for many subsequent RTS games |
| 1993 | scifi | Metal Marines base-building and unit management for SNES |
| 1993 | fantasy | The Settlers building game + commodity cycle simulator + RTS |
| 1993 | fantasy | Warcraft: Orcs & Humans efficient management of a small unit force |
| 1995 | fantasy | Baldies mixture of Settlers and Age of Empires |
| 1995 | Scifi | Command & Conquer |
| 1995 | fantasy | Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness |
| 1996 | Scifi | Command & Conquer: Red Alert |
| 1996 | Scifi | Genewars |
| 1996 | Fantasy | The Settlers II |
| 1996 | Fantasy | Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal |
| 1996 | Scifi | Z expressive unit profiles and good game feedback |
| 1997 | Historical | Age of Empires |
| 1997 | Post | KKnD Apocalypse |
| 1997 | Scifi | Total Annihilation |
| 1998 | historical | Anno 1602 city building + economic simulation + RTS |
| 1998 | Scifi | Dune 2000 |
| 1998 | Scifi | KKND2: Krossfire |
| 1998 | fantasy | The Settlers III |
| 1998 | Scifi | StarCraft |
| 1999 | Historical | Age of Empires II |
| 1999 | Scifi | Alien Nations development + RTS, similar to The Settlers |
| 1999 | Scifi | Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun |
| 2000 | Scifi | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 |
| 2000 | Historical | Sudden Strike |
| 2000 | Scifi | Submarine Titans |
| 2001 | Scifi | Empire Earth build RTS units from the Stone Age to the future |
| 2001 | Scifi | Mech Platoon RTS for Gameboy Advance |
| 2001 | scifi | Pikmin puzzle and strategy game in which you control units with a character |
| 2001 | fantasy | The Settlers IV |
| 2001 | fantasy | Stronghold |
| 2001 | fantasy | S.W.I.N.E pigs against rabbits |
| 2002 | fantasy | Age of Mythology |
| 2002 | Historical | Cossacks: European Wars |
| 2002 | Scifi | Micro Commandos RTS in a normal apartment building with tiny aliens |
| 2002 | Fantasy | Stronghold: Crusader |
| 2002 | Historical | Sudden Strike 2 |
| 2002 | Fantasy | Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos |
| 2003 | Historical | Anno 1503 |
| 2003 | Scifi | Command & Conquer: Generals |
| 2003 | Historical | Rise of Nations seems to be an Age of Empires clone |
| 2003 | fantasy | Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne |
| 2004 | Historical | Axis and Allies |
| 2004 | Scifi | Evil Genius Dungeon Keeper clone with superheroes and supervillains |
| 2004 | fantasy | The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth |
| 2004 | Scifi | Pikmin 2 |
| 2004 | fantasy | SpellForce |
| 2004 | Scifi | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War + Fantasy |
| 2005 | Historical | Age of Empires III |
| 2005 | Historical | Empire Earth II |
| 2005 | Historical | Stronghold 2 |
| 2006 | Historical | Anno 1701 |
| 2006 | Historical | Company of Heroes WWII |
| 2006 | Scifi | DEFCON: Everybody Dies |
| 2006 | Fantasy | Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-earth II |
| 2006 | Fantasy | ParaWorld RTS with dinosaurs |
| 2006 | Fantasy | SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars |
| 2006 | Scifi | Star Wars: Empire at War |
| 2006 | Fantasy | Ys Strategy Mix of JRPG + Age of Empires, running on a NDS |
| 2007 | Scifi | Bos Wars Open-Source RTS and looks pretty bad |
| 2007 | Scifi | Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars |
| 2007 | Scifi | Empire Earth III |
| 2007 | Fantasy | Heroes of Mana JRPG + Advance Wars, running on NDS |
| 2007 | Scifi | Supreme Commander Large-scale battles |
Honorable Mentions#
- Ys Strategy (2006, Fantasy; Mix of JRPG + Age of Empires, running on a NDS)
- Left Behind: Eternal Forces (2006, Fantasy; Christian RTS)
- Timberborn
- Tooth and Tail
Art Style Inspiration#
- Wonder Boy (2017, Plattformer)
- Indivisible?
- Shantae and the Pirate's Curse?
- Wario Land: Shake It?
- Paper Mario-Serie
- Star Crafts (Mod for StarCraft II)
- Don't Starve Together
Common Settings#
| Setting | Games |
|---|---|
| WWII | Sudden Strike, Company of Heroes, Axis and Allies |
| Medieval and Castles | Age of Empires, Stronghold, Anno 1503 |
| Sci-fi + Aliens | StarCraft, KKND2, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars |
| Sci-fi + Robots | Supreme Commander |
| Sci-fi + Humans | Dune 2000, Star Wars: Empire at War |
| Sci-fi + Cold War | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 + 3 |
| High Fantasy | Warcraft III, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth |
| Nature Fantasy | Pikmin 1 + 2 |
| Prehistoric & Dinosaurs | ParaWorld |
| Modernist Conflicts | Command & Conquer: Tiberium Dawn, DEFCON |
| Through the Ages | Empire Earth |
| Dieselpunk | Warhammer 40,000 |