Games Like OpenRA Similar RTS Games like OpenRA

OpenRA is described as 'Open-source reimplementation of Westwood’s Command & Conquer Red Alert game engine, updated to use the hardware acceleration of modern video cards using OpenGL' and is a RTS game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to OpenRA for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Steam and Wine apps. The best OpenRA alternative is Age of Empires. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Warzone 2100 or Dune Legacy. Other OpenRA like games are Warcraft III, Command & Conquer, openage and OpenHV.

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  1. Age of Empires icon
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    Real-time strategy series where players guide civilizations from small tribes to empires across millennia, managing resources, researching technologies, building military strength, exploring, and choosing strategic paths to victory in campaigns and multiplayer modes.

    52 Age of Empires alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Xbox
     
    • Age of Empires is the most popular Windows alternative to OpenRA.

    • Age of Empires is the most popular commercial alternative to OpenRA.

    • Age of Empires is Paid and ProprietaryOpenRA is Free and Open Source
  2. Warcraft III icon
     88 likes

    Set a generation before the events of the original Warcraft began, Warcraft II is a real-time strategy game by Blizzard Entertainment. Cunning, sinister, and seemingly unstoppable, the demonic Burning Legion prepare to launch their long-awaited assault on the mortal world.

    45 Warcraft III alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
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    Comments about Warcraft III as an Alternative to OpenRA
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Because of it's different gameplay. More similar is Warcraft 1 and 2.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Warcraft III is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to OpenRA.

    • Warcraft III is Paid and ProprietaryOpenRA is Free and Open Source
  3. Warzone 2100 icon
     64 likes

    Join "The Project" to restore humanity's synaptic-link technology after nuclear war has devastated Earth, rendering it a Warzone 2100.

    27 Warzone 2100 alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Steam
     
    • Most users think Warzone 2100 is a great OpenRA alternative.

    • Warzone 2100 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to OpenRA.

    • Warzone 2100 is Free and Open SourceOpenRA is also Free and Open Source
  4. Command & Conquer (C&C) is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game franchise, first developed by Westwood Studios. The first game was one of the earliest of the RTS genre.

    26 Command & Conquer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • EA App
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Xbox
    • Playstation
     
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    Comments about Command & Conquer as an Alternative to OpenRA
    Aleksandr Dikov
    Positive
    0

    Because it's parental game series.

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    • Command & Conquer is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to OpenRA.

    • Command & Conquer is Paid and ProprietaryOpenRA is Free and Open Source
  5. Dune Legacy icon
     12 likes

    Dune Legacy is an effort by a handful of developers to revitalize the first-ever real-time strategy game. Based from Dune II

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  6. openage icon
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    Free (as in freedom) open-source RTS Age of Empires engine. Written from scratch in C++, Python, Cython, Qt/QML, OpenGL/GLSL, Vulkan, ...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. OpenHV icon
     3 likes

    An Open Source Pixelart Science-Fiction Real-Time Strategy game with multiplayer, AI bots as well as an integrated map editor.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • .NET Framework
    • Mono
     
  8. Widelands icon
     37 likes

    Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it. Still, it is easy to get started through playable tutorials.

    26 Widelands alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Mental Omega icon
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    Mental Omega is a free unofficial expansion pack for Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge. It started off as a balance modification. After a few years, it had grown into an unofficial sequel.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Empire Earth icon
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    Empire Earth, also known as EE, is a real-time strategy video game developed by Stainless Steel Studios and released on November 23, 2001. It is the first game in the Empire Earth series: Empire Earth, Empire Earth II, Empire Earth III.

    42 Empire Earth alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Java Mobile
     
  11. Spring 1944 icon
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    Spring:1944 is a WWII themed game based on the open source Spring Engine. Our goal is to create four fully functional sides (US, Germany, USSR, Britain) with period-accurate units and strengths. Realism is a primary design goal, second only to creating a game that is fun and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Age of Mythology is based on building towns, gathering resources, creating armies, and ultimately destroying enemy units and buildings. In this way, players are able to defeat and conquer rival towns and civilizations.

    53 Age of Mythology alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
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