Trailblazing RTS: 10 Games That Redefined Real-Time Strategy

A feature highlighting 10 influential RTS titles that reshaped the genre, spotlighting how Sins of a Solar Empire merged 4X grand strategy with real-time tactics, Wargame: AirLand Battle popularized combined-arms play and pre-battle deck-building, and Homeworld introduced true 3D space combat, with the piece arguing these innovations and legacies still influence RTS design in 2026.