More FREE RTS game like StarCraft II and Beyond All reason to play for free in 2026!

Описание: Here are the best RTS games that you can play for free in 2026, and with no Free to Play issues and Pay to Win elements. Beyond All Reason or Zero-K if you like massive scale, certain parts of StarCraft II if you want the most refined experience with a competitive scene and have the APM for it, multiplayer of Spellforce III called Versus if you like some RPG in your RTS, something similar from Age of Empires III Definitive Edition, and than there is War Selection which is much closer to Empire Earth. But, there are far more free RTS games than that!

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Chapters
0:00 FREE RTS GAMES
0:50 Lambda Wars - https://store.steampowered.com/app/27...
2:06 Retro Commander - https://store.steampowered.com/app/33...
3:17 Loria - https://store.steampowered.com/app/94...
4:11 Wyrmsun - https://store.steampowered.com/app/37...
4:58 Skylords Reborn - https://www.skylords.eu/
6:20 Ancestor’s Legacy Peasants Edition https://store.steampowered.com/app/72...
7:54 Warzone 2100 - https://wz2100.net/
9:16 Red Alert and Tiberian Sun - https://cncnet.org/red-alert
10:08 Chrono Divide - https://chronodivide.com/
10:40 0 AD - https://play0ad.com/
11:49 OpenRA - https://www.openra.net/about/
12:35 Cameo - https://www.moddb.com/mods/cameo/
13:32 Combined Arms - https://www.moddb.com/mods/command-co...
14:39 The Battle for Middle-earth Launcher - https://bfmeladder.com/download
15:54 War Selection - https://store.steampowered.com/app/10...
16:50 Mindustry - https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry
17:53 Stormgate - https://store.steampowered.com/app/20...
19:07 Starcraft - https://us.shop.battle.net/en-gb/prod...
19:55 Zero-K - https://store.steampowered.com/app/33...
21:09 Spellforce 3: Versus Edition - https://store.steampowered.com/app/14...
22:07 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - https://store.steampowered.com/app/93...
23:12 Starcraft II - https://starcraft2.blizzard.com/en-us/
24:24 Beyond All Reason - https://www.beyondallreason.info/
25:52 MORE FREE RTS?

Which are the best RTS games that you can play for free in 2026? Well on the surface, that question is easy to answer: Beyond All Reason or Zero-K if you like massive scale, certain parts of StarCraft II if you want the most refined experience with a competitive scene and have the APM for it, multiplayer of Spellforce III called Versus if you like some RPG in your RTS, something similar from Age of Empires III Definitive Edition, and then there is War Selection which is much closer to Empire Earth.

But… you didn’t come here for the easy answers and just a handful of choices, so if you give me 20 minutes of your time I will give you at least 20 free RTS games you can enjoy, including all the links in the description. To keep things interesting I will put them in a rough reverse order of popularity, which means we start with Lambda Wars. If it reminds you of Half-Life, that is because this is a standalone modification of Half-Life 2, and a fully downloadable game on Steam. You don’t have to own anything else to play it.

Now we come to the top two free RTS games out there in 2026. And so let's talk about StarCraft II and what it offers for free. Probably the most played part and certainly the most impressive looking one is the full cinematic free Terran campaign, but there are also the training scenarios for the multiplayer mode, so that new players aren't completely out of their depth the moment they play their first match against other humans. So when you are ready you can jump in for free into both ranked and unranked, as well as the custom games, arcade and co-op modes.

I know my top choice for this list of free RTS games in 2026 might lead to some of you disagreeing with me, but to me personally Beyond All Reason is the future of the genre and StarCraft II is its past. Massive scale gameplay of Total Annihilation in a modernized format, focus on team play rather than 1v1, insanely advanced controls and quality of life features for both base building and unit command and already tested limits for hundreds of players in a match.

I think this video demonstrates how many RTS games you can play without needing to buy anything, but what if I told you that many games did not make the cut? So if you are ever done with these free titles, let me know and I will put up a new such video with more games for you to enjoy. Do tell me which is your favorite right now and any you want me to show in that future video.

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