Real-Time Strategy

Real-Time Strategy covers games in which production, movement and combat continue without alternating turns. Players manage resources, build forces and react to changing threats at the same time, although individual releases may emphasise base construction, small squads, territory or economic pressure.

The category includes competitive skirmishes, story campaigns and hybrids that borrow action or simulation systems without losing command as the central task. Coverage can examine artificial intelligence, faction balance, interfaces, build orders, multiplayer rules, expansions and the technical demands of presenting many active units.