A cancelled old RTS named 'Hard Vacuum' gets revived with OpenRA
OpenRA, the highly versatile open source game engine you can use to play Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Dune 2000 and more is bringing a game back from the dead with Hard Vacuum.
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Intense action-focused RTS 'Abstractanks' is coming to Steam with Linux PC support
After being available on indie store itch.io for some time now, the real-time strategy game Abstractanks is now confirmed to be heading to Steam with Linux PC support.
Fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx comes to Steam on September 21 - try the demo
Gamatron AB are calling Songs of Syx an epic city-state simulator, blending elements of a city-builder with real-time strategy gameplay and much more.
Upcoming 'post-cyberpunk' RTS NeuroSlicers looks great, Steam page up
NeuroSlicers is an upcoming in-development real-time strategy game that aims to 'modernize' the genre with a 'post-cyberpunk' setting and it's looking slick.
The free pixel-art Bronze Age RTS The Fertile Crescent continues evolving
If you enjoy a good traditional real-time strategy game and you haven't already tried The Fertile Crescent, you're really missing out on a wonderful title that keeps getting better.
War Selection is a free to play Early Access RTS now available for Linux
Currently in Early Access, War Selection from Glyph Worlds is a somewhat promising looking real-time strategy game and they just released it for Linux officially.
Inspired by Settlers II, the open source Widelands has a new test build up
Settlers II is an absolute classic and Widelands does a pretty good job of carrying the torch. Recently, a huge new update went out in the form of a Release Candidate.
Northgard custom maps can now be played online
After Shiro Games recently expanded their real-time strategy game Northgard to include a map editor, they've just made that feature even more fun.
Fragment's Moonrise is a free Early Access open-world strategy game
With some promising ideas that could be great when further developed, Fragment's Moonrise is a new open-world real-time strategy game out now in Early Access.
Playing SpringRTS games on Linux gets easier with Flatpak
SpringRTS, the free and open source game engine for playing various real-time strategy games is now even easier to get running on Linux.
OpenRA working to support C&C Remastered assets, Tiberian Sun work continues
The team behind OpenRA have confirmed their continued commitment to working on the game engine to support Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert and Dune 2000 on modern platforms.
Shallow Space development resumes, moved to Godot Engine
Shallow Space, a 3D sci-fi RTS from 2015 that was initially very promising but ultimately ended up in development hell appears to be alive again.
Be super evil in the Dungeons 3 Complete Collection out now
Realmforge Studios and Kalypso Media are finally finished updating and expanding Dungeons 3 and so it now has a proper Complete Collection available.
You can now be a majestic Unicorn commander in Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS is real-time strategy game about war on a massive interplanetary scale and you can pick different commander units to control like the new majestic Unicorn.
Classic and open source RTS 'Warzone 2100' has a new release
Now this is a true classic I thoroughly enjoy seeing have a new life with open source! Warzone 2100, originally a commercial titles continues to evolve with a new release out now.
Retro Commander is an upcoming classic RTS that looks promising
Noble Master Games, developer of Age of Conquest IV and Demise of Nations will be releasing a new classic RTS with Retro Commander.
Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai mixes town building, exploration and an RTS
Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai from MythEgg Studios has pulled my interest in recently, mixing in a number of different genres set in Feudal Japan.
EA open sources code from Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
As they said they would late last month, it appears Electronic Arts have gone ahead and uploaded some of the source code for the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection.
Viking strategy game Northgard gets a map editor, Steam Workshop support
Northgard, the excellent real-time strategy game about warring viking tribes from Shiro Games just got another huge free update to expand what's possible with it.
Viking strategy game Northgard arrives on GOG with a discount
In Northgard you take control of a clan, trying to try to settle new lands while dealing with all the other clans also wanting riches. There's a major caveat for Linux though.
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