The top 25 RTS games of all time
From thecrankyhermit
See GUTCH for information on this genre and its place on the genre hierarchy.
The top 5:
1: StarCraft (1998)
2: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999)
3: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002)
4: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995)
5: Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996)
The rest (in alphabetical order):
Age of Empires (1997)
Age of Empires III (2005)
Age of Mythology (2002)
Command & Conquer (1995)
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2000)
Command & Conquer: Generals (2003)
Company of Heroes (2006)
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (1992)
Dune 2000 (1998)
Emperor: Battle for Dune (2001)
Empire Earth (2001)
Homeworld (1999)
Myth: The Fallen Lords (1997)
Plants vs. Zombies (2009)
Rise of Nations (2003)
Sacrifice (2000)
Star Wars: Empire at War (2006)
Total Annihilation (1997)
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994)