7dRTS Game Reviews

We all have limited time. This is a guide to help you decide which 7dRTS games to play, and which you might unfortunately have to skip if you don't have time to play them all. It is only one person's opinion.

I haven't played these yet

Definitely check these out

Chess

Play Chess, but without taking turns. Frenetic and very fun. Plays in your browser.

Holo Wars

This game nails it. It's a perfect example of a simple Real Time Strategy game. It gives beginner friendly non-obtrusive help at the beginning to hint what the controls are and what you should do to get started. The graphics and music are fantastic.

Pillagers!

Yes this one is mine and I'm biased. But I do think it is worth your time. It has smooth physics, sophisticated AI, and fantastic music and sound effects created by Michael Weber. It blurs the line between RTS and shmup.

The Great Story of DOTS

Beautifully executed. Gameplay is the right level of difficulty, the tutorial in the beginning is perfect, and it explores a different way of commanding using hand drawn lines of attack. Plays in your browser.

Super Simple Switching Strategist

This Flash game is tastefully minimal. Gameplay is very simple, yet requires strategy to win. It presents 4 stages of increasing difficulty where you must flip switches that decide what units you will create and where they will go.

Age of Rice

Short and sweet, this game pulls off a simple real time strategy game that is fun to play. Plays in your browser and requires only a few minutes of your time.

Sons of a Dark Age

This Flash game is similar to Super Simple Switching Strategist except more frenetic, and more dependent upon your ability to click fast enough. Still, this solid production is worth the 10 minutes of your time it takes to beat.

Worth looking into if you have enough time

Lode Storm (Windows)

This game is a little too hard, but with repeated tries it is possible to win. You have to try to gain control of unit-producing nodes. It has a nice retro feel to it.

Metal Universe

Minimal Flash game. Still, feels like a real-time strategy game. Contains about 5 minutes of fun.

Manifest Destiny (Windows)

Holy shit look at that title screen. This game has some intriguing mechanics but in the end is a bit tedius to play because it requires you to hold down the right mouse button for upwards of 2 minutes at a time, waiting for your armies to increase in number.

Schaak!

This is fascinating - a huge chess board filled with pieces equipped with their own AI. Unfortunately it's local multiplayer - no network, no computer opponent. It's a fun simulation to play with.

Troll Defense

This game is way too hard, but it'll give you a chuckle. Tower defense where meme faces try to get into your website.

Rock, Paper, Geometry!

Although very short, it does feel like a game. You control shapes by giving them "impulses" in the physics engine. You must cause the correct shape on your team to collide with the correct shape on the enemy team.

Mini Wars (Windows)

Short game. Decently balanced. A bit lacking in gameplay depth. The graphics are very green.

Knights & Arrows

The graphics and visual effects are stunning. Unfortunately, the gameplay is extremely frustrating due to your units not automatically defending themselves. Still, it's worth it to ooh and aah at the custom shader.

Newspaperts

Playable. It has some RTS elements to it but they all involve clicking the mouse as fast as you can.

City Fall

It's not quite game status yet but has some impressive 3D graphics. Supposedly when a building is destroyed there is an epic explosion. Controls are tricky to use and AI seems glitchy.

Bunnies on Board

The rules of the game are confusing and arbitrary but if you take the time to learn them it can be fun. Plays in your browser.

Not quite playable yet

• Interstellar - works in your web browser. Looks like it has some promise but there isn't much to do.
• Love Squad (Windows) - this game is hilarious right from the title screen. Unfortunately it ends right before the gameplay is about to start.
• All Your Base!... - training program seems to be working and then quits. Clicking stops working after a while.
• Monkeys vs Crocodiles (Windows) - nothing to do besides watch the bad guys kill you and then you.
• Booty Defense - Plants vs Zombies clone; no challenge yet.
• DEFEND THE CORN - mouse clicking game; not much to do.
• Cherrys To Cherrys: CompEdition (Windows/OSX/Unity) - glitchy and not really clear what to do.
• Generic Space RTS (Prototype) (Windows) - its own description says that it's not playable yet.
• Life & File (Windows/Unity) - unlabeled buttons and impossible gameplay.
• Lightning Fox Kick V: Doom Vortex - not clear what is happening. No strategy.
• BotWars - nothing to do. Tanks don't even move.
• Scarab - there is some gameplay here but it's unfinished and unfun.
• SyncMind - web/text based. You get game over if a 3 sided dice gets a 1. No fun.
• Sting Wars - author says on the description page it's not playable yet.
• The Unfinished - author says it's not ready yet.
• CommaWar - trouble installing, based on description does not look ready.
• Nocturne - no idea what to do. Controls don't seem to work. Something about multiplayer?
• Tower Defense - rudimentary. Some installation issues.

I did not get these to work

• 7dRTS - iforce2d - error while loading shared libraries: libGLEW.so.1.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory - I do have GLEW installed.
• Eggz - spammy download mirror. Source code lacks setup instructions.
• Meanwhile, in Space... - spammy download mirror.
• Nebula Prime Ep1 - Linux version contains Windows exe file. Windows version depends on .NET framework.
• Overseer - Unity web player only.
• FrogForce - Windows only, depends on .NET framework.
• Capture Effect - Unity web player only.
• Polarity - Unity web player only.
• RTS - Unity web player only.
• Strat Souls - Unity web player only.
• Android Arena - Unity web player only.
• At the end - Unity web player only.
• IKON_COLONIZE - Unity web player only.
• Orchammer 1944 - Unity web player only.
• Quebec - Unity web player only.

System

Linux 3.8.0-27-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 9 00:17:05 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

User agent

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu Chromium/28.0.1500.71 Chrome/28.0.1500.71 Safari/537.3

wine

Version 1.4.1. No mono or .NET framework.

unity web player

Nope.

No Linux or web version

• Marmoreal: Fleur de Lis (Windows)
• Secrets of the divine -- WIP (Windows)
• Ambush (Windows)
• Defend the Famine (Windows)
• Flaggers (Windows)
• Flash of the Titans: Kallipso Nikon (Windows)
• Mobius (Windows/OSX/Unity)
• Combat Shock (Windows/OSX/Unity)
• Icarus (Windows)
• Lys kai (Windows)
• Monster Defence (Windows)
• SupremeOverlord Work In Progress (Windows)
• Warblocks (Windows/Unity)
• World's Aftermath (Windows)
• Honk Konk (Windows)
• infrontofaradar (Windows)
• Jumpstarter (Windows)
• Ninja Squad Commander (Windows/Unity)
• Pirate AaaaaRTS! (Windows)
• Protectors of the World Tree (Windows)
• Spawner Pawners (Windows)
• Substruct (Windows/Unity)
• TrashScape (Windows)