1990s · Strategy
Games like Warcraft
Warcraft: first released 1994 by Blizzard Entertainment.

In the series: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994), Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995), Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002), World of Warcraft (2004).
10 games inspired by Warcraft
- Immortal: Gates of Pyre: Indie RTS from a small team in the StarCraft mold.
- Planet X3: Kickstarted MS-DOS RTS for CGA and Tandy PCs, sold from The 8-Bit Guy's own store.
- Rise to Ruins: Retro pixel-art village builder and god game by a solo developer (SixtyGig Games).
- Stormgate: Kickstarted free-to-play RTS by ex-Blizzard StarCraft II staff; 1.0 campaign launch August 2025.
- Stratagus: Free RTS engine, originally FreeCraft, that runs Wargus and others.
- War1: C remake of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans using the original data.
- War1gus: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans on the Stratagus engine.
- Wargus: Warcraft II data run on the Stratagus engine.
- WarsmashModEngine: Open-source Warcraft III-compatible engine for mods.
- Wyrmsun: Free historical-fantasy RTS on the Stratagus engine.