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Rusted Warfare - RTS
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
79 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This game certified PEAK. It is great bye itself, but the mods is realy where rusted warfare shines. There is an amazing community that makes well thought out and quality mods that enhance the experience to more…”
“This game is essentially an open source engine for RTS modders to make anything. It has WH40K, C&C, Starship Troopers, and anything else you can think of. POS computer specs? it still can handle 10K+ units. Best money…”
“Rusted Warfare is a pleasant RTS. Simple pixelish graphics while allowing large scale armies with decent base building is a treat. While the AI can feel overwhelming at times once you get adapted to the game, you'll…”
28 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This game certified PEAK. It is great bye itself, but the mods is realy where rusted warfare shines. There is an amazing community that makes well thought out and quality mods that enhance the experience to more…”
“Rusted Warfare is a pleasant RTS. Simple pixelish graphics while allowing large scale armies with decent base building is a treat. While the AI can feel overwhelming at times once you get adapted to the game, you'll…”
“i ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love this game even without mods its great but the workshop makes it really great”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“A good, simple game. Ain't the absolute greatest RTS game out there, but it is still fantastic to play with friends. The modding scene is small, but changes the game vastly and id argue can be more fun than the base…”
“This game is awesome and worth the money. Singleplayer: great, multiplayer: also great, modding: also great”
“great and addictive but even better with Mods and playing with friends.”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“All it needs to be fun, replayable and awesome, it has.”
“Telefondan 2.000 saatim var önermiyorum”
“i love this game. i love sitting here just making a big army to fight with. its almost impossible to find people to play with though. i didnt even realize i had 87h in it.”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“This game is essentially an open source engine for RTS modders to make anything. It has WH40K, C&C, Starship Troopers, and anything else you can think of. POS computer specs? it still can handle 10K+ units. Best money…”
“im just blown away how much content there is in one simple game, a game without limits. no more unit caps, no more special resources. you got your eco buildings and your factories, build the largest army and smash your…”
“Yes the game is good yes the game is affordable not like any 60$ rts game Yes the combat is amazing Yes there is mods for even more content to experience And yeah it was worth it”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Bought this because I heard it had a great selection of mods. It does not, and that was supposed to be the game's one redeeming feature.”
“peak game peak mods love the learning curve (or im slow) multiplayer is great mods are great ai is meh maps (base) are okay”
“good but HAS to have mods for it to be good”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“very good rts game needs a co op campaign”
“i love this game. i love sitting here just making a big army to fight with. its almost impossible to find people to play with though. i didnt even realize i had 87h in it.”
“Connectivity in multiplayer lobbies could use work, mods work amazing on this game compared to YOMI HUSTLE which crashed 5 times every day. W gaem”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Although the game is no longer being updated, the community constantly gives great mods.”
“perfect game to play on a job while your boss not looking too bad dev abandoned it”
“even after all these years, a perfect RTS game Would love a sequel”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Good old school large scale RTS with exceptional mods. Want Gundam? It's there. Battletech? It's there. GATE? That series with the JSDF BTFOing the magic Romans, yeah it's there. The best Muv-Luv experience outside of the VNs? You're ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ right! For five whole dollars? So…”
— a player, Steam review · 69 hrs played“By far one of the best RTS games ive played, doesnt cost much, has plenty of content, and the modding community is massive. 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played“Interesting product. More of an engine than a game. I initially found it recommended to be used for playing BattleTech universe real time strategy, but you can pretty easily modify customize it to fit other universes as well. And you can run big big units.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Rusted Warfare Major Update 1.15
Rusted Warfare Major Update v1.15 After 10 betas releases this major update is finally out. Thank you for all the help from modders and testers. This update as been focused on major under the hood cha
v1.15p8 beta released
To try it out right click on the game in steam go to 'properties' then pick the 'beta' tab and pick 'beta' in the dropdown (make sure the game is not running first). v1.15 Beta modding reference: http
Rusted Warfare Major Update 1.14
Rusted Warfare Major Update 1.14 A new update to Rusted Warfare is out! New Unit: Modular Spider -A walking mobile base -Starts with no weapons but has 6 slots where turrets, or modules can be built a
Update - v1.13.3
New map: Many Islands Large (10p) New unit: Mech Engineer - T2 Mech builder with AA attack Path finding system has 2x-3x better performance and uses less memory. Team layout changer when hosting a gam
Minor update - v1.13.2 (New maps, surrendering, context map pings, new features)
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29174792/870ad77c0d6d310291217857c474d55d2c193e8a.png Main new features: -Surrender voting system added to multiplayer -Map ping with
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | RTS · Strategy · Base-Building · Moddable · Multiplayer · Indie · 2D · Sandbox · Real-Time · Pixel Graphics · Singleplayer · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Workshop |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | http://corrodinggames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or later Processor: 1.8GHz single core Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 300 MB available space