What is the closest pure RTS game to Dune?

[TokyoDan]

Great review! I like Dune but I wish it was mainly RTS without the politics and diplomacy. What is the closest pure RTS game to Dune? (And not Northgard please)

[chrcoluk]

dune 2000?

[TokyoDan]

Messaggio originale di chrcoluk:

dune 2000?

Thanks, but I should have also specified released in the last 10 years.

[Optimizer]

Messaggio originale di TokyoDan:

Thanks, but I should have also specified released in the last 10 years.

There is none.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_based_on_Dune

[sadoeconomist]

You can play 1v1 matches in this game in Kanly mode with all victory conditions besides domination turned off if you don't want to deal with multiplayer diplomacy and you just want to have a battle.

The most Dune-like RTS in the last 10 years besides this game is probably Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak? It's sci-fi combat on a desert planet at least. It often comes up at 90% off in sales if you want to pick it up.

For an RTS/4X hybrid like this game with less politics/diplomacy I'd suggest Sins of a Solar Empire, it's a bit older than your time frame but it's still great, and the sequel is in development. Also a few years out of that time frame is what I'd consider the last proper descendant of the original Dune 2, Command & Conquer 3. And the game that was so big that it sucked all the oxygen out of the RTS genre for more than a decade was Starcraft 2. I hate telling people to play anything made by EA or Blizzard but those are both still some of the best RTS games ever.

If you want a pure RTS the one I'd currently recommend to anyone with zero reservations is Beyond All Reason, it's a free open source Total Annihilation-like game. The big upcoming RTS to watch is Stormgate which may be coming next year. The biggest recently released traditional RTS that is still currently being updated is probably Age of Empires IV, I'm not sure I can fully recommend it but it's worth checking out. The niche non-traditional RTS game I like the most at the moment is WARNO, but that's in early access at the moment and definitely not for everyone.

[TEXAS REBEL]

" Emperor -Battle for Dune" was a great RTS game too .

[need.more.brain]

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

[Dr.Rabies]

I suggest for ''pure RTS'' the extremely moddable Retro style> Rusted Warfare - RTS : https://store.steampowered.com/app/647960/Rusted_Warfare__RTS/

Dune Spice Wars is the mid point between this batsh8t crazy ^ and the slow 4x games

[TunaHematoma]

This weird thing. Only demo available currently.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1965470/Barkhan/