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I remember when the iPad came out I was incredibly excited. This was surely perfect for RTS games!

There was Command & Conquer: Red Alert Mobile, then....

The only other one I remember was an actually really good StarCraft clone by Gameloft (I forget the name).

I always thought mobile would be great for RTS and then it just wasn't. Though when I think about it, the keyboard is pretty important and that kind of fast control is really difficult on a touchscreen, so maybe that explains the lack of 'classic' RTS games on touch devices.



You wrote exactly my thoughts! I was so excited for a new generation of touch-optimized RTS games when the iPad was released and I’ve been disappointed with the options.

Do you (or anyone) know of any iPad games that fit the bill these days? I played Vainglory for a while but that’s not a RTS - it’s a MOBA (and was fun and worked super well on touch).


Someone else mentioned Rusted Warfare.




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