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There are many alternatives to Zero-K for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is StarCraft, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Zero-K and 16 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Zero-K are Warzone 2100, Beyond All Reason, Dune Legacy and Supreme Commander.

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  1. StarCraft icon
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    Command the exiled Terrans, the relentless Zerg, and the abiding Protoss, in the world's most longstanding RTS. (Released in 1998.).

    32 StarCraft alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Battle.net
     
  2. Warzone 2100 icon
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    Join "The Project" to restore humanity's synaptic-link technology after nuclear war has devastated Earth, rendering it a Warzone 2100.

    27 Warzone 2100 alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Steam
     
  3. Dune Legacy icon
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    Dune Legacy is an effort by a handful of developers to revitalize the first-ever real-time strategy game. Based from Dune II

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  4. This is a real-time RTS, on steroids.

    All the normal limiting factors on RTS games, like un-replenishable resources, unit limits, size and range limits have all been stripped away, leaving only a gigantic, huge war game, whose scale is limited only by your imagination.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. Stormgate icon
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    Stormgate® is a free-to-play PC real-time strategy game set hundreds of years in Earth’s future. Take command of the human resistance, the demonic invaders, or other factions yet to be revealed–solo or cooperatively.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  6. IL-2 Sturmovik is a series of World War II combat flight simulator video games originally created by the Russian video game developer Maddox Games under the brand name 1C:Maddox Games, following its association with 1C Company.

    30 IL-2 Sturmovik alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Steam
    • SteamVR
     
  7. Evolution RTS icon
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    Evolution RTS is a free an Open Source RTS game designed using the Spring Engine. It is continually developed and receives updates often.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Earth icon
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    Earth 2140, 2150 and 2160 are 2-D real-time strategy computer games created in 1997, 1999 and 2000 by Polish-based Reality Pump Studios and published by TopWare Interactive (later acquired by Zuxxez Entertainment).

    30 Earth alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  9. Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000.

    39 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Steam
     
  11. Company of Heroes is a 2006 real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ for the Microsoft Windows and OS X operating systems. It was the first title to make use of the Games for Windows label.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
     
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