Ever since Dune 2, Real Time Strategy games or RTS games, have been immensely popular, with titles like Warcraft and Command & Conquer. RTS games have mainly been popular on personal computers. Now RTS games are available for free on the Internet, playable on Windows PCs and other platforms. Some RTS games are also available for smartphones like the iPhone or BlackBerry Storm, via application stores.

Glest is a 3D Real Time Strategy game running on Windows or Linux using OpenGL 1.3 and DirectX9.0/OpenAL. In this game you choose sides between technology or magic. Both have very distinctly different units, buildings and upgrades. Once you've made your decision, you are set to go. Build your village, build up an army, and destroy your opponent before he destroys you.