RTSKit Playable Demo — Try the RTS Template (Free)
Here's a free playable demo of RTSKit, my real-time strategy template for Unreal Engine 5. Download it below, unzip, and run it. No engine needed.
You start with a small medieval village against an AI opponent. Gather wood, food, gold and stone, build houses and farms, wall your town in, train an army and defend it. The AI plays the same game you do: it gathers, builds its town in city blocks, walls itself in and fights back, with no cheating.
Controls
Left-click to select, drag to select a group
Right-click to move, gather, build, attack, or set a rally point
WASD or screen edges to pan, mouse wheel to zoom, Alt + right-drag to orbit
Hold Shift while placing to keep building walls
F5 to save, F9 to load, F10 for the pause menu
Let it run for a while and watch the AI's town grow. That's the part I'm proudest of.
Want to build your own RTS with it?
🛒 RTSKit on Fab: https://www.fab.com/listings/c9f0ef90-b29c-4a96-a732-a3243be5d886
Full C++ source, Blueprint events, and every unit, building and resource set up as DataTable rows, so you can make it your own.
Rather learn from scratch?
C++ tutorial series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNTm9yU0zou5_PYxEdjNbAgbVRn-daOga
Blueprint tutorial series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNTm9yU0zou4Eulmi8YIfzHiNZEzfbSMk
This is V1.0: no fog of war, tech tree or multiplayer yet. Tell me what you'd want next.
Thanks for the support, it's what keeps all of this going.
► Discord: https://discord.gg/jRhvJtw5r5
► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/codelikeme
Build Your Own Age of Empires-Style RTS in Unreal Engine 5 | RTSKit (YouTube)