While there are plenty of turn-based strategy games available on the App Store, there are not many real-time strategy (RTS) games for the iPhone.

Perhaps developers find it difficult to build a full console-like real-time strategy game for the little screen of a mobile phone.

However, a few have created excellent iOS titles that are as immersive as PC RTS games.

Heres a rundown of some of the best real-time strategy games for your iOS device.

With an Asian backdrop, AD lets you relive epic wars fought by the feudal lords of China.

When it comes to strategy, the game does not fail to deliver.

There are several pre-built abilities for your units, as in Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX, which can be unlocked as you progress through a campaign.

Autumn Dynasty sticks to standard RTS mechanics when it comes to base-building and resource management.

Like Total War, the game allows players to take advantage of the environment.

Units can be hidden behind dense forests, and players can take advantage of elevation.

One of the best aspects of AD is its amazing cel-shaded visuals.

The smudgy paint-dab look is just too beautiful on a Retina display.

With plenty of tactical surprises, beautiful graphics, and simple base-buildingresource-management, Autumn Dynasty offers a never-before-seen mobile strategy experience.

Amoebattle I always wanted an RTS game based on a totally out-of-the-box theme or concept, and Amoebattle is the game I was looking for.

Taking place in a world of microbes, the game pits players against bad amoebas planning to destroy the microbial ecosystem.

Instead of base-building, Amoebattle focuses more on unit management.

Resource management takes the form of food that needs to be fed to omnivore, herbivore, and carnivore amoebas to help them grow, acquire abilities, and level up.

Special powers let you unleash probes that infect opponent amoebas or slow them down during RTS battles.

Like Spore, Amoebattle also allows you to mutate your tiny creatures into more powerful units.

You can collect a variety of units that will help you devise appropriate strategies in your battle against rival amoebas.

In Amoebattle s excellent touch-based control system, players tap, drag and drop, and use other standard touch-based gestures to control the game.

This game is best played on an iPad, though you can try it on an iPhone.

First Strike First Strike s gameplay is quite similar to DEFCON and Plague Inc.

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