What Is Strategy and RTS Game Translation?

Strategy games run in precise language. Unit names, tech trees, resource types, and commander abilities all carry specific meaning within the game's systems. Players make decisions based on that language. When a term is translated inconsistently, those decisions get harder and the game gets worse.

MarsTranslation locks every key term before translation begins and holds that definition across every string in the project.

Professional strategy and RTS game translation services

Why Localization Matters?

  • Strategy players read every tooltip. A poorly translated unit description gets noticed faster than in almost any other genre
  • Korean, Chinese, and Eastern European competitive markets expect localization that serious players can trust
  • Tech trees and upgrade paths need consistent naming or the progression system stops making sense
  • In a real-time strategy game, ambiguous text during a live match costs players the game
  • Localized strategy games retain international players longer and generate stronger regional community engagement

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Our Game Localization Expertise In Numbers

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20+

Years in the Game Industry

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3000+

Game Translators

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100+

Project Managers

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500+

Voice Actors

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65+

DTP Specialists

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100+

Localization testers

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230+

Languages

What We Translate in Strategy and RTS Games

Our localization covers every player-facing text element in your game, including:

High-quality localization and translation for strategy and RTS games worldwide
  • User Interface and Menu Text Translation
  • Unit Names, Descriptions, and Stat Text Localization
  • Building, Technology, and Upgrade Tree Translation
  • Commander Abilities and Special Unit Skill Localization
  • Campaign Mission Briefings and Objective Text Translation
  • Faction Lore and World-Building Text Localization
  • Audio Localization and Voice Direction
  • Subtitle and Caption Localization
  • Marketing and Trailer Localization
  • Post-Launch Patch, Balance Update, and Downloadable Content Translation

Strategy and RTS Game Genres We Specialize In

  • tick mark logo Real-Time Strategy Games
  • tick mark logo Grand Strategy and 4X Games
  • tick mark logo Multiplayer Online Battle Arena Strategy Games
  • tick mark logo Tactical Strategy and War Games
  • tick mark logo Turn-Based Strategy Games
  • tick mark logo Tower Defense Games
  • tick mark logo City Building and Management Strategy Games
  • tick mark logo Hybrid Strategy and Role-Playing Games

Our Translation Process

Terminology Mapping and System Review

Assigning a Strategy Game Translator

Competitive and Cultural Adaptation

Terminology Consistency Review

File Delivery and Ongoing Update Support

Terminology Mapping and System Review

Assigning a Strategy Game Translator

Competitive and Cultural Adaptation

Terminology Consistency Review

File Delivery and Ongoing Update Support

Why MarsTranslation?

  • Translators with strategy and real-time strategy game localization experience
  • Terminology locked and documented before translation begins, not managed during it
  • Dedicated consistency review before the quality assurance pass
  • Files delivered in your engine's format
  • One dedicated project manager throughout
  • Fast turnaround with ongoing support for balance updates and patches
Multilingual translation services for strategy and RTS games to reach international players

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Languages We Translate Into

We offer strategy and real-time strategy game translation into 230+ languages, including:

What Our Clients Say

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Our real-time strategy game had an extensive tech tree with hundreds of interconnected unit and building names. Getting that terminology consistent across Korean and Simplified Chinese was critical because our player base in those markets is highly competitive. MarsTranslation locked the terminology before starting and not one inconsistency came back through our community reports after launch.

Daniel Park, Lead Designer

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Strategy game players read tooltips the way lawyers read contracts. We needed localization that could hold up to that level of scrutiny in German and Russian. The translators MarsTranslation assigned clearly understood the genre. The feedback from our European community was the best we had received on any localized version we had shipped.

Katja Müller, Publishing Director

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We ship balance patches regularly and needed a localization partner who could turn around terminology updates quickly and consistently. MarsTranslation keeps our term list on file and every patch update comes back matching the original. That kind of reliability is genuinely hard to find in this industry.

Wei Chen, Studio Head

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Campaign localization for our grand strategy title required adapting faction dialogue that was rooted in specific historical and cultural contexts. MarsTranslation handled the cultural adaptation thoughtfully and our players in each region said the factions felt credible in their language. That is the outcome we were aiming for.

Aleksander Nowak, Narrative Director

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Working with MarsTranslation has been quite smooth. They consistently solved our problems on priority and I am very happy with their excellent software translation services.

Ashley Williams

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Frequently Asked Questions

Strategy games vary significantly in word count depending on how much campaign content, lore, and interface text they contain. Projects start from $0.88 per word. Send us your files and we will put together a detailed estimate within 24 hours.

Every key term gets locked in a documented terminology list before translation begins. That list is shared with every translator and reviewer on the project. Before the standard quality assurance pass, a dedicated terminology review checks every instance of every locked term across the full project. Inconsistencies at that stage get caught and corrected before delivery.

Yes, and this is something strategy game studios particularly value. We keep your terminology list on file so every new unit, building, or ability introduced in a patch gets named consistently with everything that already exists in the game. Send us the new strings and we handle the rest.

Most projects are delivered within 2 to 5 business days. Grand strategy titles or games with extensive campaign content will have a phased delivery schedule agreed upfront so your production timeline stays on track.

We work with whatever you are already using, including .json, .xml, .csv, .xlsx, Unity localization tables, Unreal Engine string tables, and most custom formats. Files come back integration-ready, formatted exactly as they went in.