In the RTS niche, it is definitely the game that started e-sports that had any sort of weight and global audience. I'm honestly not even sure which other RTS g

In the RTS niche, it is definitely the game that started e-sports that had any sort of weight and global audience. I'm honestly not even sure which other RTS game would be close? Age of Empires 1? I don't think it ever had the same traction or hype until AOE 2.