WarCraft III patch 1.29 supports 24 players

[Plok 320]

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/bnet/topic/20762056755

I am speechless.

[TaxOwlbear 20]

That sound bonkers. I wonder how much starting space everyone has with that many players on the largest map type.

Also, while the game is old and performs well even on very old hardware, it's still impressive. Plenty of RTS games don't even manage eight players.

[Lauren 78]

The 24 players is for custom maps, usually those maps with a higher number of players are hero only stuff like Arena maps or Hero Defense.

[PurpleGaga27 39]

I'll even bet Starcraft Remastered will support 24 players soon.

Time for OpenRA and OpenSAGE to get this sort of idea implemented in the future.

Edited February 26, 2018 by PurpleGaga27

[Blade 12]

You are forgetting Thyme, though its hard to say just how embedded the notion of only 8 players in a single game is.