- #1 Super Onslaught
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cactu
Windows
A real time strategy, tower defense game where you can evolve your turrets and give them special abilities.
Why similar: Tanks 21.1% ★, Tower Defense 18.9%, RTS 18.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Strategy 9.1%
- #2 Earth's Last Stand
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TAbandija
Windows
A planetary tower defense where enemies attack across land, air, and space. Build layered defenses, manage resources, and survive an escalating alien invasion.
Why similar: Tanks 25.6% ★, Tower Defense 22.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Base Building 12%, Tactical 7.3%
- #3 Project 37
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cheese Wheel Industries LLC
Windows
Easy-to-control, action-packed RTS. Project 37 uses a unique lane-based movement system to help automate unit movement. The catch is, you'll need to constantly fight across multiple fronts at the same time.
Why similar: Tanks 28.9% ★, RTS 20.2%, Base Building 14.3%, War 14%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #4 Global Conflagration
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CTLN7
Windows
Global Conflagration is a real-time strategy game inspired by the classics featuring modern controls and streamlined mechanics. Build lots of tanks, infantry, helicopters and aircraft to destroy the enemy base.
Why similar: Tanks 26% ★, Real-Time 18.3% ★, RTS 14.1%, Base Building 10.8%, War 9.9%
- #5 Tactics of World War I
71% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Headless Horseman Games
Windows
Tactics of World War I is a real time tactics (RTT) game that puts you in the role of a military leader in the First World War. It requires you to plan your actions thoroughly and make smart tactical decisions in the blink of an eye.
Why similar: Tanks 31.9% ★, Real-Time 16.1% ★, RTS 15.1%, War 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%
- #6 Iron Frontier
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bibamus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roguelike Strategy game with moral choices and nonlinear story. Build your army from hundreds of units, buildings and upgrades. Create insane builds to turn the battlefield into a kill zone! Make decisions that will determine the outcome of the global conflict!
Why similar: Tanks 24.6% ★, Real-Time 20.5% ★, RTS 12.6%, Tower Defense 9.7%, Base Building 9.5%
- #7 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: Exabyte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Why similar: Real-Time 25.6% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Base Building 12.5%, RTS 12.4%, Tower Defense 11%
- #8 S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,244 reviews2019
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster is the new edition of the challenging classic strategy game S.W.I.N.E! The filthiest of all wars between the Rabbit and the Pig armies is a sophisticated real-time strategy with completely revised textures, detailed unit models, a 16:9 adapted interface.
Why similar: Tanks 29.2% ★, RTS 21.6%, Real-Time 18% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, War 9.5%
- #9 Plebs
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: PixelWhipped
Windows
Plebs is a casual real time strategy game about controlling ancient Nations to victory through strategic town building, creating mighty and diverse armies, and intelligent resource management. Battle through the Campaign, Survive endless waves of enemies, or Skirmish on a variety of levels.
Why similar: RTS 20.1%, City Builder 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 14%, Base Building 13.9%, Resource Management 11.5%
- #10 Millennium Conflict
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Badim
Windows
Millennium Conflict: a real-time strategy game set in space where you must act fast to stop attackers from conquering your universe. With 40 levels, weapon upgrades, and new generals to recruit, it's up to you as the only surviving male to lead your troops to victory.
Why similar: Real-Time 24.9% ★, RTS 14.3%, Tower Defense 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Base Building 10.1%
- #11 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
67% matchVery Positive87% of 11,692 reviews2022
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!
Why similar: RTS 26.7%, Real-Time 20.8% ★, War 12.2%, Tactical 9.8%, Strategy 9.6%
- #12 Dwarven Rampart
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alaabale
Windows
Raise massive armies and fight thousands of enemies. Dwarven Rampart is a fantasy roguelite strategy game where you build dwarven cities and fight massive fights. How long can you survive?
Why similar: RTS 14.9%, Tower Defense 14.4%, City Builder 13%, Base Building 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 10%
- #13 Our War: The Strongest Shield
66% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Chengdu Old Man
Windows
A grand and intense tower defense science fiction game, where you only need to purchase once to enjoy all the content of the game.
Why similar: Tanks 27.1% ★, RTS 18.4%, Tower Defense 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, War 8.6%
- #14 3rd Invasion - Zombies vs. Steel
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: J. C. SpringBourne
Windows
In this game Strategy is the key to Survival. You need a Grand Strategy to win this War game, A RTS action game with an Cool, Open-World like Base Building feature.
Why similar: Tanks 24.8% ★, RTS 15.9%, War 12.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%
- #15 We Are The Wall
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NorthWall Studio
Windows · Mac
We Are The Wall is a city-builder / RTS where you lead a hardy dwarf settlement fighting to protect their mountain home. Train armies, gather vital resources, explore the surrounding lands, and defend the Heart of the Mountain at all costs. We Are The Wall!
Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Base Building 18.7%, RTS 18.6%, Tower Defense 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%
- #16 Fractured Alliance
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tense Games
Windows
A classics inspired real-time strategy game with a brand new story and exciting units! Command varied forces, gather resources, build your base, adapt tactics, and dominate vast landscapes. Script your legacy in rich campaigns and dynamic multiplayer battles. Shape the destiny of the world!
Why similar: Tanks 23.4% ★, Real-Time 21.1% ★, RTS 16.7%, War 12.9%, Base Building 11.3%
- #17 Rage Of Towers
64% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Tiger Among ShadowsPub: TAS
Windows
Rage of Towers delivers a unique hybrid experience where tower defense meets real-time control. Build and upgrade your towers and directly control turrets and mobile units to respond quickly to evolving enemy threats and turn the tide of battle
Why similar: Tanks 39.3% ★, Tower Defense 17.4%, RTS 15.5%, Base Building 11.7%, Real Time Tactics 8%
- #18 TechGuardian: Territory Defense
64% matchMixed70% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Apex HorizonPub: Liquid Meow
Windows
This is a sci-fi strategy game featuring a Defense Mode focused on tower defense and an Attack Mode focused on combat. The game includes over 30 different buildings and units, all of which can be upgraded through entry editing to enhance their performance and firepower.
Why similar: RTS 18.5%, Tower Defense 17.5%, Base Building 11.3%, Resource Management 10.3%, Real Time Tactics 10.2%
- #19 Watchtowers & Weaponry
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Snoware Solutions
Windows
Command your forces to victory in this intense tower defense experience! Strategically deploy your defenses to fortify your position and funnel the enemies through intricate mazes. Carefully allocate your resources and adapt your tactics to counter waves of relentless enemy drones!
Why similar: Tanks 27.5% ★, Tower Defense 24.3%, Tactical 13.2%, Resource Management 12.4%, War 11.7%
- #20 Coloniser
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cantos Games
Windows
A survival-first multiplayer RTS. Secure a foothold, outlast rivals, and earn the right to build your colony in massive persistent worlds.
Why similar: Real-Time 19.6% ★, RTS 14.6%, City Builder 14.5%, Real Time Tactics 12%, Base Building 10.1%
- #21 Sudden Strike 4
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,169 reviews2017
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!
Why similar: Tanks 22% ★, RTS 18.1%, Real-Time 15.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, War 11.7%
- #22 Battle Echoes
64% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: rose may games
Windows · Mac
Take command of the mech and become the ultimate strategist. Construct impregnable defense facilities, handpick potent skills, lead your troops, and defy relentless enemy assaults. Will you emerge victorious in this thrilling battle for supremacy?
Why similar: Tanks 30.5% ★, RTS 15%, Tower Defense 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, War 9%
- #23 Dessert Tank: The Saga of Hansel and Gretel Prologue
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: FirePillar2
Windows
Dessert Tank is a single-player real time strategy game. Players can combine different parts to create tanks that do different things and build their own army of tanks. Players must quickly adapt to the situation on the battlefield against waves of enemies in order to achieve victory.
Why similar: Tanks 37.8% ★, RTS 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Alternate History 13.1%, Resource Management 6%
- #24 The King is Watching
62% matchVery Positive88% of 9,132 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: RTS 16.6%, Tower Defense 15.1%, City Builder 14.8%, Base Building 13.2%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%
- #25 Thukothea Defender
65% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: DjokaGames
Windows · Linux
A strategic tower-defense where you control powerfull drones. Unlock new tower and use specific technologies to defend your base on Thukothea!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.8%, Real Time Tactics 16.6%, RTS 13.3%, Base Building 9.8%, Strategy 8.3%
- #26 Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand
63% matchPositive86% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Axella Games
Windows
Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.
Why similar: Tower Defense 17.4%, RTS 17.1%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%
- #27 Empires Apart
65% matchMixed68% of 2,469 reviews2018
Dev: DESTINYbitPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.
Why similar: RTS 27.2%, Real-Time 23.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, War 12.2%, Strategy 9.4%
- #28 Pixel Empires
64% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ahmet Babagil
Windows
Experience classic RTS gameplay with pixel art style! Gather resources, build armies, master strategic formations, and crush your enemies. Up to 16-player multiplayer battles, epic campaign, and challenging AI await!
Why similar: Real-Time 21.3% ★, RTS 16.7%, City Builder 15.8%, Base Building 12.8%, War 10.8%
- #29 Tribes
64% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catastrophe Studios
Windows
In a stone-age like war, stuck on a lush, isolated island, its down to you to command your tribe to conquer and colonize the island by any means! Tribes offers skirmish, multiplayer and a full campaign mode for you to experience with friends or alone!!!
Why similar: Real-Time 27% ★, RTS 11.9%, Base Building 10.8%, City Builder 9.9%, Tactical 8.7%
- #30 WAR PARTY
64% matchMixed69% of 455 reviews2019
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
War Party is a strategy game where you enter a prehistoric world of Dinosaurs, Cavemen and Magic! Build up your chosen faction, gather resources, explore the land and command them against enemy tribes and wildlife! Will your story be about Life, Death or Balance? Can you survive?
Why similar: Real-Time 25.4% ★, RTS 15.8%, City Builder 13.1%, Base Building 12%, War 11.6%
- #31 Tyrium
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sceptical Orange
Windows
Tyrium is a real-time strategy game where you build a base, collect the valuable mineral Tyrium, and command tanks, rocket launchers, and infantry. Fight for map control, upgrade units, and experience two campaign levels. More content and game modes are coming soon!
Why similar: Real-Time 28.5% ★, RTS 17.5%, War 14.8%, Tanks 12.8% ★, Base Building 9.1%
- #32 Endzone Girls
62% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Aozora
Windows
《Endzone Girls》is a Tower Defense Game. You will collect resources and build fortifications before the zombies arrive to kill the zombies that invade your home. In the game, you will unlock different defensive buildings, create a unique style, defend your home in a world full of zombies.
Why similar: RTS 18.8%, Tower Defense 17.8%, War 12.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Zombies 11.8%
- #33 Terrors of War
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hetki
Windows
Alternate history WW2 RTS about fragile supply lines, forbidden superweapons and bio engineered horrors. Lead US OSS task forces against a Nazi shadow faction in brutal single player battles and replayable Operations.
Why similar: Tanks 27.4% ★, RTS 17.9%, Alternate History 14.5%, War 11.9%, Base Building 10.8%
- #34 1931-1945: Their Childhood - Tunnel Warfare/地道战
63% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Hongji Interactive
Windows
1931-1945,the chinese Tunnel Warfare. Customizable map WWII RTS simulation with player-designed tunnels, dynamic difficulty, and enemy AI. Base strategies and tech choices shape unique combat styles. Experience authentic WWII tactics, not fantasy.
Why similar: RTS 22.1%, Tower Defense 19.2%, Real Time Tactics 16.9%, Strategy 9.6%, War 9.2%
- #35 LandCombat:Ren
64% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Banada
Windows
It is a "strategic simulation game" that focuses on near future and ground war. Develop 1st to 3rd generation units and build up your military power.. Defeat the invasion of unmanned weapons and annihilate hostile forces. your ultimate goal is to gain world peace.
Why similar: Tanks 38.4% ★, RTS 17.4%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, Resource Management 9.5%, War 8.8%
- #36 SpaceFront
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Herd
Windows
SpaceFront is a military real-time strategy game. Control Corgis, wage battles, build your army and defend the galaxy from soviet invasion! No game will be the same thanks to procedurally generated campaigns! Join the effort, join the SpaceFront!
Why similar: RTS 18.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, War 11.4%, Alternate History 11.4%
- #37 Last Outpost
61% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Troyd Games
Windows
Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.2%, City Builder 18.8%, RTS 18.2%, Base Building 13.9%, Zombies 10.9%
- #38 Nordhold
60% matchVery Positive88% of 3,005 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: Tower Defense 18.9%, City Builder 17%, Base Building 13.4%, RTS 10.7%, Roguelite 10%
- #39 Warpips
61% matchVery Positive87% of 5,035 reviews2022
Dev: Skirmish Mode GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Warpips is the ultimate quick to learn but amazingly deep tug-of-war strategy game. Deploy the right composition of soldiers, tanks, helicopters and planes in this tight, streamlined strategy-focused war game. Compose the best army, research the right tech; overwhelm your enemy!
Why similar: RTS 20.1%, Tower Defense 19.3%, War 15.2%, Resource Management 10.5%, Tactical 9.9%
- #40 Zeta Leporis RTS
62% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Jason Gieske
Windows
A sci-fi real-time strategy game. An existential war among asteroids in classic RTS style. Build and defend, produce and upgrade, attack and annihilate!
Why similar: Real-Time 29.2% ★, RTS 21%, War 13.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #41 War Room
63% matchMixed53% of 685 reviews2020
Dev: Binge Gaming OU
Windows
War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.
Why similar: Real-Time 21.9% ★, RTS 18.4%, War 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Tactical 10.4%
- #42 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
61% matchVery Positive95% of 175,526 reviews2019
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 86.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
Why similar: RTS 26.4%, City Builder 21.4%, Base Building 14.3%, Real-Time 13.1% ★, Strategy 11%
- #43 Last Fuse
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YYZ Studio
Windows
A tower defense with a twist - you’re defending a nuclear bomb. It powers your defenses, but the more you use it, the closer you get to meltdown. Manage chaotic engineers, scarce resources and risky upgrades - every decision counts.
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Tower Defense 16.8%, RTS 16%, Base Building 13.4%, Resource Management 11.2%
- #44 Civlands
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nexodus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Civlands combines elements from legendary RTS titles with epic turn-based strategy to provide a unique hybrid of tactical, real time strategy, with the grandeur, minutia, and depth of turn-based gameplay. Will you be the number one Civ?
Why similar: Real-Time 24.9% ★, City Builder 14.6%, RTS 14.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Base Building 11.4%
- #45 Incarnus Warfare
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ludvik Koutny
Windows
Incarnus Warfare is a classic real-time strategy featuring moderate-scale unit combat and base building. The game focuses heavily on immersion in every aspect. Forget the real world around you, and once again, become a commander of a military task force, just like in your childhood.
Why similar: Tanks 32.6% ★, RTS 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Base Building 12.9%, Tactical 8%
- #46 Possessed Kingdom
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pipa Studios
Windows
Defend your kingdom or rush the enemy in this Deckbuilding RTS. Build your base, scale your economy, and draw custom paths for your troops to break enemy defenses. Win battles, steal the king's cards, and build the ultimate deck.
Why similar: Real-Time 33.4% ★, Tower Defense 20.2%, RTS 14.8%, Base Building 13%, Tactical 11.5%
- #47 Royal Lord - 王权领主
58% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: 开发鸭
Windows
In "Kingdom Monarch", you are a monarch and can build the kingdom of your dreams! You need to build city walls, assign jobs to villagers, recruit soldiers, repel hordes of monsters at night, and expand your village during the day.
Why similar: City Builder 18%, Base Building 15.6%, RTS 15.4%, War 11.3%, Tower Defense 9%
- #48 Final War: Frozen Defense
60% matchMixed46% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: HaoPlay Limited
Windows
Strategy Tower Defense, RTS Battles on the World Map
Why similar: RTS 19.8%, Tower Defense 18.6%, City Builder 15.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, War 9.2%
- #49 War Beasts
61% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Beast Of World
Windows
Free layout 3D tower defense war game. There are tanks and Titans on land, battleships and swarms in the sky, and missiles in space. In the face of the enemy, your weapons are not only machine guns, cannons, rockets, but also lasers, cruise missiles and interceptor satellites.
Why similar: Tanks 29.3% ★, Tower Defense 13%, RTS 13%, Base Building 10.7%, War 9.9%
- #50 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,722 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Why similar: City Builder 17%, Real-Time 15.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, War 13.5%, Base Building 12.8%
- #51 War Untold
59% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Green Giraffe
Windows
War Untold is an RTS wargame spanning both land and air warfare. Employ powerful tanks and devastating airstrikes to punch through the enemy's front line, or dig in with infantry and mortars to withstand an oncoming onslaught. The choice is yours, commander.
Why similar: Tanks 30.2% ★, RTS 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Base Building 9.7%, War 8.7%
- #52 Spirit Summoner
61% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Zerosx26
Windows
3D Real-time strategy attack enemy defense with upgradable summoned units. You play as Spirit Summoner to destroy modern human sophisticated defenses of a small city. Devise a masterful strategy that utilizes your summoned creatures to their fullest potential and breach their fortifications.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25%, Tower Defense 18.7%, RTS 13.3%, War 13%, Strategy 10%
- #53 Little Kingdom RTS
58% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.
Why similar: RTS 19%, Tower Defense 18%, Base Building 15.1%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, War 13.2%
- #54 Storm The House Collection
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Case HollingsworthPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Defend your base, upgrade your arsenal, and survive the siege! The iconic Storm the House trilogy of fixed-position shooters returns from the golden age of Flash, now preserved and better than ever.
Why similar: Tanks 43.8% ★, Tower Defense 22.3%, War 17.9%, Base Building 10.2%, Tactical 5.5%
- #55 Architect of the Union
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No more Sleep
Windows · Linux
A tower defense RTS where you are in the middle of the army instead of just overlooking it. Based in an apocalyptic Soviet Union.
Why similar: RTS 17.3%, Tower Defense 17%, City Builder 17%, Alternate History 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%
- #56 Taur
60% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,072 reviews2020
Dev: Echo Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.1%, Base Building 15.7%, RTS 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 9.7%, Strategy 8.3%
- #57 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
57% matchVery Positive92% of 9,986 reviews2025
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, RTS 14.1%, Tower Defense 13.9%, War 12.5%
- #58 Battle Nations
61% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,799 reviews2014
Dev: Madrona Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Battle Nations is back! Build your empire and lead your armies to victory! Choose from traditional troops and vehicles or unleash exotic forces like mammoths, velociraptors, sandworms, and futuristic plasma units!
Why similar: Real-Time 24.4% ★, RTS 16.9%, War 14.6%, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 11.2%
- #59 After Long Night
58% matchMostly Positive78% of 432 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: RTS 18.2%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 13.9%, Zombies 12.9%, Tower Defense 10.7%