- #1 Unnatural Worlds
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tomáš Malý
Windows · Linux
Innovative yet familiar real-time strategy game in development. Grand-scale RTS game played on maps/planets of any 3D shape. It emphasizes strategy, base building, logistics, and reduces micro-management of individual units.
Why similar: Action RTS 17.3% ★, RTS 13.2%, War 11%, Mechs 10.6% ★, Base Building 10.1%
- #2 Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,029 reviews2011
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 48.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.
Why similar: RTS 24.4%, Real-Time with Pause 13.6% ★, Grand Strategy 11% ★, Moddable 9.2% ★, Strategy 7.9%
- #3 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 12,755 reviews2025
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28.9% ★, Moddable 15.2% ★, Action RTS 12.5% ★, Military 12.2%, RTS 8.9%
- #4 Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
76% matchVery Positive85% of 14,425 reviews2015
Dev: Planetary Annihilation Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
Why similar: RTS 17.7%, Grand Strategy 11.9% ★, Mechs 10.3% ★, Robots 10.2%, War 10.2%
- #5 Ashes of the Singularity II
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oxide GamesPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
In this massive RTS game, command vast armies fighting for control of entire worlds. Control the forces of Earth, the mechanical AI Substrate, or the enigmatic Post-Human Coalition as you battle across the solar system in single player, cooperative multiplayer, or competitive multiplayer.
Why similar: Mechs 16.8% ★, RTS 13.4%, Action RTS 10.2% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Military 10%
- #6 Rusted Warfare - RTS
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,064 reviews2017
Dev: Corroding Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.
Why similar: RTS 25.5%, Moddable 16.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 13.8% ★, Base Building 12%, Mechs 7.4% ★
- #7 Age of Undead
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Age of Undead is a multi-genre game (turn-based, RTS, FPS) that allows you to face the frightful Zombie Apocalypse with 3 unique factions: the Army, the Infected, and the Survivors. Make strategic choices in the Campaign, then go into battle and fight to survive!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.8% ★, RTS 13.9%, Action RTS 13.3% ★, Grand Strategy 12.9% ★, War 10.9%
- #8 Supreme Commander 2
74% matchVery Positive88% of 12,770 reviews2010
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Includes 47 Steam achievements, leaderboards, and stats!
Why similar: RTS 25.6%, Base Building 10.8%, Robots 10.7%, Grand Strategy 10.6% ★, Strategy 9.6%
- #9 Steel Division 2
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,432 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 19.7% ★, RTS 16%, Military 13.3%, Grand Strategy 11.3% ★, War 10.5%
- #10 Assembly RTS - Unleash Your Forces
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sean Nowotny
Windows · Linux
Assembly RTS is a real-time strategy game with deep customization mechanics. Discover seemingly endless possibilities. Assemble your perfect army and conquer the enemy! Build a base, gather resources and persist in a hostile, arctic new ice age.
Why similar: Action RTS 19.3% ★, Mechs 15% ★, Base Building 11.1%, War 9.7%, Cinematic 8.6%
- #11 Deterrence
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Pisces Studios
Windows · Linux
Artificial intelligence has plotted a path to a sustainable future, but humans aren't included. Defend humanity against the A.I. in this instant action real-time strategy, tower defense hybrid.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26% ★, Action RTS 15% ★, RTS 12.2%, War 11.5%, Military 11.4%
- #12 Star Pulse:The War
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star Pulse
Windows
Star Pulse: The War is an independent real-time strategy game that merges science fiction with fantasy. Players will command a sci-fi faction, harnessing the power of star pulse to gather resources, construct buildings, train troops, and nurture heroes in the fight against invading magical forces.
Why similar: RTS 25.9%, Military 16.3%, Moddable 15.6% ★, Action RTS 10.7% ★, Base Building 10%
- #13 Cascading Failure
70% matchMixed40% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Swallowed Sun Pty LtdPub: Swallowed Sun Games Pty Ltd
Windows
Lead your troops into battle first hand in an intense Sci-Fi world. Construct bases, build defences, construct bigger bases, build way too many defences and take the map with overwhelming amounts of infantry, mechs and firepower.
Why similar: Mechs 18.2% ★, Action RTS 17.7% ★, RTS 14.7%, Robots 11.7%, Base Building 9.2%
- #14 Space Gears
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pentapeak StudiosPub: 2bytes Corp
Windows
Space Gears is a next-generation Strategy set on Mars. Don't fret about micromanaging build orders, or your resources. Set your sights on victory by raising an army of mechs and build up your base in this fluid and fast-paced PvE and PvP strategy game.
Why similar: Mechs 20.4% ★, Action RTS 18.4% ★, RTS 12.3%, Robots 10.4%, Base Building 9.4%
- #15 Supreme Commander
69% matchVery Positive89% of 3,076 reviews2011
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.
Why similar: RTS 30.4%, Real-Time with Pause 19.4% ★, Strategy 10.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #16 Steel Command
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smitty Games
Windows
A classic RTS featuring traditional base-building, resource-driven warfare, PvP, skirmish, and a powerful, easy-to-use Mission Editor. Build your base. Secure the ECO. Conquer the battlefield.
Why similar: RTS 24.8%, Action RTS 19.8% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Military 10.8%, Strategy 9.2%
- #17 Phantom Brigade
66% matchVery Positive80% of 4,168 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.8% ★, Mechs 18.6% ★, Robots 11.8%, Military 11.5%, Cinematic 8.5%
- #18 Alignment Zero
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bytecat Games
Windows
'Alignment Zero' is a Real-Time Tactics game with Pause. As the commander of a Private Military Company (PMC) strike force, control your troops and complete missions. Build your squad, select equipment, and develop a tactical plan for battle.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 37% ★, Action RTS 21.1% ★, RTS 14.2%, Military 12.1%, War 4.6%
- #19 Collapsed Galaxy 2
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starshift Studio
Windows
Human factions face increasingly severe conflicts, with the 'Planetary Defense Council' secretly seeking political power in space and colonies. Discover a breakthrough to maintain dominance between starport and crisis-ridden colonial planets. A 4C-RTS Game: Collaborate, Control, Conspire, Conquer.
Why similar: Mechs 23.8% ★, RTS 15.6%, Base Building 12.4%, War 10.9%, Military 10.5%
- #20 Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
67% matchVery Positive91% of 9,116 reviews2017
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game.
Why similar: RTS 30.4%, Base Building 18.1%, War 12.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Military 9.1%
- #21 Five Nations
67% matchVery Positive83% of 264 reviews2021
Dev: SilverForge
Windows
Five Nations is a real-time sci-fi strategy game for PC platform. Encompassing tactical combat in space in real-time mixed with micromanagement of economy, construction, and production featuring different kind of single player modes.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.2% ★, RTS 20.8%, Moddable 16.7% ★, Artificial Intelligence 9.6%, Space 8.4%
- #22 Annihilate The Spance
65% matchVery Positive91% of 336 reviews2025
Dev: Skyglow Softworks
Windows
The Spance approaches, a vast and mysterious storm at the edge of humanity. Who shall claim its riches? Brave the perils of the depths in a story-rich singleplayer campaign with numerous distinct factions and bosses. An RTS base builder with huge battles, constant production, and autonomous ships.
Why similar: RTS 19.6%, Base Building 16.7%, War 13.1%, Space 12.1%, Robots 11.5%
- #23 Space Menace 2
65% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Only4Gamers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start small, expand your fleet, and rise to power as you navigate a galaxy full of opportunity and danger. This simple, non-traditional sci-fi RTS and space combat game offers strategic gameplay, evolving challenges, and satisfying ship customization through a variety of modules and upgrades.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.9% ★, Action RTS 19.7% ★, Moddable 16.1% ★, RTS 15.8%, Space 6.2%
- #24 Cossacks 3
67% matchVery Positive82% of 15,718 reviews2016
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 50.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.9% ★, Action RTS 17.8% ★, RTS 16.5%, War 13.1%, Base Building 10.6%
- #25 Sadness Of Valor
65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: One Man Studio for GamesPub: Slordef
Windows
Build, manage, fight in a post apocalyptic RTS game
Why similar: Action RTS 24% ★, RTS 18.8%, Military 15.9%, Grand Strategy 14% ★, War 8.5%
- #26 Scourge Of War - Remastered
64% matchVery Positive89% of 166 reviews2024
Dev: Norb Software Development LLC
Windows
Welcome to Scourge of War, a real-time 3D computer game/simulation developed by NorbSoftDev, the company headed by renowned game designer Norb Timpko, designer of Mad Minute Games' acclaimed Take Command series. Scourge of War is the epitome of historical command simulations.
Why similar: Military 15.8%, Grand Strategy 15.3% ★, War 14.1%, RTS 13.9%, Moddable 12.9% ★
- #27 Empyrean Frontier
66% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Galdor Studios
Windows
Empyrean Frontier is an epic real time strategy game that mixes classic RTS gameplay with a multi-stage campaign in which the player commands a fleet of ships through a galactic map. Boss battles, base building, planet destroying superweapons, and tactical skirmishes create a unique blend of genres.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.7% ★, RTS 17.9%, Action RTS 14.9% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Strategy 10.8%
- #28 Fragile Existence
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fragile ContinuumPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Save humanity from the brink of extinction in this sci-fi strategy game of survival. Travel among the stars to seek out resources, establish and develop colonies to sustain civilization, and grow your military might to push back against an overwhelming threat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28.8% ★, Moddable 16.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.3% ★, Military 11.8%, Space 8%
- #29 Original War
65% matchVery Positive95% of 2,129 reviews2014
Dev: Altar GamesPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 51%
An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.5% ★, RTS 16.6%, Moddable 13.8% ★, War 10.4%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #30 Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,921 reviews2016
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
Why similar: Moddable 19.8% ★, RTS 16.5%, Base Building 12.3%, Military 11.5%, Robots 9.3%
- #31 Commanders Fury
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RoboFox Games LLC
Windows
Take command of the war machine of an empire in this 4x RTS hybrid. Fight battles with your flagship fleet in fully 3D real-time space combat. Recruit, train and dispatch commanders. Give them orders, directives and equip their fleets. Manage your empire’s supply logistics and fleet operations.
Why similar: RTS 18.7%, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 14% ★, Space 11.4%, Military 8.8%
- #32 Rebel Inc: Escalation
63% matchVery Positive82% of 7,055 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.3% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Military 12.9%, War 12.1%, RTS 12%
- #33 Endeavor: Rite of Passage
63% matchPositive86% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Endeavor
Windows
Take command of powerful armies with intuitive player controls and classic RTS features and feel. Control powerful super-weapons and elite units through a 21-mission campaign. Continue the fight on 16 skirmish and 8 unique survival maps.
Why similar: Action RTS 24% ★, RTS 18.5%, Military 13.5%, Base Building 12.7%, War 11.4%
- #34 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
61% matchVery Positive84% of 10,921 reviews2025
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition is the ultimate Dawn of War experience, featuring the original Dawn of War and all its expansions, along with enhanced visuals, an improved camera, and 64-bit platform support.
Why similar: RTS 23.8%, Action RTS 17.7% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Co-op 8.6%, Multiplayer 8.4%
- #35 IRON GUARD
63% matchVery Positive96% of 146 reviews2021
Dev: Xlab Digital
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A sci-fi roomscale VR Tower Defense game. Strategize to destroy waves of rogue robots and assist the powerful turrets with a handheld drone. Build and collect resources and help evacuate your crew from the alien planet.
Why similar: Action RTS 19.1% ★, RTS 17%, Robots 14.3%, Military 11%, War 9.2%
- #36 Particle Fleet: Emergence
64% matchVery Positive92% of 1,260 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.7% ★, RTS 21.7%, Space 14.2%, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 9.3%
- #37 Falling Frontier
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stutter Fox StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Conquer a vast procedurally generated star system in Falling Frontier, a sci-fi RTS where intel and logistics are decisive factors. Design ships and raid enemy supply lines, lay minefields and construct recon stations, and ambush enemy forces within asteroid fields and nebulae.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Moddable 16.4% ★, Military 10.9%, Space 9.5%
- #38 Astra Sentinel
63% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Astra Sentinel is a wave-based survival RTS where endless alien hordes relentlessly assault your planets. Build defenses, colonize planets and manage resources under constant pressure. Will you be able to recover the control of the galaxy?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.5% ★, Action RTS 17.6% ★, RTS 17.6%, Base Building 15.5%, Space 6.5%
- #39 Mechabellum
61% matchVery Positive84% of 18,258 reviews2024
Dev: Game RiverPub: Dreamhaven
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
Why similar: Mechs 22.9% ★, Action RTS 17.2% ★, Robots 13.9%, RTS 13.9%, War 10.6%
- #40 STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 41,773 reviews2010
Dev: PetroglyphPub: LucasArts
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 46.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Why similar: RTS 24.1%, Moddable 19% ★, Space 11.7%, Strategy 9.5%, War 8.8%
- #41 Defcon Zero: Frontlines of Tomorrow
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TriArts
Windows
Defcon Zero is a classic real-time strategy game set on planet Eros, where you dive into the story of ERA, the last beacon of civilization. Build your base, gather resources, engage your enemies and make strategic choices to prevail in combat. Are you ready to command the frontlines of tomorrow?
Why similar: Action RTS 25.8% ★, RTS 20.4%, Military 17.2%, Base Building 15%, War 14%
- #42 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
62% matchVery Positive85% of 52,623 reviews2020
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 43.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
Why similar: RTS 23.1%, Base Building 19.3%, Military 17.1%, War 13.1%, Strategy 9.8%
- #43 Welcome Back, Commander
61% matchVery Positive82% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Commander, your strike team is to dive deep into the contaminated city of Sun Stone and get some answers before the mysterious deadly plague spreads . Good luck Commander!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 42.2% ★, Action RTS 18.9% ★, Military 15.4%, RTS 13.7%, Strategy 5.1%
- #44 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
62% matchVery Positive81% of 3,817 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Military 12.8%, RTS 12%, War 11.9%
- #45 Paper Battlefield
61% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Bros Ogon's
Windows
A strategy where battles are limited only by the boundaries of the notebook! Experience a unique real-time strategy experience where every battle unfolds on the pages of a sketchbook, and all your units and structures are drawn with ink!
Why similar: Action RTS 23.8% ★, RTS 21.6%, War 18.2%, Base Building 16.6%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #46 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
64% matchMixed67% of 3,289 reviews2015
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.
Why similar: RTS 35%, Military 17.8%, Base Building 16%, Strategy 10.3%, War 10.3%
- #47 Galactic Ruler
63% matchMixed49% of 121 reviews2022
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Galactic Ruler offers real time strategy game play at both planetary level and in space! Lead your faction in diplomacy or conquest across a procedurally generated galactic map where any system might hold hostile enemies or resource riches. Develop advanced technologies to rule the galaxy!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, RTS 11.2%, Moddable 10.9% ★, Co-op 9.8%
- #48 Daimyo Reign
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: koichark
Windows
Unify Medieval Japan in this real-time tactical grand strategy game. Build your domain, recruit armies, plan your attack, and fracture your enemies with rebellions to win!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 33.5% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Action RTS 19% ★, RTS 16.6%, Strategy 5.6%
- #49 Terra Invicta
60% matchVery Positive81% of 8,993 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 51.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Moddable 15.4% ★, Military 12%, War 11.9%
- #50 Espiocracy
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ex Vivo StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Espiocracy is an espionage grand strategy game where you lead the intelligence agency of one of 74 playable countries. Rewrite history from the shadows as you influence ideologies, stage coups, and wage proxy wars. Subterfuge takes center stage as you establish a new world order.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.3% ★, Military 12.6%, RTS 12.4%, War 11.7%
- #51 Aries
63% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Wirlwith
Windows
Space strategy gaming reimagined. Dive into fast-paced real-time planetary battles against the backdrop of a turn-based campaign that sees you build your empire in the stars. With hundreds of troops and ships at your command, can you forge an empire that lasts?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, RTS 18%, War 13.5%, Military 13.3%, Space 8.9%
- #52 SteelFront
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows
A sandbox battle-sim with a strategic edge. Orchestrate tactical engagements, deploying your forces with keen attention to terrain and mutually-supporting assets, or throw mobs of troops, tanks, and mechs at one-another with reckless abandon in large-scale, futuristic combined-arms warfare.
Why similar: Mechs 22.8% ★, Moddable 18.5% ★, War 15.5%, Robots 13.8%, RTS 9.7%
- #53 War Selection
61% matchVery Positive85% of 23,010 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Why similar: RTS 24.5%, Base Building 22.6%, Military 15.6%, War 12.8%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #54 War Beasts
62% 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: Mechs 18.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14% ★, Military 13.2%, RTS 12.9%, Base Building 10.6%
- #55 Grey Goo
63% matchMixed68% of 4,313 reviews2015
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Six Foot
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
Why similar: RTS 32.6%, Mechs 14.7% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Strategy 10%
- #56 ShellMobile: Titan Rampart
59% matchVery Positive98% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: 红景天娱乐
Windows
On the cosmic frontier, humanity has fought alien species for a century. As traditional defenses fall to new-gen alien mechs, tech giant ShellMobile—human-centered at its core—kindles new hope via breakthroughs in extraterrestrial titanium ore research.
Why similar: Mechs 31.2% ★, RTS 19.4%, Base Building 16.3%, Military 9.8%, War 8.1%
- #57 Age of Space
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PodPal Games
Windows
Evolve from being a nobody to being the center of power! Age of space combines real time resource management with tactical combat. Work as a mercenary for clients in our solar system as you gradually get dragged into a liberation war between the Martians and the UEA. Who will you side with?
Why similar: RTS 22.4%, Real-Time with Pause 19.3% ★, Space 17.8%, Strategy 11.9%, War 8.4%
- #58 IRON GUARD (Non VR)
62% matchPositive81% of 47 reviews2022
Dev: Xlab Digital
Windows
A sci-fi Tower Defense game. Strategize to destroy waves of rogue robots and assist the powerful turrets with player controlled drone. Build and collect resources and help evacuate your crew from the alien planet.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.1% ★, RTS 19.6%, Military 13.6%, War 11.5%, Artificial Intelligence 10.9%
- #59 Stellaris
61% matchVery Positive86% of 191,574 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.7 hrsMean: 142.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 20.3% ★, Space 14.1%, Moddable 11.4% ★, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #60 From Glory To Goo
60% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,433 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.2% ★, Action RTS 19.6% ★, RTS 15.8%, Base Building 13%, War 10.9%