- #1 WARNO
97% matchMostly Positive80% of 15,442 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.
Why similar: Cold War 25.4% ★, Wargame 17.2%, RTS 15.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Military 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly detailed Cold War setting with deep real-time tactical combat that mirrors the intensity of 3 Days War.
- #2 ICBM: Escalation
96% matchVery Positive88% of 1,325 reviews2024
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Cold War 19% ★, Wargame 17%, RTS 15.8%, PvP 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on global-scale Cold War conflict and nuclear strategy, perfect for players who enjoy the grand-scale warfare of the seed game.
- #3 Line War
96% matchVery Positive80% of 1,164 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Centurion
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics. Draw commands and execute a superior strategy to defeat your opponent, focusing on high-level decisions rather than constant micromanagement.
Why similar: 4X 15.6% ★, Cold War 15.5% ★, RTS 14.6%, Grand Strategy 13.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique hybrid of 4X and RTS that focuses on strategic line-drawing and territory control rather than traditional micro-management.
- #4 Steel Division 2
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,492 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 52.2 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: RTS 27.1%, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Wargame 16.9%, Military 15.3%, War 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at large-scale real-time tactical battles combined with a grand strategy campaign layer.
- #5 Broken Arrow
94% matchMixed56% of 30,742 reviews2025
Dev: Steel BalalaikaPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 35.8 hrsMean: 83.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.
Why similar: Wargame 24.4%, RTS 20.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, War 9%, Deckbuilding 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A modern tactical RTS that emphasizes unit customization and realistic military engagement on a large scale.
- #6 Regiments
94% matchVery Positive88% of 2,868 reviews2022
Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.
Why similar: Cold War 30.2% ★, Wargame 17.6%, RTS 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, War 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a focused Cold War real-time tactics experience that emphasizes maneuver warfare and strategic positioning.
- #7 Total Conflict: Resistance
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,169 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Total Conflict: Resistance is a unique symbiosis of global strategy, tactics and first-person action. Realistic mass battles, many types of armored vehicles, weapons, uniforms, unique mechanics, immersive free gameplay. Lead any state and bring it to greatness!
Why similar: Political Sim 17.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, 4X 14.5% ★, RTS 12.6%, Wargame 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines grand strategy, political management, and real-time tactical combat in a way that feels very similar to the seed game.
- #8 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
92% matchVery Positive85% of 32,016 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 73.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?
Why similar: RTS 22.8%, Real Time Tactics 22.4%, Military 12.6%, War 12.1%, PvP 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers unparalleled tactical realism and control over individual units within a grander RTS framework.
- #9 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,250 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 50.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Political Sim 16.4% ★, RTS 15.3%, Wargame 14.8%, Cold War 13.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: This game provides an incredibly deep grand strategy experience centered on global political and military management during the Cold War era.
- #10 Iron Order 1919
90% matchMixed69% of 443 reviews2022
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
An unique long-term strategy game with week-long matches with up to 101 players, set in the alternate reality of 1919.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Political Sim 19.6% ★, RTS 14.9%, Wargame 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: An alternate-history grand strategy game that emphasizes large-scale multiplayer conflict and territory control.
- #11 SuperPower 3
91% matchOverwhelmingly Negative10% of 1,213 reviews2022
Dev: GolemLabsPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
SuperPower 3 is a modern geopolitical sim in a planet Earth setup. Rule the world or challenge your knowledge about demography, economics, military strategy, as well as political issues across the globe. Compete with or against other players, or just try to do better than the real-life politicians.
Why similar: Political Sim 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, RTS 13.9%, Wargame 13.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the geopolitical and economic simulation aspects of modern warfare, providing a strong political-sim experience.
- #12 World Warfare & Economics
89% matchMixed61% of 677 reviews2023
Dev: Okron Studio
Windows · Mac
Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!
Why similar: Political Sim 19.1% ★, 4X 18.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, RTS 12.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It leans heavily into the political and economic simulation aspects of grand strategy, mirroring the complexity of 3 Days War.
- #13 Sins of a Solar Empire II
88% matchVery Positive84% of 8,352 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Why similar: 4X 40.1% ★, RTS 26.3%, PvP 9%, Base Building 8.5%, PvE 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully blends 4X empire-building with real-time strategy combat on a massive, persistent scale.
- #14 War Selection
89% matchVery Positive85% of 23,196 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 27.6 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 30.4%, Base Building 22.5%, Military 13%, War 10.3%, Strategy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features 4X-style progression and base-building within a real-time multiplayer environment.
- #15 Blitzkrieg 3
87% matchMixed54% of 7,316 reviews2017
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.
Why similar: RTS 27.6%, Real Time Tactics 22%, Military 17.3%, War 14.4%, PvP 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS that focuses on historical military strategy and base-building mechanics.
- #16 SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,896 reviews2018
Dev: Dorado Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 35.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
This Long Term Strategy Game lets you take control of the armed forces of your nation. Become responsible for its military expansion, technological research and economic development. Form alliances and wage total war for global dominance on the battlefields of World War 3.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35% ★, Wargame 27.9%, RTS 18.7%, Base Building 10.7%, Strategy 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A massive multiplayer wargame that focuses on long-term strategic planning and alliance-based warfare.
- #17 Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
86% matchVery Positive95% of 15,654 reviews2014
Dev: SkyBox LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!
Why similar: RTS 55%, Strategy 15%, War 12.3%, City Builder 10.1%, Base Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic title that perfectly balances 4X mechanics like research and city-building with real-time combat.
- #18 Mechabellum
84% matchVery Positive84% of 18,617 reviews2024
Dev: Game RiverPub: Dreamhaven
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 24.5% ★, Wargame 19.6%, RTS 18.3%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%, PvP 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: While an auto-battler, it captures the strategic unit-composition and tactical planning required in competitive RTS games.
- #19 World War Armies
85% matchMixed61% of 992 reviews2024
Dev: Hypemasters, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
World War Armies is the ultimate PvP real-time strategy game. Command advanced war machines and compete for free against other players worldwide. Revolutionary mechanics reduce downtime and focus on direct engagement with the enemy, you get to the fun parts of RTS faster.
Why similar: RTS 22.8%, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, Military 13.8%, Deckbuilding 13.5%, Wargame 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced PvP RTS that focuses on tactical unit deployment and map control.
- #20 Hearts of Iron IV
84% matchVery Positive90% of 365,658 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 31.0 hrsMean: 296.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 43.7% ★, War 16.7%, Military 16.6%, RTS 14.1%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive grand strategy game for those who want to manage the entirety of a nation's war effort and political landscape.
- #21 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
82% matchVery Positive91% of 46,269 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 64.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
Why similar: RTS 32.9%, War 19.2%, Real Time Tactics 19.1%, Military 16.3%, Strategy 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep tactical control over infantry and vehicles, perfect for players who enjoy the real-time tactics portion of the seed game.
- #22 Retro Commander
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 357 reviews2023
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).
Why similar: RTS 20.7%, Wargame 18.8%, Mechs 16.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Base Building 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic RTS that features base-building and large-scale multiplayer warfare.
- #23 Carrier Command 2
80% matchVery Positive82% of 3,688 reviews2021
Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, RTS 16.1%, Wargame 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, War 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique blend of real-time strategy and tactical vehicle control that requires significant strategic foresight.
- #24 March of Empires
81% matchMixed63% of 1,819 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Claim your title as Shogun, Highland King, Northern Tsar or Desert Sultan and join this genre-redefining strategy game where you will wage constant war for real territorial conquest! Fortify your castle, fuel a massive army, and enter the ultimate fight for realm domination!
Why similar: 4X 20% ★, Wargame 15.5%, RTS 12.7%, City Builder 11.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that focuses on medieval empire building and large-scale multiplayer war mechanics.
- #25 Art of War: Red Tides
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,958 reviews2016
Dev: Game Science
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Art of War: Red Tides is a fair multiplayer strategy game that allows different teams on the same platform (e.g. smartphones, PC, etc.) to battle against each other. You will encounter players around the world!
Why similar: RTS 58.8%, War 21.3%, Strategy 14.4%, PvP 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused strategy game that emphasizes unit synergy and real-time tactical decisions.
- #26 大三国时代
76% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: 大三国时代项目组
Windows
三国策略攻城游戏《大三国时代》火爆来袭,通过指令操作部队作战,让你体验运筹帷幄,决胜千里的感觉,全尺寸大地图,自由攻城掠地,策略兵种搭配,多样武将选择,快来和兄弟们一起开创属于你们的大三国时代!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.2% ★, RTS 20.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, War 14%, PvP 8.9%
- #27 Nova Empire
79% matchMixed53% of 287 reviews2022
Dev: Gamebear Tech
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build up a Space Empire and establish control of the Galaxy and the Universe! Nova Empire is a multiplayer space game in which the aim is to build your empire and conquer the galaxy in epic space battles against your rivals with other allies worldwide!
Why similar: Political Sim 23.6% ★, 4X 23.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, PvP 9.2%, PvE 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines space-based exploration and strategy with real-time tactical combat elements.
- #28 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
78% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: XR Studio
Windows
This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Wargame 16.3%, RTS 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, Military 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A combat-focused wargame that provides a historical tactical experience for strategy enthusiasts.
- #29 Sanguo's Ambition 4 :Three Kingdoms
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: Youshen Interactive
Windows · Mac
A real-time strategy+team competition game, in 189, the Han Dynasty launched a mutual attack and expansion of territories, operating their own forces, and seizing generals and resources until the world was unified.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, 4X 18.6% ★, Wargame 15.4%, RTS 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 10.6%
- #30 Instant War
77% matchMixed67% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: Playwing LTD
Windows
Embark on a military strategy 4X RTS game, in a world where your battle tactics and your massive army are the keys to victory. Instant War delivers an amazing battlefield experience in a realistic military game. As a commander, you develop your military base and lead your army to victory!
Why similar: 4X 28.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23.6% ★, Wargame 16.8%, Military 8.7%, War 6.5%
- #31 Firmament Wars
78% matchMixed65% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Neverworks Games
Windows
Firmament Wars is a multiplayer strategy game with fast-paced real-time warfare. Build a wall, fire cannons, and launch missiles on your way to victory! Select from 7 government types and compete with up to 8 players on a variety of maps! Go forth and conquer!
Why similar: 4X 30.8% ★, RTS 24%, Wargame 19.9%, Strategy 12.9%, War 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer strategy game that focuses on quick, real-time decision-making and territory conquest.
- #32 NationWar:Annals
77% matchMixed68% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
Why similar: 4X 17.2% ★, Political Sim 14.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, RTS 11.5%, Wargame 10.2%
- #33 Three Kingdoms: Battle of Generals
75% matchMixed66% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: Youkia International Limited
Windows
Three Kingdoms: Battle of Generals is a multi-player online real-time strategy game based on the Three Kingdoms history which recreates realistic landscapes in the world map. Look out for flank attacks and road blocks from your enemies when you explore the open world and build your city.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23% ★, Wargame 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, RTS 15.5%, Military 8.6%
- #34 王于兴师/Order of Kings
72% matchMixed68% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: DW StudioPub: DEQU PTE. LTD.
Windows
Jump into a true real-time strategy, and fully 3D battles! Order of Kings is an MMO game mixing RTS and SLG. You can control massive troops, plan combining 3D terrain and physical collision effects, join in alliances with friends, compete with other server players, and build your own legend!
Why similar: Wargame 24.9%, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, RTS 15.8%, Military 13.9%, War 11.6%
- #35 AfterWar
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Dmytro Lumen
Windows
AfterWar is a strategy about the world in 2028
Why similar: Political Sim 24.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24% ★, RTS 16.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, War 9.4%
- #36 Medieval Kingdom Wars
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,606 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, 4X 15.8% ★, RTS 12.6%, Wargame 10.9%, City Builder 10.7%
- #37 Armored Brigade II
70% matchVery Positive89% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: Veitikka StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Armored Brigade II revolutionizes real-time tactical warfare in 3D, focusing on the intense combined arms combat of the Cold War era, from 1965 to 1991. Boasting a meticulously researched database and huge real-world terrain maps, this game offers an unparalleled combat simulation experience.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Cold War 20.1% ★, RTS 18.1%, Wargame 17.7%, War 6.7%
- #38 Battlefield Commander WWII
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Sword of SteelPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical game where you lead the soldiers and vehicles that battled across the globe during this time in history. Play hundreds of unique units across multiple game modes.
Why similar: RTS 22.4%, Wargame 20.9%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Military 10.6%, War 7.8%
- #39 Eyes of War
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 323 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era, offering both single-player and multiplayer experiences where you can control every unit in character mode. Build your castle, lead your army, and dominate the map. Eyes of War invites you to epic battles of the medieval era!
Why similar: RTS 23.6%, Wargame 22.4%, City Builder 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, Base Building 10%
- #40 Battle Dawn 2: Terra Reborn
73% matchMixed47% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Zero Games StudiosPub: Gato Games
Windows
Place your colony, find an alliance of like-minded players and triumph over thousands of other players to conquer the world through strategy, tactics, diplomacy and skill in the biggest social-interaction based MMO of all time. Upgrade your colony, collect items for your Avatar and become a legend!
Why similar: Wargame 21.4%, RTS 19%, Real Time Tactics 12%, Base Building 11.4%, Military 10.6%
- #41 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
68% matchVery Positive84% of 219 reviews2026
Dev: 古玩工作室
Windows
"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, 4X 16.3% ★, Political Sim 14.6% ★, RTS 13.3%, Wargame 11.2%
- #42 State of Survival
71% matchMixed57% of 465 reviews2023
Dev: FunPlus International AG
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 195.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Survive the Zombies War in this RPG game of Apocalypse and Survival
Why similar: 4X 30.3% ★, RTS 19.5%, City Builder 16.6%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Strategy 4.9%
- #43 胡莱三国3
71% matchMixed60% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: Huochairen Interactive Entertainment
Windows
十年传承,再现经典!畅爽的大地图联盟国战,多地形策略,3D沙盘推演,写意的武将搜集,只为你还原真实的策略三国。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Wargame 16%, Military 8.4%
- #44 Final War: Frozen Defense
69% matchMixed46% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: HaoPlay Limited
Windows
Strategy Tower Defense, RTS Battles on the World Map
Why similar: RTS 21.4%, Wargame 19.5%, City Builder 15%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Roguelite 9.3%
- #45 War of Dots
66% matchVery Positive81% of 5,326 reviews2026
Dev: TeaAndPython
Windows
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: RTS 25%, Wargame 21.9%, Real Time Tactics 20.7%, Military 9.8%, Strategy 8.7%
- #46 Outlive 25
65% matchVery Positive96% of 206 reviews2026
Dev: Continuum EntertainmentPub: CriticalLeap
Windows
Build your base, prepare your troops, and face your most epic battle yet in this old-school real-time strategy game. Choose between two factions, test your skills in three epic campaigns and engage in online battles with up to 16 players simultaneously.
Why similar: RTS 36.6%, Base Building 16.4%, PvP 16.4%, War 10.1%, Management 9.3%
- #47 Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
68% matchMixed59% of 975 reviews2024
Dev: 瞬息万变工作室Pub: Moment HK
Windows
This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.
Why similar: 4X 22.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Wargame 16.3%, RTS 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%
- #48 Imperia Online
70% matchMixed59% of 312 reviews2016
Dev: Imperia Online JSC
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Imperia Online brings you into a world, which exists in the times before the age of gunpowder. It is the world of the sharp blade, long bow and war horse. Experience the vast amount of gameplay mechanics and compete with thousands of players in a totally realistic medieval strategic simulation!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, RTS 16.2%, Wargame 15.1%, PvP 9.7%, Military 9.7%
- #49 Dawn of Ages
67% matchMixed55% of 205 reviews2025
Dev: Stratosphere GamesPub: BoomBit
Windows
Experience authentic medieval warfare. Command vast armies in brutal mass battles, utilizing diverse weapons and tactics. Embark on historical campaigns against rival kingdoms or challenge real opponents in epic PvP wars.
Why similar: PvP 38.6%, War 28.7%, Strategy 19%, 3D 13.7%
- #50 Supreme Ruler 2030
67% matchMixed64% of 544 reviews2023
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Rise to power as any modern day country in a realistic military, political and economic simulation. Command your country's diplomacy, espionage, and resource management to strengthen your position. Use real-time tactical control of your military to fortify your place as the Supreme Ruler.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, RTS 17.3%, Wargame 17%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, War 10.6%
- #51 PlanetX
66% matchMixed67% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Giedrius Talzunas
Windows · Mac
PlanetX is a real-time strategy MMO set on a spherical planet. Players expand territories, construct buildings, and manage resources to develop their empire. The ultimate goal is to conquer the entire planet by claiming all land plots and outpacing rivals in strategic growth and domination.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29% ★, RTS 21.2%, City Builder 20.8%, War 7.8%, PvP 6.4%
- #52 Countryballs at War
65% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.3% ★, Wargame 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 19.4%, Military 9.1%, Strategy 7.5%
- #53 Kingdom Wars
69% matchMixed67% of 2,798 reviews2013
Dev: Reverie World Studios
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.
Why similar: RTS 53.8%, City Builder 18.6%, Strategy 18.3%, War 9.3%
- #54 Stronghold Kingdoms
69% matchMixed64% of 9,522 reviews2012
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 85.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17% ★, City Builder 14.6%, RTS 14.1%, Wargame 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%