- #1 Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,183 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The Second Tiberium War begins in this legendary sequel to the original Command & Conquer. With his forces stronger than ever, arch villain and leader of The Brotherhood of Nod - Kane - is pitched in an epic battle against the world's war machine - the Global Defense Initiative.
Why similar: RTS 42.9%, Strategy 42.2%, Action 14.8%
- #2 Machines At War 3
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2014
Dev: Isotope 244 LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Real time strategy game featuring over 130 different types of units and technologies, 21 campaign missions with characters and an intriguing story, unlimited random map skirmishes with many customizable settings, network multiplayer to challenge your friends, and so much more in this RTS!
Why similar: Strategy 40.4%, RTS 38.6%, Action 15.6%, Indie 5.5%
- #3 Fortify
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Holgersson Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.
Why similar: Strategy 40.6%, RTS 35.6%, Action 17.2%, Indie 6.6%
- #4 Rush & Command
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VoxelBite
Windows
Rush & Command is a classic multiplayer real time strategy game, that will intrigue both highly tactical as well as casual RTS players. The game is set in an alternate world where units and armies dating back from the 1960-1980 are enriched with high-tech current technologies and knowledge.
Why similar: RTS 40.4%, Strategy 36%, Action 17.4%, Indie 6.2%
- #5 Meridian: Squad 22
73% matchMixed66% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Meridian: Squad 22 is a single-player science-fiction real-time strategy game with a focus on base building and advanced tactics. Every single choice, every tactical decision you make, shapes the outcome of your story.
Why similar: Strategy 42.9%, RTS 31.5%, Action 19.1%, Indie 6.4%
- #6 WarZone Flashpoint
72% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: Dust Storm Entertainment
Windows
WarZone Flashpoint is in an RTS in development by Dust Storm Entertainment. We're an indie team bringing you a classic RTS formula which we intend to update for a long time to come!
Why similar: Strategy 45.1%, RTS 28.7%, Action 19.1%, Indie 7%
- #7 Battle Realms: Zen Edition
60% matchVery Positive88% of 4,164 reviews2025
Dev: Ed Del Castillo
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology. Develop your peasants into a highly trained and deadly efficient clan of warriors who are ready to die with your name on their lips.
Why similar: RTS 48.3%, Strategy 38.5%, Action 13.2%
- #8 Tempest Rising
58% matchVery Positive88% of 10,813 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
Why similar: RTS 65.6%, Strategy 32.7%, Action 1.7%
- #9 Rising Kingdoms
68% matchVery Positive92% of 245 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Rising Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2005
Why similar: Strategy 51.1%, RTS 48.9%
- #10 Celtic Kings: Rage of War
68% matchVery Positive90% of 168 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Celtic Kings: Rage of War is an RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2002. It is the first game of the award-winning franchise Celtic Kings
Why similar: RTS 56%, Strategy 44%
- #11 Command & Conquer™ Generals
60% matchVery Positive88% of 1,885 reviews2024
Dev: EA PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Be the Ultimate Modern Warfare General
Why similar: Strategy 43.5%, RTS 42.3%, Action 14.2%
- #12 Arena Wars 2
74% matchMostly Negative32% of 387 reviews2012
Dev: ExDream GmbHPub: Just a Game
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Arena Wars 2 is the sequel of the award-winning Arena Wars series and combines revolutionary RTS fights with RPG elements.
Why similar: Strategy 47.5%, RTS 35.8%, Action 16.7%
- #13 LazerGrrl
57% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: Sandwich Generation
Windows
Fast paced PVP strategy. Bomberman meets RTS.
Why similar: Strategy 49.8%, Action 23.4%, RTS 18.3%, Indie 8.5%
- #14 Command & Conquer™ and The Covert Operations™
61% matchMostly Positive74% of 401 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
The legendary RTS game which started it all. Will you side with the humanistic GDI or bring the world to its knees with Kane and the Brotherhood of Nod. Your adversaries are without mercy. And so are you.
Why similar: RTS 45.4%, Strategy 37.1%, Action 17.4%
- #15 Fractured State
67% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Mechanical Monocle
Windows
Fractured State refines the RTS genre into fast-paced strategic urban combat. Take part as the machine driven imperialistic faction of the Laperian Imperial Army battle to remain in control against the Children of the Ancients, worshipers and masters of an ancient power. Includes Map Editor.
Why similar: Strategy 46.4%, RTS 45.7%, Indie 7.9%
- #16 BattleMore
68% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Heat Wave Games
Windows
From battling rocket squirrels to lead zeppelins, this goofy single player RTS will keep your hands full and APM high.
Why similar: RTS 55.5%, Strategy 44.5%
- #17 Empires:The Rise
68% matchMixed61% of 62 reviews2019
Dev: 阿龟与阿飞Pub: MZ Times
Windows
《Empries:The Rise》 is the a Cross-Platform Real-Time-Strategy (R.T.S.) game. Choose your nation and conquer those, who stand in your way!
Why similar: RTS 50.6%, Strategy 49.4%
- #18 Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
67% matchVery Positive95% of 240 reviews2016
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Conquer the world and build your empire! Lead one civilization to glory through sophisticated trade, diplomacy, espionage and conquest.
Why similar: Strategy 55.3%, RTS 44.7%
- #19 Warrior Kings: Battles
68% matchVery Positive91% of 322 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Warrior Kings: Battles maintains the excitement that made Warrior Kings a leading RTS. It is a stand-alone title that adds a new strategic and tactical dimension to the series.
Why similar: RTS 51.5%, Strategy 48.5%
- #20 Basic Warfare
66% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Bog Iron Games
Windows · Linux
Basic Warfare is a combination of RTS and Action genres featuring realtime multiplayer action combat and strategic economic simulation.
Why similar: Strategy 49.2%, Action 22.8%, RTS 19.8%, Indie 8.2%
- #21 7th Legion
69% matchMixed56% of 94 reviews2014
Dev: Epic MegaGamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 23%
There's no Salvation from this army! Can you survive this furiously fast, kill-for-money, real-time blood-fest?
Why similar: RTS 43.5%, Strategy 41.3%, Action 15.2%
- #22 Boid
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 747 reviews2016
Dev: MokusPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Boid is real-time strategy at its most primal - your only resource is your army. No funds to manage or infrastructures to build. It’s a kill or be killed battle of rapid decisions to dominate the gene pool.
Why similar: RTS 45%, Strategy 36.5%, Action 13.5%, Indie 5%
- #23 Kingdom-Heroes
60% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: InfinityMr
Windows
Kingdom-Heroes offers real time strategy fun in 2D Pixelart optics and cool atmospheric music and sound. Build up your Colony by placing every building where you want and recruiting as many units as you want! Build outposts, Farming stations or strengthen your defenses!
Why similar: Strategy 51%, RTS 33.5%, Indie 8.1%, Action 7.4%
- #24 reconquest
68% matchMixed55% of 263 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows · Mac
Reconquest is a real-time strategy base building game. After World War III, mankind got close to extinction. You have to reconquer Earth by making better strategic decisions than your opponents.
Why similar: RTS 50.3%, Strategy 49.7%
- #25 Horn sounds
60% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Soomka Games
Windows
Your task is to destroy all enemies on the map. Farms will provide you with provisions, with which you can hire new soldiers. Gather squads, hire new soldiers, capture farms... All this will help you win!
Why similar: RTS 41.3%, Strategy 39.1%, Action 17.2%, Indie 2.4%
- #26 Joint Task Force
68% matchVery Positive88% of 331 reviews2007
Dev: Most Wanted EntertainmentPub: HD Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Joint Task Force is the real-time strategy (RTS) game where you command the frontline forces in tomorrow's most hazardous conflicts. Lead twenty dramatic missions in explosive war-zones including the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Balkans.
Why similar: Strategy 44%, RTS 40.8%, Action 15.1%
- #27 Warfare
68% matchVery Positive86% of 236 reviews2009
Dev: GFI RussiaPub: Game Factory Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Saudi Arabia, one of the world's leading oil suppliers and a key U.S. ally, has been taken over by a highly organized group of radical terrorists. The government is in a state of collapse and turmoil and you have been chosen to lead the United States' armed forces to restore control.
Why similar: Strategy 53%, RTS 47%
- #28 Cro Magnon
66% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Thor Gaming
Windows
Europe, 39000 BC. A group of people have arrived at a location suitable for a settlement. The lands are rich and fertile, but not uninhabited. You will take command of a newly formed clan of Cro Magnon, in the final days of the Neanderthals. Your goal is survival and dominance.
Why similar: Strategy 46.7%, RTS 44.6%, Indie 8.7%
- #29 Warrior Kings
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 141 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Restoring the power of a kingdom to its former glory using innate cunning, military might and a fearsome will to win.
Why similar: Strategy 56.1%, RTS 43.9%
- #30 Arnaud Thion's Dragons 2
54% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Arnaud THIONPub: Fazhom
Windows
The fire returns. The kingdoms still smolder from your last rampage… and now, the dragon awakens again. This time, your fury has evolved — sharper claws, brighter flames, and a story forged in vengeance.
Why similar: RTS 43%, Strategy 37.9%, Action 19.2%
- #31 Kohan: Ahriman's Gift
67% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
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Why similar: Strategy 58%, RTS 42%
- #32 Z Steel Soldiers
68% matchMixed52% of 286 reviews2014
Dev: TickTock GamesPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In the bloody aftermath of ‘Z’ comes The Bitmap Brothers classic, “Z Steel Soldiers”: a new breed of robot with a taste for war and a warped sense of humour.
Why similar: Strategy 50.4%, RTS 49.6%
- #33 Maniac Land
56% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Giftzwerg Games
Windows
"Maniac Land" Summon your mages to the court! Gather resources and transform them into powerful wands, mysterious books, or, well, stones. Develop new spells, defend your small land, or snatch up your friends' territories and zap them into another dimension.
Why similar: RTS 49.9%, Strategy 33.9%, Action 14.2%, Indie 2%
- #34 Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
54% matchVery Positive93% of 9,905 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The world erupts in conflict as Soviet forces invade American soil in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. You are the Supreme Commander. Arm yourself to the teeth with top-secret technologies and lead the Soviet or Allied troops to victory.
Why similar: RTS 55.9%, Strategy 30.8%, Action 13.3%
- #35 Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™
56% matchMostly Positive79% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Surrender is not an option
Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, RTS 39.4%, Action 16.4%
- #36 Infinite Abyss
63% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Seven Arm Octopus
Windows
Infinite Abyss is a combination of a dynamic game of action with strategic elements in a stylized 2D world. You will play the role of the last living astronaut to survive on a lonely planet.
Why similar: Strategy 44.5%, Aliens 25.7%, Action 22%, Indie 7.8%
- #37 Crush Your Enemies
64% matchVery Positive81% of 439 reviews2016
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
Why similar: RTS 43.9%, Strategy 35.3%, Action 15.1%, Indie 5.7%
- #38 Tanks vs Aliens
64% matchMostly Positive79% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: VR FeaturesPub: K Bros Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Hordes of alien tanks have flooded the streets, spreading chaos and terror everywhere they go. You’re the only one who can save humanity! Explore the world of futuristic tank battles in a brand new real-time strategy and base defense game.
Why similar: Strategy 56.3%, RTS 36.6%, Action 7.1%
- #39 Jarheads
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gareth Williams
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jarheads is a fast-paced tactical shooter with fully-destructible environments. Jarheads comprises of a 50 mission single-player (or two-player online co-op) campaign and a separate online multiplayer experience for up to 8 players with a variety of explosive game modes.
Why similar: Strategy 68.4%, Action 31.6%
- #40 Terra Division
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ushanka Games
Windows
Combine FPS skill and RTS strategy in one game. From the strategic overview of a commander to the focused fire of a frontline soldier, every perspective serves the same purpose: absolute victory. Experience a war where every life has value and every order carries the weight of consequence.
Why similar: RTS 48.4%, Strategy 27.5%, Aliens 12.9%, Action 11.2%
- #41 Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
65% matchVery Positive84% of 115 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
If you are to return your race to their rightful glory, you must solve the mystery of their destruction.
Why similar: Strategy 52.9%, RTS 47.1%
- #42 Armor Clash II
64% matchMixed60% of 116 reviews2017
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armor Clash II is an old-school RTS game, with classic features like base building, modern armors and navies etc. 2 factions and sub-factions for each one, from high tech stealth destroyers to hardcore battleships. In Skirmishes players build base from the start, while in the Random Generated Mission, fast paced combats start immediately.
Why similar: RTS 41.7%, Strategy 40.8%, Action 17.5%
- #43 Intruder Alert: Ixian Operations
64% matchMixed66% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Frudelsoft
Windows
Intruder Alert is an science-fiction RTS having 6 totally different factions. It contains a single-player campaign, local LAN multiplayer, simple single player games and special challenges like Tower Defense.
Why similar: Strategy 47.1%, RTS 45%, Indie 8%
- #44 Pick Your Poison
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ranmantaru Games
Windows
Pick a disadvantage each level, how far can you go in this roguelike?
Why similar: Strategy 60.5%, Action 28.9%, Indie 10.6%
- #45 Mars Wars
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: lonewolfdesign
Windows
Mars Wars is a top-down shooter game, where you have to defend your base from aliens on Mars. You control a rover with different weapons that you can use to kill the aliens.
Why similar: Strategy 60.5%, Action 28.9%, Indie 10.6%
- #46 Meridian: New World
66% matchMixed48% of 530 reviews2014
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Slip into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian. Assured of the fact that the planet is uninhabited, the unexpected reception of a distress call from the surface could mean many things, none of which you are prepared for.
Why similar: RTS 55.9%, Strategy 40.1%, Indie 4%
- #47 Soul Shards
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Psion Tech, S.A.
Windows
Soul Shards is a real time strategy game that combines the deep strategy of traditional card games with the immersion and fast pace of FPS games
Why similar: Strategy 43.9%, RTS 27%, Action 21.6%, Indie 7.5%
- #48 Ground Control II: Operation Exodus
63% matchVery Positive89% of 317 reviews2015
Dev: Massive EntertainmentPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%
It’s 2741 and the universe is at war. The Terran Empire is laying siege to the NSA, a treaty of colonies that upholds freedom and democracy. After losing the battle in space, the NSA is forced to retreat to its last stronghold. Can you snatch victory from impending doom?
Why similar: Strategy 64.4%, RTS 35.6%
- #49 Elementals Reborn
62% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: alexnown
Windows
In Elementals Reborn you will explore the forgotten lands and fight their inhabitants. In Elementals Reborn, you can find entertainment of your own!
Why similar: Strategy 47.5%, RTS 28.4%, Action 21.3%, Indie 2.8%
- #50 Million Star Ship
53% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Nanchang Pubugui Online Game Co., Ltd
Windows
This is a single player defense game for interstellar strategy. We have established 36 birth points. Players can freely switch birth points to control the size of the enemy. Set the moon as a base. Our fleet can conquer the universe and find legendary warships. Our journey is the sea of stars.
Why similar: RTS 41.2%, Strategy 35.6%, Aliens 21.3%, Indie 1.9%
- #51 Nightside
63% matchMixed62% of 131 reviews2015
Dev: OMNIDREAM CREATIONS
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A four races sci-fi base building real time strategy game set on the dark side of an unknown planet where the valuable "green ice" resource can be found.
Why similar: RTS 47.3%, Strategy 45.8%, Indie 6.9%
- #52 Haegemonia: The Solon Heritage
63% matchMixed68% of 125 reviews2014
Dev: Digital RealityPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
A stand-alone expansion pack to Legions of Iron, discover new innovations and even more stunning visuals that launch the Haegemonia experience into light speed.
Why similar: Strategy 46%, RTS 36.1%, Action 13.1%, Indie 4.8%
- #53 Peppered
59% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Face off in a series of snowball fights! Wreck the entire neighborhood.
Why similar: Strategy 54.6%, Action 25.5%, RTS 10.4%, Indie 9.4%
- #54 Planet X16
53% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
Planet X16 the spiritual successor to the Planet X3 strategy game. You are up against the Protoids again. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases now with mouse controls
Why similar: RTS 52.3%, Strategy 47.7%
- #55 Lootfest Wars
60% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: vikingfabian
Windows
A relaxing RTS
Why similar: RTS 48.3%, Strategy 44.2%, Indie 7.5%
- #56 Masters of Anima
60% matchMostly Positive79% of 417 reviews2018
Dev: Passtech GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Delve into an original adventure and defy the forces of evil in strategic, action-packed battles. Summon and control large armies of up to 100 Guardians thanks to intuitive and innovative gameplay and make quick tactical decisions to prevail.
Why similar: Strategy 40.9%, RTS 37.8%, Action 21.4%