- #1 8-Bit Armies
97% matchVery Positive81% of 2,475 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.
Why similar: RTS 36.6%, Strategy 28.5%, Voxel 10.7% ★, Simulation 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #2 8-Bit Invaders!
96% matchVery Positive83% of 447 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
8-Bit Invaders! is a fast-paced, retro Real-Time Strategy game for the PC. Control the military might of the Galactic Marine Corps or Invade with the devastating power of the Cranioids! Mine, Build, and Fight your way to victory! Conquering the Multiverse was never so easy.
Why similar: RTS 38.6%, Strategy 23.6%, Voxel 12.4% ★, Simulation 9.1%, Multiplayer 6.1%
- #3 Circle Empires
96% matchVery Positive89% of 4,178 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Why similar: RTS 47.8%, Strategy 36.8%, Indie 8.3%, Multiplayer 3.9%, Fantasy 3.2%
- #4 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
95% matchVery Positive81% of 1,038 reviews2024
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
Why similar: RTS 51.2%, Voxel 26.7% ★, Strategy 22.1%
- #5 Castle Story
94% matchMixed65% of 10,656 reviews2017
Dev: Sauropod Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.
Why similar: Strategy 35.6%, RTS 23.3%, Building 13.8%, Voxel 9.6% ★, Multiplayer 9.1%
- #6 Conan Unconquered
94% matchMixed68% of 1,863 reviews2019
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.
Why similar: RTS 45.2%, Strategy 36.9%, Simulation 7%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Indie 2.7%
- #7 Little Kingdom RTS
92% matchVery Positive87% of 82 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 49.8%, Strategy 23.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Building 5.3%
- #8 Forged Battalion
93% matchMixed58% of 1,114 reviews2018
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.
Why similar: RTS 56.1%, Strategy 25.8%, Simulation 9.4%, Multiplayer 4.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #9 Tooth and Tail
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 4,154 reviews2017
Dev: Pocketwatch Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!
Why similar: RTS 53.6%, Strategy 27.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #10 Rusted Warfare - RTS
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,619 reviews2017
Dev: Corroding Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 34.7 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 64.6%, Strategy 23.1%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%, Indie 2.9%
- #11 Rise to Ruins
90% matchVery Positive88% of 7,765 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: Strategy 53.7%, Simulation 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Indie 8.7%
- #12 Armor Clash
89% matchMixed69% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armor Clash is an RTS game of modern warfare, containing classic features like base building, unit training etc. Players can pick modern armors such as M1A2, T-14 to form identical legions. With realistic effects and fast paced battle, players will enjoy commanding their armored forces to break down the enemy.
Why similar: RTS 51.7%, Strategy 28.8%, Simulation 12.4%, Indie 7.1%
- #13 Colony Survival
88% matchVery Positive92% of 9,016 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Strategy 30.5%, RTS 18.6%, Voxel 16.6% ★, Multiplayer 16%, Building 14.5%
- #14 Crush Your Enemies
89% matchVery Positive81% of 444 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 51.1%, Strategy 36.1%, Indie 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%
- #15 Forts
86% matchVery Positive92% of 25,454 reviews2017
Dev: EarthWork Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!
Why similar: Strategy 45%, Multiplayer 20.3%, Building 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Indie 7.6%
- #16 There Are No Orcs
85% matchVery Positive93% of 1,235 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!
Why similar: RTS 64.3%, Strategy 24%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Fantasy 4.2%, Indie 0.9%
- #17 Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
87% matchMixed65% of 455 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
Why similar: RTS 52%, Strategy 24.4%, Simulation 9.5%, Building 9.3%, Fantasy 4.8%
- #18 Mushroom Wars 2
86% matchMixed62% of 977 reviews2017
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.
Why similar: RTS 50%, Strategy 35.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Indie 4.8%
- #19 Fantasy Village Simulator
84% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: CYCLOPS
Windows · Mac
Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.
Why similar: Strategy 32.4%, RTS 27.3%, Simulation 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Building 7.2%
- #20 Diplomacy is Not an Option
82% matchVery Positive86% of 12,713 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: RTS 59.4%, Strategy 27.2%, Simulation 13.4%
- #21 The Scouring
81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,339 reviews2025
Dev: Orc Group
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The Scouring is an RTS with fast pace, high attention to detail and next generation experience. Lead humans or orcs in a Classic Mode or use one of powerful Heroes to fight for victory! Play alone or with friends. Use our modding tools to create maps and custom game modes! Join The Scouring!
Why similar: RTS 52.2%, Strategy 23.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Building 9.2%, Fantasy 5.4%
- #22 Armor Clash 3
83% matchMixed54% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armor Clash 3 is an old-school modern warfare RTS game with base building and navies. There are 3 factions with unique units, buildings and technology systems. There are both skirmish and challenge modes. The battle is fast-paced, with realistic graphics and physical effects, and the performance is also optimized.
Why similar: Strategy 38.6%, RTS 35.6%, Simulation 16.8%, Indie 9.1%
- #23 Craft The World
81% matchVery Positive88% of 17,114 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Strategy 39%, Building 25%, Simulation 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Indie 7.6%
- #24 Circle Empires 2
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 310 reviews2026
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
CIRCLE EMPIRES returns! Expand your empire, circle by circle, in this fast-paced follow-up to the hit RTS. Gather resources, build armies, and defeat bosses (or your friends) in a world that changes with every game. With unique units and biomes, it's an addictive battle of wits and tactics.
Why similar: RTS 70.1%, Strategy 29.9%
- #25 Battle Simulator
80% matchMixed54% of 170 reviews2018
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Soldier to the assault! Deploy your troops and destroy the enemy army!
Why similar: Strategy 42.6%, Simulation 22.2%, Voxel 17.5% ★, Indie 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #26 Phoenix Hope
79% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: Honorable Pixel
Windows
Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.
Why similar: RTS 35.4%, Strategy 25.9%, Simulation 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Building 6.5%
- #27 Hero's Hour
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,752 reviews2022
Dev: Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" HauerPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.
Why similar: Strategy 49.1%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.6%, Fantasy 11.1%
- #28 Lord of Dwarves
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 reviews2020
Dev: Stellar Sage Games
Windows · Linux
Gather resources, craft weapons, and build a castle. Then defend your castle against monsters who will try to siege, sap, and smash their way in. All in a procedurally generated 3D block world that allows for extensive crafting and total construction and destruction of the terrain.
Why similar: Strategy 48.8%, Simulation 25%, Indie 13.5%, Building 8.9%, Fantasy 3.8%
- #29 Here Comes The Swarm
75% matchVery Positive86% of 380 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Why similar: RTS 56.5%, Strategy 27.9%, Simulation 11.4%, Fantasy 4.2%
- #30 Army of Pixels
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Gergely Zsolnay
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Pixel strategy that combines real-time and turn-based gameplay. 17 factions from vampire queens to mechanical golems.
Why similar: Strategy 68.2%, Indie 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%
- #31 Flesh Eaters
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,351 reviews2016
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead
Why similar: RTS 39.3%, Indie 36.8%, Simulation 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #32 Andalia
76% matchVery Positive85% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Joel St.Pub: Sundust
Windows
Andalia is a fantasy real-time strategy game (RTS) with a diverse range of civilisations, resources and environments. Build up your town and lead your forces into war against enemy players. Alternatively you may construct a monument and hold it long enough to reach victory.
Why similar: RTS 58.7%, Strategy 23.4%, Multiplayer 11%, Fantasy 5.9%, Indie 0.9%
- #33 YORG.io 3
76% matchMixed68% of 343 reviews2019
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Defend, Attack, Survive! Build up your base and defeat the zombies with this unique combination of tower defense, base building and supply chain management. Now with multiplayer, mods and loads of new content!
Why similar: RTS 47.7%, Strategy 33.5%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Indie 7.1%
- #34 Age of Mythology: Retold
71% matchVery Positive90% of 23,592 reviews2024
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Play as mythological Gods and smite your enemies in this award-winning, mythological Real-Time Strategy classic given new life. Wage war across timeless campaigns, fierce skirmishes, and god-powered multiplayer modes.
Why similar: RTS 58.6%, Strategy 26.7%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Fantasy 5.3%
- #35 Circle Empires Rivals
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,977 reviews2020
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In this fast-paced multiplayer RTS, you and your friends will take control of your own tiny kingdoms and conquer a world made of circles. Each one is overflowing with enemies to fight, monsters to hunt and loot to hoard – but watch out... Friends can quickly become rivals!
Why similar: RTS 51.4%, Strategy 28.5%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Fantasy 6.6%
- #36 Territory: Farming and Warfare
72% matchVery Positive85% of 766 reviews2026
Dev: Wit Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
Why similar: RTS 41.5%, Strategy 24.2%, Simulation 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Building 7.9%
- #37 Buggos
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,436 reviews2022
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!
Why similar: RTS 42.5%, Strategy 27.2%, Simulation 12.7%, Building 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #38 Battle Realms: Zen Edition
70% matchVery Positive89% of 4,420 reviews2025
Dev: Ed Del Castillo
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 34.1 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 54.9%, Strategy 37.6%, Multiplayer 5.3%, Fantasy 2.2%
- #39 Armor Clash II
75% matchMixed61% of 117 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 44.4%, Strategy 38.1%, Simulation 17.5%
- #40 Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
74% matchMixed70% of 323 reviews2018
Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Take command of mighty Vikings, sly Persians or brutish Demons! Destroy your opponent’s base while defending your own in this action-packed side-scrolling RTS!
Why similar: Strategy 42.6%, RTS 38.6%, Indie 9.4%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Fantasy 2.7%
- #41 8-Bit Farm
73% matchMixed66% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!
Why similar: Strategy 48.4%, Simulation 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Building 9.1%, Indie 1.5%
- #42 After Long Night
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 464 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 55.7%, Strategy 26.3%, Simulation 9.8%, Building 8.3%
- #43 Cossacks 3
72% matchVery Positive82% of 16,201 reviews2016
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 50.3 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: RTS 55.2%, Strategy 35.1%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #44 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,099 reviews2018
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.
Why similar: Strategy 52.7%, Building 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Indie 9.3%, Fantasy 8.9%
- #45 WAR PARTY
73% matchMixed68% of 456 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: RTS 60.7%, Strategy 28.2%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Fantasy 3.5%
- #46 Open The Gates!
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: Robin van der Horst
Windows
Build, manage and defend your medieval castle in this crazy sidescroller RTS game. Build walls, towers and traps to protect your fortress from enemy sieges before launching your own. Command powerful siege weapons and design the perfect strategy to take back the empire.
Why similar: RTS 54.9%, Strategy 23.9%, Building 8.5%, Simulation 8.4%, Fantasy 4.3%
- #47 Grim Nights
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,552 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
Why similar: RTS 50.8%, Strategy 34.4%, Building 8%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%, Fantasy 2.6%
- #48 Scarecropia
68% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: JYP Studio
Windows
Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!
Why similar: RTS 50.8%, Strategy 22.1%, Simulation 10%, Building 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #49 Empires of the Undergrowth
66% matchVery Positive94% of 18,977 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Strategy 54.2%, Simulation 26.1%, Building 19.7%
- #50 Spirits of the Hellements - TD
67% matchVery Positive93% of 340 reviews2022
Dev: Hippo Rider Games
Windows
Assemble legendary Spirits and defend against the endless hordes of Hell. A tower defense where you must shape the battlefield and create a maze using the three Hellements. Use Fire, Lightning, and Wind tiles to trap your enemies, or augment your defenses.
Why similar: Strategy 74.1%, Fantasy 14.1%, Indie 11.8%
- #51 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
70% matchMixed67% of 3,328 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 62.7%, Strategy 29.3%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Indie 1.1%
- #52 Cataclismo
65% matchVery Positive89% of 4,346 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: RTS 49.7%, Strategy 27%, Simulation 13.2%, Building 10.1%
- #53 Gnomoria
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,539 reviews2016
Dev: Robotronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
Why similar: Strategy 39.5%, Simulation 18.5%, RTS 16.1%, Building 11.5%, Indie 8.4%
- #54 Stronghold: Warlords
68% matchMixed65% of 5,328 reviews2021
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
Why similar: RTS 53.4%, Strategy 25.7%, Building 11.4%, Simulation 9.5%
- #55 Feartress
69% matchMixed49% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Frederik ListPub: Foo Dogs Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Feartress is an idle RPG where you gather resources, build structures and hire workers and armies to help you succeed in battle and take over multiple dimensions.
Why similar: Strategy 72.4%, Building 18%, Fantasy 9.6%
- #56 Block Tower TD
67% matchVery Positive86% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.
Why similar: Strategy 60.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Fantasy 11.3%, Building 11.2%
- #57 Warlords Under Siege
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 482 reviews2025
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.
Why similar: RTS 54.2%, Strategy 21.7%, Building 11.6%, Simulation 8.6%, Fantasy 3.8%
- #58 Tower Lords
67% matchMixed46% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Final Arcade
Windows
Become a Tower Lord! Build and upgrade your tower in this incremental idle game. Fight off the forces of the Dark Lord, conquer new lands, and challenge his dominion with the power of your dragon.
Why similar: Strategy 41.9%, Simulation 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Building 13.7%, Fantasy 9.2%