- #1 Tyrium
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sceptical Orange
Windows
Tyrium is a real-time strategy game where you build a base, collect the valuable mineral Tyrium, and command tanks, rocket launchers, and infantry. Fight for map control, upgrade units, and experience two campaign levels. More content and game modes are coming soon!
Why similar: Real-Time 24.4% ★, Action RTS 18.1% ★, RTS 15.3%, Base Building 7.8%, War 6.1%
- #2 Zeta Leporis RTS
96% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Jason Gieske
Windows
A sci-fi real-time strategy game. An existential war among asteroids in classic RTS style. Build and defend, produce and upgrade, attack and annihilate!
Why similar: Real-Time 26.2% ★, RTS 19.4%, Base Building 11%, Retro 7.9%, Wargame 7.6%
- #3 WarBreeds
96% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Red Orb EntertainmentPub: SNEG
Windows
Warbreeds is a strategy game where the objective is to become the ruler of the fallen Empire. Defeat your enemies and steal their genetic material to expand your clan’s skills and firepower. Engineer and customize your army with a vast mixture of advanced bio-technological weaponry.
Why similar: Real-Time 26.8% ★, Action RTS 20.5% ★, Wargame 16%, RTS 15.2%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #4 Tribes
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catastrophe Studios
Windows
In a stone-age like war, stuck on a lush, isolated island, its down to you to command your tribe to conquer and colonize the island by any means! Tribes offers skirmish, multiplayer and a full campaign mode for you to experience with friends or alone!!!
Why similar: Real-Time 26.9% ★, Action RTS 17% ★, RTS 12.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Wargame 8.2%
- #5 Fractured Alliance
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tense Games
Windows
A classics inspired real-time strategy game with a brand new story and exciting units! Command varied forces, gather resources, build your base, adapt tactics, and dominate vast landscapes. Script your legacy in rich campaigns and dynamic multiplayer battles. Shape the destiny of the world!
Why similar: Real-Time 22% ★, RTS 17.8%, Action RTS 13.6% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Wargame 10.4%
- #6 Global Conflagration
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CTLN7
Windows
Global Conflagration is a real-time strategy game inspired by the classics featuring modern controls and streamlined mechanics. Build lots of tanks, infantry, helicopters and aircraft to destroy the enemy base.
Why similar: Real-Time 20.7% ★, Action RTS 17.1% ★, RTS 16.3%, Wargame 13.2%, Base Building 12.2%
- #7 Critter Chaos TD
92% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Chaos Creations
Windows
Critter Chaos TD is a fast, frantic and chaotic Tower Defence game in which you must rid the world of the evil Critters. Build stations and guns to fortify your defences and prevent the various types of Critters from reaching your base.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.3% ★, Wargame 19.5%, RTS 18.6%, Base Building 11%, Strategy 7.3%
- #8 Element
93% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Flightless
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don't have time to play realtime strategy space games. Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defence units, and destroy the enemy while maintaining a balance between earth, air and water.
Why similar: RTS 19.6%, Real-Time 19.4% ★, Wargame 13.1%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 6.8%
- #9 Crimson Freedom
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yboga doo
Windows
Story-driven RTS set on Mars! Build bases, command armies and uncover the choices and failures of humanity. Each campaign offers a radically different perspective on the struggle for humanity's future, a conflict between freedom, control and a frenzied pursuit for immortality through AI.
Why similar: Action RTS 20.8% ★, RTS 19.8%, Wargame 16.5%, Base Building 12%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #10 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
91% matchVery Positive87% of 11,704 reviews2022
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!
Why similar: RTS 29.9%, Real-Time 22.9% ★, Wargame 11%, Strategy 10.5%, Tactical 9.4%
- #11 Unoffensible
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Golongself
Windows
A VR strategy game where you are big, powerful and in control. Command your forces to build, defend, and destroy.
Why similar: Real-Time 20.6% ★, RTS 15.8%, Action RTS 13.5% ★, Base Building 12%, Wargame 11.1%
- #12 StarSim: BattleZone
89% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Viktor Martynovsky
Windows
StarSim: BattleZone is a real-time strategy (RTS) game set in the StarSim universe. Take command of an army and lead your faction to victory. Gameplay includes classic RTS mechanics such as: building a base, gathering resources, researching new technologies, building defences, training units, etc.
Why similar: RTS 31.9%, Base Building 19.8%, Action RTS 13.7% ★, Strategy 11.3%, Building 10.3%
- #13 Grey Galactic
89% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Alex McGeePub: Blue Quill Studios LLC
Windows
Grey Galactic is a real time strategy game in space where you build up your planets and ships to conquer your enemies. Develop your empire and fleet of spaceships to destroy your enemies and take over the galaxy! Do you have what it takes to become the best Fleet Captain the UFMC has ever seen?
Why similar: Action RTS 23.5% ★, RTS 21.4%, Base Building 8.1%, Building 7.6%, Tactical 7.1%
- #14 Military Defense
88% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Taranau Aliaksei
Windows
Protect the base from an alien invasion. Place cannons and destroy the invaders. Upgrade cannons to resist the enemies.
Why similar: RTS 20.3%, Action RTS 19.8% ★, Wargame 17.8%, Tower Defense 7.4%, Strategy 6.6%
- #15 2089 - Space Divided
86% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: CoastGames GmbH
Windows
2089 - Space Divided is a classic science fiction real-time strategy game in which you collect resources, build up your base, train troops and destroy your opponents with tactical skill.
Why similar: Action RTS 19.2% ★, RTS 16.1%, Wargame 15.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Tactical 7.6%
- #16 Empyrean Frontier
87% 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 26.1% ★, RTS 20.8%, Action RTS 14.6% ★, Base Building 14%, Strategy 11.7%
- #17 WarOS
85% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: The7 Studio
Windows
Step into the world of galactic combat in "WarOS", a Chinese sci-fi game! It creates its own structure, integrating the core gameplay of RTS with the details, plot and growth system of RPG, simplifying complex micro-manipulation, and making the game experience both fun and exhilarating.
Why similar: RTS 19%, Wargame 16.4%, Base Building 13.4%, Action RTS 13.3% ★, Tactical 6.9%
- #18 Atahion - Tower Defense
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: EhtChaos
Windows
Build your defense base to repel alien invaders. Atahion is a strategy and tactical defense game in which you have to extract resources, build defense towers and use bonuses to complete the mission.
Why similar: RTS 26.7%, Base Building 18.7%, Tower Defense 10.7%, Action RTS 10.6% ★, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #19 Moduwar
84% matchVery Positive89% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Biohex StudiosPub: Firesquid
Windows · Linux
Moduwar is an adaptive organic RTS where you control an alien creature, Modu - and your body is your army. Grow new organs, split, merge and mutate them into unique units that adapt to your needs as you fight against human and alien threats in single and multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Real-Time 23.8% ★, RTS 17.1%, Action RTS 15.2% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Wargame 11%
- #20 Defence of the Arcane Realms
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Levelhead Interactive
Windows
A 3D tower defender where you must strategically use a combination of magical powers, traps, and towers in order to defend your castle against hordes of orcs, undead, and other unsavory sorts.
Why similar: Real-Time 26% ★, Action RTS 19.2% ★, RTS 15.4%, Wargame 15.3%, Base Building 10.6%
- #21 Executive Assault 2
82% matchVery Positive83% of 1,726 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
Why similar: Real-Time 27% ★, RTS 22.2%, Base Building 13.9%, Action RTS 12.2% ★, Building 8.5%
- #22 Galactic Frontiers - Defense Protocol
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: mañana studios
Windows
Stand as humanity's shield against relentless waves of cosmic foes in this gripping sci-fi tower defense game. Employ advanced weaponry and deploy strategic defenses to repel enemy hordes across the galaxy's expanse. Can you withstand the onslaught in Galactic Frontiers?
Why similar: RTS 23.9%, Base Building 17.7%, Wargame 15.3%, Tower Defense 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #23 Possessed Kingdom
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pipa Studios
Windows
Defend your kingdom or rush the enemy in this Deckbuilding RTS. Build your base, scale your economy, and draw custom paths for your troops to break enemy defenses. Win battles, steal the king's cards, and build the ultimate deck.
Why similar: Real-Time 35.4% ★, RTS 16.1%, Base Building 13.7%, Tactical 10.7%, Tower Defense 8.3%
- #24 Dying Breed
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: SarnayerPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Golden-age RTS classic. Fast-paced action & strategic decision-making, battling evil arch-enemies, zombies, and retro-futuristic technologies. All to a '90s electro-metal soundtrack and FMV live-action cut scenes.
Why similar: RTS 21.6%, Base Building 16%, Action RTS 15.2% ★, Tactical 10.2%, Retro 7.2%
- #25 Barkhan
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
A harsh sand planet has become the stage for a brutal war between three Great Clans. For the power over rare minerals each wants to prove their superiority. In the heat of dynamic battles with the enemy's troops, be prepared to face and attack giant Sand Snakes.
Why similar: RTS 20%, Action RTS 19.1% ★, Wargame 16.8%, Base Building 12%, Futuristic 7.3%
- #26 Stickman World Battle
81% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Sergey MezhakovPub: Sergey Mezhakov
Windows
Stickman World Battle - new exciting and thrilling real-time strategy with famous stickman heroes!
Why similar: RTS 23.3%, Action RTS 20.2% ★, Wargame 19.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Tower Defense 8.8%
- #27 Paper Battlefield
79% 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: RTS 23.9%, Action RTS 22.2% ★, Base Building 17.9%, Wargame 10.5%, War 8.9%
- #28 Pursuit of Power® 2 : The Chaos Dimension
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Precision Games, LLC
Windows
Pursuit of Power® 2 : The Chaos Dimension is a fast-paced real-time strategy game with pixel art. You assume the role of a powerful Shadow Knight, Stalker, or Mage. Upgrade abilities. Dynamic world events. Manage fortresses. Campaign and skirmish (local or network).
Why similar: Real-Time 32.2% ★, RTS 24.7%, Action RTS 20.9% ★, Retro 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #29 Coloniser
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cantos Games
Windows
A survival-first multiplayer RTS. Secure a foothold, outlast rivals, and earn the right to build your colony in massive persistent worlds.
Why similar: Real-Time 22.3% ★, Action RTS 17.2% ★, RTS 17.1%, Wargame 13.8%, Base Building 11.5%
- #30 WARSHIFT 2
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyril Megem
Windows
WARSHIFT 2 is a unique mix of Action, RTS and RPG gameplay elements that forms an innovative game genre. You can build base, manage troops, and then come down to keep your enemy at gunpoint in the dynamic battle and customize your main characters.
Why similar: Real-Time 25.6% ★, Action RTS 16.9% ★, RTS 15.5%, Wargame 13.9%, Base Building 11.8%
- #31 Krush Kill ‘N Destroy 2: Krossfire
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 391 reviews2020
Dev: Beam SoftwarePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Krush Kill 'N Destroy 2: Krossfire is a fast and furious post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game where you have to be quick or be dead. Play as one of three unique factions in the struggle to seek out and conquer oil fields to fuel your army.
Why similar: Real-Time 43.5% ★, RTS 18.4%, Strategy 17.6%, Retro 11.9%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #32 Pixel Wars
76% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Atomic Lollypop
Windows
Ready for a challenge? Test your strategy skills in an intense real-time battle with friends. With just enough units and buildings to keep it exciting, you can jump into online multiplayer games the moment that perfect Steam invite arrives!
Why similar: Action RTS 24.6% ★, RTS 22.3%, Tactical 7.5%, Base Building 7.5%, Strategy 6.8%
- #33 Tempest Rising
73% matchVery Positive88% of 10,866 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.1 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 48.3%, Strategy 12.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Real-Time 11.1% ★, Action RTS 5.4% ★
- #34 Ad Astra: Sci-Fi Tower Defense
75% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Azure Moon Games Ltd.
Windows
Lose yourself in an indie solo-dev. treasure that harkens back to arcade classics! All while thumping along to killer retro-inspired beats by Ovani sound. Embark on an epic tower defense adventure against awe-inspiring machine monstrosities, made by a devoted gamer for devoted gamers.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.9% ★, RTS 23.3%, Base Building 16.8%, Tower Defense 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #35 Hell of Men : Blood Brothers
76% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Whacky Squad Studio
Windows
Hell of Men: Blood Brothers is a real-time strategy game, developed by one person, in which you will have to collect resources, build your base, train your army by choosing your soldiers wisely and fight.
Why similar: RTS 19.7%, Action RTS 19.3% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Wargame 12.3%, Building 8.2%
- #36 Invasion: Phoenix
75% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Millzen Studios
Windows
Invasion: Phoenix is a passion project by a solo developer and lifelong gamer. An alien empire hellbent on conquering Earth has arrived at our doorstep, and humanity is in total anarchy. Delve into this meticulously crafted 2D top-down pixel art RTS and sign up to reclaim Earth!
Why similar: Action RTS 26% ★, RTS 21.7%, Wargame 20.5%, Strategy 6%, Sci-fi 5.5%
- #37 Empire Eternal
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EPO GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Immerse yourself in the ultimate real-time strategy war game where all of human history is at your command. Create powerful empires across all eras on a scale never seen before.
Why similar: RTS 24.2%, Action RTS 23.4% ★, Wargame 20.2%, Base Building 10.9%, Strategy 10.2%
- #38 TFC: The Fertile Crescent
73% matchVery Positive89% of 361 reviews2024
Dev: Wield InteractivePub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.7% ★, Real-Time 22.7% ★, RTS 17.5%, Base Building 13.9%, Tactical 6.7%
- #39 SteamPowered
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IonForce StudioPub: IonForce Studio
Windows
A steampunk RTS set in a world ruled by AI. Create autonomous steam-powered machines, manage resources, and rebuild civilization. Explore the ruined surface and reclaim territories abandoned by decaying artificial intelligence systems.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.9% ★, RTS 21.4%, Wargame 16.6%, Tower Defense 7.1%, Strategy 6.7%
- #40 Supreme Commander 2
74% matchVery Positive88% of 12,779 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 34.9%, Real-Time 20% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Sci-fi 8%
- #41 Steel Command
72% 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 31%, Action RTS 21% ★, Base Building 19.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Futuristic 5%
- #42 十面冲突 Clash of ten sides
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 爱玩小灰
Windows
《十面冲突》是一款即时策略对战竞技游戏,在游戏中,玩家雇佣武装力量进行对战,有各种各样的兵种等你来雇佣,注意彼此的出兵种类,这样你才能知己知彼,百战百胜。干掉对方的基地,胜利就是你的,你能成功吗?那就来挑战吧!
Why similar: Action RTS 24.7% ★, RTS 23.5%, Base Building 10.9%, Tactical 9.5%, War 7.4%
- #43 Astro Industry Wars
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abundant Pine Games
Windows
Astro Industry Wars is a lighthearted take on the RTS genre featuring distinct unit types, base building, economic production chains, and customizable unit rosters.
Why similar: RTS 31.2%, Base Building 22.4%, Retro 11.5%, Futuristic 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #44 Iron Frontier
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bibamus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roguelike Strategy game with moral choices and nonlinear story. Build your army from hundreds of units, buildings and upgrades. Create insane builds to turn the battlefield into a kill zone! Make decisions that will determine the outcome of the global conflict!
Why similar: Real-Time 25.4% ★, Action RTS 16.5% ★, RTS 16%, Wargame 12%, Base Building 11.8%
- #45 Rise of the Cones: Planetary Defense
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Baris Lab
Windows
Rise of the Cones is a tower defense game where a relentless army of cones is marching toward your base. They will not stop. Build towers, shape them with branching upgrades, and figure out how to hold the line.
Why similar: RTS 23%, Base Building 19.7%, Tower Defense 10.4%, Wargame 10.3%, Strategy 9.7%
- #46 Shapes of War
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ethibyte
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face off with or against friends using 3D shapes! Lead your cubes, spheres, and cones to capture flags and unlock powerful upgrades. Dominate the map and seize your opponent's capitol building to claim victory!
Why similar: RTS 25.1%, Action RTS 21% ★, Base Building 18.8%, War 9.3%, Building 8.6%
- #47 Skyfort
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Byte Studios
Windows
This game is a arcade block placing game mixed with action-packed Tower Defense gameplay mechanics. Build forts out of tetrominoes high up in the sky and defend it against the incoming waves of airships, by shooting at them with your minigun and building defenses!
Why similar: Action RTS 22.4% ★, RTS 21%, Base Building 18.2%, Building 10.6%, Tower Defense 9%
- #48 Extinction Eclipse
69% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: TuanisApps
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are in command of the human fleet, searching for asteroids to mine, extract resources and build bases and more ships to defeat aliens invaders. This simple and short action RTS has a full and exciting campaign, and a skirmish mode that allows you to play a different mission on every match.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.8% ★, RTS 18.6%, Base Building 11.7%, Wargame 10.4%, Building 8.3%
- #49 Roots Of Ruin
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lison Studios
Windows
Build powerful defenses and fight beside them as the hero. Hold back relentless waves, adapt your strategy in real time, and face massive bosses that can destroy everything you’ve built.
Why similar: Action RTS 21% ★, RTS 20.1%, Wargame 16.6%, Base Building 13.6%, Tower Defense 7%
- #50 Uncrewed 2
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quite Different Mechanics
Windows
Uncrewed 2 is a real-time strategy game that lets the player design units from the ground up. Wheels, treads, walker legs, and rocket engines - the game offers a variety of propulsion options, as well as the ability to craft your own weapons.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.3% ★, RTS 24.1%, Base Building 12%, Building 8.9%, Futuristic 8.2%
- #51 Earth 2160
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,542 reviews2006
Dev: Reality Pump StudiosPub: Topware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
After the destruction of the EARTH in 2150, the leaders of the Eurasian Dynasty escaped on board an evacuation fleet. Now they are fighting for the survival of the human species. Their base is one large building comprising of smaller variable parts.
Why similar: Real-Time 43.2% ★, RTS 26%, Base Building 20.2%, Strategy 7%, Sci-fi 1.2%
- #52 Bull3000VRTS
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Robin KrausePub: Rob Gaming
Windows
Step into the deserts of tomorrow in full VR! Command tanks, robots, and alien forces in tactical 1v1 or 2v2 RTS battles. The future shines bright, but war never ends — outsmart, outgun, and blast your enemies off the battlefield.
Why similar: RTS 21.8%, Action RTS 20.8% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Wargame 12%, Tactical 7.2%
- #53 EONWAR
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inkfish StudiosPub: Independent
Windows
Comfortably paced, match-based strategy with a PvE twist, contrasted with intense physics-based combat. Take direct control of tanks, infantry and ships across space and planetside. Manage your powerful deck of commanders and battle with up to 6 players! Will you rule or unite Omega Centauri?
Why similar: Real-Time 24.8% ★, Action RTS 21.4% ★, RTS 17%, Wargame 17%, Sci-fi 6.1%
- #54 Planet X2 (C64)
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
Planet X2 is a new retro real-time strategy game for C64. You are up against the Protoids. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases. Relive the 8-bits, SID music and keyboard controls of mid 80s C64 gaming.
Why similar: RTS 30.8%, Base Building 14.1%, Strategy 13.6%, Retro 12.3%, Futuristic 8.4%
- #55 Be Queen Bee
65% matchVery Positive96% of 130 reviews2026
Dev: Three Blanket StudioPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
"Be Queen Bee" is an action-strategy game where you become the Queen Bee and command your swarm with pheromones. Defeat predators, seize flower fields to escape hunger, evolve your swarm with honey, and strategize in real time to secure victory.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.3% ★, RTS 23.3%, Wargame 20.3%, Tactical 8.8%, Strategy 5.7%
- #56 Endeavor: Rite of Passage
66% 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 23.9% ★, RTS 21.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 8.4%, Futuristic 7.4%
- #57 Battle For Cosmos
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Oscar Makes Games
Windows
Battle For Cosmos is a fast-paced, action-packed RTS set in space. With a focus on the battle it is perfect for those who want a thrilling and engaging strategy game without the unnecessary filler. Take control of your empire, build your defenses, and conquer the cosmos!
Why similar: Action RTS 35.4% ★, RTS 27.7%, Wargame 11.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #58 War Wind
67% matchVery Positive80% of 85 reviews2021
Dev: DreamForge IntertainmentPub: SNEG
Windows
War Wind is a real-time strategy game that allows you to view an epic battle through the eyes of four unique races, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. The game features 28 ready-to-play scenarios and a story of such compelling depth you won't believe it's just a game.
Why similar: RTS 24.5%, Wargame 22.1%, Base Building 15%, Retro 9.8%, Tactical 8.3%
- #59 Stellar Empires
67% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Bros Ogon's
Windows
Indie strategy game where you take control of an Empire, lead it to complete domination by colonizing new planets! The goal of the game is simple - the player has an initial planet and he has to control the armies to capture the enemy planets.
Why similar: Real-Time 24.9% ★, RTS 23.9%, Action RTS 19.5% ★, War 7.8%, Strategy 7.5%