Games Like Achron

An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.

Why similar: Time Travel 40% ★, RTS 26%, Strategy 15.7%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Multiplayer 7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic sci-fi RTS that revolves around time travel and changing history, sharing the core narrative and strategic themes of Achron.

Prevent Doomsday AFTER it happened! Designed by the co-creator of Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves and featuring both a single-player and co-op campaign, TimeMelters is a strategy hero defense where you go back in time and fight alongside your past selves.

Why similar: Time Travel 40.1% ★, Time Manipulation 24.2% ★, RTS 21.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Indie 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This strategy game allows players to record their actions and play alongside their past selves, mirroring the multi-temporal tactical complexity of Achron.

Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.

Why similar: RTS 44.6%, Strategy 26.7%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Sci-fi 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: A complex sci-fi strategy game that emphasizes deep automation and base building, appealing to players who enjoy the technical depth of Achron.

Perimeter is a real-time strategy game with a destructible world. Utilize the environment for resource gathering and defense against enemies. Immerse yourself in the millennia-spanning history of the Chains of Worlds and lead a faction in the struggle for survival.

Why similar: RTS 44%, Strategy 26.2%, Time Manipulation 19.5% ★, Sci-fi 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features highly unconventional RTS mechanics involving terrain manipulation and energy management, similar to the experimental nature of Achron.

Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

Why similar: Strategy 58.2%, RTS 19.1%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Indie 10%

Why You'll Like It: A reverse tower-defense game that requires careful planning and real-time tactical adjustments, echoing the strategic depth of Achron.

Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.

Why similar: RTS 50.4%, Strategy 28.6%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Multiplayer 9%, Indie 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: A polished sci-fi RTS that focuses on classic base building and distinct faction mechanics, providing a solid traditional experience for RTS fans.

A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!

Why similar: RTS 35.1%, Strategy 29.9%, Multiplayer 18.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: An asymmetric strategy-shooter hybrid that requires high-level coordination and real-time decision-making, much like a multiplayer match in Achron.

Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...

Why similar: Strategy 46.3%, RTS 34.6%, Indie 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A grand-scale space RTS that offers immense customization and complex systems, catering to the same audience that enjoys Achron's technical depth.

Etherium is a real-time strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where three factions battle it out for a mysterious and rare resource known as ‘Etherium’.

Why similar: Strategy 35.1%, RTS 34.2%, Sci-fi 22.4%, Multiplayer 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi RTS set on a resource-rich planet that features dynamic weather and tactical combat, reminiscent of Achron's environmental strategy.

Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction. Lead a fully armed fleet of battleships, carriers and fighters through a series of randomized scenarios and encounters where they must fight for their survival while scavenging for resources,...

Why similar: Strategy 43%, RTS 33.7%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Indie 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based RTS that emphasizes survival and fleet management, sharing the sci-fi aesthetic and strategic focus of Achron.

Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

Why similar: RTS 50.1%, Strategy 29.4%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential sci-fi space RTS that offers deep tactical combat and a grand narrative, matching the scale and atmosphere of Achron.

The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.

Why similar: RTS 50.6%, Strategy 30.2%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Known for its massive scale and strategic zoom, this RTS offers the kind of high-level command and control found in complex sci-fi strategy games.

The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.

Why similar: RTS 50.7%, Strategy 26.8%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses unique fluid-simulation mechanics for its RTS gameplay, offering a fresh strategic challenge similar to Achron's experimental design.

Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

Why similar: RTS 45.4%, Strategy 24.7%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Sci-fi 14.3%

Why You'll Like It: A massive 4X-RTS hybrid that provides a deep, strategic sci-fi experience for players who enjoy managing complex battlefields.

Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Why similar: RTS 46.8%, Strategy 40.9%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Indie 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven space RTS that focuses on mission-based tactical combat, similar to the campaign structure of Achron.

Five Nations is a real-time sci-fi strategy game for PC platform. Encompassing tactical combat in space in real-time mixed with micromanagement of economy, construction, and production featuring different kind of single player modes.

Why similar: RTS 50.6%, Strategy 31.3%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style sci-fi RTS that focuses on tactical maneuvering and base management, fitting well into the Achron player's library.

Earth has been destroyed. Mankind is fractured. The galaxy is at war. But one hope remains: a new home for mankind. Probes detected a habitable planet in the Orion sector. You must fight your way to it, but nothing is as it seems. A more devious plan is underway that threatens the entire galaxy.

Why similar: Strategy 77.6%, Indie 22.4%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward space RTS that provides quick, tactical skirmishes for players who enjoy the combat aspects of Achron.

Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

Why similar: Strategy 63%, RTS 29.5%, Indie 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that requires precise planning and execution, appealing to the analytical mindset required to play Achron.

Play as humans or robots in a brand new sci-fi strategy adventure! Travel into the far reaches of space, through cleverly designed star constellations and variable game modes, conquering enemy planets using 15 combinable technologies.

Why similar: Strategy 93.8%, Indie 3.1%, Multiplayer 1.7%, Sci-fi 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced space strategy game that focuses on quick tactical decisions and territory control.

Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.

Why similar: RTS 54.6%, Strategy 35.5%, Multiplayer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A benchmark for tactical RTS gameplay that emphasizes positioning and squad management, sharing the intense combat feel of Achron.

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: RTS 56.4%, Strategy 27.9%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Sci-fi 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A diesel-punk RTS that focuses on tactical combat and unit abilities, providing a grounded alternative to Achron's sci-fi setting.

What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.

Why similar: RTS 53.8%, Strategy 29.2%, Sci-fi 9%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: The spiritual ancestor to many modern RTS games, offering the same focus on resource management and large-scale warfare as Achron.

Master time in this time-bending sokoban-like puzzle game with a story. You travel back in time to be in two places at once, to solve puzzles impossible to complete alone. Your success hinges on your ability to collaborate with yourself. Can you learn to manipulate time to save humanity?

Why similar: Time Travel 50.9% ★, Time Manipulation 28.9% ★, Strategy 14.9%, Sci-fi 3.6%, Indie 1.8%

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 49.2%, Strategy 36.6%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A single-player sci-fi RTS that focuses on player choices and unit customization, echoing the moddable and personalized nature of Achron.

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

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 51.6%, Strategy 31%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A streamlined RTS designed for controllers that maintains deep strategic complexity, offering a unique take on the genre.

Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.

Why similar: Strategy 66.5%, Sci-fi 27.8%, Indie 5.7%

Aeon Command is a tug of war strategy game, where you play as one of three unique factions to help gain dominance over the Aeon Nebula! Take control of your mother ship to gather resources, produce ships and fight off the enemy mother ship. Grow stronger as you progress through the 24 mission campaign and unlock new upgrades.

Why similar: Strategy 71.8%, Indie 15.8%, Sci-fi 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A casual sci-fi RTS that simplifies the genre while maintaining the core strategic loop of unit deployment and combat.

You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns is the first game in the award-winning real time strategy series. Awarded “RTS Game of the Year” by PC Gamer and Computer Games Magazine, Immortal Sovereigns is a real-time strategy game set in a fantasy world where you take on the role of an immortal known as the Kohan.

Why similar: Strategy 53.7%, RTS 46.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic strategy game that emphasizes unit formations and logistics, appealing to fans of traditional RTS mechanics.

It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!

Why similar: Time Travel 55.4% ★, Time Manipulation 29% ★, Strategy 7.4%, Multiplayer 5.3%, Sci-fi 1.7%

In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?

Why similar: Time Travel 80.2% ★, Sci-fi 14.4%, Indie 5.3%

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: Strategy 39.5%, RTS 39.4%, Indie 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi RTS that focuses on resource gathering and base defense, offering a classic experience for strategy enthusiasts.

Fracture the Flag is not the usual hyper click fest of an RTS... Take some time, gather your resources, plan your strategy and then knock the crud out your opponents!

Why similar: Strategy 39.7%, RTS 34.6%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Indie 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused RTS that emphasizes territory control and tactical combat, fitting the competitive spirit of Achron.

A refugee capsule lands on an uninhabited planet. You have to survive, rebuild civilization and, if possible, regain control over the Earth. One big universe, one endless pvp session for all players.

Why similar: RTS 56.5%, Strategy 26.1%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Indie 1.2%

"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...

Why similar: Strategy 54.4%, RTS 31.5%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Indie 3.8%, Multiplayer 3.5%

Predestination is a turn-based sci-fi 4X game set in the distant past of our own galaxy. Ships from countless races are flung back in time by a powerful hostile race known as the Revenants, and must now work to rebuild their empires and somehow stop the Revenants in the past.

Why similar: Strategy 66.8%, Indie 18.5%, Sci-fi 14.7%

The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.

Why similar: RTS 52.2%, Strategy 28.3%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Indie 6.1%

Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival for a second time. Assemble your strike team and manage your convoy. It's up to you to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

Why similar: RTS 57.9%, Strategy 35%, Sci-fi 7.1%

Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?

Why similar: Time Manipulation 72.2% ★, Sci-fi 27.8%

This is a fun yet challenging RTS game. To survive in the vast galaxy, you need to build up your own fleet and customize your warships. You will also learn to control them efficiently in battle to defeat your enemies, conquer planets, and expand your galactic empire!

Why similar: RTS 41.8%, Strategy 40.6%, Sci-fi 11%, Indie 6.6%

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?

Why similar: Strategy 75.9%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Indie 4.7%

Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

Why similar: RTS 62.2%, Strategy 37.8%

Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion - a turn-based strategy where you command SOF forces against an alien threat. Investigate disappearances, fight the invaders, and uncover the mystery. Every decision affects the fate of humanity.

Why similar: Strategy 92.8%, Indie 7.2%

Chronescher is a challenging turn-based puzzle game in Escher-esque spaces. Use impossible geometries, teleportation and environmental snapshots to navigate your mind and uncover your lost memories.

Why similar: Time Travel 50% ★, Time Manipulation 30% ★, Strategy 14.6%, Indie 5.3%

A time-bending puzzle game about working with - and against - your past selves. Subvert the rules of time travel, dodge paradoxes, and find a way to escape the loop.

Why similar: Time Travel 56.8% ★, Time Manipulation 29.4% ★, Strategy 8.8%, Indie 5%

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: RTS 47.4%, Strategy 25%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Sci-fi 13.4%

Harvest: Massive Encounter is an award-winning real-time strategy game with battles of epic proportions and a unique style of resource management and exploration. Build power plants, mineral harvesters and defense towers and make sure they have sufficient energy to fend off endless hordes of evil aliens.

Why similar: Strategy 67.7%, Indie 18.8%, Sci-fi 13.5%

Pilot your trusty orange vessel in this quirky sci-fi strategy game that cleverly mixes turn-based and real-time gameplay. Your mission: fix space-time and recover all the scientists lost in the aftermath of the Universe's Greatest Science Experiment.

Why similar: RTS 53.9%, Strategy 26.2%, Sci-fi 19.9%

“Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!

Why similar: RTS 54.9%, Strategy 28.9%, Sci-fi 16.2%

Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!

Why similar: Strategy 86.4%, Indie 13.6%

Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

Why similar: Strategy 62.5%, Sci-fi 29.3%, Indie 8.2%

FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...

Why similar: Time Manipulation 46.5% ★, Time Travel 36.2% ★, Sci-fi 13.7%, Multiplayer 3.6%

Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

Why similar: RTS 43.2%, Strategy 40.3%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Indie 6.9%

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: Strategy 96.2%, Multiplayer 3.8%

Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.

Why similar: RTS 65.7%, Strategy 34.3%

As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.

Why similar: Strategy 42.7%, RTS 36.3%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Indie 8.7%

A classic single-player RTS set in a Solar System ruled by megacorporations. Journey from Mars all the way to Planet 9 and uncover the secrets of the BlackChain.

Why similar: RTS 54.2%, Strategy 26.7%, Sci-fi 16%, Indie 3.1%