- #1 Empyrean Frontier
97% 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 with Pause 20.6% ★, Strategy 19.8%, Real-Time 19.2% ★, Action 10%, Base Building 7.5%
- #2 Orbit: Satellite Defense
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Bluish-Green ProductionsPub: Bluish-Green Games Inc.
Windows
Protect your planet from alien invaders in this unique RTS experience. Freely reposition Satellites and manually dictate their targets. Manage your Energy reserves to send Satellites into orbit or unleash Planetary Powers.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.7% ★, Real-Time 27.1% ★, Strategy 20.4%, Space 7.8%, Indie 7.6%
- #3 Zeta Leporis RTS
94% matchPositive86% of 22 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 29% ★, Strategy 14.1%, War 10.2%, Space 10.1%, Base Building 8.9%
- #4 Battlevoid: Sector Siege
95% matchMixed58% of 196 reviews2017
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battlevoid: Sector Siege is an epic straight into action real-time space strategy game, in which the world has been built to deliver a lively battle field; and the action is never more than just seconds away at the start of every game.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 22.6% ★, Strategy 21.2%, Real-Time 20.8% ★, Space 12%, Action 10.2%
- #5 GYATM Dragon Edition
94% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Longplay GamesPub: Indie Imprint
Windows · Linux
You are the first person on Mars. You will need to establish a base, mine resources, and build everything the colonists will need to survive. It's one person against a harsh and unforgiving planet where everything we take for granted is in short supply.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.9% ★, Strategy 23.5%, Real-Time 22.9% ★, Indie 9.5%, Base Building 7%
- #6 Cosmos Defense
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David Link
Windows
A strategy planetary defense game across the galaxy. Defend your territories while planing for your future.
Why similar: Strategy 36.7%, Real-Time 34.7% ★, Resource Management 10.8%, Space 10%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #7 Voidship: The Long Journey
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 148 reviews2019
Dev: Cydonian Games
Windows
Design your battleship and fight your way through unforgiving space. This is a tale of a lone spaceship on a centuries-long mission. As the captain, you´ll make strategic decisions, explore unknown sectors, meet allies and enemies, gather resources, technology and crew. To battle stations!
Why similar: Strategy 24.3%, Real-Time with Pause 21.1% ★, Action 12.7%, Space 10.9%, Indie 10.1%
- #8 Consumed Awakening
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Birchislet Gaming
Windows · Linux
Consumed Awakening is a strategic action game set in a dystopian future where mankind lives in a fading theocracy in the distant future among the stars.
Why similar: Strategy 40.3%, Action 22.1%, Real-Time 21.5% ★, Indie 16.1%
- #9 Ceres
92% matchMixed52% of 157 reviews2015
Dev: Jötunn GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take control of a squadron of ships in full 3D space combat. Explore, battle and trade your way through a pirate, machine and monster-infested solar system.
Why similar: Strategy 27%, Real-Time with Pause 24.3% ★, Space 15.5%, Action 15.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #10 Devil and the Fairy
90% matchMixed65% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Experience this ultimate virtual reality dungeon defense adventure!
Why similar: Real-Time 40.8% ★, Strategy 30.6%, VR 16.6%, Indie 12%
- #11 Spuds Unearthed
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 45 reviews2019
Dev: Gamedust
Windows
Spuds Unearthed is an experimental combination of an action game and a real-time strategy. The game is distinguished by a polished setting, humor and a unique idea for the gameplay.
Why similar: Real-Time 27.1% ★, Strategy 25.5%, VR 15.9%, Action 15.1%, Indie 10%
- #12 Skylight
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: E McNeill
Windows
Skylight is a turn-based tactics game of colossal space battles, with VR and non-VR versions. Command nimble squadrons of fighters, specialized frigates, and giant capital ships as you orchestrate your forces toward victory.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.8% ★, Strategy 26.7%, VR 16.1%, Indie 10.1%, Futuristic 7.3%
- #13 Inside a Star-filled Sky
89% matchMixed69% of 96 reviews2011
Dev: Jason Rohrer
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 25%
What if you could enter an object in a level and find a level inside of it? What if you could enter an object in that level and find another level inside of that?
Why similar: Strategy 36%, Action 23.8%, Procedural Generation 21.3%, Indie 19%
- #14 Crystal Reign
87% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Virtual World Arcade
Windows
Battle hordes of woodland creatures, strategically place weapon towers across the landscape, enter your weapon tower and unleash a rain of fire on your enemies, and annihilate your enemies with your ultimate attack in hand-to-hand combat!
Why similar: Strategy 46%, Action 24.7%, Indie 18%, VR 11.3%
- #15 Crooked Waters
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 27 reviews2018
Dev: Craft Game Studio
Windows
Crooked Waters is a multiplayer virtual reality game where you and your pirate crew participate in thrilling sea battles. Play with random players or join up with your friends to fight other crews using your ship.
Why similar: Strategy 42.4%, Action 22.8%, VR 19%, Indie 15.9%
- #16 Divine Commander
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Salty Lemon Entertainment
Windows
Divine Commander is an Action-RTS designed specifically for the controller. Play as a powerful Greek god to dominate the battlefield. Build your base, command your army, and lead them to victory while you ravage the battlefield.
Why similar: Real-Time 27.5% ★, Competitive 15.9%, Strategy 14.5%, War 10.3%, Base Building 9.5%
- #17 Nomad Fleet
86% matchMixed67% of 213 reviews2016
Dev: Autarca
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Real-Time 33.8% ★, Strategy 31.7%, Space 14.6%, Indie 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #18 Trashed
84% matchMixed47% of 147 reviews2021
Dev: Josh PresseisenPub: Crescent Moon Games
Windows
Take over a disfunctional Waste Management Facility on a distant planet. Build incinerators, recyclers, robots, turrets, and more. Battle vicious creatures on the planet's surface with powerful weapons!
Why similar: Strategy 24.7%, Action 21.8%, Indie 15.5%, Gun Customization 12%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #19 Shape Wars
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Lefler IosifPub: Lefios Production
Windows
A fast-paced auto-battler where Squares, Triangles, and Circles clash in an endless lane war. Build your army, manage your economy, and destroy the enemy Nexus before they destroy yours.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 41.9% ★, Strategy 41.7%, Resource Management 11.1%, Indie 5.3%
- #20 Asylamba: Influence
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: Gil ClavienPub: RTFM Corp.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Making your culture shine is often more effective than taking out weapons!
Why similar: Real-Time 35.2% ★, Strategy 33.6%, Indie 12.4%, Space 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #21 Heat Signature
82% matchVery Positive94% of 7,367 reviews2017
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32.6% ★, Space 12.7%, Strategy 11.8%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #22 Defect
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: Three Phase Interactive Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Create the most powerful ship in the galaxy piece by piece, take it into battle and then lose your ship to a traitorous crew in an endless cycle of punishment and revenge.
Why similar: Strategy 46.2%, Action 17.6%, Indie 12.9%, Space 12.5%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #23 Orch Star
83% matchPositive81% of 32 reviews2018
Dev: Orch Star StudiosPub: White Warlock AB
Windows
Orch Star is a real-time strategy game set in an immersive space universe where orchs and elves fight for domination. Crush your opponents as you lead a rebellion through the campaign, or challenge other players in online battles to conquer the galaxy.
Why similar: Strategy 34.2%, VR 24.7%, Action 19%, Indie 13.9%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #24 Astral Ooze
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ClassyC LLC
Windows
Astral Ooze is a sci-fi realtime strategy game. Your astral ooze generates over time for every controlled star. Expand your astral ooze and conquer the stars!
Why similar: Real-Time 43.5% ★, Strategy 17.6%, War 12.5%, Space 11.6%, Procedural Generation 11.1%
- #25 Starship Inspector
81% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.5% ★, Strategy 25.3%, Indie 9.7%, Space 9.1%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #26 The Steadfast VR Challenge
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Lanclan, LLC
Windows
The Steadfast VR Challenge is a hybrid of First Person Shooter and Tower Defense that forces you to incorporate strategy with marksmanship in a virtual world! It's delivered in an infinite wave based format where you'll find yourself frequently combining fast, deliberate decisions with quick reflexes to pull off the unthinkable.
Why similar: Strategy 38.9%, Action 23%, VR 22.9%, Indie 15.2%
- #27 Micromanagement
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: FuzzyCube
Windows · Linux
You're bacteria. Luckily, you have psychic powers! Control your mutation to overwhelm and conquer. Gain amazing abilities for both tactical and strategic advantage. You'll need them all because this microcosmic world has a new threat...
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 45.9% ★, Strategy 39.2%, Indie 14.9%
- #28 Noble Armada: Lost Worlds
81% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: GamesarePub: Holistic Design, Inc.
Windows
Noble Armada: Lost Worlds is a moddable real-time strategy PC title based on the Noble Armada miniatures game. Set in the Fading Suns Universe, the five Royal Houses dominate human space as they battle each other for control of the greatest resource... humanity itself.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Real-Time 11.4% ★, Space 11.3%, Futuristic 9.6%
- #29 Novalance
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Novalance
Windows
Novalance is an online isometric PvP shooter set in a futuristic universe where Mecha dominate the battlefield. Win battles to earn credits, purchase new mechs and weapon systems, and customize your loadout to match your playstyle.
Why similar: Strategy 28.6%, Action 15.7%, Gun Customization 14.5%, Competitive 11.8%, Indie 11.5%
- #30 Krush Kill ‘N Destroy 2: Krossfire
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 417 reviews2020
Dev: Beam SoftwarePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 43.6% ★, Strategy 40.4%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Action 7.2%
- #31 Aggressors
76% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: HubiBoarStudio
Windows
DONT BUY IT, THE PUBLISHER IS BANKRUPT AND I'M WORKING ON NEW VERSION OF THIS GAME WHICH I WILL PUBLISH ON MY OWN.YOU CAN FIND UPDATES IN MY DISCORD
Why similar: Strategy 39.5%, Real-Time 24.6% ★, Action 20.8%, Indie 15.2%
- #32 Battleship Lonewolf
77% matchMixed59% of 27 reviews2017
Dev: WolfShipGames Co., Ltd.
Windows
Lone Wolf is a game to become a captain of the space warship “Lone Wolf" where in a space battle opera. You will fall into the charm of a gun that emits a powerful firepower toward the enemies, and you will be attracted by the various charms of the space warship “Lone Wolf”.
Why similar: Strategy 33%, Action 30.2%, Space 17.7%, Sci-fi 12%, Indie 7.1%
- #33 RockBuster
79% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Twisted Bit Inc.
Windows
As an asteroid miner, your goal is to complete different kind of missions from asteroid mining to securing the galaxy. Buy new more powerful ships, find rare equipment and reveal all the greatest riches of the space rocks.
Why similar: Strategy 52.6%, Action 19.2%, Space 14.3%, Indie 14%
- #34 Starion Tactics
78% matchMixed40% of 177 reviews2014
Dev: Corncrow Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
After assuming command of one of four human or alien factions vying for galactic dominance, immediately define your game’s scope. Play for minutes to hours across tens to hundreds of planets in single-player skirmish or multiplayer modes—it’s entirely up to you.
Why similar: Strategy 51.6%, Action 19.6%, Space 15.1%, Indie 13.7%
- #35 HEXION
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: SOMATIC
Windows
TRANSCEND YOUR MEATBAG SOLDIER! Join the battle for superiority across the solar system and beyond. In this competitive VR multiplayer shooter you will be tested on your speed, accuracy, and ability to cooperate. APPLY NOW!
Why similar: Strategy 41.6%, Action 24.7%, VR 16.9%, Indie 16.9%
- #36 Bit Shifter
75% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2015
Dev: Plastic Games
Windows · Linux
ALERT! Home World is under siege by VIRUS! We won’t sugar-coat this soldier, you'll take on dangerous enemies, bent on destroying Home World, face treacherous terrain, visit unseen lands, and wield weapons of unimaginable strength in the fight to cleanse the world of the corruption that is VIRUS.
Why similar: Strategy 43.4%, Action 22.8%, Indie 17%, Resource Management 16.7%
- #37 PlanTechtor
73% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: FunnerSoft, LLC
Windows
*** It's a wave shooter with DEPTH ! *** The pre-game is all about building your weapon loadouts. Pay attention to the level bonuses and maximize your synergies.When you are ready, prove your plan in fast paced VR gameplay.
Why similar: Strategy 27.8%, Gun Customization 18.2%, VR 15.9%, Action 15.4%, Indie 11.3%
- #38 Particle Fleet: Emergence
71% matchVery Positive92% of 1,269 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 35.7% ★, Strategy 33.2%, Space 13.6%, Indie 11.2%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #39 AirMech Command
73% matchMixed68% of 199 reviews2017
Dev: Carbon Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
AirMech Command is the definitive Action/RTS experience in VR. With all new tactical room-space controls AND ground-level flight controls, you can command troops and units from orbit, or grab the stick and pilot your AirMech directly. Lots of mechs, units, and unlockable vanity items--no microtrans!
Why similar: Strategy 37.1%, VR 28.2%, Action 20.8%, Indie 13.9%
- #40 ASSASSINATION BOX
75% matchMostly Negative33% of 162 reviews2018
Dev: ZELENIUK
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 36.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
ASSASSINATION BOX is a first person shooter. Fight endless waves of enemies in Survival mode or start stealth night mission. Fight for a better score and higher rank.
Why similar: Action 34.5%, Gun Customization 23.7%, Competitive 19.3%, Indie 13.8%, Character Customization 8.6%
- #41 The Red Reactor
72% matchMixed67% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Palm Studio
Windows
The Red Reactor is a game that you will build and defend with first person features.
Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Action 22.6%, Indie 16%, Base Building 13%, Open World 9%
- #42 Pick Your Poison
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ranmantaru Games
Windows
Pick a disadvantage each level, how far can you go in this roguelike?
Why similar: Strategy 51%, Action 28.3%, Indie 20.7%
- #43 Mars Wars
62% 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 51%, Action 28.3%, Indie 20.7%
- #44 FleetCOMM
74% matchMostly Negative23% of 31 reviews2016
Dev: Rogue StarPub: FleetCOMM Technologies LLC
Windows
FLEETCOMM is a tactical squadron combat game overflowing with hardcore maneuvers and space-borne gunplay.
Why similar: Strategy 45.9%, Action 23.8%, Indie 17.4%, Space 12.9%
- #45 Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
73% matchMixed66% of 298 reviews2015
Dev: Blazing Griffin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes and traverse a randomly generated galaxy to defeat the Erebus Platform. NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX
Why similar: Strategy 21.1%, Procedural Generation 18.6%, Space 14.4%, Real-Time 11.5% ★, Sci-fi 11%
- #46 Supreme Commander
71% matchVery Positive89% of 3,109 reviews2011
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.
Why similar: Strategy 29.9%, Real-Time 23.4% ★, Real-Time with Pause 21.8% ★, Sci-fi 9.9%, Base Building 8.9%
- #47 Worlds of Chaos: Invasion
72% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Tactichaos
Windows
Worlds of Chaos: Invasion is a single player, party based open-world tactical RPG with a strong emphasis on exploration, tactical real-time-with-pause combats and party creation. It has a deep, fun and intense combat system that will challenge you to your limits, and will make clever decisions count.
Why similar: Strategy 29.6%, Real-Time with Pause 28.8% ★, Indie 12.3%, Action 11.9%, Character Customization 10.5%
- #48 Deadweight
69% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2016
Dev: DK VIP Lounge
Windows · Mac
Play as one of many clones condemned to fight each other in perpetuity for the amusement of the robot lord, King Mechanicus.
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, Action 27.9%, Indie 20.3%
- #49 Tower Dwellers
70% matchMixed53% of 45 reviews2016
Dev: ECC GAMES SP. Z O.O.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tower Dwellers is a unit crafting tower defence that features lots of micromanagement and keeps the player engaged in the battle throughout the entire game.
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, Action 27.9%, Indie 20.3%
- #50 uFactory
54% matchMixed70% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Lucid Silence Games
Windows · Linux
uFactory is the ultimate in finely-tuned and customizable logistics challenges. Navigate the complexities of manufacturing processes inspired by real industrial methods, but do it your way.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 30.1% ★, Strategy 29%, Real-Time 23.5% ★, Indie 10.1%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #51 The Thing: Tower Defense
69% matchMixed64% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: booblycPub: Booblyc OU
Windows
With over 50,000,000 plays over the previous parts, the Incursion series has enthralled and challenged many players over the years. Now you can save your world from darkness in new Incursion: The Thing. Bigger! Faster! Stronger!
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, Action 27.9%, Indie 20.3%
- #52 TankCraft
68% matchMixed68% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: Snowdon Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
TankCraft is an action game based around gladiatorial style tank battles, but skill alone won't be enough to succeed here, the unique thing about TankCraft is the player crafts their own tanks however they choose with no restrictions to shapes, sizes or design.
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, Action 27.9%, Indie 20.3%
- #53 Aether Way
64% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Fearless Donut
Windows
Aether Way is a 2D space RTS with action/roguelike elements. You play as some abstract life form that travels across the space and evolves.
Why similar: Strategy 52.5%, Action 28.2%, Indie 19.3%
- #54 Tower Expanse
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FUZBIT STUDIOS
Windows · Mac
Tower Expanse is a tower defense PvP strategy game. And it's free! Join the battle arena queue for ranked matches. Craft new heroes, build towers, command minions. Choose your elemental alignment. Start earning XP today!
Why similar: Strategy 35.1%, Action 18.9%, Competitive 17.1%, Indie 13.3%, Futuristic 8.7%
- #55 TRANCE VR
68% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Fatmoth
Windows
Going for the biggest and fastest VR experience available. Make massive jumps to collect checkpoints and race against time as you dodge and shoot drones.
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, Action 27.9%, Indie 20.3%
- #56 Combine War Toys
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: HAYATO YANGPub: HayatoWorks
Windows
VR Game "Combine War Toys" is a Strategy-base game about toys fighting on the table . Using your hands , combining parts on the workspace to build complete toys , and then throw them to join the war . There are many kinds of toys and each of them havs different abilities .
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, Action 27.9%, Indie 20.3%