- #1 Fleet Craft
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aries
Windows
"Fleet Craft" is a real-time strategy game with a science fiction theme. Players can build land fleets composed of large tanks, robots and other units. You can customize the weapons on the unit to achieve different functions.
Why similar: RTS 41%, Strategy 31%, War 11.5%, Top-Down 8.8%, 3D 6.3%
- #2 Armor Clash
96% 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 50.2%, Strategy 27.6%, War 18.8%, Indie 3.3%
- #3 Warrior Kings: Battles
95% matchVery Positive91% of 334 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Warrior Kings: Battles maintains the excitement that made Warrior Kings a leading RTS. It is a stand-alone title that adds a new strategic and tactical dimension to the series.
Why similar: RTS 55%, Strategy 45%
- #4 BattleMore
94% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Heat Wave Games
Windows
From battling rocket squirrels to lead zeppelins, this goofy single player RTS will keep your hands full and APM high.
Why similar: RTS 59%, Strategy 41%
- #5 Celtic Kings: Rage of War
94% matchVery Positive90% of 181 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Celtic Kings: Rage of War is an RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2002. It is the first game of the award-winning franchise Celtic Kings
Why similar: RTS 59.5%, Strategy 40.5%
- #6 Empires:The Rise
93% matchMixed60% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: 阿龟与阿飞Pub: MZ Times
Windows
《Empries:The Rise》 is the a Cross-Platform Real-Time-Strategy (R.T.S.) game. Choose your nation and conquer those, who stand in your way!
Why similar: RTS 54.1%, Strategy 45.9%
- #7 reconquest
92% matchMixed55% of 263 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows · Mac
Reconquest is a real-time strategy base building game. After World War III, mankind got close to extinction. You have to reconquer Earth by making better strategic decisions than your opponents.
Why similar: RTS 53.8%, Strategy 46.2%
- #8 Z Steel Soldiers
91% matchMixed53% of 289 reviews2014
Dev: TickTock GamesPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In the bloody aftermath of ‘Z’ comes The Bitmap Brothers classic, “Z Steel Soldiers”: a new breed of robot with a taste for war and a warped sense of humour.
Why similar: RTS 53.1%, Strategy 46.9%
- #9 Rising Kingdoms
91% matchVery Positive92% of 258 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Rising Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2005
Why similar: RTS 52.4%, Strategy 47.6%
- #10 Macrostate
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leveraged Interactive
Windows
Expand across a shifting map, bank power for growth and defense, and commit the right share of your reserves to every frontier. Macrostate is a single-player real-time territory strategy game with seeded worlds, AI rivals, and cross-ocean attacks.
Why similar: RTS 36%, Strategy 20.6%, War 14.1%, Management 9.2%, Top-Down 8.3%
- #11 Pact
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liberation Games
Windows
Build your alliance of evil as you regain your lost power in this classically-inspired fantasy RTS. Choose how your enthusiastically loyal minions will build, plunder, and pillage their way across an ever-shifting battlefield, guiding them to new opportunities and allies on your path to domination.
Why similar: RTS 34.9%, Strategy 27.4%, PvE 10.4%, Top-Down 9.3%, War 7.6%
- #12 Warfare
89% matchVery Positive86% of 256 reviews2009
Dev: GFI RussiaPub: Game Factory Interactive
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Saudi Arabia, one of the world's leading oil suppliers and a key U.S. ally, has been taken over by a highly organized group of radical terrorists. The government is in a state of collapse and turmoil and you have been chosen to lead the United States' armed forces to restore control.
Why similar: RTS 50.5%, Strategy 49.5%
- #13 Planet X16
88% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
Planet X16 the spiritual successor to the Planet X3 strategy game. You are up against the Protoids again. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases now with mouse controls
Why similar: RTS 46.1%, Strategy 36.5%, Top-Down 16%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #14 Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
87% matchVery Positive94% of 256 reviews2016
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Conquer the world and build your empire! Lead one civilization to glory through sophisticated trade, diplomacy, espionage and conquest.
Why similar: Strategy 51.8%, RTS 48.2%
- #15 Warrior Kings
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 145 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Restoring the power of a kingdom to its former glory using innate cunning, military might and a fearsome will to win.
Why similar: Strategy 52.5%, RTS 47.5%
- #16 Alienshire
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: emagnetic
Windows
Alienshire is a classic real-time strategy game where you command an alien force, harvest biomass, build your army, and fight for control of a familiar landscape.
Why similar: RTS 41.8%, Strategy 23.1%, Resource Management 11.7%, Top-Down 11.2%, PvE 5.9%
- #17 Tempest Rising
84% matchVery Positive87% of 12,034 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 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 63.7%, Strategy 27.5%, War 4.7%, 3D 1.8%, Top-Down 1.5%
- #18 Meridian: New World
85% matchMixed48% of 530 reviews2014
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Slip into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian. Assured of the fact that the planet is uninhabited, the unexpected reception of a distress call from the surface could mean many things, none of which you are prepared for.
Why similar: RTS 59.5%, Strategy 37%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #19 Rogue Production Facility
84% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Eivind Magnus Noersterud Hvidevold
Windows
RPF is a simple real-time strategy game with lush graphics and easy gameplay. You mine resources and send your medieval units from one floating island to another to conquer enemies who reside there in quest of treasure and empire.
Why similar: RTS 39.6%, Strategy 26.9%, Top-Down 13.7%, War 8.4%, 3D 6.6%
- #20 Fractured State
83% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Mechanical Monocle
Windows
Fractured State refines the RTS genre into fast-paced strategic urban combat. Take part as the machine driven imperialistic faction of the Laperian Imperial Army battle to remain in control against the Children of the Ancients, worshipers and masters of an ancient power. Includes Map Editor.
Why similar: RTS 50.2%, Strategy 44.2%, Indie 5.6%
- #21 Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
82% matchVery Positive86% of 131 reviews2011
Dev: Lootmax GamesPub: Big Bad Wolf, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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: RTS 51.6%, Strategy 48.4%
- #22 Soil
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nuclear Fallow
Windows
Soil is a slow-paced space RTS game where you mine resources, build ships and fight your enemies. Campaign features persistent fleet, research, and optional mission objectives that can affect rest of the missions.
Why similar: RTS 43.6%, Strategy 33%, War 14.7%, 3D 8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #23 Cro Magnon
81% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Thor Gaming
Windows
Europe, 39000 BC. A group of people have arrived at a location suitable for a settlement. The lands are rich and fertile, but not uninhabited. You will take command of a newly formed clan of Cro Magnon, in the final days of the Neanderthals. Your goal is survival and dominance.
Why similar: RTS 49.2%, Strategy 44.6%, Indie 6.2%
- #24 Crystal Commanders
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DB Creations, Inc.
Windows
Build. Command. Conquer. Take control in a fast-paced VR RTS packed with intense battles, dynamic defenses, and strategic depth. Survive brutal enemy waves, defeat epic bosses, and battle rivals online in explosive 1v1 multiplayer!
Why similar: RTS 41.9%, Strategy 24.1%, Top-Down 9.5%, War 9.3%, PvE 8.9%
- #25 War, the Game
81% matchMixed69% of 465 reviews2015
Dev: GabberGames.com
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
'War, the Game' is a RTS for pc in realistic present day setting.The controls are intuitive, the game rules are simple and transparent.The game focuses on strategy and the use of ones brain to complete the scenarios.The map is a spherical version of earth. That's new.
Why similar: Strategy 46%, RTS 32.3%, War 17.6%, Indie 4.1%
- #26 Kohan: Ahriman's Gift
79% matchVery Positive90% of 166 reviews2011
Dev: Lootmax GamesPub: Big Bad Wolf, Inc.
Windows
Built on the award-winning Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns gameplay, Ahriman’s Gift is the stand-alone prequel to Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns. Experience the world of Khaldun from a whole new perspective: evil.
Why similar: Strategy 53.2%, RTS 46.8%
- #27 Human Protocol
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IONAR Studio Games
Windows
Human Protocol is a real-time strategy game about humanity's war against a self-aware AI. Build your base, manage resources, command military units, strengthen your defenses, and survive increasingly dangerous enemy attacks.
Why similar: RTS 41.4%, Strategy 23%, War 11.3%, Resource Management 9.2%, PvE 6.6%
- #28 Intruder Alert: Ixian Operations
78% matchMixed66% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Frudelsoft
Windows
Intruder Alert is an science-fiction RTS having 6 totally different factions. It contains a single-player campaign, local LAN multiplayer, simple single player games and special challenges like Tower Defense.
Why similar: RTS 49.4%, Strategy 44.9%, Indie 5.7%
- #29 Forged Battalion
77% 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 66.6%, Strategy 30.2%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #30 JKEnterprises
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: JKEnterprises
Windows
Take command of a galactic megacorporation and engage your competitors in planetary battles in this spherical RTS.
Why similar: RTS 48%, Strategy 36%, 3D 7.4%, PvE 7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #31 A Game of Thrones - Genesis
77% matchMostly Negative35% of 719 reviews2011
Dev: Cyanide StudiosPub: 1C-SoftClub
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Immerse yourself into the battles and intrigues between the Houses that shaped the Kingdom of Westeros and keep your spot on the Iron Throne by any means.
Why similar: Strategy 60.1%, RTS 39.9%
- #32 Moorfall
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Smartstift
Windows
Schwarzmoor has broken into Grimmwald. Moorfall is a top-down real-time strategy game: lead your captains across the moor, call volunteers to arms out of your villages, and take the enemy's ground village by village, before he takes yours.
Why similar: RTS 38.6%, Strategy 27.9%, Top-Down 12.7%, War 11%, PvE 4.6%
- #33 BC Kings
76% matchMixed64% of 216 reviews2009
Dev: Mascot EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
BC Kings features several new elements not commonly found in strategy games. In addition to gathering resources, training an army and defeating the enemy, you will have to solve adventure and role-playing elements as well.
Why similar: Strategy 65%, RTS 35%
- #34 Ground Control II: Operation Exodus
75% matchVery Positive89% of 330 reviews2015
Dev: Massive EntertainmentPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
It’s 2741 and the universe is at war. The Terran Empire is laying siege to the NSA, a treaty of colonies that upholds freedom and democracy. After losing the battle in space, the NSA is forced to retreat to its last stronghold. Can you snatch victory from impending doom?
Why similar: Strategy 61%, RTS 39%
- #35 Sunflower Stronghold
73% match6 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Phone UnBusters
Windows · Mac
Grow Crops, Process Resources and Construct Towers and Defend!
Why similar: RTS 36.9%, Strategy 26.4%, Top-Down 13.1%, Management 11.1%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #36 Howl Of Heavens
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kokonGames
Windows
Howl of Heavens is a real-time tactical strategy game that tells the story of a young lieutenant who has taken command of a field headquarters. The successful achievement of strategic objectives and the outcome of the entire military campaign are in your hands!
Why similar: RTS 38.9%, Strategy 31.5%, Management 10.9%, War 9.8%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #37 Nightside
74% matchMixed62% of 133 reviews2015
Dev: OMNIDREAM CREATIONS
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A four races sci-fi base building real time strategy game set on the dark side of an unknown planet where the valuable "green ice" resource can be found.
Why similar: RTS 51.7%, Strategy 43.4%, Indie 4.9%
- #38 American Conquest: Fight Back
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 628 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
American Conquest: Fight Back is the sequel to American Conquest. The most significant events of that glorious time have found their way into this title.
Why similar: RTS 57%, Strategy 42.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #39 SphereFront
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SphereFront
Windows · Linux
Battle more than 100 players across globe-spanning fronts in SphereFront.
Why similar: RTS 42.1%, Strategy 34.1%, 3D 7.7%, PvE 7.2%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #40 Perimeter
73% matchVery Positive84% of 270 reviews2014
Dev: K-D LabPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Perimeter is an innovative Real-Time-Strategy game that pits players against each other or AI opponents in a life and death struggle to seize territory and establish crucial protective “perimeters.” Players will be introduced to the game’s unique terraforming feature, allowing them to move, build, construct and destroy the map...
Why similar: RTS 54.8%, Strategy 45.2%
- #41 Stalingrad
72% matchVery Positive87% of 472 reviews2015
Dev: DTF gamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Stalingrad is a real-time strategy title that places gamers in the middle of the most dramatic periods of World War II, covering major events from June 1942 till January 1943.
Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, RTS 40.8%, War 17.4%
- #42 Kuroba: Oghuz
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Ancyra Studio
Windows · Mac
Kuroba is a historical RTS set in the brutal frontier of 13th-century Anatolia. Build settlements, manage logistics, and command armies in grounded, realistic combat. No magic, no heroes—only economy, strategy, and leadership determine who endures.
Why similar: RTS 40.1%, Strategy 22.6%, War 17.4%, Resource Management 7.7%, Management 7.2%
- #43 Horn sounds
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Soomka Games
Windows
Your task is to destroy all enemies on the map. Farms will provide you with provisions, with which you can hire new soldiers. Gather squads, hire new soldiers, capture farms... All this will help you win!
Why similar: RTS 43.9%, Strategy 36.1%, War 17.2%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #44 Slime Kingdom
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NIKEBA
Windows
You are a freshly awakened Slime King. No heroes to recruit, no contracts to sign—your subjects are all split from your own body. In this perilous land, you will build a one‑of‑a‑kind slime kingdom from a single soft core and fend off endless waves of invaders.
Why similar: RTS 53.9%, Strategy 42.7%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #45 Machines At War 3
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 86 reviews2014
Dev: Isotope 244 LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Real time strategy game featuring over 130 different types of units and technologies, 21 campaign missions with characters and an intriguing story, unlimited random map skirmishes with many customizable settings, network multiplayer to challenge your friends, and so much more in this RTS!
Why similar: RTS 50%, Strategy 45.4%, Indie 4.6%
- #46 Terra Division
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ushanka Games
Windows
Combine FPS skill and RTS strategy in one game. From the strategic overview of a commander to the focused fire of a frontline soldier, every perspective serves the same purpose: absolute victory. Experience a war where every life has value and every order carries the weight of consequence.
Why similar: RTS 47.5%, Strategy 23.5%, War 10.7%, Top-Down 9%, Resource Management 4%
- #47 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
68% matchVery Positive86% of 95,868 reviews2021
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 78.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
Why similar: RTS 41.8%, Strategy 25%, War 16.1%, Resource Management 8%, Management 3.7%
- #48 Techfront
68% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: nucleus_genius
Windows
TECHFRONT is a sci-fi RTS featuring tens of thousands of units. Build bases and wage war across land, air, and sea using tanks, aircraft, fleets, submarines, nuclear missiles, and gigantic combat robots.
Why similar: RTS 39.3%, Strategy 28.7%, War 13%, Top-Down 12.9%, PvE 4.5%
- #49 Real Warfare 1242
70% matchMixed55% of 95 reviews2011
Dev: Unicorn Games StudioPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Real Warfare: 1242, is a realistic real-time strategy game based on authentic historic events.
Why similar: Strategy 58.2%, RTS 41.8%
- #50 Planet X3 (DOS)
69% match6 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
Planet X3 is a new retro real-time strategy game for DOS. 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 VGA, AdLib and keyboard controls experience of early 90s PC gaming.
Why similar: RTS 43.9%, Strategy 32.7%, Resource Management 12.8%, Top-Down 8.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #51 Majesty 2 Collection
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,571 reviews2011
Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the Kingdom. Your rule is not absolute, however, as you face subjects that are independent and stubborn. They will need a great deal of persuasion before they carry out your wishes...
Why similar: RTS 57.2%, Strategy 41.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #52 Formica
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Ungar
Windows
Formica is a realistic, top-down RTS where you control hordes of ants and termites. Gather resources and build massive armies to destroy enemy nests and take home the spoils of war!
Why similar: RTS 40.2%, Strategy 23%, Top-Down 8.2%, Management 7.7%, War 6.9%
- #53 UNDEAD FACTORY:Zombie Pandemic
69% matchMixed57% of 101 reviews2018
Dev: BTD STUDIO Co.,ltd.
Windows
Survive zombie apocalypse! Plunder resources for survival!
Why similar: RTS 52.9%, Strategy 44.3%, Indie 2.8%
- #54 Empire Earth: Gold Edition
66% matchVery Positive90% of 225 reviews2026
Dev: Stainless Steel StudiosPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
With dozens of hours of gameplay set across a rich tapestry of time, Empire Earth: Gold Edition offers real-time strategy for the ages. Choose any point in time - from the discovery of fire to the laser battles of the future - and command your civilization with one goal: make Earth your Empire.
Why similar: RTS 48.1%, Strategy 37.1%, Top-Down 13.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #55 Stand Alone
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stand Alone Games
Windows
Stand Alone is a dynamic real-time strategy game, where players compete to control land in epic multiplayer battles. Engage in intense, tactical warfare as you capture fortresses, manage resources, and forge alliances or betray them all while navigating a world of shifting power and diplomacy.
Why similar: RTS 52.5%, Strategy 29.8%, Top-Down 9.5%, 3D 5.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #56 Ironwood Conquest
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: MrMero
Windows
Medieval RTS game with building, management, and online multiplayer battles. Climb the ranks, play casual games, or create custom matches. Battle against computer opponents or challenge friends and foes in thrilling multiplayer battles.
Why similar: RTS 46.9%, Strategy 27.4%, Top-Down 13.5%, War 11.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #57 Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™
65% matchVery Positive90% of 1,327 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The Second Tiberium War begins in this legendary sequel to the original Command & Conquer. With his forces stronger than ever, arch villain and leader of The Brotherhood of Nod - Kane - is pitched in an epic battle against the world's war machine - the Global Defense Initiative.
Why similar: RTS 52.7%, Strategy 45%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #58 Arena Wars 2
68% matchMostly Negative32% of 387 reviews2012
Dev: ExDream GmbHPub: Just a Game
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Arena Wars 2 is the sequel of the award-winning Arena Wars series and combines revolutionary RTS fights with RPG elements.
Why similar: Strategy 53.5%, RTS 46.5%