- #1 They Are Billions
97% matchVery Positive85% of 51,351 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 56.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Base Building 27.5%, RTS 22.3%, Tower Defense 18.5%, Survival 10.9%, Strategy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive survival RTS that pioneered the massive-swarm base defense genre that Age of Darkness inhabits.
- #2 Diplomacy is Not an Option
96% matchVery Positive86% of 12,512 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Action RTS 17.7% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Medieval 12.9%, RTS 11.6%, Tower Defense 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based combat and massive-scale wave defense that perfectly mirrors the desperate survival feel of the seed game.
- #3 From Glory To Goo
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,792 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.7% ★, RTS 18.9%, Tower Defense 18.3%, Base Building 15.2%, Resource Management 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core loop of survival RTS gameplay where you must expand your base while constantly fending off massive, encroaching swarms.
- #4 Cataclismo
95% matchVery Positive89% of 4,300 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: RTS 25.5%, Base Building 23.2%, Building 17.1%, Resource Management 13%, Survival 13%
Why You'll Like It: Combines intricate base-building with tactical defense against waves of enemies in a dark, atmospheric setting.
- #5 The Riftbreaker
94% matchVery Positive90% of 24,665 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.1%, Base Building 21.8%, RTS 17%, Building 10.5%, Survival 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Blends base-building, survival, and action-oriented combat against thousands of aliens in a hostile environment.
- #6 Conan Unconquered
94% matchMixed68% of 1,863 reviews2019
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.
Why similar: RTS 31.1%, Tower Defense 16.2%, Strategy 14.9%, Base Building 12%, Co-op 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A direct survival RTS competitor that focuses on building a fortress and surviving increasingly difficult waves of enemies.
- #7 Becastled
93% matchVery Positive82% of 5,597 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: Base Building 26.8%, RTS 20.1%, Medieval 13%, Building 12.1%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core fantasy of building a castle and defending it against waves of enemies during the night cycle.
- #8 Thronefall
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,552 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.4%, Action RTS 22.3% ★, Medieval 12%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist but highly effective take on the base-defense genre that emphasizes tactical positioning and wave survival.
- #9 The Last Spell
91% matchVery Positive91% of 13,615 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26%, Tactical 19.7%, Dark Fantasy 19.1%, Base Building 18.7%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: While turn-based, it captures the exact same 'last stand' atmosphere and desperate defense against endless hordes.
- #10 Against the Storm
90% matchVery Positive94% of 37,259 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Base Building 25.2%, Medieval 19.1%, Building 18.1%, Resource Management 14.5%, Survival 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelite city-builder that forces you to manage resources and survive in a hostile, ever-changing fantasy world.
- #11 Warlords Under Siege
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 478 reviews2025
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.4% ★, RTS 15%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10.6%, Medieval 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A hybrid of RTS and tower defense that forces players to manage resources while defending against persistent enemy swarms.
- #12 Tempest Rising
88% matchVery Positive87% of 11,874 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 56.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Strategy 14.6%, Action RTS 8.6% ★, Multiplayer 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional RTS that focuses on base building and tactical combat, appealing to fans of the genre's mechanics.
- #13 Gord
89% matchMixed54% of 1,008 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: Action RTS 29.8% ★, RTS 22%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Survival 11.4%, Resource Management 9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy survival city-builder that emphasizes hero management and defending your settlement from supernatural threats.
- #14 Grim Nights
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,550 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.1%, Base Building 18.3%, RTS 17.9%, Survival 11%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival base-builder that emphasizes the tension of preparing your defenses during the day to survive the night.
- #15 Age of Mythology: Retold
86% matchVery Positive90% of 23,380 reviews2024
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Play as mythological Gods and smite your enemies in this award-winning, mythological Real-Time Strategy classic given new life. Wage war across timeless campaigns, fierce skirmishes, and god-powered multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.5% ★, RTS 19.7%, Base Building 14.8%, Resource Management 8.2%, PvE 8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS that features fantasy units and hero-led combat, providing a more traditional strategic experience.
- #16 Dungeons 4
87% matchVery Positive87% of 3,289 reviews2023
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Absolute Evil and its trusted *cough* servant, the Dark Elf Thalya, return in Dungeons 4 after the events of its fabulous predecessor to bring about their triumph over the forces of good once more.
Why similar: RTS 34.1%, PvE 15.5%, Co-op 15%, Fantasy 9.9%, Strategy 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a dark fantasy base-building experience with RTS combat elements and a focus on managing your dungeon against invaders.
- #17 Element TD 2 - Tower Defense
85% matchVery Positive90% of 3,232 reviews2021
Dev: Element Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.2%, RTS 17.5%, PvE 9.9%, Tactical 9.7%, Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, complex tower defense mechanics for players who enjoy the defensive planning aspect of the seed game.
- #18 SpellForce 3 Reforced
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 7,929 reviews2017
Dev: Grimlore GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SpellForce 3 - The perfect blend between RTS and RPG!
Why similar: RTS 42.9%, Strategy 12.9%, Fantasy 11.4%, Co-op 9%, Multiplayer 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Blends traditional RTS base-building with hero-led RPG combat in a rich dark fantasy setting.
- #19 Tower Dominion
82% matchVery Positive86% of 5,489 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.6%, RTS 19.3%, Base Building 16.8%, Tactical 11.4%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A hybrid of tower defense and base building that emphasizes strategic placement and resource management.
- #20 Infested Planet
84% matchVery Positive94% of 3,039 reviews2014
Dev: Rocket Bear Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Tower Defense 38.8%, RTS 35%, Strategy 16.3%, Tactical 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical RTS combat where you must overcome overwhelming enemy numbers through positioning and base expansion.
- #21 Northgard: Definitive Edition
84% matchVery Positive85% of 68,658 reviews2018
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 29.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
Why similar: RTS 30.5%, Base Building 14.2%, Tactical 9.7%, Building 9.7%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused RTS where managing resources and surviving harsh environmental threats is just as important as combat.
- #22 The King is Watching
81% matchVery Positive89% of 10,374 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: RTS 17.8%, Tower Defense 17.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Medieval 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike RTS that tasks you with managing a base and defending it against waves of enemies.
- #23 Creeping Dusk
83% matchMixed67% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: PolyShroom
Windows · Linux
Creeping Dusk is a tower defense game. Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend against monsters that swarm the area. Fortify your defenses, and prepare for the increasingly challenging nights. Will you be able to protect your town from the encroaching darkness?
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.9%, Base Building 18.5%, Building 13.3%, Tactical 12%, Resource Management 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite base-building game that focuses on defending against waves of enemies in a dark, atmospheric world.
- #24 Rise to Ruins
82% matchVery Positive88% of 7,757 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.8%, Base Building 22.8%, Survival 15.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Resource Management 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival city-builder that integrates constant tower defense mechanics to protect your village from nightly attacks.
- #25 Little Kingdom RTS
81% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.
Why similar: Action RTS 19.8% ★, RTS 16.4%, Tower Defense 16.4%, Base Building 13%, Medieval 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A smaller-scale RTS that incorporates tower defense elements to protect your kingdom from invaders.
- #26 TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
80% matchVery Positive81% of 370 reviews2025
Dev: Blockage
Windows · Mac · Linux
TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid
Why similar: Action RTS 19.8% ★, Tower Defense 17.1%, RTS 16.8%, Building 8.4%, Base Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op focused game that blends tower defense and RTS mechanics for a collaborative survival experience.
- #27 Last Outpost
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Troyd Games
Windows
Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?
Why similar: Action RTS 22.5% ★, Tower Defense 20.8%, RTS 18.5%, Base Building 13.8%, Tactical 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival RTS that combines base building and tower defense in a high-stakes environment.
- #28 GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
79% matchVery Positive89% of 2,868 reviews2020
Dev: Game in a Bottle
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.1%, RTS 19.2%, Medieval 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Tactical 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, strategy-heavy tower defense game with dark fantasy themes and complex upgrade systems.
- #29 IDUN - Frontline Survival
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 718 reviews2025
Dev: IDUN InteractivePub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.7%, RTS 20.2%, Building 15.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused wargame that emphasizes base building and defensive strategy against incoming threats.
- #30 Nordhold
77% matchVery Positive87% of 3,330 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.4%, Base Building 17%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, RTS 13.5%, Medieval 8.2%
- #31 EverSiege: Untold Ages
78% matchMixed69% of 2,045 reviews2026
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Retreating ends here. Defend Bastion against evil hordes, reclaim lost powers, rebuild ancient ruins, and adapt your tactics to reverse the siege. Shape your playstyle in this hero-strategy rogue-lite solo or co-op up to 3 players.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.3% ★, Tower Defense 16%, RTS 14.9%, PvE 8.2%, Tactical 7.8%
- #32 The Scouring
77% matchVery Positive88% of 1,306 reviews2025
Dev: Orc Group
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
The Scouring is an RTS with fast pace, high attention to detail and next generation experience. Lead humans or orcs in a Classic Mode or use one of powerful Heroes to fight for victory! Play alone or with friends. Use our modding tools to create maps and custom game modes! Join The Scouring!
Why similar: Action RTS 21.8% ★, RTS 15.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 8.8%, Tactical 8.5%
- #33 Stoneguard
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Thorn Spire GamesPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
To protect the magical Lifestone, you must strategise, manage and build a fortified settlement. Lead your fellow survivors into battle against waves of nocturnal monsters who wish to take this precious Lifestone from your world.
Why similar: Action RTS 20.9% ★, RTS 14%, Building 10.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Survival 9.4%
- #34 The Gate Must Stand
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 221 reviews2026
Dev: Senmu StudioPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Fend off brutal waves of demonic hordes in this epic fantasy tower defense survivors like! Hack and slash among the action or zoom to strategically control the battlefield. You are the city’s last line of defense, build your base, defend the gate!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.9%, RTS 21.1%, Base Building 15.8%, Medieval 7.4%, Dark Fantasy 7.2%
- #35 Kingdom Two Crowns
75% matchVery Positive90% of 39,408 reviews2018
Dev: Fury StudiosPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.5%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 11.6%, Medieval 11.3%, Survival 8.3%
- #36 Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
74% matchVery Positive94% of 10,848 reviews2020
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.8%, Medieval 21.5%, Strategy 11.8%, Dark 9.5%, Fantasy 8.4%
- #37 Godsworn
73% matchVery Positive93% of 853 reviews2024
Dev: Thunderoak Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Godsworn is a classic RTS with single-player & co-op focus. Experience an epic fantasy retelling of the Baltic Crusades set in a world inspired by pagan mythology. Choose a divine hero, rally worshippers alongside mythical creatures, and smite the unworthy!
Why similar: Action RTS 25% ★, RTS 17.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Medieval 9.1%, Building 9.1%
- #38 Here Comes The Swarm
72% matchVery Positive85% of 330 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Why similar: Action RTS 23.9% ★, RTS 16.7%, Tower Defense 15%, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 8.3%
- #39 Last Stand: Defense
73% matchVery Positive84% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: ZiiTech Games
Windows · Mac
"Last Stand:Defense" is a tower defense-themed Rogue-like game. Players need to defend against waves of enemies by building bases, matching talents, and performing delicate operations during battles. Remember, every choice you make will affect the final outcome of the battle!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24%, RTS 23.4%, Building 13.6%, Medieval 7.5%, Strategy 6.9%
- #40 DarkSwitch
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 739 reviews2026
Dev: Cyber TemplePub: Cyber Temple Games LLC
Windows
DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!
Why similar: Tower Defense 16.8%, Base Building 15%, RTS 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Building 10.7%
- #41 Going Medieval
69% matchVery Positive89% of 21,328 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: RTS 32.3%, Base Building 27%, Survival 16.1%, PvE 15.3%, Strategy 9.3%
- #42 Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense
71% matchVery Positive86% of 15,253 reviews2021
Dev: AutoAttack Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 43.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
An infinitely replayable multiplayer and single-player tower defense. Defend against waves of enemies and destroy the enemy's king before they destroy yours. Legion TD 2 is a one-of-a-kind game of tactics, teamwork, and prediction. Party as 1-8 players.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.9%, Base Building 13.1%, PvE 8.8%, Co-op 8.3%, Medieval 7.4%
- #43 Infection Free Zone
70% matchVery Positive81% of 18,524 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Base Building 36.5%, RTS 26.9%, Survival 13.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Dark 5.4%
- #44 The Ember Guardian
70% matchVery Positive83% of 286 reviews2026
Dev: Ratbit GamesPub: Slug Disco
Windows
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.1%, Base Building 16.8%, Building 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Survival 8%
- #45 SpellForce 3 Versus Edition
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,614 reviews2020
Dev: Grimlore GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The SpellForce 3: Versus Edition gives you the chance to enter the battlefields of Eo for free, letting you test your RTS skills against AI opponents or even other human players.
Why similar: RTS 22.8%, Building 15.9%, Action RTS 13.9% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Strategy 10.4%
- #46 Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
74% matchMixed65% of 454 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.7% ★, RTS 16%, Base Building 12%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Building 9.4%
- #47 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
70% matchVery Positive86% of 95,309 reviews2021
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 77.8 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 27.2%, Base Building 17.8%, Action RTS 14.5% ★, Medieval 10.3%, Strategy 9.7%
- #48 Iron Harvest
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,957 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Why similar: RTS 45.2%, Base Building 26.9%, Strategy 11.2%, Co-op 9.1%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #49 Monsters are Coming!
68% matchVery Positive80% of 2,808 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.6%, Base Building 20.5%, Building 15.3%, Survival 12.1%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #50 Until We Die
71% matchMixed63% of 4,629 reviews2021
Dev: Pixeye Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.1%, Base Building 23.8%, Survival 16.9%, Building 11.9%, Strategy 9.3%
- #51 Darfall
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 502 reviews2025
Dev: SquareNitePub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.3% ★, RTS 20.1%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 10.4%, Survival 9.4%
- #52 Stormgate
69% matchMixed47% of 9,240 reviews2025
Dev: Frost Giant Studios
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Stormgate is a free-to-play real-time strategy game with a full single-player campaign, 3-player co-op, and PvP versus modes on over 60 maps. Our Editor is also freely available for you to craft just about any custom game mode you can imagine. Join our development journey today!
Why similar: RTS 27%, Base Building 21.2%, Building 12.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%, PvE 7.5%
- #53 No Creeps Were Harmed TD
66% matchVery Positive89% of 495 reviews2024
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Employ lethal turrets, traps, and gadgets to defend against an onslaught of evolving creeps! Step into a twisted, hyper 3D, mind bending realm. Upgrade and adapt your defenses. Become a master maze crafter. Collect bizarre artifacts. Rush creeps for lucrative rewards, and succumb to greed!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.3% ★, Tower Defense 27%, Building 8.4%, Survival 8.4%, Tactical 7.9%
- #54 SpellForce 3 Fallen God
68% matchVery Positive87% of 1,568 reviews2020
Dev: Grimlore GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Command the Trolls and lead them on an epic journey across the wild continent of Urgath. As Chieftain of the Moonkin, a tribe driven from its home by tusk hunters and disease, their survival is in your hands.
Why similar: RTS 47.4%, Strategy 18.3%, Co-op 12.2%, Fantasy 10.4%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #55 Age of Undead
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Age of Undead is a multi-genre game (turn-based, RTS, FPS) that allows you to face the frightful Zombie Apocalypse with 3 unique factions: the Army, the Infected, and the Survivors. Make strategic choices in the Campaign, then go into battle and fight to survive!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.2% ★, RTS 25.2%, Base Building 16.4%, Tactical 10.3%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #56 Black Forest
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 410 reviews2023
Dev: Lemuria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: RTS 22%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 9.9%, Medieval 9.6%, Building 9.6%
- #57 Minimalist Tower Defense
65% matchVery Positive95% of 1,841 reviews2024
Dev: Happy213
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.6%, Base Building 19.9%, Survival 10.5%, Resource Management 9.5%, Strategy 9.5%
- #58 After Long Night
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: RTS 25.1%, Base Building 19.1%, Tower Defense 15.5%, Building 12.3%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #59 Pioneers of Pagonia
63% matchVery Positive81% of 5,473 reviews2025
Dev: Envision Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
Why similar: RTS 17.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Medieval 11.2%, Building 10.7%, PvE 8.9%
