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Command the sky in a tense real-time strategy simulation where you manage a nation's air defenses. Analyze radar contacts, scramble interceptor jets, and make split-second decisions to protect your airspace from hostile threats.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 79% — of 356 reviews
Released: 2025-11-28
Developer: ROTOR3
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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  1. #1 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
    97% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,060 reviews2019
    Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.

    Why similar: Cold War 34.4%, Wargame 18.3%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, RTS 11.4%, Historical 7.6%

  2. #2 Tiny Combat Arena
    96% matchVery Positive82% of 1,579 reviews2022
    Dev: Why485Pub: MicroProse Software
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Tiny Combat Arena is an approachable combat flight simulator sporting a stylized look and various game modes. Dogfight your way in the Arena and in Quick Action or craft your own scenarios and take part in a vast war with objectives and friendly armies to support.

    Why similar: Cold War 49.1%, Wargame 22.3%, Flight 14%, Simulation 4.5%, Retro 4.4%

  3. #3 Ground of Aces
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 1,524 reviews2025
    Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!

    Why similar: RTS 28%, Historical 18.5%, Flight 15.9%, Strategy 14.9%, Resource Management 13.4%

  4. #4 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
    95% matchVery Positive91% of 6,439 reviews2024
    Dev: Triassic GamesPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows
    Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.

    Why similar: Cold War 53.9%, Real Time Tactics 20.7%, Strategy 8.2%, RTS 8.1%, Simulation 5%

  5. #5 Regiments
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 2,929 reviews2022
    Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.

    Why similar: Cold War 38.6%, Wargame 20.6%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, RTS 12.8%, Strategy 5.7%

  6. #6 SkyInFlames
    93% matchVery Positive94% of 223 reviews2026
    Dev: VasyliyBritva
    Windows

    Command drones, deploy mobile air defense systems and conduct tactical aerial operations. Choose your side - Ukrainian or Russian forces - and protect critical infrastructure in a realistic military simulation on a detailed map.

    Why similar: Wargame 37.8%, Real Time Tactics 27.7%, RTS 13.9%, Strategy 9.1%, Top-Down 4.3%

  7. #7 Carrier Command 2
    92% matchVery Positive82% of 3,750 reviews2021
    Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

    Why similar: Wargame 31.1%, Real Time Tactics 24.2%, RTS 23.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 5.7%

  8. #8 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 4,412 reviews2022
    Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.

    Why similar: RTS 40.2%, Historical 30.2%, Strategy 17.4%, Simulation 9.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%

  9. #9 ICBM
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 1,930 reviews2020
    Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    ICBM is a real-time strategy game of nuclear destruction. Research new technologies, build up your nuclear stockpile and use a combination of ships, planes and missiles to strike at the heart of your opponents’ cities while keeping your population safe from harm.

    Why similar: Cold War 51.7%, RTS 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 18%, Strategy 6.3%, Flight 5.6%

  10. #10 ICBM: Escalation
    90% matchVery Positive86% of 1,434 reviews2024
    Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.

    Why similar: Cold War 37.2%, Wargame 30.4%, RTS 19.7%, Strategy 6.4%, Top-Down 5%

  11. #11 Nuclear Option
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,683 reviews2023
    Dev: Shockfront Studios
    Windows
    Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics across dynamic battlefields, facing land, air, and sea threats. Wage war against AI or rival pilots using an array of advanced weaponry, including tactical and strategic nuclear weapons capable of annihilating anything in your path.

    Why similar: Wargame 59.2%, Flight 31.4%, Simulation 9.5%

  12. #12 WARNO
    89% matchMostly Positive80% of 16,013 reviews2024
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows
    Median: 15.3 hrsMean: 71.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.

    Why similar: Cold War 35.3%, Wargame 21.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, RTS 13.6%, Historical 6.8%

  13. #13 Air Traffic: Greenlight
    87% matchVery Positive94% of 196 reviews2022
    Dev: GyroX
    Windows

    Air Traffic: Greenlight is an air-traffic-control-themed game. Direct aircraft in the area where radar coverage is limited. Prevent collisions, organize and expedite the flow of air traffic.

    Why similar: RTS 37.6%, Flight 34.2%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 6.9%, 2D 5.7%

  14. #14 Metal Thunder
    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 590 reviews2024
    Dev: Dumbbell Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Command the legendary gunship in a high-octane action-roguelite! Engage insurgents with devastating firepower in ever-changing missions. Upgrade your arsenal, adapt to dynamic challenges, and survive relentless waves of enemies. Every run offers new tactics and chaos as you dominate the skies.

    Why similar: Cold War 48%, Wargame 24.7%, Flight 13.7%, Top-Down 5.2%, Combat 3.8%

  15. #15 Terminal Conflict
    88% matchMixed68% of 71 reviews2020
    Dev: Strategy Mill
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Touch the world with your fingertips! Your retro terminal awaits your command, for the balance of power, in this definitive Cold War strategy game. Here you belong; assert your leadership through turn based strategic tit-for-tat, on the brink of mutually assured destruction. Don't let it slip away!

    Why similar: Cold War 53.4%, Wargame 21.4%, Strategy 7%, Retro 5.1%, Simulation 4.3%

  16. #16 Scramble: Battle of Britain
    86% matchVery Positive89% of 244 reviews2024
    Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows

    Scramble: Battle of Britain is a tactical dogfighting game set in 1940, featuring intense aerial battles in a 3D airspace. Take control of a squadron of fighters, planning maneuvers, witnessing real-time simulations, and analyzing battle damage with detailed camera tools.

    Why similar: Flight 59.2%, Strategy 26.7%, Combat 11.6%, Simulation 1.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  17. #17 SALVO
    85% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2026
    Dev: Erdem ŞahinPub: Doomed Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A tactical immersive sim. You are underground with nothing but missiles. Design ballistic weapons, hunt billion-dollar radars with 20,000-dollar drones, flood the enemy with cruise missiles, or reach hypersonic technology. Welcome to asymmetric war.

    Why similar: Cold War 40.7%, Wargame 23.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.7%, Strategy 6.6%, Resource Management 3.3%

  18. #18 Bomber Crew
    84% matchVery Positive88% of 15,499 reviews2017
    Dev: Runner DuckPub: Curve Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

    Why similar: Flight 47.3%, Strategy 29.4%, Simulation 19.5%, Singleplayer 3.8%

  19. #19 Mini Airways - ATC simulator
    82% matchVery Positive92% of 1,569 reviews2024
    Dev: CCC GamesPub: Erabit
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Mini Airways is a real-time management game where you play the role of an air traffic controller. Clear your aircraft to takeoff & land, direct them to the destination...and most of all don't let them crash!! London, Tokyo, Shanghai... Test your ATC skills in distinctive maps around the globe!

    Why similar: Flight 49.8%, Strategy 17.7%, Top-Down 13.5%, Simulation 10.5%, 2D 6.2%

  20. #20 HighFleet
    83% matchVery Positive88% of 7,394 reviews2021
    Dev: Konstantin KoshutinPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

    Why similar: Inventory Management 38.4%, Strategy 24.5%, Choices Matter 20.6%, Simulation 11.9%, Singleplayer 4.6%

  21. #21 Endless ATC
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 529 reviews2017
    Dev: startgrid
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Endless ATC is a realistic air traffic control simulator with a simple, easy to use interface. The goal is to guide as many planes as possible safely to the runways. Find out how many flights you can manage to control!

    Why similar: Real Time Tactics 38.3%, Flight 30.1%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 8.2%, Top-Down 7.2%

  22. #22 911 Operator
    81% matchVery Positive89% of 19,768 reviews2017
    Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. Answer incoming calls and react properly - give first aid instructions, advise, dispatch correct number of firemen / police / ambulances, or sometimes - just ignore the call. Play on ANY CITY in the world!

    Why similar: Strategy 32.8%, Real Time Tactics 26.4%, Simulation 21.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%, 2D 3.6%

  23. #23 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
    81% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
    Dev: XR Studio
    Windows

    This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?

    Why similar: Wargame 27.3%, Real Time Tactics 21.1%, RTS 17.8%, Historical 15.7%, Combat 6.5%

  24. #24 Battlefield Commander WWII
    80% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: Sword of SteelPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows

    Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical game where you lead the soldiers and vehicles that battled across the globe during this time in history. Play hundreds of unique units across multiple game modes.

    Why similar: Wargame 27.5%, Real Time Tactics 22.7%, RTS 20.6%, Historical 12.2%, Strategy 8.7%

  25. #25 Armored Brigade II
    79% matchVery Positive89% of 248 reviews2025
    Dev: Veitikka StudiosPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Armored Brigade II revolutionizes real-time tactical warfare in 3D, focusing on the intense combined arms combat of the Cold War era, from 1965 to 1991. Boasting a meticulously researched database and huge real-world terrain maps, this game offers an unparalleled combat simulation experience.

    Why similar: Cold War 34.7%, Wargame 27.1%, RTS 19.6%, Strategy 8.6%, Simulation 5.1%

  26. #26 ATC Ground Point
    78% matchVery Positive82% of 74 reviews2024
    Dev: Blueon
    Windows

    Control the ground movement of airplanes at various airports. As the air traffic controller, ensure the airplanes move safely and get to the stand or runway on time.

    Why similar: Real Time Tactics 38.8%, Flight 28.1%, Strategy 16.2%, Top-Down 8.1%, Simulation 4.1%

  27. #27 Invasion Machine
    79% matchMixed65% of 630 reviews2020
    Dev: Pixel Machine
    Windows

    Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.

    Why similar: Wargame 26.9%, RTS 22.8%, Real Time Tactics 21.9%, Strategy 15.4%, Simulation 7.2%

  28. #28 War Room
    78% matchMixed52% of 694 reviews2020
    Dev: Binge Gaming OU
    Windows

    War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.

    Why similar: RTS 25.5%, Real Time Tactics 23.6%, Wargame 23.3%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 6.2%

  29. #29 Wargame: Airland Battle
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 4,453 reviews2013
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.

    Why similar: Cold War 41.7%, RTS 18.6%, Wargame 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Strategy 9.7%

  30. #30 Master of Command
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 3,925 reviews2025
    Dev: Armchair Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

    Why similar: Wargame 24.1%, Real Time Tactics 21.4%, RTS 20.6%, Historical 15.7%, Strategy 8.9%

  31. #31 War on the Sea
    76% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,244 reviews2021
    Dev: Killerfish Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.

    Why similar: Wargame 32.7%, Strategy 30.5%, RTS 17.8%, Simulation 16.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%

  32. #32 Call to Arms
    75% matchMostly Positive79% of 24,122 reviews2018
    Dev: Digitalmindsoft
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

    Why similar: RTS 53.2%, Strategy 37.2%, Simulation 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%

  33. #33 Project Wunderwaffe: Prologue
    75% matchMixed67% of 333 reviews2022
    Dev: Weasel Games
    Windows

    Project Wunderwaffe: Prologue is some part of the full version of the game. The gameplay starts in the realities of World War II, the Soviets and Allies are coming. Your task in the game is to keep enemy troops as far away from your base as possible. Fight and survive!

    Why similar: Cold War 26.2%, Wargame 24%, Underground 23.2%, Historical 9.9%, Real Time Tactics 8.9%

  34. #34 Molten Armor
    77% matchMixed62% of 61 reviews2017
    Dev: Brutal Muse
    Windows

    Molten Armor is an action tower defense game with a non-linear story in sci-fi setting! Command defenses and stop hordes of enemies! Fight on land, sea and in the skies!Decisions taken in the heat of battle will change the course of the war.

    Why similar: Wargame 29%, RTS 23.4%, Real Time Tactics 23.1%, Strategy 10%, Top-Down 6%

  35. #35 Warfront Defenders
    77% matchMixed42% of 53 reviews2017
    Dev: Flying Robot Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    The gameplay is inspired by famous last stands from some of history's deadliest conflicts, such as the Second World War and the Sino-Japanese War. A hybrid of Tower Defense and Real-Time Strategy with a lot of replay value.

    Why similar: Wargame 27.6%, RTS 23.8%, Real Time Tactics 22.9%, Historical 11.4%, Strategy 7.1%

  36. #36 DRONE PERSPECTIVE
    72% matchVery Positive90% of 100 reviews2025
    Dev: Demetri LindPub: VEIL Production
    Windows

    Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration. Connect to the warzone from your home PC and orchestrate modern military operations from the Drone Perspective.

    Why similar: Wargame 34.6%, Real Time Tactics 23.8%, RTS 21.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Combat 6%

  37. #37 REDCON
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 840 reviews2016
    Dev: Hexage
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Command your own fortress in FTL-like real-time battles! Crush the enemy fortress with unrelenting bombardment or seize it with carefully executed invasion.

    Why similar: Strategy 64.2%, Simulation 20.7%, 2D 11.1%, Singleplayer 4%

  38. #38 Möbius Front '83
    74% matchMixed69% of 513 reviews2020
    Dev: Zachtronics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Defend America from an alternate-universe America using state-of-the-art 1980s military hardware in this intricate and tactical turn-based strategy game.

    Why similar: Cold War 58.6%, Wargame 29.1%, Strategy 5.6%, Simulation 2.7%, Combat 2.6%

  39. #39 Until the Last Plane
    73% matchMostly Positive70% of 118 reviews2021
    Dev: CarloC
    Windows · Mac

    Until the Last Plane is an airfield management game during WW2. Send pilots on mission. Craft spare parts. Repair your planes. Face your enemy and resist.

    Why similar: Historical 24.8%, Resource Management 19.4%, Strategy 17.6%, Wargame 16.3%, Top-Down 11.7%

  40. #40 Hijong Park's Defender Patrol
    70% matchVery Positive99% of 73 reviews2025
    Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
    Windows

    Hijong Park's Defender Patrol is a small, low-poly helicopter combat flight simulator featuring simple but fully interactable cockpit system, playable in both the monitor and Virtual-reality.

    Why similar: Cold War 51.1%, Wargame 27.2%, Flight 16.3%, Simulation 3.5%, Retro 1.6%

  41. #41 Line War
    71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,182 reviews2022
    Dev: Studio Centurion
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics. Draw commands and execute a superior strategy to defeat your opponent, focusing on high-level decisions rather than constant micromanagement.

    Why similar: Cold War 32%, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, RTS 19.1%, Wargame 17.6%, Strategy 6.9%

  42. #42 Drone Sector
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 335 reviews2026
    Dev: IcospherePub: MicroProse Software
    Windows

    Drone Sector is a futuristic gunship game. Provide close air support by firing variety of weapons at the enemies and guide your allied troops via commands. Keep your troops alive, complete objectives, collect resources and recruit engineers. Research better weaponry for the gunship and the troops.

    Why similar: Wargame 27.4%, Real Time Tactics 23.5%, Flight 17.5%, Top-Down 9.6%, Combat 7.4%

  43. #43 112 Operator
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 7,334 reviews2020
    Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Manage emergency services in any city in the world! Take calls and dispatch rescue forces. Handle difficult situations, now depending on the weather, and traffic. Help the citizens through cataclysms and natural disasters, becoming a better emergency number operator every day!

    Why similar: Real Time Tactics 33.9%, RTS 32.4%, Strategy 13.2%, Simulation 12.6%, 2D 5.2%

  44. #44 Flak
    72% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2021
    Dev: The Nostalgic DeveloperPub: Double A Studios
    Windows

    Navigate the campaign map effectively. Generate an income and invade strategically. Destroy all enemy blimps for a Steam leaderboard position!

    Why similar: Wargame 30.5%, Real Time Tactics 27.4%, RTS 14.7%, Strategy 9.9%, Combat 5%

  45. #45 Counter Terrorist Agency
    73% matchMixed45% of 544 reviews2019
    Dev: Play2ChillPub: Games Operators
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Counter Terrorist Agency lets you fight international terrorism and prevent attacks all over the world. Use modern invigilation techniques, discover connections, interrogate suspects, eliminate threats and dismantle terrorist networks.

    Why similar: Real Time Tactics 39.9%, Strategy 27%, Simulation 15.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%, 2D 6.3%

  46. #46 Alien Marauder
    71% matchMixed62% of 341 reviews2021
    Dev: Vexan Studio
    Windows

    “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: Wargame 29.4%, RTS 23.6%, Real Time Tactics 19.1%, Resource Management 9.5%, Strategy 8.8%

  47. #47 Steel Division 2
    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,583 reviews2019
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows
    Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 52.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.

    Why similar: RTS 33.2%, Wargame 29.6%, Strategy 15.8%, Historical 14.9%, Simulation 5%

  48. #48 Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 757 reviews2026
    Dev: Drydock Dreams GamesPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows

    Experience the thrill of leading American aircraft carriers to victory in this innovative full 3D command simulation wargame set in the Pacific in 1942. First-person or God’s eye, you lead your fleet and planes right from the center of the battle.

    Why similar: RTS 30.1%, Real Time Tactics 29.9%, Historical 21.8%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 6.8%

  49. #49 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
    69% matchMixed61% of 7,964 reviews2023
    Dev: Game-Labs
    Windows
    Median: 16.0 hrsMean: 81.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!

    Why similar: Wargame 40.7%, RTS 20%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Historical 16.3%, Simulation 5.5%

  50. #50 Aviator: Air Combat
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 97 reviews2022
    Dev: Aleksey Sidelnikov
    Windows

    Plunge into the world of sky battles. Pursue an enemy bomber while dodging oncoming missiles. Get your adrenaline pumping and be rewarded with a bonus level.

    Why similar: Simulation 52.1%, Top-Down 42.9%, Singleplayer 5%

  51. #51 Airships: Conquer the Skies
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,597 reviews2018
    Dev: David Stark
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!

    Why similar: Wargame 54.5%, RTS 31.2%, Strategy 9.6%, 2D 4.8%

  52. #52 Expand & Exterminate: Terrytorial Disputes - Endless Base Defense
    68% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2023
    Dev: Terryble Interactive
    Windows

    The best elements of Real-Time Strategy (RTS) and Tower Defense genres combined into a new Base Defense game. Defend against countless waves of enemies while you expand your base, gather resources, and research technologies to defeat the ever strengthening enemy units.

    Why similar: Cold War 43.8%, Wargame 26.4%, RTS 17.3%, Strategy 6.6%, Top-Down 6%

  53. #53 Firebase Defence
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2019
    Dev: Rasmus Agergaard
    Windows

    Firebase Defence is a new spin on the traditional tower defence gameplay. You have to defend yourself from the waves upon waves of incoming enemies. You are free to build, place and manage your available resources and units in any way you want. But failing to balance those will result in defeat!

    Why similar: Strategy 26.5%, Real Time Tactics 24%, RTS 23.8%, Top-Down 10.3%, Resource Management 9.7%

  54. #54 Syrian Warfare
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 5,573 reviews2017
    Dev: Cats Who Play
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

    Why similar: Wargame 29.4%, Real Time Tactics 25.8%, RTS 22.8%, Historical 13.2%, Strategy 7.1%

  55. #55 Wargame: Red Dragon
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 19,728 reviews2014
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 52.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

    Why similar: Cold War 33.9%, RTS 22.5%, Wargame 19.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%

  56. #56 Door Kickers
    66% matchVery Positive94% of 10,059 reviews2014
    Dev: KillHouse Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

    Why similar: Strategy 25.4%, Real Time Tactics 22.8%, RTS 19.3%, Top-Down 17.1%, Simulation 9%

  57. #57 First Strike
    68% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,030 reviews2017
    Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.

    Why similar: Cold War 46.8%, Wargame 21.2%, RTS 16.4%, Strategy 6.5%, Top-Down 4.7%

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