- #1 Age of Mythology: Retold
97% matchVery Positive90% of 22,435 reviews2024
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: RTS 17.5%, Action RTS 12.9% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 10.4%, Moddable 9.6% ★
- #2 Rokatusch
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoserverStudios
Windows
Experience this Real-time Strategy-Game from First-person view in lowpoly look. Build your fort, command armies and fight together and/or against AI or real players.
Why similar: RTS 22.9%, Action RTS 17.7% ★, Resource Management 12.9%, Base Building 12.1%, Strategy 7.8%
- #3 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
96% matchVery Positive85% of 11,534 reviews2025
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition is the ultimate Dawn of War experience, featuring the original Dawn of War and all its expansions, along with enhanced visuals, an improved camera, and 64-bit platform support.
Why similar: RTS 27.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Action RTS 14.7% ★, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Strategy 8.6%
- #4 IMMORTAL: Gates of Pyre
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SunSpear Games, Inc.
Windows
IMMORTAL: Gates of Pyre is an immersive RTS where you play as powerful Immortals to lead armies and dominate the battlefield. Experience easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay in both engaging PvE and competitive PvP battles. Choose your Immortal, forge your strategy, and crush your foes.
Why similar: RTS 21.6%, Action RTS 18.2% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Resource Management 11.6%, Co-op 7.3%
- #5 EVERGLORY
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eduard Permyakov
Windows · Linux
Stockpile resources, build your settlement, raise an army, and wage war in this love letter to RTS classics. Experience the epic story through a fully scripted single-player campaign, then create your own scenarios and write the next chapter yourself.
Why similar: RTS 30.4%, Base Building 23.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Resource Management 11.8%, Action RTS 9% ★
- #6 Castle War
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Chaolys
Windows
In this real time strategy game, defeat your friends by destroying their castle. The last player with their castle still standing wins! Players must manage their economy, build their base and defenses, while producing and upgrading their units.
Why similar: RTS 20.6%, Action RTS 18.9% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Resource Management 9.8%, Magic 7.3%
- #7 Ripped From Time: Outpost
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Looming Games
Windows
First-person drone combat meets RTS base-building: command historical squads, advance from stone to lasers, and power the outpost’s defenses and superweapon to seal a space-time rupture.
Why similar: RTS 28.6%, Base Building 19.4%, Resource Management 14.8%, Action RTS 11.5% ★, Strategy 10.2%
- #8 Breeze of Ashes
92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Ship Games
Windows
Command customizable capital ships in strategic lane battles. Stack weapons, crush enemy cores, conquer provinces.
Why similar: RTS 21.2%, Action RTS 20.8% ★, Resource Management 12.5%, Moddable 10% ★, Base Building 9.8%
- #9 StarSim: BattleZone
91% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Viktor Martynovsky
Windows
StarSim: BattleZone is a real-time strategy (RTS) game set in the StarSim universe. Take command of an army and lead your faction to victory. Gameplay includes classic RTS mechanics such as: building a base, gathering resources, researching new technologies, building defences, training units, etc.
Why similar: RTS 36.3%, Base Building 22.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Action RTS 13% ★, Top-Down 7.4%
- #10 Andalia
91% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: Joel St.Pub: Sundust
Windows
Andalia is a fantasy real-time strategy game (RTS) with a diverse range of civilisations, resources and environments. Build up your town and lead your forces into war against enemy players. Alternatively you may construct a monument and hold it long enough to reach victory.
Why similar: RTS 31.1%, Base Building 21.1%, Magic 9%, Strategy 8.1%, Fantasy 7.1%
- #11 Steel Command
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smitty Games
Windows
A classic RTS featuring traditional base-building, resource-driven warfare, PvP, skirmish, and a powerful, easy-to-use Mission Editor. Build your base. Secure the ECO. Conquer the battlefield.
Why similar: RTS 32.8%, Base Building 20.7%, Action RTS 18.5% ★, Strategy 12.4%, PvE 6%
- #12 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
89% matchVery Positive86% of 92,769 reviews2021
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 76.8 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 31.2%, Base Building 19.5%, Resource Management 12.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Action RTS 10.3% ★
- #13 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 29%, Base Building 20.4%, Strategy 15%, PvE 11.6%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #14 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,488 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: RTS 20%, Action RTS 19% ★, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 9.6%, PvE 7.4%
- #15 Forsaking Valhalla
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stemmlar Technologies
Windows
A survival RTS game where you defend your village against relentless waves of Norse mythological creatures. Build defenses, train warriors, and gather resources to survive as long as possible. If your Town Hall falls, it's game over. How long will you last?
Why similar: Action RTS 25% ★, RTS 24.5%, Base Building 15%, PvE 9.4%, Strategy 8%
- #16 Star Pulse:The War
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star Pulse
Windows
Star Pulse: The War is an independent real-time strategy game that merges science fiction with fantasy. Players will command a sci-fi faction, harnessing the power of star pulse to gather resources, construct buildings, train troops, and nurture heroes in the fight against invading magical forces.
Why similar: RTS 36.4%, Base Building 13.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Moddable 11.4% ★, Action RTS 10.6% ★
- #17 Heroes of Orn: Darkness
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BM Studios LLC
Windows
Inspired by Majesty, Heroes of Orn: Darkness is a fantasy base building RTS with a twist - you cannot directly control your units. Build and upgrade your kingdom to gain power and resources. Influence your heroes' decisions and empower them by issuing quests, casting spells, and creating shops.
Why similar: RTS 33.2%, Base Building 22.2%, Resource Management 15.1%, Strategy 12.1%, Magic 7.4%
- #18 Crustacean Nations
84% matchVery Positive92% of 511 reviews2022
Dev: Team Beans
Windows
🦀Crustacean Nations🦀 is a real-time strategy game about total crab warfare. Build a sprawling sand castle and amass huge armies to dominate the beach and become the one true crustacean nation!
Why similar: Action RTS 25.8% ★, RTS 22.5%, Base Building 20.4%, Resource Management 13.1%, Strategy 9%
- #19 Bacteria Wars
85% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Patrick McGuinness
Windows
A real-time strategy game in which you fight to secure the victory of your Bacteria over the Cell Defense Force and other enemy Bacteria in a world where your units are your only resource, and where your mobile base will not be enough to keep you alive.
Why similar: RTS 33.5%, Action RTS 21.3% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #20 Evolution Tag 2
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CoolyoshiPub: Flying Turnip Studios
Windows
A unique twist on the MOBA genre. Evolve, survive, build bases, control armies, and fight other players in an intense 10vs5 match between humans and the undead. There is also a multiplayer PvE survival game mode, and a multiplayer RPG mode!
Why similar: Action RTS 23.3% ★, RTS 19.5%, Base Building 17.3%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Strategy 7.1%
- #21 Marshals of War: Orcblood
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sylvest Studios
Windows
Command powerful heroes and epic armies in Marshals of War: Orcblood, a stylized fantasy action Real Time Strategy game. Cast spells, defeat bosses, loot treasure, build defenses, and lead men, dwarves and elves to victory, in solo, or co-op against the orcs and their masters.
Why similar: RTS 31.8%, Action RTS 18.4% ★, Co-op 11.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Fantasy 6.8%
- #22 TAVU
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juhani Viitanen
Windows
TAVU is a PvE RTS game with a tactical combat system. Build your bases and defend them against waves of enemy attacks. Upgrade your units and destroy enemy bases to gain new territories and resources.
Why similar: RTS 23.6%, Base Building 18.6%, Action RTS 17.3% ★, Resource Management 14.9%, PvE 8.9%
- #23 Fortress Frenzy
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Mythforge Games
Windows
Start your world conquest with any faction you choose. Build and upgrade your production buildings. Plan and decide the composition of your army. Create your own ability deck. Challenge legendary boss to a fight. Embark on an immersive story campaign. Play with your friends.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.4% ★, RTS 21.4%, Base Building 15.7%, Online Co-Op 7.6%, PvE 7%
- #24 Planet X3 (DOS)
81% match7 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 34.2%, Base Building 21.6%, Resource Management 20.4%, Strategy 16.7%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #25 TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
79% matchVery Positive81% of 363 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: RTS 25.8%, Action RTS 18.6% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Co-op 11%, Online Co-Op 10.3%
- #26 Wavecrashers
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eightfold Interactive
Windows
Hold the line or everything falls. Wavecrashers is a 3-player co-op strategy game where heroes defend against relentless waves of enemies. Build powerful synergies, push your limits, and survive the chaos. Play solo with bots or team up with friends. Every run is a fight to endure the storm.
Why similar: RTS 26%, Action RTS 18.4% ★, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Co-op 11.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #27 Incident Commander
81% matchMixed49% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: BreakAway Games
Windows · Mac
Sudden disaster has put the town at risk, and you are the Incident Commander! It is up to you to control the responder teams who can stop the growing threat and save the community. The mayor is watching. Can you keep the public safe and stay within budget?
Why similar: RTS 22%, Action RTS 15.6% ★, Base Building 14%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Co-op 10.5%
- #28 Annexation
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hotkey Clicker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Annexation is a fast-paced real-time strategy game with old-school roots. Build bases, train armies, and outmaneuver your enemy to claim victory. Start by playing the campaign and then challenge yourself in Arcade Missions, which bring the intensity of multiplayer RTS into a single-player setting.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.1% ★, RTS 26.9%, Base Building 13.1%, PvE 10.7%, Strategy 10.5%
- #29 The Old War
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Warchest Studios
Windows
The Old War is a co-op dark fantasy strategy game where you train and upgrade a shared persistent army in a hostile world. Every victory makes your army stronger, and every defeat is a devastating blow.
Why similar: RTS 23.9%, Action RTS 22.9% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 8.6%, Strategy 7%
- #30 RTS Hero
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Henrique Cardoso
Windows
I want to make RTS (real time strategy) both approachable and deep. Taking direct control of a hero feels natural, and swapping is instant! Pick different heroes with unique abilities, playstyles, and buildings! This RTS has simple design with deep strategy, SinglePlayer, Online: Co-Op and Versus!
Why similar: RTS 21.4%, Action RTS 19.7% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, PvE 7.5%
- #31 Fair and Square
77% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Octopus Engine
Windows · Linux
Try this small real time strategy and roguelike game where you need to defend your base against multiple waves . Each run you will have to choose between unique units and unique buffs.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.9% ★, RTS 11.5%, Base Building 11.2%, Co-op 10.9%, PvE 9%
- #32 Deepfield
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Armoured Beans
Windows · Linux
Deepfield is a sandbox RTS set in the tiny world of microbiology. Deepfield's microverse is alive and contains many biomes, each with their own mix of environmental mechanics and unique enemy types. Find and exploit resources, multiply in number and expand your territory to fend off extinction.
Why similar: RTS 26.5%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 12.6%, PvE 9.3%, Strategy 8.7%
- #33 Red Chaos - The Strict Order
75% matchVery Positive87% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Squarecut Games
Windows · Linux
The last world war didn't end conflict. The Iron Hand tyrannizes people, as the Resistance fights for liberation. In the resulting conflict high tech and brute force face off against guerrillas with unconventional tactics, leading to Red Chaos: A modern take on classic real-time strategy games.
Why similar: Action RTS 29% ★, RTS 28.3%, Base Building 12.3%, Strategy 8%, Online Co-Op 6.1%
- #34 Uncolonization
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shuffle Studio
Windows
Tribe survival game where you control the chief. Manage your tribe, delegate harvesting, hunting, crafting and research. Grow your tribes, engage other tribes or outsiders through trading, alliance or war. All through mouse click.
Why similar: Western 26.1% ★, RTS 20.9%, Action RTS 18.6% ★, Resource Management 12.8%, Strategy 7%
- #35 The Rebellion
76% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Caz Game Design
Windows
The Rebellion is a brand new take on real-time strategy enabling you to seamlessly transition into 3rd person to join your warriors in battle. Build your village, equip each unit with powerful weapons and armor, and secure absolute victory for your faction!
Why similar: RTS 26.2%, Action RTS 17.2% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, PvE 8.6%
- #36 War Selection
75% matchVery Positive85% of 23,196 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Why similar: RTS 31.6%, Base Building 28.3%, Strategy 12.5%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #37 Orc Incursion
74% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Eternal Cataclysm Studios
Windows
Command powerful heroes in this dynamic RTS with PvE and PvP modes. Level up your champions, unleash devastating abilities, and lead your army to victory. Build and manage your base, train diverse units, and master their strengths and weaknesses to outsmart your enemies on the battlefield.
Why similar: RTS 28.7%, Base Building 17.6%, PvE 11.3%, Strategy 9.3%, Magic 7.3%
- #38 Uncrewed 2
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quite Different Mechanics
Windows
Uncrewed 2 is a real-time strategy game that lets the player design units from the ground up. Wheels, treads, walker legs, and rocket engines - the game offers a variety of propulsion options, as well as the ability to craft your own weapons.
Why similar: RTS 27.5%, Action RTS 24.9% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #39 Fierce Kingdoms
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chocolate Dolphin
Windows · Linux
A medieval RTS where you're the king. Command peasants to expand your base and grow your economy. Research powerful technologies. Then, mass an army to crush your enemies! Conquer other kingdoms in Campaign mode to unlock new perks.
Why similar: RTS 35.7%, Base Building 23%, Resource Management 18%, Strategy 17.6%, Multiplayer 4.9%
- #40 A Fistful Of Yankees
72% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Pulsar Creation
Windows · Linux
There is only one rule in the Wild West, the rule of the gun. Lead a fistful of Yankee soldiers on a mission to bring order to this chaotic frontier, facing desperados, robber barons, and more in a spaghetti western RTS adventure like no other.
Why similar: Western 33.3% ★, Action RTS 22.4% ★, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 13.6%, RTS 5.7%
- #41 Crisis Control
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nicola Hahn
Windows
Crisis Control is a strategy game where you and up to 3 friends command firefighters, medics, police officers and technicans to protect a small, rapidly growing village from natural but also human-made desasters.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.4% ★, RTS 16.7%, Moddable 15.6% ★, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Base Building 7.9%
- #42 Power of the Horde [RTS]
71% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac
Power of the Horde is a fantasy RTS with three unique factions: Humans, Horde, and Undead. Besides classic features like base-building, heroes can loot and keep equipment after matches. The AI assistant can also help you build bases and train units automatically.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.9% ★, RTS 22.3%, Base Building 13.5%, PvE 8.7%, Magic 6.3%
- #43 Cossacks 3
73% matchVery Positive82% of 15,892 reviews2016
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 50.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!
Why similar: RTS 23.7%, Action RTS 17.8% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Resource Management 12.7%, Strategy 9.9%
- #44 Dust Front RTS
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rtsDimon
Windows
Dust Front is a classic RTS with grand strategy elements and a non-linear campaign. Lead strategic maneuvers, overwhelm your enemies with cannon fodder, or stomp them into the stone age with carpet bombing on the lifeless fields of Dust Front.
Why similar: RTS 28.6%, Base Building 20.1%, Action RTS 17.8% ★, Resource Management 14.9%, Strategy 9.2%
- #45 Shapes of War
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ethibyte
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face off with or against friends using 3D shapes! Lead your cubes, spheres, and cones to capture flags and unlock powerful upgrades. Dominate the map and seize your opponent's capitol building to claim victory!
Why similar: RTS 29.1%, Base Building 21.5%, Action RTS 20.3% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #46 Unnatural Worlds
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tomáš Malý
Windows · Linux
Innovative yet familiar real-time strategy game in development. Grand-scale RTS game played on maps/planets of any 3D shape. It emphasizes strategy, base building, logistics, and reduces micro-management of individual units.
Why similar: RTS 24%, Action RTS 22.1% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 15%, Co-op 10.3%
- #47 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
70% matchVery Positive86% of 53,444 reviews2020
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 43.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
Why similar: RTS 30.7%, Base Building 25.1%, Strategy 13.3%, Resource Management 10.1%, Multiplayer 5.4%
- #48 Endeavor: Rite of Passage
70% matchPositive86% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Endeavor
Windows
Take command of powerful armies with intuitive player controls and classic RTS features and feel. Control powerful super-weapons and elite units through a 21-mission campaign. Continue the fight on 16 skirmish and 8 unique survival maps.
Why similar: RTS 25.1%, Action RTS 22.9% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 8.7%, Strategy 8.1%
- #49 Tempest Rising
68% matchVery Positive88% of 11,317 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 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 57.7%, Strategy 16.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Action RTS 5.4% ★, Multiplayer 3%
- #50 Ad Astra: Sci-Fi Tower Defense
69% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Azure Moon Games Ltd.
Windows
Lose yourself in an indie solo-dev. treasure that harkens back to arcade classics! All while thumping along to killer retro-inspired beats by Ovani sound. Embark on an epic tower defense adventure against awe-inspiring machine monstrosities, made by a devoted gamer for devoted gamers.
Why similar: RTS 27.7%, Action RTS 27.7% ★, Base Building 19.8%, Resource Management 14.3%, Strategy 9.1%
- #51 Demra: Rifts of War
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Funtraum Games
Windows
Use powerful light magic to fight back the invading demon hordes in this lite-RPG/ RTS mix. Build a base, gather resources, research and command your army.
Why similar: RTS 30.3%, Action RTS 24.2% ★, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 10.1%, Strategy 10%
- #52 Timefront
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flama Craftworks
Windows
Timefront is an RTS game blending battle royale mechanics where you control one of four asymmetrical races in a fight for conquest over an ever-shifting battlefield. Brave the Known World and try this refreshing take on the RTS genre.
Why similar: RTS 25.8%, Base Building 17.8%, Action RTS 14.1% ★, Resource Management 11.7%, Strategy 7.4%
- #53 Mysticore: Towers & Timber
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Gnista Games
Windows
Mysticore is a survival strategy game for 1-4 players. Explore the shattered realms, build your base and defend it against massive enemy waves - all while leaving the busywork to your gnomes.
Why similar: RTS 20.3%, Base Building 17.8%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Moddable 10.9% ★, Resource Management 10.8%
- #54 Guanabara Warriors
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vinagre Design
Windows
Lead Brazilian indigenous tribes and European forces in an epic real-time strategy game set during the founding of Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil. Forge alliances, command armies, and shape the future of Guanabara Bay.
Why similar: RTS 28.4%, Action RTS 25.2% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Resource Management 16.3%, Strategy 6.3%
- #55 Pioneers of Pagonia
65% matchVery Positive82% of 5,292 reviews2025
Dev: Envision Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 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 20.1%, Base Building 15.7%, Resource Management 13.8%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Co-op 8.4%
- #56 Classic Tower Defense 2
66% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Blacksmith Forge
Windows
Classic tower defense rules meet modern systems. Build medieval towers, face adaptive waves, and experiment with upgrades, modifiers, and roguelike progression.
Why similar: RTS 30%, Action RTS 26.4% ★, Strategy 13.5%, Base Building 8%, Magic 6.3%
- #57 Paper Battlefield
67% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Bros Ogon's
Windows
A strategy where battles are limited only by the boundaries of the notebook! Experience a unique real-time strategy experience where every battle unfolds on the pages of a sketchbook, and all your units and structures are drawn with ink!
Why similar: RTS 29.2%, Action RTS 22.6% ★, Base Building 21.7%, Strategy 9.9%, PvE 6.8%
- #58 JKRobots
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JKRobots
Windows
A real time strategy game, push the robots off the map to win, but they push back.
Why similar: RTS 41.4%, Resource Management 20.1%, Base Building 19%, Strategy 17.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #59 Giantfall
65% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Birchwood Games
Windows
Build a medieval kingdom and survive giant invasions in this colony sim tower defence RTS. Research technologies, raise armies, manage your economy, and fortify your defences as towering giants and deadly creatures lay siege to your realm
Why similar: RTS 21.3%, Base Building 19.8%, Action RTS 17.4% ★, Resource Management 12.7%, Strategy 7.4%