- #1 Small Kingdoms Prologue
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Rule a small fantasy kingdom and conquer your rival as you build up your cities and armies on the world map and command your troops on the battlefield. Small Kingdoms is a streamlined grand strategy and real-time strategy game, the Small Kingdoms Prologue is a free introductory campaign
Why similar: 4X 28.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, RTS 15.1%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, War 5.7%
- #2 Byte Lynx
96% matchVery Positive98% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: Artful Games
Windows
Byte Lynx is a fast-paced RTS with no units. Build defenses, dismantle your enemy, and steal their buildings in this deeply tactical building combat-based strategy game. Expand your arsenal across a series of diverse levels!
Why similar: 4X 23.8% ★, Action RTS 18.5% ★, RTS 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.4%, Base Building 9.2%
- #3 Knights of the Crusades
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23% ★, 4X 18% ★, Action RTS 15.9% ★, RTS 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 7.9%
- #4 Gewevo : Interstellar
96% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Victor Filipiak
Windows
Gewevo : Interstallar is a space strategy game derived from the tabletop RPG universe Gewevo. It offers an approach a little closer to a wargame with regard to the empire management aspect. Made with passion by a one-man team;)
Why similar: 4X 37.5% ★, Action RTS 21.1% ★, RTS 18%, Strategy 10.8%, War 6.3%
- #5 Small Kingdoms
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Small Kingdoms is a streamlined grand strategy and RTS game with procedurally generated campaigns. Build up your cities and armies on the world map and command your troops on the battlefield. Rule a medieval fantasy kingdom and conquer your rivals.
Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, RTS 14.8%, War 7%, Tactical 6.6%
- #6 Descending Empires
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parcyval
Windows
A multiplayer space RTS blending in depth mechanics with fast paced skirmish matches. control and manage an empire together with your team in large-scale online battles
Why similar: 4X 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Action RTS 16% ★, RTS 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%
- #7 Daimyo Reign
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: koichark
Windows
Unify Medieval Japan in this real-time tactical grand strategy game. Build your domain, recruit armies, plan your attack, and fracture your enemies with rebellions to win!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23% ★, Action RTS 17% ★, RTS 15%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%, Real-Time with Pause 10.5% ★
- #8 Commanders Fury
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RoboFox Games LLC
Windows
Take command of the war machine of an empire in this 4x RTS hybrid. Fight battles with your flagship fleet in fully 3D real-time space combat. Recruit, train and dispatch commanders. Give them orders, directives and equip their fleets. Manage your empire’s supply logistics and fleet operations.
Why similar: 4X 32.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, RTS 17.5%, Real Time Tactics 8.7%, Tactical 7.9%
- #9 十面冲突 Clash of ten sides
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 爱玩小灰
Windows
《十面冲突》是一款即时策略对战竞技游戏,在游戏中,玩家雇佣武装力量进行对战,有各种各样的兵种等你来雇佣,注意彼此的出兵种类,这样你才能知己知彼,百战百胜。干掉对方的基地,胜利就是你的,你能成功吗?那就来挑战吧!
Why similar: Action RTS 23% ★, RTS 18.8%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Grand Strategy 12.2% ★, War 8.9%
- #10 By Sword & Road
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jan Fidler
Windows
Minimalistic RTS game about logistics and war! On this battlefield, supply lines are everything - cut them off and your enemies will wither, or use special abilities to gain the advantage. The game features an original story campaign and skirmish challenges. Conquer your enemies by Sword & Road!
Why similar: 4X 31.5% ★, RTS 18.4%, Action RTS 16.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16% ★, War 7%
- #11 Medieval Kingdom Wars
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,602 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
Why similar: 4X 20.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Action RTS 15.1% ★, RTS 13.2%, Real Time Tactics 10%
- #12 Near Sol
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: LTide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space 4X game with the ability to build factories, extract resources, with characters, internal and external markets ... Take part in the discussion of the game, share your vision)
Why similar: 4X 35.2% ★, Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, RTS 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Strategy 6.4%
- #13 Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
89% matchMixed59% of 973 reviews2024
Dev: 瞬息万变工作室Pub: Moment HK
Windows
This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.
Why similar: 4X 29.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, RTS 16.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Strategy 5.3%
- #14 SAND CASTLES
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GREEN ICE STUDIOS, LLC
Windows
SAND CASTLES is a Kingdom and Castle Building Real-Time Strategy / 4X game with a full 3D Graphics Engine. The game supports up to 6-players and features true fog of war within the 3D game world. Your available resources are Gold, Sand, Lumber, and Food.
Why similar: 4X 25.3% ★, Action RTS 23.8% ★, RTS 13.9%, War 9.7%, Base Building 8.6%
- #15 Structura
88% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Binary Station Studio
Windows · Linux
Structura is a rather unique sci-fi real-time strategy set in space. Its a hybrid of rts and fps, with emphasis on combat and survival. Build your economy for war, modify the unit by adding components, explore, expand, and survive the savage waves of enemy attacks.
Why similar: 4X 31.8% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, RTS 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Base Building 8.5%
- #16 Spell Legion
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alberto Suárez
Windows
A RTS/action RPG strategy game with the combination of a Top-down/Third person view, letting you to Command your Army with orders and increase it using buildings along all factions in a Unique Fantasy World.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, RTS 17.8%, Action RTS 17.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Strategy 6.8%
- #17 Solaris
86% matchVery Positive81% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: SpacialCircumstances
Windows · Mac · Linux
Discover a space strategy game filled with conquest, betrayal and subterfuge. Build alliances, make enemies and fight your way to victory and galactic domination. Will you conquer the galaxy?
Why similar: 4X 43.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.6%, Strategy 12.4%, War 7.2%, Tactical 7.1%
- #18 Total Conflict: Resistance
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,969 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Total Conflict: Resistance is a unique symbiosis of global strategy, tactics and first-person action. Realistic mass battles, many types of armored vehicles, weapons, uniforms, unique mechanics, immersive free gameplay. Lead any state and bring it to greatness!
Why similar: 4X 19.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Action RTS 18.1% ★, RTS 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%
- #19 Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,190 reviews2024
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Wage total war across the ancient world from the Aegean to Mesopotamia in this free addition to Total War: PHARAOH. Challenge the Bronze Age Collapse by building your own dynasty and leading your faction to victory with new cultures, new units and dramatic new battle mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 36.2% ★, Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, RTS 16.6%, Strategy 10.1%, War 4.8%
- #20 NationWar:Annals
85% matchMixed68% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
Why similar: 4X 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20% ★, RTS 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, War 6.4%
- #21 WarTable: Democracy is Optional
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Player One
Windows
WarTable is a real-time strategy sandbox where teams of up to nine players take command of a host nation. Build your military, shape your government, forge alliances—or betray them. In WarTable, strategy is everything, and democracy is just one of many options.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Action RTS 21.3% ★, RTS 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, War 6.6%
- #22 Line War
82% matchVery Positive80% of 1,158 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Centurion
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: 4X 21.1% ★, Action RTS 19% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, RTS 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%
- #23 Infinite Borders: Three Kingdoms
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
《万民长歌:三国》是一款单机 · 历史 · 战争策略游戏。在无缝连续、真实还原的3D沙盘地图上,玩家可以自选视角、以自己的意志重演三国。来体验真实的三国策略——真实的沙盘,真实的二十四节气,真实的百姓,真实的战争!
Why similar: 4X 34.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, War 8.1%, Base Building 6.9%, Strategy 6.8%
- #24 Dune: Spice Wars
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,257 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
Why similar: 4X 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, RTS 13.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, War 7.5%
- #25 Lost Technology
81% matchVery Positive86% of 606 reviews2017
Dev: Studio 4DPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lost Technology is a simulation game in which more than 100 characters belonging to 12 different factions battle to conquer each other’s territories. The faction you choose at the beginning will determine the conversations and events that unfold throughout the game between you and other factions.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, RTS 15%, Anime 14.8%, Real-Time with Pause 9.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 9.8%
- #26 Bellfortis
78% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.5% ★, Action RTS 14.5% ★, RTS 14.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%, War 8.3%
- #27 NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
81% matchMixed70% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.
Why similar: 4X 22.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, RTS 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%, Real-Time with Pause 9.6% ★
- #28 Age of Undead
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 95 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: Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, RTS 16.7%, Action RTS 15.9% ★, Real-Time with Pause 12.4% ★, War 8.8%
- #29 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 古玩工作室
Windows
"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, 4X 26% ★, RTS 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, War 6.9%
- #30 Ultimate General: American Revolution
78% matchMixed54% of 1,053 reviews2024
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
American Revolution is a sandbox strategy game featuring the epic historical period during the rebellion of the American colonies against the British Empire.
Why similar: 4X 31.6% ★, Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, RTS 16%, War 8%, Tactical 7.5%
- #31 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
77% matchMixed61% of 436 reviews2025
Dev: Zugalu EntertainmentPub: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?
Why similar: 4X 36.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, RTS 12.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.1%, Base Building 7.3%
- #32 Total War: PHARAOH
77% matchMixed63% of 5,332 reviews2023
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In Total War: PHARAOH, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.7% ★, RTS 21.5%, 4X 16.5% ★, War 11.1%, Tactical 10.4%
- #33 Gunship Battle Total Warfare
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: JOYCITY
Windows
In a post-apocalyptic world submerged by the sea, the wake of the enemy is apparent at every turn. From turning the tides of naval warfare to dominating the skies in break-neck aerial combat, every decision you make will change the outcome of the battle.
Why similar: 4X 30.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, RTS 7.6%, War 7.4%
- #34 March of Empires
76% matchMixed63% of 1,811 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 77.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Claim your title as Shogun, Highland King, Northern Tsar or Desert Sultan and join this genre-redefining strategy game where you will wage constant war for real territorial conquest! Fortify your castle, fuel a massive army, and enter the ultimate fight for realm domination!
Why similar: 4X 26.5% ★, Action RTS 18% ★, RTS 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, War 9.4%
- #35 Keep
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parall Peak LTD
Windows
Keep is a WW2-themed strategy shooter where you place flak turrets to defend your fortress, then jump into first-person mode to shoot down enemy planes. Switch between tactical planning and direct combat in a fast-paced blend of strategy and action
Why similar: Action RTS 31.9% ★, RTS 20.9%, Real Time Tactics 19.6%, Base Building 10.3%, Tactical 6.9%
- #36 Tachyon Wars
75% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Fair Games
Windows
Tachyon Wars is a sci-fi real-time space strategy game. It introduces seriously deep gameplay with an emphasis on fleet control. Open space to explore, large-scale battles, crafty AI. All of it is well seasoned with novel real-time game mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 40.7% ★, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, Strategy 11.5%, War 5.5%
- #37 Total War: ROME REMASTERED
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,138 reviews2021
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 39.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Total War: ROME REMASTERED lets you relive the legacy that defined the award-winning strategy game series. Remastered to 4K with multiple improvements to visuals as well as refinements to gameplay, it’s time to revisit a true classic. Not everyone gets a second chance to conquer the Roman Empire.
Why similar: 4X 28% ★, Grand Strategy 26.1% ★, RTS 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Strategy 7.5%
- #38 Star Ruler
76% matchVery Positive83% of 340 reviews2010
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
Why similar: 4X 48.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, RTS 17%, Strategy 14.2%, Indie 2.1%
- #39 Dynasty Protocol
71% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Ellipses Studios
Windows
Command your space fleet, mine asteroids, and conquer colonies in this immersive real-time strategy game. Build powerful space stations, upgrade your ships through combat experience, and manage vital resources as you expand your dynasty across a star system.
Why similar: 4X 35.3% ★, Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Tactical 8.4%, Strategy 7.5%
- #40 The Qin Empire
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: MAX GAME PTE. LTD.
Windows
真·春秋戦国戦略SLG―中国史上最もドラマチックな時代が舞台! 名もなき小国の人物から成長し、春秋時代の戦国武将を集め、領土を広げ、他のプレイヤーや味方と同盟を結んで共に戦い、戦略と知恵を駆使して始皇帝の如く天下を制覇しよう! いざ出陣だ!これは、始皇帝へとつながる戦乱!
Why similar: 4X 43.9% ★, RTS 21%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Strategy 12.8%, War 6.9%
- #41 AI War 2
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,533 reviews2019
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
Why similar: 4X 35.5% ★, Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, RTS 12.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, War 6.7%
- #42 Muskets VR
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Swordmaster2k Games
Windows
Put on your VR headset and fix that bayonet. Muskets VR is an immersive real-time strategy shooter set in the Napoleonic era. Prepare your musket, take charge of your troops, and head forth into battle at Waterloo.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.5% ★, RTS 19.6%, Action RTS 19.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.4%, Strategy 10.6%
- #43 The King's Campaign
72% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Conquer Medieval Europe and North Africa in a combination of Grand Strategy and Real-Time Strategy gameplay where you rule one of 28 kingdoms as you build and manage your cities, engage in diplomacy and command massive armies on the world map and on the battlefield
Why similar: 4X 29.1% ★, Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, RTS 15.4%, Real Time Tactics 9.3%, Real-Time with Pause 8.3% ★
- #44 Distant Worlds: Universe
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,845 reviews2014
Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.
Why similar: 4X 52.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Strategy 9.6%, RTS 8.4%, Real-Time with Pause 5.7% ★
- #45 State of Survival: Last Warrior
71% matchMostly Negative38% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: FunPlus International AG
Windows
Build a shelter to fend off the zombies and survive in the apocalypse
Why similar: 4X 40.4% ★, RTS 18.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Strategy 10.9%, RPG 6.9%
- #46 CannonCraft
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: mihuangame
Windows
Real-time strategy game. Players move freely to find a suitable place to settle down and develop. They build various buildings to explore, attack, and defend themselves, so as to resist AI attacks. They also find and defeat other targets on the map to become the only surviving human player.
Why similar: 4X 40.3% ★, RTS 20.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Strategy 8.1%, War 5.4%
- #47 Fantasy War Heroes: Chilling Fog
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Hetocode
Windows
In this real-time strategy game, drag to deploy your troops, conquer all houses, and claim victory! Outsmart enemies as they try to destroy your forces. Unlock movable heroes later for even more strategic gameplay.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.9% ★, RTS 22.1%, Real Time Tactics 18%, Strategy 12.9%, War 6.5%
- #48 Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms
71% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Aserisoft
Windows · Mac
Conquest: Medieval Kingdoms is a turn-based 4X grand strategy game, played on a procedurally generated world. Battles are real-time and tactical. Every world-map and battlefield is entirely unique, so this game will always have something to throw at you.
Why similar: 4X 42.6% ★, Grand Strategy 26.9% ★, Strategy 11.3%, War 6%, Tactical 5.9%
- #49 Terrol
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Max Krupp
Windows
Terrol is a grand strategy game focused on capturing and holding strategic resources. The objective is simple: control all resources and destroy rival empires.
Why similar: 4X 33.7% ★, Grand Strategy 27.8% ★, War 11.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Tactical 8.2%
- #50 Alignment Zero
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bytecat Games
Windows
'Alignment Zero' is a Real-Time Tactics game with Pause. As the commander of a Private Military Company (PMC) strike force, control your troops and complete missions. Build your squad, select equipment, and develop a tactical plan for battle.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, RTS 16%, Real-Time with Pause 14.4% ★, Tactical 10.9%
- #51 Kingdom Ascension
67% matchVery Positive85% of 218 reviews2025
Dev: RainRingStudio
Windows
Step into the role of a lord, starting from scratch to build your kingdom. Gather resources, construct buildings, recruit troops, explore, and embark on adventures to continuously expand your territory and defend your homeland.
Why similar: 4X 28.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, RTS 15.9%, Base Building 10.6%, War 10.5%
- #52 Instant War
69% matchMixed67% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Playwing LTD
Windows
Embark on a military strategy 4X RTS game, in a world where your battle tactics and your massive army are the keys to victory. Instant War delivers an amazing battlefield experience in a realistic military game. As a commander, you develop your military base and lead your army to victory!
Why similar: 4X 34.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Action RTS 22.8% ★, Strategy 6.9%, War 6.5%
- #53 Starithm
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Orithm
Windows
Become the dominant star-fairing-civilization throughout the procedurally generated star systems. The player must establish/pursue: (1) Ideology; (2) Population; (3) Military assets; (4) 4x dominance (5) Technologies; (6) Artificial Evolution; (7) Cyber attacks; (8) Peace or war.
Why similar: 4X 38.6% ★, Grand Strategy 28.9% ★, RTS 18%, Strategy 7.8%, War 6.3%
- #54 Divided Empire: SENGOKU
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Composition GS
Windows
Lead your clan through Japan's turbulent Sengoku period. Craft wise strategies to expand your domain and use cunning tactics to defeat your enemies on the battlefield. Emerge victorious, restore order, and claim the title of Shogun!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35% ★, RTS 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Strategy 11.6%, War 10.3%
- #55 Classic Tower Defense 2
66% matchPositive94% of 16 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: Action RTS 28.3% ★, RTS 23%, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, Strategy 11.7%, Tactical 4.8%
- #56 Bacteria Wars
69% 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 28.3%, Action RTS 25.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Base Building 9.3%
- #57 Distant Worlds 2
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,478 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 47.6% ★, Grand Strategy 32.4% ★, Strategy 11.6%, Real-Time with Pause 4.5% ★, Combat 3.1%
- #58 SunWars
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bode
Windows
Over 500,000 players on mobile! Sun Wars is a real-time strategy game set in a galactic war between suns. Build and boost your solar system, attack enemy suns, avoid deadly black holes, and manage energy wisely. Only smart tactics and strategy will let you survive and win the war.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, RTS 14.7%, Base Building 9.6%