- #1 Armor Clash
97% matchMixed69% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armor Clash is an RTS game of modern warfare, containing classic features like base building, unit training etc. Players can pick modern armors such as M1A2, T-14 to form identical legions. With realistic effects and fast paced battle, players will enjoy commanding their armored forces to break down the enemy.
Why similar: RTS 47.1%, Strategy 29.8%, Simulation 23.1%
- #2 Tempest Rising
95% 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 65.5%, Strategy 32.6%, Action 1.9%
- #3 Armor Clash 3
96% matchMixed54% of 156 reviews2019
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armor Clash 3 is an old-school modern warfare RTS game with base building and navies. There are 3 factions with unique units, buildings and technology systems. There are both skirmish and challenge modes. The battle is fast-paced, with realistic graphics and physical effects, and the performance is also optimized.
Why similar: Strategy 36%, RTS 29.2%, Simulation 28.2%, Action 6.5%
- #4 Forged Battalion
96% matchMixed58% of 1,109 reviews2018
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.
Why similar: RTS 53.7%, Strategy 28.1%, Simulation 18.3%
- #5 Rusted Warfare - RTS
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,206 reviews2017
Dev: Corroding Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.
Why similar: RTS 68.7%, Strategy 27.8%, Action 3.5%
- #6 Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - Cold War
94% matchMostly Negative26% of 1,270 reviews2019
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The legendary Men of War RTS series has reached the cold war era. Take command of U.S. or Soviet soldiers, controlling vast armies with the military decisions down to you. Claim victory in dynamic singleplayer and co-op campaigns or challenge fellow strategists in online multiplayer!
Why similar: Strategy 35%, Simulation 29.1%, RTS 20.4%, Action 15.6%
- #7 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
94% matchMixed67% of 3,298 reviews2015
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.
Why similar: RTS 63.4%, Strategy 33.6%, Action 2.9%
- #8 Carrier Command 2
91% matchVery Positive82% of 3,688 reviews2021
Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 15.6 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: RTS 47.6%, Strategy 28.2%, Simulation 24.2%
- #9 8-Bit Hordes
92% matchVery Positive81% of 533 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
From the team that brought you 8-Bit Armies comes a new fantasy RTS as fast-paced and friendly as the original! 8-BIT HORDES is a colorful strategy-arcade game that is easy to learn for players of all skill levels. Collect resources, build up and defend your base, amass your army of orcs or humans and ultimately crush your opponents!
Why similar: RTS 43.2%, Strategy 38.9%, Simulation 17.9%
- #10 MODERN NAVAL COMBAT
91% matchMixed59% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: 黑丝带制作组Pub: 电钮组
Windows
This game is a simulation real-time strategy game with the theme of modern naval warfare. Players can control all kinds of active naval equipment of the three camps, and use the common tactics and tactics of the navy in reality to start a fierce confrontation with the computer.
Why similar: Strategy 41.9%, Simulation 37.7%, Action 20.4%
- #11 Operation: Polygon Storm
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 288 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!
Why similar: RTS 48.7%, Strategy 24.8%, Simulation 19.9%, Action 6.6%
- #12 8-Bit Armies
89% matchVery Positive81% of 2,459 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.
Why similar: RTS 40.3%, Strategy 36%, Simulation 21.6%, Action 2%
- #13 Outlive 25
86% matchVery Positive96% of 206 reviews2026
Dev: Continuum EntertainmentPub: CriticalLeap
Windows
Build your base, prepare your troops, and face your most epic battle yet in this old-school real-time strategy game. Choose between two factions, test your skills in three epic campaigns and engage in online battles with up to 16 players simultaneously.
Why similar: RTS 71.1%, Strategy 28.9%
- #14 Clash of Irons
87% matchMixed67% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: HQ Games
Windows
Real-time tank RPG+SLG game. It recreates the classic tanks of World War II and restores the shocking war scenes with fantasy World War II plots. Command your futuristic tanks across history and rekindle your war spirit with the will of iron and blood.
Why similar: RTS 46.5%, Strategy 28.9%, Simulation 24.6%
- #15 Steel Division: Normandy 44
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,296 reviews2017
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
Why similar: RTS 49.5%, Strategy 28.2%, Simulation 14.9%, Action 7.4%
- #16 War Selection
84% 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 59%, Strategy 41%
- #17 Arena Wars 2
88% matchMostly Negative32% of 387 reviews2012
Dev: ExDream GmbHPub: Just a Game
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Arena Wars 2 is the sequel of the award-winning Arena Wars series and combines revolutionary RTS fights with RPG elements.
Why similar: Strategy 46.9%, RTS 35.4%, Action 17.7%
- #18 WARSHIFT
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 698 reviews2016
Dev: Cyril Megem
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Unique mix of Action, RTS and RPG gameplay elements that forms an innovative game genre. You can build base, manage troops, and then come down to keep your enemy at gunpoint in the dynamic battle and customize your main characters.
Why similar: RTS 52.2%, Strategy 33.6%, Action 14.1%
- #19 AirMech
83% matchVery Positive84% of 10,838 reviews2018
Dev: Carbon Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
AirMech® Strike is a fast paced Action-RTS game that can be played solo, coop, or competitively online. Earn Kudos and Experience in battle and unlock a wide collection of AirMechs and Units while you practice the perfect strategy to emerge victorious!
Why similar: RTS 52.8%, Strategy 35.4%, Action 11.8%
- #20 Uprising: Join or Die
84% matchVery Positive84% of 113 reviews2016
Dev: Cyclone StudiosPub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Uprising offers more strategy than a military sim, and more action strategy than a shoot'em up. Using your hi-tech assault tank, loaded with powerful weapons, you need to establish tidal bases, mine for power, build factories and direct legions of allied units against the enemy
Why similar: Strategy 65.2%, Action 34.8%
- #21 Retro Commander
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 357 reviews2023
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).
Why similar: RTS 63.9%, Strategy 36.1%
- #22 Armored Brigade II
79% matchVery Positive89% of 237 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: RTS 46.3%, Strategy 28.1%, Simulation 25.6%
- #23 Clash II
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Prime Bit Games SA
Windows
Clash II is a turn-based strategy game in a world steeped in ancient magic. Immerse yourself in its history and explore forgotten land full of magical creatures. Gather and train an army, expand your stronghold, upgrade your heroes! Lead one side of the conflict and decide the fate of the continent!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #24 Machines At War 3
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2014
Dev: Isotope 244 LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Real time strategy game featuring over 130 different types of units and technologies, 21 campaign missions with characters and an intriguing story, unlimited random map skirmishes with many customizable settings, network multiplayer to challenge your friends, and so much more in this RTS!
Why similar: Strategy 42.1%, RTS 40.3%, Action 17.5%
- #25 Victory At Sea
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 577 reviews2014
Dev: Evil Twin Artworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Engage in epic RTS warfare across 3 huge campaigns as well as other battle modes. Create your own fleet of ships, pick your side and enter into World War II naval combat on a global scale.
Why similar: Strategy 36.2%, RTS 28%, Simulation 24%, Action 11.9%
- #26 Mech Havoc
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 657 reviews2025
Dev: Mid DevelopmentPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Sandbox of destruction. Billion different ways to build your mech. Feel the weight and impact of obliteration in this modern old school mech combat sim.
Why similar: Strategy 43%, Simulation 37.9%, Action 19.2%
- #27 Steel Division 2
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,492 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 52.2 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 50.7%, Strategy 33%, Simulation 16.3%
- #28 Naval Battles Simulator
81% matchMixed53% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Anarchy97 Games
Windows
Naval Battles Simulator is a WWII real-time strategy and simulation game.
Why similar: Strategy 52.9%, Simulation 47.1%
- #29 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
77% matchVery Positive91% of 46,269 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 64.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
Why similar: RTS 37.7%, Strategy 37.1%, Simulation 17.3%, Action 7.9%
- #30 Aircraft Carrier Survival
78% matchMixed60% of 1,198 reviews2022
Dev: Gambit Games StudioPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.
Why similar: Strategy 47.7%, Simulation 29%, Action 23.3%
- #31 Shrot
76% matchVery Positive91% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: Spytihněv
Windows
Shrot is a bite-sized old-school action RTS set on a sandy planet with horses, tractors and techno music.
Why similar: RTS 53.8%, Strategy 31.7%, Action 14.5%
- #32 Command & Conquer™ Generals
74% matchVery Positive88% of 1,976 reviews2024
Dev: EA PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Command & Conquer Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Prepare your forces General... it's time to engage in the next generation of real-time strategy.
Why similar: Strategy 43%, RTS 41.9%, Action 15%
- #33 Army Men RTS
77% matchVery Positive88% of 1,415 reviews2017
Dev: Pandemic StudiosPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Army Men RTS brings you back to the days of staging battles with tiny plastic soldiers in your backyard...except these green soldiers carry out your every command!
Why similar: RTS 55.9%, Strategy 33.5%, Action 10.6%
- #34 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
74% matchVery Positive85% of 32,016 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 73.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?
Why similar: RTS 63.6%, Strategy 36.4%
- #35 Harpoon Classic '97
73% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Alliance InteractivePub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Harpoon Classic 97 a naval warfare simulation game that builds on the legacy of the original Harpoon®. Command naval forces, including ships, submarines, and aircraft, across global theaters like the Nth Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and Mediterranean, a realistic modern naval combat.
Why similar: RTS 35.2%, Strategy 34.9%, Simulation 19.3%, Action 10.6%
- #36 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
72% matchVery Positive82% of 998 reviews2024
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
Why similar: RTS 58.1%, Strategy 28.5%, Action 13.4%
- #37 All Guns On Deck
78% matchMostly Negative34% of 504 reviews2015
Dev: Decaying Logic
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 28%
All Guns On Deck is a naval strategy, real time tactics action rpg with a unique battle system and unforgiving world to conquer.
Why similar: Strategy 43.7%, Simulation 35.4%, Action 20.9%
- #38 Armchair Commander
73% matchVery Positive88% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: Zack SimaPub: Indie War Games
Windows · Mac
A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #39 Uncrewed
75% matchMixed69% of 152 reviews2020
Dev: Quite Different Mechanics
Windows
Uncrewed is a real-time strategy game with the ability to design units from scratch. Unlike in more traditional RTS, units obey the laws of physics, making design choices especially important.
Why similar: RTS 34.6%, Strategy 29.1%, Simulation 23.1%, Action 13.3%
- #40 Fortify
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Holgersson Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.
Why similar: Strategy 42.8%, RTS 37.6%, Action 19.6%
- #41 Men of War II
71% matchMixed61% of 7,342 reviews2024
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience warfare like never before! Men of War II, the anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed RTS franchise is here with all-new units, locations, campaigns, game modes and true trademarks of the series: historical fidelity and action-filled gameplay on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WWII.
Why similar: RTS 57.6%, Strategy 29.7%, Action 12.6%
- #42 Iron Harvest
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,818 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 63.5%, Strategy 30.2%, Action 6.2%
- #43 Battlefall: State of Conflict
70% matchMixed63% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Kyoto Video Game ConcernPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Engage in a post-apocalyptic RTS showdown between three factions in Battlefall: State of Conflict.
Why similar: RTS 57.1%, Strategy 29.3%, Action 13.6%
- #44 The Scouring
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,169 reviews2025
Dev: Orc Group
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: RTS 57.6%, Strategy 29%, Action 13.4%
- #45 Northend Tower Defense
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,417 reviews2024
Dev: Northend Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!
Why similar: Strategy 51.3%, Simulation 29.5%, Action 19.1%
- #46 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
70% matchMixed61% of 7,835 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 16.1 hrsMean: 81.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Why similar: RTS 63.2%, Simulation 36.8%
- #47 ROD: Revolt Of Defense
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 546 reviews2016
Dev: Rock Wale
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a random generated space. Find artifacts and treasure maps. Build and develop your base on a flying platform. Attack or defend against enemies and save the universe!
Why similar: Strategy 44.3%, Simulation 36.7%, Action 19%
- #48 Crystal Clash
69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,373 reviews2022
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Crystal Clash is a mix of Lane Battles and Deckbuilding - with action-packed tug-of-war strategy, just like your favorite RTS mods from back in the day! :) Play 2v2 or co-op with a friend, or pair up with new allies and enemies! Collect cards, build your decks and have fun crushing your enemies!
Why similar: RTS 51.5%, Strategy 37%, Action 11.5%
- #49 Crash Dive 2
69% matchVery Positive95% of 237 reviews2021
Dev: Panic Ensues Software
Windows
WWII Tactical submarine combat in the South Pacific
Why similar: Simulation 65.5%, Action 34.5%
- #50 Submarine Titans
70% matchVery Positive87% of 355 reviews2020
Dev: Ellipse StudiosPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Submarine Titans is a real-time strategy video game that takes place in the year 2115 after a comet has struck Earth, driving two human factions, the militant White Sharks and the scientific Black Octopi, to establish underwater bases and fight for dominance over the oceans.
Why similar: Strategy 43.4%, Simulation 37.3%, RTS 19.3%
- #51 CLASH
73% matchMostly Negative38% of 262 reviews2016
Dev: Ultima GamesPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Clash is a hard-core action/rpg arena blend. With a wide variety of skills to mix and match that inspires creativity and unique styles, Clash lives up to its goal as an action game for the brainy. Play multiplayer with friends or compete in the single-player league by making your way up the leader-board.
Why similar: Action 52.6%, Strategy 47.4%
- #52 Executive Assault 2
67% matchVery Positive83% of 1,738 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
Why similar: RTS 61.2%, Strategy 27.7%, Action 11.1%
- #53 Red Chaos - The Strict Order
66% 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: RTS 67%, Strategy 33%
- #54 Call to Arms
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 23,955 reviews2018
Dev: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 3.7 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 39.6%, Strategy 38%, Simulation 12.1%, Action 10.3%
- #55 Ironclads 2: American Civil War
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Create your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, struggle for dominance over the seas! Command a battle formation and experience the power of iron and steam!
Why similar: Strategy 52.9%, Simulation 47.1%
- #56 Dying Breed
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 217 reviews2025
Dev: SarnayerPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Golden-age RTS classic. Fast-paced action & strategic decision-making, battling evil arch-enemies, zombies, and retro-futuristic technologies. All to a '90s electro-metal soundtrack and FMV live-action cut scenes.
Why similar: RTS 55.9%, Strategy 31.5%, Action 12.6%
- #57 Mechabellum
63% matchVery Positive84% of 18,617 reviews2024
Dev: Game RiverPub: Dreamhaven
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
Why similar: RTS 44.5%, Strategy 28.1%, Simulation 17.9%, Action 9.5%
- #58 Executive Assault
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,455 reviews2015
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them.
Why similar: RTS 54.9%, Strategy 33.1%, Action 12%
- #59 Cossacks 3
66% 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 52.4%, Strategy 38.1%, Action 9.6%