- #1 8-Bit Armies
97% matchVery Positive81% of 2,466 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 54.8%, Strategy 27.9%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Base Building 5.5%, Action 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a similarly accessible, fast-paced RTS style with a distinct visual identity that mirrors the simplicity of Army Men RTS.
- #2 Toy Soldiers
96% matchVery Positive89% of 1,495 reviews2012
Dev: Signal Studios
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.
Why similar: Strategy 77%, Action 22%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the miniature toy aesthetic and military theme, providing a similar nostalgic experience to the seed game.
- #3 Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
96% matchVery Positive91% of 34,946 reviews2020
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.
Why similar: RTS 48.5%, Classic 18% ★, Strategy 16.2%, Base Building 8.6%, Multiplayer 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: As a foundational pillar of the RTS genre, it offers the same classic base-building and resource management mechanics found in Army Men RTS.
- #4 Attack on Toys
95% matchVery Positive93% of 1,213 reviews2021
Dev: N7T-GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!
Why similar: RTS 68.1%, Strategy 19.1%, Military 11.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title directly focuses on the concept of plastic toy soldiers fighting in a domestic environment, making it a thematic perfect match.
- #5 Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
94% matchVery Positive94% of 10,771 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The world erupts in conflict as Soviet forces invade American soil in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. You are the Supreme Commander. Arm yourself to the teeth with top-secret technologies and lead the Soviet or Allied troops to victory.
Why similar: RTS 48.9%, Strategy 15.6%, Classic 13.8% ★, Multiplayer 11.1%, Base Building 5%
Why You'll Like It: This classic title shares the same fast-paced, base-building RTS DNA that made Army Men RTS so enjoyable.
- #6 Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
94% matchVery Positive91% of 9,507 reviews2017
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game.
Why similar: RTS 54.3%, Strategy 17.4%, Base Building 9%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Classic 5.4% ★
Why You'll Like It: Designed specifically for accessibility, this RTS provides a streamlined experience that feels very similar to the approachable nature of the seed game.
- #7 Rusted Warfare - RTS
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,535 reviews2017
Dev: Corroding Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 34.2 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 65.6%, Strategy 15.2%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Base Building 8.7%, Action 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: This indie title offers a pure, classic RTS experience with base-building and unit production that feels very much like a modern tribute to the genre's roots.
- #8 Impossible Creatures Steam Edition
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,844 reviews2015
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Impossible Creatures is a 3D RTS game that pits the player against an evil villain. Using Earth’s most formidable animals as building blocks, the player must create an army of genetically-altered mutant monsters in a titanic struggle to protect an unsuspecting world.
Why similar: RTS 49.1%, Classic 18% ★, Strategy 16.4%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Base Building 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, cult-classic RTS experience that emphasizes unit customization and base management.
- #9 Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
91% matchVery Positive84% of 15,601 reviews2019
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.
Why similar: RTS 44.9%, Strategy 20.8%, Classic 16.2% ★, Multiplayer 9.8%, Base Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential RTS that focuses on the core base-building and resource gathering loops found in the seed game.
- #10 Tempest Rising
90% matchVery Positive87% of 11,874 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
Why similar: RTS 68.2%, Strategy 19.5%, Base Building 5%, Multiplayer 4.8%, Military 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the classic 90s-style RTS aesthetic and gameplay loop, making it a great modern alternative.
- #11 Total Annihilation
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,756 reviews2015
Dev: Cavedog EntertainmentPub: Wargaming.net
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.
Why similar: RTS 48.2%, Classic 28.5% ★, Strategy 14.5%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Base Building 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: As a spiritual predecessor to many modern RTS games, it provides the core tactical and base-building experience that Army Men RTS fans will recognize.
- #12 Battle Realms: Zen Edition
89% matchVery Positive89% of 4,376 reviews2025
Dev: Ed Del Castillo
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology. Develop your peasants into a highly trained and deadly efficient clan of warriors who are ready to die with your name on their lips.
Why similar: RTS 46.7%, Strategy 21.7%, Classic 19.4% ★, Multiplayer 6.6%, Action 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a unique, classic RTS experience with distinct unit management and strategic depth.
- #13 Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,341 reviews2011
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 49.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.
Why similar: RTS 59.3%, Strategy 19.6%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Base Building 5.3%, Classic 4.4% ★
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, classic RTS experience with massive scale that appeals to players who enjoy the strategic depth of base-building.
- #14 Command & Conquer™ Generals
88% matchVery Positive88% of 2,102 reviews2024
Dev: EA PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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: RTS 43%, Strategy 25.2%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Action 6.1%, Base Building 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a more modern military setting while maintaining the core base-building RTS gameplay.
- #15 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
87% matchMixed67% of 3,323 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 54.5%, Strategy 16.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Base Building 7%, Military 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on modern military base-building and resource management, mirroring the strategic feel of Army Men RTS.
- #16 Forged Battalion
86% matchMixed58% of 1,113 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 70.3%, Strategy 21.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: The unit customization features allow for a tailored RTS experience that complements the base-building mechanics of the seed game.
- #17 Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
85% matchVery Positive84% of 14,686 reviews2015
Dev: Planetary Annihilation Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
Why similar: RTS 60.6%, Strategy 17%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Base Building 9.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a modern take on the classic RTS formula with large-scale battles and base-building mechanics.
- #18 8-Bit Invaders!
86% matchVery Positive83% of 445 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
8-Bit Invaders! is a fast-paced, retro Real-Time Strategy game for the PC. Control the military might of the Galactic Marine Corps or Invade with the devastating power of the Cranioids! Mine, Build, and Fight your way to victory! Conquering the Multiverse was never so easy.
Why similar: RTS 55%, Strategy 22.1%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Military 5.7%, Action 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Sharing the same engine and style as 8-Bit Armies, it provides a fun, arcade-like RTS experience.
- #19 Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour
82% matchVery Positive91% of 6,280 reviews2024
Dev: EA PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour brings you closer to the enemy than ever before. Engage opposing forces at hot spots around the globe as you match strategies and arsenals against the new masterminds of modern war.
Why similar: RTS 48%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Strategy 12.7%, Military 9%, Classic 5.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: An essential expansion that adds depth and variety to the classic Generals RTS experience.
- #20 Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
84% matchVery Positive95% of 15,848 reviews2014
Dev: SkyBox LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!
Why similar: RTS 47%, Classic 23.5% ★, Strategy 19.2%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Base Building 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends classic RTS mechanics with a broader scope, perfect for fans of traditional base-building strategy.
- #21 Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
84% matchVery Positive93% of 36,248 reviews2014
Dev: SkyBox LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 39.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Age of Mythology is back! Choose your god and take to the battlefield in this classic, upgraded with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features.
Why similar: RTS 47.4%, Classic 23.3% ★, Strategy 19.7%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Action 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a polished, classic RTS experience with unique unit types and base-building mechanics.
- #22 Command & Conquer™ and The Covert Operations™
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 450 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The legendary RTS game which started it all. Will you side with the humanistic GDI or bring the world to its knees with Kane and the Brotherhood of Nod. Your adversaries are without mercy. And so are you.
Why similar: RTS 55.2%, Strategy 25.3%, Classic 9.5% ★, Action 8.9%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: The original classic that defined the base-building RTS genre, offering a nostalgic experience for any fan.
- #23 Metal Fatigue
81% matchVery Positive94% of 484 reviews2018
Dev: ZonoPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Metal Fatigue is a real-time strategy game taking the genre to new heights - literally. Build and customize your massive Combots to dominate the three battlefield levels simultaneously - from orbit, to the surface, and even underground!
Why similar: RTS 47%, Strategy 30.2%, Classic 22.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: This classic RTS features unique multi-level combat and robot-building mechanics that appeal to fans of tactical variety.
- #24 Army Men
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 155 reviews2017
Dev: The 3DO CompanyPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Every conquering army needs a great leader. Even the plastic ones! Take control as the sergeant in the field, leading your men into the heat of battle in this tactical action game.
Why similar: Classic 73.7% ★, Action 26.3%
Why You'll Like It: The original entry in the series that established the plastic soldier aesthetic and military strategy focus.
- #25 Crush Your Enemies
81% matchVery Positive81% of 444 reviews2016
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
Why similar: RTS 62%, Strategy 28.8%, Action 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, simplified RTS that focuses on quick decision-making and combat, similar to the action-oriented nature of the seed game.
- #26 Sudden Strike Gold
80% matchVery Positive88% of 507 reviews2017
Dev: FireglowPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Set in World War 2, Sudden Strike offers revolutionary real-time-strategy gameplay. Command Russian, German, French, American and British armies in large scale battles including urban warfare, beach landings and aerial invasions. Whichever tactics you choose, you will find it in Sudden Strike!
Why similar: RTS 44%, Strategy 30.6%, Classic 25.4% ★
Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS that focuses on historical military tactics and unit management without the need for traditional base-building.
- #27 Company of Heroes
78% matchVery Positive94% of 18,700 reviews2006
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.
Why similar: RTS 55.2%, Strategy 20.1%, Multiplayer 9%, Classic 5.6% ★, Military 4%
Why You'll Like It: While more tactical, it remains a gold standard for military-themed RTS games with high-quality combat mechanics.
- #28 Army Men: Toys in Space
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2017
Dev: The 3DO CompanyPub: 2K
Windows
Finally, proof that little green men exist in outer space! A horde of alien toys has invaded Earth. Now, they've enlisted the Tan Army to help them conquer the galaxy. All hope rests with one man, a green plastic soldier known as Sarge.
Why similar: Strategy 72.7%, Action 27.3%
Why You'll Like It: Part of the same franchise, this title continues the plastic soldier theme with similar RTS mechanics.
- #29 STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
77% matchVery Positive91% of 4,689 reviews2016
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Disney
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Lead the great armies of the Star Wars™ Episode II: Attack of the Clones saga in intense real-time strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookies, Trade Federation, Gungans or Royal Naboo to determine the course of the Galactic Civil War.
Why similar: RTS 49.5%, Strategy 18.5%, Classic 14.9% ★, Multiplayer 9.3%, Base Building 3.8%
- #30 Army Men II
79% matchMixed68% of 154 reviews2017
Dev: The 3DO CompanyPub: 2K
Windows
Army Men II, the sequel to the best-selling title Army Men, takes plastic toy soldier warfare into the kitchen, bedroom, front yard, and garage. Once again Sarge will lead his heroic Green forces into head-melting, plastic-body-part-exploding, combat mayhem; only this time the battle is for control of the kitchen sink!
Why similar: Strategy 75.6%, Action 24.4%
Why You'll Like It: A direct continuation of the Army Men universe, offering more of the same toy-themed tactical combat.
- #31 Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition
77% matchVery Positive93% of 7,292 reviews2007
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. This legacy version also grants access to the latest version of COH, just called "Company of Heroes".
Why similar: RTS 53.2%, Strategy 19.6%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Military 6.5%, Base Building 4.7%
- #32 Men of War: Vietnam
78% matchMixed64% of 1,333 reviews2011
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968. Experience the chaos of the Vietnam War through two story-driven campaigns that reveal both sides of the conflict.
Why similar: RTS 46.5%, Strategy 35.2%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Military 5.5%, Action 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more tactical, gritty take on military RTS gameplay for those looking for deeper unit control.
- #33 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
73% matchVery Positive87% of 12,012 reviews2022
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!
Why similar: RTS 64.8%, Strategy 25.2%, Military 8.6%, Singleplayer 1%, Action 0.5%
- #34 State of War : Warmonger / 蓝色警戒 (Classic 2000)
74% matchVery Positive90% of 687 reviews2019
Dev: Cypron InteractivePub: Cypronia
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Enjoy an unforgettable blast from the past with this classic real-time strategy experience. This all-inclusive bundle includes the original 22 missions from State of War (2000), and 16 additional missions from its sequel, State of War: Warmonger (2003).
Why similar: RTS 41.8%, Strategy 27.6%, Classic 22.4% ★, Action 7.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #35 Worms
76% matchVery Positive83% of 705 reviews2011
Dev: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Throw a grenade down memory lane with the original and classic turn-based strategy game Worms™! Up to 4 teams of worms do battle over an ever-changing battlefield with falling weapon crates, crazed exploding sheep and more besides. Winner of many industry awards, find out what all the fuss was about.
Why similar: Classic 45.8% ★, Strategy 33.8%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Action 4.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #36 8-Bit Hordes
75% matchVery Positive82% of 537 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 60.4%, Strategy 30.7%, Multiplayer 8.9%
- #37 Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™
70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,306 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The Second Tiberium War begins in this legendary sequel to the original Command & Conquer. With his forces stronger than ever, arch villain and leader of The Brotherhood of Nod - Kane - is pitched in an epic battle against the world's war machine - the Global Defense Initiative.
Why similar: RTS 51.9%, Strategy 29.4%, Classic 9.8% ★, Action 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #38 Mushroom Wars 2
75% matchMixed62% of 977 reviews2017
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.
Why similar: RTS 48.9%, Strategy 22.6%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Classic 9.5% ★, Action 4.5%
- #39 Krush Kill 'N Destroy Xtreme
73% matchVery Positive82% of 297 reviews2020
Dev: Beam Software Pty., Ltd.Pub: Ziggurat
Windows
An RTS classic updated in 2026 for modern systems. Welcome to Hell, soldier, and mind the radioactive dust. Join one of two groups battling tooth, claw, tentacle, and any other appendage for survival in this post-nuclear real-time strategy game.
Why similar: RTS 46.5%, Strategy 38.2%, Classic 15.3% ★
- #40 Mushroom Wars
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 578 reviews2016
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Mushroom Wars is a dynamic real-time strategy game, where smart strategy meets furious action in epic PvP and PvE battles.
Why similar: RTS 46.2%, Strategy 17.9%, Classic 17.9% ★, Multiplayer 12.2%, Action 5.5%
- #41 Battlezone 98 Redux
73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,140 reviews2016
Dev: Big Boat InteractivePub: Rebellion
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
One of the greatest sci-fi strategy games of all time returns with remastered visuals, online multiplayer and near unlimited mod content from Steam Workshop. Experience thrilling first person action and acclaimed RTS in this explosive alternate vision of the 1960s space race.
Why similar: RTS 41.4%, Classic 26.2% ★, Strategy 18.1%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Action 5.3%
- #42 Praetorians - HD Remaster
71% matchVery Positive92% of 1,114 reviews2020
Dev: Torus GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Relive the celebrated real-time strategy classic Praetorians, re-imagined in high definition. Praetorians is set amidst the political machinations of an emerging Roman Empire.
Why similar: Strategy 45.9%, RTS 44.5%, Multiplayer 9.6%
- #43 Age of Mythology: Retold
67% matchVery Positive90% of 23,380 reviews2024
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Play as mythological Gods and smite your enemies in this award-winning, mythological Real-Time Strategy classic given new life. Wage war across timeless campaigns, fierce skirmishes, and god-powered multiplayer modes.
Why similar: RTS 56.8%, Strategy 17%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Base Building 11.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #44 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
68% matchVery Positive86% of 95,309 reviews2021
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 77.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
Why similar: RTS 55.6%, Strategy 22%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Base Building 10.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #45 Sudden Strike 2 Gold
72% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2017
Dev: FireglowPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
At the height of World War 2, take command of German, Russian, British, American and Imperial Japanese armies on battelfields across the globe. Sudden Strike 2 expands on all aspects of the classic RTS game with new units, maps and epic campaigns.
Why similar: RTS 49.4%, Strategy 28.4%, Classic 22.2% ★
- #46 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
69% matchVery Positive86% of 54,714 reviews2020
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 44.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Lead powerful civilizations across the globe, master strategies and tactics, and relive history in co op battles—now remastered in stunning 4K and modernized gameplay.
Why similar: RTS 48%, Strategy 20.9%, Base Building 11.4%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Military 7.8%
- #47 Men of War™
71% matchVery Positive90% of 3,859 reviews2009
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Men of War is a stunning Real-Time Strategy game that takes place during the height of World War II. Intense battles span Europe and North Africa as gamers play as Soviet, Allied or German forces across 19 massive single-player missions.
Why similar: RTS 47.8%, Strategy 31.9%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Military 7%, Action 2.1%
- #48 Armor Clash II
72% matchMixed61% of 116 reviews2017
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armor Clash II is an old-school RTS game, with classic features like base building, modern armors and navies etc. 2 factions and sub-factions for each one, from high tech stealth destroyers to hardcore battleships. In Skirmishes players build base from the start, while in the Random Generated Mission, fast paced combats start immediately.
Why similar: RTS 57.3%, Strategy 32.3%, Action 10.4%
- #49 Toy Soldiers: Complete
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,257 reviews2016
Dev: Signal Studios
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Bring your toys to life in this action-packed, Toy Soldiers game bundle which includes the original Toy Soldiers, Toy Soldiers: Cold War, and all four DLC’s – Kaiser’s Battle, Invasion, Napalm and Evil Empire.
Why similar: Strategy 53%, Multiplayer 26.8%, Action 19.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #50 Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Surrender is not an option
Why similar: RTS 54.7%, Strategy 34.3%, Action 9.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #51 Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
70% matchVery Positive90% of 4,033 reviews2007
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers. Send them behind enemy lines on a series of hazardous missions, and bring them back alive.
Why similar: RTS 33.2%, Classic 30.8% ★, Strategy 25.2%, Action 5.5%, Military 4.8%
- #52 Faces of War
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,212 reviews2014
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Faces of War puts you in the heart of World War II – not as a distant commander, but as the leader on the ground. Combining the tactical depth of real-time strategy with the immediacy of direct control, it lets you issue precise orders or jump straight into battle as one of your soldiers.
Why similar: RTS 49.5%, Strategy 32.7%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Action 6%
- #53 Joint Task Force
70% matchVery Positive88% of 335 reviews2007
Dev: Most Wanted EntertainmentPub: HD Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Joint Task Force is the real-time strategy (RTS) game where you command the frontline forces in tomorrow's most hazardous conflicts. Lead twenty dramatic missions in explosive war-zones including the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Balkans.
Why similar: RTS 52.3%, Strategy 31.6%, Action 8.2%, Military 7.9%
- #54 Operation: Polygon Storm
66% matchMixed70% of 292 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 61.3%, Strategy 18%, Military 10.9%, Base Building 5.3%, Action 3.3%
- #55 Iron Harvest
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,957 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Why similar: RTS 60.6%, Strategy 16.7%, Base Building 10%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Action 2.4%
- #56 Command & Conquer Renegade™
65% matchVery Positive84% of 878 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Command & Conquer gets up close and personal in this classic First Person Shooter for one of the most iconic franchises.
Why similar: RTS 53.9%, Strategy 19.9%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Action 9.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #57 Z
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,466 reviews2014
Dev: TickTock GamesPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
“Z”, the classic Real Time Strategy Game by the Bitmap Brothers. Fans of this classic strategy title are in for a real treat. Everything is in here from the terrific comedy cut scenes to the frantic game play making this is the definitive version of Z.
Why similar: RTS 41%, Classic 32.7% ★, Strategy 22.7%, Action 3.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #58 Warpips
64% matchVery Positive87% of 5,177 reviews2022
Dev: Skirmish Mode GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Warpips is the ultimate quick to learn but amazingly deep tug-of-war strategy game. Deploy the right composition of soldiers, tanks, helicopters and planes in this tight, streamlined strategy-focused war game. Compose the best army, research the right tech; overwhelm your enemy!
Why similar: RTS 66.3%, Strategy 20.7%, Base Building 8.6%, Action 3.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #59 Praetorians
68% matchVery Positive81% of 707 reviews2014
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Praetorians is set amidst the political machinations of an emerging Roman Empire. You will be transported back to the dusty battlefields of Egypt, the combat theaters of Gaul and finally to the heart of the Empire itself, Italy in the crusade to become Emperor.
Why similar: RTS 47.7%, Strategy 29.8%, Classic 22.5% ★