- #1 Crying Suns
97% matchVery Positive86% of 4,448 reviews2019
Dev: Alt Shift
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 23.6% ★, RTS 11.7%, Roguelite 8.9%, Space 8.5%, Tactical 8.3%
- #2 FTL: Faster Than Light
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 77,568 reviews2012
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 20.1% ★, Space 13.9%, Roguelike 13.6%, Space Sim 11% ★, Difficult 8.4%
- #3 Noble Armada: Lost Worlds
96% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: GamesarePub: Holistic Design, Inc.
Windows
Noble Armada: Lost Worlds is a moddable real-time strategy PC title based on the Noble Armada miniatures game. Set in the Fading Suns Universe, the five Royal Houses dominate human space as they battle each other for control of the greatest resource... humanity itself.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.5% ★, RTS 20.1%, Space 10.9%, Real Time Tactics 9%, Tactical 7.9%
- #4 The Fall of Aether Station
95% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Nibble & Byte Game Studio
Windows
Customize your Ships, Upgrade your fleet, and Command your way to victory in this ruthless rogue-lite tower defense/real time strategy hybrid. Take on an enemy that learns from your moves and adjusts its own path. Do you have what it takes to persevere?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.8% ★, RTS 18%, Tactical 9.7%, Real Time Tactics 9.2%, Space 7.7%
- #5 Void War
94% matchVery Positive94% of 3,537 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.8% ★, Roguelite 12.1%, Space 11.2%, Difficult 11%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #6 Battlevoid: Sector Siege
94% matchMixed58% of 194 reviews2017
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battlevoid: Sector Siege is an epic straight into action real-time space strategy game, in which the world has been built to deliver a lively battle field; and the action is never more than just seconds away at the start of every game.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.4% ★, RTS 18.3%, Space 13.7%, Strategy 11.6%, Tactical 8.7%
- #7 Starship Inspector
93% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 22.1% ★, Strategy 12.7%, Roguelite 12%, Space Sim 12% ★, Space 9.6%
- #8 Space Menace
92% matchMixed60% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: Only4Gamers
Windows · Mac
Space Menace is a sci-fi space RTS and battle game. You play as a space captain, seeking fortune and glory as you see fit. Leave your mark on the world and determine the fate of the galaxy with your decisions.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.9% ★, RTS 19.2%, Tactical 11.1%, Space 10.1%, Real Time Tactics 9.6%
- #9 Shortest Trip to Earth
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,426 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
Why similar: Space Sim 13.3% ★, Roguelite 11.8%, Resource Management 10.8%, Difficult 10.5%, Space 10.4%
- #10 STAR FLEET II - Krellan Commander Version 2.0
91% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Trevor Sorensen, Mark BaldwinPub: Trevor Sorensen
Windows
Welcome to the future of space warfare! Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander puts you in command of an advanced space battlecruiser and tasks you with exploring sectors, fighting and boarding enemy ships, and invading planets. Manage your ship, crew and escorts effectively and find your way to victory!
Why similar: Space Sim 20.2% ★, Real-Time with Pause 20.1% ★, RTS 11.3%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%, Strategy 8.3%
- #11 TFF: The Final Frontier
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonlit
Windows · Mac
The Final Frontier is a game about star battles and meaning of freedom. It’s a fascinating journey through the endless, procedurally generated space in a universe where you struggle for freedom taking a role of the rebel leader.
Why similar: Roguelite 13.7%, Space 11.4%, Strategy 10.8%, Resource Management 9.7%, Tactical 9.5%
- #12 WARPSQUAD
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tom LoomanPub: LODZERO
Windows
WARPSQUAD is a space exploration rogue-lite in an ever-changing galaxy to be played solo or co-op. Encounter a wide range of hostile spaceships, special events, and upgrades to your ship and crew. Master the ship terminals and crew with unique traits to survive this hostile world.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32% ★, Roguelite 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%, Space 10.1%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #13 Star Command Galaxies
89% matchMixed43% of 508 reviews2024
Dev: Warballoon
Windows · Mac
Take command in the ultimate starship simulator: Star Command Galaxies. Become a Captain, recruit your crew, customize and upgrade your starship, battle alien vessels, teleport to away missions and repel boarding invaders in this real-time strategy simulation adventure from indie studio Warballoon.
Why similar: RTS 23.1%, Space Sim 20.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Tactical 10.7%, Space 8.2%
- #14 Particle Fleet: Emergence
88% matchVery Positive92% of 1,261 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 30.9% ★, RTS 25.3%, Strategy 16.7%, Space 14.2%, Simulation 7.1%
- #15 BattleGroupVR
86% matchVery Positive92% of 943 reviews2023
Dev: SpaceOwl Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
BattleGroupVR is a first person real-time space strategy where you lead a fleet of powerful warships into battle from the bridge of your own flagship. Assemble your fleet, upgrade your load-outs, train your captains, engage the enemy and secure the sector. Try not to go down with the ship.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.3% ★, RTS 17.4%, Real-Time with Pause 16.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.6%, Space 9.9%
- #16 It's Not A Moon
87% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Hyeson
Windows
Manage a space station, flying through a procedually generated universe, fight, build and survive in the coldness of space.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 23.6% ★, RTS 13.8%, Space Sim 12.8% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Real Time Tactics 8.3%
- #17 Astra Sentinel
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Astra Sentinel is a wave-based survival RTS where endless alien hordes relentlessly assault your planets. Build defenses, colonize planets and manage resources under constant pressure. Will you be able to recover the control of the galaxy?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28.1% ★, RTS 20.5%, Resource Management 11.1%, Strategy 6.8%, Space 6.5%
- #18 Star Souls
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 37 reviews2020
Dev: DrankiKets
Windows
One by one, the stars begin to die without reason. Thousands of inhabited worlds are turned to dust. You and your crew must find “the Transition”, your last desperate hope to find new worlds. Assemble your fleet, customize your spaceships and fight for the salvation of all intelligent life!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 33.1% ★, Difficult 10.9%, Tactical 10.7%, Roguelite 10.1%, Space 9.8%
- #19 Solar Baron
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Preon Studio
Windows
As head of an interplanetary corporation, your goal is to extract resources from across the solar system and bring them home faster and cheaper than your competitors. Construct trade depots and colonies. Build rockets and spaceports. Master realistic orbital mechanics and maximize profits.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 30.8% ★, Space Sim 19% ★, Resource Management 13.9%, Space 11%, RTS 7.4%
- #20 Zero-Point
84% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Zero
Windows
Zero-Point is a 3D space roguelike featuring tactical ship-to-ship combat, crew command and an immersive view of your ship's interior. As Captain of a Star Federation cruiser, lead your crew and ship to victory over the rebellious Galactic Liberation Front!
Why similar: Space Sim 22.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Roguelite 13.2%, Space 12.1%, Roguelike 11.1%
- #21 Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
83% matchVery Positive86% of 1,053 reviews2007
Dev: Mithis GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ambitious megacorporations monopolize the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system. At the very edge of the solar system, the companies make a discovery that will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident."
Why similar: RTS 22.5%, Space 20.7%, Strategy 14%, Real-Time with Pause 11% ★, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #22 Battlevoid: Harbinger
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,057 reviews2016
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.
Why similar: Space 22.8%, Real-Time with Pause 20.3% ★, Strategy 14.6%, Roguelike 12.7%, Roguelite 12.1%
- #23 Railblazer
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Buff Studio
Windows
As a veteran train operator, you must manage the train. What decisions will you make to confront the enemies? Command the train in real-time as it desperately crosses through the chaos of the storm. Manage resources and the train to survive the treacherous tracks and make it to the end.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.2% ★, RTS 16%, Resource Management 14%, Roguelike 9.2%, Survival 8.4%
- #24 AsteroidTD
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg Kobzarev
Windows
Try to survive in infinite asteroid cloud as long as possible in reworked tower defence style. FInd your own playstyle and beat your own records or chillout with original ambient soundtracks. Build, explore, think - everything to create your own colony in this cold space.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.5% ★, Tactical 14%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Space 12.5%, Roguelite 10.9%
- #25 Rogue Warlords
81% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: RedZyrro
Windows · Linux
Combine RTS combat with roguelike elements to create highly replayable and strategic action. Summon troops and purchase stacking upgrades to create a massive army of incredibly powerful troops. How massive of an army can you create?
Why similar: RTS 26%, Real Time Tactics 17.7%, Roguelite 16.1%, Tactical 14.2%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #26 Trigon: Space Story
80% matchMixed68% of 1,409 reviews2022
Dev: Sernur.techPub: Gameforge 4D GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.9% ★, Difficult 11.6%, Resource Management 11%, Space 10.1%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #27 Super Cosmolite
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Baffled Engineer
Windows
Super Cosmolite is an endless runner with realistic space physics. Take control of a tiny spaceship to dodge, bounce, and smash your way through asteroids. Pause at any time to plan your trajectory or just hurtle along like a maniac. Outrun the Nova Wave and chase your next high score!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 44% ★, Space Sim 17.7% ★, Space 15.8%, Difficult 8.8%, Simulation 6.9%
- #28 Out There: Ω Edition
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,716 reviews2015
Dev: Mi-Clos Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Space 14.4%, Resource Management 13.7%, Roguelite 11.7%, Difficult 11%, Roguelike 10.8%
- #29 Door Kickers
78% matchVery Positive94% of 9,980 reviews2014
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Why similar: Tactical 29.3%, Real-Time with Pause 28.8% ★, Strategy 12.1%, RTS 11.1%, Real Time Tactics 7.9%
- #30 Deep Among the Swarm
77% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Pebble Mountain Games
Windows
Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.5% ★, RTS 21.3%, Roguelite 11.2%, Resource Management 11.1%, Roguelike 6.9%
- #31 ウエステリア戦記
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SignTychePub: Tyche's Bookshelf
Windows
This product is a country theft strategy game set in a fictional modern world. At the end of the "Age of Quietness," the faraway world of "Westarea" descends into a great war in which guns, artillery, swords, and magic intersect. In there caos, what kind of story do you desire and see?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 46.7% ★, Strategy 11.1%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%, Tactical 8.2%, RTS 8.2%
- #32 Aliens: Dark Descent
76% matchVery Positive88% of 17,771 reviews2023
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
Why similar: RTS 26.1%, Tactical 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 16%, Strategy 11.6%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #33 Armaphract
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: aeoridev
Windows
Command a mercenary tank company in deadly urban warfare through a shattered desert megacity. Outmatched and outgunned, you'll survive through superior tactics and cunning maneuvers against intelligent enemy forces.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 36.1% ★, RTS 24.1%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Strategy 11.7%, Tactical 8.8%
- #34 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
75% matchVery Positive95% of 12,431 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.6% ★, Space Sim 19.4% ★, Space 11%, Difficult 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #35 Eternal Starlight VR
76% matchVery Positive91% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: White Noise Games
Windows
Activate your Neural Link to gain an omniscient view of the battlefield. Experience the conflict at any scale, as you plot the course that will lead your fleet to victory. Eternal Starlight is a tactical space combat game, built from the ground up for VR.
Why similar: RTS 23.1%, Space Sim 17.8% ★, Tactical 12.3%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, Space 10.8%
- #36 Alignment Zero
75% 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: Real-Time with Pause 37.6% ★, RTS 18.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Tactical 14.5%, Strategy 6.5%
- #37 Terra Exodus
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: GreyHoodieGames
Windows
Defend the evacuation of Terra on the losing side of an alien invasion. This experimental action strategy game breaks out of genre norms to provide fresh mechanics to strategic gaming.
Why similar: RTS 18.3%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Difficult 10.4%, Roguelike 9.9%, Tactical 9.4%
- #38 Space Empires: Starfury
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
In Space Empires: Starfury you are on a wild intergalactic ride through the Space Empires universe. You are an undercover agent for the TCN (Terran Confederation Navy) trying to determine the cause of a recent escalation of pirate attacks in the Neutral territories.
Why similar: RTS 22.7%, Space Sim 20.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Space 15.7%, Strategy 14.3%
- #39 Kaiju Inc.
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 低边形研究所 HyPoly
Windows
Kaiju Inc. is a Real-Time Tactics + Roguelike Monster Raising game! Mutate, Modify, and Evolve your monsters! Build your strongest monster squad through Roguelike stages!
Why similar: RTS 32.2%, Real Time Tactics 18.4%, Strategy 16.4%, Roguelite 14.5%, Roguelike 13.6%
- #40 Flowrate
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Arekcuta
Windows
A minimalist space survival game about managing fuel in a field of procedurally generated planets. Scan atmospheres, land carefully, and keep moving—because if you run out of antimatter, it's over.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.1% ★, Roguelite 21.1%, Strategy 15%, Space 13.4%, Survival 10.5%
- #41 Warpflux
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zenflux Games
Windows
Warpflux is a top-down action based resource management game. As the commander of Earth's colony ship and a fleet of autonomous drones, collect supplies and defend against hostile forces during a thousand year voyage to save humanity.
Why similar: Resource Management 15%, Roguelite 14.9%, Difficult 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Survival 8.5%
- #42 Welcome Back, Commander
71% matchVery Positive82% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Commander, your strike team is to dive deep into the contaminated city of Sun Stone and get some answers before the mysterious deadly plague spreads . Good luck Commander!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 40% ★, RTS 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Tactical 14.7%, Strategy 6.8%
- #43 Sixty Jumps to Ceres
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris Hartwich
Windows
In this strategy-roguelike game, you command a space ship on a desperate last mission in the asteroid belt. Negotiate, battle your foes, and upgrade your ship. Get stronger as you progress into increasingly hostile space. Only the boldest, most skilled captain will make it to Ceres. Will you?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.9% ★, Roguelike 12.1%, Space 12.1%, Roguelite 11.3%, Tactical 9.6%
- #44 Edge Of Galaxy
72% matchMixed63% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: KinderrilPub: Meridian4
Windows
Edge of Galaxy is a space strategy and management game focused on fleet control, expansion, and survival at the frontier of a hostile sci-fi universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 18.5% ★, RTS 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Roguelite 11.5%, Space 9.6%
- #45 Ants in Space!
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mezumo
Windows
Asteroid-Riding Termites are coming, but they are impossible to beat by the regular Space Ants. With your power of mixing genes you can try to repel much stronger invaders! Explore vast procedurally generated micro-universes, and mess with nature itself in this mix of Roguelike and Strategy.
Why similar: RTS 22.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Space 11.3%, Resource Management 10.9%, Roguelike 10.2%
- #46 TerraCube
71% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Inkspire Studios
Windows
Race against the clock to terraform cube-shaped planets and tackle over 20 unique minigames, each offering a different challenge to test your skills and strategy. Earn trophies in quick, time-paced games, and use them wisely to buy new lands and tackle even more goals.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 22.3%, RTS 19.5%, Space 14.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #47 Galactic Ruler
70% matchMixed49% of 121 reviews2022
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Galactic Ruler offers real time strategy game play at both planetary level and in space! Lead your faction in diplomacy or conquest across a procedurally generated galactic map where any system might hold hostile enemies or resource riches. Develop advanced technologies to rule the galaxy!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28.2% ★, Space Sim 17.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, RTS 14.3%, Space 9.6%
- #48 IAH: INTERNET WAR
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vitali Kirpu Productions
Windows
"IAH: INTERNET WAR" - a roguelike Turn-Based RTS hybrid survival game. Battle through the internet’s depths and survive as long as possible.
Why similar: RTS 22%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Roguelite 13.5%, Difficult 13.2%, Tactical 10.3%
- #49 Space Reign
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 377 reviews2026
Dev: Propulsive Games
Windows
An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.5% ★, RTS 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Space 12.4%, Tactical 8.8%
- #50 Space Rogue
70% matchMixed64% of 451 reviews2016
Dev: Red Beat
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Take on the role of a spaceship captain. Explore new worlds, and engage in intense ship-to-ship battles. Develop unique battle tactics, upgrade your ship, and recruit crew members as you fight for peace or piracy.
Why similar: Space 19.4%, Tactical 17.5%, Strategy 12%, Survival 11%, Roguelike 10.1%
- #51 Seconds in Space
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Funneractic
Windows
Use ships to attack and destroy enemy space stations in real time. Navigate through different randomly setup star maps to get to the exit and win. It's a 2D single player space game that's massively replayable.
Why similar: Difficult 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 17.2%, Roguelite 16.8%, Space 14.1%, Strategy 10%
- #52 Gallic Wars: Battle Simulator Prologue
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: MadGamesmithPub: WIG Publishing
Windows
Time to conquer ROME! Become a commander of Gallic Warriors and destroy Roman Empire in this Rogue-like strategy game.
Why similar: RTS 27.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, Roguelite 16.4%, Roguelike 13.2%, Strategy 10.9%
- #53 Commanders of the Void
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apina Labs
Windows
Design your own spaceships and assemble a fleet to fight in epic PvP battles. Ships are fully destructible and manned by persistent crew members including yourself. Ranked/casual matchmaking, PvE for practice. Show your creativity, strategy and tactics to defeat enemy Admiral!
Why similar: RTS 28.1%, Space Sim 27% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Strategy 13.5%, Tactical 9.3%
- #54 Conflict 3048
68% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Matt Lloyd
Windows
Real-time strategy and tactics on an alien world! Command super space soldiers against an array of alien hordes. Commander - we need you!
Why similar: RTS 37%, Real Time Tactics 22.1%, Strategy 19.4%, Tactical 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #55 Hunting Pack
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Vaeril Games
Windows
It’s a forest at night, and the hunt begins. Carefully plan your pack’s next move to avoid being seen, smelled or heard. Hunt enough prey to survive the next month, and develop your pack and tactics throughout changing seasons. You’ll fail – but learn from your mistakes and prepare for the next run!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32.8% ★, RTS 18.4%, Difficult 14%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #56 Brain Hack Squad
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CETVE LLC
Windows
Shoot, hack, and kidnap as you lead cybernetic agents in real time tactical combat with pause. Upgrade your team, brainwash enemy agents, and deploy informants as your battle rival groups for control of the city.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 38.5% ★, RTS 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Tactical 14.4%, Strategy 6.7%
- #57 Void Destroyer
69% matchMixed60% of 351 reviews2015
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.
Why similar: RTS 23.5%, Space 21.2%, Strategy 16.9%, Space Sim 16% ★, Simulation 9%
- #58 Corpoct
67% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: WolderadoPub: TwoBros
Windows · Mac
Test your wits as well as your ability to lead an expedition in this deep space dungeon-crawler. Hire the best heroes and villains of the galaxy. Find unknown planets in uncharted space. Start small, plan big and get a fleet of warships capable enough to rival most fearsome enemies.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32.9% ★, Resource Management 12.5%, Space 11.4%, Roguelike 10%, Tactical 9.5%
- #59 Conflict of Lords
65% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: 憔悴の微笑Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
Conflict of Lords is an Roguelite Anti-TD game. You will act as the Lord of Foe in Game Development Council, who decided to go his separate way due to a conflict. Invade the newly released game Village Guardian. Summon the Predators to destroy villages. Try your best to overthrow the Overlord!
Why similar: RTS 23.6%, Roguelite 14.1%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Tactical 12.4%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #60 Ancient Space
68% matchMixed44% of 365 reviews2014
Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.
Why similar: RTS 37.7%, Space 24.2%, Strategy 19.4%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Space Sim 6.8% ★