- #1 Alignment Zero
97% 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 33% ★, Action RTS 15.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Tactical 12%, RTS 11.7%
- #2 Welcome Back, Commander
96% matchVery Positive82% of 240 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 35.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Action RTS 12.9% ★, Tactical 12.1%, RTS 10.5%
- #3 The Fall of Aether Station
96% 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 32.9% ★, RTS 14%, Action RTS 13% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Tactical 10.2%
- #4 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,303 reviews2025
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Tactical 11.5%, Action RTS 10.6% ★, RTS 8.5%
- #5 Door Kickers
94% matchVery Positive94% of 10,039 reviews2014
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Real-Time with Pause 27.6% ★, Tactical 26.5%, Top-Down 9.5%, Real Time Tactics 8.6%, Strategy 7.6%
- #6 Armaphract
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: aeoridev
Windows
Outmatched, outgunned, but not outsmarted, you'll command a tank squad in tense urban warfare across a shattered megacity. A great power has collapsed, and opportunity is in the air. Take contracts and ambush powerful enemies, customize your squad, and reap the rewards.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 36.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, RTS 17%, Action RTS 8.8% ★, Tactical 8.3%
- #7 Status One
93% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: LastCall Studio
Windows
Status One is a top-down 3D tactical shooter RPG where you create your own task force from scratch and lead your squad while being personally on the field
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 33.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, RTS 11%, Tactical 10.5%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%
- #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 31.6% ★, RTS 14.3%, Action RTS 13.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Tactical 11.1%
- #9 Space Menace 2
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Only4Gamers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start small, expand your fleet, and rise to power as you navigate a galaxy full of opportunity and danger. This simple, non-traditional sci-fi RTS and space combat game offers strategic gameplay, evolving challenges, and satisfying ship customization through a variety of modules and upgrades.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.2% ★, Action RTS 15.8% ★, RTS 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, Tactical 11.1%
- #10 In Game Leader
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: saveja1s
Windows
Become your teams In-Game Leader and lead your team of 5 agents to victory.
Why similar: Action RTS 22% ★, RTS 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Strategy 8.9%
- #11 Battles of Chaos
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hunnic Magic
Windows
Battles of Chaos is a medieval fantasy real time strategy and tactics hybrid game, blending the best elements of the two genres. Play great, realistic open-field battles or sieges in single-player, cooperative or PvP mode, where the emphasis is on combat, with base building elements.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 38.5% ★, RTS 17%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Action RTS 15.7% ★, Tactical 8.1%
- #12 Noble Armada: Lost Worlds
90% 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 33.6% ★, RTS 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Tactical 9.8%, Level Editor 7%
- #13 Deadlock Station
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luxorix GamesPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Turn the battlefield into your ally in this tactical rogue-like with indirect controls. Assemble a unique squad, destroy the alien invaders with precise planning, and uncover the truth about the Event and the mysterious disappearance of humans.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, RTS 13.5%, Tactical 9.5%, Strategy RPG 9.2%
- #14 Daimyo Reign
88% 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: Real-Time with Pause 36.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, RTS 15.5%, Tactical 11.8%, Top-Down 6.5%
- #15 Engraven
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Skippydog Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Engraven is a single player sci-fi real time tactics game. Build and customize your regiment of soldiers and fight endless hordes of sorcerers and graven thralls.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.5%, RTS 17.6%, Strategy RPG 11%, Character Customization 6.5%
- #16 The Red Solstice
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,559 reviews2015
Dev: Ironward
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
2280 A.D. The last few survivors of a ruined Earth seek a new home: Mars, a planet whose inhabitants didn't take too kindly to outsiders. The Red Solstice is a tense, tactical, squad-based action game. Fight to survive with up to 8 players in co-op, or lead your own squad in single-player mode.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 30.6% ★, RTS 15.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Tactical 12.8%, Strategy RPG 7.8%
- #17 ウエステリア戦記
84% match8 user reviews78% of 8 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 53.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Tactical 8.9%, Strategy 8.4%, RTS 6.6%
- #18 Knights vs Aliens
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Prophetic Sky, IncPub: Eastbridge Game LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command knights, aliens, and other historically dubious nations in a free real-time tower conquest game rebuilt from a 2009 iPad original. Grow armies, capture towers, and outmaneuver adaptive AI through 30 campaign levels.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 22.7%, RTS 15%, Tactical 10.8%, Top-Down 10.5%
- #19 Delphyq
86% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Dusk Wave Arts LLC
Windows
Delphyq offers a unique Real-time Strategy & Tactics experience, that puts you in the seat of the "Mastermind.” It requires you to analyze the current situation, evaluate available resources and choose the missions wisely, before planning and executing game-altering attacks.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, RTS 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Tactical 10%
- #20 Tank Strike
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: brenman60 Games
Windows
Blast your way through countless leagues of enemies in this intense top-down shooter.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, RTS 11.2%, Top-Down 7.2%
- #21 Astra Defender
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yokereba
Windows · Linux
Blast through enemies, build defenses, launch fighters, and upgrade your way to victory in this fast-paced space shooter/action RTS hybrid.
Why similar: Action RTS 26% ★, Real Time Tactics 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, RTS 17.7%, Strategy 6.9%
- #22 Grey Galactic
82% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Alex McGeePub: Blue Quill Studios LLC
Windows
Grey Galactic is a real time strategy game in space where you build up your planets and ships to conquer your enemies. Develop your empire and fleet of spaceships to destroy your enemies and take over the galaxy! Do you have what it takes to become the best Fleet Captain the UFMC has ever seen?
Why similar: Action RTS 23% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.4%, RTS 19.9%, Tactical 10%, Top-Down 9%
- #23 Conflict 3048
82% 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 29.2%, Real Time Tactics 28.3%, Strategy 14.2%, Tactical 11.8%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #24 Bataliron
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruben Minasyan
Windows
Bataliron is a modern warfare RTS game that focuses on personnel development, online command, fire support, and unit assistance on the battlefield, leveraging modern technologies.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.9% ★, RTS 21.7%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Tactical 9.2%
- #25 Evostrike
81% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: MoonArtyre
Windows
A Roguelike tactics game where you fight hordes of aliens. Your Units evolve and learn new skills as the fight goes on. Manage your squad of 5 specialised mercenaries, and fight a never ending war against the infestation.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 24.7%, Action RTS 23.6% ★, RTS 17.4%, Tactical 9.6%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #26 Staatio
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inogame Studio
Windows · Linux
Real-time multiplayer territory conquest. Battle for control of procedurally generated maps with up to 50 players. Four game modes, alliances, bot opponents, and cross-platform play. Host your own server or play on official servers.
Why similar: Action RTS 23% ★, RTS 22.8%, Real Time Tactics 22.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Tactical 10.3%
- #27 Okashi Towers
79% matchPositive95% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: Blekoh
Windows
Okashi Towers is a Real Time Strategy game with Tower Defense elements. Gather candy resources to build tower units or go on offense and summon creatures to attack other player bases. Join with up to 8 players and choose one of the four factions that fits your play style best
Why similar: Action RTS 20.7% ★, RTS 19%, Real Time Tactics 18.4%, Tactical 10.4%, Level Editor 9.6%
- #28 Red Sea
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Eternal Sands Media
Windows
Red Sea is an intense Real-time Tactics game where you control a small team of vigilantes in increasingly challenging battles. It features a Scriptable Tactics system that mixes auto-battling with manual overrides and has a ton of powerful ability interactions to discover.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 43% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.1%, Tactical 11.7%, Strategy RPG 10.8%, Strategy 4.2%
- #29 The City of Fury
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DDL Studios
Windows
The City of Fury is a SWAT-like team management RTS set in a dystopian Cyberpunk-Noir setting, where you play as the team leader who gets involved in shady matters. Explore the themes of violence as you face the harsh city with your team to ultimately break free from the circle!
Why similar: RTS 22.3%, Real Time Tactics 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Cyberpunk 12.8%, Tactical 11.2%
- #30 Blade Prince Academy
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 81 reviews2024
Dev: Angel CorpPub: Firesquid
Windows
Blade Prince Academy is a new take on tactical RPGs, where you lead your squad of Blade Princes to defend the city of Abjectalia in real-time with pause combat. Use your team's power to devastate any threat, but be vigilant, there is always a price to pay when you make a pact with darkness.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 40.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.7%, Strategy RPG 10.1%, RTS 8.7%, Tactical 8.6%
- #31 Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand delivers a standalone roguelite wave-defense experience for solo and cooperative play. Command and survive against fast-paced escalating enemy waves, intimidating bosses, and dynamic battlefield events. Are you ready to make your final stand?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32.4% ★, Action RTS 18.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, RTS 13.5%, Tactical 9.1%
- #32 Stonkers
77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: ImaginePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
One of the world's first real-time strategy games, originally released for the ZX Spectrum in 1984. Move your units across varied terrain to meet the enemy, managing strategic positioning and supply lines.
Why similar: RTS 30.7%, Real-Time with Pause 29.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.7%, Strategy 8.3%, Top-Down 5.6%
- #33 Aliens: Dark Descent
75% matchVery Positive88% of 18,347 reviews2023
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.0 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: Real Time Tactics 22.7%, RTS 22.3%, Tactical 20.8%, Strategy 9.3%, Top-Down 7.3%
- #34 Victory Banner
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PeresvetPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of World War II in this real-time historical strategy game. Command a frontline company, make critical strategic decisions, and take direct control of any soldier or vehicle. Every decision comes at a price. What will be yours?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 33.2% ★, Action RTS 19.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.6%, RTS 15.4%, Tactical 8.1%
- #35 Koi Unleashed
76% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: WILDGRIP
Windows · Linux
Koi Unleashed is a party-based RPG, with real-time combat and inspired by Japanese folklore. Join a guild that has just set foot on an unknown world, filled with mysterious creatures.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 46.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.6%, Tactical 11.2%, Character Customization 7.4%, Strategy RPG 4.8%
- #36 Negative Energy
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: ByVal Games
Windows · Linux
Negative Energy is a tower defense game with basic RTS mechanics, where your goal is to defend the construction of a Dyson sphere, while fighting against waves of hundreds of enemies ships.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 22.7%, RTS 22.7%, Action RTS 19.3% ★, Strategy 11.2%, Tactical 7.2%
- #37 Fire Commander
74% matchMixed67% of 371 reviews2022
Dev: Atomic WolfPub: Feel Good Games
Windows
See what it means to face the fire. Command a firefighting unit in an exciting tactical RTS. Save lives, manage your water supplies and care for your team in 30+ missions. Be a real hero!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 35.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Action RTS 16.2% ★, RTS 14.6%, Tactical 11.5%
- #38 Jagged Alliance - Back in Action
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,762 reviews2012
Dev: Coreplay GmbHPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A contemporary remake of the much-loved series of turn-based mercenary-themed strategy games.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 46.5% ★, Tactical 24.5%, Strategy 13.9%, RPG 7.7%, RTS 5.9%
- #39 Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 938 reviews2026
Dev: Alt ShiftPub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 38.6% ★, RTS 20%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Tactical 14.2%, Strategy 6.7%
- #40 NovaMundi
71% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Slashware Interactive
Windows · Mac
NovaMundi is an open world exploration game with tactical combat. Lead your party into the dangerous lands of the Andes. Recruit people in towns, explore caverns filled with dangerous spirits to gain the blessings of the land, and unite the people to stand against the invaders.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, RTS 15.3%, Tactical 12.7%, Strategy RPG 8.6%
- #41 Ukraine War 2022
72% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Table Software
Windows
Ukraine War 2022 is a real-time, tactical land and air warfare simulation game focusing on the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia.
Why similar: RTS 29.2%, Real Time Tactics 29%, Tactical 18%, Strategy 14.5%, Combat 4.2%
- #42 Iron Vulture
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 001Studios
Windows
Iron Vulture is a squad-based tactical Roguelite game where players command a team of elite soldiers in a fight for survival. Choose 4 soldiers, each with unique abilities and roles, and dive into procedurally generated maps filled with strategic challenges and fast-paced combat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 36.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, RTS 15%, Action RTS 12.6% ★, Tactical 9.7%
- #43 Tomb Guard
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Siege
Windows
Tomb Guard is a real-time pause and play tactics game. You control a band of skeletons as they defend the invading Fiends from their homeland. Focus is key, for facing overwhelming odds is certain. Pause, strategize, and attack to protect Tombstead and defeat The Order once and for all.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 48.9% ★, Tactical 16.8%, Strategy RPG 13.1%, Top-Down 6.6%, Strategy 5.1%
- #44 EXITOR
73% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Lvl26Devs
Windows
A difficult, fast-paced action, real-time strategy game in which you embark on an exciting journey, fighting against a wide variety of dangerous enemies whilst levelling up your different characters.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.9% ★, RTS 25.6%, Tactical 12.7%, Strategy 12%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #45 Rift Haul TD
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Buttonbrain Games
Windows
In Rift Haul TD, the battlefield is constantly shifting. You have total freedom to upgrade and reposition your defenses at any moment. If a new threat emerges, or maybe you just want to adjust tower placement synergy, simply lift your towers and rewrite your strategy on the fly.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.6%, Tactical 16.5%, RTS 14.3%, Top-Down 11.3%
- #46 Line Of Defense Tactics - Tactical Advantage
73% matchNegative10% of 20 reviews2014
Dev: 3000AD
Windows
A real-time strategy combat game based on the world of the Line Of Defense. Command a team of four Galactic Command marines in highly classified missions in space and on planets.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 19.6%, Action RTS 19.1% ★, RTS 16.6%, Tactical 15.2%, Top-Down 7.5%
- #47 Keep
70% 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 30.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 25.3%, RTS 22.1%, Tactical 10.9%, Strategy 6.3%
- #48 Astra Sentinel
69% 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 37.3% ★, RTS 19.2%, Action RTS 17.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 9.4%, Tactical 6.6%
- #49 Bacteria Wars
71% 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 29.1%, Action RTS 23.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 23.2%, Strategy 10.8%, Top-Down 6.8%
- #50 Celestial Conquest
69% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Piebox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blast off in this retro-style space shooter! Conquer planets, outwit AI enemies, and survive the dangers of deep space in fast-paced, nostalgic pixel action.
Why similar: RTS 26.7%, Action RTS 24.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 24.7%, Strategy 12.8%, Sci-fi 4.4%
- #51 Strength In Numbers
67% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Ciaosen Games
Windows
Take back control of the galaxy and defeat the evil AI in this fast-paced, node-based strategy game. The humanoid races need all the help they can get. We're counting on you, Commander!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 27.4%, RTS 26.9%, Tactical 14.6%, Top-Down 10.6%, Strategy 9.4%
- #52 Stargate: Timekeepers
68% matchMixed62% of 279 reviews2024
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Stargate: Timekeepers is a real-time tactics game where you lead a team of specialists through a story-driven campaign set in the SG-1 universe. Sneak your characters behind enemy lines, use their unique skills, craft the perfect plan to unravel a timeloop mystery, and defeat the Goa’uld threat.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 32.2%, Action RTS 17.2% ★, Tactical 16.5%, RTS 16.1%, Strategy 9.9%
- #53 Practical Shooting Simulator
69% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: 269th lab games softworks
Windows
Practical Shooting Simulator contains a wide variety of features for creating stages, exercise planning, and testing abilities in practical shooting. Not just a game, but a unique tool for organizers, competitors, and all enthusiasts of Practical shooting.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 23.5%, Real-Time with Pause 22.7% ★, Tactical 13.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Top-Down 10.6%
- #54 Age of Undead
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 97 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: Real-Time with Pause 42.6% ★, RTS 18.3%, Action RTS 15.8% ★, Tactical 10.1%, Real Time Tactics 7.6%
- #55 Eternal Mist
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rionix
Windows · Linux
A real-time tactical game about making the right decisions with incomplete information. Choose your battles, prepare your squads, and adapt on the fly when enemy waves unfold in unexpected ways.
Why similar: Action RTS 21% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.7%, RTS 17.4%, Tactical 14.7%, Top-Down 8.7%
- #56 Crying Suns
67% matchVery Positive86% of 4,513 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 39.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, RTS 13.6%, Tactical 13%, Strategy 6.3%
- #57 Nanocorp
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Openhood SARL
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight back against the Nanocorp corporation in this cyberpunk RTS. As you discover their evil machinations, you decide to take a stand for humanity. Forget about saving the world, can you even save yourself?
Why similar: RTS 29.7%, Cyberpunk 26.1%, Action RTS 13.5% ★, Top-Down 10.3%, Strategy 8.4%
- #58 Drevepsina
66% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: yiotro
Windows
Combat focused minimalist RTS
Why similar: RTS 27%, Action RTS 21.9% ★, Level Editor 16.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Strategy 9.9%