- #1 Arinoa: Conquest
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alternate
Windows
Arinoa: Conquest is a real time grand strategy game with a focus on hero units, and combines elements of strategy, resource management, and light RPG mechanics. Gather resources, build your army, and conquer your enemies within the harsh world of Arinoa.
Why similar: 4X 26.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Action RTS 19.2% ★, RTS 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 6.2%
- #2 Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,374 reviews2024
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Wage total war across the ancient world from the Aegean to Mesopotamia in this free addition to Total War: PHARAOH. Challenge the Bronze Age Collapse by building your own dynasty and leading your faction to victory with new cultures, new units and dramatic new battle mechanics.
Why similar: 4X 31.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24.6% ★, RTS 16.3%, Historical 10.6%, Strategy 7.7%
- #3 Gewevo : Interstellar
96% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Victor Filipiak
Windows
Gewevo : Interstallar is a space strategy game derived from the tabletop RPG universe Gewevo. It offers an approach a little closer to a wargame with regard to the empire management aspect. Made with passion by a one-man team;)
Why similar: 4X 34.9% ★, Action RTS 27.4% ★, RTS 19.2%, Strategy 8.7%, War 6.2%
- #4 Knights of the Crusades
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Action RTS 21.2% ★, 4X 17.2% ★, RTS 16.7%, Medieval 5.6%
- #5 Small Kingdoms Prologue
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Rule a small fantasy kingdom and conquer your rival as you build up your cities and armies on the world map and command your troops on the battlefield. Small Kingdoms is a streamlined grand strategy and real-time strategy game, the Small Kingdoms Prologue is a free introductory campaign
Why similar: 4X 27.7% ★, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, RTS 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 7.8%, War 5.9%
- #6 Bellfortis
94% matchVery Positive94% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Action RTS 17.4% ★, RTS 14.2%, Historical 13.2%, Medieval 7.7%
- #7 Medieval Kingdom Wars
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,606 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
Why similar: Action RTS 19.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, 4X 19.6% ★, RTS 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 6.2%
- #8 Descending Empires
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parcyval
Windows
A multiplayer space RTS blending in depth mechanics with fast paced skirmish matches. control and manage an empire together with your team in large-scale physic-based online battles, and expand your army mit modded factions
Why similar: 4X 23.7% ★, Action RTS 21.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, RTS 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 6.6%
- #9 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,572 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.4% ★, RTS 21.6%, 4X 12.4% ★, Medieval 11%, Historical 10.7%
- #10 CannonCraft
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: mihuangame
Windows
Real-time strategy game. Players move freely to find a suitable place to settle down and develop. They build various buildings to explore, attack, and defend themselves, so as to resist AI attacks. They also find and defeat other targets on the map to become the only surviving human player.
Why similar: 4X 34.2% ★, RTS 19.6%, Real Time Tactics 8.5%, Historical 8.2%, Strategy 5.9%
- #11 Muskets VR
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Swordmaster2k Games
Windows
Put on your VR headset and fix that bayonet. Muskets VR is an immersive real-time strategy shooter set in the Napoleonic era. Prepare your musket, take charge of your troops, and head forth into battle at Waterloo.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, Action RTS 23.1% ★, RTS 19.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Historical 6.4%
- #12 Battlespace Command
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wirraway SoftwarePub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Take command of modern warfare across land, air, and sea in a real-time strategy sandbox. Direct every unit, from infantry to aircraft carriers, across vast, real-world scale battlefields where sensors, strategy, and coordination decide the outcome.
Why similar: Action RTS 39.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, RTS 18.5%, War 10.9%, Strategy 5.7%
- #13 WarTable: Democracy is Optional
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Player One
Windows
WarTable is a real-time strategy sandbox where teams of up to nine players take command of a host nation. Build your military, shape your government, forge alliances—or betray them. In WarTable, strategy is everything, and democracy is just one of many options.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.7% ★, Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, RTS 17.9%, Real Time Tactics 8.3%, War 6.5%
- #14 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
86% matchVery Positive84% of 219 reviews2026
Dev: 古玩工作室
Windows
"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, 4X 23.7% ★, RTS 17.6%, Historical 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 6.9%
- #15 Divided Empire: SENGOKU
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Composition GS
Windows
Lead your clan through Japan's turbulent Sengoku period. Craft wise strategies to expand your domain and use cunning tactics to defeat your enemies on the battlefield. Emerge victorious, restore order, and claim the title of Shogun!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.8% ★, RTS 19.3%, Historical 16.5%, War 9.4%, Strategy 8.7%
- #16 Small Kingdoms
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Small Kingdoms is a streamlined grand strategy and RTS game with procedurally generated campaigns. Build up your cities and armies on the world map and command your troops on the battlefield. Rule a medieval fantasy kingdom and conquer your rivals.
Why similar: 4X 28.6% ★, Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, RTS 17.3%, War 7.6%, Historical 7.3%
- #17 SAND CASTLES
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GREEN ICE STUDIOS, LLC
Windows
SAND CASTLES is a Kingdom and Castle Building Real-Time Strategy / 4X game with a full 3D Graphics Engine. The game supports up to 6-players and features true fog of war within the 3D game world. Your available resources are Gold, Sand, Lumber, and Food.
Why similar: Action RTS 32.5% ★, 4X 24.7% ★, RTS 15.6%, War 10.1%, Medieval 8.2%
- #18 Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
84% matchMixed59% of 975 reviews2024
Dev: 瞬息万变工作室Pub: Moment HK
Windows
This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.
Why similar: 4X 29.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, RTS 18.7%, Historical 10.5%, Real Time Tactics 9.6%
- #19 Age of Goblins
83% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Bruno Valla
Windows
AoG is a real-time strategy game (RTS) with simplified mechanics and cute visuals, but VERY challenging at times. Lead your goblin tribe into what they do best: expand, conquer, and exterminate each other. Any resemblance to humans is purely coincidental.
Why similar: 4X 31.4% ★, Action RTS 25.1% ★, RTS 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 8.7%, Hand-drawn 5.5%
- #20 Empire Origin:Rise
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EmpireOrigin Studio
Windows
The grand strategy game "Empire Origin: Rise" is coming. Explore the traces left by human civilization on the earth, pursue the great achievements of the kings in the historical fragments, and revive the brilliant civilization in history. glory? territory? Waiting for you to dominate the world!
Why similar: 4X 29.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, RTS 15.4%, Historical 12.5%, War 9.2%
- #21 山海:传承
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 薮羽制作组
Windows
在这款幻想题材的4X类型游戏中,您将扮演真龙天子,上承天命,下安黎民。打造一个四方来朝的盛世王朝。您将在此过程中体验朝代的更迭与传承,体验或真实或奇妙的事件,经受住时代的考验。每一次风云变幻都将让您感受到独特的民族魅力与文化。谨记,帝国只有一位真龙。
Why similar: 4X 35% ★, RTS 19.8%, Historical 14.5%, War 8.2%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
- #22 Instant War
82% matchMixed67% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: Playwing LTD
Windows
Embark on a military strategy 4X RTS game, in a world where your battle tactics and your massive army are the keys to victory. Instant War delivers an amazing battlefield experience in a realistic military game. As a commander, you develop your military base and lead your army to victory!
Why similar: 4X 30.5% ★, Action RTS 28.2% ★, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, War 6.1%, Strategy 5.3%
- #23 Byte Lynx
81% matchVery Positive98% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: Artful Games
Windows
Byte Lynx is a fast-paced RTS with no units. Build defenses, dismantle your enemy, and steal their buildings in this deeply tactical building combat-based strategy game. Expand your arsenal across a series of diverse levels!
Why similar: Action RTS 27.8% ★, 4X 25.5% ★, RTS 18.3%, PvE 7.6%, War 7.5%
- #24 Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades
80% matchVery Positive83% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: JOTASOFT STUDIOS
Windows
New Real Time Strategy Game based on medieval times, where you will control powerful factions and empires, with large-scale epic battles, asymmetric civilizations, unit customization system with RPG elements, dynamic AI, 8K support and much more.
Why similar: Action RTS 24% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, RTS 16.2%, Historical 10.3%, Real Time Tactics 7.3%
- #25 Total War: PHARAOH
79% matchMixed63% of 5,359 reviews2023
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In Total War: PHARAOH, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30% ★, RTS 22.9%, 4X 15.4% ★, Historical 11.2%, War 10.9%
- #26 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,338 reviews2021
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 94.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take command of the Union or the Confederacy. Prepare your nation for war, recruit and organize great armies and fleets under legendary commanders like Grant, Lee, Jackson or Farragut, plan cunning maneuvers on an epic campaign map and defeat your enemies in real-time battles!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27% ★, Historical 20.8%, RTS 19.5%, Strategy 14%, War 9.9%
- #27 Vivat Rex
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Nyakkoev
Windows
Global strategy game focused on conquering the medieval world, featuring real-time tactical battles.
Why similar: 4X 30.2% ★, Grand Strategy 28.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.1%, PvE 7.9%, Medieval 7.1%
- #28 Ultimate General: American Revolution
77% matchMixed54% of 1,072 reviews2024
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
American Revolution is a sandbox strategy game featuring the epic historical period during the rebellion of the American colonies against the British Empire.
Why similar: 4X 29.2% ★, Grand Strategy 26.9% ★, RTS 17%, Historical 13%, War 7.8%
- #29 Near Sol
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: LTide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space 4X game with the ability to build factories, extract resources, with characters, internal and external markets ... Take part in the discussion of the game, share your vision)
Why similar: 4X 35.9% ★, Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, RTS 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 9.2%, Strategy 5.7%
- #30 Stronghold Siege
76% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Override
Windows
Command your army against a relentless demon horde in this intense real-time strategy game. Master strategy and resource management to conquer the enemy's stronghold while defending your own in the ultimate battle for survival.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.1% ★, RTS 21.5%, War 8.9%, Medieval 7.8%, Real Time Tactics 6.7%
- #31 The Qin Empire
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: MAX GAME PTE. LTD.
Windows
真·春秋戦国戦略SLG―中国史上最もドラマチックな時代が舞台! 名もなき小国の人物から成長し、春秋時代の戦国武将を集め、領土を広げ、他のプレイヤーや味方と同盟を結んで共に戦い、戦略と知恵を駆使して始皇帝の如く天下を制覇しよう! いざ出陣だ!これは、始皇帝へとつながる戦乱!
Why similar: 4X 40.8% ★, RTS 22.3%, Historical 10.5%, Strategy 10.3%, Real Time Tactics 9.4%
- #32 BURGGEIST
75% matchVery Positive98% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: GHRIAN STUDIO
Windows
With the walking fortress Burggeist at your command, fight back the enemies and build "the Tower."
Why similar: Action RTS 42.8% ★, PvE 11.5%, Real Time Tactics 10.1%, Strategy 8.6%, Medieval 7.6%
- #33 Line War
76% matchVery Positive80% of 1,164 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Centurion
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics. Draw commands and execute a superior strategy to defeat your opponent, focusing on high-level decisions rather than constant micromanagement.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.9% ★, 4X 20.6% ★, RTS 17.6%, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 8.1%
- #34 Starithm
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Orithm
Windows
Become the dominant star-fairing-civilization throughout the procedurally generated star systems. The player must establish/pursue: (1) Ideology; (2) Population; (3) Military assets; (4) 4x dominance (5) Technologies; (6) Artificial Evolution; (7) Cyber attacks; (8) Peace or war.
Why similar: 4X 35.3% ★, Grand Strategy 26.9% ★, RTS 18.8%, Strategy 6.2%, War 6.1%
- #35 A Total War Saga: TROY
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,647 reviews2021
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Inspired by The Iliad and brought to life through the award-winning strategy game series, A Total War Saga: TROY brings a blend of grand, turn-based empire management and spectacular real-time battles to the heart of the Trojan War.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, RTS 20.3%, Historical 15.9%, 4X 11.7% ★, War 10.6%
- #36 十面冲突 Clash of ten sides
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 爱玩小灰
Windows
《十面冲突》是一款即时策略对战竞技游戏,在游戏中,玩家雇佣武装力量进行对战,有各种各样的兵种等你来雇佣,注意彼此的出兵种类,这样你才能知己知彼,百战百胜。干掉对方的基地,胜利就是你的,你能成功吗?那就来挑战吧!
Why similar: Action RTS 33.8% ★, RTS 22.6%, Grand Strategy 13.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.3%, War 9.9%
- #37 Total Conflict: Resistance
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,169 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Total Conflict: Resistance is a unique symbiosis of global strategy, tactics and first-person action. Realistic mass battles, many types of armored vehicles, weapons, uniforms, unique mechanics, immersive free gameplay. Lead any state and bring it to greatness!
Why similar: Action RTS 25.2% ★, 4X 19.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19% ★, RTS 15.4%, War 8.6%
- #38 Nations
71% matchVery Positive88% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Krzysztof SteinerPub: Krzysztof Steiner Games
Windows
Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Action RTS 21.5% ★, RTS 20.2%, Historical 18.9%, Strategy 8.2%
- #39 Battleplan
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Foolish Mortals Games Inc.Pub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Battleplan is a historical, WW2 real-time strategy game of unparalleled realism and simulation. Fight across massive battlefields created from real-world geographic data. Create your army by customizing your order of battle and chain of command. Draw directly on the map to create elaborate plans.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, RTS 20.4%, Historical 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 7%
- #40 Dominium Mundi
74% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Dusan Petrovic
Windows · Linux
Dominium Mundi is a lightweight 4X strategy game set in the medieval period where 4 players compete to create the most influential empire. Expand your empire over the map, convert more people to your religion, and control more trade routes.
Why similar: 4X 52.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Historical 10%, Strategy 7.3%, Medieval 6.1%
- #41 Total War: ROME REMASTERED
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,374 reviews2021
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Total War: ROME REMASTERED lets you relive the legacy that defined the award-winning strategy game series. Remastered to 4K with multiple improvements to visuals as well as refinements to gameplay, it’s time to revisit a true classic. Not everyone gets a second chance to conquer the Roman Empire.
Why similar: 4X 26.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, RTS 16%, Historical 10.6%, Real Time Tactics 7.6%
- #42 Knights of Honor
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,370 reviews2009
Dev: Black Sea Studios LtdPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.4% ★, RTS 20.3%, Medieval 14%, Strategy 13.1%, Historical 12.6%
- #43 Imperial Kingdoms
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BaroxxTech
Windows · Linux
Lead a medieval kingdom through expansion, warfare and economic growth. Manage resources, supply your capital and research new technologies to strengthen your realm. Customize your armies and conquer rival kingdoms across dynamic hex maps.
Why similar: 4X 40.2% ★, Grand Strategy 27.6% ★, Historical 10.6%, Strategy 9.7%, Medieval 6.4%
- #44 文明征程
71% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: 广州小鑫互娱科技有限公司
Windows
《文明征程》是一款以历史文明为背景的策略游戏,让玩家扮演一位伟大的文明开拓者,带领自己的国家蓬勃发展。在游戏中,你将面临各种挑战和决策,需要智慧和策略来发展经济、建设城市、训练军队,同时也要与其他玩家进行外交交流和战争对抗。
Why similar: 4X 32.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Historical 15.6%, RTS 14.5%, War 8.4%
- #45 Veterans: Napoleonic Wars
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tactical Boar
Windows
Experience the ultimate Napoleonic Wars Wargame where every volley matters. Command history and turn the tides of war in this immersive Real-Time Strategy experience. Quick decisions and keen tactical formations are the only things that stand between your troops and victory.
Why similar: Action RTS 28.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, RTS 13.8%, Historical 9%, Real Time Tactics 8.7%
- #46 Grow Empire: Rome
70% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Games Station
Windows
Hey Caesar! Defend your fortress and build your roman empire
Why similar: 4X 23.6% ★, Action RTS 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, RTS 13.1%, Historical 11%
- #47 Rush The Towers
69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Ian Jowe
Windows
Will you break through enemy defenses, or watch your forces fall before the towers?
Why similar: Action RTS 40.2% ★, RTS 27.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Medieval 7.7%, Casual 4.9%
- #48 NationWar:Annals
70% matchMixed68% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
Why similar: 4X 27.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, RTS 17%, Historical 9.7%, Real Time Tactics 8.1%
- #49 Songs of the Chalice
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: vodasoft_tm
Windows
Song of the Chalice is a simple 3D realtime strategy for a single player with tower defense mechanics, inspired by the events of the Hussite era (1419-1420).
Why similar: Action RTS 38.6% ★, RTS 26.5%, Strategy 10.5%, War 7.2%, Medieval 6.4%
- #50 Primordial Nation
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vezeko
Windows
Embark on a journey to explore & expand your nation through the early ages of antiquity. Lead it to exploit the lands and exterminate those who oppose you! This ambitious 4X/Grand Strategy game incorporates immersive city-building with RTS elements to the fray!
Why similar: 4X 26.5% ★, Action RTS 23.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6% ★, RTS 15%, Real Time Tactics 6.9%
- #51 Sadness Of Valor
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: One Man Studio for GamesPub: Slordef
Windows
Build, manage, fight in a post apocalyptic RTS game
Why similar: Action RTS 34.1% ★, RTS 22.2%, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, War 6.2%, Strategy 6.1%
- #52 Grand Tactician: Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815)
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Fight the campaigns and battles of Napoleon from the French Revolutionary Wars all the way to Waterloo’s muddy, crimson fields.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.6% ★, RTS 21.2%, Historical 19.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Real Time Tactics 9.8%
- #53 Marshals of War: Orcblood
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sylvest Studios
Windows
Command powerful heroes and epic armies in Marshals of War: Orcblood, a stylized fantasy action Real Time Strategy game. Cast spells, defeat bosses, loot treasure, build defenses, and lead men, dwarves and elves to victory, in solo, or co-op against the orcs and their masters.
Why similar: RTS 28.6%, Action RTS 28.2% ★, War 12.2%, Strategy 8%, PvE 6.5%
- #54 Battles of Chaos
67% 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: Action RTS 25.8% ★, RTS 20.7%, Historical 11.1%, Real Time Tactics 9.4%, PvE 9.2%
- #55 Paper Battlefield
66% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Bros Ogon's
Windows
A strategy where battles are limited only by the boundaries of the notebook! Experience a unique real-time strategy experience where every battle unfolds on the pages of a sketchbook, and all your units and structures are drawn with ink!
Why similar: Action RTS 32% ★, RTS 24.2%, War 12.5%, Hand-drawn 8%, PvE 7.8%
- #56 Annexation
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hotkey Clicker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Annexation is a fast-paced real-time strategy game with old-school roots. Build bases, train armies, and outmaneuver your enemy to claim victory. Start by playing the campaign and then challenge yourself in Arcade Missions, which bring the intensity of multiplayer RTS into a single-player setting.
Why similar: Action RTS 45.3% ★, RTS 23.7%, PvE 13.1%, Strategy 8%, Medieval 4.3%
- #57 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 14,744 reviews2018
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical flashpoint in history. Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans and Viking settlers clash for control. What Kingdom will you build?
Why similar: RTS 23.3%, Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Historical 22.2%, Strategy 10.6%, War 9.3%