- #1 Fracture the Flag
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 110 reviews2016
Dev: One Wheel Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fracture the Flag is not the usual hyper click fest of an RTS... Take some time, gather your resources, plan your strategy and then knock the crud out your opponents!
Why similar: RTS 41.8%, Strategy 40.4%, Indie 17.8%
- #2 Conran - The dinky Raccoon
96% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Nifty Productions
Windows
Blast your way through waves of enemies. Kill bots, collect their scraps to upgrade your weapons, take advantage of the dynamically changing arena and, eventually, buy yourself free.
Why similar: Strategy 49.7%, Action 29%, Indie 21.3%
- #3 King of the World
95% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2018
Dev: Contec Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
King of the World is the gameplay from RISK in a Real-time strategy setting. Fight up to 12 players at once while scheming, backstabbing, making shallow alliances or simply conquer to become the last man standing.
Why similar: Real-Time 36.9% ★, Strategy 28.7%, RTS 22.2%, Indie 12.3%
- #4 APT
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: RIP Studios LLC
Windows
Put your skills to the test and challenge yourself in this new breed of platformer. Refine your mechanics, earn the ranks, then post them against the community on the Steam Leaderboards.
Why similar: Strategy 49.2%, Action 28.7%, Indie 22.1%
- #5 Children of the Galaxy
94% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Filip Dusek, Empty Keys
Windows
Children of the Galaxy is a grand scale 4x turn-based strategy game with a turn-based combat and tactical elements. You can explore the galaxy, colonize planets and build huge armies of starships to fight in epic space battles.
Why similar: 4X 59% ★, Strategy 28.3%, Indie 12.7%
- #6 SPACECOM
94% matchMixed68% of 527 reviews2014
Dev: Flow CombinePub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.
Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, RTS 26.1%, Real-Time 13.4% ★, Tactical 11.3%, Strategy 11%
- #7 Firmament Wars
93% matchMixed65% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Neverworks Games
Windows
Firmament Wars is a multiplayer strategy game with fast-paced real-time warfare. Build a wall, fire cannons, and launch missiles on your way to victory! Select from 7 government types and compete with up to 8 players on a variety of maps! Go forth and conquer!
Why similar: Real-Time 25.5% ★, 4X 16% ★, Strategy 16%, Fast-Paced 14.6%, RTS 13.1%
- #8 Ancestors Legacy Free Peasant Edition
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 880 reviews2018
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Ancestors Legacy Free Peasant Edition represents a part of the full product. Get a taste of medieval battles in this free version of the acclaimed historical RTS! 4 SP missions and 17 MP maps are now available to everyone. Challenge friends, AI, or take part in our League that will start in March!
Why similar: Real-Time 29.4% ★, RTS 21.4%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Strategy 17.9%, Tactical 13.4%
- #9 Ancestors Legacy
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,549 reviews2018
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.
Why similar: RTS 24%, Real-Time 23.8% ★, Strategy 17.4%, Medieval 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%
- #10 Ephemeris
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YrdVaab
Windows
Guide your civilization to epic victory in Ephemeris, the upcoming turn-based space war strategy game. Spread your civilization across the galaxy, unlock new tech, design warships and crush your enemies in cinematic, fully 3D real-time space battles!
Why similar: Real-Time 29.7% ★, 4X 29% ★, RTS 19.4%, Tactical 9.5%, Strategy 8.2%
- #11 Crush Your Enemies
91% matchVery Positive81% of 439 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 32.6%, Strategy 22.9%, Fast-Paced 18.2%, Action 11.2%, Indie 9.3%
- #12 Chieftain
90% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Splout Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chieftain is a fantasy game of world conquest - containing elements of a procedurally generated 4X world, and real-time skirmishes including hundreds of soldiers on screen battling for your dominion and reign to be supreme!
Why similar: 4X 32.7% ★, Strategy 30.6%, RTS 24.4%, Indie 12.3%
- #13 Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
89% matchMixed70% of 315 reviews2018
Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Take command of mighty Vikings, sly Persians or brutish Demons! Destroy your opponent’s base while defending your own in this action-packed side-scrolling RTS!
Why similar: Real-Time 24% ★, Strategy 21.1%, RTS 19.2%, Action 10.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%
- #14 Circle Empires
88% matchVery Positive90% of 4,100 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Why similar: RTS 33%, Real-Time 32.1% ★, Strategy 25.5%, Indie 9.5%
- #15 Empires Apart
89% matchMixed68% of 2,472 reviews2018
Dev: DESTINYbitPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.
Why similar: RTS 31.5%, Real-Time 26.5% ★, Strategy 17.9%, Tactical 10.8%, Great Soundtrack 6.9%
- #16 Hold The Fort
87% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: Monster Tooth Studios
Windows
Dive into intense, fantasy, tower defense action! Using turrets, spells, and your cunning, you must defend your kingdom against an onslaught of enemies launching a surprise attack while the king is away.
Why similar: Real-Time 22.7% ★, Strategy 20%, Fast-Paced 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Tactical 9.4%
- #17 Age of Space
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PodPal Games
Windows
Evolve from being a nobody to being the center of power! Age of space combines real time resource management with tactical combat. Work as a mercenary for clients in our solar system as you gradually get dragged into a liberation war between the Martians and the UEA. Who will you side with?
Why similar: 4X 26.6% ★, RTS 26.2%, Strategy 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Tactical 6.3%
- #18 Krush Kill ‘N Destroy 2: Krossfire
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 391 reviews2020
Dev: Beam SoftwarePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Krush Kill 'N Destroy 2: Krossfire is a fast and furious post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game where you have to be quick or be dead. Play as one of three unique factions in the struggle to seek out and conquer oil fields to fuel your army.
Why similar: Real-Time 45% ★, Strategy 30.5%, RTS 19.1%, Action 5.4%
- #19 Civlands
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nexodus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Civlands combines elements from legendary RTS titles with epic turn-based strategy to provide a unique hybrid of tactical, real time strategy, with the grandeur, minutia, and depth of turn-based gameplay. Will you be the number one Civ?
Why similar: Real-Time 28.6% ★, Strategy 23.5%, RTS 17.2%, Tactical 10.7%, Indie 10.1%
- #20 LazerGrrl
77% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: Sandwich Generation
Windows
Fast paced PVP strategy. Bomberman meets RTS.
Why similar: Strategy 34%, Fast-Paced 18.9%, Action 18.3%, Indie 14.5%, RTS 14.3%
- #21 Sins of a Solar Empire II
76% matchVery Positive84% of 8,167 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Why similar: 4X 33.3% ★, RTS 23%, Real-Time 19.9% ★, Strategy 12.9%, Tactical 10.9%
- #22 Skeleton Boomerang
84% matchVery Positive96% of 186 reviews2017
Dev: Skeleboom ProjectPub: Artisano
Windows
Skeleton Boomerang is a platformer where the hero, Hunter, must use an enchanted boomerang to put an end to an army of bony soldiers led by the voodoo master Mr. Saturday. Get high scores, collect upgrades, find secrets, and overcome many skeletal challenges!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 58.1%, Action 24%, Indie 17.9%
- #23 Zero-K
82% matchVery Positive94% of 4,227 reviews2018
Dev: Zero-K Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.
Why similar: RTS 37.6%, Real-Time 37% ★, Strategy 19.8%, Indie 5.6%
- #24 Galactic Dominion
84% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Forever Years
Windows
Galactic Dominion is a fast paced 4x space strategy game. Explore the stars, perform research, manage your colonies, build a fleet, defend your systems, and conquer the galaxy. Play through an epic story driven campaign or alternatively customize your games for countless re-playability!
Why similar: 4X 24.2% ★, Fast-Paced 21.5%, Strategy 18.9%, RTS 16.5%, Action 10.7%
- #25 Star Ruler
85% matchVery Positive83% of 340 reviews2010
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
Why similar: 4X 42.8% ★, Strategy 22.5%, RTS 19.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%, Indie 6.6%
- #26 Tanks vs Aliens
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: VR FeaturesPub: K Bros Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Hordes of alien tanks have flooded the streets, spreading chaos and terror everywhere they go. You’re the only one who can save humanity! Explore the world of futuristic tank battles in a brand new real-time strategy and base defense game.
Why similar: Strategy 40.7%, RTS 30.3%, Great Soundtrack 23.1%, Action 5.9%
- #27 Nexagon: Deathmatch
81% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Strategy First
Windows
Unfolding in the fourth millennium, this is a real-time, 3D, action-packed game of mortal arena combat that emphasizes tactics and features advancement and fortress building in a high stakes blood sport. Battle for freedom in a televised tournament in a completely destructible environment.
Why similar: Real-Time 31.8% ★, Strategy 23.3%, RTS 20.7%, Action 12.3%, Tactical 12%
- #28 Dust Fleet
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 209 reviews2023
Dev: Orbiting DiscoPub: indie.io
Windows
Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.
Why similar: Real-Time 33% ★, 4X 31.6% ★, Tactical 12.8%, Strategy 11.4%, RTS 7.7%
- #29 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
75% matchVery Positive87% of 11,704 reviews2022
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.2 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 34.9%, Real-Time 26.5% ★, Strategy 20.5%, Tactical 13%, Great Soundtrack 5.1%
- #30 Astral Ooze
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ClassyC LLC
Windows
Astral Ooze is a sci-fi realtime strategy game. Your astral ooze generates over time for every controlled star. Expand your astral ooze and conquer the stars!
Why similar: Real-Time 47.9% ★, RTS 20.3%, Tactical 14.5%, Strategy 14.1%, Indie 3.2%
- #31 The Dark Legions
79% matchVery Positive86% of 171 reviews2016
Dev: Marcell BaranyaiPub: Mascot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Dark Legions is a 3d real-time strategy game in the medieval ages. You can command your army and build your empire through story driven missions. Or you can prove your strength against computer players, on randomly generated missions.
Why similar: RTS 37%, Strategy 25.4%, Medieval 24.6%, Indie 13%
- #32 AI War: Fleet Command
81% matchVery Positive82% of 1,594 reviews2009
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...
Why similar: Strategy 34%, RTS 23.4%, 4X 22.2% ★, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Tactical 6.9%
- #33 Conquest: Frontier Wars
78% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Fever Pitch StudiosPub: Descendent Studios
Windows
Expand your fleet, explore your universe, and crush your opponents! Conquest: Frontier Wars features large-scale fleet battles, intelligent admirals who serve as hero units, and pulse-pounding deep space RTS Sci-Fi gameplay!
Why similar: Real-Time 47.2% ★, Strategy 32%, RTS 20.8%
- #34 Form of a Legend
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ascent; Bias
Windows
Form of a Legend is a real time strategy game set on a fantasy world with different races. Build and manage your civilization to make your story a legend.
Why similar: Strategy 31.3%, Real-Time 28.4% ★, RTS 17.1%, Indie 13.4%, Medieval 9.9%
- #35 Tempest Rising
63% matchVery Positive88% of 10,866 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.1 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 56.3%, Strategy 24.5%, Real-Time 12.9% ★, Great Soundtrack 4.9%, Action 1.5%
- #36 Gray Zone
71% matchMixed68% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: EastWorks
Windows
Gray Zone is best described as Men of War meets Commandos in a futuristic coat. It's an odyssey of a slave who turned against his masters. Use stealth or direct combat in a squad-based encounters. Expect memorable characters, fun dialogues and lots of action!
Why similar: Real-Time 36.9% ★, RTS 20.8%, Tactical RPG 12%, Tactical 11.8%, Strategy 9.9%
- #37 Siege of Turtle Enclave
79% matchMostly Negative29% of 17 reviews2015
Dev: The Conjurer's Tower
Windows · Linux
A turn based strategy game with real time battles! Build up your settlement, train mighty armies, research technologies, cast spells, discover hidden goodies and more as you fight your way across the map to overthrow the enemy warlord in his keep!
Why similar: 4X 48.1% ★, Strategy 27.5%, Medieval 17.4%, Indie 7%
- #38 Fortify
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Holgersson Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.
Why similar: RTS 34.6%, Strategy 34.5%, Action 16.8%, Indie 14.1%
- #39 Machines At War 3
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2014
Dev: Isotope 244 LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Real time strategy game featuring over 130 different types of units and technologies, 21 campaign missions with characters and an intriguing story, unlimited random map skirmishes with many customizable settings, network multiplayer to challenge your friends, and so much more in this RTS!
Why similar: RTS 38%, Strategy 34.8%, Action 15.4%, Indie 11.9%
- #40 Seven Nations
75% matchMixed45% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
The leaders of the seven nations failed to reach a peace agreement. All kingdoms are now at war.
Why similar: Real-Time 28% ★, Strategy 21%, RTS 18.4%, Action 11.9%, Tactical 11.5%
- #41 Astra Exodus
74% matchMixed45% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Atomic KaiserPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Astra Exodus is a single player turn based Sci-fi 4X strategy game inspired by the classics, with a multiple choice narrative driven epic campaign, top down real time tactical battles and an extensive semi-randomized research grid.
Why similar: Strategy 33.6%, 4X 20.7% ★, Real-Time 16.2% ★, Indie 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%
- #42 Cursed Cove
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: DeepRootsDevelop
Windows
Cursed Cove is an exciting 3D strategic game where players immerse themselves in a dark world of pirates and necromancy. Your task is to capture the enemy tower using an army of skeletons that you can summon.
Why similar: Real-Time 69.9% ★, Strategy 15.2%, Indie 7.6%, Action 7.3%
- #43 Spirit Oath
70% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Triangle Square
Windows
Rebuild the world tile by tile and create patterns to summon units to your command, as masses of enemies attack your core. Cast spells to assist your troops in battle, and don't stop until total annihilation of the enemy.
Why similar: Real-Time 23.4% ★, Strategy 21.2%, RTS 21.1%, Great Soundtrack 13.4%, Indie 9.3%
- #44 Launched!
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Snap Games
Windows
Launched! is a small scale RTS about building and launching an arsenal of missiles at the other island in the distance.
Why similar: Strategy 35.7%, Action 18.6%, Fast-Paced 16.8%, RTS 13.7%, Tactical 9.4%
- #45 It Stares Back
70% matchVery Positive93% of 92 reviews2019
Dev: Light Arc Studio Ltd
Windows
Enter The Great Tapestry: Once a land of candy-colored dreams, now a tattered realm of perilous ruin. This dark-fantasy RTS weaves RPG mechanics into a hand painted, lore-rich story. Will you gaze into the void? Be wary, traveler... IT STARES BACK
Why similar: Strategy 19.5%, RTS 15.8%, Satire 15.1% ★, Fast-Paced 13.6%, Action 10%
- #46 Escape Lizards
73% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Egodystonic StudiosPub: Independent
Windows
Escape Lizards is simple: Tilt the platforms to roll your lizard egg from the start point to the finishing bell at the end of the level. However, things are never as simple as they seem...
Why similar: Action 55.4%, Indie 44.6%
- #47 Data Defense
71% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2019
Dev: 2Blocks
Windows · Mac
Defend your data servers from viral corruption in Data Defense - a minimalist tower defense set in cyberspace.
Why similar: Real-Time 31.3% ★, Strategy 26.7%, RTS 18.8%, Tactical 11.8%, Indie 11.4%
- #48 Meridian: Squad 22
73% matchMixed66% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Meridian: Squad 22 is a single-player science-fiction real-time strategy game with a focus on base building and advanced tactics. Every single choice, every tactical decision you make, shapes the outcome of your story.
Why similar: Strategy 36.6%, RTS 30.8%, Action 18.7%, Indie 13.9%
- #49 Battle Realms: Zen Edition
58% matchVery Positive88% of 4,182 reviews2025
Dev: Ed Del Castillo
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 33.8 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 43.7%, Strategy 30.4%, Fast-Paced 13.9%, Action 11.9%
- #50 Colony
73% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: eugeniy_kh
Windows · Mac · Linux
There are 2 colonies on the playing field, one of which you control. You have to improve it, develop it technologically and defeat the enemy.
Why similar: Real-Time 34.8% ★, Strategy 29.6%, RTS 23%, Indie 12.7%
- #51 Command & Conquer™ Tiberium Alliances
63% matchMostly Negative38% of 295 reviews2025
Dev: EA PhenomicPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
From the genre-defining RTS franchise Command & Conquer comes a unique, free-to-play strategic warfare MMO experience!
Why similar: RTS 35.1%, Real-Time 32.2% ★, Tactical RPG 12.2%, Tactical 11.7%, Strategy 8.8%
- #52 WarZone Flashpoint
71% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: Dust Storm Entertainment
Windows
WarZone Flashpoint is in an RTS in development by Dust Storm Entertainment. We're an indie team bringing you a classic RTS formula which we intend to update for a long time to come!
Why similar: Strategy 38.4%, RTS 28%, Action 18.6%, Indie 15%
- #53 Nomad Fleet
72% matchMixed67% of 212 reviews2016
Dev: Autarca
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction. Lead a fully armed fleet of battleships, carriers and fighters through a series of randomized scenarios and encounters where they must fight for their survival while scavenging for resources,...
Why similar: Real-Time 39% ★, Strategy 26.7%, RTS 24.9%, Indie 9.4%
- #54 By Sword & Road
59% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jan Fidler
Windows
Minimalistic RTS game about logistics and war! On this battlefield, supply lines are everything - cut them off and your enemies will wither, or use special abilities to gain the advantage. The game features an original story campaign and skirmish challenges. Conquer your enemies by Sword & Road!
Why similar: 4X 35% ★, RTS 27%, Strategy 13.4%, Medieval 12.2%, Tactical RPG 7.5%
- #55 Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
57% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,190 reviews2024
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.7 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 38.9% ★, RTS 23.5%, Strategy 19.3%, Action 10.7%, Tactical 7.6%
- #56 Star Ruler 2
69% matchVery Positive82% of 719 reviews2015
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Massive scale 4X-RTS set in space. Control hundreds of planets, manipulate galactic politics, research numerous advanced technologies, and command thousands of units and hundreds of planets in your quest for galactic dominance.
Why similar: 4X 47.5% ★, RTS 27.7%, Strategy 19.9%, Indie 4.9%
- #57 StarDrive
72% matchMixed45% of 1,482 reviews2013
Dev: Zero Sum Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.
Why similar: 4X 52.3% ★, RTS 21%, Strategy 20.8%, Indie 6%
- #58 HORDE ATTACK
69% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: Danil Kapylov
Windows
Horde attack is a demolition derby in middle ages! Send swarms of riders from city to city to conquer the huge world in this fast-paced multiplayer strategy game!
Why similar: Strategy 34.2%, RTS 25.7%, Indie 13.7%, Medieval 13.5%, Action 13%
- #59 Elementals Reborn
69% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: alexnown
Windows
In Elementals Reborn you will explore the forgotten lands and fight their inhabitants. In Elementals Reborn, you can find entertainment of your own!
Why similar: Strategy 36.1%, RTS 24.7%, Action 18.5%, Tactical 15.4%, Indie 5.3%