Games Like Circle Empires 2

In this fast-paced multiplayer RTS, you and your friends will take control of your own tiny kingdoms and conquer a world made of circles. Each one is overflowing with enemies to fight, monsters to hunt and loot to hoard – but watch out... Friends can quickly become rivals!

Why similar: Competitive 17.4% ★, Dragons 16.2% ★, RTS 11.3%, Team-Based 11.1%, Online Co-Op 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This direct predecessor offers the same core circular expansion and fast-paced RTS gameplay that defines the series.

Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.

Why similar: RTS 62.2%, Strategy 27.6%, Casual 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: The original title provides the foundational experience of conquering circular territories with unique unit compositions.

Classic RTS gameplay fused with a modern roguelite. Shape your build each run by assembling an evolving arsenal of powerful units and facilities. Harvest resources, build out your base. Raise your army and call down orbital strikes to overcome the forces threatening your survival.

Why similar: Action RTS 29.8% ★, RTS 18.2%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Roguelite 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the roguelite RTS hybrid feel by combining base building with randomized unit upgrades.

Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves. A huge arsenal of towers and a wide variety of enemies clash in a battlefield that grows to your whims. Engage in single, cooperative, and roguelite gameplay.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 23.3%, RTS 19.1%, Roguelite 14.3%, PvE 11.2%, Online Co-Op 10%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends tower defense with roguelite mechanics and complex pathing, mirroring the tactical depth of the seed game.

Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!

Why similar: RTS 51%, Competitive 25.9% ★, Strategy 15%, Action 3.5%, Casual 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A highly streamlined, fast-paced RTS designed for quick matches and intense tactical control.

A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!

Why similar: Action RTS 36.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 20%, RTS 18.8%, Roguelite 13.3%, Base Building 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RTS that incorporates auto-battler elements and roguelite progression for a chaotic combat experience.

Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.

Why similar: Competitive 20.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.9%, Team-Based 14.1%, RTS 13.9%, PvP 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep tactical defense gameplay with a focus on elemental synergies and strategic placement.

Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.

Why similar: Action RTS 31.3% ★, RTS 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Base Building 11.7%, PvP 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RTS that emphasizes base building and resource management within a competitive, fast-paced environment.

In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.

Why similar: RTS 66.2%, Strategy 26.6%, Action 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, lane-based strategy game that emphasizes quick decision-making and rapid unit deployment.

An infinitely replayable multiplayer and single-player tower defense. Defend against waves of enemies and destroy the enemy's king before they destroy yours. Legion TD 2 is a one-of-a-kind game of tactics, teamwork, and prediction. Party as 1-8 players.

Why similar: Competitive 30.6% ★, PvP 14.1%, Base Building 14%, Online Co-Op 12%, PvE 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A lane-based tactical game that requires careful unit management and strategic defense against waves of enemies.

8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.

Why similar: RTS 49.7%, Strategy 22.4%, Base Building 15.6%, Co-op 11.1%, Action 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful, accessible, and fast-paced RTS that focuses on base building and large-scale unit clashes.

Crystal Clash is a mix of Lane Battles and Deckbuilding - with action-packed tug-of-war strategy, just like your favorite RTS mods from back in the day! :) Play 2v2 or co-op with a friend, or pair up with new allies and enemies! Collect cards, build your decks and have fun crushing your enemies!

Why similar: Action RTS 31.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 17%, RTS 12%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, PvP 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines action-RTS mechanics with lane-based tower defense for a fast and competitive experience.

Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.

Why similar: Action RTS 27.1% ★, RTS 20.5%, Real Time Tactics 18.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Top-Down 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a blend of base building and RTS combat with a charming aesthetic and accessible mechanics.

Smelogs Playground is a Free-to-Play Real-Time Strategy game with charming aesthetics and a simple but effective gameplay mechanism. Take over the playful and rocky Smelogs to compete against each other for fun and honor!

Why similar: Action RTS 34.5% ★, RTS 21.4%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Base Building 12.2%, PvP 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A combat-focused RTS that emphasizes quick unit production and skirmish-style warfare.

Play as mythological Gods and smite your enemies in this award-winning, mythological Real-Time Strategy classic given new life. Wage war across timeless campaigns, fierce skirmishes, and god-powered multiplayer modes.

Why similar: Action RTS 25% ★, RTS 19%, Base Building 12.6%, PvE 8.9%, PvP 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a classic RTS experience with hero units and mythological powers that influence the battlefield.

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 57.3%, Strategy 17.3%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Co-op 10.3%, Base Building 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A free, high-speed RTS that features physics-based combat and a wide variety of tactical units.

Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!

Why similar: RTS 33.1%, Roguelite 23.5%, Roguelike 19.1%, Cute 9.6%, Strategy 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that focuses on map expansion and strategic unit placement.

A light Rogue strategy game centered on building and defense. Build your territory, recruit soldiers to fend off enemies. 9 maps, 6 weapons (30 talents), 40 monsters, 30 units/buildings. Plan your pace, control soldiers, choose abilities—enjoy command and strategy.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25.6%, Dragons 19% ★, Roguelite 16.7%, Base Building 13%, Roguelike 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time tactics game that incorporates roguelite elements and city-building for a diverse strategic experience.

A fast-paced roguelike tower defense where you choose your Queen Bee with unique skills and the Artisan to build turrets and cast powerful spells to defend your hive through regions infested with zombees. Face bosses with insane mechanics and survive the Zumbeecalypse!

Why similar: RTS 23.7%, Real Time Tactics 23.6%, Roguelite 15.7%, Roguelike 13.1%, PvE 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines roguelite progression with tower defense and RTS elements for a unique tactical challenge.

Sequel to the acclaimed Legendary Creatures, created by HideChara, and a fun treat combining both roguelike and auto-battler gameplay. Recruit and evolve a large array of troops, creatures, and an arsenal of weapons, to defeat the demon lord spreading corruption across the land.

Why similar: Roguelike 40.8%, Roguelite 40.2%, Strategy 19.1%

Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler with exploration and strategy elements that focuses on building unique creature armies.

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Base Building 45.6%, RTS 42.1%, Strategy 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused RTS that requires intense base defense and rapid expansion against overwhelming odds.

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Action RTS 35% ★, Base Building 27.3%, RTS 20.9%, PvE 11.3%, Strategy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A base-building RTS that focuses on defending against massive waves of enemies with tactical fortifications.

A desolate realm, kept in flux by the rhythm of battle. A proving ground for those with great ambition. A Year Of Rain is the ultimate team real-time strategy game. Choose your faction, team up and take control of a legendary hero to lead your armies!

Why similar: Competitive 22.8% ★, RTS 19%, Team-Based 15.4%, Base Building 12.5%, PvP 10%

Why You'll Like It: A team-based RTS that focuses on hero units and co-op strategy in a fantasy setting.

Collectible cards spring to life in this wacky Tactical CCG. Assemble a deck to challenge your friends and rivals, and engage in glorious CARD BATTLES! Will you choose fearsome dragons, or the deadly squirrels?

Why similar: Dragons 37.1% ★, PvP 33.9%, Strategy 19.8%, Cute 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game that uses card-battler mechanics to influence unit placement and combat.

The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.6%, RTS 20.3%, Co-op 10%, Online Co-Op 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A grand-strategy RTS that focuses on asymmetric warfare and complex, large-scale tactical operations.

Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.

Why similar: RTS 33.3%, Action RTS 19.6% ★, Base Building 19%, Strategy 11.4%, PvP 6.1%

Seize power and build an empire of fuzzy cellular automata monsters! Herd hundreds of mindless subjects to smash your rivals' castles and steal their territory in this RTS inspired by Conway's Game of Life.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 27.6%, RTS 24.4%, Base Building 19.6%, PvP 14.7%, PvE 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique wargame that uses automation and base-building mechanics to manage large-scale conflicts.

Trouble stirs on the shores of Aurania. An ambitious new faction has unearthed forbidden relics capable of catastrophic consequences. But how far will they go to achieve glory? Take to the battlefield, sea, and sky with a cast of new Commanders, using your wits to wage turn-based war!

Why similar: PvP 37.4%, Roguelike 26.4%, Co-op 22.5%, Strategy 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game that features hero units and turn-based combat with a focus on map control.

Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.

Why similar: Action RTS 30% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, RTS 17.6%, Base Building 11.5%, PvP 10%

Retreating ends here. Defend Bastion against evil hordes, reclaim lost powers, rebuild ancient ruins, and adapt your tactics to reverse the siege. Shape your playstyle in this hero-strategy rogue-lite solo or co-op up to 3 players.

Why similar: Action RTS 32% ★, RTS 16%, Roguelite 12.3%, PvE 9.7%, Online Co-Op 9.1%

A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 38.5%, Roguelite 27.9%, Roguelike 18.5%, Strategy 10.9%, Casual 4.2%

Just King is an action auto-battler with roguelike elements. Assemble your party to venture into different lands fighting fearsome kings and their deadly armies. Use your loot to hire and upgrade mighty heroes... or the bard.

Why similar: Roguelite 25.1%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Roguelike 17.2%, PvP 14.2%, Strategy 9.4%

Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25.9%, RTS 25.2%, Base Building 17.7%, Co-op 10.5%, Online Co-Op 10.4%

The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run

Why similar: RTS 26.1%, Real Time Tactics 19.7%, Base Building 18.4%, Roguelite 14.9%, Roguelike 14.4%

Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.

Why similar: Roguelite 28.1%, Roguelike 27.2%, Strategy 13.5%, Top-Down 13.4%, Cute 12.8%

TURN-BASED TACTICS meets SNAKE: A new roguelike in the Genome Guardian universe. SPLICE DNA to create new units, enhance their genetics, and take on the Abyss virus once more in a variety of different modes & match types.

Why similar: Roguelite 35.8%, Roguelike 30.7%, Top-Down 18.5%, Strategy 9%, Casual 3.8%

Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!

Why similar: Action RTS 29.5% ★, RTS 21.8%, Base Building 12.4%, PvP 10.1%, PvE 9.3%

Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.

Why similar: Roguelike 48.1%, PvP 29.6%, Strategy 22.3%

From the team that brought you 8-Bit Armies comes a new fantasy RTS as fast-paced and friendly as the original! 8-BIT HORDES is a colorful strategy-arcade game that is easy to learn for players of all skill levels. Collect resources, build up and defend your base, amass your army of orcs or humans and ultimately crush your opponents!

Why similar: RTS 68.8%, Strategy 31.2%

An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 23.1%, RTS 21.6%, PvE 14.8%, PvP 12.9%, Online Co-Op 11.9%

Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!

Why similar: Top-Down 63.5%, Strategy 36.5%

A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.

Why similar: PvP 43.3%, Roguelike 27.2%, Strategy 22.2%, Cute 7.3%

{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.

Why similar: RTS 56.4%, Base Building 23.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Co-op 7.2%, Action 1.4%

As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!

Why similar: RTS 32.4%, Base Building 26%, Roguelite 18.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Top-Down 8.6%

Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!

Why similar: Base Building 69.1%, Strategy 22.8%, Action 8.1%

The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!

Why similar: Roguelike 33.5%, Co-op 25.6%, Roguelite 23.3%, Strategy 17.6%

The chaotic co-op railroad construction game is back! Team up with your friends to build a railroad through procedurally generated worlds with new biomes and bosses. Permanently upgrade your character and engine, even create your own levels - just don‘t let your train derail!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.7%, Online Co-Op 19%, Roguelike 18.2%, Co-op 13.7%, Top-Down 13.6%

A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.

Why similar: PvP 65.5%, Strategy 34.5%

Battle Nations is back! Build your empire and lead your armies to victory! Choose from traditional troops and vehicles or unleash exotic forces like mammoths, velociraptors, sandworms, and futuristic plasma units!

Why similar: RTS 46.2%, Base Building 27%, Strategy 16%, Action 6.2%, Casual 4.6%

Welcome to the frontlines! Build towers, muster armies, and conquer the map. Challenge yourself in the single-player campaign following the Chroma Wars, survive relentless waves in solo defense, or battle it out in local matches against friends and AI bots. Victory comes with the last HQ standing!

Why similar: Action RTS 28.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.7%, RTS 16.7%, Base Building 11.6%, PvP 9.8%

Multiwinia is a fast-paced, retro-inspired RTS that blends arcade action with strategic depth. Command armies of Multiwinians in multiplayer battles across vibrant, nostalgic environments. With simple controls and dynamic gameplay, it offers endless fun and challenge for players of all skill levels.

Why similar: Action RTS 29.5% ★, RTS 23.5%, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, PvP 9.2%, Top-Down 8.5%

The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.

Why similar: RTS 56.8%, Top-Down 22.1%, Strategy 14.7%, Action 6.5%

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 31% ★, RTS 19.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Base Building 14.2%, PvE 8.6%

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: Action RTS 34.8% ★, RTS 28.1%, Real Time Tactics 22.5%, Strategy 6.8%, Top-Down 6.1%

Roboden is a fresh take on the RTS genre: less micro-control tedium with more units!

Why similar: RTS 23%, Action RTS 22% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.5%, Roguelite 12.5%, Base Building 10%

An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

Why similar: Base Building 34.9%, RTS 18.7%, Strategy 10.8%, Co-op 10.6%, Online Co-Op 8.7%