- #1 Door Kickers
97% matchVery Positive94% of 10,032 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: Tactical 24.8%, Real-Time with Pause 23.3% ★, Top-Down 8.5%, Real Time Tactics 7.7%, Moddable 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the core real-time-with-pause tactical gameplay loop.
- #2 No Plan B
96% matchVery Positive87% of 802 reviews2024
Dev: GFX47
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.
Why similar: Military 19.5%, Tactical 16.2%, Top-Down 15.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A highly similar tactical squad game that emphasizes planning and execution in a top-down perspective.
- #3 Thunder Tier One
96% matchMixed69% of 5,635 reviews2021
Dev: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Thunder Tier One is a realistic top-down shooter where you join an elite special operations team tasked with stopping a dangerous terrorist organization wreaking havoc across the fictional Eastern European country of Salobia.
Why similar: Moddable 18.4%, Military 16.7%, Tactical 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down tactical shooter that captures the squad-based military feel of the seed game.
- #4 Police Stories
95% matchVery Positive85% of 9,605 reviews2019
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!
Why similar: Tactical 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Co-op 16.7%, Strategy 8.8%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features top-down tactical combat with a heavy focus on non-lethal options and situational awareness.
- #5 Breach & Clear
94% matchVery Positive82% of 2,429 reviews2014
Dev: Mighty Rabbit StudiosPub: Gun Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to PC, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.Choose your real-world squad -- US Army Rangers, Germany's KSK, Canada’s JTF2, UK SAS, and more -- and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets and...
Why similar: Tactical 48.8%, Military 22.3%, Strategy 17.7%, Action 4.3%, Top-Down 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on squad-based tactical entry and room clearing with a strong emphasis on loadout management.
- #6 Intravenous 2
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,547 reviews2024
Dev: Explosive Squat GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.
Why similar: Tactical 34.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Violent 13.8%, Top-Down 13.3%, Gore 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical stealth and action with a focus on careful planning and execution.
- #7 GROUND BRANCH
94% matchVery Positive88% of 23,435 reviews2018
Dev: BlackFoot StudiosPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.
Why similar: Tactical 35.9%, Military 35.4%, Co-op 8%, War 7.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deeply realistic tactical military experience with extensive customization and squad-based objectives.
- #8 Ready or Not
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 333,837 reviews2023
Dev: VOID Interactive
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Become an elite SWAT commander and bring order to a city overwhelmed by chaos and corruption.
Why similar: Tactical 45.8%, Co-op 18.5%, Multiplayer 11%, Violent 9.9%, Gore 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic tactical shooter that demands the same level of caution and squad coordination as the seed game.
- #9 Zero Hour
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 33,152 reviews2024
Dev: AttritoM7 Productions
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.
Why similar: Tactical 37.9%, Military 26.4%, Co-op 14.7%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Strategy 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical shooter that incorporates planning and realistic mechanics in a modern military setting.
- #10 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
91% matchVery Positive85% of 32,456 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 75.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Moddable 17.5%, Military 13.4%, Level Editor 12.2%, RTS 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a complex tactical RTS experience with realistic military combat mechanics.
- #11 Black One Blood Brothers
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,409 reviews2022
Dev: Helios Studio
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.
Why similar: Military 25.5%, Tactical 19.8%, Level Editor 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, War 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical simulation that allows for deep control over squad members in high-stakes missions.
- #12 Six Days in Fallujah
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 16,224 reviews2023
Dev: Highwire GamesPub: Victura
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Six Days in Fallujah is an intensely realistic first-person tactical shooter based on true stories from one of this century’s toughest urban battles.
Why similar: Military 31.8%, Tactical 25.2%, War 19%, Co-op 14.6%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic tactical shooter that focuses on the intensity and danger of modern urban military operations.
- #13 RUNNING WITH RIFLES
89% matchVery Positive88% of 16,644 reviews2015
Dev: Osumia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.
Why similar: Moddable 23.4%, Military 19.4%, Tactical 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Top-Down 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down military shooter that captures the chaos and scale of modern battlefield tactics.
- #14 WARNO
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 15,637 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 70.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Military 20.1%, RTS 13.5%, War 11.5%, Moddable 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that provides a large-scale look at modern military strategy and unit coordination.
- #15 Broken Arrow
87% matchMixed56% of 31,376 reviews2025
Dev: Steel BalalaikaPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 35.7 hrsMean: 86.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.
Why similar: Action RTS 20.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 20%, RTS 14.9%, Tactical 12.3%, War 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A modern wargame that emphasizes tactical unit management and realistic military hardware.
- #16 Frozen Synapse
86% matchVery Positive83% of 2,620 reviews2011
Dev: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.
Why similar: Tactical 53.8%, Strategy 20%, Top-Down 10.9%, Multiplayer 9%, Indie 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features simultaneous turn-based tactical planning that mirrors the strategic depth of the seed game.
- #17 Syrian Warfare
86% matchVery Positive87% of 5,518 reviews2017
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 22.4%, Military 20.2%, RTS 15.3%, Tactical 13.6%, War 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic real-time tactics game that focuses on modern military equipment and squad positioning.
- #18 Men of War II
85% matchMixed61% of 7,369 reviews2024
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience warfare like never before! Men of War II, the anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed RTS franchise is here with all-new units, locations, campaigns, game modes and true trademarks of the series: historical fidelity and action-filled gameplay on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WWII.
Why similar: Moddable 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Level Editor 12.7%, Military 12.1%, RTS 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers granular control over individual units and vehicles in a tactical RTS environment.
- #19 Arma Reforger
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 52,475 reviews2023
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 91.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.
Why similar: Military 33.2%, Real Time Tactics 19.9%, Tactical 15.3%, War 14.6%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic military simulation that emphasizes communication and tactical movement in large environments.
- #20 Invisible, Inc.
84% matchVery Positive91% of 5,741 reviews2015
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Why similar: Tactical 69.2%, Strategy 27.8%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that requires meticulous planning and squad management to succeed.
- #21 OPERATOR
82% matchVery Positive85% of 6,650 reviews2023
Dev: VECTOR INTERACTIVE PTY LTD
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.
Why similar: Tactical 32.3%, War 25.1%, Gore 16.4%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Strategy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic tactical shooter that focuses on the precision and planning required for special operations.
- #22 Command: Modern Operations
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,614 reviews2019
Dev: Command Development TeamPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.
Why similar: Military 55.6%, RTS 21.2%, Strategy 11.6%, War 7.6%, Co-op 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep military simulation that focuses on the strategic and tactical aspects of modern warfare.
- #23 Jagged Alliance 3
82% matchVery Positive89% of 14,509 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
Why similar: Tactical 48.1%, Strategy 20.3%, Military 19.2%, Co-op 7.7%, Action 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A squad-based tactical game that rewards careful planning and strategic positioning.
- #24 Rebel Inc: Escalation
81% matchVery Positive82% of 7,362 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.1% ★, Moddable 15.8%, Military 13.2%, Tactical 11.3%, War 10%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic military game that requires careful management of resources and tactical responses to insurgency.
- #25 Call to Arms
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 24,007 reviews2018
Dev: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.
Why similar: Military 27.3%, RTS 17.1%, Tactical 13.8%, War 13.7%, Strategy 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends real-time strategy with direct control, allowing for tactical flexibility in military engagements.
- #26 Due Process
79% matchVery Positive81% of 8,530 reviews2020
Dev: Giant Enemy Crab
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A PVP tactical FPS about PLANNING & EXECUTION. Sound strategy and good teamwork are essential for victory because new PROCEDURALLY-GENERATED MAPS are delivered every week. You'll face a new tactical challenge every round.
Why similar: Tactical 61.6%, Multiplayer 20.8%, Strategy 17.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical shooter that forces teams to plan their entry and execute with precision.
- #27 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,295 reviews2016
Dev: Mimimi GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
Why similar: Tactical 37.3%, Real Time Tactics 33.5%, Strategy 12.1%, RTS 8.5%, Violent 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical stealth game that requires precise planning and synchronization of squad actions.
- #28 Squad
78% matchVery Positive81% of 238,913 reviews2020
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 112.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.
Why similar: Military 41.6%, Tactical 24%, War 16.9%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Action 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A team-based tactical shooter that requires constant communication and coordination to succeed.
- #29 Invasion Machine
80% matchMixed65% of 626 reviews2020
Dev: Pixel Machine
Windows
Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.
Why similar: Military 25.3%, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, RTS 13%, Tactical 10.8%, War 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical simulation that focuses on the complexities of modern military occupation and combat.
- #30 Company of Heroes 3
78% matchMixed57% of 38,997 reviews2023
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 78.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
Why similar: Action RTS 18.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, RTS 13.3%, Military 11.6%, Co-op 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that emphasizes unit positioning and the use of terrain in combat.
- #31 Gray Zone Warfare
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 76,522 reviews2024
Dev: MADFINGER Games, a.s.
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 48.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.
Why similar: Military 35.9%, Tactical 31.8%, War 18.7%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Action 4.8%
- #32 Operation: Harsh Doorstop
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,321 reviews2023
Dev: Drakeling Labs
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by developers of the cancelled Project Reality 2 project.
Why similar: Military 32.8%, Tactical 20.2%, War 14.4%, Moddable 13.3%, Multiplayer 8.9%
- #33 Door Kickers: Action Squad
77% matchVery Positive95% of 10,548 reviews2018
Dev: PixelShardPub: KillHouse Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.
Why similar: Level Editor 34%, Tactical 29%, Co-op 18%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Action 5.6%
- #34 Steel Division 2
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,504 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 52.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 22.5% ★, Military 16%, RTS 13.3%, Moddable 11.8%, Tactical 9.9%
- #35 Phantom Squad
75% matchVery Positive81% of 524 reviews2025
Dev: Ctrl FreakPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Phantom Squad is a 1-4 player co-op tactical top-down shooter blending fast-paced combat with real-time strategy. Play solo or team up through online co-op and matchmaking, coordinating movement, positioning, and split-second decisions to survive intense, high-risk missions.
Why similar: Tactical 24.4%, Real Time Tactics 22.6%, Co-op 17.2%, Military 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%
- #36 Insurgency: Sandstorm
75% matchVery Positive85% of 132,412 reviews2018
Dev: New World InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 56.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.
Why similar: Military 32.1%, Tactical 22.7%, War 12.8%, Co-op 8.3%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #37 Mud and Blood
74% matchVery Positive87% of 860 reviews2021
Dev: urbgames
Windows
Median: 22.0 hrsMean: 51.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Mud and Blood, the cult classic flash real time strategy game, returns with its signature take on infantry tactics. Command a small squad through brutal battles against unfair odds. This is combat. Experience the chaos and unceremonious violence of modern war, where every decision counts.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.9%, Military 14.2%, Tactical 12%, RTS 11.9%
- #38 Tactical Assault VR
73% matchVery Positive82% of 3,428 reviews2023
Dev: HammerFire InteractivePub: 2080 Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Tactical Assault VR is an intense tactical shooter where you use real-world CQB (Close Quarters Battles) tactics to stack up, breach doors and eliminate threats. Play solo or join an online co-op special forces unit in missions around the world.
Why similar: Tactical 48.8%, War 26.1%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Military 5.2%, Action 4.7%
- #39 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
71% matchVery Positive90% of 5,849 reviews2024
Dev: Triassic GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 30.4%, Military 29%, War 17.6%, RTS 9.2%, Strategy 8.8%
- #40 Incursion Red River
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 8,745 reviews2024
Dev: Games Of Tomorrow GmbH
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
IRR is a tactical PvE Co-Op extract shooter set in a de-stabilized and immersive modern-day Vietnam. As a PMC for a mysterious organization, deal with 3 factions that stand to gain from the chaos. Engage in ruthless combat, plan your deployment, and explore the world as your journey unfolds.
Why similar: Military 35.2%, Tactical 30.8%, Co-op 17.7%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Action 5.7%
- #41 Dagger Directive
71% matchVery Positive84% of 633 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Alpacas LLCPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Dagger Directive is a tactical FPS that allows you to approach each mission in your own way. Select equipment, decide the time of day, then move methodically to complete your mission. Enjoy the modern mechanics and old school graphics as you fight across a variety of missions and environments.
Why similar: Military 42.9%, Tactical 27.5%, War 21.5%, Action 8.1%
- #42 Wargame: Airland Battle
74% matchVery Positive87% of 4,450 reviews2013
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.
Why similar: Military 26.7%, RTS 20.4%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Tactical 11.7%, Strategy 10.1%
- #43 Carrier Command 2
73% matchVery Positive82% of 3,699 reviews2021
Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 27.5%, Military 22.8%, RTS 20.7%, War 20.5%, Strategy 8.5%
- #44 Steel Division: Normandy 44
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,299 reviews2017
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
Why similar: RTS 23%, Military 22.3%, Tactical 13.7%, War 11.2%, Strategy 9%
- #45 Wargame: Red Dragon
72% matchVery Positive89% of 19,669 reviews2014
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 52.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Why similar: Military 24.8%, RTS 22.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Tactical 12.5%, Strategy 10.3%
- #46 Plan A
71% matchVery Positive89% of 297 reviews2021
Dev: GFX47
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 18.7%, Military 17.8%, Level Editor 16%, Tactical 13.1%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%
- #47 Gunner, HEAT, PC!
69% matchVery Positive92% of 7,724 reviews2022
Dev: Radian Simulations LLC
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.
Why similar: Military 90.3%, Action 9.7%
- #48 Total Conflict: Resistance
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,224 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 20.5 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 19.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Military 15.1%, Tactical 12.9%, War 12%
- #49 Nuclear Option
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,569 reviews2023
Dev: Shockfront Studios
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics across dynamic battlefields, facing land, air, and sea threats. Wage war against AI or rival pilots using an array of advanced weaponry, including tactical and strategic nuclear weapons capable of annihilating anything in your path.
Why similar: Military 35.6%, Level Editor 34.3%, War 24.9%, Action 5.1%
- #50 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
69% matchVery Positive91% of 46,337 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 64.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
Why similar: Military 16.6%, War 15.8%, RTS 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Tactical 14%
- #51 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
70% matchVery Positive81% of 856 reviews2020
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 70.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.
Why similar: Military 27.1%, RTS 23.9%, Tactical 19.8%, War 14.9%, Strategy 9.5%
- #52 Xenonauts 2
66% matchVery Positive82% of 5,407 reviews2026
Dev: Goldhawk InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Why similar: Tactical 62.4%, Strategy 21.7%, Action 11.3%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #53 Regiments
68% matchVery Positive88% of 2,889 reviews2022
Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26%, Tactical 16.9%, Military 16.8%, RTS 16.7%, War 14.2%
- #54 Trench Lord: Eastern Front
66% matchVery Positive83% of 766 reviews2026
Dev: Tracer StudioPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The enemy has invaded the territory, the motherland needs you, soldier! Gather your troops and defeat all enemies!
Why similar: Military 23%, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, War 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, RTS 11.9%
- #55 Special Tactics
70% matchVery Positive83% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: Beast Mode Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 43%
ST brings the most intense, tactical-action experience to Steam. Select your custom loadout, plan out strategies and accomplish your objectives. Addictive Survival mode and unrivaled multiplayer including Squads (1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 2 vs 1)
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26.6%, Tactical 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Co-op 10.6%, RTS 9.3%
- #56 DRONE PERSPECTIVE
67% matchVery Positive91% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Demetri LindPub: VEIL Production
Windows
Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration. Connect to the warzone from your home PC and orchestrate modern military operations from the Drone Perspective.
Why similar: Action RTS 17.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Military 14.3%, Tactical 12%, RTS 11.7%
- #57 MENACE
63% matchVery Positive91% of 11,938 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Tactical 59.1%, Strategy 24.9%, Action 11.4%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #58 War Room
70% matchMixed53% of 692 reviews2020
Dev: Binge Gaming OU
Windows
War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.
Why similar: Military 22.4%, Real Time Tactics 19.6%, Tactical 16.8%, RTS 16.4%, War 14.5%
- #59 Ravenfield
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 79,160 reviews2017
Dev: SteelRaven7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 62.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Why similar: Military 29.8%, War 24.2%, Moddable 21.4%, Tactical 13.2%, Action 4%
- #60 Operation Osama Bin Laden
68% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Shrimasis Rout
Windows
Upon discovering the location of the Al-Qaeda leader in exile, the US Army sends their best commandos to northern Pakistan. Take control of these commandos, send them behind enemy territories on a hazardous mission, and bring them back alive.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 21.1%, Military 18.9%, RTS 16.1%, Tactical 12.9%, War 9.9%