- #1 Tenshu General
97% matchMixed66% of 32 reviews2015
Dev: SmartArt Game StudioPub: Tenshu General
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Tenshu General, is a simple, elegant, Real Time Strategy (RTS) game for those who favor short play sessions over long sessions. Quick casual game play combined with the challenge of continuously adapting enemies allow for a surprisingly challenging exercise in strategy. It is a cross breed between a board game and a classic RTS.
Why similar: Strategy 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
- #2 Foresight
96% matchPositive80% of 46 reviews2014
Dev: Strides Interactive Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Redefining Strategy in RTS with Foresight.Win epic battles with wits, not dexterity. Foresight automates typical logistic chores for you reasonably so that you can focus on the battle instead. Create your armada and destroy your enemies with strategy!
Why similar: Strategy 77.5%, Indie 22.5%
- #3 Battlepillars Gold Edition
96% matchVery Positive84% of 385 reviews2014
Dev: Hitcents
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Battlepillars is a real-time tug-of-war strategy game in which you command caterpillars armed to the teeth with flamethrowers, sticky honey, mines, machine guns, and more!
Why similar: Strategy 83.8%, Indie 16.2%
- #4 Shattered Throne
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 43 reviews2016
Dev: Checkmark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Shattered Throne is a turn based fantasy strategy game that will challenge your skills as a general. No luck to blame, only your ability to master the unique units and leaders to exploit the combo system will decide if you are victorious.
Why similar: Strategy 72.4%, Indie 27.6%
- #5 My Very Own Lair
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spiro Spero Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
True artificial intelligence is at hand, time to build your very own lair! Start from an old mansion in the UK and pick a place to move. But careful, the World will try to stop you. Will you make it to Mars?
Why similar: Strategy 54.3%, Card Game 24.5%, Indie 21.2%
- #6 Tetra Project - 原石计划
93% matchVery Positive89% of 571 reviews2019
Dev: AliveGameStudio
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
欢迎来到原石计划,你已成为计划的一部分。在这个计划里,你将带领辛西娅逃出危险的地下研究所,战棋+卡牌+roguelike+DBG的玩法和丰富MOD将给你带来独特的全新体验
Why similar: Strategy 57.7%, Indie 22.8%, Card Game 19.5%
- #7 Forgotten Myths CCG
94% matchMixed53% of 86 reviews2016
Dev: Anchora Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forgotten Myths is a free to play online collectible card game that incorporates deck building, card collection and strategic gameplay in a fantastic historical background incorporating several civilizations, myths and legends in the same universe!
Why similar: Strategy 52.1%, Card Game 29.9%, Indie 18%
- #8 Hidden Dimensions 3
94% matchVery Positive85% of 97 reviews2016
Dev: Stijn Van Cauter
Windows
Hidden Dimensions 3 is a science-fiction themed collectible cards game offering over 500 cards, varied gameplay modes and challenges. Create decks containing spaceships, as well as various structures and actions to support your fleet.
Why similar: Strategy 57.1%, Card Game 33.9%, Indie 9.1%
- #9 War of Omens Card Game
91% matchVery Positive86% of 699 reviews2019
Dev: Fifth Column Games
Windows · Mac
War of Omens is a CCG with a unique Deckbuilder combat system and deep strategy. Set in a masterfully crafted dark fantasy world, it features fast, strategic battles with 4 distinct factions and over 20 heroes. Challenge the online ladder, conquer the story mode, or compete in a cross faction draft!
Why similar: Strategy 42.7%, Card Game 40.9%, Indie 16.4%
- #10 Devouring Stars
92% matchMostly Positive70% of 40 reviews2015
Dev: NerialPub: BulkyPix
Windows · Mac · Linux
What if you could unhook the stars and fight your battles with black holes? With its mix of adaptative unit combination, space resource harvesting as well as visual and audio refinement, Devouring Stars aspires to bring a different scope to the RTS genre.
Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #11 Rival Books of Aster
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Games by Stitch
Windows · Mac
Rival Books of Aster is a strategy deck building game that features over 140 hand illustrated spells that you can use to build custom decks and go head to head against other players. Each spell is also a page in a living story book that translates itself and reveals its secrets as you play the game.
Why similar: Strategy 48.3%, Card Game 32.8%, Indie 18.9%
- #12 LIT
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Venture into the dark hallways of a haunted high school and help guide emo teenager Jake as he searches for his lost girlfriend Rachael. Solve light-themed puzzles using a variety of gameplay mechanics including slingshots, light bulbs, windows, matches, lamps, and TV sets.
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #13 Mazes and Mages
89% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Juan Jose Garrido Gomez
Windows
Play card duels. Explore random mazes. Single player game.
Why similar: Strategy 52.2%, Card Game 27.4%, Indie 20.4%
- #14 Lightseekers
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 148 reviews2019
Dev: PlayFusion
Windows · Mac
Epic battles await you in the multi-award winning Trading Card Game, now on Steam. Battle with digital cards and scan tabletop cards into your digital collection for Double the Value!
Why similar: Strategy 59.6%, Card Game 40.4%
- #15 弹幕那个恶人
87% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: 白信鸽工作室
Windows
在美丽而祥和的幻想乡里,有一个总是故意挑事的人…… 他总是迈着六亲不认的步伐走在大街上,并时不时地拍别人的肩膀,挑起事端…… 没有人知道他的名字,但他出门只穿固定的一件衣服,于是人们都用他衣服上的字来称呼他…… 他就是——全员恶人……
Why similar: Strategy 47.6%, Card Game 33.8%, Indie 18.6%
- #16 Kingdom Elemental
86% matchMixed53% of 32 reviews2014
Dev: Scott ThuneliusPub: Chronic Logic
Windows
Kingdom Elemental takes core game play elements from real-time strategy, tactics, and role-playing games and combines them into a game that is easy to pick up and play. It is designed to be lighthearted and humorous with fun, re-playable game play. Try out the Destiny Mode and challenge levels for more variety.
Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #17 Meow Wars: Card Battle
83% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Taco Truck Games
Windows
Combat cats in this epic card battle strategy game, featuring an all-new card combat system.
Why similar: Strategy 43.2%, Card Game 39.1%, Indie 17.7%
- #18 Atriage
84% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2016
Dev: Batu Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Atriage, a turn-based strategy game inspired by Sci-fi space naval battles in 80s Anime where you command a fleet of ten warships against a rival commander. Master four different ship classes, each with their own strengths, weaknesses, and roles in combat in an all-out battle for supremacy.
Why similar: Strategy 73.6%, Indie 26.4%
- #19 Warring States
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 105 reviews2018
Dev: polynation games ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Warring States : Tactics is a turn-based battle strategy game set during the Warring States period of Ancient China. The Warring States period is one of turmoil in China, where various feudal states struggle for control of all of China.
Why similar: Strategy 74%, Indie 26%
- #20 Bravada
81% matchVery Positive82% of 61 reviews2014
Dev: Interbellum team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
You play a young beardless dwarf who dreams about adventures and heroic deeds. Usually dwarves have beards, but for some mystical reasons beard of our hero is not grows. So he decide to make a journey with his friend the bat to solve this problem. During the game you control a group of units each with its own specialties and features.
Why similar: Strategy 73.6%, Indie 26.4%
- #21 Arena of Shaelo
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Royal Donut
Windows · Linux
Arena of Shaelo is a pixelated co-op card game set in the world of Shaelo. Once you begrudgingly take a step into the arena, it soon dawns on you that it is only through the power of teamwork that both you and your teammate might make it out alive.
Why similar: Strategy 46.1%, Card Game 35.9%, Indie 18%
- #22 Heroes of Steel RPG
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 282 reviews2014
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.
Why similar: Strategy 71.4%, Indie 28.6%
- #23 Sin Chess
75% matchPositive83% of 30 reviews2019
Dev: islegamePub: IceSilk
Windows · Mac
Players play chess with original sin devil. The perfect combination of strategy card and Monopoly board game. Use heroes of different talents to challenge the seven sin.
Why similar: Strategy 68.2%, Indie 18.1%, Card Game 13.7%
- #24 Final Rush
79% matchMixed46% of 147 reviews2014
Dev: Strike Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Final Rush is an intense, difficult, co-op multiplayer FPS, where the players fight against waves of hundreds of robotic enemies. Destroy robots to earn experience points which can be used to rank up your player; improving skill, customizing armor, and upgrading weapons.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #25 Star Traders: 4X Empires
78% matchMixed63% of 82 reviews2014
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #26 Constant C
78% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2014
Dev: International Games System, Co., LTD.
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
In the year 1905, Albert Einstein published the theory of special relativity, suggesting that nothing could move faster than the speed of light. What if any mortal could break that constant? Stretch it beyond its limits? Would human beings finally be able to find a way to cheat death and win over immorality?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #27 Dominari Empires
73% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny RTS
Windows
Got 5-10 minutes? Annihilate your enemy in a lightning fast micro 4X/RTS game set in deep space. Gameplay relies heavily on strategy, forward-thinking, and twitch-like reflexes.
Why similar: Strategy 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
- #28 The Sun at Night
77% matchMixed47% of 45 reviews2014
Dev: Minicore Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Explore, blast, and shield your way through massive branching levels as Laika the space dog. This 2D adventure features customized gameplay and an incredibly deep narrative.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #29 Blasted Fortress
76% matchMostly Negative29% of 14 reviews2015
Dev: Wrench Laboratories
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Use voodoo magic and a big cannon to crush fortresses. It's a blend of physics decimation, hoarding resources, and RPG style enhancements.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #30 Toxic Bunny HD
77% matchMostly Negative24% of 49 reviews2014
Dev: Celestial Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
A caffeine fueled, pun infested, hamster launching retro platform romp through pop culture. Semi Visible Chickens. Hamster launchers. triple strength espresso, Armoured sentient mucus. Just a day in the office for Toxic Bunny.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #31 Legends of Dawn Reborn
76% matchMostly Negative30% of 83 reviews2015
Dev: Dreamatrix
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Legends of Dawn Reborn invites players to the brutal northerly reaches of Narr. Survival depends on your magic, your sword, and your wits. Legends of Dawn Reborn takes place in a world of Narr and events take place before those from Wave of Darkness released on Steam Early Access in June.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #32 Ziggurat 3D Chess
73% matchMixed56% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: Michael LampelPub: Lampel Enterprises
Windows
Ziggurat Three Dimensional Chess(TM), is a true three dimensional environment which combine the familiar movements of standard chess and exciting new moves never seen before. The rules of movement are easy to learn so beginners will be playing their first game in minutes.
Why similar: Strategy 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
- #33 POP: Methodology Experiment One
74% matchMixed63% of 91 reviews2014
Dev: Rob LachPub: Rob Lach Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
POP: Methodology Experiment One is an experimental game by Rob Lach which was designed music first, with the gameplay and aesthetic derived from the creative flow of the music production process. What emerged is an emotional psychedelic roller-coaster of interactive vignettes.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #34 Archamon
72% matchMixed69% of 48 reviews2017
Dev: Vionsoft
Windows
Archamon is a realtime creative/building/survival strategy game from medieval times. You must build villages and you have to acquire food for your people and raw materials. Expand and rise your nation, create an aristocratic family and achieve higher nobility titles.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #35 Battle for Orion 2
71% matchVery Positive80% of 75 reviews2017
Dev: Infinite Loop Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Earth has been destroyed. Mankind is fractured. The galaxy is at war. But one hope remains: a new home for mankind. Probes detected a habitable planet in the Orion sector. You must fight your way to it, but nothing is as it seems. A more devious plan is underway that threatens the entire galaxy.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #36 Magic Pixel Picross
72% matchMostly Negative33% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: Shandong Jerei Digital Technology Co.,LTD.
Windows
A game of numerical reasoning for practicing your logical thinking. A game of exploration and collection which may recall your childhood memories. A drawing game for you to paint your dreams freely.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #37 Asteroid Wars
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Samuel Kunik
Windows
Asteroid Wars is a strategy game at its core. No intro, no story, minimal settings and just pure gameplay. You have your carrier, a bunch of fighters and a whole asteroid field to conquer. But you are not alone. There is always someone who has better carrier, more fighters and needs to be kicked in the …
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #38 Tile Conqueror
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Firenja
Windows
Tile Conqueror is a strategy game. Build your base, expand your army, conquer tiles and get crystals. Buy permanent upgrades with the crystals you collect to upgrade your army and buildings to conquer stronger tiles.
Why similar: Strategy 72.5%, Indie 27.5%
- #39 Greece Defense TD
71% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: GameArxPub: TCH International Group, LLC
Windows · Mac
Greece Defense is an epic tower defense saga where you play as the general of the united Greek army and your duty is to protect your land from invasion of thousands of mythical creatures driven by mighty Titans who somehow managed to escape from Tartarus.
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #40 TurretCraft
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Antropi
Windows
Build maze, send units, destroy your opponents! TurretCraft is a fast paced, competitive tower defense game with multiplayer, mazing, and mercenaries.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #41 Colo Grid Zation
70% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Armagedoom Games
Windows · Mac
In Colo Grid Zation will have to plan the best way to expand your grid-body creature to get the most efficient resources and survive!
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #42 Urbance Clans Card Battle!
70% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: SteambotPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Street gangs rise up in Neo-City. Time has come to gather your own gang to take over the whole city, district after district. Takedowns will happen, show no mercy if you wanna survive.
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #43 Card Battle Spirit Link
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Speedrobo Games
Windows
Get ready for a new kind of digital multiplayer card game. No shuffled decks, no random card packs. In Card Battle Spirit Link, strategy is the key!
Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #44 Card Brawl
69% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2019
Dev: MyDreamForever_old
Windows
A mix of Сard games and Roguelikes. Fight with monsters, craft your unique deck and kill bosses. Try experimenting with different combinations and strategies to complete all raids. Start monster hunting in this new deckbuilding game!
Why similar: Strategy 72.5%, Indie 27.5%
- #45 Rubico
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Runners
Windows
You were in the middle of a dying city, in the center of which a giant monster nestled - the Plague. People infected with it lose their sanity and die over time. In the midst of all this chaos, you have only one friend you can rely on - a mechanical kettle.
Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #46 Wequer
67% matchVery Positive91% of 78 reviews2019
Dev: Ben Allen
Windows
Chess has evolved! Hatch units from eggs, make ranged attacks, cast dastardly spells, and take control of the board to win in Wequer.
Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #47 Don't Panic!
69% matchMixed53% of 45 reviews2017
Dev: V34D4RPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Don't Panic! a logical strategy with top view. Your goal is to kill all the people on the level by limited number of zombies.
Why similar: Strategy 72.5%, Indie 27.5%
- #48 Lost Frontier
66% matchVery Positive97% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: Mika Mobile, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Turn-Based Tactics in the Weird West.
Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #49 Rezist: Tower Defense
66% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: SparkGames
Windows
Protect your server from the malicious software intrusion. Improve your utility programs in time, rollout patches — and you will stand fearless even against the algorithms of your most devious enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #50 StoneDefence
67% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: RenZhai(人宅)Pub: RenZhai
Windows
There is a mysterious continent full of songs and laughter, a huge God stone stands in the center of the continent, guarding the local residents from generation to generation, the good scenery is not long, the God stone is missing, the mainland without the God stone Guardian lost the vitality of the past, a large number of evil forces hit
Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #51 SinaRun
51% matchMostly Positive79% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: Princesseuh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
SinaRun is a momentum-based platforming and speedrunning game. Find a level you love, play it hundreds of times and try to become the best on the leaderboard!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #52 BlindOak Prow
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PositionMatters
Windows · Mac · Linux
BlindOak Prow is a competitive strategy card game with unique, subtle tactics that mirror the political maneuvers of the setting. Form a party of four characters mixing and matching the six different classes however you'd like, then outwit your foes for control of the city and for your survival on a new land.
Why similar: Strategy 71.2%, Indie 28.8%