
Combat focused minimalist RTS
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, RTS, Singleplayer, Action RTS.

Combat focused minimalist RTS

Bacteria Wars
A real-time strategy game in which you fight to secure the victory of your Bacteria over the Cell Defense Force and other enemy Bacteria in a world where your units are your only resource, and where your mobile base will not be enough to keep you alive.

Cheeselords
An RTS where you fight, build, and recruit on faraway planets. Decadent aristocrats will pay a fortune for the delicious cheese from the most alien of worlds. Armed with modern controls and your trusty army, bring home the cheddar 🧀
A real-time strategy game in which you fight to secure the victory of your Bacteria over the Cell Defense Force and other enemy Bacteria in a world where your units are your only resource, and where your mobile base will not be enough to keep you alive.
Why similar: RTS 34.5%, Action RTS 24.1% ★, Strategy 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Base Building 9%
An RTS where you fight, build, and recruit on faraway planets. Decadent aristocrats will pay a fortune for the delicious cheese from the most alien of worlds. Armed with modern controls and your trusty army, bring home the cheddar 🧀
Why similar: Action RTS 33.8% ★, RTS 26.8%, Level Editor 15.5%, Strategy 12.9%, Base Building 10.7%
Shard Space is a minimalist strategy game. In the distant future, you awaken from a long slumber. Guided by a loyal lieutenant, you must rebuild your drone fleet and embark on a journey to uncover the ultimate truth of the universe.
Why similar: RTS 31.6%, Strategy 16.4%, Level Editor 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Base Building 7.2%
The year is 2047. A massive nuclear fireball explodes high in the night sky, marking the dramatic beginning of the Third Tiberium War and the long-awaited return of the most groundbreaking Real-Time Strategy franchise of all time
Why similar: Level Editor 29.3%, RTS 26.5%, Action RTS 22.7% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Strategy 10.4%
Real-time strategy and tactics in a fantasy world of knights and magic! Command heroes, soldiers and mages to battle against the armies of darkness. Grumthorr needs you!
Why similar: RTS 38.7%, Level Editor 22%, Strategy 21.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
The goblin tribes have descended from the wastelands, and only you can stop them. In this high-fantasy pixel art RTS, you must unite the fractured realms of humans, elves, and dwarves. Build your base, manage resources, and unleash powerful magic to defend your kingdom from the goblin horde.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.9% ★, RTS 31.6%, Strategy 14.8%, Base Building 9.7%, Top-Down 5.2%
You are not the soldier. You are the commander. Issue orders, manage the outbreak, and hold the line before the 72-hour window closes.
Why similar: RTS 36%, Action RTS 34.1% ★, Strategy 20.5%, Top-Down 5.7%, Combat 3.1%
Keep is a WW2-themed strategy shooter where you place flak turrets to defend your fortress, then jump into first-person mode to shoot down enemy planes. Switch between tactical planning and direct combat in a fast-paced blend of strategy and action
Why similar: Action RTS 34% ★, RTS 28.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Strategy 9.3%
TAVU is a PvE RTS game with a tactical combat system. Build your bases and defend them against waves of enemy attacks. Upgrade your units and destroy enemy bases to gain new territories and resources.
Why similar: RTS 26.1%, Action RTS 21% ★, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%
Uncrewed 2 is a real-time strategy game that lets the player design units from the ground up. Wheels, treads, walker legs, and rocket engines - the game offers a variety of propulsion options, as well as the ability to craft your own weapons.
Why similar: RTS 29.2%, Action RTS 29.2% ★, Level Editor 16%, Strategy 11.2%, Base Building 8.9%
StarSim: BattleZone is a real-time strategy (RTS) game set in the StarSim universe. Take command of an army and lead your faction to victory. Gameplay includes classic RTS mechanics such as: building a base, gathering resources, researching new technologies, building defences, training units, etc.
Why similar: RTS 42.3%, Strategy 18.6%, Action RTS 16.6% ★, Base Building 16%, Top-Down 6%
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition is the ultimate Dawn of War experience, featuring the original Dawn of War and all its expansions, along with enhanced visuals, an improved camera, and 64-bit platform support.
Why similar: RTS 36.7%, Action RTS 21.1% ★, Level Editor 14.3%, Base Building 12.6%, Strategy 12.5%
Prime Domination is a real-time strategy game where you build your base, manage finance, produce powerful military units, and battle against AI or other players in large-scale multiplayer matches with up to 10 commanders.
Why similar: RTS 31.5%, Action RTS 27.6% ★, Strategy 13.1%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Base Building 11.1%
Our Last Stand is a tower defence game that allows you to command a powerful mech and defend against relentless waves of enemies. Play on different worlds to gather resources, unlock advanced technology, and level your commander to gain powerful new abilities. Build defend, survive.
Why similar: RTS 31.9%, Action RTS 28.3% ★, Strategy 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Base Building 7.8%
Blast off in this retro-style space shooter! Conquer planets, outwit AI enemies, and survive the dangers of deep space in fast-paced, nostalgic pixel action.
Why similar: RTS 35.1%, Action RTS 28.3% ★, Strategy 19.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Combat 2.5%
Command a colony on the brink in Ants Megapolis. Survive an unforgiving world by forging your unique Pheromone, a weapon that dictates your evolution. Carve out an empire from the dirt as an interactive narrator chronicles your savage, epic story of survival.
Why similar: RTS 33.4%, Action RTS 29.6% ★, Strategy 17.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, Top-Down 3.9%
Ablight is a classic real-time strategy game set in an alternate universe where diesel, cyberpunk and medieval aesthetics meet. Join the rebellion against the zealotic Inquisition, who have been mankinds scourge for hundreds of years and fight a war for survival. Freedom is within reach!
Why similar: RTS 21.3%, Action RTS 20.3% ★, Level Editor 17.7%, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Base Building 9.7%
Command a civilization of dancing ghouls in this fast-paced 3D real-time strategy and god simulation game. Utilize physics-based combat with throwable weapons to expand your tribe. Manage resources, cast powerful spells, and eliminate rival ghoul races to achieve total domination.
Why similar: RTS 28.4%, Level Editor 21.8%, Action RTS 20.8% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%
The legendary RTS game which started it all. Will you side with the humanistic GDI or bring the world to its knees with Kane and the Brotherhood of Nod. Your adversaries are without mercy. And so are you.
Why similar: RTS 45%, Action RTS 30.8% ★, Strategy 23.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
The battlefield is the ground itself. Find the enemy HQ you cannot see - read its heat, power and tremors - and collapse the grid beneath it, before the same happens to you. A neon-diorama strategy duel against AI rivals with personalities, on ground that never stops being the weapon.
Why similar: Action RTS 29.4% ★, RTS 23.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Strategy 10.9%
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 62.4%, Strategy 20%, Base Building 9.8%, Action RTS 6.4% ★, Top-Down 0.8%
Vampire real-time strategy game. Players take on the role of the ancient vampire who has been looted and must find his loved one - and potentially cause havoc.
Why similar: RTS 33.5%, Action RTS 31.9% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Base Building 9.9%, Gore 5.6%
a minimalist rts game where decision-making is at the heart of simple and intuitive gameplay. Compete or cooperate with your friends online to build the best base.
Why similar: RTS 28.2%, Action RTS 27.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Strategy 11%, Base Building 8.6%
Master the art of war in brutal action-RTS across an alternate medieval world. Lead Europe, China or the Timurids to supremacy through strategic brilliance and lightning-fast tactics. Expand your realm, advance powerful technologies and lead massive armies. DISCOVER NEW HORIZONS OF THE MEDIEVAL WARS
Why similar: RTS 44.3%, Action RTS 33.1% ★, Strategy 18.7%, Combat 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Defilade is an old-school isometric RTS set in modern warfare. Command intelligent troops that take cover, rescue wounded comrades, dive from grenades, vault obstacles and dig trenches. Build your base, secure supply lines and fight across fully destructible massive battlefields that feel alive.
Why similar: RTS 33.5%, Action RTS 31.9% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Base Building 9.3%, Real Time Tactics 6.6%
Dust Front is a classic RTS with grand strategy elements and a non-linear campaign. Lead strategic maneuvers, overwhelm your enemies with cannon fodder, or stomp them into the stone age with carpet bombing on the lifeless fields of Dust Front.
Why similar: RTS 33.8%, Action RTS 22% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Strategy 11.4%
A classic RTS featuring traditional base-building, resource-driven warfare, PvP, skirmish, and a powerful, easy-to-use Mission Editor. Build your base. Secure the ECO. Conquer the battlefield.
Why similar: RTS 40.1%, Action RTS 24.9% ★, Strategy 17.1%, Base Building 15.6%, Combat 1.4%
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: RTS 31.6%, Action RTS 31.4% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Strategy 11.2%, Real Time Tactics 9.2%
Command a growing undead legion in a dark fantasy RTS where every fallen enemy can become your next soldier. Raise skeleton armies, harvest bones and souls, build your necromantic stronghold, and overwhelm fortified kingdoms through relentless conquest.
Why similar: RTS 36.5%, Action RTS 33.5% ★, Strategy 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Combat 1.3%
Surrender is not an option
Why similar: RTS 37.7%, Action RTS 34.5% ★, Strategy 26.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
A new style of RTS that focuses heavily on terraforming and changing terrain to different types to overcome your opponent ! Inspired by old-school RTSes but with next-generation RTS ideas !
Why similar: RTS 38.3%, Action RTS 35.5% ★, Strategy 21.1%, Top-Down 5.1%
This game combines real-time and turn-based strategy. Each turn is divided into two phases of variable duration. This concept is especially interesting when playing with multiple players. That's why it's so easy to create and join online lobbies.
Why similar: RTS 34.1%, Level Editor 20.6%, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Base Building 6.3%
Defcon Zero is a classic real-time strategy game set on planet Eros, where you dive into the story of ERA, the last beacon of civilization. Build your base, gather resources, engage your enemies and make strategic choices to prevail in combat. Are you ready to command the frontlines of tomorrow?
Why similar: RTS 30.5%, Action RTS 29.9% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Level Editor 12.1%, Strategy 10.5%
Bataliron is a modern warfare RTS game that focuses on personnel development, online command, fire support, and unit assistance on the battlefield, leveraging modern technologies.
Why similar: RTS 32.1%, Action RTS 30.7% ★, Strategy 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Top-Down 4.4%
A meat based real time strategy game. Harvest chunks of meat for resources, build meat tanks and train meat zombies. A second faction will fight against the meat. Story rich single player campaign for each faction, as well as skirmish, LAN and online multiplayer.
Why similar: RTS 36.3%, Level Editor 27%, Strategy 15.6%, Base Building 14.1%, Gore 4.3%
Command either Humans, Orcs, Undead or Elves in a fantasy factions in a 2D pixel-art real-time strategy game. Build your base & army, gather resources, level up & gear Warlords, conquer bandits, use god powers, and battle AI or rival players online across, natural disaster & weather-struck maps.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.4% ★, RTS 28.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Strategy 10.7%
Become your teams In-Game Leader and lead your team of 5 agents to victory.
Why similar: RTS 32%, Action RTS 31.4% ★, Strategy 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Top-Down 4.1%
Build your base, command your army, and wage real-time PvP war on a living conquest map. Clear a frontier of monsters and alien UFOs, join a faction, team up with friends, and climb the seasonal ranks. A classic base-building RTS with modern military firepower, ad-free on desktop.
Why similar: RTS 33.5%, Action RTS 28.9% ★, Strategy 14.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Base Building 9.8%
Lead a civilization from the first stone tool to the atomic bomb in one match. A voxel RTS where every block can break, fortresses fall block by block, and you can jump into any unit in third person mid-battle. Real AI, 8-player multiplayer, one developer.
Why similar: RTS 42.6%, Action RTS 20.1% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Procedural Generation 7.9%
Craft an unstoppable defence using Dwarven Towers and a fearless squad, then take on waves of invading Hobgoblins in this thrilling real-time strategy tower defence game! Strategize, upgrade, and triumph in Hobgoblins Against Dwarfs!
Why similar: RTS 35.1%, Action RTS 23.5% ★, Strategy 16.6%, Base Building 13%, Real Time Tactics 9.5%
Ruin or Victory is a modern take and evolution of the classic RTS genre with added detail, continuity, and strategic depth while remaining accessible and well-paced. Devise your strategy, manage and expand your economy, and choose your warriors' equipment and tactics.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.8% ★, RTS 23.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Base Building 11.9%, Procedural Generation 11.3%
Desert Kingdoms is a minimal real time strategy game. Protect your king and conquer the desert.
Why similar: RTS 38.8%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Minimalist 12.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%
A unique blend between RTS and battle royale, where you recruit units, expand your territory and battle other armies through a shrinking battlefield in a fight to be the last commander standing. Try this refreshing take on the RTS genre.
Why similar: RTS 28.8%, Level Editor 21.1%, Action RTS 17.4% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Strategy 9.4%
A harsh sand planet has become the stage for a brutal war between three Great Clans. For the power over rare minerals each wants to prove their superiority. In the heat of dynamic battles with the enemy's troops, be prepared to face and attack giant Sand Snakes.
Why similar: RTS 27.4%, Action RTS 24% ★, Level Editor 14.1%, Base Building 10%, Strategy 9.7%
Okashi Towers is a Real Time Strategy game with Tower Defense elements. Gather candy resources to build tower units or go on offense and summon creatures to attack other player bases. Join with up to 8 players and choose one of the four factions that fits your play style best
Why similar: RTS 27.9%, Action RTS 26.5% ★, Level Editor 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Strategy 10.6%
Lustle is a small RTS game featuring economy building, combat, unique factions, procedural maps, and a cheerful pixel art style. In the game, you can play as factions such as bees, termites and in future other insect-based nations!
Why similar: RTS 29.5%, Action RTS 19.4% ★, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Base Building 10.5%
Tiny soldiers on a battlefield you can blow to pieces. Parachute your pint-sized squad into a hostile front, carve up the terrain, strategically place your units in cover, build your way forward and fight to the far edge.
Why similar: RTS 37.3%, Real Time Tactics 20.8%, Level Editor 20.7%, Strategy 18%, Combat 2.8%
72 Seconds is a fast-paced isometric action RTS where tactical squad micro meets ARPG progression. Command specialized units, build defenses, upgrade skill trees, and battle hostile alien threats. Adapt to randomized enemy affixes and survive high-stakes campaign permadeath.
Why similar: RTS 30.1%, Action RTS 21.1% ★, Level Editor 12.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%
You are The Dark Lord! Raise an evil army, and crush the race of men. An action-strategy hybrid RTS, blending tower defence, base building and direct control of your Dark Lord avatar, currently in early development.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.7% ★, RTS 29%, Strategy 13.5%, Procedural Generation 11%, Base Building 10.8%
Grey Galactic is a real time strategy game in space where you build up your planets and ships to conquer your enemies. Develop your empire and fleet of spaceships to destroy your enemies and take over the galaxy! Do you have what it takes to become the best Fleet Captain the UFMC has ever seen?
Why similar: Action RTS 30.3% ★, RTS 30.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Strategy 11.2%, Base Building 7%
Clankerfront is a classic isometric RTS where AI research went too far and awakened the world’s home appliances against humanity. Build bases, command armies, fight solo or co-op, and defend the front from the clankers.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.7% ★, RTS 25.3%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, Level Editor 11.4%, Base Building 8.2%
A Roguelike tactics game where you fight hordes of aliens. Your Units evolve and learn new skills as the fight goes on. Manage your squad of 5 specialised mercenaries, and fight a never ending war against the infestation.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.1% ★, RTS 26.4%, Real Time Tactics 16.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Minimalist 6.6%
A physics-driven tower defense game where one massive cube does everything: fight, build, activate, and survive. Drop into a neon sci-fi battlefield, hold back waves of Chaos Dice, and power up your defenses through energy, momentum, and precision.
Why similar: RTS 34.9%, Action RTS 31.1% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Combat 1.7%
Before Eufloria HD (2014), there was Eufloria (2009). The long-unlisted indie classic is available once again for the 15 year anniversary. Updated to run on modern systems, with new content, features, and expanded moddability! Old school intergalactic floral warfare is BACK! (Warts and all!)
Why similar: RTS 35.1%, Action RTS 32.6% ★, Strategy 19.4%, Procedural Generation 7.7%, Top-Down 4.8%
Magna Regna combines the nostalgia of the classic medieval RTS genre with a modern look and gameplay. Explore medieval history through various campaigns from the 8th century up to the very last time of knights. Play with your battle-hardened friends against others in multiplayer.
Why similar: RTS 42.1%, Level Editor 19.2%, Strategy 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Base Building 8.5%
This is a fast-paced, multiplayer RTS with a unique economy focus. Automate factories to out-produce your opponents. Up to 4 players are currently supported, and the game has a very approachable learning curve.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.3% ★, RTS 27.6%, Strategy 11.4%, Base Building 9%, Abstract 7.3%
"Siege Showdown" is an exciting strategy game that will give you the opportunity to defend a majestic fortress and fight with the troops of your opponents in a battle for power and territory. An exciting fantasy era world awaits you, where magic and powerful warriors merge in one battle.
Why similar: RTS 33.3%, Action RTS 28.2% ★, Strategy 19.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Top-Down 4.3%
Path of Kingdoms is a strategy game where the player must defeat all the factions of the kingdom to reach the goal, each faction has a story that evolves as it conquers territories.
Why similar: RTS 39.5%, Action RTS 34.5% ★, Strategy 22%, Combat 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Rocklings is a strategy game where you explore endless caves, strategically mining rocks to build and expand your base. Unlock cosmetic items as you play and unleash your creativity with a built-in level editor.
Why similar: RTS 42.7%, Strategy 20%, Level Editor 19.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Top-Down 5.9%