Games Like Earth 2140

Your heroes and your armies will need strong leadership to take them on a spellbinding odyssey that has everything a gamer’s heart could wish for breathtaking worlds in space, battles against cunning enemies and even downright treason from your own government faction - are you up to it?

Why similar: Strategy 98.6%, RTS 1.2%, Sci-fi 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel expands upon the mechanics and lore of the original with improved 3D graphics and deeper base-building systems.

In the late 21st century, the world's civilizations are wiped out by a series of nuclear strikes, seemingly caused by a massive malfunction of the new NASDA (North American Strategic Defense Agency) strategic defense system.

Why similar: Strategy 91.2%, RTS 8.3%, Sci-fi 0.3%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares a very similar post-apocalyptic industrial aesthetic and emphasizes modular unit construction and base defense.

After the destruction of the EARTH in 2150, the leaders of the Eurasian Dynasty escaped on board an evacuation fleet. Now they are fighting for the survival of the human species. Their base is one large building comprising of smaller variable parts.

Why similar: Strategy 84.9%, RTS 14.8%, Sci-fi 0.2%, Singleplayer 0%

Why You'll Like It: The final entry in the main series, it offers a highly polished RTS experience with complex research trees and unique faction designs.

What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.

Why similar: Strategy 84.4%, RTS 14.5%, Sci-fi 1%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: A legendary RTS that set the standard for 90s sci-fi warfare with its massive scale and focus on resource management.

Submarine Titans is a real-time strategy video game that takes place in the year 2115 after a comet has struck Earth, driving two human factions, the militant White Sharks and the scientific Black Octopi, to establish underwater bases and fight for dominance over the oceans.

Why similar: Strategy 95.7%, RTS 3.8%, Sci-fi 0.4%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: This cult classic features a similar era-appropriate RTS feel with a distinct underwater sci-fi setting and complex base development.

The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.

Why similar: Strategy 85.5%, RTS 13.3%, Sci-fi 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: It takes the scale of traditional RTS games to the extreme, perfect for players who enjoy the massive unit counts of the Earth series.

It’s 2741 and the universe is at war. The Terran Empire is laying siege to the NSA, a treaty of colonies that upholds freedom and democracy. After losing the battle in space, the NSA is forced to retreat to its last stronghold. Can you snatch victory from impending doom?

Why similar: Strategy 94.8%, RTS 4.7%, Sci-fi 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: While it focuses more on tactics than base-building, it captures the same gritty, sci-fi military atmosphere.

In the bloody aftermath of ‘Z’ comes The Bitmap Brothers classic, “Z Steel Soldiers”: a new breed of robot with a taste for war and a warped sense of humour.

Why similar: Strategy 91.9%, RTS 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a fast-paced, classic RTS experience that focuses on map control and unit production without the clutter of modern mechanics.

Actual Armies. Actual Weapons. Actual Political Issues.World War III - Black Gold takes the player to the near future. The political crisis has been going on for months, leading to worldwide turmoil. A secret conference of the UN Central Geological Commission reveals that worldwide oil reserves have reached dangerously low levels: Oil...

Why similar: Strategy 99.2%, RTS 0.8%, Singleplayer 0%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same era and RTS design philosophy as Earth 2140, focusing on modern-day military conflict.

Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

Why similar: Strategy 84.9%, RTS 13.5%, Sci-fi 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, immersive sci-fi RTS experience with a focus on tactical fleet management.

Perimeter is an innovative Real-Time-Strategy game that pits players against each other or AI opponents in a life and death struggle to seize territory and establish crucial protective “perimeters.” Players will be introduced to the game’s unique terraforming feature, allowing them to move, build, construct and destroy the map...

Why similar: Strategy 91%, RTS 8.5%, Sci-fi 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: This unique RTS features innovative terrain-manipulation mechanics that provide a fresh but familiar strategic challenge.

Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.

Why similar: Strategy 84.7%, RTS 13.8%, Sci-fi 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: A modern RTS that intentionally returns to the roots of classic base-building and faction-based strategy.

Play as humans or robots in a brand new sci-fi strategy adventure! Travel into the far reaches of space, through cleverly designed star constellations and variable game modes, conquering enemy planets using 15 combinable technologies.

Why similar: Strategy 99.9%, Sci-fi 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: A streamlined sci-fi strategy game that focuses on quick, tactical decision-making.

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 100%

Why You'll Like It: An indie sci-fi RTS that focuses on the core mechanics of unit production and tactical engagement.

This game is devoted to the key events of the XVII–XVIII centuries.

Why similar: Strategy 95.8%, RTS 4.2%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS that emphasizes massive armies and resource management, similar to the scale of the Earth series.

Reconquest is a real-time strategy base building game. After World War III, mankind got close to extinction. You have to reconquer Earth by making better strategic decisions than your opponents.

Why similar: Strategy 91.7%, RTS 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This post-apocalyptic RTS features base-building and unit management that feels inspired by 90s classics.

Tomorrow's War Is NOW Ripped from today's headlines, Act of War: Direct Action™ is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.

Why similar: Strategy 76.8%, RTS 23.1%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that provides a grounded, military-focused experience with modern and sci-fi elements.

Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

Why similar: Strategy 83.4%, RTS 14.3%, Sci-fi 1.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends grand strategy with real-time combat, perfect for fans of large-scale sci-fi conflicts.

Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!

Why similar: Strategy 88.7%, RTS 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines classic RTS base-building with deeper historical progression mechanics.

Following a great increase in terrorism, internal strife and ultimately, the nuclear destruction of Washington, D.C., the United States shatters into a half-dozen nation-states that descend into war. Take the helm of one of these newfound sovereignties (or the 'peacekeeping' European Expeditionary Force) and struggle to reunify America...

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the gritty, war-torn atmosphere of Earth 2140, though it offers a turn-based strategic approach.

Reintroducing a classic from the golden era of gaming, the original empire building space RTS, Imperium Galactica 2 is back and looking better than ever with new high-res textures and vivid colors.

Why similar: Strategy 94.9%, RTS 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep sci-fi strategy game that balances base management with real-time tactical combat.

Saudi Arabia, one of the world's leading oil suppliers and a key U.S. ally, has been taken over by a highly organized group of radical terrorists. The government is in a state of collapse and turmoil and you have been chosen to lead the United States' armed forces to restore control.

Why similar: Strategy 92.6%, RTS 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A military-focused RTS that emphasizes tactical unit control and realistic combat scenarios.

The world erupts in conflict as Soviet forces invade American soil in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. You are the Supreme Commander. Arm yourself to the teeth with top-secret technologies and lead the Soviet or Allied troops to victory.

Why similar: Strategy 85.3%, RTS 13.9%, Sci-fi 0.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%

WORLD WAR II: PANZER CLAWS [aka Frontline Attack: War over Europe] pushes back the boundaries of real-time strategy gaming!Take control of the Allied, German, or the Russian in the harsh reality of the battlefields of World War II.

Why similar: Strategy 99%, RTS 1%

In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war. Twenty years have passed since the population of Earth did a fine job of destroying nearly everything in one final struggle for power by the politicians and military leaders.

Why similar: Strategy 99.5%, Sci-fi 0.4%, Singleplayer 0.1%

The year is 2419. War has devastated Earth, and mega-corporations take to the stars to fight over colonised planets. Your employer, the Crayven Corporation, chose you to command an army of ground and air forces. You thought it would be just another brush-fire war. You were wrong.

Why similar: Strategy 95.6%, RTS 4%, Sci-fi 0.3%

Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game combined with a global turn-based tactical mode, thrusting gamers into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962.

Why similar: Strategy 94.5%, RTS 5.5%

Explore. Strategize. Conquer.In the far future, Mankind has nearly exhausted all of earth’s natural resources. Fragile alliances between nations are tested to their limits as fierce wars ignite across land and space.MoonBase Commander puts you in charge of your own lunar territory in a quest to build the most powerful empire in space.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

November 2008. NATO intelligence services report that, for reasons unknown, the Russian military has destroyed GORKY 17, one of the old Soviet "Secret Cities". A year later NATO takes over a former Russian secret base built on Polish soil. Diggers discover a laboratory complex in the completely demolished town.

Why similar: Strategy 99.2%, Sci-fi 0.6%, Singleplayer 0.2%

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: Strategy 88.4%, RTS 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%

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: Strategy 84.6%, RTS 15.2%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Colonize A Planet. Dominate A World.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Imperium Galactica. The Universe is yours... if you can handle it. The fourth millennium. Mankind has colonised the galaxy. Created an Empire. Now, it is crumbling. The aliens are restless. The oppressed are building armies. And a strange invader is headed for the heart of the Empire.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.

Why similar: Strategy 87.1%, RTS 12.6%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.

Why similar: Strategy 100%, Singleplayer 0%

KNIGHTS and MERCHANTS recreates the era of the Middle Ages. Apart from the purely fictitious geography of our world, all game elements and scenes are based on the Anglo-Saxon period, 1200 A.D. And we haven't used imaginary elements like fabled creatures, either. The player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the Palace Guard.

Why similar: Strategy 98.5%, RTS 1.5%, Singleplayer 0%

Aggression is a military real-time strategy game set within a historic context featuring role-playing elements. Play the role of a political leader of Russia, Great Britain, France or Germany. It is up to you to take firm decisions at the crucial period of the European history – the World Wars ages covering 1914 – 1945.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Build powerful battle robots from components like Chassis, Weapon and Booster. The battle’s starting and you’re right in it – with freely definable camera perspectives, spectacular effects, unlimited zoom and scroll, colored light sources, terrain morphing and 3D sound. Pure action – pure excitement!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 93.7%, RTS 6.3%

Includes Hearts of Iron II plus the two expansions, Doomsday and Armageddon When Germany is defeated in 1945, the Allies and the new Soviet alliance fight for supremacy. World War III is drawing closer. Play as the ruler of one of 175 countries through World Wars II and III.

Why similar: Strategy 97.8%, RTS 2.2%

Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is a standalone add-on for "Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars" presenting new nations with the possibility to wage multiplayer battles.

Why similar: Strategy 94.7%, RTS 5.3%

An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.

Why similar: Strategy 84.9%, RTS 13.1%, Sci-fi 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Large-scale battles have become a vestige of the past, depleting resources of conflicting parties. Settled space, where welfare and order had reigned, has become a cemetery for dead ships which is flooded with pirates and adventurists.

Why similar: Strategy 99%, Sci-fi 1%

Twenty-second century Earth. Five years after the rebellion on Mars. For the last 15 years, Sopot, the corrupt dictator, has oppressed the people of the Commonwealth. His relentless pursuit of unification with the neighboring United Republic has left the country soaked in unnecessary bloodshed and poverty.

Why similar: Strategy 96.6%, Sci-fi 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%

The last world war didn't end conflict. The Iron Hand tyrannizes people, as the Resistance fights for liberation. In the resulting conflict high tech and brute force face off against guerrillas with unconventional tactics, leading to Red Chaos: A modern take on classic real-time strategy games.

Why similar: Strategy 84.4%, RTS 15.4%, Singleplayer 0.2%

There's something evil in the city tonight... Earth has been ravaged by human excess, petty conflict and alien invasion. The world's population has been herded into huge cities, the first of which was Mega Primus. 2084: A Utopia shattered, social collapse and civil unrest reigns in Mega Primus. Fiendish aliens terrorize the city.

Why similar: Strategy 98.6%, Sci-fi 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.1%

A dynamic real-time strategy, tells about the hot battles that could happen in the near future on the eastern borders of Russia.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.

Why similar: Strategy 90.1%, RTS 9.8%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.

Why similar: Strategy 99.1%, Sci-fi 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.

Why similar: Strategy 85.2%, RTS 14.8%

Oil Rush is a naval strategy game that takes place in a world where nuclear war has melted the ice caps, changing the face of the planet forever. Oil Rush offers unique gameplay, avoiding micromanagement of every single unit, while still providing full control over all important aspects of strategy and economy.

Why similar: Strategy 92.6%, RTS 7.4%

Even if the regime is totally inept and corrupt, don't suppose for a moment that you as the liberator will be greeted with open arms.JAGGED ALLIANCE 2: WILDFIRE brings you back to Arulco. The population is being terrorized by a reckless army; in the meantime the main export goods are drugs.

Why similar: Strategy 100%, Singleplayer 0%

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: Strategy 89.9%, RTS 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%

A classic single-player RTS set in a Solar System ruled by megacorporations. Journey from Mars all the way to Planet 9 and uncover the secrets of the BlackChain.

Why similar: Strategy 82.2%, RTS 15.5%, Sci-fi 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: Strategy 83.5%, RTS 15.7%, Sci-fi 0.6%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.

Why similar: Strategy 99.3%, Sci-fi 0.6%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.

Why similar: Strategy 97.6%, Sci-fi 2%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Prepare to accept history's greatest challenge: build the world's most powerful empire over a span of 6,300 years.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale. Our Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world.

Why similar: Strategy 98.6%, Sci-fi 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.2%