- #1 Machines At War 3
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 86 reviews2014
Dev: Isotope 244 LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Real time strategy game featuring over 130 different types of units and technologies, 21 campaign missions with characters and an intriguing story, unlimited random map skirmishes with many customizable settings, network multiplayer to challenge your friends, and so much more in this RTS!
Why similar: Strategy 39.6%, RTS 39%, Action 16%, Indie 5.4%
- #2 Fortify
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Holgersson Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.
Why similar: Strategy 39.8%, RTS 36%, Action 17.7%, Indie 6.5%
- #3 Arena Wars 2
96% matchMostly Negative32% of 387 reviews2012
Dev: ExDream GmbHPub: Just a Game
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Arena Wars 2 is the sequel of the award-winning Arena Wars series and combines revolutionary RTS fights with RPG elements.
Why similar: Strategy 46.6%, RTS 36.2%, Action 17.1%
- #4 Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™
93% matchVery Positive90% of 1,306 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The Second Tiberium War begins in this legendary sequel to the original Command & Conquer. With his forces stronger than ever, arch villain and leader of The Brotherhood of Nod - Kane - is pitched in an epic battle against the world's war machine - the Global Defense Initiative.
Why similar: RTS 43.4%, Strategy 41.4%, Action 15.2%
- #5 Meridian: Squad 22
95% matchMixed66% of 133 reviews2016
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Meridian: Squad 22 is a single-player science-fiction real-time strategy game with a focus on base building and advanced tactics. Every single choice, every tactical decision you make, shapes the outcome of your story.
Why similar: Strategy 42.1%, RTS 31.9%, Action 19.6%, Indie 6.3%
- #6 WarZone Flashpoint
94% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: Dust Storm Entertainment
Windows
WarZone Flashpoint is in an RTS in development by Dust Storm Entertainment. We're an indie team bringing you a classic RTS formula which we intend to update for a long time to come!
Why similar: Strategy 44.3%, RTS 29.1%, Action 19.7%, Indie 6.9%
- #7 Raid On Coasts
94% matchMixed46% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Outlaw Wars
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Raid On Coasts is a real time strategy game set in a massive Middle East themed land mass to cause chaos and carnage on !
Why similar: Strategy 59.5%, Action 30.7%, Indie 9.8%
- #8 Empires:The Rise
91% matchMixed61% of 62 reviews2019
Dev: 阿龟与阿飞Pub: MZ Times
Windows
《Empries:The Rise》 is the a Cross-Platform Real-Time-Strategy (R.T.S.) game. Choose your nation and conquer those, who stand in your way!
Why similar: RTS 51.4%, Strategy 48.6%
- #9 7th Legion
92% matchMixed56% of 96 reviews2014
Dev: Epic MegaGamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 23%
There's no Salvation from this army! Can you survive this furiously fast, kill-for-money, real-time blood-fest?
Why similar: RTS 44%, Strategy 40.4%, Action 15.6%
- #10 reconquest
91% matchMixed55% of 263 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows · Mac
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: RTS 51.1%, Strategy 48.9%
- #11 Warrior Kings: Battles
90% matchVery Positive91% of 332 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Warrior Kings: Battles maintains the excitement that made Warrior Kings a leading RTS. It is a stand-alone title that adds a new strategic and tactical dimension to the series.
Why similar: RTS 52.3%, Strategy 47.7%
- #12 Rising Kingdoms
89% matchVery Positive92% of 257 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Rising Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2005
Why similar: Strategy 50.3%, RTS 49.7%
- #13 Z Steel Soldiers
89% matchMixed52% of 288 reviews2014
Dev: TickTock GamesPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: RTS 50.4%, Strategy 49.6%
- #14 Joint Task Force
88% matchVery Positive88% of 335 reviews2007
Dev: Most Wanted EntertainmentPub: HD Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Joint Task Force is the real-time strategy (RTS) game where you command the frontline forces in tomorrow's most hazardous conflicts. Lead twenty dramatic missions in explosive war-zones including the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Balkans.
Why similar: Strategy 42.5%, RTS 42%, Action 15.5%
- #15 Celtic Kings: Rage of War
85% matchVery Positive90% of 177 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Celtic Kings: Rage of War is an RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2002. It is the first game of the award-winning franchise Celtic Kings
Why similar: RTS 56.8%, Strategy 43.2%
- #16 BattleMore
86% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Heat Wave Games
Windows
From battling rocket squirrels to lead zeppelins, this goofy single player RTS will keep your hands full and APM high.
Why similar: RTS 56.3%, Strategy 43.7%
- #17 Warfare
86% matchVery Positive87% of 253 reviews2009
Dev: GFI RussiaPub: Game Factory Interactive
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 26%
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 52.2%, RTS 47.8%
- #18 Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
84% matchVery Positive94% of 253 reviews2016
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Conquer the world and build your empire! Lead one civilization to glory through sophisticated trade, diplomacy, espionage and conquest.
Why similar: Strategy 54.5%, RTS 45.5%
- #19 Rush & Command
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VoxelBite
Windows
Rush & Command is a classic multiplayer real time strategy game, that will intrigue both highly tactical as well as casual RTS players. The game is set in an alternate world where units and armies dating back from the 1960-1980 are enriched with high-tech current technologies and knowledge.
Why similar: RTS 40.8%, Strategy 35.2%, Action 17.8%, Indie 6.1%
- #20 Fractured State
83% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Mechanical Monocle
Windows
Fractured State refines the RTS genre into fast-paced strategic urban combat. Take part as the machine driven imperialistic faction of the Laperian Imperial Army battle to remain in control against the Children of the Ancients, worshipers and masters of an ancient power. Includes Map Editor.
Why similar: RTS 46.5%, Strategy 45.7%, Indie 7.8%
- #21 Warrior Kings
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 145 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Restoring the power of a kingdom to its former glory using innate cunning, military might and a fearsome will to win.
Why similar: Strategy 55.3%, RTS 44.7%
- #22 Basic Warfare
82% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Bog Iron Games
Windows · Linux
Basic Warfare is a combination of RTS and Action genres featuring realtime multiplayer action combat and strategic economic simulation.
Why similar: Strategy 48.4%, Action 23.5%, RTS 20.1%, Indie 8.1%
- #23 Boid
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 752 reviews2016
Dev: MokusPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Boid is real-time strategy at its most primal - your only resource is your army. No funds to manage or infrastructures to build. It’s a kill or be killed battle of rapid decisions to dominate the gene pool.
Why similar: RTS 45.5%, Strategy 35.8%, Action 13.8%, Indie 4.9%
- #24 Cro Magnon
81% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Thor Gaming
Windows
Europe, 39000 BC. A group of people have arrived at a location suitable for a settlement. The lands are rich and fertile, but not uninhabited. You will take command of a newly formed clan of Cro Magnon, in the final days of the Neanderthals. Your goal is survival and dominance.
Why similar: Strategy 46%, RTS 45.4%, Indie 8.6%
- #25 Command & Conquer™ Generals
72% matchVery Positive88% of 2,102 reviews2024
Dev: EA PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Command & Conquer Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Prepare your forces General... it's time to engage in the next generation of real-time strategy.
Why similar: RTS 43.1%, Strategy 42.6%, Action 14.3%
- #26 Crush Your Enemies
79% matchVery Positive81% of 444 reviews2016
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
Why similar: RTS 44.3%, Strategy 34.6%, Action 15.5%, Indie 5.6%
- #27 Command & Conquer™ and The Covert Operations™
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 450 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
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 46.4%, Strategy 35.9%, Action 17.7%
- #28 Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
80% matchVery Positive86% of 129 reviews2011
Dev: Lootmax GamesPub: Big Bad Wolf, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns is the first game in the award-winning real time strategy series. Awarded “RTS Game of the Year” by PC Gamer and Computer Games Magazine, Immortal Sovereigns is a real-time strategy game set in a fantasy world where you take on the role of an immortal known as the Kohan.
Why similar: Strategy 51.2%, RTS 48.8%
- #29 Meridian: New World
81% matchMixed48% of 530 reviews2014
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Slip into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian. Assured of the fact that the planet is uninhabited, the unexpected reception of a distress call from the surface could mean many things, none of which you are prepared for.
Why similar: RTS 56.7%, Strategy 39.4%, Indie 3.9%
- #30 Battle Realms: Zen Edition
68% matchVery Positive89% of 4,376 reviews2025
Dev: Ed Del Castillo
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology. Develop your peasants into a highly trained and deadly efficient clan of warriors who are ready to die with your name on their lips.
Why similar: RTS 48.6%, Strategy 37.9%, Action 13.4%
- #31 Armor Clash II
78% matchMixed61% of 116 reviews2017
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armor Clash II is an old-school RTS game, with classic features like base building, modern armors and navies etc. 2 factions and sub-factions for each one, from high tech stealth destroyers to hardcore battleships. In Skirmishes players build base from the start, while in the Random Generated Mission, fast paced combats start immediately.
Why similar: RTS 42.2%, Strategy 39.9%, Action 18%
- #32 Infinite Abyss
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Seven Arm Octopus
Windows
Infinite Abyss is a combination of a dynamic game of action with strategic elements in a stylized 2D world. You will play the role of the last living astronaut to survive on a lonely planet.
Why similar: Strategy 43.7%, Aliens 26%, Action 22.6%, Indie 7.7%
- #33 Tanks vs Aliens
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: VR FeaturesPub: K Bros Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Hordes of alien tanks have flooded the streets, spreading chaos and terror everywhere they go. You’re the only one who can save humanity! Explore the world of futuristic tank battles in a brand new real-time strategy and base defense game.
Why similar: Strategy 55.4%, RTS 37.3%, Action 7.3%
- #34 Kohan: Ahriman's Gift
77% matchVery Positive90% of 162 reviews2011
Dev: Lootmax GamesPub: Big Bad Wolf, Inc.
Windows
Built on the award-winning Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns gameplay, Ahriman’s Gift is the stand-alone prequel to Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns. Experience the world of Khaldun from a whole new perspective: evil.
Why similar: Strategy 55.9%, RTS 44.1%
- #35 Tempest Rising
64% matchVery Positive87% of 11,874 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 66.3%, Strategy 31.9%, Action 1.8%
- #36 Intruder Alert: Ixian Operations
76% matchMixed66% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Frudelsoft
Windows
Intruder Alert is an science-fiction RTS having 6 totally different factions. It contains a single-player campaign, local LAN multiplayer, simple single player games and special challenges like Tower Defense.
Why similar: Strategy 46.4%, RTS 45.7%, Indie 7.9%
- #37 Kingdom-Heroes
69% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: InfinityMr
Windows
Kingdom-Heroes offers real time strategy fun in 2D Pixelart optics and cool atmospheric music and sound. Build up your Colony by placing every building where you want and recruiting as many units as you want! Build outposts, Farming stations or strengthen your defenses!
Why similar: Strategy 50.3%, RTS 34.1%, Indie 8%, Action 7.6%
- #38 Haegemonia: The Solon Heritage
75% matchMixed68% of 126 reviews2014
Dev: Digital RealityPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 26.5 hrs≥1hr: 32%
A stand-alone expansion pack to Legions of Iron, discover new innovations and even more stunning visuals that launch the Haegemonia experience into light speed.
Why similar: Strategy 45.2%, RTS 36.6%, Action 13.5%, Indie 4.7%
- #39 LazerGrrl
63% matchPositive97% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Sandwich Generation
Windows
Fast paced PVP strategy. Bomberman meets RTS.
Why similar: Strategy 48.9%, Action 24.2%, RTS 18.6%, Indie 8.3%
- #40 Ground Control II: Operation Exodus
73% matchVery Positive89% of 329 reviews2015
Dev: Massive EntertainmentPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 63.6%, RTS 36.4%
- #41 Horn sounds
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Soomka Games
Windows
Your task is to destroy all enemies on the map. Farms will provide you with provisions, with which you can hire new soldiers. Gather squads, hire new soldiers, capture farms... All this will help you win!
Why similar: RTS 41.7%, Strategy 38.3%, Action 17.6%, Indie 2.4%
- #42 Nightside
74% matchMixed62% of 133 reviews2015
Dev: OMNIDREAM CREATIONS
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A four races sci-fi base building real time strategy game set on the dark side of an unknown planet where the valuable "green ice" resource can be found.
Why similar: RTS 48.1%, Strategy 45.1%, Indie 6.8%
- #43 Elementals Reborn
73% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: alexnown
Windows
In Elementals Reborn you will explore the forgotten lands and fight their inhabitants. In Elementals Reborn, you can find entertainment of your own!
Why similar: Strategy 46.6%, RTS 28.7%, Action 21.9%, Indie 2.7%
- #44 BC Kings
75% matchMixed64% of 216 reviews2009
Dev: Mascot EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
BC Kings features several new elements not commonly found in strategy games. In addition to gathering resources, training an army and defeating the enemy, you will have to solve adventure and role-playing elements as well.
Why similar: Strategy 67.5%, RTS 32.5%
- #45 Forged Battalion
71% matchMixed58% of 1,113 reviews2018
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.
Why similar: RTS 64%, Strategy 32.4%, Indie 3.6%
- #46 Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
60% matchVery Positive94% of 10,771 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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: RTS 56.5%, Strategy 30.4%, Action 13.1%
- #47 A Game of Thrones - Genesis
74% matchMostly Negative35% of 719 reviews2011
Dev: Cyanide StudiosPub: 1C-SoftClub
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Immerse yourself into the battles and intrigues between the Houses that shaped the Kingdom of Westeros and keep your spot on the Iron Throne by any means.
Why similar: Strategy 62.7%, RTS 37.3%
- #48 Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 416 reviews2013
Dev: Frima StudioPub: Rocket Smash Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Pick your faction, Monster, strategy, and find out who gets to become King of the Undead!
Why similar: Strategy 43.3%, RTS 31.1%, Action 19.1%, Indie 6.5%
- #49 UNDEAD FACTORY:Zombie Pandemic
70% matchMixed57% of 100 reviews2018
Dev: BTD STUDIO Co.,ltd.
Windows
Survive zombie apocalypse! Plunder resources for survival!
Why similar: RTS 49.6%, Strategy 46.4%, Indie 3.9%
- #50 Perimeter
70% matchVery Positive84% of 269 reviews2014
Dev: K-D LabPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: RTS 52.1%, Strategy 47.9%
- #51 Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™
62% matchMostly Positive80% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Surrender is not an option
Why similar: Strategy 42.7%, RTS 40.4%, Action 16.9%
- #52 Lootfest Wars
69% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: vikingfabian
Windows
A relaxing RTS
Why similar: RTS 49.1%, Strategy 43.5%, Indie 7.4%
- #53 Taste of Power
68% matchMixed67% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: OneOcean LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Show your strategic talents in Taste of Power! It's a RTS set in an alternate medieval world, where Europe, Middle East, and China confront each other. Develop unique technologies and lead warriors into an epic battlefield – the victory is yours!
Why similar: RTS 52.4%, Strategy 47.6%
- #54 Maniac Land
61% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Giftzwerg Games
Windows
"Maniac Land" Summon your mages to the court! Gather resources and transform them into powerful wands, mysterious books, or, well, stones. Develop new spells, defend your small land, or snatch up your friends' territories and zap them into another dimension.
Why similar: RTS 50.4%, Strategy 33.2%, Action 14.5%, Indie 1.9%
- #55 Alienshire
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: emagnetic
Windows
Alienshire is a classic real-time strategy game where you command an alien force, harvest a familiar landscape, produce units, and fight for control of the territory.
Why similar: RTS 46.1%, Strategy 28.4%, Aliens 22.3%, Indie 3.1%
- #56 Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 91 reviews2015
Dev: G5 SoftwarePub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Ice Crusade is a stand-alone expansion for post-apocalyptic real time strategy Cuban Missile Crisis. Ice Crusade continues the original story and adds new campaigns, battlegrounds and units.
Why similar: Strategy 71.7%, RTS 28.3%
- #57 Real Warfare 1242
71% matchMixed55% of 95 reviews2011
Dev: Unicorn Games StudioPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Real Warfare: 1242, is a realistic real-time strategy game based on authentic historic events.
Why similar: Strategy 60.9%, RTS 39.1%