- #1 Empire Earth: Gold Edition
97% matchVery Positive87% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Stainless Steel StudiosPub: Rebellion
Windows
With dozens of hours of gameplay set across a rich tapestry of time, Empire Earth: Gold Edition offers real-time strategy for the ages. Choose any point in time - from the discovery of fire to the laser battles of the future - and command your civilization with one goal: make Earth your Empire.
Why similar: RTS 29.1%, Wargame 24.6%, Strategy 23.9%, Top-Down 8.7%, Building 7.7%
- #2 Fleet Craft
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aries
Windows
"Fleet Craft" is a real-time strategy game with a science fiction theme. Players can build land fleets composed of large tanks, robots and other units. You can customize the weapons on the unit to achieve different functions.
Why similar: RTS 36%, Strategy 28.2%, Wargame 22.3%, Top-Down 7.8%, Combat 4.1%
- #3 Little Heroes
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: 超级大发喵
Windows
A real-time strategy game where you build your own army to consolidate your territory.
Why similar: Wargame 41.8%, RTS 37.1%, Strategy 16.5%, Combat 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #4 Within the Range
95% matchMixed56% of 241 reviews2021
Dev: Aries
Windows
This game is no longer updated, do not buy!! RTS with physical details. Formulate strategies based on terrain and unit characteristics
Why similar: Wargame 37.4%, RTS 35.5%, Strategy 22.1%, Combat 4.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #5 Waronoi
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: MFCPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Command modern military armies by zooming out and issuing orders to large formations, or zooming in to issue orders to individual squads and vehicles. Waronoi is the real-time strategy war game.
Why similar: RTS 31.7%, Wargame 29.8%, Strategy 23.3%, Top-Down 10.3%, Combat 4.3%
- #6 king of the hill
94% matchMostly Negative36% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: BananaDogGames
Windows
King of the Hill is a 2D cartoon RTS. Start small, expand your forces, and capture cities to control the battlefield. With 80+ levels, 20+ upgradeable unit types, and 15+ rune combos, battles mix simple controls with deep strategy. Easy to play, hard to master
Why similar: RTS 35%, Wargame 32.6%, Strategy 27.1%, Combat 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #7 Unibat
93% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: wow wow Games
Windows
Real-time strategy Unibat is a game where you build your own kingdom and manage them, train knights and fight against enemy camps of orcs.
Why similar: RTS 36.9%, Wargame 33.5%, Strategy 28.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #8 The Finnish War
92% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: AcroGames
Windows
In a time when the Napoleonic Wars were raging in Europe, another minor theatre took place in the far north. In the lands of the Kingdom of Sweden, in modern-day Finland, the Finnish War was a conflict in a dangerous land that saw stories, battles, and heroes unlike anywhere else in the continent.
Why similar: Wargame 40.6%, RTS 34.8%, Strategy 23.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #9 Colloblast: Kingdoms of Cosmos
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wintergrim Entertainment
Windows
A sci-fi RTS game with base building and resource gathering.
Why similar: RTS 30.5%, Wargame 28.9%, Strategy 21.9%, Building 8.9%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #10 Occupy
91% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: BananaDogGames
Windows
Accumulate soldiers and capture cities. Choose the optimal attack routes and timing. Formulate strategies to adapt to the ever-changing battlefield and assemble your forces wisely. Defeat enemies, upgrade your troops, and take on even greater challenges.
Why similar: Wargame 39%, RTS 33.9%, Strategy 22.7%, Combat 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #11 Retaliation Path of Kingdoms
90% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: MNZ SoftwarePub: Xteam Software Solutions srl
Windows
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 34.8%, Wargame 32.5%, Strategy 26.9%, Combat 4.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #12 三国阵
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Fuzhou Gaochang
Windows
《三国阵》is a unique 2D confrontation game. The simple and easy-to-understand way of deploying troops on the battlefield frees up your hands. You just need to send out troops, and the soldiers will keep fighting to help you defeat the enemies.
Why similar: RTS 33.6%, Wargame 28.8%, Strategy 24.8%, Top-Down 8.4%, Combat 3.7%
- #13 Tank Guards
89% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: CAOLEI
Windows
"Tank Guards" is an independent game of strategy and defense based on tanks. Terrible enemies will invade your base, you have to upgrade your base, arm your tanks, and take advantage of the terrain, with friends to defend against their crazy attack.
Why similar: RTS 38%, Wargame 35.1%, Strategy 19.9%, Combat 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #14 Flocking Wars
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: eoin tolster
Windows · Linux
Command armies of flocking creatures in this fast-paced RTS. Battle for control of strategic nodes, utilize terrain advantages, and dominate the continent in the single-player campaign.
Why similar: RTS 35.1%, Wargame 32.7%, Strategy 26.2%, Combat 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #15 Kriegsspiel ~ 7 Years' War
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: La Forge du Code
Windows
Play as a 7 Years' War general in Kriegsspiel ~ 7 Years' War, a real-time wargame. You command huge armies, but depend on couriers to send orders to your troops, and to be aware of the situation on the battlefield. Think strategically, and send the right orders to win every of your battle!
Why similar: Wargame 38.4%, RTS 31.1%, Strategy 20.8%, Top-Down 6%, Combat 2.7%
- #16 Castle War
86% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: T.Deamia
Windows
《Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne》 and 《Mirage War》 are two games that I really love in my childhood, and it would be a lot of fun to mix them together with some design.....
Why similar: Wargame 42.4%, RTS 33.2%, Strategy 23.4%, Singleplayer 1%
- #17 迷你王国战争 Mini Kingdom Wars
86% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 枫叶FengYe工作室
Windows
This is a medieval strategy war game where you can freely choose your faction, acquire resources, purchase armies from crystals, strengthen yourself, defeat enemy armies, break down enemy walls, and destroy enemy crystals to win the game. You can compete with AI and invite friends to play online.
Why similar: RTS 36.5%, Wargame 31.9%, Strategy 27%, Combat 4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #18 Link Empire
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 没工作工作室
Windows
Link Empire is a real-time strategy game based on a hexagonal grid. In this game, you just need to link nodes to command your forces, not control every unit. Focus on your development, unit combination. Choose your attack timing and path carefully. Defeat your enemies on a truly strategic level!
Why similar: Wargame 36.8%, RTS 32.3%, Strategy 19.8%, Top-Down 8.4%, Combat 2.3%
- #19 Imperivm RTC - HD Edition "Great Battles of Rome"
84% matchMixed69% of 1,264 reviews2021
Dev: Dinamic Software
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Lead the battles that forged the greatest Empire of all time. Seven civilizations fighting for glory or freedom: Rome, Aegyptus, Britannia, Germania, Gallia, Hispania, and Carthago. Enjoy the fast-paced RTC “Real-Time Conquest” gameplay, an Old School RTS oriented to military conquest.
Why similar: RTS 34.6%, Wargame 33.6%, Strategy 26.8%, Combat 4.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #20 Warrior Kings: Battles
83% matchVery Positive91% of 329 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 54.2%, Strategy 45.8%
- #21 BattleMore
82% matchPositive86% of 14 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 58.2%, Strategy 41.8%
- #22 Empires:The Rise
82% 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 53.3%, Strategy 46.7%
- #23 Celtic Kings: Rage of War
81% matchVery Positive90% of 174 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 58.7%, Strategy 41.3%
- #24 reconquest
81% 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 53%, Strategy 47%
- #25 Rising Kingdoms
79% matchVery Positive92% of 252 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Rising Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2005
Why similar: RTS 51.6%, Strategy 48.4%
- #26 Empire Earth II: Gold Edition
78% matchPositive91% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: Mad Doc SoftwarePub: Rebellion
Windows
Empire Earth II: Gold Edition refines the series’ time-spanning gameplay with a host of new features. With advanced AI, picture-in-picture control, dynamic weather and many other additions, this RTS doesn’t just stand the test of time – it annihilates it.
Why similar: Strategy 33.3%, RTS 25.1%, Building 17.8%, Top-Down 14.7%, Combat 7.8%
- #27 Planet X16
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
Planet X16 the spiritual successor to the Planet X3 strategy game. You are up against the Protoids again. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases now with mouse controls
Why similar: RTS 45.3%, Strategy 37%, Top-Down 16%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #28 Z Steel Soldiers
80% matchMixed53% of 287 reviews2014
Dev: TickTock GamesPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.8 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 52.3%, Strategy 47.7%
- #29 SeizeTheMap
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YuanLi
Windows
A hybrid RTS between RTS and turn-based. Command your units like chess pieces. Features reimagined RTS systems (recruitment, crafting, research) plus RPG-style growth and random quests. Finally, face the unique "Judgment Battle."
Why similar: RTS 35.5%, Strategy 27%, Wargame 14.5%, Building 10.8%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #30 Tempest Rising
76% matchVery Positive88% of 11,466 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.8 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 63.6%, Strategy 28.4%, Wargame 5.5%, Top-Down 1.5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #31 Warfare
77% matchVery Positive86% of 246 reviews2009
Dev: GFI RussiaPub: Game Factory Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 25%
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 50.3%, RTS 49.7%
- #32 Rogue Production Facility
77% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Eivind Magnus Noersterud Hvidevold
Windows
RPF is a simple real-time strategy game with lush graphics and easy gameplay. You mine resources and send your medieval units from one floating island to another to conquer enemies who reside there in quest of treasure and empire.
Why similar: RTS 38%, Strategy 26.7%, Wargame 17.4%, Top-Down 13.3%, Combat 3.2%
- #33 Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
76% matchVery Positive94% of 248 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 52.6%, RTS 47.4%
- #34 Space Fleet Logistics
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rcs_games
Windows
Wars are won by logistics. Command the Federation's fleets across a star system, manage supply chains, secure planets, and outmaneuver a relentless AI enemy. Every battle is decided before it begins.
Why similar: RTS 34.8%, Wargame 29.6%, Strategy 27.2%, Top-Down 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #35 StrateZ
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Kottabos Games
Windows
StrateZ is a casual post-apocalyptic RTS game where you fight to survive as one of three separate factions be it Survivor, Zombie or Marauder.
Why similar: RTS 41.9%, Strategy 32.3%, Wargame 23.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #36 Warrior Kings
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 143 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 53.3%, RTS 46.7%
- #37 StarSim: BattleZone
73% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Viktor Martynovsky
Windows
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 44%, Strategy 26.8%, Building 16.7%, Top-Down 11.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #38 Sea_Dominator
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lee Seung Jae
Windows
Created by solo developer Seung-jae Lee, a huge StarCraft fan. Sea_Dominator is a next-gen RTS built for flawless Linux performance. Command fish in fierce underwater battles with classic RTS mechanics. Join our journey toward epic campaigns, multiplayer, and community-driven new units!
Why similar: RTS 34.8%, Wargame 32.5%, Strategy 27%, Combat 4.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #39 Wardoll
73% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: X Roman
Windows
Wardoll is wargame campaign that you play as a doll on a commander vs commander game mode. Build, spawn toy soldiers and send them to battle! In a top down perspective you can experience a backyard battle with riflemans, tanks and AT but also your doll has a special gun that you can use.
Why similar: RTS 39.6%, Wargame 38%, Strategy 21.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #40 The Extinction Directive
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: CustomBit
Windows
A single-player sci-fi strategy game set in a future where humankind has made the first leap to a distant star system
Why similar: RTS 34.1%, Wargame 27.5%, Strategy 25.3%, Top-Down 8.8%, Combat 3.7%
- #41 Kohan: Ahriman's Gift
74% matchVery Positive89% of 151 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
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Why similar: Strategy 55.3%, RTS 44.7%
- #42 History of Kingdoms: Three Kingdoms
71% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Uncle GoodBen
Windows
Set in the Three Kingdoms period of late Eastern Han China, the game History of Kingdoms: Three Kingdoms aims for players to choose from various competing warlords, unify the divided world, survive, and become the ultimate victor.
Why similar: RTS 32.8%, Wargame 30.3%, Strategy 27.4%, Top-Down 8.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #43 Red vs Green
72% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Daniel W. Hollingsworth
Windows
Red VS Green is a no frills tactical simulator that focuses on troop movements rather then building speed. There are 3 basic units in the game Red Androids, Green Androids, and Blue Androids. Blue androids are neutral. The main battle is between Red and Green.
Why similar: RTS 35.1%, Strategy 26.2%, Wargame 20.1%, Top-Down 12.6%, Combat 5.3%
- #44 White Sands
71% matchMixed44% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: Binge Gaming OU
Windows
As a commander of the Union, a semi state organization with military and research potential, your goal is to help humanity rebuild. Modern military technology will give you an edge over the bandits, but the task will be far from an easy one.
Why similar: RTS 37.2%, Wargame 34%, Strategy 28%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #45 Countryballs: Rise of Europe
70% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Arsen AdamenkoPub: A.A
Windows
In this game you play for countries of the modern and old world, or create your own. 🔹 World generator - creates flags, borders and even whole new maps. 🔹 Smart AI - from diplomacy to revolutions, it will make every game interesting. 📜 Create your story, change the fate of the world
Why similar: Wargame 42.5%, Strategy 33.8%, Top-Down 15.4%, Combat 8.2%
- #46 Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
71% matchVery Positive85% of 117 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
If you are to return your race to their rightful glory, you must solve the mystery of their destruction.
Why similar: Strategy 50.1%, RTS 49.9%
- #47 Industrial Annihilation
69% matchMostly Negative31% of 431 reviews2024
Dev: Galactic Annihilation
Windows
The next major game in the Planetary Annihilation universe, Industrial Annihilation combines the iconic real-time strategy of the beloved Annihilation games with deep factory-building to deliver a blend of genres unlike any you’ve experienced before.
Why similar: RTS 37.4%, Wargame 32.7%, Strategy 25.5%, Combat 4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #48 BattlefieldPriest
69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: BananaDogGames
Windows
this is a RTS strategy game,if you like Warcraft or Command & Conquer you maybe like this game players controller a priest to healing soldiers and choose which kind of soldiers the kingdom need , killing monters and murch for their nests
Why similar: Wargame 40.6%, RTS 32.7%, Strategy 22%, Combat 3.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #49 GeoWar 2
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tien Do Nam
Windows · Linux
GeoWar is a simple real-time strategy game where you have to capture all the bases from the enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 38.4%, Wargame 30.9%, RTS 30.7%
- #50 A Game of Thrones - Genesis
70% matchMostly Negative35% of 713 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 60.9%, RTS 39.1%
- #51 Harpoon Classic '97
67% matchVery Positive83% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Alliance InteractivePub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Harpoon Classic 97 a naval warfare simulation game that builds on the legacy of the original Harpoon®. Command naval forces, including ships, submarines, and aircraft, across global theaters like the Nth Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and Mediterranean, a realistic modern naval combat.
Why similar: Wargame 32.9%, RTS 32.6%, Strategy 29%, Combat 4.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #52 Meridian: New World
70% matchMixed48% of 530 reviews2014
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.3 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 60.2%, Strategy 38.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #53 Color War
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Apex Game
Windows
An instant battle strategy game where you summon your troops to the battlefield and let them fight on their own. Pay attention to the compatibility of different military units as well as the effects of magic and buildings.
Why similar: RTS 33.9%, Wargame 27.3%, Strategy 25.1%, Top-Down 8.7%, Combat 4.5%
- #54 Stonkers
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: ImaginePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
One of the world's first real-time strategy games, originally released for the ZX Spectrum in 1984. Move your units across varied terrain to meet the enemy, managing strategic positioning and supply lines.
Why similar: RTS 45.1%, Wargame 26.1%, Strategy 19.4%, Top-Down 6%, Combat 2.9%
- #55 War of Dots
65% matchVery Positive81% of 5,797 reviews2026
Dev: TeaAndPython
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: RTS 33.8%, Wargame 29.3%, Strategy 27.1%, Top-Down 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #56 Infinite Fantasy Battlefront
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 大连无限次元动漫游戏开发有限公司
Windows
Infinite Fantasy Battlefront is a sci-fi fantasy RTS. Command diverse, ever-expanding factions with unique heroes and armies. Battle solo or with friends across various PvP & PvE modes.
Why similar: RTS 37.2%, Wargame 31.9%, Strategy 27.1%, Combat 3.7%
- #57 SanGuo223
67% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: DuanWeibo
Windows
This is a RTS game, a war game about Three Kingdoms.Focus on the era of the Three Kingdoms when Zhuge Liang , and Cao Pi and Sun Quan.This game has a series of magical events, to tell the story of that era.
Why similar: RTS 35.1%, Wargame 29.6%, Strategy 26.7%, Top-Down 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #58 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 54.4%, Strategy 45.6%
- #59 ShellMobile: Titan Rampart
65% matchVery Positive98% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: 红景天娱乐
Windows
On the cosmic frontier, humanity has fought alien species for a century. As traditional defenses fall to new-gen alien mechs, tech giant ShellMobile—human-centered at its core—kindles new hope via breakthroughs in extraterrestrial titanium ore research.
Why similar: Wargame 37.5%, RTS 28.7%, Strategy 19.2%, Top-Down 8%, Building 6.2%