- #1 Rogue Command
97% matchVery Positive90% of 1,064 reviews2026
Dev: feneq
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.8% ★, RTS 18.3%, Roguelite 10.3%, Base Building 9.8%, Space 9.4%
- #2 Nomad Fleet
96% matchMixed66% of 214 reviews2016
Dev: Autarca
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction. Lead a fully armed fleet of battleships, carriers and fighters through a series of randomized scenarios and encounters where they must fight for their survival while scavenging for resources,...
Why similar: Real-Time 34.7% ★, RTS 22.3%, Space 18%, Strategy 13.4%, Sci-fi 10.3%
- #3 Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
96% matchMixed66% of 298 reviews2015
Dev: Blazing Griffin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes and traverse a randomly generated galaxy to defeat the Erebus Platform. NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX
Why similar: RTS 20%, Space 18.6%, Real-Time 12.4% ★, Sci-fi 12.3%, Procedural Generation 11.7%
- #4 Homeworld 3
95% matchMixed41% of 8,761 reviews2024
Dev: Blackbird InteractivePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 65.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.
Why similar: RTS 25.6%, Real-Time 24.7% ★, Space 15.2%, Tactical 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #5 Stellar Warfare
94% matchVery Positive82% of 434 reviews2021
Dev: Tense Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Space RTS with base building and ship customization. Personal passion project. More than 200 available ships, weapons and modules to design your fleet with. Contains a small campaign, several single and multiplayer game modes and a coop game mode. Also contains Wave defense!
Why similar: RTS 26.2%, Aliens 17.8%, Space 14.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Tactical 11.1%
- #6 Annihilate The Spance
94% matchVery Positive90% of 366 reviews2025
Dev: Skyglow Softworks
Windows
An RTS base builder with huge battles, constant production, and autonomous ships. The Spance approaches, a vast and mysterious storm at the edge of humanity. Who shall claim its riches? Brave the perils of the depths in a story-rich singleplayer campaign with numerous distinct factions and bosses.
Why similar: RTS 28.3%, Base Building 17.6%, Space 16.8%, Building 10.9%, Sci-fi 8%
- #7 ERA ONE
93% matchVery Positive87% of 1,615 reviews2025
Dev: Team Complex LTD
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Start with your Command Center and expand it into a colossal modular flagship, module by module. Design custom warships from the ground up, grow a thriving civilization, and command powerful fleets across the Solar System in tactical real-time battles.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.2% ★, RTS 23.5%, Space 13.7%, Base Building 12.9%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #8 Flaregate Network
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Keycard Studio, LLC
Windows
A sci-fi deckbuilder with RTS-style fleet battles. Discover an epic space opera through a full story campaign, then pursue mastery in a separate roguelike mode.
Why similar: RTS 28%, Space 17.2%, Aliens 13.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Tactical 10.8%
- #9 Galaxy Reavers
92% matchMixed69% of 206 reviews2016
Dev: Good Games
Windows
This is a fun yet challenging RTS game. To survive in the vast galaxy, you need to build up your own fleet and customize your warships. You will also learn to control them efficiently in battle to defeat your enemies, conquer planets, and expand your galactic empire!
Why similar: RTS 39.7%, Space 29.3%, Strategy 18.1%, Sci-fi 12.9%
- #10 Command Deck
89% matchVery Positive99% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: k-critical
Windows · Mac
A retro sci-fi deckbuilder where enemies play by the same rules as you. Command your ship, build powerful deck combinations, and watch your decisions unfold in fast-paced, satisfying space combat.
Why similar: Spaceships 54.2% ★, Space 15.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Strategy 7.8%, Procedural Generation 7.4%
- #11 Shortest Trip to Earth
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,437 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
Why similar: Spaceships 37.6% ★, Roguelite 12.1%, Space 12%, Aliens 10.2%, Tactical 8.1%
- #12 Battlevoid: Sector Siege
91% matchMixed59% of 200 reviews2017
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battlevoid: Sector Siege is an epic straight into action real-time space strategy game, in which the world has been built to deliver a lively battle field; and the action is never more than just seconds away at the start of every game.
Why similar: Real-Time 27.9% ★, RTS 22.9%, Space 19.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Tactical 9.8%
- #13 Executive Assault 2
89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,767 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
Why similar: Real-Time 26% ★, RTS 22%, Action RTS 13.6% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Space 9.1%
- #14 Dust Fleet
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Orbiting DiscoPub: indie.io
Windows
Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.
Why similar: Real-Time 36.9% ★, Space 14.4%, Tactical 12.4%, Sci-fi 10%, RTS 8.6%
- #15 Breachway
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,524 reviews2024
Dev: Edgeflow StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.
Why similar: Roguelite 44.1%, Procedural Generation 28.5%, Strategy 21.8%, Singleplayer 5.6%
- #16 Eternal Starlight VR
86% matchVery Positive91% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: White Noise Games
Windows
Activate your Neural Link to gain an omniscient view of the battlefield. Experience the conflict at any scale, as you plot the course that will lead your fleet to victory. Eternal Starlight is a tactical space combat game, built from the ground up for VR.
Why similar: RTS 23.2%, Action RTS 21.4% ★, Spaceships 19.8% ★, Space 12.2%, Tactical 11.2%
- #17 Space Reign
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 462 reviews2026
Dev: Propulsive Games
Windows
An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.
Why similar: Action RTS 28.8% ★, RTS 22.6%, Space 17.1%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Tactical 9.6%
- #18 Operation: Polygon Storm
85% matchMixed70% of 292 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Action RTS 36.9% ★, RTS 24.7%, Roguelite 15%, Tactical 7.6%, Strategy 6.1%
- #19 Void Destroyer
86% matchMixed59% of 352 reviews2015
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.
Why similar: Space 33.3%, RTS 32.7%, Strategy 18.9%, Sci-fi 15.2%
- #20 Down with the Ship
82% matchVery Positive93% of 856 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Anchor GamesPub: Proxy Studios
Windows · Mac
Strategic auto battler where you design a heavily-armed spaceship. Draft 200+ items, outfit your hull, and unleash it in async PvP. Blend captains and factions for absurd combos and galactic domination. Roll, buy, place, pray.
Why similar: Space 25.2%, Roguelite 24.8%, Aliens 23.9%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Strategy 10.7%
- #21 Five Nations
84% matchVery Positive83% of 270 reviews2021
Dev: SilverForge
Windows
Five Nations is a real-time sci-fi strategy game for PC platform. Encompassing tactical combat in space in real-time mixed with micromanagement of economy, construction, and production featuring different kind of single player modes.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.5% ★, RTS 26.9%, Aliens 10.9%, Space 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #22 Starforged Legacy
81% matchVery Positive88% of 190 reviews2026
Dev: Second Shift GamesPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
Outlast the onslaught in a sci-fi survivors-like where your decisions matter as much as your firepower. Command customizable starships, enhance your arsenal with 100+ strategy-defining upgrades, and annihilate endless fleets of cosmic combatants! Carve your legacy among the stars or die trying!
Why similar: Roguelite 25.9%, Space 21.9%, PvE 16.4%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Strategy 10.6%
- #23 XO
83% matchVery Positive87% of 102 reviews2019
Dev: Jumpdrive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a fleet and lead humanity to safety. Grow your fleet using force, diplomacy or guile... and try to stay ahead of the relentless Harvesters. Each ship you add to your fleet gives you powers but also reduces your limited resources in this challenging RTS-with-pause game.
Why similar: RTS 37.4%, Roguelite 21.4%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Strategy 6.7%
- #24 FTL: Faster Than Light
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 78,865 reviews2012
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Why similar: Space 32.8%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Roguelite 12.7%, Tactical 12.6%, Strategy 12.1%
- #25 Sublight
79% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: CODEBREW SOFTWARE LTD
Windows · Linux
Sublight is a space bullet heaven roguelike, where you captain a powerful warship and carve through escalating waves of enemies. Upgrade your arsenal, unlock new ships, and experiment with countless builds to dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: Roguelite 38.2%, Space 27.6%, Sci-fi 19.2%, 3D 11.5%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #26 Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
82% matchMixed69% of 103 reviews2014
Dev: Digital RealityPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 26%
From the makers of the award-winning Imperium Galactica 1 and 2 games, discover a powerful space-opera like RTS game.
Why similar: RTS 43.3%, Space 29.6%, Strategy 18.9%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #27 Byte Lynx
80% matchVery Positive98% of 89 reviews2022
Dev: Artful Games
Windows
Byte Lynx is a fast-paced RTS with no units. Build defenses, dismantle your enemy, and steal their buildings in this deeply tactical building combat-based strategy game. Expand your arsenal across a series of diverse levels!
Why similar: Action RTS 25.7% ★, RTS 21.3%, Base Building 12.6%, Tactical 9.8%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #28 Starminer
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,894 reviews2026
Dev: CoolAndGoodGames
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
Why similar: Spaceships 39.3% ★, RTS 15.8%, Aliens 11.4%, Space 11.2%, Base Building 8.7%
- #29 Particle Fleet: Emergence
79% matchVery Positive92% of 1,284 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
Why similar: RTS 40.6%, Space 26.5%, Strategy 21.5%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #30 Stellar Commanders
78% matchMixed58% of 101 reviews2020
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows
Conquer the stars in this straightforward multiplayer real-time strategy game from the creators of First Strike and become a Stellar Commander!
Why similar: Real-Time 35.7% ★, RTS 25.2%, Space 12.9%, Tactical 12%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #31 Crying Suns
75% matchVery Positive86% of 4,555 reviews2019
Dev: Alt Shift
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.
Why similar: RTS 21.6%, Space 17.8%, Roguelite 16.2%, Tactical 14%, Sci-fi 10.9%
- #32 Flotilla
77% matchVery Positive82% of 243 reviews2010
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Lead your orbital battleships to victory in Flotilla! Fight, trade, and explore new planets in your journey through the galaxy. Featuring tactically rich 3D combat, flank and surprise the enemy from any direction. When the dust settles, generate another randomized universe for a brand new adventure!
Why similar: Roguelite 24%, Space 16.1%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Tactical 15%, Procedural Generation 11.9%
- #33 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
73% matchVery Positive94% of 12,916 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 41.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Spaceships 47.5% ★, Space 16%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 6.6%
- #34 SPACECOM
76% matchMixed68% of 533 reviews2014
Dev: Flow CombinePub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.
Why similar: RTS 34.7%, Real-Time 17.7% ★, Tactical 13.1%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #35 Battlecruisers
74% matchVery Positive83% of 434 reviews2021
Dev: Mecha Weka
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A visually stunning RTS where players battle to build the ultimate automated floating Ultraweapon. Outsmart players or AIs by building a strategically superior Battlecruiser. Step aboard for unique, hand-drawn misadventure on Flooded Earth, explosive gameplay, and an addictive soundtrack. And nukes.
Why similar: RTS 41.7%, Tactical 18.3%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Building 13.7%, Strategy 10.4%
- #36 Heat Death
74% matchVery Positive97% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Gallistrix
Windows · Mac
Build your deck, re-write your cards, and join in epic space battles! Heat Death is a single-player deckbuilder which takes card customization and power scaling to the extreme, as you battle against sentient stars and black holes.
Why similar: Space 29.3%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Strategy 14.5%, 3D 9.9%
- #37 Final Theory
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 394 reviews2018
Dev: Monticube
Windows
Final Theory is a 4X-lite turn-based strategy game where you command fleets of battleships engaged in a galactic civil war. It presents an exciting experience for both veteran players and those new to the genre. It features innovative combat mechanics but also hearkens back to some of the classics.
Why similar: Spaceships 54.7% ★, Space 10.2%, Tactical 9.4%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Strategy 6.9%
- #38 Element
76% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Flightless
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don't have time to play realtime strategy space games. Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defence units, and destroy the enemy while maintaining a balance between earth, air and water.
Why similar: RTS 25%, Real-Time 24.4% ★, Space 12.4%, Base Building 10.7%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #39 Rogue Station
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 231 reviews2023
Dev: Quint Studio
Windows
This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Roguelite 19.5%, Base Building 19.1%, Space 18.7%, Building 13.8%, PvE 8.9%
- #40 GODBREAKERS
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,039 reviews2025
Dev: To The SkyPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Fast, Fluid, Frenetic! Break gods, steal powers, and chain abilities in a hectic combat loop. This 1-4 player co-op action roguelite is built for fast pick-up sessions and endlessly replayable chaos. Experience tough battles and maximum expression where every run feels rewarding!
Why similar: Roguelite 57.7%, Sci-fi 42.3%
- #41 Ancient Space
77% matchMixed44% of 374 reviews2014
Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.
Why similar: RTS 40.5%, Space 29.2%, Strategy 16.7%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Singleplayer 2%
- #42 Tabletop Tavern
70% matchVery Positive90% of 2,141 reviews2026
Dev: TJPub: Frostbloom
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.
Why similar: RTS 34.6%, Roguelite 18%, Tactical 17%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Strategy 9.3%
- #43 Catharage
72% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Björn MichalskiPub: Games Foundation GmbH
Windows
A space tactics roguelite with naval combat and extraction elements. Explore space, pick fights, collect loot, then escape. Upgrade and unlock new ships to strengthen your fleet and face tougher foes. Play with up to 4 friends in online coop.
Why similar: Roguelite 28.3%, Space 19.1%, PvE 18.2%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Strategy 12%
- #44 SHOOPER NOVA
71% matchVery Positive85% of 664 reviews2025
Dev: JamesikaPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!
Why similar: Roguelite 44.1%, Strategy 22.3%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Space 15.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #45 Repel The Rifts
71% matchVery Positive85% of 373 reviews2025
Dev: RefinedBearGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Linux
Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.
Why similar: Tactical 24.2%, Roguelite 23.3%, Space 22.8%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Strategy 9.4%
- #46 VOID/BREAKER
69% matchVery Positive92% of 2,754 reviews2025
Dev: Stubby GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fast paced Bullet hell Roguelite FPS 🔴 Fight relentless machines driven by a hostile AI. Escape an endless cycle. Craft infinite weapon variants with deep gun modding. Forge deadly synergies. Carve your way out through enviro destruction /BREAK THE SYSTEM /BREAK FREE
Why similar: Roguelite 58%, Sci-fi 35.5%, Singleplayer 6.5%
- #47 Astral Lords
70% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: Dark DimensionPub: 量子艺界(QUANTUM ARTS)
Windows
Shatter genre boundaries in this sci-fi survival Roguelite blending bullet-hell action and base-building RTS. Dodge and unleash screen-clearing firepower against alien hordes, while constructing fortresses and real-time automated defenses to crush your enemies.
Why similar: Space 33.2%, Base Building 31%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Singleplayer 2%
- #48 eXoSpace Combat Engineer
70% matchVery Positive87% of 125 reviews2026
Dev: Fantastimaker
Windows
Snap, rotate and launch your own warship in minutes, then pilot it into bullet-hell boss fights to hunt the galaxy's supervillains. Master intuitive engineering, evolve from drone to dreadnought, and use the fully gridless designer to build anything you can imagine!
Why similar: Spaceships 57% ★, Space 13.3%, Building 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Procedural Generation 5%
- #49 Battlevoid: Harbinger
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,061 reviews2016
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.
Why similar: Space 45.5%, Roguelite 21.3%, Strategy 20.7%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Singleplayer 2%
- #50 Dimensions: Dreadnought Architect
71% matchMixed54% of 204 reviews2023
Dev: Craft Theory
Windows
Unleash your creativity, design your dreadnought with a variety of modules, and have complete control over the function and style of each module. Command your battleship with wisdom and decisiveness. Gallop in the vast galaxy and destroy all enemies.
Why similar: Spaceships 50.8% ★, Roguelite 12.3%, Building 10.3%, Space 9.1%, PvE 6.9%
- #51 Homeworld Remastered Collection
69% matchVery Positive88% of 14,195 reviews2015
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: RTS 39.4%, Space 29.3%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Tactical 6.8%
- #52 Enter the Chronosphere
65% matchVery Positive95% of 475 reviews2026
Dev: Effort StarPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Everything moves when you do in Enter the Chronosphere, the turn-based roguelike. Each chronosphere is procedurally generated with defenders and biomes from the worlds it has consumed. Break in, find exotic weaponry and gadgets, outsmart hostile aliens, and fight your way to the core.
Why similar: Space 35%, Sci-fi 23.3%, Procedural Generation 16.4%, Strategy 12.7%, Tactical 11.1%
- #53 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
67% matchVery Positive81% of 4,440 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: RTS 52.8%, Tactical 28.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Singleplayer 4%
- #54 Sins of a Solar Empire II
66% matchVery Positive84% of 8,792 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 32.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Why similar: RTS 22%, Real-Time 18.6% ★, Space 17%, Tactical 9%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #55 Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,941 reviews2016
Dev: Blackbird InteractivePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.
Why similar: RTS 48.5%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Strategy 14.5%, Space 10.3%, Real-Time 8.5% ★
- #56 Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,092 reviews2026
Dev: Alt ShiftPub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.
Why similar: RTS 32.3%, Roguelite 18.1%, Tactical 15.4%, Space 14.2%, Strategy 9.4%
- #57 BattleGroupVR2
66% matchVery Positive85% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceOwl Games
Windows
BattleGroupVR2 is a virtual reality real-time space strategy where you explore the galaxy and lead a fleet of powerful warships from the bridge of your flagship. Explore, mine, trade, hunt. Grow your fleet, upgrade your ships, train your captains, and battle the enemy from the captain's chair.
Why similar: Action RTS 28.8% ★, RTS 21.7%, Spaceships 19.5% ★, Sci-fi 9%, PvE 7.3%
- #58 ZeroSpace
65% matchVery Positive80% of 1,442 reviews2026
Dev: Starlance Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
ZeroSpace is a hybrid sci-fi RTS / RPG game that allows you to play as the commander of The Protectorate, a galactic force dedicated to securing humanity’s place in the galaxy. The Orion sector is locked in a vicious power struggle between many alien factions, ready to fight to the death.
Why similar: Action RTS 37% ★, RTS 29%, Base Building 16.1%, PvE 10.7%, Strategy 7.2%
- #59 Break Siege
67% matchVery Positive84% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: FojoGamesPub: Edigger
Windows · Linux
Break Siege is a train-themed deck-building rougelike game in which you constantly construct your own deck and breakthrough forces of the Imperial in intense, real-time battles.
Why similar: Roguelite 38.5%, Space 17.4%, Procedural Generation 17%, Strategy 16.3%, Sci-fi 10%