- #1 FleetLord
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: InfinityNan Studios
Windows
A space RTS about decisions, not menus. Conquer planets, link them to fuel your war machine, and level up your empire with randomized perk cards. Crush all opposition.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.8% ★, Real-Time 24.2% ★, RTS 12.6%, Roguelite 10.3%, PvE 6.4%
- #2 Stardust Exile
96% matchMixed69% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: Apseren
Windows · Linux
Stardust Exile is an RTS set in the Milky Way galaxy, containing currently known stars and exoplanets with their real characteristics. The remaining star systems are procedurally generated. It has both online mode and single-player skirmish mode. The online server is persistent and single-shard.
Why similar: Spaceships 22.5% ★, Real-Time 17.3% ★, RTS 13.9%, Action RTS 12.5% ★, Space 7.7%
- #3 FleetForge: Warship Builder & Fleet Command
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Text Arcade
Windows
Conquer a contested galaxy by designing modular warships and commanding real-time fleet battles. Forge your fleet from dozens of modules and weapon systems, then grow your empire in a solo or online co-op campaign.
Why similar: Spaceships 34.5% ★, RTS 14.1%, Space 13.6%, Building 8.9%, Base Building 7.4%
- #4 STARHOME
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows
Take command of the fleet of starships that is the home to the remnants of your civilization. Manage the limited space of each spacecraft and find the balance between living space, production, defenses, and weapons. Explore the galaxy as you seek refuge and safety from an overwhelming threat.
Why similar: Spaceships 31.1% ★, Action RTS 16.5% ★, RTS 12.6%, Space 8.3%, Base Building 7.1%
- #5 Novalast
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raging Storm Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Novalast is an immersive 2.5D Space RTS with full physics based combat, putting you in the Captain's chair of powerful starships. It features a fully physicalized logistics and supply system, where Nolithium supply matters. Run out of Nolithium, you're dead in the water.
Why similar: Spaceships 33.4% ★, Action RTS 18.4% ★, RTS 12.3%, Space 9.1%, Sci-fi 5.4%
- #6 Axan Ships - Low Poly
94% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Adam Stępiński
Windows
Sci-fi RTS and Top-Down
Why similar: Spaceships 40.1% ★, Action RTS 23.9% ★, RTS 9.3%, Space 8.4%, Roguelite 6.1%
- #7 Agon Protocol
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atrimn
Windows
Create your own ship designs and command them in tactical, real-time multiplayer battles. Outsmart your opponent through smart positioning, specialized weapons, and ships built around your strategy.
Why similar: Spaceships 37.6% ★, Action RTS 25.4% ★, RTS 14.7%, Tactical 6.5%, Space 6.4%
- #8 A Byte War
92% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: STELLAR
Windows · Linux
A Byte War is a real time strategy game where you lead a race of block-based machines against a machine threat from another dimension. Construct buildings from blocks arranged in various patterns and leverage your machines to convert the world around you.
Why similar: Real-Time 26.5% ★, RTS 19.1%, Action RTS 18.2% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Tactical 8.2%
- #9 Everfront
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wilhelm Tranheden
Windows · Mac · Linux
A territory-control strategy game where you continuously expand against AI opponents. Master six doctrines, unlock upgrades, and dominate procedurally generated maps.
Why similar: Real-Time 33.8% ★, RTS 19.6%, Roguelite 14.4%, Tactical 12.9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #10 Astral Ooze
90% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ClassyC LLC
Windows
Astral Ooze is a sci-fi realtime strategy game. Your astral ooze generates over time for every controlled star. Expand your astral ooze and conquer the stars!
Why similar: Real-Time 39.5% ★, RTS 17.1%, Space 12.8%, Tactical 10.7%, Strategy 6.6%
- #11 Axan Ships
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Adam Stępiński
Windows
Sci-fi RTS and Top-Down
Why similar: Spaceships 45.9% ★, Action RTS 28.7% ★, Space 6.5%, Roguelite 5.2%, Sci-fi 4.1%
- #12 Tyrium
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sceptical Orange
Windows
Tyrium is a real-time strategy game where you build a base, collect the valuable mineral Tyrium, and command tanks, rocket launchers, and infantry. Fight for map control, upgrade units, and experience two campaign levels. More content and game modes are coming soon!
Why similar: Real-Time 29% ★, Action RTS 25% ★, RTS 18.7%, Base Building 7.1%, Tactical 6.1%
- #13 Warsong
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac
Warsong is a fantasy RTS with RPG elements. Choose from Humans, Horde, or Undead, each featuring three heroes and three specialization paths. Heroes gain random card upgrades as they level up and permanently retain their equipment across battles.
Why similar: Real-Time 29.7% ★, Action RTS 24.9% ★, RTS 17.7%, Base Building 8.2%, PvE 7%
- #14 Earth 2160
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,563 reviews2006
Dev: Reality Pump StudiosPub: Topware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Real-Time 39.1% ★, RTS 24%, Base Building 14%, Space 13.8%, Strategy 6%
- #15 Stellar Empires
86% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Bros Ogon's
Windows
Indie strategy game where you take control of an Empire, lead it to complete domination by colonizing new planets! The goal of the game is simple - the player has an initial planet and he has to control the armies to capture the enemy planets.
Why similar: Real-Time 22.4% ★, RTS 22%, Action RTS 20.5% ★, Space 10.2%, PvE 7.1%
- #16 Empyrean Frontier
87% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Galdor Studios
Windows
Empyrean Frontier is an epic real time strategy game that mixes classic RTS gameplay with a multi-stage campaign in which the player commands a fleet of ships through a galactic map. Boss battles, base building, planet destroying superweapons, and tactical skirmishes create a unique blend of genres.
Why similar: Real-Time 25% ★, RTS 20.4%, Action RTS 16.3% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Base Building 10.3%
- #17 Executive Assault 2
85% matchVery Positive83% of 1,764 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.2 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 25.7% ★, RTS 22%, Action RTS 13.7% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Space 9.2%
- #18 StarSim: BattleZone
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 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 33.1%, Action RTS 16.2% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Strategy 11%, Building 10.7%
- #19 Admiral Stepinski
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Adam Stępiński
Windows
A multiplayer, tactical, real-time strategy with spaceships
Why similar: Spaceships 43.9% ★, RTS 24.8%, Tactical 12.5%, Space 7.6%, Strategy 5.5%
- #20 Shortest Trip to Earth
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,436 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 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 38% ★, Roguelite 12%, Space 12%, Aliens 10.1%, Tactical 8.1%
- #21 Grimstar: Crystals are the New Oil!
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: SvenRahn GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Grimstar is a real-time strategy game with a story-based single-player campaign. Your brother's sudden death has hit you hard, but the laws of the corporation for which he laid down his life dictate that you must take his place until his contract is fulfilled...
Why similar: Action RTS 20.4% ★, RTS 17.6%, Aliens 11%, Base Building 10%, Tactical 9%
- #22 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
83% matchVery Positive95% of 11,926 reviews2007
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War in one glorious package. Play the genre-defining classic real time strategy game in all its blood-soaked glory, including four complete campaigns and nine full-fledged factions.
Why similar: RTS 35.9%, Real-Time 24% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Strategy 11%, Tactical 7.3%
- #23 Desert Struggle
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CrashDumpSoftware
Windows · Linux
Desert Struggle is a fast paced real time strategy game. It is about base building, production timing and attack waves. Units are fully automated, so there are no standing armies. It is all about production capacities, expansions and timings! Play challenges against the AI or online in PvP matches.
Why similar: Real-Time 31.1% ★, RTS 27.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Action RTS 9.4% ★, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #24 Nomad Fleet
82% 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 34.5% ★, RTS 22.4%, Space 18.1%, Strategy 13.5%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #25 Zeta Leporis RTS
81% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Jason Gieske
Windows
A sci-fi real-time strategy game. An existential war among asteroids in classic RTS style. Build and defend, produce and upgrade, attack and annihilate!
Why similar: Real-Time 31.4% ★, RTS 23.7%, Space 13.4%, Base Building 10.1%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #26 To the Stars
80% matchPositive88% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar Cartography InteractivePub: Blowfish Studios
Windows · Mac
To the Stars is a fast-paced, whimsical and tactical planet-hopping game. Choose your own adventure as you conquer the universe - one constellation at a time.
Why similar: Spaceships 34.1% ★, RTS 18.4%, Aliens 11.8%, Roguelite 10.7%, Space 9.8%
- #27 Battle For Cosmos
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Oscar Makes Games
Windows
Battle For Cosmos is a fast-paced, action-packed RTS set in space. With a focus on the battle it is perfect for those who want a thrilling and engaging strategy game without the unnecessary filler. Take control of your empire, build your defenses, and conquer the cosmos!
Why similar: Action RTS 39.3% ★, RTS 27%, Space 12.2%, Strategy 7.7%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #28 Space Cheese Defenders
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Team Attack Games
Windows
A tower defense game with RTS elements about gathering cheese in space, where mobile carriers are able to deploy smaller spacecraft. Collect cheese to buy and upgrade spaceships and use each type to customize your playstyle and defend your base!
Why similar: Spaceships 41.1% ★, RTS 23.2%, Space 9.8%, Tactical 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #29 Rogue Command
76% matchVery Positive90% of 1,029 reviews2026
Dev: feneq
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.6 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 18.2%, Roguelite 10.3%, Base Building 9.8%, Space 9.4%
- #30 TerrApocalipse
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StDesign
Windows · Mac · Linux
TerrApocalipse is an indie space action strategy with RPG elements, set in our solar system under siege by a mysterious, overwhelming force. Soon as the vast void between planets will be filled with conflict your decisions will shape the fate of Terra and beyond.
Why similar: Spaceships 40.5% ★, Action RTS 17.1% ★, RTS 14.4%, Space 12%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #31 Space Menace
78% matchMixed60% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: Only4Gamers
Windows · Mac
Space Menace is a sci-fi space RTS and battle game. You play as a space captain, seeking fortune and glory as you see fit. Leave your mark on the world and determine the fate of the galaxy with your decisions.
Why similar: Spaceships 29.6% ★, Action RTS 18.7% ★, RTS 18.6%, Space 11%, Tactical 9.8%
- #32 Vectored Armada
77% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Luke APPub: Skyglow Softworks
Windows
Architect autonomous battleships. Send them on a campaign against deadly opponents. Watch and cheer as they dominate, or cry as they explode. Obliterate dreadnoughts. Configure intelligences. Master weaponry. Free the Great Skies. THE OPPRESSOR MUST FALL.
Why similar: Spaceships 49.9% ★, Tactical 11.5%, Building 10.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Space 7.6%
- #33 Homeworld 3
76% matchMixed41% of 8,729 reviews2024
Dev: Blackbird InteractivePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 64.7 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 24.5% ★, Space 15.2%, Tactical 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #34 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
73% matchVery Positive86% of 12,677 reviews2025
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 30.3%, Action RTS 21.7% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Tactical 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #35 Sins of a Solar Empire II
74% matchVery Positive84% of 8,614 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 32.4 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 21.9%, Real-Time 18.4% ★, Space 16.9%, Tactical 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #36 Steel Command
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smitty Games
Windows
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 31.5%, Action RTS 24.3% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Strategy 10.2%, PvE 5.8%
- #37 Alienshire
74% 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 32.8%, Action RTS 23% ★, Aliens 14.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #38 TAVU
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juhani Viitanen
Windows
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: Action RTS 22% ★, RTS 21.9%, Base Building 13.2%, Tactical 8.8%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #39 Space Alliance: Frontier
72% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Black Lime Studio
Windows
Get ready to protect the entire solar system from an unprecedented threat - the D'Ahari, a race of insect-like aliens. Control an entire fleet of spaceships, trade with other races of an Alliance, and develop your own space station.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.6% ★, RTS 21.2%, Aliens 13.7%, Space 12.4%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #40 Possessed Kingdom
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pipa Studios
Windows
Defend your kingdom or rush the enemy in this Deckbuilding RTS. Build your base, scale your economy, and draw custom paths for your troops to break enemy defenses. Win battles, steal the king's cards, and build the ultimate deck.
Why similar: Real-Time 36.7% ★, RTS 17.1%, Tactical 11.8%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 8.5%
- #41 TFC2: The Fertile Crescent 2 - Collapse of The Bronze Age
71% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Wield InteractivePub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead your small caravan on a great journey across the ancient world, in a story-driven RTS where protecting your family and friends matters more than conquest.
Why similar: Action RTS 34% ★, Real-Time 26.9% ★, RTS 14.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Strategy 5.9%
- #42 Unoffensible
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Golongself
Windows
A VR strategy game where you are big, powerful and in control. Command your forces to build, defend, and destroy.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.4% ★, Real-Time 18% ★, RTS 18%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 7.1%
- #43 Moduwar
70% matchVery Positive88% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Biohex StudiosPub: Firesquid
Windows · Linux
Moduwar is an adaptive organic RTS where you control an alien creature, Modu - and your body is your army. Grow new organs, split, merge and mutate them into unique units that adapt to your needs as you fight against human and alien threats in single and multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Real-Time 25.3% ★, Action RTS 18.8% ★, RTS 18.5%, Aliens 12.1%, Base Building 10.2%
- #44 Frontier Control : Invasion
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: StarvingFox Studio
Windows
Frontier Control: Invasion is a Real-Time Strategy survival game in which you play the commander of a human space colony under the attack of outer space robots. Build your base, train your colony, and fight herds of enemies and bosses.
Why similar: RTS 21.7%, Action RTS 20.4% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Aliens 9.8%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #45 Five Nations
71% 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 27.6% ★, RTS 26.9%, Aliens 10.9%, Space 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #46 Rank: Warmaster
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Laser Beams & Particle Streams Software, Inc.
Windows
Stranded on Mars with next to nothing, build a city, assemble a fleet, and expand your empire to survive a hostile solar system in this new take that combines elements of space combat and RTS inspired by the classics.
Why similar: Spaceships 34.3% ★, Action RTS 18.6% ★, RTS 17%, Base Building 9.4%, Space 7.3%
- #47 Axom: Conquest
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Hairy Penguin
Windows
Build and defend your fortress while expanding out in this hold-out tower defense roguelite. Battle across a procedural alien homeworld, fight back corrupted terrain, discover hundreds of structures and upgrades as physics-driven swarms threaten to wipe out humanity.
Why similar: RTS 21.4%, Base Building 12.6%, Aliens 11.9%, Roguelite 11.7%, Procedural Generation 8%
- #48 Cosmic Robots
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aniode Pub: Aniode
Windows · Mac
Defend your planet from waves of robot invaders! Build powerful turrets, upgrade your defenses, and command robot units to fight drones, tanks, and massive bosses. Then send your own forces to attack the enemy planet in this action-packed sci-fi tower defense game.
Why similar: RTS 23.7%, Action RTS 19.2% ★, Aliens 13.1%, Space 9.2%, Strategy 8.9%
- #49 Yãkoana: Dreams of Resistance
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Minimol Games
Windows · Mac
Yãkoana: Dreams of Resistance is a strategy game with roguelite and tower defense elements. Defend your people’s legacy against colonizers, mastering the land and awakening ancient powers in a relentless fight for freedom.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.4% ★, RTS 22.7%, Roguelite 12.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Tactical 11.1%
- #50 Dimensions: Dreadnought Architect
69% matchMixed55% of 201 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 51% ★, Roguelite 12.3%, Building 10.2%, Space 9%, PvE 7%
- #51 Supreme Commander
70% matchVery Positive89% of 3,147 reviews2011
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.
Why similar: RTS 40.4%, Real-Time 23.6% ★, Strategy 12.5%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Base Building 9.4%
- #52 Tower Defense Ultimate: Crashfall Protocol
66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Thonus Digital
Windows
Defend your base against relentless alien waves in a sci-fi tower defense strategy game. Build deadly kill zones, unlock new towers and special abilities, and adapt your loadout to survive escalating assaults across a hostile campaign.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.3% ★, RTS 21%, Aliens 11.2%, Tactical 9.1%, PvE 8.2%
- #53 Grey Galactic
67% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Alex McGeePub: Blue Quill Studios LLC
Windows
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 29.9% ★, RTS 23.9%, Space 8.7%, Building 8.5%, Tactical 8.2%
- #54 Conquest: Frontier Wars
69% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Fever Pitch StudiosPub: Descendent Studios
Windows
Expand your fleet, explore your universe, and crush your opponents! Conquest: Frontier Wars features large-scale fleet battles, intelligent admirals who serve as hero units, and pulse-pounding deep space RTS Sci-Fi gameplay!
Why similar: Real-Time 45.8% ★, RTS 21%, Strategy 17%, Space 14%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #55 Keep
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parall Peak LTD
Windows
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 37.2% ★, RTS 25%, Base Building 12.1%, Tactical 8.4%, Strategy 6.2%
- #56 Galaxy Trek
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Peritoma Studios
Windows
Galaxy Trek is a fun, simple and addictive indie game that will test your reflexes, strategy and skill. Each game you play is unique!
Why similar: Action RTS 46.6% ★, RTS 24.3%, Space 18.1%, Strategy 8.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #57 Tribes
65% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catastrophe Studios
Windows
In a stone-age like war, stuck on a lush, isolated island, its down to you to command your tribe to conquer and colonize the island by any means! Tribes offers skirmish, multiplayer and a full campaign mode for you to experience with friends or alone!!!
Why similar: Real-Time 32.1% ★, Action RTS 23.7% ★, RTS 14.9%, Base Building 9.9%, Tactical 9.7%
- #58 Gratuitous Space Battles
68% matchMixed70% of 890 reviews2009
Dev: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.
Why similar: Spaceships 47.1% ★, Space 13.2%, RTS 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Building 7.8%