- #1 8-Bit Hordes
97% matchVery Positive81% of 533 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
From the team that brought you 8-Bit Armies comes a new fantasy RTS as fast-paced and friendly as the original! 8-BIT HORDES is a colorful strategy-arcade game that is easy to learn for players of all skill levels. Collect resources, build up and defend your base, amass your army of orcs or humans and ultimately crush your opponents!
Why similar: RTS 30.8%, Strategy 30.1%, Voxel 19.1% ★, Indie 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #2 Fracture the Flag
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 110 reviews2016
Dev: One Wheel Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fracture the Flag is not the usual hyper click fest of an RTS... Take some time, gather your resources, plan your strategy and then knock the crud out your opponents!
Why similar: Strategy 37.6%, RTS 31.3%, Indie 15.8%, Multiplayer 15.3%
- #3 8-Bit Armies
96% matchVery Positive82% of 2,459 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.
Why similar: RTS 30.7%, Strategy 29.7%, Voxel 23.3% ★, Multiplayer 8.4%, Indie 7.8%
- #4 Coffee Pot Terrarium
95% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: Brothers Flint
Windows · Mac · Linux
Created by two brothers, Coffee Pot Terrarium is a turn-based puzzle game of tile manipulation. Raise new pathways to traverse the map, drop tiles to eliminate the enemy. Stop and smell the cherry blossoms.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #5 Fractured State
94% 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: Strategy 43.1%, RTS 39.3%, Indie 17.6%
- #6 Cro Magnon
94% 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 42.9%, RTS 37.9%, Indie 19.2%
- #7 Solmec: Among Stars
93% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Octopus 8 Studios
Windows
Solmec: Among Stars is a resource management game which allows you to play as the Ankazil, giant space roaming beasts. Infected by the Rot, you must travel across the different solar systems to find your way home. However, the Rot has spread across the galaxy making once peaceful environment’s infested with hostile enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #8 Boid
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 747 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 39.7%, Strategy 34.9%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Indie 11.6%
- #9 Intruder Alert: Ixian Operations
91% 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 43.6%, RTS 38.6%, Indie 17.8%
- #10 Rush & Command
87% 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 36.1%, Strategy 34.9%, Indie 14.5%, Multiplayer 14.5%
- #11 Stratus: Battle For The Sky
91% matchMixed51% of 39 reviews2016
Dev: Storm Isle Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stratus: Battle for the sky is a fast paced RTS game set in a fantasy world of warring priests seeking to gain favor of the fickle Gods.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #12 Forged Battalion
90% matchMixed58% of 1,108 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 53.2%, Strategy 30.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Indie 8.1%
- #13 Bionic Attack
89% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: The Selenite Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bionic Attack is a fast paced Real Time Strategy game set in a post apocalyptic world, where two factions are fighting for the planet domination. During the campaign or fight mode, you will play both factions, each one has a special unit with a unique gameplay.
Why similar: Strategy 49.4%, RTS 29.1%, Indie 21.5%
- #14 Nightside
89% matchMixed62% of 131 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: Strategy 43.1%, RTS 41.2%, Indie 15.7%
- #15 Meridian: New World
88% 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 51%, Strategy 39.6%, Indie 9.4%
- #16 Istrolid
86% matchVery Positive87% of 2,684 reviews2016
Dev: treeform
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from a large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers.
Why similar: Building 30.4%, Strategy 25.5%, RTS 24.3%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Indie 6.6%
- #17 Machines At War 3
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 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 45.3%, RTS 40%, Indie 14.8%
- #18 Lootfest Wars
85% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: vikingfabian
Windows
A relaxing RTS
Why similar: RTS 41.8%, Strategy 41.4%, Indie 16.9%
- #19 Rising Kingdoms
84% matchVery Positive92% of 247 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Rising Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2005
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, RTS 46.9%
- #20 Fortify
84% 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 45.4%, RTS 36.8%, Indie 17.8%
- #21 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: Strategy 51.4%, RTS 48.6%
- #22 reconquest
82% 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: Strategy 51.7%, RTS 48.3%
- #23 Z Steel Soldiers
83% matchMixed52% of 286 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: Strategy 52.4%, RTS 47.6%
- #24 Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
80% matchVery Positive95% of 240 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 57.2%, RTS 42.8%
- #25 Warrior Kings: Battles
81% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
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: Strategy 50.5%, RTS 49.5%
- #26 Warfare
81% matchVery Positive86% of 239 reviews2009
Dev: GFI RussiaPub: Game Factory Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.8 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 55%, RTS 45%
- #27 Celtic Kings: Rage of War
77% matchVery Positive90% of 170 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 54.1%, Strategy 45.9%
- #28 BattleMore
78% 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 53.5%, Strategy 46.5%
- #29 Warrior Kings
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 141 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 58%, RTS 42%
- #30 Command & Conquer™ Generals
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,893 reviews2024
Dev: EA PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Be the Ultimate Modern Warfare General
Why similar: Strategy 42.5%, RTS 38.3%, Multiplayer 19.2%
- #31 Cyber Defense
74% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Agustin Abadi
Windows
The Ultimate Indie Tower Defense Game. Unique Maze mechanics in 18 different endless stages that gives way to infinite strategies. Make a custom team of 9 towers. With 11 different Types and 30 elementals. 46 Quintillion different combinations!! Infinite replayability!
Why similar: Voxel 34.9% ★, RTS 28.7%, Strategy 21.6%, Building 9.4%, Indie 5.4%
- #32 Phogbound
75% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Ratbird
Windows
The story about hungry creatures, who are living in the Fog.
Why similar: Strategy 49.5%, Experimental 30% ★, Indie 20.5%
- #33 Kohan: Ahriman's Gift
77% matchVery Positive89% of 150 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
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Why similar: Strategy 59.9%, RTS 40.1%
- #34 King of the World
75% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2018
Dev: Contec Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
King of the World is the gameplay from RISK in a Real-time strategy setting. Fight up to 12 players at once while scheming, backstabbing, making shallow alliances or simply conquer to become the last man standing.
Why similar: Strategy 43.2%, RTS 27%, Indie 17.6%, Multiplayer 12.1%
- #35 Tempest Rising
64% matchVery Positive88% of 10,866 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.1 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 61.1%, Strategy 32.9%, Multiplayer 6%
- #36 Deck Casters
73% matchVery Positive90% of 115 reviews2018
Dev: Rock Nano Global
Windows
Experience an entirely new kind of strategic gameplay that fuses together deck-building, RTS and MOBA in one epic experience. Wield the 5 elements, build your deck and unleash powerful spells and creatures to crush your opponent.
Why similar: RTS 34.9%, Strategy 34.6%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Indie 14.8%
- #37 Kingdom-Heroes
70% 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 30.5%, Indie 19.2%
- #38 Way of Gold and Steel
76% matchMixed61% of 121 reviews2015
Dev: Sergey Bobrov
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
What is in the "Way of Gold and Steel" which makes it interesting? Main reason is the unusual gameplay style — combination of a real-time strategy (RTS) and a roguelike.
Why similar: Strategy 50.8%, RTS 28.5%, Indie 20.7%
- #39 Meridian: Squad 22
74% matchMixed66% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 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 49%, RTS 33.3%, Indie 17.7%
- #40 iubes:2
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 34 reviews2017
Dev: CodrerPub: SQ7
Windows
iubes are intelligent cubes - prepare yourself to deal with it. A strange world for an alternative online strategy game. Learn to master the iubes, set up your most efficient strategy, and cross their world to defeat the other players. Might you become the only King...
Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, Voxel 38.3% ★, Indie 17.9%
- #41 Snowball Fight At Christmas
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: 不重要
Windows
選完哲學家皇帝沒多久的矮額,一覺醒來就發現自己被綁到了一望無際的雪地上,在打倒...不重要的8+9雪人後,被雪仗神告知了「因為我想打雪仗,所以你們來陪我打雪仗」這件也太隨便了吧的事?只有打倒雪仗神才能從這裡出去。
Why similar: Experimental 31.3% ★, RTS 29.8%, Strategy 29.5%, Multiplayer 5.5%, Indie 4%
- #42 WarZone Flashpoint
72% 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 50.9%, RTS 30%, Indie 19.1%
- #43 Interloper
72% matchVery Positive84% of 406 reviews2015
Dev: Monogon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Interloper is an online multiplayer real-time strategy game with matches that take only 5 minutes. Instead of destroying your opponent, you win by claiming domain. By predicting your opponent's movements, you corner them to claim the entire map.
Why similar: Strategy 69.9%, RTS 16.8%, Indie 6.7%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #44 Cavemen: The Rise of Tribe
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lukáš Anděl
Windows · Mac
Experience the challenges and triumphs of leading a tribe in Cavemen: The Rise of Tribe. Explore, mine, hunt, and build your way to success. Customizable buildings, resource management, and population growth make every playthrough unique.
Why similar: RTS 33.6%, Strategy 31.9%, Building 24.2%, Indie 10.3%
- #45 Basic Warfare
70% 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 52.2%, Indie 20.9%, RTS 19.4%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #46 UNDEAD FACTORY:Zombie Pandemic
71% matchMixed58% of 100 reviews2018
Dev: BTD STUDIO Co.,ltd.
Windows
Survive zombie apocalypse! Plunder resources for survival!
Why similar: Strategy 46.3%, RTS 44.3%, Indie 9.4%
- #47 Circle Empires
68% matchVery Positive90% of 4,100 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Why similar: RTS 40.7%, Strategy 38.9%, Indie 13.8%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #48 Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
71% matchVery Positive84% of 115 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.0 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 54.8%, RTS 45.2%
- #49 JKEnterprises
64% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: JKEnterprises
Windows
Take command of a galactic megacorporation and engage your competitors in planetary battles in this spherical RTS.
Why similar: RTS 43.1%, Strategy 40.3%, Multiplayer 16.6%
- #50 Bala na manga
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Samuel Sales GomesPub: MACAMANDI
Windows
Bullet in the sleeve. Shoot, dodge and reload.
Why similar: Strategy 44.5%, Experimental 36.7% ★, Indie 18.8%
- #51 8-Bit Invaders!
68% matchVery Positive83% of 444 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
8-Bit Invaders! is a fast-paced, retro Real-Time Strategy game for the PC. Control the military might of the Galactic Marine Corps or Invade with the devastating power of the Cranioids! Mine, Build, and Fight your way to victory! Conquering the Multiverse was never so easy.
Why similar: RTS 31.7%, Voxel 26.1% ★, Strategy 23.9%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Indie 7.9%
- #52 Wyrmsun
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 282 reviews2015
Dev: Andrettin
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Wyrmsun is a real-time strategy game which features elements of mythology, history and fiction.
Why similar: RTS 40.1%, Strategy 33.8%, Building 15.3%, Indie 10.8%
- #53 Bombernauts
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 184 reviews2017
Dev: Eyebrow Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Bombernauts is an explosive online multiplayer battle game with fully destructible voxel terrain. Throw stupid amounts of bombs to blow your robot friends off the world into the deadly lava below where they will surely die a fiery death!
Why similar: Voxel 60.4% ★, Multiplayer 21.5%, Indie 18.2%
- #54 Voxel Turf
67% matchVery Positive88% of 575 reviews2017
Dev: L Twigger
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Voxel Turf is a block based urban sandbox. Build cities, blow up buildings, complete missions or fight for territory. Build a real estate empire, or perhaps just drive around and blow stuff up. Its your choice!
Why similar: Voxel 52.5% ★, Strategy 20.7%, Building 10.3%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Indie 8.2%
- #55 StarSim: BattleZone
58% match6 user reviews67% of 6 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 44.7%, Strategy 32.9%, Building 22.4%
- #56 Ground Control II: Operation Exodus
67% matchVery Positive89% of 317 reviews2015
Dev: Massive EntertainmentPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 66.1%, RTS 33.9%