- #1 Mushroom Wars 2
97% matchMixed62% of 975 reviews2017
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.
Why similar: Strategy 82.9%, RTS 15.7%, Indie 1.3%
- #2 Mushroom Wars
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 571 reviews2016
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Mushroom Wars is a dynamic real-time strategy game, where smart strategy meets furious action in epic PvP and PvE battles.
Why similar: Strategy 80.1%, RTS 17.8%, Indie 2.1%
- #3 [MARS] Total Warfare
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 117 reviews2018
Dev: TCR
Windows
[MARS] Total Warfare uses authentic Martian landscapes to create an intense RTS experience best described as a hybrid between team multiplayer and massively multiplayer online. Fight over natural resources vs human or AI opponents and conquer a crater ridden world, with pink sky and blue seas!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 76.8%, Strategy 23.2%
- #4 My Lands: Black Gem Hunting
94% matchVery Positive83% of 3,310 reviews2014
Dev: Gravvit LtdPub: ELYLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY Ltd
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
My Lands is a free online RTS where dark and light forces fight for Black Gem and dominion in a vast fantasy world. Cooperation between players, joint economy development, creation of clans and alliances and elaboration of a team strategy serve as the very foundation of the game.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 55.8%, Strategy 39%, RTS 5%, Indie 0.2%
- #5 Goo Gladiators
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: SFS Studios
Windows
Mutate and battle a collection of super cute goos in Goo Gladiators. Grow your team and fight others online in strategic auto-battling arenas. Form 'Goo Gangs' with your friends and rise up the leaderboards to become a 'Goo Master'.
Why similar: Strategy 99.4%, Indie 0.6%
- #6 Moduwar
91% matchVery Positive89% of 124 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: Strategy 77%, RTS 23%
- #7 Emporea: Realms of War and Magic
93% matchMixed68% of 534 reviews2016
Dev: Pixel Federation
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 103.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Emporea is an oldschool fantasy strategy game, where cooperation with other players is necessary to achieve victory. Only the best alliance can win! Multiple realms available, with new ones starting every two weeks.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 73.2%, Strategy 26.3%, Indie 0.5%
- #8 World Of Conquerors
92% matchMixed61% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: HuntahPub: Darkness Development
Windows
Build your cities, manage resources, train soldiers and fight for supremacy in a vast world with other player controlled empires
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 78.5%, Strategy 20.9%, Indie 0.6%
- #9 Operation: New Earth
91% matchMixed61% of 819 reviews2016
Dev: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Operation: New Earth is an intense sci-fi multiplayer strategy game in which you must command an advanced military facility to defend Earth from a hostile alien invasion. Create an alliance, gather resources, and unlock advanced technology to level up your stronghold!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 73.6%, Strategy 26.4%
- #10 Mold on the Pizza
90% matchVery Positive81% of 151 reviews2015
Dev: BTNcafe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Mold on the Pizza is a mold-growing game to fight against the Preservative troops and conquer a pizza! Meet up 53 types of unique molds and preservatives!
Why similar: Strategy 97.2%, Indie 2.8%
- #11 War Selection
86% matchVery Positive85% of 23,033 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 53.2%, Strategy 38.2%, RTS 8.4%, Indie 0.3%
- #12 Ways of History
89% matchMixed53% of 257 reviews2017
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Hardcore real-time strategy with a long-term round. Development of your civilization from caves to space. Huge world. Thousands of players. 240+ sciences and technologies. About 100 troops. 4 races. 50+ resource deposits. War, trade, science, construction...
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 73.3%, Strategy 26.2%, Indie 0.5%
- #13 Fire With Fire Tower Attack and Defense
87% matchMixed47% of 232 reviews2016
Dev: Theory Georgiou
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Fire with Fire is an online player vs player tower defense strategy game about ascendant fireball creatures fighting over the last remaining fuel sources of a dying planet. Save the trees and rise up the leader boards. New unique towers, creeps and arenas in development.
Why similar: Strategy 97.1%, Indie 2.9%
- #14 Art of War: Red Tides
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,952 reviews2016
Dev: Game Science
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Art of War: Red Tides is a fair multiplayer strategy game that allows different teams on the same platform (e.g. smartphones, PC, etc.) to battle against each other. You will encounter players around the world!
Why similar: Strategy 80.1%, RTS 19.1%, Indie 0.8%
- #15 World Of Conquerors - Origins
86% matchMixed66% of 91 reviews2020
Dev: HuntahPub: Darkness Development
Windows
Grow your empire and dominate the world in this 100% free game, either through diplomacy or destruction. Forge alliances or go it alone, play as loyal men, elegant elves or brutish orcs.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 77.5%, Strategy 21.9%, Indie 0.6%
- #16 King of the World
84% 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 88.2%, RTS 9%, Indie 2.7%
- #17 Gromopoli
79% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: kilo
Windows
"Gromopoli" is an online board game. Buy properties, receive rent and avoid the enemy's properties to survive. Play with up to 7 other players, with team of 2 to 4 players, and on boards of varying sizes!
Why similar: Strategy 97.9%, Indie 2.1%
- #18 Senpa.io
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: VexxusArts
Windows
It takes about 5 minutes to figure out the mechanics. Really relaxing, but dynamic gameplay awaits everyone from the first moments of the game. Control cell and eat the food. Become bigger and stronger. Get to fight other players, talk in chat, make friends and enemies.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 99.6%, Indie 0.4%
- #19 Soup: the Game
84% matchMixed58% of 59 reviews2016
Dev: Dewdrop Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Soup: The Game is a micro-strategy experience in which you wage war against opposing microorganisms. It features minimalistic, intuitive controls and great depth of unit interaction.
Why similar: Strategy 97%, Indie 3%
- #20 Firmament Wars
83% matchMixed65% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Neverworks Games
Windows
Firmament Wars is a multiplayer strategy game with fast-paced real-time warfare. Build a wall, fire cannons, and launch missiles on your way to victory! Select from 7 government types and compete with up to 8 players on a variety of maps! Go forth and conquer!
Why similar: Strategy 87.8%, RTS 9.6%, Indie 2.6%
- #21 Fractal Fury
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 149 reviews2021
Dev: Alex
Windows
Fractal Fury is the first online shooter with strategic dismemberment. Free to play for up to 16 players online or locally.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 99.5%, Indie 0.5%
- #22 Ortus Arena, strategy board game online, FOR FREE
82% matchMixed60% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Firebrush StudiosPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
You are a cunning warlord, craving for intensive short mental combats and becoming the best. Enter this online multiplayer strategy board game: a 1vs1 turn based resource game that is easy to understand, but complex to master. NOW FOR FREE!
Why similar: Strategy 88.1%, Abstract 9.4%, Indie 2.5%
- #23 One Troll Army
80% matchVery Positive86% of 1,481 reviews2016
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Play as a giant troll in One Troll Army - a defense game about building forts, upgrading your troll, and fighting off waves of enemies. Play Against The Twitch Chat!
Why similar: Strategy 99.3%, Indie 0.7%
- #24 Primordials: Battle of Gods
81% matchMixed45% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: GLOBAL DODO ENTERTAINMENTPub: WIREGAMES
Windows
Primordials: Battle of Gods is a pure 1vs1 strategy game where players rule kingdoms and build armies to war for ever greater power. One Will Rise, Many Will Fall.
Why similar: Strategy 94.2%, RTS 5.8%
- #25 Deck Casters
77% 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: Strategy 83.5%, RTS 13.9%, Indie 2.7%
- #26 Galaxy Control: 3D Strategy
78% matchMixed59% of 530 reviews2016
Dev: FX Games Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Build your base and battle with other players to control the galaxy! Galaxy Control is an ultimate space combat strategy game with fast-paced combats! Gather minerals and extract uranium, defend your base with laser towers, missile turrets, cannons, walls and mines.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 75.3%, Strategy 24.7%
- #27 Andalia
76% matchVery Positive85% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Joel St.Pub: Sundust
Windows
Andalia is a fantasy real-time strategy game (RTS) with a diverse range of civilisations, resources and environments. Build up your town and lead your forces into war against enemy players. Alternatively you may construct a monument and hold it long enough to reach victory.
Why similar: Strategy 74.7%, RTS 24.9%, Indie 0.4%
- #28 Battle Brawlers
77% matchMixed58% of 199 reviews2018
Dev: Suzhou DaYu Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
Battle Brawlers is a fast-paced, globally served RTS game. In 1v1, 2v2 battles, only goal is to strategically place troops and flexibly cast magic spells to defeat enemy's War Gods!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #29 Mitos.is: The Game
74% matchVery Positive81% of 12,007 reviews2015
Dev: Freakinware Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Step into the microscopic world of Mitos.is! Eat or be eaten—become the ultimate cell in a highly addictive multiplayer game. Diverse modes, daily tournaments, guilds, and gear await! The BEST game of 2015 is back!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 76.7%, Strategy 19.5%, RTS 3.5%, Indie 0.4%
- #30 Interloper
75% 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 95.5%, RTS 3.8%, Indie 0.7%
- #31 Temperia: Soul of Majestic
73% matchVery Positive86% of 462 reviews2022
Dev: MoonWolf Entertainment
Windows
Temperia: Soul of Majestic is strategic competitive online card game. Quick, strategic and totally open-handed, every match is different from others thanks to the abilities of the creatures, the equipment, the powers and the elemental spaces presented in the board.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 54.5%, Strategy 45.5%
- #32 Fortress Fury
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: Kervado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fortress Fury is a survivor multiplayer tower defense roguelite. Endless hordes of enemies want to crush your tower! Buy weapons and upgrades to craft an array of overpowering builds. Will you be able to survive all waves and be the last tower?
Why similar: Strategy 56.3%, Massively Multiplayer 43.7%
- #33 Mutants: Genesis
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 442 reviews2025
Dev: Celsius Online
Windows
Mutants: Genesis is an online card game that you can play solo or with up to 3 players in PvE and PvP modes! Join the next generation of Psycogs and climb the ranks to establish yourself as Champion! Collect hundreds of mutants, fashion your own deck, cooperate with or fight other players!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #34 Microgons
75% matchVery Positive80% of 75 reviews2017
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Microgons is a 1v1 online competitive turn-based strategy game. Construct a team of polygonal monsters called Microgons, and strategically maneuver them across a board to engage them in combat against the opposing team. Don't be fooled by its lighthearted look, this is a hardcore game.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #35 Might & Mayhem
74% matchMixed58% of 92 reviews2017
Dev: Kiz StudiosPub: You42, Inc.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
King Dragon's flames burned away the old realm, and his monsters rule the ashes. But an ember of hope still flickers, waiting for the right hero to rekindle it: You! Might & Mayhem is a turn-based strategy rpg featuring live PvP battles, alliances and epic single-player quests.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 79.5%, Strategy 20.5%
- #36 Mindbug Online
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 291 reviews2024
Dev: Kissaki Studios GmbH
Windows · Linux
Mindbug redefines the card-battler genre, focusing on pure strategy and fast-paced excitement from the very first turn. Outsmart opponents with the groundbreaking Mindbug mechanic and rise through the new roguelike mode, discovering fresh powers, creatures, and combos each run.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #37 Techwars Online
73% matchMixed63% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: Argus Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Immerse yourself in a world of old-school turn-based strategy with massive combat mechs. Real hardcore PvP: two factions, each with just one mech with 20 additional specializations and a pilot-neuroimplant system.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 77.8%, Strategy 21.6%, Indie 0.6%
- #38 Mini Battlegrounds
72% matchMixed65% of 591 reviews2018
Dev: IOA Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Mini Battlegrounds is a multiplayer last-man-standing battle royale full of adrenaline-packed combat! With simple controls, this game is easy to pick up for new players, while maintaining a high skill cap to entertain the seasoned veterans of the genre.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 75.9%, Strategy 23.4%, Indie 0.6%
- #39 Grey Goo
71% matchMixed68% of 4,315 reviews2015
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Six Foot
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
Why similar: Strategy 78.3%, RTS 21.6%, Indie 0.1%
- #40 Automata Empire
72% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: Nonadecimal Creative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Seize power and build an empire of fuzzy cellular automata monsters! Herd hundreds of mindless subjects to smash your rivals' castles and steal their territory in this RTS inspired by Conway's Game of Life.
Why similar: RTS 100%
- #41 Circle Empires Rivals
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,934 reviews2020
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this fast-paced multiplayer RTS, you and your friends will take control of your own tiny kingdoms and conquer a world made of circles. Each one is overflowing with enemies to fight, monsters to hunt and loot to hoard – but watch out... Friends can quickly become rivals!
Why similar: Strategy 80.6%, RTS 19.4%
- #42 ShellShock Live
66% matchVery Positive93% of 35,331 reviews2020
Dev: kChamp Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Demolish your friends with hundreds of upgradable weapons shot from your customizable tank in this action-packed online multiplayer tanks game. Earn XP to level up and unlock new tanks, weapons, and gear. Fight against or alongside your friends for strategic team or free-for-all matches.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 62.1%, Strategy 37.4%, Indie 0.5%
- #43 PlanetX
66% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Giedrius Talzunas
Windows · Mac
PlanetX is a real-time strategy MMO set on a spherical planet. Players expand territories, construct buildings, and manage resources to develop their empire. The ultimate goal is to conquer the entire planet by claiming all land plots and outpacing rivals in strategic growth and domination.
Why similar: Strategy 47.3%, Massively Multiplayer 41.7%, RTS 10.9%, Indie 0.1%
- #44 AirMech
67% matchVery Positive84% of 10,812 reviews2018
Dev: Carbon Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
AirMech® Strike is a fast paced Action-RTS game that can be played solo, coop, or competitively online. Earn Kudos and Experience in battle and unlock a wide collection of AirMechs and Units while you practice the perfect strategy to emerge victorious!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 44.9%, Strategy 44.5%, RTS 10.1%, Indie 0.6%
- #45 BombTag
68% matchVery Positive84% of 1,521 reviews2018
Dev: David Schneider
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
BombTag is an online multiplayer Bomberman-inspired game for up to 8 players. Drop bombs, blow up crates, collect powerups, and blow up your friends - but be careful not to get blown up first!
Why similar: Strategy 89.4%, Indie 10.6%
- #46 R.O.O.T.S
71% matchMixed52% of 69 reviews2015
Dev: reMaginarium
Windows · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 27%
R.O.O.T.S is a real-time strategy game that pits the player against colorful yet invasive enemies that must be overtaken before the player themselves is uprooted! Warfare has never been so beautifully unorthodox.
Why similar: Strategy 97%, Indie 3%
- #47 Yardlings
69% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Yardlings is a local multiplayer battle arena about vegetables in a garden! Build an adorable army, place yourself strategically on the battlefield, using special abilities, capturing potted plants (outposts) and big seed-shooting flowers while you try to gain control over the yard!
Why similar: Strategy 97%, Indie 3%
- #48 Screeps: Arena
64% matchVery Positive86% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: Screeps, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Screeps: Arena is an online asynchronous PvP strategy game for programming enthusiasts. You write real JavaScript to control your units, and they fight autonomously against other players in a 1v1 match-based arena environment.
Why similar: Strategy 78.6%, RTS 21.4%
- #49 Fate War
65% matchMixed63% of 426 reviews2025
Dev: IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Windows
2025's latest epic strategy simulation game! Lead your Tribe in a vast world with dynamic seasons. Survive using your wit and uncover the secrets of a lost god.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 74.6%, Strategy 25.4%
- #50 Divided We Fall: Play For Free
70% matchMixed55% of 251 reviews2017
Dev: KAVA Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Unite and fight your way to victory! Divided we Fall is a strategic close-combat multiplayer game that emphasizes the importance of building an effective cohesive squad and executing well thought-out tactics on the battlefield.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 52.2%, Strategy 37.9%, RTS 8.9%, Indie 1%
- #51 Skill Legends Royale
63% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,795 reviews2024
Dev: ZGGame
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 32.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
This is a free multiplayer PvP strategy game that incorporates rogue-like and auto chess elements, players need to equip their auto-battling heroes with the right treasures and skills to ultimately defeat all other players and become the champion.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 76.9%, Strategy 23.1%
- #52 Blight of the Immortals
69% matchMixed69% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Iron Helmet Games
Windows · Mac
A plague of undead creatures threatens to overwhelm the land and with the fall of each town to the Blight, more walking dead rise and the zombie apocalypse draws nearer. Innovative turn based single player, slow-real-time co-op multiplayer!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #53 Bestiary of Sigillum
68% matchVery Positive91% of 76 reviews2019
Dev: Intaglyph
Windows · Mac
Bestiary of Sigillum is a one-on-one competitive online game that blends the depth of a turn-based strategy with the diversity of the MOBA genre. Summon your army of legendary heroes with one-of-a-kind abilities and destroy the opponent’s castle.
Why similar: Strategy 98.2%, Indie 1.8%