- #1 ShemHaMephorash
97% matchPositive95% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: SignTychePub: Tyche's Bookshelf
Windows
"ShemHaMephorash" is a historical low fantasy strategy game set in the battlefield at the end of the 19th century, where you can explore the language of miracles. Treat the unique "rabbi" and the soldiers skillfully and guide them to the end.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 35.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 7.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.3%, Grand Strategy 6.1%
- #2 Lost Technology
96% matchVery Positive86% of 630 reviews2017
Dev: Studio 4DPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lost Technology is a simulation game in which more than 100 characters belonging to 12 different factions battle to conquer each other’s territories. The faction you choose at the beginning will determine the conversations and events that unfold throughout the game between you and other factions.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 33.5% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Grand Strategy 9.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Real Time Tactics 7.7%
- #3 Creeper World 2: Anniversary Edition
95% matchVery Positive90% of 506 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Deceptively simple... amazingly deep. Creeper World 2 thrusts you into the 14th millennium fighting and enemy that flows and oozes through the terrain. Employ advanced weapons,gravity manipulating repulsors, wormhole like rifts, and your own wit against this never yielding enemy.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 42.4% ★, Strategy 26.3%, Simulation 23.5%, Indie 7.9%
- #4 Micromanagement
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: FuzzyCube
Windows · Linux
You're bacteria. Luckily, you have psychic powers! Control your mutation to overwhelm and conquer. Gain amazing abilities for both tactical and strategic advantage. You'll need them all because this microcosmic world has a new threat...
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 56.8% ★, Strategy 24.6%, Simulation 9.6%, Indie 8.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #5 Brigade E5: New Jagged Union
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 157 reviews2014
Dev: ApeironPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Brigade E5: New Jagged Union is a tactical game that places gamers in the small tropical nation of Palinero on the verge of a civil war. The mission: hire a band of mercenaries and take control of the deteriorating situation before the country finds itself in complete ruin.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 33% ★, Simulation 27.4%, Strategy 26.2%, Tactical 12.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #6 Particle Fleet: Emergence
93% 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: Real-Time with Pause 44.8% ★, Strategy 20.1%, Simulation 17.7%, RTS 8.3%, Indie 5.9%
- #7 Welcome Back, Commander
92% matchVery Positive81% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Commander, your strike team is to dive deep into the contaminated city of Sun Stone and get some answers before the mysterious deadly plague spreads . Good luck Commander!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 51.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Tactical 8.2%, Strategy 7.6%, Simulation 6.8%
- #8 Armaphract
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: aeoridev
Windows
Outmatched, outgunned, but not outsmarted, you'll command a tank squad in tense urban warfare across a shattered megacity. A great power has collapsed, and opportunity is in the air. Take contracts and ambush powerful enemies, customize your squad, and reap the rewards.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 49% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Strategy 13.4%, RTS 7.5%, Simulation 6.2%
- #9 Alignment Zero
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bytecat Games
Windows
'Alignment Zero' is a Real-Time Tactics game with Pause. As the commander of a Private Military Company (PMC) strike force, control your troops and complete missions. Build your squad, select equipment, and develop a tactical plan for battle.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 49.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Tactical 8.2%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 7.4%
- #10 Jagged Alliance - Back in Action
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,775 reviews2012
Dev: Coreplay GmbHPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A contemporary remake of the much-loved series of turn-based mercenary-themed strategy games.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 52.4% ★, Strategy 20.8%, Tactical 12.7%, Simulation 11.3%, RTS 2.2%
- #11 Holy Potatoes! A Spy Story?!
89% matchMixed64% of 187 reviews2018
Dev: Daylight StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Holy Potatoes! A Spy Story?! is a wacky spy agency sim where you manage your very own potato spy headquarters, train an elite spy team, and strategize top-secret missions while uncovering the truth behind an evil spy corporation.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 42.2% ★, Simulation 25.1%, Strategy 22.7%, Indie 7.5%, Cute 1.7%
- #12 Door Kickers
88% matchVery Positive94% of 10,059 reviews2014
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 41.1% ★, Tactical 18.4%, Strategy 15.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Real Time Tactics 7.6%
- #13 7,62 High Calibre
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 480 reviews2014
Dev: ApeironPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
7.62 High Calibre is a tactical action game, sequel to Brigade E5. A professional mercenary is in pursuit of a certain Russian "businessman", who stole a large amount of money from his "colleagues". Now he is hiding in a small country of Latin America to avoid an inevitable punishment.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 43.1% ★, Strategy 24%, Simulation 20.7%, Tactical 11.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #14 NEO Impossible Bosses
87% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: x0to1
Windows
NEO Impossible Bosses is a RTS-MOBA Raidboss rush game in which you (and optionally, friends) utilize a number of heroes to defeat the IMPOSSIBLE BOSSES!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 45.6% ★, Strategy 20.7%, Simulation 15.1%, Indie 7.5%, Tactical 7%
- #15 Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece
86% matchVery Positive95% of 227 reviews2012
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
Conquer the ancient Greek world in Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece, an epic strategy wargame that expands and refines the award-winning Hegemony: Philip of Macedon with brand new content and features.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 53.8% ★, Strategy 22.9%, Grand Strategy 9%, RTS 8%, Indie 6.3%
- #16 March of the Eagles
86% matchMixed63% of 418 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
“he Who Fears Being Conquered Is Sure Of Defeat.”The war-game March of the Eagles focuses on the dramatic conflicts of Europe during 1805 to 1820. Explore one of the defining periods in European history with this experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy, Paradox Development Studio.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 38.2% ★, Strategy 22.7%, Grand Strategy 20.7%, Simulation 18.4%
- #17 Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
85% matchVery Positive82% of 558 reviews2015
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 26.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Command armies, manage resources, and build an empire in this real-time strategy wargame from Longbow Games. Will Rome fulfil its destiny to rule the ancient world or will history be rewritten to forge a new Etruscan, Gallic, or Greek hegemony!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.4% ★, Strategy 15.2%, Simulation 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%, Grand Strategy 10.3%
- #18 Battle Bugs
84% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2020
Dev: Epyx, Inc.Pub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this unconventional real-time strategy game, control a fearsome army of stink bugs, cockroaches, lightning bugs, ants and more in a miniature, pun-filled warzone! 56 battles with 22 types of Battle Bug await you!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 52.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, RTS 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Wargame 6.1%
- #19 Battlevoid: Sector Siege
84% 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 with Pause 36.2% ★, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.5%, RTS 7.4%
- #20 Shape Wars
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Lefler IosifPub: Lefios Production
Windows
A fast-paced auto-battler where Squares, Triangles, and Circles clash in an endless lane war. Build your army, manage your economy, and destroy the enemy Nexus before they destroy yours.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 59.5% ★, Strategy 29.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Indie 3.3%
- #21 Drink Pro Tycoon
83% matchMixed51% of 87 reviews2018
Dev: World Map Tycoon
Windows
In Drink Pro Tycoon you create your dreams company and dominate world drink industry. Create best drinks and make best advertisement campaigns. Invent newest technologies and market your drinks in the best way.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 37.9% ★, Simulation 21.7%, Strategy 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%, Indie 6.3%
- #22 Aarklash: Legacy
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 851 reviews2013
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Aarklash: Legacy take command of a mercenary squad in search of truth and guide it through countless battles.Welcome to Aarklash, a land of chaos where incessant battles between the forces of Light, Destiny and Darkness have lasted since the beginning of time.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 68.5% ★, Strategy 15.5%, Tactical 10.9%, Fantasy 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #23 Daimyo Reign
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: koichark
Windows
Unify Medieval Japan in this real-time tactical grand strategy game. Build your domain, recruit armies, plan your attack, and fracture your enemies with rebellions to win!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 47.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Strategy 8.6%, Tactical 7.2%, RTS 6.9%
- #24 Victoria I Complete
81% matchMixed67% of 283 reviews2010
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion, colonization and social upheaval, to emerge as one of the great world powers by the dawn of the 20th century in Victoria Complete.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 52.7% ★, Strategy 25.6%, Grand Strategy 21.7%
- #25 Magna Conquest
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: CH4WORKS
Windows
Lead a kingdom in a real-time medieval fantasy grand strategy where the campaign world and battles unfold simultaneously. Command armies of up to 100,000 units while shaping your realm through diplomacy, kingdom management, research, and legendary heroes in single-player or campaign multiplayer.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 46.8% ★, Grand Strategy 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.4%, Strategy 8%, RTS 6.4%
- #26 UFO: Afterlight
80% matchMixed66% of 538 reviews2014
Dev: Altar GamesPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
The story is situated on Mars. It starts where UFO: Aftermath left off and runs simultaneously with UFO: Aftershock. While the Laputans on Earth are fighting Wargots and Starghosts and finding out what caused the destruction of their home planet, a small colony on Mars is trying to survive and flourish.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 62.8% ★, Strategy 22.5%, Tactical 10.9%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #27 Brain Hack Squad
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CETVE LLC
Windows
Build and lead your own cybernetic hit squad as you battle rival groups. Use real time tactical combat with pause to direct your cybernetic agents in combat. Upgrade your team, brainwash enemy agents, and deploy informants to gain control of the city.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 54.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Tactical 8.8%, Strategy 8.2%, RTS 6.7%
- #28 Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
76% 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: Real-Time with Pause 47.1% ★, Strategy 11%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%, RTS 8.3%, Tactical 8.1%
- #29 It's Not A Moon
78% match5 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Hyeson
Windows
Manage a space station, flying through a procedually generated universe, fight, build and survive in the coldness of space.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 38.2% ★, Simulation 19.9%, Strategy 17.5%, Real Time Tactics 9.1%, Indie 5.9%
- #30 Polaris Sector
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 476 reviews2016
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 45.6% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, Grand Strategy 11%
- #31 Sixty Jumps to Ceres
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris Hartwich
Windows
In this strategy-roguelike game, you command a space ship on a desperate last mission in the asteroid belt. Negotiate, battle your foes, and upgrade your ship. Get stronger as you progress into increasingly hostile space. Only the boldest, most skilled captain will make it to Ceres. Will you?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 51.8% ★, Simulation 10.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Tactical 6.2%
- #32 Close Combat - Panthers in the Fog
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 206 reviews2015
Dev: Matrix Games
Windows
Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog details the desperate German counter-attack at Mortain, the last chance of the Wehrmacht to stave off defeat in Normandy. Can you match the tenacity of the American defenders of Hill 314? Or can you succeed where the Panzers failed, driving through to the sea and changing history?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 38.2% ★, Simulation 24.1%, Strategy 23.9%, Wargame 6.8%, Tactical 6.3%
- #33 Blade Prince Academy
74% matchMixed70% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Angel CorpPub: Firesquid
Windows
Blade Prince Academy is a new take on tactical RPGs, where you lead your squad of Blade Princes to defend the city of Abjectalia in real-time with pause combat. Use your team's power to devastate any threat, but be vigilant, there is always a price to pay when you make a pact with darkness.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 51.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 15%, Strategy 9.9%, Story Rich 6%, Tactical 5.1%
- #34 Exo TD
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Virtual Classic Studio
Windows
Exo TD is a true 3D space Tower Defense. Invaders have scouted your planet as their next target, you must protect it by building destructive turrets, orbital defenses, shields, drones and more to defend against the incoming invasion force.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 39.9% ★, Simulation 22.8%, Strategy 20.1%, Indie 6.8%, RTS 6.1%
- #35 Final Beacon
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: 迟到的南雨亭
Windows
This is a strategy game full of fantasy plots. Let the dwarves rebuild the Great Wall; let the elves reseed the the Yggdrasil for you; enslave the demons to build the Eye of Sauron that can gaze at every corner of the plane. Your territory is freely built by you!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 56.1% ★, Grand Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Story Rich 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #36 LINETAIN
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AtsuK Works
Windows
Read 25 seconds ahead. Safely reshape route endpoints and reassign a limited fleet to deliver food, ammunition, and materials—and evacuate the wounded—before time runs out. LINETAIN is a pausable real-time logistics strategy game. Transport and combat are automatic. Priorities are yours.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 36.9% ★, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Tactical 6.1%
- #37 Star Souls
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 37 reviews2020
Dev: DrankiKets
Windows
One by one, the stars begin to die without reason. Thousands of inhabited worlds are turned to dust. You and your crew must find “the Transition”, your last desperate hope to find new worlds. Assemble your fleet, customize your spaceships and fight for the salvation of all intelligent life!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 54.6% ★, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 8.5%, Indie 8.2%, Tactical 7.7%
- #38 Naval Battles Simulator
73% matchMixed53% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Anarchy97 Games
Windows
Naval Battles Simulator is a WWII real-time strategy and simulation game.
Why similar: Simulation 36.9%, Strategy 32.5%, Real-Time with Pause 19.4% ★, Indie 10.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #39 Crying Suns
71% 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: Real-Time with Pause 48.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.5%, Strategy 10.5%, Tactical 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #40 Battles of Chaos
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hunnic Magic
Windows
Battles of Chaos is a medieval fantasy real time strategy and tactics hybrid game, blending the best elements of the two genres. Play great, realistic open-field battles or sieges in single-player, cooperative or PvP mode, where the emphasis is on combat, with base building elements.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 55.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, RTS 8.4%, Strategy 7.2%, Tactical 5.5%
- #41 UFO: Aftermath
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 343 reviews2014
Dev: Altar InteractivePub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 52.3% ★, Strategy 33.4%, Tactical 13.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #42 Dread Admiral
68% matchVery Positive88% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Tescrin Games
Windows
Dread Admiral is a turn-based naval roguelite where every ship you lose is gone forever. Forge a floating empire, fend off the Black Fleet, and protect your Flagship through a brutal campaign to destroy the Dread Admiral himself.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 61.8% ★, Strategy 11%, Tactical 7.2%, Simulation 6.4%, Wargame 4.4%
- #43 Hexogin
72% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Infinite Loop Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hexogin is a real-time strategy game played on hex tile maps. Build and expand your bases over unique landscapes and outwit your opponent. Play across a 25+ mission campaign, generate endless skirmish maps, or create your own in the map editor.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 59.2% ★, Strategy 22.9%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #44 Aldmark Calls for Aid
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Miley
Windows
A medieval kingdom-defence strategy game: find allies and light the beacons to call them to your aid. Explore the map by placing signal fires and choose which troops will answer the call.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 72.7% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Atmospheric 2.9%, Indie 2.8%, Fantasy 2.6%
- #45 Samurai Conqueror
67% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Miura Production
Windows
Unify Japanese History! A Timeline Strategy Game Where History Itself Becomes the Battlefield.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 46.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 7.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%
- #46 Unconventional Warfare
70% matchVery Positive85% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Nightlife Strangers
Windows · Linux
In this top-down tactical shooter RPG, guide a band of cute soldiers through a warzone to safety. Rescue, train and manage your squad for the upcoming war of survival.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 47.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 9.9%, Tactical 6.9%
- #47 The Fall of Aether Station
69% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Nibble & Byte Game Studio
Windows
Customize your Ships, Upgrade your fleet, and Command your way to victory in this ruthless rogue-lite tower defense/real time strategy hybrid. Take on an enemy that learns from your moves and adjusts its own path. Do you have what it takes to persevere?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 57.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 12%, Strategy 10.4%, RTS 8.4%, Tactical 8.3%
- #48 Crab Raid Tactics
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Servelat @ Ex TenebrisPub: Ex Tenebris
Windows
Imagine an MMO raid as a real-time strategy, where you are the Raid Leader and everyone is a crab! Command crustaceans in real-time tactical battles, help them combine their powers and manage their squabbles over loot just like in your favorite MMO - now as a roguelike dungeon crawl!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 52.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Strategy 7.8%, Tactical 7.2%, Magic 6.5%
- #49 Defence to death
71% matchMixed56% of 282 reviews2017
Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
"Defence to death" - game in genre "Tower Defence". Defend Your castle from monster! Show Your's strength and wisdom.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 51.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Strategy 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 8.3%, RTS 5.3%
- #50 Victorian Admirals: Caroline Crisis 1885
71% match5 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
A steam-ship period naval combat games focusing on fleet-scale battles in real time. The naval combat game allows you to set up battle squadron groups, their formations and management, with realistic ship models and characteristics, as well as advanced ballistic and weapon models.
Why similar: Simulation 30.9%, Real-Time with Pause 29.9% ★, Strategy 27.2%, Tactical 4.6%, RTS 4.2%
- #51 Seres Universalis:Three Kingdoms
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boqi Island
Windows
Return to the Three Kingdoms period. On the grand strategic tactical battlefield, use terrain for defense setup and resource allocation to shift the battle situation. Control the war via hexagonal grid movement and tactical ability activation, and unify the realm.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 50.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.3%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 8.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.6%
- #52 Age of Undead
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Age of Undead is a multi-genre game (turn-based, RTS, FPS) that allows you to face the frightful Zombie Apocalypse with 3 unique factions: the Army, the Infected, and the Survivors. Make strategic choices in the Campaign, then go into battle and fight to survive!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 54.3% ★, Grand Strategy 11.2%, Strategy 8.4%, RTS 7.9%, Tactical 6%
- #53 The Shadow of the Warring States Period
66% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: 李小鹏的个人开发
Windows
This is a RPG game, you can operate a team of 5 people to explore together. Combat is real-time, but allows players to pause the game mid-game to give orders to their team members.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 65.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Tactical 6.7%, Indie 2%
- #54 DSS war party
66% matchVery Positive93% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: vikingfabian
Windows
A real-time grand strategy game set in a low fantasy world. Recruit vast armies to conquer the world. Dominate through strategic resource management and production chains.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 42.6% ★, Simulation 19.3%, Strategy 18.1%, Grand Strategy 11.2%, Wargame 5.6%
- #55 Space Menace
67% matchMixed62% of 284 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: Real-Time with Pause 50.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.7%, Simulation 8.4%, Tactical 8.3%, RTS 7.7%
- #56 Noble Armada: Lost Worlds
69% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: GamesarePub: Holistic Design, Inc.
Windows
Noble Armada: Lost Worlds is a moddable real-time strategy PC title based on the Noble Armada miniatures game. Set in the Fading Suns Universe, the five Royal Houses dominate human space as they battle each other for control of the greatest resource... humanity itself.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 49.8% ★, Strategy 12.3%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, RTS 9.4%, Tactical 6.8%
- #57 Super Cosmolite
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Baffled Engineer
Windows
Super Cosmolite is an endless runner with realistic space physics. Take control of a tiny spaceship to dodge, bounce, and smash your way through asteroids. Pause at any time to plan your trajectory or just hurtle along like a maniac. Outrun the Nova Wave and chase your next high score!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 72.6% ★, Simulation 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #58 States of Power
63% matchVery Positive89% of 403 reviews2026
Dev: Sarunas
Windows
Command your nation's armies, economy, and diplomacy in this WWII Grand Strategy Wargame. Easy to start, hard to master and a full match fits in one session. Play singleplayer and multiplayer, or create, play and share your own custom scenarios with the built-in Scenario Editor.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 49.4% ★, Grand Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 8.4%, Wargame 7.3%