- #1 Attack on Toys
97% matchVery Positive93% of 1,173 reviews2021
Dev: N7T-GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!
Why similar: Action RTS 15.7% ★, Grand Strategy 13.6% ★, RTS 11.4%, Wargame 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This is a direct genre peer that blends RTS command with third-person shooter mechanics in a toy-themed sandbox.
- #2 Toy Soldiers: HD
96% matchMixed64% of 165 reviews2021
Dev: Signal StudiosPub: Accelerate Games
Windows
Command antique WWI Toy Soldiers in the trench-filled battlefields of Europe. Deploy an exciting arsenal of guns, artillery, flamethrowers, tanks and planes to defend your WWI toy dioramas. Take direct control of individual units or command the entire battlefield from above.
Why similar: Wargame 41.7%, Tower Defense 17%, Military 16.2%, Strategy 11.9%, War 11%
Why You'll Like It: A classic tower defense and strategy game that features the exact toy soldier theme and historical wargame feel found in Home Wars.
- #3 The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare
96% matchVery Positive82% of 10,235 reviews2015
Dev: Virtual Basement LLC
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take part of history’s greatest battle of Green VS. Tan. Fight amongst and against others online. Jump, shoot and roll your way into victory with fast paced objective based gameplay. Sometimes the greatest battles are fought by the smallest of soldiers.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 37.3%, Shooter 25.1%, Funny 13.8%, Military 8.4%, Action 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the toy soldier aesthetic with fast-paced, objective-based shooter gameplay in household environments.
- #4 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
95% matchVery Positive87% of 11,807 reviews2022
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!
Why similar: RTS 30.2%, Military 16.5%, Wargame 12.8%, War 12.6%, Strategy 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides the definitive tactical RTS experience for fighting off massive swarms of arachnids.
- #5 Toy Tactics
94% matchVery Positive93% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: Kraken EmpirePub: Joystick Ventures
Windows
Become a master strategist in this physics-based Real-Time Tactics game! Command minifig-inspired armies and customize strategies with hand-drawn formations. Conquer unique campaigns for all five armies and unleash massive battles in both single-player and multiplayer modes. Victory awaits!
Why similar: War 32.8%, Action RTS 27.2% ★, Sandbox 15%, Tactical 8.8%, Strategy 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that allows you to draw formations for your toy soldiers, emphasizing the tactical command aspect of toy warfare.
- #6 Ravenfield
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,757 reviews2017
Dev: SteelRaven7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 62.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Why similar: War 21.9%, Military 21.5%, FPS 17.5%, Sandbox 13.6%, Shooter 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox shooter that offers the same chaotic, large-scale military conflict feel as the shooter segments of Home Wars.
- #7 Warpips
93% matchVery Positive87% of 5,087 reviews2022
Dev: Skirmish Mode GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Warpips is the ultimate quick to learn but amazingly deep tug-of-war strategy game. Deploy the right composition of soldiers, tanks, helicopters and planes in this tight, streamlined strategy-focused war game. Compose the best army, research the right tech; overwhelm your enemy!
Why similar: RTS 22.6%, War 15.6%, Wargame 12.8%, Tower Defense 10.4%, Resource Management 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, streamlined RTS that focuses on managing units and resources in a war-torn sandbox environment.
- #8 Total Tank Simulator
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,653 reviews2020
Dev: Noobz from PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.
Why similar: War 33.1%, Sandbox 29.4%, Strategy 19.6%, FPS 9.4%, Action 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox war simulator that allows for massive, chaotic battles between various military units.
- #9 Army Men RTS
91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,415 reviews2017
Dev: Pandemic StudiosPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Army Men RTS brings you back to the days of staging battles with tiny plastic soldiers in your backyard...except these green soldiers carry out your every command!
Why similar: RTS 58.4%, Strategy 17.3%, Military 10.4%, Base Building 10.3%, Action 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential toy soldier real-time strategy experience that defines the genre of plastic military combat.
- #10 HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
91% matchVery Positive90% of 4,375 reviews2020
Dev: Digital Cybercherries
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hypercharge is a first and third-person shooter action figure game you've always dreamed of! Grab your friends, complete objectives, defend the Hypercore against waves of weaponized toys, and defeat Major Evil together in the story campaign!
Why similar: FPS 32.3%, Third-Person Shooter 29.4%, Shooter 20.6%, Tower Defense 10.5%, Strategy 5%
Why You'll Like It: A wave-based shooter that places you as a toy action figure defending against waves of enemies within a house.
- #11 Forts
90% matchVery Positive92% of 24,651 reviews2017
Dev: EarthWork Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!
Why similar: Base Building 28.1%, Military 24.8%, Sandbox 18.2%, Tactical 10.7%, Strategy 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines base-building with physics-based destruction, offering a strategic challenge similar to defending a position.
- #12 Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare
89% matchMixed65% of 12,409 reviews2019
Dev: KK Game Studio
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.
Why similar: FPS 18.3%, Shooter 14.2%, Sandbox 12.5%, Military 12.5%, War 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends first-person shooter combat with grand-strategy map management for a deeper tactical experience.
- #13 Toy Shire
88% matchVery Positive88% of 701 reviews2024
Dev: Bluespy StudiosPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Are you prepared for a thrilling toy army tower defense adventure? Welcome to the Toy Shire! Battle diverse foes in various locations, defend your family, and repel foes from your area. Save the world by strengthening your defense with toy towers!
Why similar: RTS 17.5%, Wargame 16.8%, Military 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, War 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that leans into the cute, toy-themed aesthetic while focusing on defending against invaders.
- #14 Operation: Polygon Storm
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 288 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Action RTS 18.7% ★, Wargame 15.5%, RTS 13%, Real Time Tactics 10%, Military 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical auto-battler that focuses on managing military units in a high-intensity war environment.
- #15 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
86% matchVery Positive82% of 998 reviews2024
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
Why similar: Action RTS 18.5% ★, Wargame 15.4%, RTS 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 11%, Military 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style RTS that emphasizes base building and unit management in a stylized war setting.
- #16 Nuke Them All
84% matchVery Positive83% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Indie PapaMikePub: GameEraStudios
Windows · Mac · Linux
An RTS classic reborn with a twist. Time is of the essence, Commander! Capture the flags, conquer the territories, and eliminate the enemy fort. And finally, nuke them all! This old-school sci-fi Indie real time strategy game, crafted by devoted team, revives the genre's enduring allure.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.1% ★, RTS 18.5%, Wargame 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RTS that focuses on tactical destruction and large-scale unit management.
- #17 Wooden Battles
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 528 reviews2017
Dev: SP Digital Arts Inc.
Windows
Build a wooden fort, place your units, watch the mayhem!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Wargame 17.5%, War 13.2%, Military 11.8%, Sandbox 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox strategy game that focuses on toy-like military combat.
- #18 Creeper World 4
82% matchVery Positive95% of 4,652 reviews2020
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.
Why similar: Wargame 19.3%, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, RTS 17.5%, Real Time Tactics 14%, War 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A unique RTS-tower defense hybrid that requires tactical positioning to hold back an encroaching, fluid enemy force.
- #19 Empires in Ruins
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 145 reviews2021
Dev: Hammer & Ravens
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The bastard child of Grand Strategy and Tower Defense, with a black humor infused plot, set in a grim, disillusioned world. Quell the rebellion, tame the Western Marches, disobey your orders and save your brandy. Not strictly in this order.
Why similar: Wargame 18.5%, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, RTS 16.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense with grand-strategy elements to provide a complex war simulation experience.
- #20 Rise of Liberty
83% matchVery Positive84% of 1,869 reviews2019
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Rise of Liberty is a FPS single-player massive Revolutionary War battle simulator. Fire deafening cannons into the thick of the battle, stand in line formation and fire devastating volleys into the enemy. Gather your men for these monumental battles and defeat the enemy!
Why similar: Military 20.7%, War 20.4%, FPS 16.1%, Sandbox 13.9%, Shooter 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox shooter that focuses on massive, chaotic battles between hundreds of units.
- #21 Smalland: Survive the Wilds
81% matchVery Positive82% of 9,989 reviews2024
Dev: Merge GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Why similar: Base Building 55.5%, Sandbox 39.8%, Action 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the 'small scale' perspective of fighting bugs in a backyard environment from a survival-strategy angle.
- #22 Grounded
81% matchVery Positive90% of 93,832 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Base Building 69.3%, Sandbox 22.9%, Action 4%, Funny 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes the struggle against insects in a backyard setting, matching the thematic core of Home Wars.
- #23 SwarmZ
82% matchMixed66% of 406 reviews2019
Dev: Mutiny Software
Windows
Face massive zombie swarms in this funny post-apocalyptic tactical sandbox! Do you know what it's like to be surrounded by 100,000 zombies? Well, you're about to find out!
Why similar: Sandbox 36%, Strategy 29.3%, Tactical 17.7%, Funny 8.7%, Action 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-action game that focuses on managing forces against massive, overwhelming swarms.
- #24 Bot Wars
78% matchVery Positive86% of 730 reviews2021
Dev: Frompy GamesPub: Big Play Games
Windows
Bot Wars is an action RTS about managing a squad of kill-bots and their bases as you work to take over all the capture points across the map. Featuring corporate kill bot armies, ranging from a firearms and beverage manufacturer to a lovecraftian burger cult.
Why similar: Wargame 23.8%, Real Time Tactics 18%, FPS 14.1%, Sandbox 13.7%, Third-Person Shooter 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: An action-strategy hybrid that focuses on robot-themed combat in a tactical environment.
- #25 Make War
80% matchMixed68% of 91 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac
Do you want to become part of great battles? Lead the alien army in tactical-voxel simulator game Make War.
Why similar: War 33.2%, Sandbox 30.8%, Strategy 28%, Funny 8%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox strategy game that allows you to place units and influence battles in various historical and fantasy settings.
- #26 Invasion Machine
79% matchMixed66% of 624 reviews2020
Dev: Pixel Machine
Windows
Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.
Why similar: Military 20.6%, RTS 17.2%, Wargame 15.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, War 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A military strategy game that focuses on tactical combat and simulation elements.
- #27 Swarm Queen
79% matchVery Positive93% of 390 reviews2017
Dev: Helmi Bastami
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.
Why similar: RTS 23.5%, Action RTS 19.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, War 13%, Wargame 12%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging RTS that focuses on managing insectoid forces in a tactical, lane-based environment.
- #28 Toy Shire: Room One
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,273 reviews2024
Dev: Bluespy StudiosPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Are you prepared for a thrilling toy army tower defense adventure? Welcome to the Toy Shire! Battle diverse foes in various locations, defend your family, and repel foes from your area. Save the world by strengthening your defense with toy towers! FULL GAME AVAILABLE NOW!
Why similar: RTS 20.2%, Wargame 15.5%, Military 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 12%, Tower Defense 10.8%
- #29 WAR RATS: The Rat em Up
74% matchVery Positive96% of 362 reviews2025
Dev: wootusart Industries
Windows
The rats told me to make this game. Run and gun alongside your troops in the Great Rat War against the vile TechnoRat armies. Recruit units, build structures, collect gear and upgrade your weapons to turn the tide of battle in your favor. The TechnoRat is all consuming!
Why similar: Base Building 27.3%, Tower Defense 23.3%, Shooter 21.9%, Funny 11.9%, Strategy 10.3%
- #30 Dog Duty
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 126 reviews2020
Dev: Zanardi and LizaPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
As some evil bigwig Octopus Commander and his army are threatening world-peace, it’s up to you and your squad of misfits to eliminate that octo-scum. Liberate outposts, defeat bosses and wreck these wicked squids up, but beware, they’re well-armed.
Why similar: War 22.9%, RTS 21.6%, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, Military 16.9%, Tactical 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time tactics game that features squad-based combat against a variety of military threats.
- #31 Crustacean Nations
76% matchVery Positive92% of 511 reviews2022
Dev: Team Beans
Windows
🦀Crustacean Nations🦀 is a real-time strategy game about total crab warfare. Build a sprawling sand castle and amass huge armies to dominate the beach and become the one true crustacean nation!
Why similar: Action RTS 31.8% ★, RTS 21%, Base Building 16.3%, War 9.5%, Resource Management 9%
- #32 Creeper World IXE
75% matchMixed70% of 861 reviews2024
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The unstoppable alien force known as The Creeper has returned, devouring thousands of worlds in its path, and yours is next. Battle against the Creeper fluid in a groundbreaking pixel-level simulation to prove that humanity will rule the galaxy forever!
Why similar: Wargame 17.7%, RTS 17.7%, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, War 11.3%
- #33 Empire of the Ants
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,119 reviews2024
Dev: Tower FivePub: Microids
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Conquer enemy nests and lead your colony through the perils of the forest in this groundbreaking RTS. Empire of the Ants is a photorealistic, third-person real-time strategy game where you command your insect legions in epic battles.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Wargame 17.4%, RTS 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, War 10.5%
- #34 Battle Simulator: Counter Stickman
77% matchMixed49% of 503 reviews2023
Dev: Yurii NikshychPub: Thegamesfortress
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The stickmen must strike at the terror enemy stickmen in this Battle Simulator
Why similar: Action RTS 22% ★, RTS 18.4%, Wargame 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #35 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 149,906 reviews2021
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: War 28.9%, Sandbox 27.8%, Wargame 20.7%, Funny 10.8%, Strategy 9.8%
- #36 Hold your houses
77% matchMixed45% of 172 reviews2017
Dev: WhackAKey GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Have you ever been in a robbery and didn't have weapons to defend yourself and your house? Well now you can, with hold your houses you have a variety of weapons to use to help you defend yourself, your house and take on those unwanted robbers.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Military 14.5%, FPS 12.4%, War 12.2%, Tower Defense 11.4%
- #37 Iron Marines Invasion
73% matchMixed69% of 356 reviews2023
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Prepare to take off, soldier! The galaxy needs your strategy! Prove your RTS expertise, explore an entire galaxy and defend it from a threatening invasion.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.8% ★, RTS 22.8%, Military 17%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Tactical 7.6%
- #38 Executive Assault
74% matchVery Positive85% of 1,455 reviews2015
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them.
Why similar: RTS 35.7%, FPS 17.2%, Base Building 13%, War 11.8%, Strategy 10.7%
- #39 Age of Undead
73% 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: RTS 15.4%, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Action RTS 13.9% ★, War 10.4%, Base Building 8.3%
- #40 Neighbors: Suburban Warfare
70% matchMixed67% of 2,158 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible Walls
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Neighbors: Suburban Warfare is a chaotic online multiplayer party brawler where suburban rivals go to war. Team up with friends in wild PvE and PvP matches, destroy rival houses with everyday items turned weapons, and defend your home using traps, gadgets, and crazy team combos.
Why similar: Base Building 41.3%, FPS 39.3%, Funny 15.1%, Action 4.4%
- #41 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
72% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: XR Studio
Windows
This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?
Why similar: Wargame 15.7%, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, RTS 13.8%, Military 12.3%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%
- #42 Northend Tower Defense
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,417 reviews2024
Dev: Northend Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!
Why similar: Action RTS 23.5% ★, War 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Military 14.1%, Base Building 9.9%
- #43 Formata
72% matchMixed64% of 947 reviews2017
Dev: Nezon Production
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead. Fight. Win.
Why similar: War 26.7%, Military 18.4%, RTS 16.4%, Strategy 14.1%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #44 8-Bit Invaders!
71% 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 44.9%, Military 18.9%, War 18.2%, Strategy 15.5%, Action 2.5%
- #45 Toy Soldiers
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,488 reviews2012
Dev: Signal Studios
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.5%, Strategy 37.3%, Action 10.2%
- #46 Kill A Million Rats
68% matchVery Positive90% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Nerdook ProductionsPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
A base-building, Roguelike Action/Turn-based Strategy (RATS) game, in a forest invaded by a million Rats. As the powerful Spirit of Vengeance, you must save the adorable Villagers! Explore a randomly generated world, expand your village, and exterminate the Rats!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 29%, Base Building 28.9%, Tower Defense 17.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Funny 9.4%
- #47 Toy Soldiers: Complete
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,257 reviews2016
Dev: Signal Studios
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Bring your toys to life in this action-packed, Toy Soldiers game bundle which includes the original Toy Soldiers, Toy Soldiers: Cold War, and all four DLC’s – Kaiser’s Battle, Invasion, Napalm and Evil Empire.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.4%, Strategy 21.9%, War 15.5%, Shooter 9.6%, Action 7.6%
- #48 Animal Revolt Battle Simulator
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,681 reviews2022
Dev: VDimension
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The ultimate physics-based, sandbox battle simulator where you can create funny battles between all sorts of ragdoll creatures! You can also make your own monsters with the unit creator or even join the battles yourself in the first-person mode!
Why similar: Wargame 31%, War 21.8%, Sandbox 19.7%, Tactical 10.6%, Strategy 7.6%
- #49 Stickman Trenches
68% matchVery Positive81% of 1,810 reviews2023
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Stickman Trenches is a Real Time Strategy game in which you need to manage your men and weapons and build up your defenses in the brutal trenches of Stick World War 1.
Why similar: Wargame 28.5%, Military 20.7%, War 18.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Tower Defense 10.3%
- #50 Rising Front
65% matchVery Positive88% of 4,015 reviews2026
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!
Why similar: War 17.8%, Wargame 15.7%, Action RTS 15.4% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, FPS 11.3%
- #51 Firework War
67% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: 正方形劳伦斯Pub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Use a variety of fireworks to fend off misfortune and protect your family!
Why similar: RTS 37.6%, Tower Defense 26.9%, Strategy 20.1%, Funny 13%, Atmospheric 2.5%
- #52 Skirmish Line
69% matchVery Positive88% of 363 reviews2019
Dev: The Snarktopus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience the brutality and randomness of war as an Allied tactical commander in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Train, equip, and command a squad of soldiers as you fight against the fanatical Imperial Japanese Empire.
Why similar: RTS 28%, War 23.5%, Strategy 16.5%, Tower Defense 14.6%, Tactical 12.3%
- #53 Crush Your Enemies
70% matchVery Positive81% of 439 reviews2016
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
Why similar: RTS 61.4%, Strategy 24.4%, Action 7.5%, Funny 6.7%
- #54 Bug Heroes: Tower Defense
68% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Foursaken Media
Windows · Mac
Help the Bug Heroes defend their food stash from hordes of enemies! Control powerful heroes, build your defenses, level up your heroes and towers, equip upgrades, and more!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.1%, Third-Person Shooter 24.9%, Strategy 21.8%, War 20.2%, Action 8%
- #55 Shieldwall
66% matchVery Positive87% of 7,133 reviews2023
Dev: Nezon Production
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shieldwall is a funny third-person tactical battle simulator with strategy elements. It allows you to feel like a squad leader right on the battlefield.
Why similar: War 50.9%, Strategy 17.4%, Funny 14.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Action 6.1%
- #56 Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator
69% matchMixed54% of 362 reviews2022
Dev: Screambox Studio
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator is a physics-based tactical strategy game where you must lead a military force in a fantasy medieval world. Build an army. Construct siege equipment. Experience epic battles. Lead your people to victory!!
Why similar: Wargame 23.7%, RTS 23.5%, War 19.6%, Sandbox 13.1%, Tactical 7.1%
- #57 Rusted Warfare - RTS
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,206 reviews2017
Dev: Corroding Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.
Why similar: RTS 49%, Base Building 19.2%, Sandbox 10%, Strategy 9.8%, War 7.9%
- #58 Here Comes The Swarm
64% matchVery Positive88% of 258 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Why similar: Action RTS 29.4% ★, RTS 25.1%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 11.6%, Tower Defense 10%