Games Like Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

Battlezone: Combat Commander remasters FPS-RTS classic Battlezone II with slick new visuals, brand new achievements, Steam Workshop support and much more! The solar system is at war. Take command.

Why similar: Strategy 77.8%, Action 9.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Shooter 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive hybrid RTS and first-person shooter experience that mirrors the tactical command and direct combat loop of the seed game.

The year is 2419. War has devastated Earth, and mega-corporations take to the stars to fight over colonised planets. Your employer, the Crayven Corporation, chose you to command an army of ground and air forces. You thought it would be just another brush-fire war. You were wrong.

Why similar: Strategy 95.1%, Sci-fi 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on tactical unit control and squad management without the distraction of base-building, similar to the combat segments of the seed game.

A next-gen re-imagination of a groundbreaking 80s classic. Carrier Command: Gaea Mission brings a breathtaking combination of action and strategy elements.

Why similar: Strategy 80.9%, Action 9%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the core essence of managing a massive carrier platform while deploying and directly controlling various air and ground vehicles.

The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.

Why similar: Strategy 69.5%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Action 7.2%, Shooter 5.1%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly combines base-building and resource management with the ability to jump into any unit for direct combat.

Uprising offers more strategy than a military sim, and more action strategy than a shoot'em up. Using your hi-tech assault tank, loaded with powerful weapons, you need to establish tidal bases, mine for power, build factories and direct legions of allied units against the enemy

Why similar: Strategy 87.8%, Action 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: As a classic hybrid action-strategy game, it allows you to build bases and command units from the cockpit of a powerful tank.

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 93.4%, Sci-fi 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It builds upon the tactical combat of its predecessor with improved visuals and a strong focus on sci-fi vehicular warfare.

What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.

Why similar: Strategy 54%, Classic 34.9% ★, Sci-fi 9.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%, Action 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational sci-fi RTS that provides the scale and unit variety that fans of the strategic layer of the seed game will appreciate.

Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.

Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Action 7.4%, Shooter 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends real-time strategy elements with team-based first-person shooter mechanics in a gritty, futuristic setting.

A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!

Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Action 7.3%, Shooter 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique commander role that manages the battlefield from a top-down perspective while other players engage in first-person combat.

In the late 21st century, the world's civilizations are wiped out by a series of nuclear strikes, seemingly caused by a massive malfunction of the new NASDA (North American Strategic Defense Agency) strategic defense system.

Why similar: Strategy 75.9%, Classic 18.8% ★, Sci-fi 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features extensive unit customization and base-building mechanics that feel right at home in a sci-fi war setting.

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Action 7.8%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features complex vehicular management and tactical combat that requires both strategic planning and precise manual control.

Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

Why similar: Strategy 58.1%, Classic 25.8% ★, Sci-fi 14.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%, Action 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, carrier-focused sci-fi tactical experience that emphasizes fleet management and strategic positioning.

Submarine Titans is a real-time strategy video game that takes place in the year 2115 after a comet has struck Earth, driving two human factions, the militant White Sharks and the scientific Black Octopi, to establish underwater bases and fight for dominance over the oceans.

Why similar: Strategy 83.4%, Classic 11.2% ★, Sci-fi 4.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: This underwater RTS provides a unique tactical environment and base-building mechanics in a sci-fi setting.

Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: This game allows for incredibly deep vehicle construction and tactical management, perfect for players who enjoy the engineering side of vehicular combat.

The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.

Why similar: Strategy 77.2%, Sci-fi 14%, Classic 5.7% ★, Singleplayer 1.7%, Action 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for large-scale tactical RTS combat, perfect for those who enjoy the strategic scale of the seed game.

Your heroes and your armies will need strong leadership to take them on a spellbinding odyssey that has everything a gamer’s heart could wish for breathtaking worlds in space, battles against cunning enemies and even downright treason from your own government faction - are you up to it?

Why similar: Strategy 95.9%, Classic 2.4% ★, Sci-fi 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic sci-fi RTS that provides a similar atmosphere of desperate, futuristic warfare and unit production.

Pilot a mech to hunt down and destroy the oppressive government of a cyberpunk autocracy. In this fast-paced, top-down shooter, use overwhelming firepower to destroy columns of tanks and level buildings. Unlock up to 56 unique vehicles and 40 weapons.

Why similar: Sci-fi 56.3%, Action 24.5%, Shooter 19.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers intense, top-down vehicular combat in a dystopian sci-fi world with a focus on destructive power.

Earth has been destroyed. Mankind is fractured. The galaxy is at war. But one hope remains: a new home for mankind. Probes detected a habitable planet in the Orion sector. You must fight your way to it, but nothing is as it seems. A more devious plan is underway that threatens the entire galaxy.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a focused space RTS experience that emphasizes tactical maneuvering and fleet composition.

The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.

Why similar: Action 41.6%, Shooter 40.3%, Singleplayer 18.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a visceral experience of piloting heavy sci-fi combat vehicles with a focus on tactical engagement.

Large-scale battles have become a vestige of the past, depleting resources of conflicting parties. Settled space, where welfare and order had reigned, has become a cemetery for dead ships which is flooded with pirates and adventurists.

Why similar: Strategy 87.3%, Sci-fi 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends RPG elements with tactical space combat, focusing on managing a small squad of specialized pilots.

Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.

Why similar: Strategy 66.8%, Sci-fi 21.7%, Action 7.6%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title allows you to manage vast fleets and space stations while maintaining the ability to pilot individual ships yourself.

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: Strategy 84.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Action 4.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features tactical RTS gameplay with powerful hero units that feel similar to the specialized vehicles in the seed game.

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: Strategy 96.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%, Action 1.4%

Oil Rush is a naval strategy game that takes place in a world where nuclear war has melted the ice caps, changing the face of the planet forever. Oil Rush offers unique gameplay, avoiding micromanagement of every single unit, while still providing full control over all important aspects of strategy and economy.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: A naval-themed RTS that focuses on capturing resource points and managing unit production in a post-apocalyptic world.

Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Why similar: Strategy 85.4%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a narrative-driven space RTS experience with a focus on managing ships in a hostile environment.

Imperium Galactica. The Universe is yours... if you can handle it. The fourth millennium. Mankind has colonised the galaxy. Created an Empire. Now, it is crumbling. The aliens are restless. The oppressed are building armies. And a strange invader is headed for the heart of the Empire.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: A classic 4X space strategy game that provides the deep strategic context for the sci-fi warfare found in the seed game.

Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

Why similar: Strategy 72.3%, Sci-fi 23.2%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a grand-scale approach to sci-fi fleet management that complements the tactical depth of the seed game.

Colonize newly-discovered planets, control the resources found there, and defend your colony against other rival factions in real-time or turn-based action.

Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Classic 13.6% ★, Sci-fi 7.4%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic strategy game that emphasizes mechanized warfare and resource management in a futuristic setting.

Colonize A Planet. Dominate A World.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a classic blend of turn-based strategy and real-time combat management on a planetary scale.

Harpoon Classic 97 a naval warfare simulation game that builds on the legacy of the original Harpoon®. Command naval forces, including ships, submarines, and aircraft, across global theaters like the Nth Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and Mediterranean, a realistic modern naval combat.

Why similar: Strategy 91.6%, Action 7.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Play as humans or robots in a brand new sci-fi strategy adventure! Travel into the far reaches of space, through cleverly designed star constellations and variable game modes, conquering enemy planets using 15 combinable technologies.

Why similar: Strategy 99.1%, Sci-fi 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced space strategy game that focuses on quick tactical decisions and fleet movement.

The year is 2140. After numerous wars and several environmental disasters, only two world powers remain; the United Civilized States (»UCS«), covering the American continent, Western Europe and North Africa, and the Eurasian Dynasty (»ED«) covering the coherent landmasses of Eastern Europe and Asia.

Why similar: Strategy 99.5%, Sci-fi 0.4%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Actual Armies. Actual Weapons. Actual Political Issues.World War III - Black Gold takes the player to the near future. The political crisis has been going on for months, leading to worldwide turmoil. A secret conference of the UN Central Geological Commission reveals that worldwide oil reserves have reached dangerously low levels: Oil...

Why similar: Strategy 99.9%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Three thousand years in the future, mankind has carved a bloody path towards domination of the known universe. Self-proclaimed as a divine race and beyond reproach as a species, they view all alien races as inferior.

Why similar: Strategy 89.2%, Sci-fi 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi tactical RTS that focuses on biological ship customization and fleet management.

From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.

Why similar: Strategy 89.5%, Action 6.3%, Singleplayer 4.3%

2017. Around the world, oil and gas reserves are being depleted. In the United States, forces hungry for world domination are coming to power. In Russia, the economic and political situation is on the verge of complete collapse.

Why similar: Action 55.4%, Shooter 29.7%, Singleplayer 14.9%

When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.

Why similar: Strategy 85.1%, Action 10.9%, Singleplayer 4%

Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

Why similar: Strategy 83.1%, Sci-fi 10%, Action 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.

Why similar: Strategy 73.9%, Sci-fi 22.2%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Explore. Strategize. Conquer.In the far future, Mankind has nearly exhausted all of earth’s natural resources. Fragile alliances between nations are tested to their limits as fierce wars ignite across land and space.MoonBase Commander puts you in charge of your own lunar territory in a quest to build the most powerful empire in space.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Prepare for one of the most action packed-shooters in PC gaming history! Every level is full of enemies and targets for you to destroy! You will become a soldier of the alien species and protect your home world from the forces of the Human armada.

Why similar: Classic 44.2% ★, Sci-fi 25.6%, Action 20.6%, Shooter 9.6%

A classic single-player RTS set in a Solar System ruled by megacorporations. Journey from Mars all the way to Planet 9 and uncover the secrets of the BlackChain.

Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Sci-fi 23.9%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Welcome to Hell, soldier, and mind the radioactive dust. Join one of two groups battling tooth, claw, tentacle, and any other appendage for survival in this post-nuclear real-time strategy game.

Why similar: Strategy 82.1%, Classic 10.2% ★, Sci-fi 7.8%

International waterways become theaters of war when the world's most formidable maritime powers exchange their fatal blows. With entire fleets at your command, you must strategically deploy vessels from every class - frigate to aircraft to nuclear submarine - to maintain the precarious balance of naval power and gain position for the...

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Following a great increase in terrorism, internal strife and ultimately, the nuclear destruction of Washington, D.C., the United States shatters into a half-dozen nation-states that descend into war. Take the helm of one of these newfound sovereignties (or the 'peacekeeping' European Expeditionary Force) and struggle to reunify America...

Why similar: Strategy 100%

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.

Why similar: Strategy 64.6%, Sci-fi 23.1%, Action 9.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%

RADical ROACH is a fast paced shoot em’ up, set minutes after nuclear hell falls from the sky engulfing all but a few tough little bugs.

Why similar: Strategy 80.6%, Action 19.4%

This is the story about the beginning of the conquest of outer space by earthlings. It began as a global idea of saving mankind from hunger and lack of resources, and ended as a brutal and merciless war in space far from Earth.

Why similar: Strategy 82.9%, Sci-fi 9%, Action 8.1%

Command interstellar forces in this epic return of the 4X strategy classic. From planetary politics to galactic warfare, the stakes couldn’t be higher as you lead your Royal House through battles on land, sea, air, and the vast reaches of space.

Why similar: Strategy 75.6%, Sci-fi 22.4%, Singleplayer 2%

After the destruction of the EARTH in 2150, the leaders of the Eurasian Dynasty escaped on board an evacuation fleet. Now they are fighting for the survival of the human species. Their base is one large building comprising of smaller variable parts.

Why similar: Strategy 94.5%, Sci-fi 3.6%, Action 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Submarine Simulation playing in WWII in the Pacific.

Why similar: Strategy 88%, Action 8.5%, Singleplayer 3.5%

You’re now an Operative, a free agent and a speculator in the claustrophobic terminally ill city of (Misplaced) Optimism, the last crater cluster on barren mined-out Titan.

Why similar: Sci-fi 53.3%, Action 25.8%, Shooter 11.9%, Singleplayer 9.1%

Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.

Why similar: Strategy 97.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: Strategy 95.1%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Praetorians is set amidst the political machinations of an emerging Roman Empire. You will be transported back to the dusty battlefields of Egypt, the combat theaters of Gaul and finally to the heart of the Empire itself, Italy in the crusade to become Emperor.

Why similar: Strategy 80.5%, Classic 19.5% ★

On the cosmic frontier, humanity has fought alien species for a century. As traditional defenses fall to new-gen alien mechs, tech giant ShellMobile—human-centered at its core—kindles new hope via breakthroughs in extraterrestrial titanium ore research.

Why similar: Strategy 84.2%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Singleplayer 1%

Our civilization has fallen. From the ashes, four new powers emerge. Immerse yourself in a combat-heavy twist on a classic turn-based 4X strategy where steam, steel, atom and diesel-punk corporations clash to spread their technology and the way of life.

Why similar: Strategy 95.1%, Singleplayer 4.9%