- #1 Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
97% matchVery Positive84% of 14,514 reviews2015
Dev: Planetary Annihilation Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
Why similar: RTS 43.6%, Strategy 16.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Futuristic 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #2 Outworld Station
96% matchVery Positive86% of 714 reviews2026
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.
Why similar: RTS 21.7%, Automation 19.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Futuristic 9.6%, Management 9.6%
- #3 Dyson Sphere Program
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,697 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 75.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Automation 35%, Base Building 22.5%, Management 13.1%, Strategy 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #4 Forged Battalion
95% matchMixed58% of 1,109 reviews2018
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.
Why similar: RTS 68.4%, Strategy 27.8%, Multiplayer 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #5 Supreme Commander 2
94% matchVery Positive88% of 12,837 reviews2010
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 31.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Includes 47 Steam achievements, leaderboards, and stats!
Why similar: RTS 46%, Strategy 24.1%, Base Building 10.5%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Co-op 4.1%
- #6 Sins of a Solar Empire II
93% matchVery Positive84% of 8,352 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Why similar: RTS 42.9%, Strategy 21.5%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Base Building 9.4%, Co-op 7.1%
- #7 Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,943 reviews2016
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
Why similar: RTS 40%, Base Building 16.1%, Strategy 14.6%, Futuristic 12.3%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #8 Final Factory
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 303 reviews2024
Dev: Never Games Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.
Why similar: Automation 29.8%, RTS 21.9%, Base Building 19.1%, Strategy 15.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #9 Desynced
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,936 reviews2026
Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
Why similar: RTS 27.8%, Automation 18.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Management 10.3%
- #10 Mindustry
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,625 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Base Building 21.4%, RTS 19.4%, Strategy 17%, Co-op 5.2%
- #11 Iron Harvest
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,818 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Why similar: RTS 51.2%, Strategy 19%, Base Building 16.4%, Co-op 5.1%, Sci-fi 4.3%
- #12 Executive Assault 2
89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,738 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: RTS 48.3%, Strategy 17.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Co-op 5.5%
- #13 Executive Assault
89% 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 49.9%, Strategy 23.4%, Base Building 11.9%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Co-op 4.4%
- #14 FOUNDRY
88% matchVery Positive81% of 3,779 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Automation 30.2%, Base Building 20.8%, Strategy 18.7%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Co-op 10.9%
- #15 shapez 2 - Factory
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,303 reviews2026
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.
Why similar: Automation 26%, Futuristic 16.8%, Management 16.6%, Strategy 14.1%, Base Building 13.3%
- #16 Captain of Industry
86% matchVery Positive90% of 10,894 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 84.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 40.7%, Base Building 24.5%, Strategy 17.1%, Management 14.9%, 3D 1.4%
- #17 AI War 2
87% matchVery Positive88% of 1,536 reviews2019
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
Why similar: RTS 43%, Management 15.7%, Strategy 14.4%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Co-op 10.3%
- #18 Zero-K
85% matchVery Positive94% of 4,280 reviews2018
Dev: Zero-K Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 33.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.
Why similar: RTS 56.5%, Strategy 26.4%, Co-op 5%, Multiplayer 4.8%, Sci-fi 3.8%
- #19 Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
84% matchVery Positive93% of 16,284 reviews2012
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: RTS 32.6%, Management 13.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Strategy 13.3%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #20 Silica
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,788 reviews2023
Dev: Martin 'Dram' MelichárekPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Silica blends FPS and RTS in epic, photorealistic battles. Choose to fight on the ground or command from above as humans or aliens. Dive into thrilling multiplayer combat or master strategic command. Are you ready to survive and conquer?
Why similar: RTS 46.1%, Strategy 17.9%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Futuristic 6.8%, 3D 6.5%
- #21 Annihilate The Spance
82% matchVery Positive91% of 345 reviews2025
Dev: Skyglow Softworks
Windows
An RTS base builder with huge battles, constant production, and autonomous ships. The Spance approaches, a vast and mysterious storm at the edge of humanity. Who shall claim its riches? Brave the perils of the depths in a story-rich singleplayer campaign with numerous distinct factions and bosses.
Why similar: RTS 47.1%, Base Building 21.8%, Strategy 15.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, 3D 3.3%
- #22 Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,159 reviews2011
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 49.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: RTS 51.5%, Strategy 23%, Base Building 9%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Co-op 3.7%
- #23 Dune: Spice Wars
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,346 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
Why similar: RTS 32.9%, Management 18.5%, Strategy 13.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%
- #24 Stellar Warfare
82% matchVery Positive83% of 417 reviews2021
Dev: Tense Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Space RTS with base building and ship customization. Personal passion project. More than 200 available ships, weapons and modules to design your fleet with. Contains a small campaign, several single and multiplayer game modes and a coop game mode. Also contains Wave defense!
Why similar: RTS 29.1%, Wargame 22.5%, Strategy 11.6%, Management 10.8%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #25 Tempest Rising
77% matchVery Positive88% of 11,317 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
Why similar: RTS 58.3%, Strategy 22.6%, Base Building 8.3%, Wargame 4.8%, Futuristic 2.5%
- #26 Industries of Titan
80% matchMixed63% of 1,609 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!
Why similar: Strategy 29.9%, Base Building 27.3%, Futuristic 24.8%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #27 Homeworld 3
79% matchMixed41% of 8,597 reviews2024
Dev: Blackbird InteractivePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 60.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.
Why similar: RTS 44.6%, Strategy 17.1%, Sci-fi 10%, Management 7.7%, Co-op 6.9%
- #28 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
79% matchMixed67% of 3,298 reviews2015
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.
Why similar: RTS 56.7%, Strategy 23.4%, Base Building 14.2%, Multiplayer 3.8%, Co-op 1.4%
- #29 Distant Worlds 2
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,504 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 42.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: Strategy 57.8%, Sci-fi 23.5%, 3D 9.5%, Combat 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #30 Factory Town
75% matchVery Positive91% of 4,433 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Automation 37.6%, Base Building 24.8%, Management 20.3%, Strategy 14.2%, 3D 2.7%
- #31 StarDrive 2
78% matchMixed55% of 2,099 reviews2015
Dev: Zero Sum GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarDrive 2 is an exciting and evolutionary step forward for the StarDrive franchise. In this eagerly anticipated sequel, the core mechanics have evolved to incorporate a turn-based strategic layer, featuring spectacular realtime battles.
Why similar: Strategy 64.5%, Sci-fi 21.8%, Management 13.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #32 Final Upgrade
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 454 reviews2022
Dev: TaosX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!
Why similar: Automation 26.4%, RTS 17%, Base Building 16.8%, Management 13.1%, Strategy 13%
- #33 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
74% 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 46.7%, Strategy 24.2%, Wargame 17.8%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Artificial Intelligence 3.8%
- #34 Automation Empire
76% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Automation 35.7%, Strategy 22.7%, Base Building 22.1%, Management 14.3%, Sci-fi 4.6%
- #35 Carrier Command 2
75% matchVery Positive82% of 3,688 reviews2021
Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!
Why similar: RTS 30%, Wargame 26.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Futuristic 11.8%, Management 9.3%
- #36 ERA ONE
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,422 reviews2025
Dev: Team Complex LTD
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Era One is an innovative space game that combines elements of real-time strategy, base building, space survival, and tactical battles. Players can create and customize their bases from scratch, construct various types of structures and warships, manage fleets, and engage in tactical space battles.
Why similar: RTS 49.9%, Base Building 19.2%, Strategy 17.7%, 3D 6.5%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #37 Satisfactory
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 270,461 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.6 hrsMean: 110.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Automation 39.8%, Base Building 29.8%, Co-op 10.9%, Strategy 8%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #38 Void Destroyer
77% matchMixed60% of 351 reviews2015
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.
Why similar: RTS 44.6%, Strategy 41%, Sci-fi 14.4%
- #39 Per Aspera
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,702 reviews2020
Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.
Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Base Building 19.3%, Strategy 18.6%, Management 18.3%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #40 Grey Goo
74% matchMixed68% of 4,320 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: RTS 51%, Strategy 21.8%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Base Building 9.6%, Multiplayer 3.5%
- #41 War Selection
72% matchVery Positive85% of 23,196 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 27.6 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: RTS 42.1%, Strategy 22.7%, Base Building 21.1%, Management 5.3%, Multiplayer 5.1%
- #42 Factorio
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 229,554 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 190.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 41.7%, Base Building 26%, Strategy 12.9%, Management 10.3%, Co-op 5%
- #43 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
71% matchVery Positive81% of 3,880 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: RTS 54.3%, Strategy 25%, Co-op 12.1%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #44 Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,844 reviews2016
Dev: Blackbird InteractivePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.
Why similar: RTS 54%, Strategy 25.7%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Futuristic 4.4%, Multiplayer 3.6%
- #45 Techtonica
70% matchMixed65% of 3,202 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Automation 31.2%, Base Building 18.9%, Strategy 16.6%, Management 13.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #46 Outpost: Infinity Siege
69% matchMixed65% of 13,570 reviews2024
Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 41.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
Why similar: RTS 29%, Automation 19.5%, Base Building 14.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #47 Space Engineers 2
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,590 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
Why similar: Strategy 53.9%, Sci-fi 42.6%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #48 MegaFactory Titan
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 140 reviews2022
Dev: Q Switched Productions, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
Why similar: Automation 29%, Base Building 18.7%, Futuristic 15.6%, Management 15.3%, Strategy 11.9%
- #49 WARSHIFT
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 698 reviews2016
Dev: Cyril Megem
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Unique mix of Action, RTS and RPG gameplay elements that forms an innovative game genre. You can build base, manage troops, and then come down to keep your enemy at gunpoint in the dynamic battle and customize your main characters.
Why similar: RTS 58.2%, Strategy 29.2%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Multiplayer 2.2%
- #50 Etherium
73% matchMostly Negative37% of 953 reviews2015
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Etherium is a real-time strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where three factions battle it out for a mysterious and rare resource known as ‘Etherium’.
Why similar: RTS 41%, Strategy 31.7%, Sci-fi 23.3%, Multiplayer 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #51 ICBM: Escalation
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,325 reviews2024
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.
Why similar: Wargame 34.5%, RTS 33.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Management 8.4%, Multiplayer 3.7%
- #52 Space industrial empire
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,035 reviews2024
Dev: 游戏养家工作室
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a idle game modeled on industrial building gameplay. It will be three-dimensional, complex industrial assembly line, easy, simple plane conveyor belt. At the same time to join the battleship assembly, space campaign, character development, giant construction, trade orders and other gameplay!
Why similar: Automation 49.9%, Management 26%, Strategy 23.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #53 The Crust
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,542 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Automation 25.5%, RTS 22%, Base Building 18.4%, Strategy 13.6%, Management 12.3%
- #54 Expand & Exterminate: Terrytorial Disputes - Endless Base Defense
68% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Terryble Interactive
Windows
The best elements of Real-Time Strategy (RTS) and Tower Defense genres combined into a new Base Defense game. Defend against countless waves of enemies while you expand your base, gather resources, and research technologies to defeat the ever strengthening enemy units.
Why similar: Wargame 35.6%, RTS 34.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Base Building 10%, 3D 5.6%
- #55 DSS 2: War Industry
66% matchVery Positive86% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: vikingfabian
Windows · Linux
In this real-time grand strategy game, command armies, build cities, and manage a dynamic economy. Establish automated supply routes within your territory to streamline production. Fortify your defenses and brace for intense battles. Can you lead your empire to dominance?
Why similar: Wargame 39.5%, RTS 36%, Strategy 13.2%, 3D 5%, Co-op 4.2%
- #56 Star Ruler 2
69% matchVery Positive82% of 721 reviews2015
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Massive scale 4X-RTS set in space. Control hundreds of planets, manipulate galactic politics, research numerous advanced technologies, and command thousands of units and hundreds of planets in your quest for galactic dominance.
Why similar: RTS 51.7%, Strategy 33%, Sci-fi 15.3%
- #57 Stationeers
67% matchVery Positive88% of 9,014 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Automation 31.3%, Base Building 21.7%, Management 18.4%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Co-op 10.2%
- #58 Master of Orion
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 8,131 reviews2016
Dev: NGD StudiosPub: Wargaming Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 101.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
Why similar: Strategy 72.4%, Sci-fi 15.7%, RTS 4.6%, Multiplayer 4.4%, Co-op 2.3%