Games Like Iron Command

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game.

Why similar: RTS 44.5%, Base Building 24.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Sci-fi 7.4%, War 6%

Build. Command. Conquer. Take control in a fast-paced VR RTS packed with intense battles, dynamic defenses, and strategic depth. Survive brutal enemy waves, defeat epic bosses, and battle rivals online in explosive 1v1 multiplayer!

Why similar: RTS 37.1%, Base Building 22.5%, VR 15.2%, Strategy 10.5%, Sci-fi 6.3%

Easy-to-control, action-packed RTS. Project 37 uses a unique lane-based movement system to help automate unit movement. The catch is, you'll need to constantly fight across multiple fronts at the same time.

Why similar: RTS 32.1%, Base Building 21.1%, Tanks 19.7% ★, Resource Management 10.2%, War 8%

A multiplayer top-down tank game for up to 16 players. Capture bases and pillboxes, harvest trees, build roads and walls, lay mines, and battle for control of the island. The Macintosh classic, rebuilt for modern platforms — free, open source, and cross-platform across desktop, mobile, and web.

Why similar: Tanks 24.1% ★, Vehicular Combat 19.4%, RTS 18.8%, Base Building 14%, Resource Management 7.2%

VR RTS meets shooter: command armies and fight with your own aim on the Andromeda front. Capture building slots, manage 3 resources, and win fair 1v1 and 2v2 battles.

Why similar: RTS 26.2%, VR 20%, Base Building 18.4%, Sci-fi 7.5%, PvP 6.5%

All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War in one glorious package. Play the genre-defining classic real time strategy game in all its blood-soaked glory, including four complete campaigns and nine full-fledged factions.

Why similar: RTS 45.4%, Base Building 22.1%, Strategy 12.1%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Multiplayer 4.7%

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 50.3%, Base Building 21.8%, Strategy 11.4%, Multiplayer 5.7%, War 5.1%

Desert Struggle is a fast paced real time strategy game. It is about base building, production timing and attack waves. Units are fully automated, so there are no standing armies. It is all about production capacities, expansions and timings! Play challenges against the AI or online in PvP matches.

Why similar: RTS 34.4%, Base Building 20.9%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Resource Management 10.4%, PvP 7.8%

A medieval RTS where you're the king. Command peasants to expand your base and grow your economy. Research powerful technologies. Then, mass an army to crush your enemies! Conquer other kingdoms in Campaign mode to unlock new perks.

Why similar: RTS 38.6%, Base Building 24%, Strategy 14.2%, Resource Management 12.5%, PvP 5.6%

Human Protocol is a real-time strategy game about humanity's war against a self-aware AI. Build your base, manage resources, command military units, strengthen your defenses, and survive increasingly dangerous enemy attacks.

Why similar: RTS 38.8%, Base Building 25%, Resource Management 11.4%, Strategy 10.6%, Sci-fi 7.4%

Command your forces from above or take direct control on the ground. Operative Division is an intense RTS-TPS hybrid set in a post-apocalyptic world. Manage finite resources, execute surgical tactical maneuvers, and unleash devastating superweapons in a battle for humanity's future.

Why similar: RTS 34.9%, Base Building 20.1%, Tanks 15.4% ★, Resource Management 9.1%, Tactical 7%

Assault Commander RTS is a fast-paced real-time military strategy game. Fight a 30+ mission campaign with two distinct factions, build and defend your base, command land, air, and naval forces, unleash super weapons, and climb the ranked Conflict leaderboards.

Why similar: RTS 39.5%, Base Building 16.5%, Vehicular Combat 13.9%, Strategy 11.3%, War 8.9%

A traditional RTS with 3D pixel art. Gather resources, build a base, and command squads in a medieval fantasy world. Choose from four factions with different units and wildly different mechanics. Play against AI or in PvP matches with up to 8 players, on handcrafted or procedurally generated maps.

Why similar: RTS 33.3%, Base Building 23.7%, Resource Management 12.8%, Strategy 7.9%, PvP 6.7%

Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.

Why similar: RTS 38.3%, Base Building 23.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Resource Management 9.7%, War 8.1%

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 63.1%, Base Building 15.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Multiplayer 3.2%, War 2.5%

Three stranded civilizations fight for the ancient Monoliths of a living moon. Build a streaming economy, field armies on land, sea and air, and hold the map to ascend in a large-scale real-time strategy game.

Why similar: RTS 37.2%, Base Building 21.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Resource Management 10%, PvP 8%

A classic RTS featuring traditional base-building, resource-driven warfare, PvP, skirmish, and a powerful, easy-to-use Mission Editor. Build your base. Secure the ECO. Conquer the battlefield.

Why similar: RTS 40.9%, Base Building 24.8%, Strategy 11.5%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Sci-fi 6%

Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.

Why similar: RTS 41.4%, Base Building 24.7%, Strategy 10.2%, Tanks 10.1% ★, War 5.6%

Unique strategy/first person shooter mix: One commander on each team plays from above, choosing research, placing buildings and giving orders. The rest fill the role of soldiers on the ground, with four distinct classes to choose from and customizable vehicles to drive.

Why similar: RTS 21.3%, Tanks 20.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 18%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 8.7%

Andalia is a fantasy real-time strategy game (RTS) with a diverse range of civilisations, resources and environments. Build up your town and lead your forces into war against enemy players. Alternatively you may construct a monument and hold it long enough to reach victory.

Why similar: RTS 39.3%, Base Building 25.6%, PvP 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Strategy 7.6%

A meat based real time strategy game. Harvest chunks of meat for resources, build meat tanks and train meat zombies. A second faction will fight against the meat. Story rich single player campaign for each faction, as well as skirmish, LAN and online multiplayer.

Why similar: RTS 37%, Base Building 22.4%, Tanks 20.4% ★, Strategy 10.5%, War 5.8%

Kuroba is a historical RTS set in the brutal frontier of 13th-century Anatolia. Build settlements, manage logistics, and command armies in grounded, realistic combat. No magic, no heroes—only economy, strategy, and leadership determine who endures.

Why similar: RTS 38.1%, Base Building 23.6%, Strategy 10.6%, Resource Management 9.6%, War 9.1%

Includes 47 Steam achievements, leaderboards, and stats!

Why similar: RTS 47%, Base Building 18.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Sci-fi 10%, Multiplayer 5.7%

A real-time strategy game set in the Joseon Dynasty, rendered in ink-wash art. Cultivate rice fields, raise fortress walls, and train armies to seize the battlefield. When multiple forces collide, who you strike first and how you commit your troops decides the victor.

Why similar: RTS 39.8%, Base Building 23.9%, Resource Management 9%, Strategy 8%, PvP 7.6%

For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.

Why similar: RTS 52.1%, Base Building 15.5%, Strategy 14.1%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Multiplayer 5.1%

Face off with or against friends using 3D shapes! Lead your cubes, spheres, and cones to capture flags and unlock powerful upgrades. Dominate the map and seize your opponent's capitol building to claim victory!

Why similar: RTS 33.7%, Base Building 24%, War 9.5%, Strategy 8.8%, Multiplayer 6.4%

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 37.3%, Base Building 32.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Multiplayer 7.4%, War 6.8%

Lead powerful civilizations across the globe, master strategies and tactics, and relive history in co op battles—now remastered in stunning 4K and modernized gameplay.

Why similar: RTS 35.7%, Base Building 28.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Resource Management 7.6%, War 7%

Planet X3 is a new retro real-time strategy game for DOS. You are up against the Protoids. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases. Relive the VGA, AdLib and keyboard controls experience of early 90s PC gaming.

Why similar: RTS 42.4%, Base Building 25.9%, Resource Management 16.3%, Strategy 15.5%

Tactera is a Real-Time Strategy game played on a “virtual tabletop”. Comes with VR (Rift/Vive) and non-VR versions! Inside a futuristic war room, a 3D hologram shows two armies on the verge of battle. Build swarms of gunships, tanks, bombers, and other units to strategically outmaneuver the enemy!

Why similar: VR 30.8%, RTS 29.7%, Strategy 17.1%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Tactical 5.9%

Take on thousands of robots in a massive, 25-hour macro-focused RTS campaign. Reclaim territory, harvest resources, and upgrade your army to crush the machine stronghold. But beware: the harder you push, the harder they push back.

Why similar: RTS 48.2%, Base Building 21.3%, Strategy 15.5%, Resource Management 15%

Stockpile resources, build your settlement, raise an army, and wage war in this love letter to RTS classics. Experience the epic story through a fully scripted single-player campaign, then create your own scenarios and write the next chapter yourself.

Why similar: RTS 41.5%, Base Building 31.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Resource Management 10.4%, 3D 2.2%

Step into a brutal battle between three warring factions In Dawn of War III you will have no choice but to face your foes when a catastrophic weapon is found on the mysterious world of Acheron.

Why similar: RTS 45.6%, Base Building 16.5%, Strategy 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Multiplayer 5.9%

Astro Industry Wars is a lighthearted, futuristic real time strategy game with base building, economic production chains, colorful worlds, and lots of vehicles.

Why similar: RTS 43.3%, Base Building 29.6%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Resource Management 6.1%, Strategy 6%

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 51.8%, Base Building 16.8%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Multiplayer 5.9%

Lead the great armies of the Star Wars™ Episode II: Attack of the Clones saga in intense real-time strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookies, Trade Federation, Gungans or Royal Naboo to determine the course of the Galactic Civil War.

Why similar: RTS 54.9%, Strategy 15.2%, Base Building 14%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Hyperwar is an RTS game with many classic elements such as base building, research, unit production and resource gathering, but it also contains new approaches and ideas. Paired with modern graphics and a freely moving camera, this game is a completely new experience in the genre.

Why similar: RTS 36.3%, Base Building 19.6%, Vehicular Combat 12.8%, Tanks 9.8% ★, Strategy 8.6%

Micro Annihilation is a real-time strategy where your battlefields are inside homes, offices, and everything in between. Airlift troops onto the dining room table, launch artillery across the bedroom, and bring down the house while waging war upon a new mysterious foe.

Why similar: Tanks 29.7% ★, RTS 22.6%, Base Building 16.1%, Resource Management 8.5%, Sci-fi 6.4%

The world erupts in conflict as Soviet forces invade American soil in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. You are the Supreme Commander. Arm yourself to the teeth with top-secret technologies and lead the Soviet or Allied troops to victory.

Why similar: RTS 54.7%, Base Building 19%, Strategy 12.8%, Multiplayer 9%, Sci-fi 4.5%

Xenogarden is a dark sci-fi strategy game where you spread an alien swarm, build synapse nodes, defend your core, and overwhelm human defenders before they destroy your living network and cut the invasion apart.

Why similar: RTS 42%, Base Building 25.8%, Resource Management 13.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Sci-fi 7.7%

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 52.4%, Base Building 15.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Multiplayer 6.1%

"Fantasy Royal VR" is a VR strategy battle game played in a sci-fi world. Make one's mark in the world through future virtual strategic sports. Only those who can control various battlefields and unique units can become true champions.

Why similar: RTS 47.1%, VR 22.4%, Strategy 16.8%, Sci-fi 13.7%

StarSim: BattleZone is a real-time strategy (RTS) game set in the StarSim universe. Take command of an army and lead your faction to victory. Gameplay includes classic RTS mechanics such as: building a base, gathering resources, researching new technologies, building defences, training units, etc.

Why similar: RTS 48.5%, Base Building 28.7%, Strategy 14%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition is the ultimate Dawn of War experience, featuring the original Dawn of War and all its expansions, along with enhanced visuals, an improved camera, and 64-bit platform support.

Why similar: RTS 42.2%, Base Building 22.6%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Strategy 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Soil is a slow-paced space RTS game where you mine resources, build ships and fight your enemies. Campaign features persistent fleet, research, and optional mission objectives that can affect rest of the missions.

Why similar: RTS 46.1%, Strategy 17.2%, Sci-fi 13.8%, War 8.5%, PvP 6.6%

Dawn of Embers is a real-time strategy game in development by DTX Studios. Build a walled town, gather and trade, command armies of soldiers and siege engines, and master four schools of magic against AI commanders or other players.

Why similar: RTS 38.8%, Base Building 24.7%, Resource Management 10.6%, Strategy 10.4%, PvP 5.5%

Build fortified bases, protect your ore and power networks, and command infantry, armor, aircraft and warships in a near-future single-player RTS. Lead an eight-mission campaign or customize skirmishes against rival AI commanders—with an AI ally at your side.

Why similar: RTS 28.3%, Tanks 21.7% ★, Base Building 19.7%, Resource Management 9.7%, Sci-fi 6.5%

Global Conflagration is a real-time strategy game inspired by the classics featuring modern controls and streamlined mechanics. Build lots of tanks, infantry, helicopters and aircraft to destroy the enemy base.

Why similar: RTS 25.8%, Tanks 20.5% ★, Base Building 18.5%, Vehicular Combat 12.7%, War 6.6%

RTS in a nutshell. Build. Plan. Adapt. Engage. Get the strategic depth of an RTS in short, intense matches.

Why similar: RTS 36.6%, Base Building 17.4%, Strategy 14.1%, Resource Management 9.2%, PvP 8.5%

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: RTS 38.1%, Base Building 27.3%, Strategy 16%, War 9.9%, Multiplayer 4.5%

Build your base, command your army, and wage real-time PvP war on a living conquest map. Clear a frontier of monsters and alien UFOs, join a faction, team up with friends, and climb the seasonal ranks. A classic base-building RTS with modern military firepower, ad-free on desktop.

Why similar: RTS 36.4%, Base Building 16.6%, Tanks 12.2% ★, Strategy 10.1%, Resource Management 5.7%

The game has a main gameplay based on sidescrolling strategy set in a sci-fi world. The goal of our protagonists is to restart life on the planet after an extinction.

Why similar: Base Building 35.2%, RTS 30.2%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Strategy 15%, Indie 0.8%

A single-player RTS where you capture existing structures instead of building a base from scratch, and success comes more from good decisions than fast reactions.

Why similar: RTS 40.2%, Tanks 23.9% ★, Sci-fi 12.8%, Resource Management 12.1%, Strategy 7.2%

Inspired by Majesty, Heroes of Orn: Darkness is a fantasy base building RTS with a twist - you cannot directly control your units. Build and upgrade your kingdom to gain power and resources. Influence your heroes' decisions and empower them by issuing quests, casting spells, and creating shops.

Why similar: RTS 44.5%, Base Building 28.7%, Resource Management 13%, Strategy 12.1%, 3D 1.1%

Battle more than 100 players across globe-spanning fronts in SphereFront.

Why similar: RTS 43.7%, Strategy 17.4%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Resource Management 9.4%, Tactical 8.8%