- #1 Merchants & Mercenaries
97% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2016
Dev: Echidna Studios
Windows
Merchants and Mercenaries is a hectic real-time strategy that looks and feels like the board games you love, with none of the waiting. There’s no one way to play, or even to win, but you’d better be fast!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #2 It Pays To Be A Winner
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Alan Goff
Windows
Simple on the surface, but complex deep below, It Pays To Be A Winner is a 1v1 turn-based strategy game that pits players brain against brain across a square-tile landscape. It's kind of like chess, but not at all.
Why similar: Strategy 79.2%, Multiplayer 20.8%
- #3 Starlight Tactics™
96% matchMixed52% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: Escape Hatch Entertainment,LLCPub: Escape Hatch Entertainment, LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Travel a hundred years into the future to command an advanced space fleet in full 3D turn-based tactical space combat through the greatest conflict humankind has ever known. Protect the Sky!
Why similar: Strategy 89.7%, Indie 10.3%
- #4 Trains & Things
95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: bitshift
Windows · Linux
Build a logistics company from the ground up in this real time multiplayer focused economic strategy game
Why similar: Strategy 92.1%, Indie 4.1%, Multiplayer 3.8%
- #5 Planets Under Attack
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,244 reviews2012
Dev: Targem GamesPub: Topware Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 97.3%, Indie 1.4%, Multiplayer 1.3%
- #6 Little fight
93% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: FunnyNetWork
Windows
《Little fight》 is a magic theme, heroes battle, heavy athletics, turn-based SLG game. Proficient in the technical, strategic requirements, followed by competitive game skills design, strategy skills diversification: can be forced, dizziness, treatment, crawling, combat range, stealth, clear skills and so on.
Why similar: Strategy 95.8%, Indie 4.2%
- #7 Novus Campis
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Benedikt Baum
Windows
Novus Campis is a space strategy game where you have to manage a base, wich has to gain influence to win the game. You will have to make smart strategic decisions, to survive the increasingly more difficult events and build your base into prosperity.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #8 RoBoRumble
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 307 reviews2015
Dev: MetropolisPub: TopWare Interactive ACE
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Build powerful battle robots from components like Chassis, Weapon and Booster. The battle’s starting and you’re right in it – with freely definable camera perspectives, spectacular effects, unlimited zoom and scroll, colored light sources, terrain morphing and 3D sound. Pure action – pure excitement!
Why similar: Strategy 97.4%, Indie 2.6%
- #9 三国时代2
89% matchPositive89% of 44 reviews2019
Dev: 陈文龙
Windows
This is a lightweight strategy game
Why similar: Strategy 95.7%, Indie 4.3%
- #10 Interloper
91% matchVery Positive84% of 407 reviews2015
Dev: Monogon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Interloper is an online multiplayer real-time strategy game with matches that take only 5 minutes. Instead of destroying your opponent, you win by claiming domain. By predicting your opponent's movements, you corner them to claim the entire map.
Why similar: Strategy 91.6%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Indie 2.8%
- #11 Swords and Soldiers HD
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,051 reviews2010
Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Rewrite history as you take control of the brutal Vikings, the devious Aztecs or the crafty Chinese in their global quest to win the favour of the Gods! Swords & Soldiers is a side-scrolling strategy game that lets you control an entire army and lets you wield devastating magical abilities.
Why similar: Strategy 98%, Multiplayer 1.1%, Indie 0.9%
- #12 Clash of Magic
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Narvalous Inc
Windows
On the United Island of Magic, there is an Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Students with magic powers, regardless of their ethnicity and background, can apply to this university. The acceptance rate is lower than Harvard.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #13 Ruthless Conquest
87% matchVery Positive87% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: Candy Rufus Games
Windows
Send the fleet to capture planets and expand your empire, until you vanquish them all! No ads, no in-app purchases, completely free. Local and internet multiplayer is supported in this galactic strategy game. Six levels of challenging AI await you for practice matches and for making up numbers.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #14 World War III: Black Gold
90% matchMixed63% of 911 reviews2013
Dev: Reality PumpPub: Topware Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 98.8%, Multiplayer 1.2%
- #15 Sanguo: War Under Heaven
86% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Telestic StudiosPub: Second March, LLC
Windows
Sanguo: War Under Heaven is a real-time strategy game set in ancient China, featuring rapid-fire battles and extensive customization.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #16 ASCII Wars
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James Oliver
Windows
Protect the servers. Locate the vulnerabilities. Exterminate the viruses. This fast paced strategy game lets you enter terminal commands from a VR interface to defeat the viruses before you become overrun.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #17 Worlds Collide
86% matchMixed62% of 47 reviews2019
Dev: otter otter game
Windows
Worlds Collide is a real-time strategy game.In the game of Worlds Collide, you will play as a king of your empire, to build a city, expand its territory, gather enough resources, set up more production lines, eventually form your army and conquer others.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #18 Holodeck Arena
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yan Hildebrand
Windows
Compete for supremacy in this fast-paced cyberspace-RTS with exotic units and supply chains of your own making.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #19 Hold the Line: The American Revolution
84% matchMixed45% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
Hold the Line covers battles fought during the American Revolution. This game is a careful conversion of the board game of the same name developed by Worthington Publishing. Jump in and take command of the American or British forces during this pivotal moment in the history of nations!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #20 Darkwinds
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MEGO GamesPub: Mego Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this new online card game, you must sail the dangerous seas of Thard, infested with ferocious pirates, dark spells and terrible creatures that will seek to sink you into the depths of oblivion. To survive, you must choose your crew wisely and create a powerful deck to defeat your opponents in order to become the most respected pirate...
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #21 Rush on Rome
82% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Z-Software GmbHPub: familyplay
Windows
Find the missing pieces of the artifact and save the Roman Empire from its enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #22 Fallen Empires
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Lightning Man Media
Windows · Mac
Command your forces and lead your kingdom to victory! Guide your troops through foreboding environments ranging from forests to desert villages to lava infernos in this RTS with a twist.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #23 RTSM
78% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: Gatskop Software
Windows
Take charge of your army and conquer South Africa in this epic RTS game.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #24 Heart in the Cell: Rebirth
67% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Team Gingerbread Man
Windows
“Heart in the Cell: Rebirth” is a real-time strategy (RTS) game which integrates the UI itself into the combat system. Players will act as rebels and explore the secrets beneath the vast wings of Oniros Corporation in a world Of highly advanced artificial intelligence.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #25 Galaxy Union
81% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2015
Dev: cybercritics
Windows
Economic based 4x, puts you in a large galaxy with hundreds of systems as a CEO of a colony destined to rule over all competitors, features dozens or more opponent CEOs.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #26 Tank Battle: North Africa
79% matchMixed69% of 39 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Take command as the British Commonwealth and U.S. forces fight the Germans in the North African theatre and lead your battalion to victory in challenging tactical battles.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #27 Ironclads: American Civil War
83% matchMostly Negative25% of 55 reviews2010
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Battle of the civil war ironclads. Take part in battles from USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia before battles between armored squadrons of steamships and other vessels. The flow of time is organized into rounds.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #28 Ironclads: High Seas
82% matchMixed40% of 45 reviews2010
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
For over a year the forces of the United States of America (Northern States) and the Confederates States of America (Southern States) have fought a bitter war. In 1862 the governments of Great Britain, France and Spain recognize the Southern States to secure raw materials.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #29 Realms of Darkness
76% matchMixed52% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: PG GamesPub: K&K Interactive
Windows
Mix of realtime Strategy and MOBA in grimdark setting.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #30 Dominus 2
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 45 reviews2018
Dev: Superstruct
Windows · Mac · Linux
A free multiplayer strategy game. Grow in power by capturing castles. Climb the tree to become Dominus and win the game.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #31 Tank Battle: East Front
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 34 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Use hex based tactical combat to dominate foes on the Russian front of the Second World War. Fight as the Germans or the Soviets in a series of ever more complex missions.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #32 Buccaneers, Bounty & Boom!
80% matchNo user reviews2017
Dev: Iron Helmet Games
Windows · Mac
A strategic board game set in the treacherous world of goblin pirates from the developers of Neptune's Pride
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #33 Ancient Battle: Hannibal
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
Ancient Battle: Hannibal is the newest edition to the Ancient Battles series. Experience the magnificence of the Punic Wars!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #34 Fire and Fury: English Civil War
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Fight the various battles of the English Civil War between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #35 Warlock: Tower Defence
73% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Snowdon Games
Windows
Warlock: Tower Defence is a story driven tower defence game, giving players access to 6 elemental magics to face challenges spread across 5 chapters.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #36 Battleship Lonewolf 2
72% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: WolfShipGames Co., Ltd.
Windows
Become a commander of the space fleet and battle with other players in real time. Now, shall we begin?
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #37 Physica-E
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Electro Maniac
Windows
Escape is the one thing you know. Craft, defend, and survive in this unique horror.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #38 Battles of the Ancient World
72% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
The ‘Battles of the Ancient World’ game system is a tactical simulation of some of the greatest and most important battles from 1457 B.C. to 378 A.D.. Each scenario features one of these great battles and players may play as either side. The game has been designed to ensure maximum playability and historical accuracy, in that order.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #39 Strategic Command Classic: WWII
70% matchPositive83% of 35 reviews2018
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
The Matrix version is the Gold Edition of the Original Strategic Command: Blitzkrieg and Weapons and Warfare combined. It also contains the Pacific Theatre and Patton Drives East DLCs
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #40 Great Battles of the American Civil War
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Great Battles of the American Civil War is based on the ‘Great Battles of the American Civil War’ board games, which started with the classic game ‘Terrible Swift Sword’. This game recreates the significant battles of the American Civil War.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #41 Rebellion Again
74% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Cory Green
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short demo featuring a single procedurally-generated level, in which you need to eliminate the occupying enemy soldiers. An intriguing tactical action thriller is intended as the final game
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #42 Morps
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Random developers
Windows
Morps game is 2D pixel art strategy with simple principies of fight and defense. Use your king to control Morp´s world. The future of little creatures and end tyranny of king Gark is in your hands.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #43 Essence Defenders
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Other Side Worlds
Windows
The Void has come to devour the world - and only Essence can stop it. Command a fleet to protect remaining islands from Demons of the Void who come to deplete the Essence Source.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #44 Rebels & Redcoats
69% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Rebels and Redcoats recreates the battlefields of the American Revolutionary War. The war began in 1775 when the American colonies rebelled against the British Empire, declaring their independence in 1776.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #45 100 Years’ War
68% matchMostly Positive64% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Fight the various battles of the 100 Years Was throughout the Medieval ages.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #46 Cyborg Tower Defense
71% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: Big Fun Games
Windows
Futuristic 3D Tower Defense Game where evil Cyborgs try to take over the space ship Andromeda deck by deck. Zoom right into the action and glide over the surface to see the spectacular weapons and explosions at your disposal. Kill 'em all!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #47 Mosby's Confederacy
75% matchMixed64% of 39 reviews2008
Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.
Windows
As John Singleton Mosby, one of the Civil War's most interesting and dynamic leaders, you are charged, not with leading vast armies into battle, but with commanding small bands of skirmishers, scouts, and guerilla fighters on opportunistic missions to scout, ambush, steal supplies, and harass a larger and better-armed force of Union soldi
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #48 Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
73% matchMixed53% of 114 reviews2014
Dev: Accolade, Inc.Pub: Atari
Windows
Colonize A Planet. Dominate A World.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #49 Ancient Battle: Successors
68% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Ancient Battle: Successors is the latest edition to the Ancient Battle series. Alexander the Great died on 13 June 323 B.C., leaving no heir. Perhaps foreseeing the many great conflicts that would follow his demise, he left the Macedonian Kingdom 'To the best man'.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #50 Ancient Battle: Alexander
68% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Ancient Battle: Alexander delivers a unique wargaming experience on PC and Mac.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #51 Shields Up! VR
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LesInk Productions
Windows
Shields Up! is a real-time mining construction VR strategy game. Shields Up! is a tower defense-style challenge where you land, build, mine, defend, and get out with your valuable cargo while fending off the hazards of space debris and the impending war machine.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #52 Twilight's Last Gleaming
65% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Twilights Last Gleaming recreates some of the pivotal battles of the War of 1812 between the United States and the British Empire.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #53 Hexaverse
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Stefan Elsen
Windows
Hexaverse is a turn based, multiplayer strategy game. You'll strive to conquer volumetric planets against an AI or other players. Players are free to expand any way around the globe. Use your terraformers to build walls and bridges, excavate tunnels, or submerge your bases beneath mountains.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #54 Tank Battle: Blitzkrieg
67% matchMixed68% of 34 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
‘Tank Battle: Blitzkrieg!’ recreates the first battles of World War II. On 1st September 1939 the German army marched into Poland, two weeks later the Soviets also invaded and the Polish army was crushed by 6th October. Over the coming months the Germans expanded their grip on Europe with further invasions of Denmark and Norway.
Why similar: Strategy 100%