- #1 Lord of the Wilds
97% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: AuroraDawnGames
Windows
Lord of the Wilds is a strategy game where you build and defend your territory in a wild land. Gather resources, train armies, and face threats from rival lords, orcs, and undead. Strategize to conquer the wilderness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.7% ★, Wargame 12.2%, City Builder 11.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, Base Building 10.2%
- #2 Plebs
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: PixelWhipped
Windows
Plebs is a casual real time strategy game about controlling ancient Nations to victory through strategic town building, creating mighty and diverse armies, and intelligent resource management. Battle through the Campaign, Survive endless waves of enemies, or Skirmish on a variety of levels.
Why similar: RTS 18.1%, City Builder 12.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #3 After Long Night
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 434 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.8% ★, RTS 14.5%, Base Building 10.7%, City Builder 9.7%, Resource Management 9%
- #4 Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand
95% matchPositive86% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Axella Games
Windows
Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.2% ★, Action RTS 14.7% ★, RTS 14.6%, City Builder 11.7%, Base Building 11.5%
- #5 Guanabara Warriors
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vinagre Design
Windows
Lead Brazilian indigenous tribes and European forces in an epic real-time strategy game set during the founding of Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil. Forge alliances, command armies, and shape the future of Guanabara Bay.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.9% ★, RTS 18%, Base Building 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #6 Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
94% matchVery Positive92% of 582 reviews2025
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.2% ★, RTS 14.7%, City Builder 13.6%, Action RTS 13% ★, Base Building 10.6%
- #7 LouLan Kingdom
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MockingCrown Games
Windows
Loulan Kingdom is a city-building survival and real-time strategy game. As the ruler of Loulan, you must build your city amid a perilous desert oasis, grow your power through the Silk Road, and fight to protect your kingdom—until the very end.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Wargame 12.9%, RTS 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%
- #8 Becastled
91% matchVery Positive82% of 5,494 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: Base Building 18.8%, Colony Sim 16.3% ★, City Builder 15.1%, RTS 14.7%, War 9.4%
- #9 Bread & Bravery
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ennoble Studios
Windows
Return to the era of knights and castles in a uniquely satisfying mix of Settlement Building, RTS and Castle Simulation genres. Manage complex and realistic medieval production chains, build your army and defences, satisfy the King and lead your people to prosperity. Will you succeed as a new lord?
Why similar: RTS 14.7%, Colony Sim 13.1% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Base Building 10.9%, Action RTS 10.8% ★
- #10 Recovery Syndicate
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bumblebee Studios
Windows
Recovery Syndicate is a prequel to Abeyance, in which you are the leader of one of the factions trying to reconstruct the economy of the galaxy. You must build and manage your colony's resources carefully, while watching out for rival factions who are also vying for supremacy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.2% ★, RTS 15.5%, City Builder 12.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%, Base Building 10.9%
- #11 Tactical Warfare: Siege Survival
90% matchPositive84% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: Mizrab
Windows
Immerse yourself in Tactical Warfare, a captivating mini-game of the base game where you defend your base against relentless enemy waves. Strategize, fortify, and survive to emerge victorious. Wishlist now for exclusive access to the playtest and full game on November 29, 2024!.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.6% ★, Action RTS 16.2% ★, RTS 14.2%, City Builder 12.3%, Wargame 9.5%
- #12 十面冲突 Clash of ten sides
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 爱玩小灰
Windows
《十面冲突》是一款即时策略对战竞技游戏,在游戏中,玩家雇佣武装力量进行对战,有各种各样的兵种等你来雇佣,注意彼此的出兵种类,这样你才能知己知彼,百战百胜。干掉对方的基地,胜利就是你的,你能成功吗?那就来挑战吧!
Why similar: Action RTS 22.3% ★, RTS 18.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, War 11.1%, Base Building 8.5%
- #13 Orc Warchief: Prologue
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Iron Wolf StudioPub: Iron Wolf Studio
Windows
Prologue version of Orc Warchief. Become an Orc warchief and fight for survival of your race. Rebuild your village and train your warriors. Gather resources and craft your weapons. Raise your warbanner and gather The Horde.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.1% ★, Colony Sim 18.6% ★, RTS 14.5%, City Builder 13%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%
- #14 Wood'N'Destroy
87% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Abyssal Interactive
Windows · Linux
Wood’N’Destroy is a real-time strategy game where you build your base, gather resources, and command your army to destroy your enemies. Expand your economy, develop new technologies, and dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: Action RTS 15.1% ★, Colony Sim 15% ★, RTS 11.9%, City Builder 10.3%, Wargame 9.7%
- #15 Kingdom Of Force
88% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Beijing Hydra Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
KOF is a magic background real-time strategy game, which is based on the method of dispatching troops to occupy the city, and combines the elements of resource collection, construction, upgrading, tower defense and so on.
Why similar: RTS 16.1%, Colony Sim 15.5% ★, Base Building 12%, City Builder 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%
- #16 Insect Empires
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insect Empires TeamPub: Countryball Team
Windows
Choose between 4 factions and wage war against your enemies in this real-time strategy game. Insect Empires is a cartoon style Isometric real-time strategy game about colony type insects. Choose your faction and wage war against any foe!
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.8% ★, Action RTS 13.2% ★, RTS 13%, Base Building 11.9%, City Builder 11.8%
- #17 Hell of Men : Blood Brothers
86% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Whacky Squad Studio
Windows
Hell of Men: Blood Brothers is a real-time strategy game, developed by one person, in which you will have to collect resources, build your base, train your army by choosing your soldiers wisely and fight.
Why similar: Action RTS 17.8% ★, RTS 15.9%, Base Building 11.7%, War 11%, Wargame 9%
- #18 Defcon Zero: Frontlines of Tomorrow
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TriArts
Windows
Defcon Zero is a classic real-time strategy game set on planet Eros, where you dive into the story of ERA, the last beacon of civilization. Build your base, gather resources, engage your enemies and make strategic choices to prevail in combat. Are you ready to command the frontlines of tomorrow?
Why similar: Action RTS 23% ★, RTS 18.7%, Base Building 13.4%, Military 11.2%, War 10.9%
- #19 Territory: Farming and Warfare
82% matchVery Positive86% of 690 reviews2026
Dev: Wit Studio
Windows
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 13.3% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Base Building 12.1%, RTS 12%, Real Time Tactics 9.5%
- #20 Oikizo
84% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: L2N Game Studio
Windows
Oikizo is a city-building game. Start by placing your first building and a few citizens, then make your city prosper. The strength of Oikizo lies in the ability to manage a city cooperatively with your friends.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2% ★, Action RTS 21.7% ★, RTS 17.6%, City Builder 15.3%, Base Building 7.7%
- #21 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,726 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.9% ★, City Builder 12.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Base Building 11.1%, War 10.8%
- #22 Surrounded by Death
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Mozonia
Windows
Lead your people, fight for survival, become their ruler in this 2D strategy game. To accomplish this, you will have to create powerful walls, an efficient economy and a strong army. But it's not enough. Destroy all portals for peace to reign
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.9% ★, RTS 16.6%, City Builder 12.5%, War 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%
- #23 Tactical Domination: Operation Veranite
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: R1ckhy, Digitalomon
Windows
Command one of three distinct factions in a fierce battle for the enigmatic resource Veranite. Utilize powerful units and strategic abilities to vie for complete supremacy. The destiny of the future lies in your hands.
Why similar: Action RTS 17.8% ★, RTS 14.2%, Base Building 10.7%, Real Time Tactics 10.2%, Wargame 10.1%
- #24 Age of Respair
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Respair Games
Windows
Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.5% ★, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 13%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, RTS 12.3%
- #25 Royal Lord - 王权领主
79% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: 开发鸭
Windows
In "Kingdom Monarch", you are a monarch and can build the kingdom of your dreams! You need to build city walls, assign jobs to villagers, recruit soldiers, repel hordes of monsters at night, and expand your village during the day.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.3% ★, RTS 13.8%, Base Building 13.4%, City Builder 13.1%, War 9%
- #26 Bataliron
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruben Minasyan
Windows
Bataliron is a modern warfare RTS game that focuses on personnel development, online command, fire support, and unit assistance on the battlefield, leveraging modern technologies.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.8% ★, RTS 19.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Wargame 13.2%, Strategy 9.5%
- #27 DUSK OF WAR
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: oedipe games
Windows
DUSK OF WAR is a base-building game with resource and human management in a post-apocalyptic world where resources are limited. The game is played in real time and allows you to alternate between base management phases and real-time tactical combat.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8% ★, Action RTS 16.7% ★, RTS 15.2%, City Builder 14.2%, Strategy 7.7%
- #28 Last Front
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Murzin Studio
Windows
Modern armies, unique commanders, tactical battles. In Last Front, each faction offers its own style of war and exclusive units. Build your base, lead your army, and prove your superiority on the battlefield.
Why similar: Action RTS 20.7% ★, RTS 18.2%, Wargame 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, War 10%
- #29 Defender's Dynasty
78% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Hyper Cloud Games
Windows · Mac
A 2D Strategic Base Defender game set in Medieval times. As relentless Waves of enemy forces threaten your Stronghold, you must gather Resources, Fortify your Defenses and lead your Rebellion. Prepare to strengthen your Base and manage your Resources. But beaware of the Storms!
Why similar: Action RTS 19.8% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, RTS 11.2%
- #30 Paddle Protectors
77% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Huhi Games
Windows
Paddle Protectors is an mix of tower defense, real-time strategy and city-building. You will fight against crabs. Establish farms and factories to produce ammunition and resources, fortify your land, lead your soldiers and tanks.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.1% ★, RTS 16.1%, City Builder 14.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Military 10.2%
- #31 Dwarven Rampart
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alaabale
Windows
Raise massive armies and fight thousands of enemies. Dwarven Rampart is a fantasy roguelite strategy game where you build dwarven cities and fight massive fights. How long can you survive?
Why similar: RTS 15.1%, Colony Sim 12.2% ★, Base Building 11.4%, City Builder 10.7%, Real Time Tactics 9%
- #32 Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
78% matchMixed66% of 451 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
Why similar: Action RTS 16.4% ★, Colony Sim 14.5% ★, RTS 13.2%, City Builder 9.9%, Base Building 9.5%
- #33 Anthill Village
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lychee Game Labs
Windows
Now that ants have evolved thumbs, they're unstoppable! Help them build villages, scour the land for resources and fend off creatures 100 times their own size.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4% ★, RTS 16.8%, Action RTS 16.6% ★, City Builder 13%, Base Building 11.3%
- #34 Field & Sky
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orbitami Entertainment
Windows
Field & Sky is a realistic open-world homestead builder where you inherit family land and shape it into a thriving rural property. Build farms, raise livestock, connect to a nearby town, and explore your land from above or at ground level at your own pace.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3% ★, Action RTS 20.3% ★, RTS 16.5%, City Builder 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%
- #35 VENOY
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mathis WischeroppPub: LaboratoryGames
Windows
VENOY is a relaxing real-time strategy game with deep settler logistics and true sandbox freedom. Build your medieval colony, optimize production chains and defend it against enemies!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7% ★, RTS 20.7%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 11%, Strategy 9.5%
- #36 Coloniser
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cantos Games
Windows
A survival-first multiplayer RTS. Secure a foothold, outlast rivals, and earn the right to build your colony in massive persistent worlds.
Why similar: Action RTS 16.6% ★, RTS 14.4%, City Builder 11.7%, Wargame 10.7%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%
- #37 Supreme Power
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Samuel Parker
Windows
Fight and stand your ground as you build a nation, research and develop armies and cities alike to earn the title of the Supreme Power. Make lasting choices on how you will forge a new empire. Will you create an economic powerhouse to eclipse all or take what is yours with sword and grit.
Why similar: Wargame 15.6%, RTS 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, City Builder 13.4%, Military 11.6%
- #38 Home Wars
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,158 reviews2017
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Do you hate bugs and arachnids? Seeing them creeps you out? Would you like them to disappear off the face of the Earth? GOOD! This is the right game for you! In HW you’ll play as a General of a toy soldiers army, with the sole purpose of saving the owner’s house from the invasion of those damn Bugs.
Why similar: Action RTS 16.7% ★, RTS 15.8%, Wargame 12.7%, War 10%, Base Building 9.7%
- #39 Magnery Reign
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: REDIZITPub: REDIZIT Game Studio
Windows
Feel yourself as the manager of your city. Build a settlement, strengthen your defenses, repel attacks, trade, loose and enjoy the long-awaited victory.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.9% ★, RTS 14.9%, City Builder 12%, Wargame 11.9%, Base Building 11.7%
- #40 From Glory To Goo
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,455 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Why similar: Action RTS 17.5% ★, Colony Sim 15.7% ★, RTS 14.6%, Base Building 11.7%, City Builder 10.5%
- #41 Pinevale Settlements
73% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Kinetic Quasar Games
Windows
Build a colony from scratch, set up production chains, and defend against raids. Manage resources, research technologies, expand your settlement, and survive each escalating wave!
Why similar: City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 17.6%, Resource Management 14.8%, Colony Sim 14.2% ★, War 8.9%
- #42 Roots Of Ruin
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lison Studios
Windows
Build powerful defenses and fight beside them as the hero. Hold back relentless waves, adapt your strategy in real time, and face massive bosses that can destroy everything you’ve built.
Why similar: Action RTS 19.9% ★, RTS 16.6%, Wargame 12.6%, Base Building 11.2%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #43 Towerfolk
71% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Interactive
Windows
In a medieval world, gather resources, build your city, and manage your people. Deal with theft and internal conflicts, complete royal missions, and fight enemies on the battlefield. Use strategy and economic management to keep your city thriving.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7% ★, City Builder 14.3%, Base Building 13.8%, Resource Management 10.3%, Wargame 9.7%
- #44 Shapes of War
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ethibyte
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21%, Action RTS 20.1% ★, Base Building 15.6%, War 14.7%, Building 8%
- #45 Operation: Polygon Storm
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 285 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 21.7% ★, RTS 14.5%, Wargame 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.4%, Military 8.4%
- #46 DRONE PERSPECTIVE
70% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Demetri LindPub: VEIL Production
Windows
Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration. Connect to the warzone from your home PC and orchestrate modern military operations from the Drone Perspective.
Why similar: Action RTS 19.5% ★, RTS 16.6%, Wargame 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, War 11.1%
- #47 Powerplay
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frantic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Powerplay is an RTS with a focus on resources and industry. Create supply chains, transport, and explore in this thrilling base builder. Grow into a powerful industrial nation, but don't spread too thin! Resources are finite and "the others" can reclaim what is theirs at any time.
Why similar: RTS 18.1%, Colony Sim 17.6% ★, Base Building 14.4%, City Builder 12.5%, Resource Management 12.4%
- #48 Koloni
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UnwareStudio
Windows
Koloni is a city-building strategy game that puts you in charge of a group of pioneers who have discovered a new land to colonize. However, you're not alone in your quest to settle on this uncharted territory, as other groups have their sights set on the same land.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24% ★, RTS 20.2%, Resource Management 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%, War 9.6%
- #49 Scarecropia
67% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: JYP Studio
Windows
Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!
Why similar: Action RTS 18.1% ★, Colony Sim 15.8% ★, RTS 12.1%, Wargame 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%
- #50 Broken Arrow
67% matchMixed55% of 28,972 reviews2025
Dev: Steel BalalaikaPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 35.5 hrsMean: 77.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.
Why similar: Action RTS 19.6% ★, RTS 17%, Wargame 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.5%, War 9.8%
- #51 Stronghold: Warlords
69% matchMixed65% of 5,227 reviews2021
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.5% ★, City Builder 13.2%, RTS 11.9%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%, War 9.7%
- #52 Rise Against the Invaders
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BASEMENTMODE, LLC
Windows
BUILD. DEFEND. SURVIVE. An alien menace has ravaged Earth. Humanity has scattered to the wind. But hope remains. A resistance is organizing. Build your new settlement, defend your people, and fight to reclaim what was lost.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8% ★, City Builder 20.4%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%
- #53 Paper Battlefield
67% matchPositive92% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Bros Ogon's
Windows
A strategy where battles are limited only by the boundaries of the notebook! Experience a unique real-time strategy experience where every battle unfolds on the pages of a sketchbook, and all your units and structures are drawn with ink!
Why similar: Action RTS 22.3% ★, RTS 20.9%, Base Building 15.6%, War 14.8%, Wargame 8.4%
- #54 Keep
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parall Peak LTD
Windows
Keep is a WW2-themed strategy shooter where you place flak turrets to defend your fortress, then jump into first-person mode to shoot down enemy planes. Switch between tactical planning and direct combat in a fast-paced blend of strategy and action
Why similar: Action RTS 30.1% ★, RTS 20.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, Base Building 12.8%, Strategy 5.9%
- #55 EASY RTS
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Olivette Noa
Windows · Linux
a minimalist rts game where decision-making is at the heart of simple and intuitive gameplay. Compete or cooperate with your friends online to build the best base.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.3% ★, RTS 18.9%, City Builder 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Base Building 9.4%
- #56 Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
69% matchVery Positive89% of 5,569 reviews2017
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7% ★, City Builder 13.1%, RTS 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%, Base Building 10%
- #57 Alien Marauder
68% matchMixed63% of 341 reviews2021
Dev: Vexan Studio
Windows
“Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7% ★, RTS 15.7%, Wargame 11.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Military 9.9%
- #58 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
64% matchVery Positive92% of 10,053 reviews2025
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.4% ★, City Builder 14.3%, RTS 13.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, War 10.4%
- #59 The Stronghold Collection
69% matchVery Positive89% of 5,569 reviews2009
Dev: FireFly Studios
Windows
Enjoy the complete medieval experience in The Stronghold Collection, featuring five real-time strategy games. Create and defend your castle stronghold as you expand your lands, survey the castle life in your domain, host great jousting festivals and feasts, or conduct public executions to keep the peasantry in line.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7% ★, City Builder 13.1%, RTS 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%, Base Building 10%