
Maelstrom takes you to a dark future, onto an Earth ravaged by long-running wars and scarred by natural calamities of unseen magnitude.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, RTS, Wargame, War.

Maelstrom takes you to a dark future, onto an Earth ravaged by long-running wars and scarred by natural calamities of unseen magnitude.

Hyperwar
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.

Improvised Tactics
Improvised Tactics is a single-player RTS focused on individual soldiers in a battlefield environment. You can command units directly or take control of them to achieve your objectives. The game offers multiple modes to keep gameplay fresh.
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: Wargame 23.7%, RTS 22.8%, Military 14.3%, Futuristic 9.1%, Top-Down 7.7%
Improvised Tactics is a single-player RTS focused on individual soldiers in a battlefield environment. You can command units directly or take control of them to achieve your objectives. The game offers multiple modes to keep gameplay fresh.
Why similar: RTS 21.7%, Wargame 21.6%, Third-Person Shooter 19%, War 10.9%, Strategy 7.1%
This is an alternative take on the classic RTS. A 2D strategy game with 3D physics about the conquest of 'Sand Planet'.
Why similar: RTS 21.4%, Wargame 20.5%, Alternate History 16.3%, Military 12.2%, Strategy 9.8%
This game is no longer updated, do not buy!! RTS with physical details. Formulate strategies based on terrain and unit characteristics
Why similar: Wargame 32.9%, RTS 29.1%, Strategy 12%, War 10.4%, Sci-fi 6.4%
Command modern military armies by zooming out and issuing orders to large formations, or zooming in to issue orders to individual squads and vehicles. Waronoi is the real-time strategy war game.
Why similar: Wargame 26.1%, RTS 26%, Military 17%, Strategy 12.6%, War 9.5%
"Fleet Craft" is a real-time strategy game with a science fiction theme. Players can build land fleets composed of large tanks, robots and other units. You can customize the weapons on the unit to achieve different functions.
Why similar: RTS 31.7%, Wargame 21%, Strategy 16.4%, War 10%, Sci-fi 8.7%
Command WWII divisions from the invasion of Normandy to the fall of Berlin in a hybrid operational-tactical wargame, directing strategy, logistics, and real-time platoon-level battles in a fully persistent and procedural 3D world.
Why similar: Wargame 24.4%, Voxel 22.4% ★, RTS 19.3%, War 12.4%, Strategy 7.3%
Ratten Reich is an RTS focusing on realistic combat in a unique, steampunk/dieselpunk world ripped apart by an ongoing war between rats, mice, cockroaches, and lizards.
Why similar: Wargame 21.1%, RTS 19.7%, Alternate History 14.3%, Military 11.8%, War 8.2%
Global Conflict Blue: Horizon simulates warfare in real time across air and naval domains. Build scenarios, customize tactics, and experience immersive strategy at both the tactical and operational levels.
Why similar: Wargame 25.6%, Military 20.9%, RTS 20.6%, Strategy 10.1%, War 9.4%
Enter the war-torn world of Veá, where sci-fi and fantasy collide in Liquidation, an immersive RTS. Lead your armies and harness powerful abilities in a high-stakes battle for Quenrium, the mysterious substance that holds Veá’s fate.
Why similar: Wargame 21.7%, RTS 21.6%, Military 10.6%, War 8.7%, Futuristic 7.7%
A pixelated 2.5D RTS meets tower defense as you battle mutated ants in a short campaign. Build walls, place turrets, and hold the line to reclaim Earth's surface in this tactical fight for survival where placement of everything matters.
Why similar: Wargame 22.8%, RTS 22.2%, Aliens 13.5%, Military 11%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%
Do you want to become part of great battles? Lead the alien army in tactical-voxel simulator game Make War.
Why similar: Voxel 21.9% ★, Aliens 16.8%, Wargame 15.7%, Military 14.9%, War 11.8%
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: RTS 24.3%, Wargame 22.3%, Military 12.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Alternate History 9.6%
A Realtime Strategy (RTS) game like none before! Attack, defend, build, explore, kidnap, steal, scorch earth, hunt, domesticate animals, evolve or devolve, evade radiation, starvation and predators, be good or evil, as you command your tribe in a post-apocalytic world turned archaic and brutal.
Why similar: Wargame 16.5%, RTS 16%, Alternate History 13.5%, Military 11.7%, Destruction 11%
As a commander of the Union, a semi state organization with military and research potential, your goal is to help humanity rebuild. Modern military technology will give you an edge over the bandits, but the task will be far from an easy one.
Why similar: RTS 28.2%, Wargame 27.6%, Strategy 14%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Futuristic 9.1%
Command modern military units along a dynamic frontline, plan operations, and fight battles on maps based on real-world terrain.
Why similar: Wargame 25.4%, RTS 22.7%, Military 17.2%, Modern 13.3%, War 9.4%
A sci-fi RTS game with base building and resource gathering.
Why similar: Wargame 26.5%, RTS 26.2%, Aliens 13.7%, Strategy 12.4%, Top-Down 7.4%
Play as a 7 Years' War general in Kriegsspiel ~ 7 Years' War, a real-time wargame. You command huge armies, but depend on couriers to send orders to your troops, and to be aware of the situation on the battlefield. Think strategically, and send the right orders to win every of your battle!
Why similar: Wargame 34.1%, RTS 25.8%, Military 12.8%, Strategy 11.4%, War 6.4%
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: Wargame 30%, RTS 21.4%, Strategy 9.4%, Military 9.3%, Top-Down 6.3%
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 32.8%, Military 17.1%, Wargame 14.5%, Strategy 13.1%, War 11.4%
World order is revolutionary sci-fi real-time strategy, the main feature of which are modular units
Why similar: Wargame 25.4%, RTS 24.2%, Military 14.2%, War 9.8%, Futuristic 9.4%
Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don't have time to play realtime strategy space games. Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defence units, and destroy the enemy while maintaining a balance between earth, air and water.
Why similar: RTS 22.6%, Wargame 17.9%, Destruction 12%, War 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%
"Throne of ages" blends roguelike progression with grand-scale RTS gameplay, letting players command multiple legions across vast battlefields. Command your troops in real-time across dynamically generated battlefields where every campaign offers unique randomized upgrades and unit evolution.
Why similar: RTS 24.1%, Wargame 22.7%, Military 16.6%, Alternate History 9%, Strategy 8.6%
Swift Attack is a Military third person shooter, with an intelligent AI that provides a challenge to the player and won't be easy targets. You destroy ICBMs to prevent nuclear war. The Game is an homage to old third person shooters of the 90s.
Why similar: Wargame 24.2%, Third-Person Shooter 21.6%, Military 14.4%, Destruction 13%, Modern 10.1%
Ardent Seas blends modern naval combat with classical RTS gameplay. Featuring three unique factions, supporting a variety of playstyles.
Why similar: RTS 18.6%, Alternate History 13.1%, Aliens 11.8%, Destruction 10.6%, Military 10.6%
Assemble a combat group with infantry, vehicles, and commander abilities, attack and hold sectors using artillery and aerial reconnaissance.
Why similar: Wargame 28.7%, RTS 18.9%, Military 18.7%, War 14.7%, Strategy 7.5%
This is a medieval strategy war game where you can freely choose your faction, acquire resources, purchase armies from crystals, strengthen yourself, defeat enemy armies, break down enemy walls, and destroy enemy crystals to win the game. You can compete with AI and invite friends to play online.
Why similar: RTS 31%, Wargame 28.9%, Strategy 15.1%, Military 14.8%, War 10.2%
Black Ember is a tactical multiplayer FPS where elite strike teams battle across covert warzones. No campaign, no cutscenes just raw, objective-based combat with modern firearms, faction warfare, and high-stakes firefights in a world that was never meant to burn.
Why similar: Wargame 19.8%, Third-Person Shooter 17.1%, Military 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Destruction 10.1%
Protect the base from an alien invasion. Place cannons and destroy the invaders. Upgrade cannons to resist the enemies.
Why similar: Wargame 23%, RTS 22%, Military 12.2%, Aliens 10.4%, War 9%
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 26.1%, RTS 22.4%, Military 11.5%, Destruction 9.5%, War 8.3%
Lead thousands of units in this large scale modern war RTS as you manage economy and logistics, build your war machine, and fight across millions of procedurally generated scenarios, or jump into the battlefield controlling any unit in first or third person at any time.
Why similar: RTS 19.1%, Wargame 18.8%, Military 13.3%, Destruction 12.3%, Modern 11.1%
Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.
Why similar: Military 30.6%, Wargame 26.1%, RTS 19.7%, Modern 10%, Strategy 9.3%
A real-time strategy game where you build your own army to consolidate your territory.
Why similar: Wargame 43.4%, RTS 36%, Strategy 10.6%, War 10%
A grand and intense tower defense science fiction game, where you only need to purchase once to enjoy all the content of the game.
Why similar: RTS 24.2%, Wargame 24.2%, Military 15%, Strategy 8.6%, War 8.4%
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
Why similar: RTS 27.9%, Wargame 20.2%, Military 19.1%, Strategy 13%, Alternate History 12.4%
8-Bit Invaders! is a fast-paced, retro Real-Time Strategy game for the PC. Control the military might of the Galactic Marine Corps or Invade with the devastating power of the Cranioids! Mine, Build, and Fight your way to victory! Conquering the Multiverse was never so easy.
Why similar: RTS 28.1%, Voxel 21.8% ★, Aliens 13.1%, Strategy 11.6%, Military 11.4%
A casual and relaxed strategy game that is easy to play, yet difficult to master. Counter enemy waves by building and upgrading the right units. You make the decisions, the rest happens automatically. Set in a sci-fi theme with more than 30 unique units and 70 unique upgrades to choose from!
Why similar: RTS 24.1%, Wargame 23.8%, Military 13.9%, War 9.5%, Futuristic 9.2%
Command thousands of individually-simulated samurai in tactical real-time battles. Free sandbox mode. Online multiplayer.
Why similar: Wargame 34.5%, RTS 28.1%, Military 14.2%, Strategy 10.9%, War 9.9%
A classic tower defense game with ordinary graphics didn't fascinate you? Well, let's give a try and see how long you can defend! Show your commanding skills and prove no enemy can break your defense! Be a hero and save humanity with the LAST DEFENSE!
Why similar: Wargame 26.1%, Military 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, War 9.4%, Futuristic 9.2%
Bite size colossal battle! Build an army in minutes as infantry upgrade with orbital drops into war machines! Then combine those machines to form the giant Mantlet mech! All while bullet hell rages! In a transhuman future, command Mantlet One to secure New Terra!
Why similar: Wargame 21.9%, RTS 21.1%, Aliens 15.6%, Military 15.3%, Futuristic 9.9%
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Why similar: RTS 31.3%, Military 20.9%, Wargame 20.8%, Strategy 12.5%, War 7.6%
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: RTS 26.5%, Wargame 22.8%, Military 13.4%, Strategy 13.1%, Modern 9.3%
Command a fantasy army using only your voice in this real-time strategy game where speech controls the battlefield.
Why similar: Wargame 24.5%, RTS 24.1%, Military 14.5%, War 10.1%, Strategy 8.4%
With dozens of hours of gameplay set across a rich tapestry of time, Empire Earth: Gold Edition offers real-time strategy for the ages. Choose any point in time - from the discovery of fire to the laser battles of the future - and command your civilization with one goal: make Earth your Empire.
Why similar: RTS 36.2%, Wargame 32.8%, Strategy 19.6%, Top-Down 11.4%
Prepare for the climactic finale as Montenegro returns for one last mission. Use your stealth skills to rescue your beloved daughter, Merche, and unravel the trilogy's thrilling conclusion amidst intense action and suspenseful gameplay!
Why similar: Wargame 24.3%, Third-Person Shooter 21.2%, Military 16.1%, War 9.3%, Strategy 8.9%
Silent Strike is a third-person tactical shooter set in World War II. Engage in realistic battles, complete objectives, and achieve victory through strategy, communication, and teamwork.
Why similar: Wargame 34.3%, Third-Person Shooter 20.6%, War 17.4%, Third Person 10.7%, Military 8.6%
StrateZ is a casual post-apocalyptic RTS game where you fight to survive as one of three separate factions be it Survivor, Zombie or Marauder.
Why similar: RTS 35.9%, Wargame 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Strategy 18.2%, 3D 3.9%
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: Wargame 19.1%, RTS 18.3%, Alternate History 15.1%, Destruction 12.1%, Military 11.9%
Tomorrow's War Is NOW Ripped from today's headlines, Act of War: Direct Action™ is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.
Why similar: RTS 45.7%, Military 15.9%, War 11%, Destruction 10.6%, Strategy 8.2%
Build your military state, create an army, lead your crusade and crush the enemy
Why similar: Wargame 30.5%, RTS 22.2%, Alternate History 15.2%, Military 12.2%, Strategy 9.7%
Silver Wings puts you in the cockpit of WW2 era aircraft, commanding the skies and your own forces as you choose your approach to multi-stage operations influenced by real historical events.
Why similar: Wargame 27.3%, Third-Person Shooter 26.6%, RTS 21.4%, Strategy 8.1%, Military 7.6%
The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.
Why similar: Wargame 23.8%, RTS 23.2%, Alternate History 16.5%, Military 15.6%, War 9.1%
Conquer the stars in this straightforward multiplayer real-time strategy game from the creators of First Strike and become a Stellar Commander!
Why similar: RTS 18.7%, Wargame 17.6%, Military 13.3%, Destruction 12.7%, War 9.8%
In Empire Earth III it’s you who creates history. Build your empire from three distinct factions or create a custom faction of your choosing. Lead your people to supremacy in technology, politics and economy, from ancient times to the future. Your quest for world domination is finally at hand.
Why similar: RTS 35%, Wargame 34.7%, Strategy 18.3%, Top-Down 12%
Get ready to protect the entire solar system from an unprecedented threat - the D'Ahari, a race of insect-like aliens. Control an entire fleet of spaceships, trade with other races of an Alliance, and develop your own space station.
Why similar: RTS 22.8%, Wargame 20.1%, Aliens 16.1%, Military 10%, Futuristic 7.5%
Real-time strategy Unibat is a game where you build your own kingdom and manage them, train knights and fight against enemy camps of orcs.
Why similar: RTS 35.1%, Wargame 34%, Strategy 17.9%, War 13%
Infees is a singleplayer voxel game. At the moment it has only one playable mode where you have to kill zombies and survive as long as possible, there are many weapons, and upgrades at your disposal to make this task easier!
Why similar: Voxel 33% ★, Wargame 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Military 11.8%, War 8.5%
FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.
Why similar: RTS 19%, Wargame 18.6%, Military 13.2%, Destruction 12.9%, War 11.4%
Face the end in a high-intensity cinematic sci-fi shooter. Engage a colossal threat, rescue civilians, and survive relentless enemy waves in a city collapsing under the weight of the unknown. Your squad is the last line between humanity and total annihilation.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 20.5%, Destruction 14.9%, Military 14%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Modern 10%
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Why similar: RTS 24.9%, Wargame 24.3%, Military 19.5%, Modern 12.9%, War 9.2%