
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.

Improvised Tactics
Improvised Tactics is a single player RTS game that involves a focus on individual soldiers on a battlefield. You can command units on where to go or even play as the units to achieve your goals. Improvised Tactics offers several game modes for you to play!

Arenosum
This is an alternative take on the classic RTS. A 2D strategy game with 3D physics about the conquest of 'Sand Planet'.
Improvised Tactics is a single player RTS game that involves a focus on individual soldiers on a battlefield. You can command units on where to go or even play as the units to achieve your goals. Improvised Tactics offers several game modes for you to play!
Why similar: Wargame 21.6%, RTS 21.5%, Third-Person Shooter 18.9%, War 10.8%, Strategy 7.2%
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 21.3%, Wargame 20.6%, Alternate History 16.3%, Military 12.2%, Strategy 9.9%
This game is no longer updated, do not buy!!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 28.9%, Strategy 12.1%, 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 25.8%, Military 16.9%, Strategy 12.7%, War 9.4%
"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 31.5%, Wargame 21%, Strategy 16.5%, 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 19.2%, War 12.4%, Strategy 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: Wargame 23.7%, RTS 22.6%, Military 14.2%, Futuristic 9.1%, Top-Down 7.8%
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 19.6%, Alternate History 14.2%, 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 20.8%, RTS 20.4%, Strategy 10.2%, War 9.4%
Enter the war-torn world of Veá, where sci-fi and fantasy collide in Liquidation, an explosive RTS of tactical combat and asymmetric factions. 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 21.4%, Military 10.5%, 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 22.9%, RTS 22%, Aliens 13.5%, Military 11%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%
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 11.6%, 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 28.1%, Wargame 27.6%, Strategy 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Futuristic 8.9%
Command modern forces across a living frontline where every meter matters. Plan, strike, and adapt in a realistic real-time strategy of modern warfare.
Why similar: Wargame 25.5%, RTS 22.5%, Military 17.1%, Modern 13.4%, War 9.4%
A sci-fi RTS game with base building and resource gathering.
Why similar: Wargame 26.5%, RTS 26%, Aliens 13.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Top-Down 7.5%
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 21.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Military 9.2%, Top-Down 6.4%
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 25.6%, Military 12.7%, Strategy 11.5%, War 6.3%
World order is revolutionary sci-fi real-time strategy, the main feature of which are modular units
Why similar: Wargame 25.5%, RTS 24.1%, Military 14.2%, War 9.7%, Futuristic 9.4%
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 17.4%, Wargame 14.4%, Strategy 13.3%, War 11.3%
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: RTS 24%, Wargame 22.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Military 11.5%, Alternate History 9.6%
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 22.5%, Wargame 17.9%, Destruction 11.9%, 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%, Wargame 22.7%, Military 16.5%, Alternate History 8.9%, Strategy 8.7%
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 21.5%, Military 14.4%, Destruction 12.9%, Modern 10.1%
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 19.9%, Third-Person Shooter 17%, 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 21.9%, Military 12.1%, Aliens 10.3%, War 8.9%
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 30.8%, Wargame 29%, Strategy 15.3%, Military 14.7%, War 10.2%
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 28.8%, RTS 18.8%, Military 18.6%, War 14.6%, Strategy 7.6%
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 26.2%, RTS 22.2%, Military 11.4%, Destruction 9.4%, War 8.2%
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 30.3%, Wargame 26.1%, RTS 20.2%, Modern 10%, Strategy 9.2%
A real-time strategy game where you build your own army to consolidate your territory.
Why similar: Wargame 43.4%, RTS 35.8%, Strategy 10.7%, War 10%
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
Why similar: RTS 27.7%, Wargame 20.4%, Military 19%, Strategy 13.2%, 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%, Voxel 21.9% ★, Aliens 13%, Strategy 11.8%, Military 11.4%
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 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, War 9.4%, Futuristic 9.1%
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 22%, RTS 21%, Aliens 15.6%, Military 15.2%, Futuristic 9.9%
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 23.9%, Wargame 23.9%, Military 13.8%, War 9.4%, Futuristic 9.2%
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 26.4%, Wargame 22.8%, Military 13.4%, Strategy 13.2%, Modern 9.3%
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 31.2%, Wargame 20.8%, Military 20.8%, Strategy 12.7%, War 7.6%
Command a fantasy army using only your voice in this real-time strategy game where speech controls the battlefield.
Why similar: Wargame 24.6%, RTS 23.9%, Military 14.5%, War 10.1%, Strategy 8.5%
Command thousands of individually-simulated samurai in tactical real-time battles. Free sandbox mode. Online multiplayer.
Why similar: Wargame 34.5%, RTS 28%, Military 14.2%, Strategy 11%, War 9.8%
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%, Alternate History 15.1%, Destruction 12.1%, Military 11.9%
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%, War 9.3%, Strategy 9%
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: Wargame 24.2%, RTS 24.1%, Military 14.9%, Strategy 8.7%, Top-Down 8.4%
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 35.7%, Wargame 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, Strategy 18.5%, 3D 3.9%
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 20.5%, War 17.3%, Third Person 10.7%, Strategy 8.6%
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 46%, Military 15.5%, War 11%, Destruction 10.6%, Strategy 8.3%
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 28%, Third-Person Shooter 26.2%, RTS 21.5%, Strategy 8.3%, Military 7.2%
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 18.6%, Wargame 17.6%, Military 13.3%, Destruction 12.7%, Modern 9.9%
Build your military state, create an army, lead your crusade and crush the enemy
Why similar: Wargame 30.6%, RTS 22.1%, Alternate History 15.1%, Military 12.1%, Strategy 9.8%
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%
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 22.7%, Wargame 20.1%, Aliens 16%, Military 9.9%, Futuristic 7.5%
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 20.4%, Destruction 14.9%, Military 14%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Modern 10.1%
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 34.9%, Wargame 34.1%, Strategy 18.1%, War 12.9%
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 11.7%, 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 18.9%, Wargame 18.5%, Military 13.1%, Destruction 12.9%, War 11.3%
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Why similar: RTS 24.8%, Wargame 24.3%, Military 19.3%, Modern 13.1%, War 9.1%
Join the Home Dogs in this 12 player PVE game. Become the heroes the world needs by resolving world conflicts with sheer force as you gun down all opposition in pursuit to achieve world peace.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 26.1%, Alternate History 21.1%, Military 15.8%, Destruction 11.3%, War 10.5%
A single-player sci-fi strategy game set in a future where humankind has made the first leap to a distant star system
Why similar: RTS 29.1%, Wargame 25.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Futuristic 9.3%, War 8.8%
"Times Of War" - A sci-fi tower defense strategy game with armored vehicles, tanks, choppers, planes, explosive action, and a lot of unique environments. Upgrade towers, earn Tech points, manage resources, and defend your base in epic battles. Get ready for intense warfare!
Why similar: Wargame 25.5%, Military 16.7%, Destruction 11.2%, War 10.6%, Top-Down 9.5%
A 2D War game inspired by Total War. Lead pixel armies, use formations and strategy to outmaneuver enemies, and grow your warband through a roguelite campaign or custom battle simulator.
Why similar: RTS 29.9%, Wargame 25.2%, Military 17.8%, Strategy 11.3%, War 11.3%