- #1 Siegecraft Commander
97% matchMixed63% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Blowfish Studios
Windows · Mac
Create the ultimate fortress and wreak havoc, raining destruction on your enemies with catapult-flinging fun!
Why similar: Strategy 31.4%, RTS 27.4%, Base Building 25.3%, Action 15.9%
- #2 Majesty 2 Collection
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,531 reviews2011
Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the Kingdom. Your rule is not absolute, however, as you face subjects that are independent and stubborn. They will need a great deal of persuasion before they carry out your wishes...
Why similar: RTS 44.5%, Strategy 34.9%, Base Building 20.6%
- #3 Command & Conquer™ Generals
96% matchVery Positive88% of 1,893 reviews2024
Dev: EA PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Be the Ultimate Modern Warfare General
Why similar: RTS 35.8%, Strategy 34.1%, Base Building 17.8%, Action 12.4%
- #4 Taste of Power
95% matchMixed67% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: OneOcean LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Show your strategic talents in Taste of Power! It's a RTS set in an alternate medieval world, where Europe, Middle East, and China confront each other. Develop unique technologies and lead warriors into an epic battlefield – the victory is yours!
Why similar: RTS 36.4%, Base Building 31.9%, Strategy 31.6%
- #5 Gloom Hunters
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GloomPub: Overpalmed
Windows
Gloom Hunters is an exciting strategy game where you take on the role of a raider, attacking player-built bases defended by automated traps and defenses. Test your skills by breaching walls, avoiding traps, and looting resources, even when your target is offline.
Why similar: Base Building 30.9%, Strategy 25.8%, Third-Person Shooter 22.8%, Action 14.4%, Shooter 6.1%
- #6 Arena Wars 2
94% matchMostly Negative32% of 387 reviews2012
Dev: ExDream GmbHPub: Just a Game
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Arena Wars 2 is the sequel of the award-winning Arena Wars series and combines revolutionary RTS fights with RPG elements.
Why similar: Strategy 45.5%, RTS 37%, Action 17.5%
- #7 Tempest Rising
92% matchVery Positive88% of 10,866 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 55.6%, Strategy 25.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Action 1.5%
- #8 Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
93% matchVery Positive91% of 9,133 reviews2017
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 42.6%, Base Building 29.9%, Strategy 22.3%, Action 3.3%, Shooter 1.9%
- #9 Gods of the Fallen Land
91% matchVery Positive82% of 119 reviews2017
Dev: Crow's Key Studios
Windows
Gods of the Fallen Land is an action-strategy game centered around base building and villager management. Take on the role of a leader trying to rebuild humanity in a broken and dangerous world. Lead your followers into battle and make strategic decisions on what to develop and build to survive.
Why similar: Strategy 31.7%, RTS 28%, Base Building 24.2%, Action 16.1%
- #10 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
91% matchMixed67% of 3,289 reviews2015
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 48.2%, Base Building 26.1%, Strategy 23.6%, Action 2.1%
- #11 Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
89% matchVery Positive93% of 9,943 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 46.4%, Strategy 23.7%, Base Building 18.7%, Action 11.2%
- #12 Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,188 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The Second Tiberium War begins in this legendary sequel to the original Command & Conquer. With his forces stronger than ever, arch villain and leader of The Brotherhood of Nod - Kane - is pitched in an epic battle against the world's war machine - the Global Defense Initiative.
Why similar: RTS 44.2%, Strategy 40.3%, Action 15.5%
- #13 Machines At War 3
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2014
Dev: Isotope 244 LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Real time strategy game featuring over 130 different types of units and technologies, 21 campaign missions with characters and an intriguing story, unlimited random map skirmishes with many customizable settings, network multiplayer to challenge your friends, and so much more in this RTS!
Why similar: RTS 42%, Strategy 40.7%, Action 17.3%
- #14 STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
87% matchVery Positive91% of 4,575 reviews2016
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Disney
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 47.9%, Strategy 28.9%, Base Building 15.2%, Action 8.1%
- #15 7th Legion
88% matchMixed56% of 94 reviews2014
Dev: Epic MegaGamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 23%
There's no Salvation from this army! Can you survive this furiously fast, kill-for-money, real-time blood-fest?
Why similar: RTS 44.8%, Strategy 39.4%, Action 15.9%
- #16 WARSHIFT
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 697 reviews2016
Dev: Cyril Megem
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Unique mix of Action, RTS and RPG gameplay elements that forms an innovative game genre. You can build base, manage troops, and then come down to keep your enemy at gunpoint in the dynamic battle and customize your main characters.
Why similar: RTS 44.6%, Strategy 26.7%, Third-Person Shooter 17.3%, Action 11.4%
- #17 Fortify
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Holgersson Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.
Why similar: Strategy 41.5%, RTS 39.2%, Action 19.3%
- #18 Joint Task Force
85% matchVery Positive88% of 331 reviews2007
Dev: Most Wanted EntertainmentPub: HD Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Joint Task Force is the real-time strategy (RTS) game where you command the frontline forces in tomorrow's most hazardous conflicts. Lead twenty dramatic missions in explosive war-zones including the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Balkans.
Why similar: RTS 42.1%, Strategy 42%, Action 15.9%
- #19 Meridian: Squad 22
84% matchMixed66% of 131 reviews2016
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Meridian: Squad 22 is a single-player science-fiction real-time strategy game with a focus on base building and advanced tactics. Every single choice, every tactical decision you make, shapes the outcome of your story.
Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, RTS 34.8%, Action 21.4%
- #20 StarSim: BattleZone
82% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Viktor Martynovsky
Windows
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 42.1%, Base Building 31.5%, Strategy 26.5%
- #21 StrateZ
84% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Kottabos Games
Windows
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 40.3%, Strategy 32%, Base Building 27.7%
- #22 Army Men RTS
83% matchVery Positive89% of 1,388 reviews2017
Dev: Pandemic StudiosPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Army Men RTS brings you back to the days of staging battles with tiny plastic soldiers in your backyard...except these green soldiers carry out your every command!
Why similar: RTS 50.7%, Strategy 27.7%, Base Building 12.7%, Action 8.9%
- #23 Warrior Kings: Battles
82% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Warrior Kings: Battles maintains the excitement that made Warrior Kings a leading RTS. It is a stand-alone title that adds a new strategic and tactical dimension to the series.
Why similar: RTS 53.4%, Strategy 46.6%
- #24 Empires:The Rise
81% matchMixed61% of 62 reviews2019
Dev: 阿龟与阿飞Pub: MZ Times
Windows
《Empries:The Rise》 is the a Cross-Platform Real-Time-Strategy (R.T.S.) game. Choose your nation and conquer those, who stand in your way!
Why similar: RTS 52.5%, Strategy 47.5%
- #25 reconquest
80% matchMixed55% of 263 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows · Mac
Reconquest is a real-time strategy base building game. After World War III, mankind got close to extinction. You have to reconquer Earth by making better strategic decisions than your opponents.
Why similar: RTS 52.2%, Strategy 47.8%
- #26 BattleMore
79% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Heat Wave Games
Windows
From battling rocket squirrels to lead zeppelins, this goofy single player RTS will keep your hands full and APM high.
Why similar: RTS 57.3%, Strategy 42.7%
- #27 Celtic Kings: Rage of War
78% matchVery Positive90% of 170 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Celtic Kings: Rage of War is an RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2002. It is the first game of the award-winning franchise Celtic Kings
Why similar: RTS 57.9%, Strategy 42.1%
- #28 Rising Kingdoms
78% matchVery Positive92% of 247 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Rising Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2005
Why similar: RTS 50.8%, Strategy 49.2%
- #29 Z Steel Soldiers
79% matchMixed52% of 286 reviews2014
Dev: TickTock GamesPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In the bloody aftermath of ‘Z’ comes The Bitmap Brothers classic, “Z Steel Soldiers”: a new breed of robot with a taste for war and a warped sense of humour.
Why similar: RTS 51.5%, Strategy 48.5%
- #30 Executive Assault
77% matchVery Positive85% of 1,455 reviews2015
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them.
Why similar: RTS 40.2%, Strategy 22.5%, Base Building 20.9%, Action 8.3%, Shooter 8.3%
- #31 Warfare
77% matchVery Positive86% of 239 reviews2009
Dev: GFI RussiaPub: Game Factory Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Saudi Arabia, one of the world's leading oil suppliers and a key U.S. ally, has been taken over by a highly organized group of radical terrorists. The government is in a state of collapse and turmoil and you have been chosen to lead the United States' armed forces to restore control.
Why similar: Strategy 51.1%, RTS 48.9%
- #32 Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
76% matchVery Positive95% of 240 reviews2016
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Conquer the world and build your empire! Lead one civilization to glory through sophisticated trade, diplomacy, espionage and conquest.
Why similar: Strategy 53.4%, RTS 46.6%
- #33 Warrior Kings
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 141 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Restoring the power of a kingdom to its former glory using innate cunning, military might and a fearsome will to win.
Why similar: Strategy 54.2%, RTS 45.8%
- #34 EVERGLORY
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eduard Permyakov
Windows · Linux
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 37.5%, Base Building 36%, Strategy 26.4%
- #35 McDROID
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 215 reviews2014
Dev: Elefantopia
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Farm, Build, Defend, in the Galaxy's only Arcade-Tower-Defense.
Why similar: Base Building 26.4%, Third-Person Shooter 24.8%, RTS 22%, Strategy 12.5%, Shooter 8.4%
- #36 WarZone Flashpoint
75% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: Dust Storm Entertainment
Windows
WarZone Flashpoint is in an RTS in development by Dust Storm Entertainment. We're an indie team bringing you a classic RTS formula which we intend to update for a long time to come!
Why similar: Strategy 46.5%, RTS 31.9%, Action 21.6%
- #37 Your Dead Majesty
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shockwork GamesPub: Destructive Creations
Windows
👑 Your Dead Majesty is an isometric, dark, and humorous real-time strategy game focused on building a right army composition. Command your squad of goofy underlings to victory!
Why similar: RTS 36.2%, Base Building 34.4%, Strategy 29.4%
- #38 Kohan: Ahriman's Gift
74% matchVery Positive89% of 150 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
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Why similar: Strategy 56.1%, RTS 43.9%
- #39 Fierce Kingdoms
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chocolate Dolphin
Windows · Linux
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 38.7%, Strategy 30.9%, Base Building 30.4%
- #40 Planet X3 (DOS)
72% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
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 39%, Strategy 31%, Base Building 30.1%
- #41 X-COM: Enforcer
73% matchMixed58% of 462 reviews2008
Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 26%
X-COM: Earth's top-secret eXtraterrestrial COMbat unit The Place: America - early 21st century The Mission: Eradicate the extraterrestrials Alien forces have invaded Earth and are terrorizing the population.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 35.8%, Strategy 32.3%, Shooter 19.5%, Action 12.4%
- #42 Dust Front RTS
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rtsDimon
Windows
Dust Front is a classic RTS with grand strategy elements and a non-linear campaign. Lead strategic maneuvers, overwhelm your enemies with cannon fodder, or stomp them into the stone age with carpet bombing on the lifeless fields of Dust Front.
Why similar: RTS 44.6%, Base Building 28.8%, Strategy 26.6%
- #43 One Of Us
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: One Of Us Games
Windows
Very sad to announce that this game has been cancelled due to lack of interest. There will be no further updates. Thank you to the people who did purchase the game.
Why similar: RTS 41.6%, Base Building 33.8%, Strategy 24.7%
- #44 Set for the Battle
72% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: 桐哥仔
Windows
This game combines two game operations: real-time strategy and shooting. You're both a commander and a soldier. It is totally up to you to win the war by good tactics or superb marksmanship.
Why similar: RTS 36.7%, Third-Person Shooter 24%, Strategy 20.2%, Shooter 13.4%, Action 5.8%
- #45 Earth Liberation
71% matchMixed58% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: PoRovoz Studios
Windows · Mac
Earth Liberation brings together fast-paced RTS gameplay and old-school style gaming experience. Command your troops on the ground & in the air. Grind through intense battles with alien invaders to liberate our planet. Humanity depends on your tactics and wits!
Why similar: RTS 43.6%, Strategy 39%, Action 17.4%
- #46 Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
71% matchVery Positive84% of 115 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
If you are to return your race to their rightful glory, you must solve the mystery of their destruction.
Why similar: Strategy 51%, RTS 49%
- #47 Supreme Commander
70% matchVery Positive89% of 3,076 reviews2011
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 49.9%, Strategy 29.3%, Base Building 18.6%, Action 2.2%
- #48 Supreme Commander 2
69% matchVery Positive88% of 12,779 reviews2010
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Includes 47 Steam achievements, leaderboards, and stats!
Why similar: RTS 45.5%, Strategy 28.4%, Base Building 22.6%, Action 3.4%
- #49 Armor Clash II
70% matchMixed60% of 116 reviews2017
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armor Clash II is an old-school RTS game, with classic features like base building, modern armors and navies etc. 2 factions and sub-factions for each one, from high tech stealth destroyers to hardcore battleships. In Skirmishes players build base from the start, while in the Random Generated Mission, fast paced combats start immediately.
Why similar: RTS 42.9%, Strategy 38.8%, Action 18.3%
- #50 Command & Conquer™ and The Covert Operations™
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 403 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
The legendary RTS game which started it all. Will you side with the humanistic GDI or bring the world to its knees with Kane and the Brotherhood of Nod. Your adversaries are without mercy. And so are you.
Why similar: RTS 46.6%, Strategy 35.3%, Action 18.2%
- #51 Steel Command
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smitty Games
Windows
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 40.7%, Base Building 31.3%, Strategy 25%, Action 3%
- #52 Tanks vs Aliens
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: VR FeaturesPub: K Bros Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Hordes of alien tanks have flooded the streets, spreading chaos and terror everywhere they go. You’re the only one who can save humanity! Explore the world of futuristic tank battles in a brand new real-time strategy and base defense game.
Why similar: Strategy 54.3%, RTS 38.2%, Action 7.5%
- #53 Warzone 2100
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,591 reviews2020
Dev: Pumpkin StudiosPub: Underdone Gaming
Windows
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 35.5%, Strategy 32.4%, Base Building 32.2%
- #54 Boid
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 747 reviews2016
Dev: MokusPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Boid is real-time strategy at its most primal - your only resource is your army. No funds to manage or infrastructures to build. It’s a kill or be killed battle of rapid decisions to dominate the gene pool.
Why similar: RTS 48.6%, Strategy 36.6%, Action 14.8%
- #55 War Selection
67% matchVery Positive85% of 23,033 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Base Building 40%, RTS 36.6%, Strategy 23.4%
- #56 Battle Realms: Zen Edition
64% matchVery Positive88% of 4,182 reviews2025
Dev: Ed Del Castillo
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology. Develop your peasants into a highly trained and deadly efficient clan of warriors who are ready to die with your name on their lips.
Why similar: RTS 49.6%, Strategy 36.7%, Action 13.8%
- #57 Wyrmsun
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 282 reviews2015
Dev: Andrettin
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Wyrmsun is a real-time strategy game which features elements of mythology, history and fiction.
Why similar: RTS 44%, Strategy 31.7%, Base Building 24.2%
- #58 War in the Gulf
65% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Oxford Digital EnterprisesPub: Strategy First
Windows
The Iraqi Republican Guard have overrun the oilfields of Northern Kuwait. War in the Gulf follows the fortunes of a crack unit of M1 tanks as the action unfolds.
Why similar: RTS 34.3%, Third-Person Shooter 22.3%, Strategy 19.7%, Shooter 13.9%, Action 9.8%