- #1 Wizard King
97% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Maru Games
Windows
Wizard King is a strategy collectible card game. (CCG / TCG) However, instead of playing cards, you will play the game with real summon creature and magic. Therefore, you can enjoy more easy and active games than ordinary card games.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #2 TurretMaster
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Hikati GamesPub: Hikati Games LLC
Windows
An invading army that does not stop. One survivor that can turn coffee creamer into a flame thrower and junk metal into shells. Defend the land against ground and air threats and move up the ranks. Become a creator with the level editor and challenge friends from all over the world with your own visions of an impossible invasion.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #3 Siege - the card game
96% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: SIA Next Level
Windows · Mac · Linux
Siege is a strategic single-player card game about sieging castles with armies and magic set in the bizarre setting of Circus Empire.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #4 Coffee Pot Terrarium
95% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: Brothers Flint
Windows · Mac · Linux
Created by two brothers, Coffee Pot Terrarium is a turn-based puzzle game of tile manipulation. Raise new pathways to traverse the map, drop tiles to eliminate the enemy. Stop and smell the cherry blossoms.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #5 Relentless
94% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Breakpoint Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this simulation, discover the impact of market finance on real economy. Take the lead of a trading desk and challenge your financial skills and instincts to earn as much money as possible!
Why similar: Political 50.8% ★, Strategy 35.4%, Indie 13.8%
- #6 Simple RTS
94% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Gal Hajaj
Windows
A Simple Real-Time-Strategy Game Like in the good old days, with 20 types of units. The goal is simply to conquer all territories on the map, which is also your AI opponent's goal...
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #7 Civil Purgatory
87% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: AIGroundPub: HeadArrow
Windows
Interrogate, investigate, and judge in an authoritarian regime. In Civil Purgatory, real-time AI-generated role-playing dialogue adds depth and dynamism to this narrative simulation full of moral dilemmas, where you decide who walks free… and who doesn’t.
Why similar: Political 76.6% ★, Strategy 20.6%, Indie 2.8%
- #8 2025
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Bros
Windows
Congratulations! You are selected to work in the Media Regulation Branch to safeguard NewMerican values. Dive into this dystopian puzzle game; censor newspapers, discover secrets, and ban those who oppose NewMerica.
Why similar: Political 77.6% ★, Indie 22.4%
- #9 270 | Two Seventy US Election
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,128 reviews2018
Dev: Political Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Do you have what it takes to become President of the United States? Can you win the Two Seventy (270) Electoral Votes needed for victory in the US Election?
Why similar: Political 56.8% ★, Strategy 43.2%
- #10 Omnipresent
93% matchMixed55% of 28 reviews2015
Dev: Starkey Industries
Windows
What would you do if you had the power of a self-aware AI? Take control of S.E.N.T.I.E.N.T and see what choices you would make. Connect to the Internet and hack into corporations, governments, websites and more...
Why similar: Strategy 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #11 Radar Defense
91% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Adage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Radar Defense is the first Strategy Tower Defense Game with a “seek and destroy” game mechanic. Use your Radar to find and identify the threat, or use your intuition to guess the position and the types of the enemy units. Destroy them with the right weapon.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #12 Next Patient
82% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Mad Turtle Studios
Windows · Mac
As the checkpoint guard in the only safe zone of the dystopian Republic of Valdoria, you decide who survives.
Why similar: Political 80.9% ★, Indie 12%, Strategy 7.1%
- #13 Korwin The Game
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 224 reviews2015
Dev: Zbigniew OchmanPub: Wolfiesoft
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Old-school 2D platform game. You play as a warrior for freedom in the fight against hordes of socialists. 19 models enemies. 12 levels.
Why similar: Political 80.6% ★, Indie 19.4%
- #14 Geared
91% matchMixed36% of 11 reviews2015
Dev: Playful Art, LLC
Windows
Geared is a highly addictive, physics-based spatial puzzler. Goal: Power the blue gears.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #15 COVID Kawaii!
85% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Wade Arcade
Windows
COVID Kawaii! is the cutest pandemic tower defense this side of the partition glass. Using the power of common sense and cleaning products, defend your personal space from the oncoming virus hoard. Can you go the social distance?
Why similar: Political 77% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Indie 4.7%
- #16 Political Party Frenzy
84% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Freemode Go LLC
Windows · Mac
Dive into Political Party Frenzy, the ultimate casual puzzler with a patriotic twist. Tackle hundreds of scandals and enjoy the wild antics of American politics. Casual, Scandals Galore, Flip States, Equal Opportunity Fun, Integrated Voting System, Compete on state Leaderboards.
Why similar: Political 71.8% ★, Strategy 28.2%
- #17 Border Force
89% matchMostly Negative35% of 88 reviews2019
Dev: Spire Interactive
Windows
It is 10:59PM on March 29th 2019. With one minute to go until Britain's exit from the European Union is formalised, you are ready to get to work. The UK's safety is in your hands. You are Border Force.
Why similar: Political 82.4% ★, Indie 17.6%
- #18 Is the President a Traitor?
86% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Some Hominid Games
Windows
Race against the clock to stop the President and their conspirators from destroying the integrity of American institutions. Starting with only meager funds and dogged perseverance, you will conduct an intelligence investigation of the President’s circle of aides, advisors, and donors.
Why similar: Strategy 46.1%, Political 36.2% ★, Indie 17.7%
- #19 Solmec: Among Stars
88% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Octopus 8 Studios
Windows
Solmec: Among Stars is a resource management game which allows you to play as the Ankazil, giant space roaming beasts. Infected by the Rot, you must travel across the different solar systems to find your way home. However, the Rot has spread across the galaxy making once peaceful environment’s infested with hostile enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #20 RIOT: Civil Unrest
86% matchMixed68% of 1,942 reviews2019
Dev: Leonard MenchiariPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
As civil crisis deepens and inequality tears the very fabric of society the discontentment of the masses manifests itself in violent public disturbances and civil disorder. Play as the police or the angry horde as RIOT – Civil Unrest places you in some of the world’s most fractious disputes.
Why similar: Political 65.3% ★, Strategy 26.3%, Indie 8.4%
- #21 Mango Cart
84% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: AkriGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mango Cart is the trading game of fruits. Manage your company through the turmoil of the economical and political environment and emerge among your competitors.
Why similar: Political 59.3% ★, Strategy 29.3%, Indie 11.4%
- #22 玄龙棋MysteryChess
83% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: wei
Windows
This game is a new chess game.new plays,new rule,new framework .It's a game about eastern dragon against western dragon.Simulation of nature. A variety of elements.A variety of plays.Pay attention to strategy as well as to rely on luck.It Can bring extraordinary fun.
Why similar: Strategy 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #23 Swap Swap
81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: MediaPod
Windows · Mac
Help our 4 friends to get out from this evil world using switches, teleports, bumpers and many machiavelic tricks...
Why similar: Strategy 69.9%, Indie 30.1%
- #24 Greece Defense TD
82% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: GameArxPub: TCH International Group, LLC
Windows · Mac
Greece Defense is an epic tower defense saga where you play as the general of the united Greek army and your duty is to protect your land from invasion of thousands of mythical creatures driven by mighty Titans who somehow managed to escape from Tartarus.
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #25 Battle for Orion 2
81% matchVery Positive80% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: Infinite Loop Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Earth has been destroyed. Mankind is fractured. The galaxy is at war. But one hope remains: a new home for mankind. Probes detected a habitable planet in the Orion sector. You must fight your way to it, but nothing is as it seems. A more devious plan is underway that threatens the entire galaxy.
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #26 Archamon
79% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Vionsoft
Windows
Archamon is a realtime creative/building/survival strategy game from medieval times. You must build villages and you have to acquire food for your people and raw materials. Expand and rise your nation, create an aristocratic family and achieve higher nobility titles.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #27 TurretCraft
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Antropi
Windows
Build maze, send units, destroy your opponents! TurretCraft is a fast paced, competitive tower defense game with multiplayer, mazing, and mercenaries.
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #28 Dominari Empires
77% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny RTS
Windows
Got 5-10 minutes? Annihilate your enemy in a lightning fast micro 4X/RTS game set in deep space. Gameplay relies heavily on strategy, forward-thinking, and twitch-like reflexes.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #29 Colo Grid Zation
78% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Armagedoom Games
Windows · Mac
In Colo Grid Zation will have to plan the best way to expand your grid-body creature to get the most efficient resources and survive!
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #30 Asteroid Wars
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Samuel Kunik
Windows
Asteroid Wars is a strategy game at its core. No intro, no story, minimal settings and just pure gameplay. You have your carrier, a bunch of fighters and a whole asteroid field to conquer. But you are not alone. There is always someone who has better carrier, more fighters and needs to be kicked in the …
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Indie 27.1%
- #31 Magic Pixel Picross
79% matchMostly Negative33% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: Shandong Jerei Digital Technology Co.,LTD.
Windows
A game of numerical reasoning for practicing your logical thinking. A game of exploration and collection which may recall your childhood memories. A drawing game for you to paint your dreams freely.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #32 Tile Conqueror
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Firenja
Windows
Tile Conqueror is a strategy game. Build your base, expand your army, conquer tiles and get crystals. Buy permanent upgrades with the crystals you collect to upgrade your army and buildings to conquer stronger tiles.
Why similar: Strategy 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #33 Urbance Clans Card Battle!
76% matchMixed42% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: SteambotPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Street gangs rise up in Neo-City. Time has come to gather your own gang to take over the whole city, district after district. Takedowns will happen, show no mercy if you wanna survive.
Why similar: Strategy 73%, Indie 27%
- #34 Ziggurat 3D Chess
77% matchMixed56% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: Michael LampelPub: Lampel Enterprises
Windows
Ziggurat Three Dimensional Chess(TM), is a true three dimensional environment which combine the familiar movements of standard chess and exciting new moves never seen before. The rules of movement are easy to learn so beginners will be playing their first game in minutes.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #35 Card Brawl
74% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2019
Dev: MyDreamForever_old
Windows
A mix of Сard games and Roguelikes. Fight with monsters, craft your unique deck and kill bosses. Try experimenting with different combinations and strategies to complete all raids. Start monster hunting in this new deckbuilding game!
Why similar: Strategy 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #36 Don't Panic!
75% matchMixed53% of 45 reviews2017
Dev: V34D4RPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Don't Panic! a logical strategy with top view. Your goal is to kill all the people on the level by limited number of zombies.
Why similar: Strategy 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #37 Shattered Throne
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 43 reviews2016
Dev: Checkmark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Shattered Throne is a turn based fantasy strategy game that will challenge your skills as a general. No luck to blame, only your ability to master the unique units and leaders to exploit the combo system will decide if you are victorious.
Why similar: Strategy 72.5%, Indie 27.5%
- #38 Lost Frontier
70% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Mika Mobile, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Turn-Based Tactics in the Weird West.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #39 The Base
72% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: GMGame
Windows
PC only tower defence inspired by oldschool RTS games. Build up your defence in realtime under the constant pressure of creeps.
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #40 The Wizard's Tower
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Paul Kearley
Windows · Mac
The Wizard's Tower is a Tower Defence game that gives you direct control over the Towers. Using three different elements to maximum effect to stop your foes from destroying your main Tower.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #41 Atriage
73% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2016
Dev: Batu Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Atriage, a turn-based strategy game inspired by Sci-fi space naval battles in 80s Anime where you command a fleet of ten warships against a rival commander. Master four different ship classes, each with their own strengths, weaknesses, and roles in combat in an all-out battle for supremacy.
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #42 Strazeal
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Tradosoft
Windows · Linux
A digital strategy board game for 2 - 4 players. Capture your opponent's bases while protecting all of your own using land, water and special weapons.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #43 Card Battle Spirit Link
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Speedrobo Games
Windows
Get ready for a new kind of digital multiplayer card game. No shuffled decks, no random card packs. In Card Battle Spirit Link, strategy is the key!
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #44 LIT
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Venture into the dark hallways of a haunted high school and help guide emo teenager Jake as he searches for his lost girlfriend Rachael. Solve light-themed puzzles using a variety of gameplay mechanics including slingshots, light bulbs, windows, matches, lamps, and TV sets.
Why similar: Strategy 73.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #45 炎黄战纪之三国烽烟
70% matchMixed66% of 291 reviews2018
Dev: 上海班图网络科技有限公司
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
《炎黄战纪》是一款开放式的水墨历史风集换式卡牌游戏。 我们设计这款游戏的初衷对华夏五千年来那一个个青史留痕的人物的向往和致敬,希望能记录和纪念这些炎黄之魂以及他们的故事,同时也希望能提供一个平台将同好者们聚在一起来共同开发和完善这个游戏,青梅煮酒,共论天下英雄,评说功过是非。
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #46 Political Arena
54% matchMostly Positive77% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Wayside Press
Windows · Mac
POLITICAL ARENA is a one-of-a-kind strategy/sim sandbox about American politics. Seek fame or infamy in a richly simulated political world, complete with high stakes legislative strategizing, backroom deals and the press. Customize and play as the politician of your dreams (or nightmares).
Why similar: Political 64.5% ★, Strategy 35.5%
- #47 Rubico
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Runners
Windows
You were in the middle of a dying city, in the center of which a giant monster nestled - the Plague. People infected with it lose their sanity and die over time. In the midst of all this chaos, you have only one friend you can rely on - a mechanical kettle.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #48 Desert Ashes
73% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2014
Dev: Nine Tales Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Desert Ashes is a turn based strategy game with online multiplayer and single player campaigns, it also boasts an innovative menu system allowing you to play multiple games at once. The Day-Night system adds a dynamic twist to turn based battles that affect the battlefield.
Why similar: Strategy 73.5%, Indie 26.5%
- #49 Rampart Tactics
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Aaron Saluk
Windows
Indie Turnbased Strategy, solo or online.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #50 Twinfold
69% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac
A roguelike about merging golden babies and squashing angry faces.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #51 Wequer
67% matchVery Positive90% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Ben Allen
Windows
Chess has evolved! Hatch units from eggs, make ranged attacks, cast dastardly spells, and take control of the board to win in Wequer.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #52 The Battle for Sector 219
72% matchMixed51% of 37 reviews2016
Dev: Large Visible Machine
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The Battle for Sector 219 is an abstract strategy card game where two players field a sci-fi army battling a rival race for control of a world's capital city. The game is easy to learn and quick to play but has a depth of strategy usually found only in games that takes much longer to play.
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #53 Rezist: Tower Defense
68% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: SparkGames
Windows
Protect your server from the malicious software intrusion. Improve your utility programs in time, rollout patches — and you will stand fearless even against the algorithms of your most devious enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #54 StoneDefence
69% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: RenZhai(人宅)Pub: RenZhai
Windows
There is a mysterious continent full of songs and laughter, a huge God stone stands in the center of the continent, guarding the local residents from generation to generation, the good scenery is not long, the God stone is missing, the mainland without the God stone Guardian lost the vitality of the past, a large number of evil forces hit
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #55 Shadows of War
73% matchMostly Negative35% of 173 reviews2015
Dev: TRI.G
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Shadows of War is a 2D Real-Time Strategy sidescroller game. The game combines classical RTS elements with new ideas into a 2D game.
Why similar: Strategy 73.4%, Indie 26.6%
- #56 Void Authority
53% matchNo user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Fork In The Code Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sci-fi roguelike document-inspection game where you approve or deny alien travelers, scan for contraband, and navigate shifting galactic laws across border outposts, with each run shaping the future political climate.
Why similar: Political 85.5% ★, Strategy 8.2%, Indie 6.3%
- #57 BlindOak Prow
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PositionMatters
Windows · Mac · Linux
BlindOak Prow is a competitive strategy card game with unique, subtle tactics that mirror the political maneuvers of the setting. Form a party of four characters mixing and matching the six different classes however you'd like, then outwit your foes for control of the city and for your survival on a new land.
Why similar: Strategy 71.3%, Indie 28.7%
- #58 Hellfire Fortress
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gold & Lumber Games UG
Windows · Mac
In the Hellfire Fortress classic 1 vs 1 mode you’ll face sheer endless waves of demons and thus the goal is straight forward: Your Fortress needs to survive longer than your opponent’s! It’s your task to set up an army and strategically invest in economy while constantly leveling up your Fortress.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #59 Dominus Galaxia: KS Edition
71% matchVery Positive83% of 249 reviews
Dev: StarChart-Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dominus Galaxia is a 4X space strategy game with a focus on amplifying strategic decisions and minimising non-strategic busywork.
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Indie 26.3%