- #1 Impossible Creatures Steam Edition
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,850 reviews2015
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Impossible Creatures is a 3D RTS game that pits the player against an evil villain. Using Earth’s most formidable animals as building blocks, the player must create an army of genetically-altered mutant monsters in a titanic struggle to protect an unsuspecting world.
Why similar: RTS 30.1%, Real-Time 28.3% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Strategy 8.9%, War 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the closest match to Moduwar's core mechanic, allowing you to combine DNA from different animals to create unique, custom combat units.
- #2 WARSHIFT
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 699 reviews2016
Dev: Cyril Megem
Windows
Median: 2.6 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 59.3%, Strategy 19%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Multiplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique morphing mechanic where your units and hero can shift forms to adapt to changing battlefield conditions.
- #3 Grey Goo
96% matchMixed68% of 4,336 reviews2015
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Six Foot
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
Why similar: RTS 36.3%, Aliens 14.9%, Base Building 12.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Strategy 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It features a faction composed of sentient, morphing goo that perfectly captures the organic, alien RTS aesthetic.
- #4 Creeper World 4
94% matchVery Positive95% of 4,734 reviews2020
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.
Why similar: RTS 26.5%, Wargame 21.4%, War 17.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Top-Down 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: The game centers on fluid, organic-like threats that require highly adaptive base-building and tactical positioning to overcome.
- #5 Forged Battalion
95% matchMixed58% of 1,114 reviews2018
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.
Why similar: RTS 69.9%, Strategy 18.5%, Multiplayer 10%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: This RTS offers deep unit customization, allowing you to design and adapt your army's capabilities throughout the campaign.
- #6 From Glory To Goo
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,844 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 27.1% ★, RTS 23.9%, Base Building 18.5%, War 12.9%, Resource Management 12%
Why You'll Like It: It centers on managing organic, fluid-like threats and building defenses that must adapt to the encroaching enemy mass.
- #7 Alien Marauder
94% matchMixed62% 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: RTS 21.6%, Base Building 15.5%, Wargame 14.7%, Aliens 12.8%, Resource Management 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on survival against massive alien swarms, requiring careful base-building and tactical unit management.
- #8 Silica
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,938 reviews2023
Dev: Martin 'Dram' MelichárekPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Silica blends FPS and RTS in epic, photorealistic battles. Choose to fight on the ground or command from above as humans or aliens. Dive into thrilling multiplayer combat or master strategic command. Are you ready to survive and conquer?
Why similar: RTS 31.1%, Aliens 21.6%, PvP 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends RTS and FPS gameplay with a heavy focus on alien versus human biological warfare and unit control.
- #9 Tempest Rising
91% matchVery Positive87% of 12,034 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 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 40.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Real-Time 9.6% ★, FMV 5% ★
Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS experience that captures the base-building intensity and resource management of the genre.
- #10 Darwinia
91% matchVery Positive80% of 1,134 reviews2005
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Darwinia blends real-time strategy, action, and puzzles with a unique gesture-based control system. Save the Darwinians, battle viruses, and restore order in a retro-inspired digital world. Winner of multiple prestigious awards, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at IGF 2006.
Why similar: RTS 38.1%, Wargame 31.1%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Strategy 9.8%, 3D 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, stylized take on digital-organic unit management that feels both nostalgic and innovative.
- #11 Rogue Command
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,064 reviews2026
Dev: feneq
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.
Why similar: Action RTS 28.5% ★, RTS 24.3%, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides roguelite unit customization, forcing players to adapt their army composition based on random upgrades and environmental challenges.
- #12 Protolife
90% matchVery Positive86% of 471 reviews2018
Dev: Volcanic Giraffe
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism.
Why similar: RTS 32.3%, Base Building 23.8%, Aliens 16.6%, Sci-fi 11%, Strategy 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on adaptive tower defense and base-building against rapidly evolving organic threats.
- #13 The Hive
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 439 reviews2016
Dev: Skydome Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Hive is a strategy game with RPG elements where you assume command as the insectoid hivemind. Build and expand your underground colony, harvest resources, and evolve your swarm using DNA. Will you survive in this hostile yet beautiful underworld?
Why similar: RTS 20.9%, Action RTS 18.5% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Aliens 14.8%, Resource Management 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features dark, organic, and underground RTS gameplay that emphasizes the development of a biological colony.
- #14 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
87% matchVery Positive87% of 12,051 reviews2022
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 28.1%, Real-Time 21.5% ★, War 11.3%, Strategy 9.7%, Wargame 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical, large-scale combat against overwhelming alien swarms, emphasizing positioning and unit synergy.
- #15 Tooth and Tail
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 4,154 reviews2017
Dev: Pocketwatch Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!
Why similar: RTS 48.3%, Competitive 17.4%, Strategy 14.2%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Isometric 7%
Why You'll Like It: The game focuses on fast-paced, unit-centric combat that feels visceral and direct, stripping away complex base management for immediate tactical control.
- #16 PERIMETER: Legate Edition
86% matchVery Positive93% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: K-D LabPub: Association K-D Lab
Windows · Linux
Perimeter is a real-time strategy game with a destructible world. Utilize the environment for resource gathering and defense against enemies. Immerse yourself in the millennia-spanning history of the Chains of Worlds and lead a faction in the struggle for survival.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.2% ★, RTS 23.5%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Top-Down 7.2%, Sci-fi 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique terrain manipulation and base-building mechanics that require constant adaptation to the environment.
- #17 Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,000 reviews2016
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
Why similar: RTS 26.6%, Base Building 19.1%, Isometric 12.4%, PvP 11.1%, War 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides large-scale RTS combat with deep unit management and a focus on massive, high-tech armies.
- #18 Stellar Warfare
84% matchVery Positive82% of 434 reviews2021
Dev: Tense Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Space RTS with base building and ship customization. Personal passion project. More than 200 available ships, weapons and modules to design your fleet with. Contains a small campaign, several single and multiplayer game modes and a coop game mode. Also contains Wave defense!
Why similar: RTS 21.3%, Aliens 17.3%, War 14.4%, Base Building 13.7%, Wargame 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for extensive ship customization, letting players build and adapt their fleet to counter specific enemy threats.
- #19 Five Nations
84% matchVery Positive83% of 270 reviews2021
Dev: SilverForge
Windows
Five Nations is a real-time sci-fi strategy game for PC platform. Encompassing tactical combat in space in real-time mixed with micromanagement of economy, construction, and production featuring different kind of single player modes.
Why similar: RTS 26.2%, Action RTS 25.2% ★, Aliens 12.7%, Isometric 10%, Sci-fi 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi RTS that emphasizes tactical unit positioning and base management within a space-faring setting.
- #20 Line War
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,183 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Centurion
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics. Draw commands and execute a superior strategy to defeat your opponent, focusing on high-level decisions rather than constant micromanagement.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.5% ★, RTS 21.4%, Wargame 10.8%, War 8.5%, PvP 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features unique, territory-based RTS mechanics that require constant adaptation and strategic movement.
- #21 War Selection
82% matchVery Positive85% of 23,654 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 28.4 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: RTS 30.4%, Base Building 27.4%, War 13.2%, Strategy 10.8%, Multiplayer 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a broad base-building experience with multiple evolutionary paths that change how your civilization functions.
- #22 Tactical Warfare
81% matchMixed67% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Mizrab
Windows
The enemy attack on your base is imminent; secure your defenses, mobilize your troops, reinforce key positions, and get ready for the next battle. RTS Tactical Warfare will test your resilience and strategic prowess.
Why similar: RTS 18.7%, Real-Time 16.5% ★, FMV 16.5% ★, Base Building 13.1%, War 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes tactical positioning and base management in a war-torn environment.
- #23 Operation: Polygon Storm
80% matchMixed70% of 292 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 28.9% ★, RTS 20.6%, Wargame 18.2%, War 8.9%, Resource Management 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines action-RTS elements with roguelite progression, rewarding players for adapting their unit loadouts.
- #24 Siege of Centauri
81% matchMixed66% of 451 reviews2019
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Defend against thousands of enemies in this explosive tower defense game. Deploy upgradable towers and unleash powerful orbital abilities as you try to protect Earth's first colony world from destruction.
Why similar: Real-Time 28.9% ★, Competitive 17.3%, Base Building 11.8%, Isometric 10.6%, Aliens 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on defensive strategy against overwhelming alien forces, requiring precise unit placement.
- #25 Eyes of War
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 329 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era, offering both single-player and multiplayer experiences where you can control every unit in character mode. Build your castle, lead your army, and dominate the map. Eyes of War invites you to epic battles of the medieval era!
Why similar: RTS 28.4%, Wargame 21%, Isometric 15.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized RTS that blends traditional base-building with modern combat mechanics.
- #26 Battlefall: State of Conflict
79% matchMixed60% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Kyoto Video Game ConcernPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Command one of three unique factions in a post-apocalyptic old-school RTS. Now featuring Patch 0.4.0 -- new mini-campaign and gamemodes."
Why similar: Real-Time 21.1% ★, Action RTS 15.4% ★, RTS 12.6%, Wargame 9.9%, Base Building 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A modern RTS that focuses on base-building and tactical combat in a sci-fi setting.
- #27 Crustacean Nations
78% matchVery Positive93% of 529 reviews2022
Dev: Team Beans
Windows
🦀Crustacean Nations🦀 is a real-time strategy game about total crab warfare. Build a sprawling sand castle and amass huge armies to dominate the beach and become the one true crustacean nation!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.7% ★, RTS 19.5%, Base Building 17.7%, Resource Management 9.4%, War 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, action-oriented RTS with unique, biological-themed unit designs.
- #28 Liquidation RTS
77% matchVery Positive91% of 174 reviews2026
Dev: DivioPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
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: RTS 27.5%, Wargame 18%, War 17.7%, Sci-fi 10.5%, PvP 9.9%
- #29 ZeroSpace
76% matchVery Positive80% of 1,442 reviews2026
Dev: Starlance Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
ZeroSpace is a hybrid sci-fi RTS / RPG game that allows you to play as the commander of The Protectorate, a galactic force dedicated to securing humanity’s place in the galaxy. The Orion sector is locked in a vicious power struggle between many alien factions, ready to fight to the death.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.8% ★, RTS 19.8%, Wargame 15.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Isometric 12.5%
- #30 WARSHIFT 2
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Cyril Megem
Windows
WARSHIFT 2 blends RTS, Action, and RPG progression. Build bases and command troops, mechs, battleships, and aircraft carriers. Then take direct control of your hero and fight alongside your army. Customize your heroes with weapons and upgrades.
Why similar: Real-Time 22.8% ★, Action RTS 15.9% ★, RTS 13.6%, Aliens 11%, Wargame 10.4%
- #31 The Scouring
75% matchVery Positive88% of 1,339 reviews2025
Dev: Orc Group
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The Scouring is an RTS with fast pace, high attention to detail and next generation experience. Lead humans or orcs in a Classic Mode or use one of powerful Heroes to fight for victory! Play alone or with friends. Use our modding tools to create maps and custom game modes! Join The Scouring!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.2% ★, RTS 25%, Base Building 18.7%, PvP 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.8%
- #32 Outlive 25
73% matchVery Positive94% of 290 reviews2026
Dev: Continuum EntertainmentPub: CriticalLeap
Windows
Build your base, prepare your troops, and face your most epic battle yet in this old-school real-time strategy game. Choose between two factions, test your skills in three epic campaigns and engage in online battles with up to 16 players simultaneously.
Why similar: RTS 24.9%, Isometric 15%, Base Building 13.6%, Resource Management 9.8%, PvP 9.1%
- #33 Executive Assault 2
74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,767 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
Why similar: Real-Time 26.7% ★, RTS 22%, Base Building 13.5%, Action RTS 12.8% ★, War 8.4%
- #34 Age of Mythology: Retold
72% matchVery Positive90% of 23,592 reviews2024
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Play as mythological Gods and smite your enemies in this award-winning, mythological Real-Time Strategy classic given new life. Wage war across timeless campaigns, fierce skirmishes, and god-powered multiplayer modes.
Why similar: RTS 19.8%, Action RTS 18.3% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Lore-Rich 10.8%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #35 8-Bit Invaders!
76% matchVery Positive83% of 447 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 33%, Aliens 16.7%, War 12.7%, Strategy 11.7%, Multiplayer 9.5%
- #36 Executive Assault
75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,460 reviews2015
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 31.3%, Real-Time 23.2% ★, Base Building 13.3%, War 9.8%, Strategy 9.6%
- #37 Dune: Spice Wars
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,585 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
Why similar: RTS 25.3%, Base Building 16.8%, War 16.7%, Sci-fi 13.3%, PvP 9.8%
- #38 Empires of the Undergrowth
70% matchVery Positive94% of 18,977 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Base Building 47.2%, Resource Management 31%, Strategy 17.2%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #39 Swarm Queen
74% matchVery Positive93% of 412 reviews2017
Dev: Helmi Bastami (Flyborg.net)
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.
Why similar: RTS 23.9%, Aliens 19.5%, Action RTS 19.5% ★, War 12.6%, Wargame 9.1%
- #40 ERA ONE
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,615 reviews2025
Dev: Team Complex LTD
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Start with your Command Center and expand it into a colossal modular flagship, module by module. Design custom warships from the ground up, grow a thriving civilization, and command powerful fleets across the Solar System in tactical real-time battles.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.9% ★, RTS 22.4%, Base Building 16.3%, PvP 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #41 Swarmdustry
69% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Mitchy Studios
Windows
Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, construct mega factories, and grow a colony of specialized biomechanical bugs. Balance growth, efficiency, and creep spread before hostile robots squish you for trying to consume their world.
Why similar: Base Building 41.6%, Resource Management 25.1%, Strategy 15.3%, Top-Down 14.9%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #42 Iron Harvest
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 16,007 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Why similar: RTS 27.4%, Real-Time 16.2% ★, Base Building 15.7%, War 12.6%, Competitive 7.4%
- #43 Earth vs Mars
69% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: Relic Labs
Windows
Faced with a terrifying Martian invasion, you must lead Earth’s forces in a battle for our planet’s future. Create powerful human-creature super soldiers to fight an alien menace in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Aliens 33.6%, PvP 19.4%, Wargame 17.5%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Strategy 7.8%
- #44 Firmament Wars
72% matchMixed65% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Neverworks Games
Windows
Firmament Wars is a multiplayer strategy game with fast-paced real-time warfare. Build a wall, fire cannons, and launch missiles on your way to victory! Select from 7 government types and compete with up to 8 players on a variety of maps! Go forth and conquer!
Why similar: Real-Time 33.9% ★, RTS 17.2%, Strategy 12.1%, War 11.3%, Wargame 11.1%
- #45 WAR PARTY
71% matchMixed68% of 456 reviews2019
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
War Party is a strategy game where you enter a prehistoric world of Dinosaurs, Cavemen and Magic! Build up your chosen faction, gather resources, explore the land and command them against enemy tribes and wildlife! Will your story be about Life, Death or Balance? Can you survive?
Why similar: Real-Time 26.9% ★, RTS 17%, Base Building 12.3%, War 10.7%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #46 FATAL ERROR - RTS
70% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: Jeffrey Lu
Windows
FATAL ERROR is a real-time strategy game on the digital battlefields of a computer world under attack. With your TAC-AID and advanced programming, you must eliminate all threats to the Mainframe and take the fight to the viruses. Discover an abstract world of limitless potential…and lurking dangers.
Why similar: RTS 35.1%, Base Building 23.3%, Lore-Rich 15.6%, Top-Down 8.9%, Strategy 8.9%
- #47 Buggos
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,436 reviews2022
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!
Why similar: RTS 27.1%, Base Building 24.8%, Wargame 19.6%, Resource Management 11.6%, Strategy 10%
- #48 Taur
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,113 reviews2020
Dev: Echo Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?
Why similar: Base Building 28.3%, RTS 25.5%, Strategy 14.8%, Sci-fi 12.2%, War 12%
- #49 Calyx
67% matchVery Positive88% of 482 reviews2026
Dev: Studio 568
Windows
A strategy game with a new kind of enemy, Calyx puts you in charge of a space mining outpost, locked in battle against powerful plant-aliens. Build your base, gather resources, assemble your forces, and take on the Calyx. With only an out-of-date AI for company, can you survive?
Why similar: Action RTS 22.4% ★, RTS 19.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Isometric 11.5%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #50 Etherium
73% matchMostly Negative37% of 953 reviews2015
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Etherium is a real-time strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where three factions battle it out for a mysterious and rare resource known as ‘Etherium’.
Why similar: RTS 38%, Sci-fi 31.9%, Strategy 19.1%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #51 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
68% matchVery Positive81% of 1,038 reviews2024
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.3% ★, RTS 19%, Wargame 14.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Isometric 11.1%
- #52 Bot Wars
68% matchVery Positive86% of 730 reviews2021
Dev: Frompy GamesPub: Big Play Games
Windows
Bot Wars is an action RTS about managing a squad of kill-bots and their bases as you work to take over all the capture points across the map. Featuring corporate kill bot armies, ranging from a firearms and beverage manufacturer to a lovecraftian burger cult.
Why similar: Wargame 53.1%, Sci-fi 25.9%, Strategy 21%
- #53 Xenonauts 2
65% matchVery Positive81% of 5,852 reviews2026
Dev: Goldhawk InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.8% ★, War 20.3%, Isometric 20.3%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Strategy 8.9%
- #54 Annihilate The Spance
66% matchVery Positive90% of 366 reviews2025
Dev: Skyglow Softworks
Windows
An RTS base builder with huge battles, constant production, and autonomous ships. The Spance approaches, a vast and mysterious storm at the edge of humanity. Who shall claim its riches? Brave the perils of the depths in a story-rich singleplayer campaign with numerous distinct factions and bosses.
Why similar: RTS 29.6%, Base Building 24.3%, War 16%, Resource Management 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #55 Andalia
68% matchVery Positive85% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Joel St.Pub: Sundust
Windows
Andalia is a fantasy real-time strategy game (RTS) with a diverse range of civilisations, resources and environments. Build up your town and lead your forces into war against enemy players. Alternatively you may construct a monument and hold it long enough to reach victory.
Why similar: RTS 30.5%, Base Building 20.6%, War 11.1%, PvP 10.8%, Multiplayer 10.4%
- #56 3 Days War
66% matchVery Positive84% of 722 reviews2023
Dev: 荆棘鸟工作室
Windows
3 Days War is a unique multiplayer strategy war game. Integrating the mechanics of RTS+4X, it allows dozens of players to engage in a three-day real-time strategy competitionon. Commanders, use your skills, strategies, games and even deception to become the ultimate winner!
Why similar: RTS 28.6%, Wargame 20.1%, Base Building 16.9%, War 13.1%, PvP 12.4%
- #57 Xeno Command
67% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: ChillyRoomPub: ChillyRoom
Windows
Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun
Why similar: Action RTS 26.7% ★, RTS 18.1%, Wargame 16.3%, Base Building 11.3%, Aliens 11%