- #1 Steel Command
97% 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 32.4%, Base Building 19.7%, Strategy 11.9%, PvP 9.7%, Military 7.9%
- #2 War Selection
96% 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 29.7%, Base Building 26.1%, Strategy 11.6%, Military 10.7%, Multiplayer 9%
- #3 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
96% matchMixed67% of 3,328 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 45.1%, Base Building 19.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Military 13%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #4 Arenosum
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: macsimusfactorre
Windows
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 24.4%, Base Building 16.3%, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Military 11.2%, Old School 10.3%
- #5 Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
94% matchVery Positive91% of 9,568 reviews2017
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.8 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 42.7%, Base Building 23.9%, Strategy 13.1%, Military 7.3%, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #6 Tempest Rising
92% 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 57.1%, Strategy 15.7%, Base Building 14.1%, Multiplayer 4.4%, PvP 3.3%
- #7 Industrial Annihilation
93% matchMostly Negative29% of 460 reviews2024
Dev: Galactic Annihilation
Windows
The next major game in the Planetary Annihilation universe, Industrial Annihilation combines the iconic real-time strategy of the beloved Annihilation games with deep factory-building to deliver a blend of genres unlike any you’ve experienced before.
Why similar: RTS 32.4%, Strategy 13.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Automation 11.6%, Management 10.1%
- #8 Desert Struggle
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CrashDumpSoftware
Windows · Linux
Desert Struggle is a fast paced real time strategy game. It is about base building, production timing and attack waves. Units are fully automated, so there are no standing armies. It is all about production capacities, expansions and timings! Play challenges against the AI or online in PvP matches.
Why similar: RTS 32.7%, Base Building 20%, PvP 16.7%, Strategy 8.8%, Multiplayer 8%
- #9 Crystal Commanders
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DB Creations, Inc.
Windows
Build. Command. Conquer. Take control in a fast-paced VR RTS packed with intense battles, dynamic defenses, and strategic depth. Survive brutal enemy waves, defeat epic bosses, and battle rivals online in explosive 1v1 multiplayer!
Why similar: RTS 37.1%, Base Building 22.6%, Strategy 13.6%, Military 10.4%, Combat 4.2%
- #10 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
90% matchVery Positive86% of 55,107 reviews2020
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Lead powerful civilizations across the globe, master strategies and tactics, and relive history in co op battles—now remastered in stunning 4K and modernized gameplay.
Why similar: RTS 31%, Base Building 24.8%, Military 13.1%, Strategy 13%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #11 Andalia
89% 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 35.6%, Base Building 23.3%, PvP 16%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Strategy 8.9%
- #12 Stand Alone
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stand Alone Games
Windows
Stand Alone is a dynamic real-time strategy game, where players compete to control land in epic multiplayer battles. Engage in intense, tactical warfare as you capture fortresses, manage resources, and forge alliances or betray them all while navigating a world of shifting power and diplomacy.
Why similar: RTS 44.6%, PvP 21.9%, Strategy 16.1%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Combat 3.5%
- #13 Command & Conquer™ Generals
88% matchVery Positive88% of 2,169 reviews2024
Dev: EA PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Command & Conquer Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Prepare your forces General... it's time to engage in the next generation of real-time strategy.
Why similar: RTS 39.6%, Strategy 22.6%, Base Building 16.3%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Action 6.1%
- #14 Smelogs Playground
87% matchVery Positive89% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Nifty Productions
Windows
Smelogs Playground is a Free-to-Play Real-Time Strategy game with charming aesthetics and a simple but effective gameplay mechanism. Take over the playful and rocky Smelogs to compete against each other for fun and honor!
Why similar: RTS 29.5%, Base Building 17.8%, PvP 14.4%, Management 11.2%, Combat 9.6%
- #15 Outlive 25
85% 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 25.7%, Old School 16.7%, Base Building 13.6%, PvP 11.9%, Management 7.9%
- #16 Army Men RTS
86% matchVery Positive88% of 1,490 reviews2017
Dev: Pandemic StudiosPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 51.3%, Strategy 16.3%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Base Building 10.3%, Military 6%
- #17 Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
84% matchVery Positive94% of 10,937 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 19.6 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 47.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Strategy 14.5%, Multiplayer 12%, Action 5.1%
- #18 The Scouring
83% 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: RTS 22.7%, Base Building 16.5%, Old School 14.7%, PvP 12.6%, Management 10.5%
- #19 Fierce Kingdoms
82% 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 37.9%, Base Building 23.7%, Strategy 18.1%, PvP 12.4%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #20 There Is Eternal War
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Purri Cat Studio
Windows
An RTS game set in a dark sci-fi fantasy universe where you command thousands of units on a huge map without breaking your PC. Dystopian humans, evil elves, greedy dwarves, or relentless undead are all playable factions in a game that has a grand campaign and two story campaigns.
Why similar: RTS 31.2%, PvP 16.6%, Strategy 14.4%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Base Building 9.8%
- #21 modern crisis
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZAIT TEAM
Windows
Command modern armies in fast, brutal RTS warfare. Build your base, secure oil and iron, and crush your enemy with tanks, stealth fighters, warships and ballistic missiles. Two asymmetric factions, land-air-sea combat, online Steam multiplayer, and a full map editor.
Why similar: RTS 41.2%, Military 17.8%, Base Building 16.2%, Strategy 15.7%, Multiplayer 8.8%
- #22 Supreme Commander 2
81% matchVery Positive88% of 12,990 reviews2010
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Includes 47 Steam achievements, leaderboards, and stats!
Why similar: RTS 43.3%, Base Building 17.1%, Strategy 16%, Multiplayer 8%, Military 6%
- #23 Waronoi
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: MFCPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
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: RTS 34.1%, Strategy 15.5%, Old School 14.8%, Military 14.7%, PvP 9.7%
- #24 EVERGLORY
79% 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 37.8%, Base Building 28.8%, Old School 16%, Strategy 15.9%, 3D 0.9%
- #25 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
79% matchVery Positive95% of 11,961 reviews2007
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War in one glorious package. Play the genre-defining classic real time strategy game in all its blood-soaked glory, including four complete campaigns and nine full-fledged factions.
Why similar: RTS 46.3%, Base Building 22.6%, Strategy 16.1%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #26 STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
78% matchVery Positive91% of 4,714 reviews2016
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Disney
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 49.9%, Strategy 18%, Base Building 12.8%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #27 Dawn of Embers
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: DTX Studios
Windows
Dawn of Embers is a real-time strategy game in development by DTX Studios. Build a walled town, gather and trade, command armies of soldiers and siege engines, and master four schools of magic against AI commanders or other players.
Why similar: RTS 35.1%, Base Building 22.5%, Strategy 12.2%, PvP 11.3%, Military 7.2%
- #28 Azalea
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: RedGinkgo Games
Windows
A real-time strategy game set in the Joseon Dynasty, rendered in ink-wash art. Cultivate rice fields, raise fortress walls, and train armies to seize the battlefield. When multiple forces collide, who you strike first and how you commit your troops decides the victor.
Why similar: RTS 37.9%, Base Building 22.8%, PvP 16.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Multiplayer 7%
- #29 Nanocorp
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Openhood SARL
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight back against the Nanocorp corporation in this cyberpunk RTS. As you discover their evil machinations, you decide to take a stand for humanity. Forget about saving the world, can you even save yourself?
Why similar: RTS 39.9%, Cyberpunk 27.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Combat 6.1%, Futuristic 5.5%
- #30 Pixel Punk
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: RedOrb Studios
Windows
Pixel Punk is a strategy tower defence. In pixel Punk you build different turrets that will protect you against the never ending waves.
Why similar: RTS 25.3%, Steampunk 24.1% ★, Cyberpunk 16.3%, Base Building 15.9%, Strategy 8%
- #31 Star Pulse:The War
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star Pulse
Windows
Star Pulse: The War is an independent real-time strategy game that merges science fiction with fantasy. Players will command a sci-fi faction, harnessing the power of star pulse to gather resources, construct buildings, train troops, and nurture heroes in the fight against invading magical forces.
Why similar: RTS 43.7%, Base Building 15.8%, Military 15.5%, Strategy 13.8%, Sci-fi 5.8%
- #32 Shapes of War
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ethibyte
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face off with or against friends using 3D shapes! Lead your cubes, spheres, and cones to capture flags and unlock powerful upgrades. Dominate the map and seize your opponent's capitol building to claim victory!
Why similar: RTS 32.3%, Base Building 23.1%, PvP 12.7%, Strategy 11%, Multiplayer 9.3%
- #33 Anomaly Quest
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anomaly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
RTS - Tower Defense - MOBA - Hybrid in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by anomalies. Build a base. Defend your perimeter. Defeat your opponents.
Why similar: RTS 32.3%, PvP 15.6%, Base Building 15.6%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Management 7.8%
- #34 Siegecraft Commander
75% 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: RTS 33.4%, Base Building 24.5%, Strategy 22.8%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Action 9.1%
- #35 JKEnterprises
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: JKEnterprises
Windows
Take command of a galactic megacorporation and engage your competitors in planetary battles in this spherical RTS.
Why similar: RTS 45.3%, Strategy 21.7%, Multiplayer 13.4%, PvP 12.2%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #36 Imperivm RTC - HD Edition "Great Battles of Rome"
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,301 reviews2021
Dev: Dinamic Software
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Lead the battles that forged the greatest Empire of all time. Seven civilizations fighting for glory or freedom: Rome, Aegyptus, Britannia, Germania, Gallia, Hispania, and Carthago. Enjoy the fast-paced RTC “Real-Time Conquest” gameplay, an Old School RTS oriented to military conquest.
Why similar: RTS 36.1%, Strategy 17.3%, Old School 12.9%, Military 12.4%, PvP 8.9%
- #37 IronFlux
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghost World Gaming
Windows
Three stranded civilizations fight for the ancient Monoliths of a living moon. Build a streaming economy, field armies on land, sea and air, and hold the map to ascend in a large-scale real-time strategy game.
Why similar: RTS 37%, Base Building 21.4%, PvP 18%, Strategy 17.4%, Multiplayer 5.9%
- #38 Mindustry
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 28,247 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: RTS 28.3%, Base Building 25.3%, Automation 22.8%, Strategy 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.2%
- #39 Stellar Warfare
72% 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 26.1%, Old School 16.6%, Base Building 16.3%, Management 10.5%, Combat 8.8%
- #40 Frontworks
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Antromech Games
Windows
Build a war factory on a hostile alien world. Extract raw ore and refine it into complex components. Automate logistics, manufacturing and army recruitment. Defend against huge waves of native robots and alien wildlife, then send your army to raze enemy bases for planetary domination.
Why similar: RTS 27.6%, Base Building 19.8%, Automation 18.9%, Military 11.6%, Management 11.2%
- #41 Kuroba: Oghuz
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Ancyra Studio
Windows · Mac
Kuroba is a historical RTS set in the brutal frontier of 13th-century Anatolia. Build settlements, manage logistics, and command armies in grounded, realistic combat. No magic, no heroes—only economy, strategy, and leadership determine who endures.
Why similar: RTS 37.8%, Base Building 23.5%, Strategy 13.6%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Management 7.3%
- #42 Supreme Commander
71% matchVery Positive89% of 3,167 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 50.8%, Strategy 17.9%, Base Building 15.1%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #43 Assault Commander RTS
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VTDev Informatikai Kft.
Windows
Assault Commander RTS is a fast-paced real-time military strategy game. Fight a 30+ mission campaign with two distinct factions, build and defend your base, command land, air, and naval forces, unleash super weapons, and climb the ranked Conflict leaderboards.
Why similar: RTS 40.3%, Base Building 16.9%, Military 15.1%, Strategy 15%, Combat 6.3%
- #44 Prime Domination
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A16
Windows
Prime Domination is a real-time strategy game where you build your base, manage finance, produce powerful military units, and battle against AI or other players in large-scale multiplayer matches with up to 10 commanders.
Why similar: RTS 33.9%, Base Building 18.8%, Strategy 12.1%, PvP 12%, Military 9%
- #45 Terrors of War
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hetki
Windows
Base-building WW2 RTS. The Reich is collapsing, and burying something the Allies were never meant to find. Command US or Wehrmacht forces. Run supply lines under fire. Push forward depots. Unleash artillery and superweapons. Fight the war you know, while you still can.
Why similar: RTS 25.8%, Base Building 16%, Old School 15.8%, PvP 13%, Military 11.1%
- #46 Grey Goo
69% 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 49.7%, Base Building 16.2%, Strategy 15.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #47 Starbase Tactics
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rough Sector Games
Windows
RTS in a nutshell. Build. Plan. Adapt. Engage. Get the strategic depth of an RTS in short, intense matches.
Why similar: RTS 34.5%, PvP 18.1%, Strategy 17.2%, Base Building 16.5%, Multiplayer 9.3%
- #48 Bull3000VRTS
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Robin KrausePub: Rob Gaming
Windows
VR RTS meets shooter: command armies and fight with your own aim on the Andromeda front. Capture building slots, manage 3 resources, and win fair 1v1 and 2v2 battles.
Why similar: RTS 28.6%, Base Building 20.2%, PvP 16%, Military 11.2%, Strategy 8.5%
- #49 RTS Chess
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ToastyGameStudio
Windows
In this unique RTS twist on the classic game, every move on the chessboard opens up new possibilities for building, upgrading and dominating your opponents. Play chess on a new hexagon board that allows you to reach new places and make the tactical part of chess even more tactical.
Why similar: RTS 34.1%, Strategy 16.6%, Base Building 16.3%, PvP 16.2%, Multiplayer 9.9%
- #50 Astro Industry Wars
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Abundant Pine Games
Windows
Astro Industry Wars is a lighthearted, futuristic real time strategy game with base building, economic production chains, colorful worlds, and lots of vehicles.
Why similar: RTS 41.8%, Base Building 28.7%, Futuristic 9.4%, Strategy 7.5%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #51 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
66% matchVery Positive86% of 95,868 reviews2021
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 78.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
Why similar: RTS 39.8%, Base Building 24.5%, Strategy 15.2%, Multiplayer 9%, PvP 7%
- #52 The Factory Must Fall
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Squared Games
Windows
Build the perfect factory, then let it go to war against other players! Draft buildings from a randomized shop, optimize resource allocation and army composition, then watch your factory crush your friends and foes in this PvP factory-builder.
Why similar: Base Building 26.7%, Automation 21.2%, PvP 17.7%, RTS 15.8%, Strategy 8.3%
- #53 Apoceus: Winter Wars
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Landell Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Apoceus is a fantasy real-time strategy game that features big maps and large battles.
Why similar: RTS 23%, Base Building 16.7%, Military 15.3%, PvP 12.2%, Old School 10.3%
- #54 Techfront
64% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: nucleus_genius
Windows
TECHFRONT is a sci-fi RTS featuring tens of thousands of units. Build bases and wage war across land, air, and sea using tanks, aircraft, fleets, submarines, nuclear missiles, and gigantic combat robots.
Why similar: RTS 38.1%, Strategy 17.7%, Military 13.4%, PvP 10.1%, Futuristic 8.5%