- #1 Driftland: The Magic Revival
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,012 reviews2019
Dev: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Why similar: Dragons 42.3% ★, RTS 35.4%, Top-Down 13.7%, Strategy 8.6%
- #2 No King No Kingdom
96% matchVery Positive85% of 150 reviews2020
Dev: Fullmetal Developer
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
No King No Kingdom – First-Person Strategy Game. Ride Dragons! Command peasants! Build towns! Raise Armies! Tame Epic Creatures! Take your own sword and fight side by side with your troops against powerful giant bosses.
Why similar: RTS 27.3%, Dragons 25.8% ★, Strategy RPG 14.7%, Simulation 10.2%, Strategy 9.1%
- #3 Crownbound - Fantasy Kingdom Sim
96% matchMixed50% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Bart Mamzer
Windows
You’re the ruler, but your heroes have minds of their own. Recruit heroes, set rewards, build a thriving kingdom and hope your warriors don’t run off chasing squirrels instead of fighting monsters.
Why similar: RTS 29.8%, Strategy RPG 25.7%, Simulation 10.3%, Fantasy 10.2%, Stylized 9.1%
- #4 Nomad Fleet
95% matchMixed66% of 214 reviews2016
Dev: Autarca
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction. Lead a fully armed fleet of battleships, carriers and fighters through a series of randomized scenarios and encounters where they must fight for their survival while scavenging for resources,...
Why similar: Real-Time 50.3% ★, RTS 26.8%, Strategy 16.8%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #5 Land of the Mage Lords
94% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Rafe's Games
Windows
Summon troops and use magic to defeat mage lords and other foes while surviving attacks from their followers. Learn new spells and recruit troops with unique powers. Venture across the land, battling ever stronger enemies until reaching the evil Mage King.
Why similar: Strategy 31.2%, Magic 26.8%, Fantasy 18.4%, Colorful 14.5%, Singleplayer 7.8%
- #6 Age of Reforging: The Freelands
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,479 reviews2025
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!
Why similar: RTS 29.2%, Strategy RPG 25.1%, Magic 15.9%, Exploration 11%, Fantasy 9.7%
- #7 Tower Lords
92% matchMixed46% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: Final Arcade
Windows
Become a Tower Lord! Build and upgrade your tower in this incremental idle game. Fight off the forces of the Dark Lord, conquer new lands, and challenge his dominion with the power of your dragon.
Why similar: Magic 25%, Fantasy 17.5%, Strategy 15.1%, Cute 13.1%, Simulation 12.6%
- #8 Norland
91% matchVery Positive82% of 10,349 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Moddable 60.5% ★, Simulation 19.3%, Strategy 16.2%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #9 DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders
91% matchVery Positive88% of 235 reviews2019
Dev: Climax Studios Ltd.Pub: Outright Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Join the new heroic duo, Scribbler and Patch, in an epic battle to save dragons and defeat the villain, Eir, who is controlling dragons to carry out her evil plans.
Why similar: Dragons 57.8% ★, Fantasy 13%, Exploration 11.8%, Flight 7.4%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #10 NovaMundi
89% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Slashware Interactive
Windows · Mac
NovaMundi is an open world exploration game with tactical combat. Lead your party into the dangerous lands of the Andes. Recruit people in towns, explore caverns filled with dangerous spirits to gain the blessings of the land, and unite the people to stand against the invaders.
Why similar: RTS 36.9%, Strategy RPG 27.8%, Top-Down 14.3%, Exploration 9.9%, Strategy 7.9%
- #11 Castle Woodwarf 2
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: Domo GamesPub: Sedoc LLC
Windows
Keep your dragon and city of Woodwarf safe with the help of your dwarven army. Upgrade your home and environment while you fight epic battles underground! Use special abilities and items and overcome waves of enemies.
Why similar: Dragons 44.3% ★, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Strategy 14.5%, Fantasy 13.6%, Simulation 6.2%
- #12 Skyship Quest Story
88% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Customize your airship and explore the world above the clouds in this sim RPG
Why similar: Dragons 35.6% ★, Simulation 30.1%, Exploration 12.7%, Cute 9.4%, Fantasy 7.8%
- #13 Secrets of Magonia
87% matchVery Positive92% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Elixion
Windows
In this tower defence game, you enter the world of Magonia and defend it against hordes of humans, orcs, ogres and other evil forces. Fight in different areas and adapt your strategy to the terrain and the enemy forces.
Why similar: Dragons 29.8% ★, Strategy 20.9%, Top-Down 20.4%, Fantasy 14.7%, Colorful 5.4%
- #14 Kingdom Tales: Dragons & Us
89% matchMixed53% of 60 reviews2014
Dev: Cateia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Embark on a magical journey in this entertaining and fun time management strategy game! In Kingdom Tales you will explore the land, gather, produce and trade resources, build, repair and take care of your citizens.
Why similar: RTS 27.4%, Dragons 26.2% ★, Strategy 12.9%, Fantasy 10.8%, Cute 6.6%
- #15 Andalia
86% 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 48.8%, Magic 19.3%, Fantasy 15.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Singleplayer 3%
- #16 Noble Fates
85% matchVery Positive83% of 1,483 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Moddable 42% ★, Top-Down 19.6%, Fantasy 13.6%, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 12%
- #17 PAGO FOREST: TOWER DEFENSE
86% matchVery Positive88% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: FuturtechPub: Nova's Army
Windows
Flora, a former leader of Nova's army, is back in service. Still alive baal the necromancer contaminates the pago lands with his evil power. Flora's mission is to build a large army and recover power artifacts to annihilate her enemies. In her quest she will need you! Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Time Manipulation 30.1% ★, RTS 24.8%, Strategy RPG 18.2%, Fantasy 7.9%, Strategy 6.8%
- #18 Hearthlands
84% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: RTS 32.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Fantasy 10.3%, Magic 9.2%
- #19 My Lands: Black Gem Hunting
84% matchVery Positive83% of 3,310 reviews2014
Dev: Gravvit LtdPub: ELYLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY Ltd
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 23.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
My Lands is a free online RTS where dark and light forces fight for Black Gem and dominion in a vast fantasy world. Cooperation between players, joint economy development, creation of clans and alliances and elaboration of a team strategy serve as the very foundation of the game.
Why similar: RTS 60.6%, Strategy 36.6%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #20 Dragon And Home
83% matchMixed60% of 1,380 reviews2021
Dev: HIG
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Dragon and Home is a sandbox MMORPG where players can choose freely how they desire to play. Whether you want to play as a courageous adventurer, or you want to experience the tranquil rural lifestyles, growing plants, and feeding animals with your friends in the Homeland, you can find it all.
Why similar: Magic 28.2%, Exploration 26.2%, Fantasy 25.1%, Cute 20.5%
- #21 SpellForce 3 Versus Edition
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,614 reviews2020
Dev: Grimlore GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The SpellForce 3: Versus Edition gives you the chance to enter the battlefields of Eo for free, letting you test your RTS skills against AI opponents or even other human players.
Why similar: RTS 31.5%, Strategy RPG 28.5%, Strategy 14%, Level Editor 11.4%, Fantasy 8.1%
- #22 Together in Battle
80% matchVery Positive90% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Sinister Design
Windows
Manage a team of fantasy gladiators in this Fire Emblem-style strategy RPG with vibrant characters, funny random events, and emergent relationship-building. Uncover a sinister conspiracy; fight deep turn-based tactical battles; watch your characters grow together!
Why similar: Class-Based 23%, Strategy RPG 21.4%, Moddable 19.6% ★, Level Editor 18.5%, Fantasy 7.3%
- #23 Stones Keeper: Prologue
82% matchMixed65% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: SK Team
Windows
Control your own flying castle. Take part in the campaign for the Order of the Screaming Griffin against the forces of the undead that have invaded your provinces. Try to penetrate the secrets of the world around you.
Why similar: Strategy 49.6%, Magic 29.9%, Fantasy 12.5%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #24 Mountaincore
81% matchMixed65% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: Rocket Jump Technology
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!
Why similar: Moddable 44.3% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Top-Down 12.6%, Strategy 12.1%, Stylized 9.9%
- #25 Noara: The Conspiracy
81% matchVery Positive82% of 130 reviews2021
Dev: ATYPIQUE studio
Windows
Since the tragedy of the Last Moon, the Lands of Noara are once again under threat. Take up arms and dive into this competitive turn-based game, build your army, react in real time to your opponent's actions and try to win the game!
Why similar: RTS 50%, Fantasy 24.1%, Strategy 21.3%, Indie 4.6%
- #26 Nova Lands
79% matchVery Positive89% of 3,518 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Simulation 28.9%, Strategy 28.3%, Exploration 27.4%, Indie 7.8%, Singleplayer 7.6%
- #27 CLOUD DWELLERS
78% matchVery Positive87% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
Windows
CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.
Why similar: Stylized 24.4%, Simulation 23.1%, Strategy 21.4%, Fantasy 10.9%, Exploration 10.8%
- #28 Elemental: Reforged
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 501 reviews2026
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
A 4X strategy game in a fantasy RPG world. Create your own sovereign hero, build a dynasty, design custom units, and wage turn-based war across a world that's different every time you play. Every unit is an individual with their own name, gear, and story.
Why similar: Dragons 23.9% ★, Moddable 19.4% ★, Strategy RPG 16.9%, Magic 10.7%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #29 Novice in the world
78% matchMixed66% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: cainiaochuangjianghu
Windows
This game includes RPG content such as exploration, self building teams, battles, and growth, as well as multiplayer gameplay such as interacting with other players, forming guilds, and competing in battles.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 45%, Strategy 17.7%, Exploration 14.1%, Fantasy 11.9%, Cute 10.6%
- #30 Viking Rise
76% matchMixed70% of 974 reviews2024
Dev: IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 90.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Race against other players to explore Valhalla and conquer Midgard!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 44.2%, Dragons 41.1% ★, Strategy 14.7%
- #31 Fightland
76% matchMostly Negative27% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Mysterious cosmic forces have created the Fightland, and they’ve plucked warriors from across space and time to do battle there. Join with up to 100 other players in this massive team battle arena game where individual skill, squad tactics, and overall teamwork will determine the victor!
Why similar: Magic 44.2%, Fantasy 21.8%, Strategy 17.7%, Colorful 16.3%
- #32 Union of Gnomes
74% matchVery Positive81% of 359 reviews2025
Dev: HoolignomesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Onwards to revolution in this challenging deck-building roguelite. Free your gnome comrades, assemble your squad, mind wieners (supplies), slay the slavers, and take down the fiercest of them all – Snow White! FREEDOM TO GNOMES!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 51.8%, Fantasy 20.4%, Strategy 17.5%, Indie 5.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #33 The Monarch: First Light
75% matchMixed66% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Citadel Games
Windows
Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 43.8%, Exploration 18.4%, Top-Down 14.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Cute 11.4%
- #34 Dreadlands
77% matchMixed59% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Blackfox StudiosPub: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Welcome to Dreadlands! A perilous landscape brimming with potential in the form of Glow. Command one of 3 unique factions in this turn-based tactical RPG and play through their campaigns, be it solo or Co-Op, or battle it out in PvP. So far no one has tamed the Dreadlands. Will you be the first?
Why similar: Stylized 40.9%, Strategy 36%, Colorful 23.2%
- #35 Elmarion: Dragon time
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 563 reviews2020
Dev: Fleon Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 92.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
“Elmarion: Time of the Dragon” is an RPG game, the main character of which is the dragon! The player will find many adventures and tasks, controlling not a human character, as in most RPGs, but a flying fire-breathing dragon. Aim of the game: to repel the invasion of the undead.
Why similar: Dragons 39.6% ★, Flight 25.6%, Magic 13.6%, Fantasy 9.2%, Simulation 8.2%
- #36 Smelogs Playground
73% matchVery Positive91% 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 61.9%, Strategy 17.3%, Fantasy 10.5%, Colorful 10.3%
- #37 Wonderland
71% matchVery Positive86% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Dragon Flame GamesPub: 摸鱼游戏
Windows
On the fantastical continent of Elfar, where swords and magic reign, you will establish and grow your own guild, leading members to accept quests, challenge dungeons, forge equipment, participate in competitions, and gradually uncover the secrets of the nine sacred sites
Why similar: Strategy RPG 41.5%, Simulation 18.2%, Magic 14.9%, Strategy 14.4%, Fantasy 9.3%
- #38 Dustwind
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 391 reviews2018
Dev: Dustwind StudiosPub: Z-Software GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ARE YOU READY FOR CLASSIC REALTIME TACTICS? Be the nameless heroine in the wastelands of DUSTWIND's story campaign or find with two friends a new home or fight against and with human players in the elaborate Multiplayer mode or design your very own story campaigns and maps in the mighty map editor!
Why similar: Moddable 33.2% ★, Level Editor 30.4%, Strategy RPG 23.4%, Strategy 8.2%, Indie 2.7%
- #39 Age of Goblins
72% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Bruno Valla
Windows
AoG is a real-time strategy game (RTS) with simplified mechanics and cute visuals, but VERY challenging at times. Lead your goblin tribe into what they do best: expand, conquer, and exterminate each other. Any resemblance to humans is purely coincidental.
Why similar: RTS 51.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Top-Down 12.5%, Fantasy 11.7%, Colorful 6.9%
- #40 Elementcore Revelations: Journey Prologue
72% matchMixed68% of 158 reviews2023
Dev: Dongguan Liuli Game Technology Co.,LtdPub: Dongguan Liuli Game Technology Co.,Ltd
Windows
The balance of the elements has been disrupted and long-disappeared monsters have reappeared. The youths have embarked on a dangerous journey. Join them and unravel the mystery of the royal family that has lasted for thousands of years and restore this broken world!
Why similar: Dragons 38.6% ★, Simulation 27.1%, Exploration 19.2%, Cute 15%
- #41 Cube Land Arena
73% matchMixed62% of 343 reviews2019
Dev: Jaison Robson GusavaPub: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The kingdom of Cubia call for your help, come to this vast kingdom where you will face strong enemies and hard challenges, you are the chosen to defend the cristals of life and finally bring peace to reign of Cubia.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.9% ★, RTS 31.9%, Fantasy 14.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Indie 3.9%
- #42 Untamed Tactics
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: Grumpy Owl GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac
Untamed Tactics is a Tactical RPG set in world of colorful animals. Relive the legend of Greycoat’s escape into the untamed Wilds in a tale of lost honor and finding a new home as you fight, talk, and think your way through this beautifully illustrated adventure!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 32.3%, Fantasy 14.9%, Strategy 14.9%, Cute 11.2%, Colorful 11%
- #43 Snoody: One of the Ayrie
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Game Stables
Windows
Bring back color to the wonderful planet Ayries! Together with Snoody and his friend Picke go on an exciting adventure to other planets. Explore distant worlds, study elemental magic, collect crystals and defeat monsters! Save the people of ayrie and find out, who is responsible for their troubles.
Why similar: Magic 44.8%, Cute 24.1%, Exploration 21%, Singleplayer 5.9%, Stylized 4.1%
- #44 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
69% matchVery Positive89% of 703 reviews2021
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.
Why similar: Simulation 36.1%, Strategy 30.5%, Stylized 27.6%, Singleplayer 5.8%
- #45 Eador. Masters of the Broken World
71% matchMixed68% of 2,809 reviews2013
Dev: Snowbird Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Eador is a universe made of countless shards of land drifting in the Great Nothing. Each of the shards is a little world unto itself, with geography and denizens of its own. The power over the shards is bitterly contested by Masters, the immortal beings mortals believe to be gods.
Why similar: Strategy 91.8%, Fantasy 6.4%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #46 Skyward Collapse
73% matchMixed46% of 329 reviews2013
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
How do you balance -- and indeed encourage -- a war between factions without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a landscape of villages when bandits and mythology are conspiring to tear it down?
Why similar: Simulation 31.7%, Strategy 30.5%, Fantasy 17.6%, Magic 10%, Indie 8.5%
- #47 Chimera Island
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Chimera Productions
Windows
Rediscover a lost island with mysterious creatures the world has long since forgotten. Now it is up to you to help restore this ruined world and bring about a new age of Chimera.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 32%, Strategy 25.4%, Cute 19.6%, Fantasy 15.8%, Indie 4.7%
- #48 Knights of the Crusades
67% matchMixed70% of 181 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!
Why similar: RTS 61.8%, Simulation 16.5%, Strategy 15%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #49 Wizards and Warlords
69% matchVery Positive83% of 259 reviews2020
Dev: Valravn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wizards and Warlords is an indie turn-based strategy game, where you play in a randomly generated fantasy world, contending with rival wizards, warlords, roaming marauders and hidden ancient evils. Create a customized sovereign or choose from one of many predefined templates.
Why similar: Level Editor 22.9%, Strategy RPG 22.4%, Magic 18%, Fantasy 15.9%, Strategy 14.1%
- #50 Here Comes The Swarm
66% matchVery Positive85% of 330 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Why similar: RTS 42.1%, Top-Down 14.1%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 12.2%, Exploration 9.7%
- #51 Planar Conquest
71% matchMixed61% of 582 reviews2016
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Become an all-powerful Sorcerer Lord and lead one of 8 different races to the ultimate victory. Explore multiple planes of existence, raid dungeons, and conquer cities. Expand your armies, cast mighty spells, and summon godly creatures to do your bidding. Fight the enemies in D20 OGL battles.
Why similar: Strategy 32.9%, Magic 17.9%, Simulation 16%, Fantasy 15.3%, Indie 9.6%
- #52 Mind Over Magic
65% matchVery Positive87% of 4,468 reviews2025
Dev: SparkypantsPub: Klei Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Mind Over Magic is a colony sim set at the site of a cursed magic school. Build and optimize your own magical academy, train powerful Mages, and master mighty relics in order to battle through the Underschool, a mysterious underground dungeon that holds the key to liberation from a deadly curse.
Why similar: Dragons 40.2% ★, Strategy RPG 25.3%, Stylized 10.6%, Simulation 10.3%, Fantasy 9.4%
- #53 Vanaris Tactics - Prologue
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: Matheus ReisPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Play the Prologue chapter of Vanaris Tactics. Lead a group of refugees looking for freedom outside the walls of Vanaris, and experience the first three battles and story of Vanaris Tactics.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 41.7%, Magic 15.8%, Strategy 13%, Stylized 11.5%, Fantasy 9.9%
- #54 Yaoling: Mythical Journey
63% matchVery Positive90% of 3,506 reviews2025
Dev: RAYKA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Yaoling: Mythical Journey is a creature collecting Eastern fantasy RPG featuring an world filled with rich stories and unique Yaolings. Tasked to uncover a mysterious evil, you embark on a journey with your Yaolings, forming new friendships, engage in intense battles, and face countless challenges!
Why similar: Stylized 17%, Strategy 15.8%, Cute 15.6%, Exploration 15%, Simulation 14.4%
- #55 Choice of Magics
68% matchVery Positive93% of 166 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #56 Nomad Idle
66% matchMixed65% of 880 reviews2025
Dev: The Fox Knocks
Windows
Median: 26.7 hrsMean: 58.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Face waves of enemies automatically and create builds by distributing stat points, leveling up equipment, choosing passive skills, summons and more. An idle game about killing hordes of enemies, becoming stronger, and exploring an unfolding storyline. A spin-off of Nomad Survival.
Why similar: Class-Based 57.7%, Magic 10.7%, Top-Down 10%, Cute 7.7%, Colorful 7%
- #57 Stonehearth
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,072 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: Strategy 37.5%, Simulation 31.9%, Fantasy 11.4%, Cute 9.3%, Indie 5.6%