- #1 Rusted Warfare - RTS
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,087 reviews2017
Dev: Corroding Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.
Why similar: RTS 52.2%, Base Building 16.6%, Strategy 10.2%, Sandbox 9.4%, Robots 6%
- #2 Battlecruisers
96% matchVery Positive84% of 423 reviews2021
Dev: Mecha Weka
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A visually stunning RTS where players battle to build the ultimate automated floating Ultraweapon. Outsmart players or AIs by building a strategically superior Battlecruiser. Step aboard for unique, hand-drawn misadventure on Flooded Earth, explosive gameplay, and an addictive soundtrack. And nukes.
Why similar: RTS 20.6%, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, Steampunk 16.2% ★, Wargame 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%
- #3 Crush Your Enemies
96% matchVery Positive81% of 439 reviews2016
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
Why similar: RTS 65.4%, Strategy 25.4%, Funny 9.2%
- #4 Northend Tower Defense
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,398 reviews2024
Dev: Northend Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!
Why similar: Action RTS 36.4% ★, Tower Defense 23.2%, Real Time Tactics 22.2%, Base Building 11.1%, Strategy 7.1%
- #5 Tempest Rising
94% matchVery Positive88% of 10,866 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
Why similar: RTS 57.2%, Strategy 13.7%, Base Building 10.2%, Action RTS 8% ★, Isometric 6%
- #6 Retro Commander
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 355 reviews2023
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).
Why similar: RTS 25.2%, Wargame 23%, Real Time Tactics 18.4%, Isometric 13.8%, Base Building 12.8%
- #7 Operation: Polygon Storm
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 285 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 25.8% ★, Wargame 17.9%, RTS 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Tower Defense 13%
- #8 Xeno Command
92% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: ChillyRoomPub: ChillyRoom
Windows
Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun
Why similar: Action RTS 23.9% ★, Wargame 16.1%, RTS 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, Tower Defense 11.5%
- #9 Atom Zombie Smasher
91% matchVery Positive90% of 2,085 reviews2011
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.
Why similar: RTS 21.7%, Real Time Tactics 20.9%, Tower Defense 18.6%, Zombies 11.7%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #10 Revenge of the Titans
91% matchVery Positive82% of 1,250 reviews2011
Dev: Puppygames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.5%, Strategy 13.7%, RTS 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Aliens 6.8%
- #11 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
89% matchVery Positive88% of 428 reviews2023
Dev: Refinery Games
Windows
Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23%, Isometric 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Zombies 10%, Aliens 9.9%
- #12 Necronator: Dead Wrong
90% matchMixed69% of 524 reviews2020
Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.
Why similar: RTS 25.3%, Real Time Tactics 24.1%, Tower Defense 21%, Isometric 16.2%, Funny 7.2%
- #13 Creeper World IXE
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 851 reviews2024
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The unstoppable alien force known as The Creeper has returned, devouring thousands of worlds in its path, and yours is next. Battle against the Creeper fluid in a groundbreaking pixel-level simulation to prove that humanity will rule the galaxy forever!
Why similar: RTS 21.2%, Wargame 20.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.2%, Tower Defense 16.1%, Sandbox 10%
- #14 Robowars
89% matchMixed46% of 292 reviews2014
Dev: N-Game Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Robowars is back on Steam! Fight off troops of droids for freedom and honor in our classical tower defense game. Lead the forces of the Solar Union to protect the peaceful planet of Praymos from the aggressive Trade Confederation.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.9% ★, RTS 18.4%, Tower Defense 15.2%, Isometric 11.7%, Cyberpunk 11.2%
- #15 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
85% matchVery Positive82% of 983 reviews2024
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 22.4% ★, RTS 15.7%, Wargame 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, Isometric 9.6%
- #16 Battlezone 98 Redux
86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,119 reviews2016
Dev: Big Boat InteractivePub: Rebellion
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
One of the greatest sci-fi strategy games of all time returns with remastered visuals, online multiplayer and near unlimited mod content from Steam Workshop. Experience thrilling first person action and acclaimed RTS in this explosive alternate vision of the 1960s space race.
Why similar: RTS 54.5%, Strategy 19.9%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Space 10%
- #17 SunAge: Battle for Elysium
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 184 reviews2014
Dev: vertex4 entertainment GmbH
Windows · Mac
A return to the roots of real-time strategy, providing beautiful 2D visuals combined with all the features that we came to expect from old school classics. This remastered version is a culmination of all the improvements and new features based upon suggestions from the community.
Why similar: RTS 28.5%, Isometric 17.6%, Base Building 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Robots 10.7%
- #18 Crustacean Nations
84% matchVery Positive93% of 505 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 42.8% ★, RTS 25%, Base Building 15.9%, Strategy 8.4%, Funny 7.8%
- #19 No Creeps Were Harmed TD
84% matchVery Positive89% of 482 reviews2024
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Employ lethal turrets, traps, and gadgets to defend against an onslaught of evolving creeps! Step into a twisted, hyper 3D, mind bending realm. Upgrade and adapt your defenses. Become a master maze crafter. Collect bizarre artifacts. Rush creeps for lucrative rewards, and succumb to greed!
Why similar: Action RTS 27.8% ★, Tower Defense 22.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Aliens 8.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%
- #20 They Are Billions
83% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: RTS 22.8%, Base Building 18.9%, Tower Defense 14.8%, Steampunk 12% ★, Zombies 11.6%
- #21 Dying Breed
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: SarnayerPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Golden-age RTS classic. Fast-paced action & strategic decision-making, battling evil arch-enemies, zombies, and retro-futuristic technologies. All to a '90s electro-metal soundtrack and FMV live-action cut scenes.
Why similar: RTS 26.8%, Action RTS 23.4% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Zombies 10.2%
- #22 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
82% matchMixed67% of 3,289 reviews2015
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.
Why similar: RTS 61.4%, Base Building 19.1%, Strategy 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 3.9%
- #23 Mushroom Wars
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 571 reviews2016
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Mushroom Wars is a dynamic real-time strategy game, where smart strategy meets furious action in epic PvP and PvE battles.
Why similar: RTS 49.5%, Tower Defense 30.4%, Strategy 16.3%, Funny 3.9%
- #24 Nuclear Dawn
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,481 reviews2011
Dev: GameConnectPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.
Why similar: RTS 32.7%, Real Time Tactics 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Base Building 11.2%
- #25 Battlezone: Combat Commander
79% matchVery Positive90% of 926 reviews2018
Dev: Big Boat InteractivePub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Battlezone: Combat Commander remasters FPS-RTS classic Battlezone II with slick new visuals, brand new achievements, Steam Workshop support and much more! The solar system is at war. Take command.
Why similar: RTS 51.9%, Strategy 25.3%, Space 14.4%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #26 Bot Wars
78% matchVery Positive86% of 728 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 28.6%, Real Time Tactics 25.5%, Sandbox 15.4%, Robots 14.6%, Strategy 8.3%
- #27 Multiwinia
80% matchVery Positive82% of 600 reviews2008
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Multiwinia is a fast-paced, retro-inspired RTS that blends arcade action with strategic depth. Command armies of Multiwinians in multiplayer battles across vibrant, nostalgic environments. With simple controls and dynamic gameplay, it offers endless fun and challenge for players of all skill levels.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.7% ★, RTS 26.4%, Tower Defense 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 16.3%, Strategy 6.5%
- #28 Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 409 reviews2019
Dev: Tortuga Team
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Why similar: Aliens 33%, Space 27.5%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Strategy 18%
- #29 Creeper World 4
77% matchVery Positive95% of 4,620 reviews2020
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 29.4 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: Wargame 22.4%, RTS 21.4%, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, Tower Defense 18.3%, Space 8.6%
- #30 Rift Riff
75% matchVery Positive96% of 365 reviews2025
Dev: Adriaan de Jongh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. A strategic mix of juicy tower loadouts, varied monster behaviors, and forgiving mechanics.
Why similar: Action RTS 17.4% ★, Tower Defense 17.1%, RTS 17%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, Isometric 10.5%
- #31 Tower Wars
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,753 reviews2012
Dev: SuperVillain Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!
Why similar: Tower Defense 56.8%, Steampunk 31.9% ★, Strategy 11.2%
- #32 Worbital
76% matchVery Positive89% of 475 reviews2019
Dev: Team Jolly Roger
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategic artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing!
Why similar: Action RTS 44.4% ★, RTS 25%, Space 10.5%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Funny 7%
- #33 reconquest
78% matchMixed55% of 263 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows · Mac
Reconquest is a real-time strategy base building game. After World War III, mankind got close to extinction. You have to reconquer Earth by making better strategic decisions than your opponents.
Why similar: RTS 67.7%, Strategy 32.3%
- #34 Expand & Exterminate: Terrytorial Disputes - Endless Base Defense
75% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Terryble Interactive
Windows
The best elements of Real-Time Strategy (RTS) and Tower Defense genres combined into a new Base Defense game. Defend against countless waves of enemies while you expand your base, gather resources, and research technologies to defeat the ever strengthening enemy units.
Why similar: Wargame 24%, RTS 22.3%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Isometric 14.2%, Base Building 8.1%
- #35 Element
76% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Flightless
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don't have time to play realtime strategy space games. Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defence units, and destroy the enemy while maintaining a balance between earth, air and water.
Why similar: RTS 30.3%, Wargame 22.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Space 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%
- #36 Five Nations
74% matchVery Positive83% of 265 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: Action RTS 29.7% ★, RTS 26.5%, Isometric 10.5%, Strategy 7.6%, Space 7.3%
- #37 Forts
73% matchVery Positive92% of 24,366 reviews2017
Dev: EarthWork Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!
Why similar: Base Building 40.7%, Sandbox 28.7%, Strategy 16.8%, Funny 13.8%
- #38 Rogue Command
71% matchVery Positive92% of 546 reviews2024
Dev: feneq
Windows
Classic RTS gameplay fused with a modern roguelite. Shape your build each run by assembling an evolving arsenal of powerful units and facilities. Harvest resources, build out your base. Raise your army and call down orbital strikes to overcome the forces threatening your survival.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.4% ★, RTS 26.6%, Base Building 13.3%, Space 9.8%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #39 DG2: Defense Grid 2
74% matchVery Positive86% of 3,339 reviews2014
Dev: Hidden Path Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
Why similar: RTS 21.8%, Tower Defense 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Aliens 9.6%
- #40 Byte Lynx
73% matchVery Positive98% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: Artful Games
Windows
Byte Lynx is a fast-paced RTS with no units. Build defenses, dismantle your enemy, and steal their buildings in this deeply tactical building combat-based strategy game. Expand your arsenal across a series of diverse levels!
Why similar: Action RTS 24.4% ★, RTS 18.4%, Tower Defense 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, Base Building 10.2%
- #41 Iron Marines Invasion
73% matchMixed69% of 350 reviews2023
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Prepare to take off, soldier! The galaxy needs your strategy! Prove your RTS expertise, explore an entire galaxy and defend it from a threatening invasion.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.1% ★, RTS 24.4%, Real Time Tactics 19%, Space 8.1%, Sci-fi 6%
- #42 PERIMETER: Legate Edition
72% matchVery Positive92% of 139 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 34.9% ★, RTS 25.6%, Robots 8.5%, Space 8.1%, Strategy 7.1%
- #43 S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster
71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,245 reviews2019
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster is the new edition of the challenging classic strategy game S.W.I.N.E! The filthiest of all wars between the Rabbit and the Pig armies is a sophisticated real-time strategy with completely revised textures, detailed unit models, a 16:9 adapted interface.
Why similar: RTS 46.5%, Real Time Tactics 26.3%, Strategy 17.2%, Funny 10%
- #44 ICBM
70% matchVery Positive92% of 1,897 reviews2020
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
ICBM is a real-time strategy game of nuclear destruction. Research new technologies, build up your nuclear stockpile and use a combination of ships, planes and missiles to strike at the heart of your opponents’ cities while keeping your population safe from harm.
Why similar: RTS 43.9%, Real Time Tactics 33.1%, Base Building 13.2%, Strategy 9.8%
- #45 ReEarth
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: Jiangzuogongfang Shanghai Game Co.,Ltd
Windows
ReEarth is an exciting TD & (RTS) indie game. Here, you will play as humanity's last hope. You will fend off the oncoming swarms by continuously building your base and dispatching various types of units. Prepare for the challenge and save the future of humanity!
Why similar: RTS 22.9%, Wargame 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Tower Defense 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10%
- #46 Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
72% matchMixed70% of 315 reviews2018
Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Take command of mighty Vikings, sly Persians or brutish Demons! Destroy your opponent’s base while defending your own in this action-packed side-scrolling RTS!
Why similar: RTS 55.9%, Strategy 33.8%, Funny 10.3%
- #47 Iron Harvest
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,723 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.2 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 44.4%, Steampunk 23.5% ★, Base Building 17.9%, Strategy 10.2%, Sci-fi 3.9%
- #48 Siege of Centauri
71% matchMixed66% of 448 reviews2019
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 Tactics 24.2%, Tower Defense 22.5%, Isometric 17.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Robots 9.5%
- #49 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,761 reviews2014
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 77.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.4%, RTS 21.4%, Strategy 10.7%, Base Building 5.7%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #50 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
67% matchVery Positive87% of 11,704 reviews2022
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.2 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 45.8%, Wargame 18.6%, Strategy 14.8%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Tower Defense 6.4%
- #51 Attack on Toys
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,158 reviews2021
Dev: N7T-GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.1% ★, RTS 18%, Wargame 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.3%, Tower Defense 12.6%
- #52 Circle Empires
68% matchVery Positive90% of 4,100 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Why similar: RTS 70.2%, Strategy 29.8%
- #53 Control Craft 3
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 305 reviews2016
Dev: Cristian ManolachiPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Control Craft 3 is a fast paced RTS which brings together quick thinking and clever tactics for some veritable planet conquering action!
Why similar: Action RTS 32.1% ★, RTS 21.6%, Real Time Tactics 19%, Tower Defense 16.9%, Funny 5.5%
- #54 Iron Marines
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,831 reviews2019
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Real-time strategy battles in amazing sci-fi worlds! Command brave soldiers, mighty mechas and powerful aliens to face the greatest challenges in hostile alien worlds. The galaxy needs you!
Why similar: RTS 49.6%, Aliens 15.2%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Strategy 12%, Space 10.9%
- #55 Armed to the Gears
69% matchMixed63% of 212 reviews2020
Dev: Deonn Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Control a fully armed Mech and fight through cyberpunk cities, military bases and industrial ruins. Capture and defend territories, build turrets and structures, and wage war against powerful enemies!
Why similar: RTS 23.6%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Isometric 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%
- #56 Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
67% matchVery Positive85% of 14,430 reviews2015
Dev: Planetary Annihilation Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
Why similar: RTS 33.6%, Real Time Tactics 20.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Robots 10.8%, Space 8.2%
- #57 Stellar Commanders
68% matchMixed58% of 101 reviews2020
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows
Conquer the stars in this straightforward multiplayer real-time strategy game from the creators of First Strike and become a Stellar Commander!
Why similar: RTS 36.9%, Wargame 32.4%, Space 13.5%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Strategy 8.1%
- #58 Battlefall: State of Conflict
66% matchMixed62% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Kyoto Video Game ConcernPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Engage in a post-apocalyptic RTS showdown between three factions in Battlefall: State of Conflict.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.7% ★, Wargame 16.2%, RTS 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Isometric 10.5%
- #59 Trolls vs Vikings: Reborn
64% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Megapop
Windows
Reborn is a glorious, hardcore revival of the beloved lane-defense classic. As greedy Vikings march north in search of gold, the Troll Liberation Front rise to defend their lands. Far from a “place-and-wait” TD game, every second counts in this fierce, tactical fight.
Why similar: Tower Defense 60.2%, Strategy 21.3%, RTS 9.6%, Real Time Tactics 8.8%