- #1 Northend Tower Defense
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,417 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 22.5% ★, Auto Battler 18.4%, Tower Defense 15%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Military 9.2%
- #2 Warpips
96% matchVery Positive87% of 5,087 reviews2022
Dev: Skirmish Mode GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Warpips is the ultimate quick to learn but amazingly deep tug-of-war strategy game. Deploy the right composition of soldiers, tanks, helicopters and planes in this tight, streamlined strategy-focused war game. Compose the best army, research the right tech; overwhelm your enemy!
Why similar: Auto Battler 20.5%, Tower Defense 16.9%, RTS 16.1%, Wargame 10.7%, War 7.9%
- #3 Mechabellum
96% matchVery Positive84% of 18,617 reviews2024
Dev: Game RiverPub: Dreamhaven
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
Why similar: Auto Battler 20.9%, Action RTS 20.7% ★, Wargame 16.8%, RTS 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 8.8%
- #4 D.O.T. Defence
95% matchVery Positive86% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Rattleaxe Games
Windows · Linux
Welcome to the frontlines! Build towers, muster armies, and conquer the map. Challenge yourself in the single-player campaign following the Chroma Wars, survive relentless waves in solo defense, or battle it out in local matches against friends and AI bots. Victory comes with the last HQ standing!
Why similar: Action RTS 20% ★, Auto Battler 15.7%, Wargame 14%, Tower Defense 11.6%, RTS 11.2%
- #5 Line War
94% matchVery Positive80% of 1,164 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Centurion
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 25.2% ★, Auto Battler 19.5%, RTS 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Wargame 12.6%
- #6 Tower Dominion
92% matchVery Positive86% of 5,010 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.8%, Auto Battler 15.8%, RTS 15.6%, Roguelite 9.2%, Military 8.1%
- #7 Polygon Fantasy Battle Simulator
93% matchVery Positive89% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: Aerilon Studios
Windows
Welcome to Polygon Fantasy Battle Simulator, the most colorful medieval fantasy battle simulator in existence! Throw tens of thousands of soldiers into battle, enjoy the show, or take direct control of one of them to prove your valor!
Why similar: Auto Battler 29.9%, RTS 19%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Strategy 6.8%
- #8 Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
91% matchVery Positive87% of 751 reviews2024
Dev: Element Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves. A huge arsenal of towers and a wide variety of enemies clash in a battlefield that grows to your whims. Engage in single, cooperative, and roguelite gameplay.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.4%, Real Time Tactics 22.8%, RTS 20%, Roguelite 13.9%, Tactical 6.9%
- #9 There Are No Orcs
90% matchVery Positive94% of 1,076 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!
Why similar: Auto Battler 21.9%, Wargame 16.8%, RTS 16.7%, Tower Defense 16.3%, Military 8.2%
- #10 Rogue Command
89% matchVery Positive91% of 771 reviews2026
Dev: feneq
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 30.5% ★, RTS 17.7%, Military 13.1%, Roguelite 10.7%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #11 Guardians of Hyelore
91% matchMixed57% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Megaglope StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Guardians of Hyelore is an action-packed unit recruitment game pitting your units and strategies against an onslaught of enemies. Hire units, improve your troops, earn achievements, and spawn your Guardian to fight 150+ unique enemies in this exciting take on the army-spawning action genre.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.6% ★, Wargame 18.7%, Auto Battler 18.2%, RTS 15.4%, Tower Defense 14.9%
- #12 Byte Lynx
89% 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 29.1% ★, RTS 17.5%, Tower Defense 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, War 7%
- #13 DRONE PERSPECTIVE
88% matchVery Positive92% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Demetri LindPub: VEIL Production
Windows
Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration. Connect to the warzone from your home PC and orchestrate modern military operations from the Drone Perspective.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.1% ★, Wargame 18.8%, RTS 14.4%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Military 9.6%
- #14 Sunbreak War
87% matchVery Positive83% of 143 reviews2026
Dev: Candlelight Studio
Windows
A light Rogue strategy game centered on building and defense. Build your territory, recruit soldiers to fend off enemies. 9 maps, 6 weapons (30 talents), 40 monsters, 30 units/buildings. Plan your pace, control soldiers, choose abilities—enjoy command and strategy.
Why similar: Wargame 21.1%, Tower Defense 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Military 11.9%, Roguelite 11.3%
- #15 Outpost: Infinity Siege
85% matchMixed65% of 13,570 reviews2024
Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 41.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.2%, RTS 21.4%, Military 18.3%, Resource Management 13%, Base Building 8.3%
- #16 Wooden Battles
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 528 reviews2017
Dev: SP Digital Arts Inc.
Windows
Build a wooden fort, place your units, watch the mayhem!
Why similar: Auto Battler 24.6%, Wargame 16.7%, Destruction 9.6%, Military 9.3%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #17 Line Strike
86% matchMixed68% of 248 reviews2022
Dev: DGames
Windows · Mac
In Line Strike game, you get the role of the commander of a small army. All you need to do is select the type of troops and install it on the battlefield. The game does not require a quick reaction and microcontrol, only knowledge of the stats of your units and tactical ingenuity.
Why similar: Auto Battler 23.5%, Wargame 19.6%, RTS 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Military 11.7%
- #18 Tempest Rising
81% matchVery Positive88% of 11,317 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 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 54.2%, Strategy 14.1%, Action RTS 9.5% ★, Base Building 5.8%, Wargame 5.8%
- #19 Drone Swarm
84% matchMixed63% of 337 reviews2020
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Drone Swarm is a very unique take on tactical games. Control 32,000 drones in quick, fast-paced fights. Combine your swarm abilities and counter constantly evolving attacks of your opponents. Survive varying enemy waves, get upgrades to your swarm, and make it to the next system alive!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 44.2%, RTS 23%, Tactical 10.5%, Physics 9.7%, Strategy 6.4%
- #20 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
82% matchVery Positive82% of 998 reviews2024
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 2.4 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 25.1% ★, Wargame 17.2%, RTS 14%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Military 9.5%
- #21 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
81% matchVery Positive87% of 11,807 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 28.8%, Military 15.2%, Wargame 14.3%, Strategy 10%, War 8.5%
- #22 Molten Armor
84% matchMixed62% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: Brutal Muse
Windows
Molten Armor is an action tower defense game with a non-linear story in sci-fi setting! Command defenses and stop hordes of enemies! Fight on land, sea and in the skies!Decisions taken in the heat of battle will change the course of the war.
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.5%, Wargame 22.3%, RTS 20.7%, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, War 6.8%
- #23 War Room
83% matchMixed53% of 690 reviews2020
Dev: Binge Gaming OU
Windows
War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.
Why similar: RTS 17.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Military 14.3%, Wargame 14%, War 8.5%
- #24 Wartorn
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Kite Studios
Windows
Harness the elements in fierce real-time battles while gathering and upgrading a crew of fantasy creatures in this rogue-lite adventure across a world torn apart by war.
Why similar: RTS 25.8%, Real Time Tactics 19.5%, Destruction 16.8%, Roguelite 16.7%, Tactical 9.4%
- #25 Forged Battalion
82% matchMixed58% of 1,109 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 68.2%, Strategy 18.6%, Simulation 11.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #26 Last Stand: Defense
79% matchVery Positive84% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: ZiiTech Games
Windows · Mac
"Last Stand:Defense" is a tower defense-themed Rogue-like game. Players need to defend against waves of enemies by building bases, matching talents, and performing delicate operations during battles. Remember, every choice you make will affect the final outcome of the battle!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.1%, RTS 21.9%, Wargame 20.9%, Roguelite 12.3%, War 8.5%
- #27 Wool at the Gates
78% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Okay Creature
Windows
A minimalist tactical base defense game where you play as a powerful hero, command troops, and harness class synergies inspired by auto-battlers. Fortify your city’s defenses to withstand hordes of enraged sheep, plan your tactics, and lead epic battles in a thrilling cycle of strategy and combat.
Why similar: Action RTS 47.8% ★, Tower Defense 32.3%, Strategy 8%, Base Building 6.2%, 3D 2.3%
- #28 Sudden Strike 5
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 553 reviews2026
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.
Why similar: Action RTS 28.2% ★, RTS 17.8%, Wargame 16%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Military 9.9%
- #29 Toy Soldiers
79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,488 reviews2012
Dev: Signal Studios
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.9%, Strategy 20.7%, Simulation 10.4%, Action 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #30 Warlords Battle Simulator
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Test your mettle as a commander in a Tactical Roguelike Auto Battler where positioning and unit combinations are key! Write your own story in Roguelike mode, try out over 100 unique challenges or create interesting battles with the Sandbox tool!
Why similar: Auto Battler 28.6%, Wargame 23.4%, Military 14.3%, Sandbox 9.9%, War 9%
- #31 Attack on Toys
77% matchVery Positive93% of 1,173 reviews2021
Dev: N7T-GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 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 26.2% ★, Wargame 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 14%, RTS 13.4%, Tower Defense 12.2%
- #32 Battle Synth
76% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Cow Games
Windows
BattleSynth — Tactical Fantasy Warfare Assemble your army, plan your moves, and watch your strategy come alive on the battlefield. In BattleSynth, every unit matters and every choice can lead to victory — or defeat. Smart tactics, wild magic, and a bit of chaos await!
Why similar: Auto Battler 38%, Wargame 25.3%, Military 13%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 8%
- #33 Knightica
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,143 reviews2025
Dev: Mad Mango GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Recruit powerful units, place them strategically and find the best synergies in this Roguelike Autobattler! Knightica lets you guide a warband through many challenges to free the Kingdoms. Discover optimal combinations, weave powerful enchants, face dangerous monsters and lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Auto Battler 43.7%, Tower Defense 31.3%, Tactical 9%, Strategy 7.3%, RTS 4.7%
- #34 Roboden
75% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: quasilytePub: quasilyte tech
Windows · Mac · Linux
Roboden is a fresh take on the RTS genre: less micro-control tedium with more units!
Why similar: Auto Battler 22.6%, Action RTS 17.4% ★, RTS 17.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #35 Slizer Battle Management System
76% matchVery Positive82% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: slizer88
Windows
Single player, sci-fi, minimalist Real Time Tactics game. Strategy without the stress: complex movement, damage, and detection replaces intense micro and economy management. Units are selected and outfitted before battle. Emphasises tactical choices over mechanical skill.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 33.2%, Strategy 23.9%, Military 22.3%, Simulation 18.5%, Singleplayer 2%
- #36 Apes Warfare
70% matchVery Positive96% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: GigaQuests
Windows · Mac
Fast-paced tactical battles where every move can turn the tide. Outsmart your opponent, adapt on the fly, and turn the battle in seconds. Inspired by classic strategy games, reimagined for faster, more modern play. Play the solo campaign or challenge players worldwide in online multiplayer.
Why similar: Wargame 36.4%, Military 22.1%, War 13.7%, Tactical 13.6%, Strategy 9.6%
- #37 Sunstone War
71% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Blukulélé
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sunstone War is a unique Action game with Tower Defense element where you can carry EVERYTHING! Move towers, toss away enemies, carry obstacles, upgrade skills and journey through lands to protect your village from calamity!
Why similar: Action RTS 31.3% ★, Tower Defense 20.2%, RTS 19.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Tactical 5.8%
- #38 Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator
74% matchMixed54% of 362 reviews2022
Dev: Screambox Studio
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator is a physics-based tactical strategy game where you must lead a military force in a fantasy medieval world. Build an army. Construct siege equipment. Experience epic battles. Lead your people to victory!!
Why similar: Wargame 26.6%, RTS 22.5%, War 13.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, Tactical 6.5%
- #39 Annihilate The Spance
71% matchVery Positive91% of 345 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 24.2%, Destruction 16.7%, Military 11.2%, War 9.7%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #40 Firebase Defence
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Rasmus Agergaard
Windows
Firebase Defence is a new spin on the traditional tower defence gameplay. You have to defend yourself from the waves upon waves of incoming enemies. You are free to build, place and manage your available resources and units in any way you want. But failing to balance those will result in defeat!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.4%, RTS 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Strategy 11.2%, Base Building 7.4%
- #41 Poly TD
69% matchVery Positive86% of 527 reviews2026
Dev: Naroot
Windows
Classic Warcraft III TD customs meet roguelike strategy. Summon and merge units to evolve them into legendary figures like Joan of Arc, Guan Yu, and Lovecraft—Legendary heroes from across time and space await! Prove your ultimate synergy against endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Auto Battler 38.2%, Tower Defense 28.8%, Roguelite 11.7%, Tactical 11.3%, Strategy 6.8%
- #42 Uncrewed
73% matchMixed69% of 152 reviews2020
Dev: Quite Different Mechanics
Windows
Uncrewed is a real-time strategy game with the ability to design units from scratch. Unlike in more traditional RTS, units obey the laws of physics, making design choices especially important.
Why similar: RTS 32.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 11.1%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #43 Tower Factory
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,199 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?
Why similar: Action RTS 23.4% ★, Tower Defense 20%, RTS 17.4%, Roguelite 9.8%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #44 Master of Command
67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,361 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.
Why similar: Wargame 18.9%, RTS 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.2%, Military 15.4%, War 10.4%
- #45 REDCON
72% matchVery Positive85% of 814 reviews2016
Dev: Hexage
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Command your own fortress in FTL-like real-time battles! Crush the enemy fortress with unrelenting bombardment or seize it with carefully executed invasion.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.7%, Strategy 26.1%, Simulation 12.7%, Base Building 12.5%, Singleplayer 3%
- #46 Final War: Frozen Defense
71% matchMixed46% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: HaoPlay Limited
Windows
Strategy Tower Defense, RTS Battles on the World Map
Why similar: Wargame 19.2%, Tower Defense 17.3%, RTS 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Roguelite 8.9%
- #47 Battle Simulator
73% matchMixed54% of 169 reviews2018
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Soldier to the assault! Deploy your troops and destroy the enemy army!
Why similar: Strategy 44%, Simulation 40%, Action 11.5%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #48 Element
72% 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 26.6%, Wargame 24.1%, Destruction 15.3%, War 11.6%, Strategy 6.9%
- #49 Soup: the Game
73% matchMixed58% of 59 reviews2016
Dev: Dewdrop Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Soup: The Game is a micro-strategy experience in which you wage war against opposing microorganisms. It features minimalistic, intuitive controls and great depth of unit interaction.
Why similar: Strategy 46.6%, Simulation 40.2%, Action 13.3%
- #50 Cube Chaos
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 619 reviews2025
Dev: Wunarg
Windows · Linux
Cube Chaos is a complex strategy roguelike about placing units to create giant armies, factories, combos, or self replicating murder crabs, overwhelming and outsmarting your opponents. Build and adapt new strategies each run using a ludicrous variety of units, perks and more.
Why similar: RTS 40.7%, Roguelite 19.1%, Resource Management 13.6%, Tower Defense 9.4%, Base Building 7.9%
- #51 Mage and Monsters II
67% matchVery Positive84% of 353 reviews2025
Dev: Lasse Zacho Malver
Windows
Recruit a hero to lead your army, and use spells while they fight for you. Mage & Monsters 2 is an active auto battler, where you choose to either enhance the strength of your hero, reinforce the might of your army, or increase the power of your spells.
Why similar: Auto Battler 58.7%, Wargame 11.8%, War 10.7%, Strategy 9.2%, Roguelite 7.2%
- #52 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A roguelike tower defense where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and unique effect items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.
Why similar: Auto Battler 42.8%, Tower Defense 30.7%, Roguelite 17.7%, Strategy 7.3%, Action 1.5%
- #53 Waronoi
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 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: Wargame 32.2%, RTS 27.9%, Military 18.3%, Strategy 11.9%, War 8.8%
- #54 Mech Fortress
66% matchVery Positive86% of 243 reviews2026
Dev: Some Sugar Studio
Windows
Mech Fortress is a sci-fi tower defense game where each turret has unique mechanics. You can freely place them on a 5×5 grid, and your goal is to eliminate all enemies!
Why similar: Auto Battler 50%, Tower Defense 40.1%, Strategy 8.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #55 Last Outpost
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Troyd Games
Windows
Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?
Why similar: Action RTS 28% ★, Tower Defense 24.2%, RTS 20.9%, Base Building 6.4%, Roguelite 6.2%
- #56 First Strike
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,001 reviews2017
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.
Why similar: Wargame 22%, RTS 19.7%, Destruction 14.5%, Military 13.6%, War 10.2%
- #57 Role of Hex
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: Verde
Windows
Role of Hex is a real-time strategy game where you defend your hexagonal base from the dangers of the universe. Gather upgrades and unlock special buildings to survive this hostile land as endless waves of enemies approach. But be quick, time is ticking and the waves are getting bigger.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.8%, Real Time Tactics 22.5%, RTS 18.6%, Military 12.9%, Base Building 7.3%
- #58 3 Days War
66% matchVery Positive84% of 711 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: Wargame 22.5%, RTS 20%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Military 11.1%, Roguelite 10.8%