- #1 Northend Tower Defense
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,454 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 22.8% ★, Auto Battler 18%, Tower Defense 15%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Military 9.3%
- #2 Warpips
96% matchVery Positive87% of 5,177 reviews2022
Dev: Skirmish Mode GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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%, Tower Defense 17%, RTS 16.5%, Wargame 10.9%, War 8%
- #3 Mechabellum
96% matchVery Positive84% of 19,313 reviews2024
Dev: Game RiverPub: Dreamhaven
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 55.0 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: Action RTS 20.8% ★, Auto Battler 20.6%, Wargame 17%, RTS 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 8.7%
- #4 D.O.T. Defence
95% matchVery Positive85% of 219 reviews2026
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 20.2% ★, Auto Battler 15.2%, Wargame 14.1%, Tower Defense 11.5%, RTS 11.3%
- #5 Line War
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,182 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Centurion
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics. Draw commands and execute a superior strategy to defeat your opponent, focusing on high-level decisions rather than constant micromanagement.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.5% ★, Auto Battler 19%, RTS 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Wargame 12.7%
- #6 Polygon Fantasy Battle Simulator
93% matchVery Positive88% of 74 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 29.2%, RTS 19.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, Sandbox 10.2%, Strategy 6.8%
- #7 Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
92% matchVery Positive86% of 790 reviews2024
Dev: Element Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 25.7%, Real Time Tactics 22.8%, RTS 20.2%, Roguelite 13.5%, Tactical 6.9%
- #8 Tower Dominion
91% matchVery Positive86% of 5,489 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 21.3%, RTS 15.7%, Auto Battler 15.5%, Roguelite 9%, Military 8.2%
- #9 MoeArmy vs SuArmy
90% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: KumiLGames
Windows
MoeArmy vs SuArmy is a 2D auto-battle strategy game. Choose the Moe or Su faction, build structures to deploy formations, combine cards, gear, and commander skills to power up your troops, exploit armor counters in automatic combat, and destroy the enemy base to claim victory!
Why similar: Auto Battler 19.1%, Wargame 15.6%, RTS 15.4%, Tower Defense 14.7%, Military 8.6%
- #10 There Are No Orcs
89% matchVery Positive93% of 1,211 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 21.6%, RTS 17%, Wargame 17%, Tower Defense 16.2%, Military 8.2%
- #11 Rogue Command
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,029 reviews2026
Dev: feneq
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.9% ★, RTS 17.9%, Military 13.2%, Roguelite 10.5%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #12 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 24.9% ★, Wargame 18.8%, Auto Battler 17.7%, RTS 15.5%, Tower Defense 14.8%
- #13 Tabletop Tavern
88% matchVery Positive90% of 1,980 reviews2026
Dev: TJPub: Frostbloom
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.
Why similar: Wargame 24.8%, RTS 20.2%, Real Time Tactics 19.2%, Roguelite 11%, War 9.6%
- #14 Sunbreak War
86% matchVery Positive84% of 151 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 21.2%, Tower Defense 18.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Military 12%, Roguelite 11%
- #15 Byte Lynx
87% matchVery Positive98% of 89 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 29.3% ★, RTS 17.6%, Tower Defense 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, War 7.1%
- #16 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
84% matchVery Positive87% of 12,012 reviews2022
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!
Why similar: RTS 28.4%, Military 14.9%, Wargame 14.5%, Strategy 9.8%, War 8.5%
- #17 Wooden Battles
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 534 reviews2017
Dev: SP Digital Arts Inc.
Windows
Build a wooden fort, place your units, watch the mayhem!
Why similar: Auto Battler 24.1%, Wargame 17%, Destruction 9.7%, Military 9.4%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #18 Liquidation RTS
83% matchVery Positive91% of 160 reviews2026
Dev: DivioPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Enter the war-torn world of Veá, where sci-fi and fantasy collide in Liquidation, an immersive RTS. Lead your armies and harness powerful abilities in a high-stakes battle for Quenrium, the mysterious substance that holds Veá’s fate.
Why similar: Wargame 21.7%, RTS 20.5%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Military 14.1%, War 9.9%
- #19 Line Strike
85% 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 22.9%, Wargame 19.9%, RTS 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Military 11.9%
- #20 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
82% matchVery Positive81% of 1,029 reviews2024
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 25.3% ★, Wargame 17.3%, RTS 14.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Military 9.4%
- #21 Drone Swarm
84% matchMixed63% of 344 reviews2020
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 23.2%, Tactical 10.4%, Physics 9.5%, Strategy 6.3%
- #22 Outpost: Infinity Siege
81% matchMixed65% of 13,623 reviews2024
Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 16.2 hrsMean: 41.4 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 26.3%, RTS 21.6%, Military 18.5%, Resource Management 12.5%, Base Building 8.3%
- #23 Tempest Rising
78% matchVery Positive87% of 11,874 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 54.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Action RTS 9.6% ★, Base Building 5.8%, Wargame 5.8%
- #24 DRONE PERSPECTIVE
79% matchVery Positive90% of 100 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 23.3% ★, Wargame 19%, RTS 13.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, Military 10%
- #25 War Room
82% matchMixed52% of 694 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 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Military 14.4%, Wargame 14.1%, War 8.5%
- #26 Molten Armor
81% matchMixed62% of 61 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: Wargame 22.4%, Tower Defense 22.3%, RTS 20.8%, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, War 6.8%
- #27 Wartorn
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 153 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 26.1%, Real Time Tactics 19.6%, Destruction 16.8%, Roguelite 16.4%, Tactical 9.4%
- #28 Sudden Strike 5
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 771 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 27.7% ★, RTS 17.6%, Wargame 16.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Military 10.3%
- #29 Forged Battalion
80% matchMixed58% of 1,113 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 68.6%, Strategy 18.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #30 Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator
79% matchMixed54% of 375 reviews2022
Dev: Screambox Studio
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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 26.7%, RTS 22.6%, War 13.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, Tactical 6.5%
- #31 Last Stand: Defense
76% 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 22.1%, Wargame 21%, Roguelite 12%, War 8.6%
- #32 Knightica
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,184 reviews2025
Dev: Mad Mango GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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%, Tower Defense 31.7%, Tactical 9.1%, Strategy 7.3%, RTS 4.8%
- #33 Toy Soldiers
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,495 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 63%, Strategy 20.6%, Simulation 10.3%, Action 5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #34 Warlords Battle Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 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 27.9%, Wargame 23.7%, Military 14.5%, Sandbox 9.9%, War 9.1%
- #35 Attack on Toys
75% matchVery Positive93% of 1,213 reviews2021
Dev: N7T-GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 26.4% ★, Wargame 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, RTS 13.5%, Tower Defense 12.1%
- #36 Tower Factory
73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 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 25.2% ★, Tower Defense 18.8%, RTS 18%, Roguelite 10.4%, Resource Management 8%
- #37 Battle Synth
74% 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 37.3%, Wargame 25.8%, Military 13.3%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 8%
- #38 Slizer Battle Management System
74% matchVery Positive83% of 75 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 33.4%, Strategy 23.7%, Military 22.5%, Simulation 18.4%, Singleplayer 2%
- #39 Wool at the Gates
70% matchVery Positive92% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Okay Creature
Windows
A minimalist tactical base defense game where you fight as a hero, command troops, and build powerful class synergies while fortifying your city against relentless waves of invading sheep.
Why similar: Action RTS 39.5% ★, Tower Defense 27.1%, Auto Battler 14.8%, Strategy 6.9%, Base Building 6.9%
- #40 Machinefall
70% matchNo user reviews82% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: by Jan Zizka
Windows
Machinefall is a post-apocalyptic real time strategy game set on a fully playable global map. Lead humanity’s last survivors as they build bases, gather resources, and wage massive battles against an overwhelming machine swarm. Progress through technological eras from Stone Age to Atomic Age.
Why similar: Action RTS 22% ★, RTS 14.6%, Wargame 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.4%, Military 8.4%
- #41 Roboden
72% 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 22.3%, Action RTS 17.8% ★, RTS 17.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Roguelite 8.6%
- #42 Sunstone War
70% 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 31.6% ★, Tower Defense 20.1%, RTS 19.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Tactical 5.7%
- #43 Apes Warfare
69% matchVery Positive96% of 119 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 36.6%, Military 22.1%, War 13.7%, Tactical 13.5%, Strategy 9.5%
- #44 Annihilate The Spance
69% matchVery Positive90% of 362 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 24.5%, Destruction 16.7%, Military 11.3%, War 9.8%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #45 Firebase Defence
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 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 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Base Building 7.4%
- #46 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 33.3%, Sandbox 15.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 11%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #47 Cube Chaos
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 634 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 41.4%, Roguelite 18.8%, Resource Management 13.1%, Tower Defense 9.5%, Base Building 7.9%
- #48 Poly TD
68% matchVery Positive81% of 577 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 37.6%, Tower Defense 29.2%, Roguelite 11.6%, Tactical 11.5%, Strategy 6.9%
- #49 Toy Shire
68% matchVery Positive87% of 726 reviews2024
Dev: Bluespy StudiosPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Are you prepared for a thrilling toy army tower defense adventure? Welcome to the Toy Shire! Battle diverse foes in various locations, defend your family, and repel foes from your area. Save the world by strengthening your defense with toy towers!
Why similar: Wargame 17.1%, Tower Defense 15.7%, RTS 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Military 11.6%
- #50 REDCON
71% matchVery Positive86% of 840 reviews2016
Dev: Hexage
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 45.9%, Strategy 26%, Simulation 12.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Singleplayer 3%
- #51 Battle Simulator
72% matchMixed54% of 170 reviews2018
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Soldier to the assault! Deploy your troops and destroy the enemy army!
Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, Simulation 39.8%, Action 11.9%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #52 Element
71% 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 26.7%, Wargame 24.3%, Destruction 15.2%, War 11.7%, Strategy 6.8%
- #53 Master of Command
65% matchVery Positive92% of 3,925 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, Military 15.4%, War 10.5%
- #54 Mage and Monsters II
66% matchVery Positive84% of 372 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%, Wargame 12.1%, War 11%, Strategy 9.3%, Roguelite 7.2%
- #55 Soup: the Game
71% matchMixed56% of 61 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 46.4%, Simulation 40%, Action 13.6%
- #56 Waronoi
69% 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 32.3%, RTS 28%, Military 18.4%, Strategy 11.7%, War 8.8%
- #57 Mech Fortress
65% matchVery Positive87% of 264 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 49.3%, Tower Defense 40.7%, Strategy 8.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #58 Toy Tactics
66% matchVery Positive93% of 164 reviews2024
Dev: Kraken EmpirePub: Joystick Ventures
Windows
Become a master strategist in this physics-based Real-Time Tactics game! Command minifig-inspired armies and customize strategies with hand-drawn formations. Conquer unique campaigns for all five armies and unleash massive battles in both single-player and multiplayer modes. Victory awaits!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.2% ★, RTS 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, War 10%, Sandbox 9.5%