- #1 Warzone 2100
97% matchVery Positive90% of 1,630 reviews2020
Dev: Pumpkin StudiosPub: Underdone Gaming
Windows
In the late 21st century, the world's civilizations are wiped out by a series of nuclear strikes, seemingly caused by a massive malfunction of the new NASDA (North American Strategic Defense Agency) strategic defense system.
Why similar: RTS 22.9%, War 18.9%, Base Building 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Strategy 12.3%
- #2 Executive Assault
96% matchVery Positive85% of 1,460 reviews2015
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them.
Why similar: RTS 27.5%, FPS 13.4%, Base Building 12.5%, War 11.5%, Strategy 9.1%
- #3 Human Protocol
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IONAR Studio Games
Windows
Human Protocol is a real-time strategy game about humanity's war against a self-aware AI. Build your base, manage resources, command military units, strengthen your defenses, and survive increasingly dangerous enemy attacks.
Why similar: RTS 26.1%, Base Building 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, War 12.5%, Strategy 9.1%
- #4 Moonset Proyect
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: N1113 Studios
Windows
An action shooter against hordes of zombies where you must survive and resist increasingly dangerous waves in location is emblematic of the Costa del Sol.
Why similar: War 15.9%, FPS 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Shooter 11%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #5 Nuclear Dawn
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,497 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 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, FPS 12.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.6%, Base Building 8.8%
- #6 DEAD TRAIN
94% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: austin d.Pub: frozenlab
Windows
A zombie survival game that takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. You must manage your food and water carefully because resources are limited. You need to make your way to the end of the railway and back to civilization.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, FPS 16.1%, PvE 12.2%, Shooter 11.7%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #7 Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
93% matchVery Positive91% of 9,568 reviews2017
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game.
Why similar: RTS 33.2%, Base Building 20.4%, War 14.3%, Strategy 10%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #8 Derelicts
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RomainPub: Romain
Windows
Years after an ancient and enigmatic mechanism flooded Earth with radiation, you and your team are tasked with investigating the source of the incident. Build, craft and explore alone or with friends in this hostile, mysterious wasteland, using the power of electricity and water to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 17.6%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Survival 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.4%
- #9 War Selection
91% matchVery Positive85% of 23,654 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Why similar: RTS 24.7%, Base Building 23.8%, War 14.3%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Strategy 9.5%
- #10 AFTERGLOW
91% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: DIRECTOR'S CUT
Windows
AFTERGLOW - is an adventure game set in the post-war nuclear winter of 2058, where energy, weapons, and mods are valued above all else.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, FPS 17.7%, Shooter 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%
- #11 Hive Striker: Dissonance
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ocelot Forge
Windows
A post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game. Deploy your mobile base, gather resources, build defenses, and train armies to fight back against The Dissonance — an alien hive consuming the wasteland. Play solo or team up with up to 8 players online.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 15.5%, RTS 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Base Building 10.8%, War 10.5%
- #12 Eximius: Seize the Frontline
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 740 reviews2021
Dev: Ammobox Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
EXIMIUS is a FPS/RTS hybrid that focuses on squad-based combat. The game features an intense 5v5 multiplayer experience with each team comprising of 4 Squad Officers and one Commander.
Why similar: RTS 14.9%, War 12.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%
- #13 REPLICORE
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amberdive Interactive
Windows
Replicore is a 1-4 player co-op shooter where you transform into the spherical Core: roll through tunnels, dash between cover, and launch your teammates at enemy robots for explosive takedowns. The shapeshift shooter with cooperative mobility.
Why similar: FPS 17.3%, Online Co-Op 15%, PvE 12.5%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Shooter 9%
- #14 Inner Rain
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: John RaisPub: Rais Software
Windows
Survive in a ruined Biosphere on a hostile alien world. Endure, then harness the extreme weather, battle powerful bosses for upgrades, and uncover the mystery behind the planet’s lost atmosphere.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Base Building 15.1%, FPS 12.7%, Survival 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.7%
- #15 Surviving The Fall
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STF TeamPub: Jens Christian Hansen
Windows
In this game you play as an Nordic soldier in a post apocalyptic Open-World, with the beautiful landscape of Norway. The game is a Single-Player survival game where you have to fight against mutated creatures who has been poisoned by a mysterious virus that has taken over the city.
Why similar: FPS 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Shooter 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Realistic 9.3%
- #16 Mech Hunter
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blackflare StudioPub: GameHunters
Windows
In a world dominated by machines, mankind has lost hope for the future. You are a machine hunter. Your task is to recover and use the lost technology to save the human race. Track, hunt and build shelter in this extremely hostile world.
Why similar: FPS 23.5%, Sci-fi 18%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Shooter 10.8%, First-Person 8.9%
- #17 Paper Battlefield
86% matchPositive93% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: Bros Ogon's
Windows
A strategy where battles are limited only by the boundaries of the notebook! Experience a unique real-time strategy experience where every battle unfolds on the pages of a sketchbook, and all your units and structures are drawn with ink!
Why similar: RTS 22.5%, War 20.6%, Base Building 17.8%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Real Time Tactics 8.2%
- #18 Red Conflict 2044
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NBS-Games
Windows
Build layered defenses, command futuristic weapons, and trigger devastating chain reactions against waves of Soviet super soldiers. Red Conflict 2044 is a single-player survival RTS with vertical construction, escalating battles, and dark satire about an empire that calls invasion liberation.
Why similar: RTS 17.8%, Base Building 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, War 13.4%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #19 RebelZ
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SoloNode
Windows
Join the RebelZ and experience intense, action-driven single-player FPS gameplay. Stand against a powerful AI empire and protect the last surviving groups of humanity in a world on the brink of extinction.
Why similar: FPS 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, PvE 14%, Shooter 12.2%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #20 Void TD
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kalopsys
Windows · Linux
Build powerful defenses, collect loot, combine effects, and survive evolving waves from the void in a tower defense game driven by ARPG-inspired buildcrafting and persistent progression.
Why similar: RTS 20.6%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, War 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #21 Rapid Impact
83% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Rapid Impact Studio
Windows
Rapid Impact is an online PvP-PvE shooter in a post-apocalyptic world. Fight players or AI in various modes. The game evolves with community feedback, shaping its future through player voting! Wishlist Rapid Impact now and be among the first to experience intense PvP-PvE battles!
Why similar: War 18.7%, FPS 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Shooter 12%, Realistic 10.8%
- #22 Earthbreakers
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Satellites rain death as factions fight for control of a Broken Earth. Protect your team's harvesters, build factories and vehicles, and assault the enemy base. It's team FPS action in an RTS world!
Why similar: RTS 22.6%, FPS 14.3%, War 14.3%, Shooter 9.5%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #23 FLEETING ESCAPE
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Skull Drill Studio
Windows
FLEETING ESCAPE is a wave-based survival horror game where every choice could be your last. You must escape to a different island at the end of each wave to survive. Each island has different monsters, items, and loot to discover.
Why similar: FPS 15.9%, Shooter 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Action 8.6%
- #24 Hold your houses
82% matchMixed46% of 178 reviews2017
Dev: WhackAKey GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Have you ever been in a robbery and didn't have weapons to defend yourself and your house? Well now you can, with hold your houses you have a variety of weapons to use to help you defend yourself, your house and take on those unwanted robbers.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 19.1%, War 14.4%, FPS 11.7%, Shooter 10.5%, Base Building 10.2%
- #25 Operation Athena
79% matchMixed68% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: MISSING GAME STUDIO, LTD.Pub: GRENARC LLC
Windows
Operation Athena is a tactical first-person shooter inspired by classic tactical shooters, with modern mechanics and a more action-oriented pace. Play solo or with up to 4 players as an Athena Team Operator fighting against a global terrorist threat.
Why similar: War 19.3%, Real Time Tactics 18.9%, FPS 13.2%, PvE 9.7%, Shooter 8.6%
- #26 Tactical Warfare
79% matchMixed67% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Mizrab
Windows
The enemy attack on your base is imminent; secure your defenses, mobilize your troops, reinforce key positions, and get ready for the next battle. RTS Tactical Warfare will test your resilience and strategic prowess.
Why similar: RTS 22.8%, War 19.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Online Co-Op 8.8%
- #27 ZPlague
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Avelar Studios
Windows
Armed militaries are requested to clean an area infested by zombies. On each round you don't now if you will be a zombie or a soldier, so use the skills and items that was given to you and keep alert.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, FPS 15.2%, Shooter 11.8%, Realistic 10.4%, Survival 9.5%
- #28 ONCE / однажды
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: dipgames
Windows
ONCE / однажды is a first-person adventure game set in an alternative post-Soviet space. As a volunteer, you go to conduct an unscheduled inspection of power plant points.
Why similar: FPS 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Shooter 13.1%, Action-Adventure 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #29 Cubic Annihilation
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: John Corneloup
Windows · Mac
Cubic Annihilation is a fast-paced RTS that demands skill and tactical thinking. Build your own faction by crafting a custom loadout of units, structures, and modifiers, then command cubic armies across land, sea, and air in tight, real-time combat.
Why similar: RTS 25.1%, Real Time Tactics 22%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.4%, War 9.6%
- #30 Midnight Alert
78% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: J-Tech Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Arming yourself against these creatures doesn’t mean you’re safe from the horrors that lurk around every corner.
Why similar: FPS 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Shooter 14.2%, Realistic 9.6%, Adventure 9%
- #31 Dysterra
76% matchMixed56% of 773 reviews2025
Dev: Reality MagiQ
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
On a future post-apocalyptic Earth, build, craft, and loot other players’ bases to survive long enough to board the rocket and escape the dangerous robots and mercenaries that inhabit Ararat Island. Manipulate the weather and use earthquakes to change when the server wipe occurs in DYSTERRA!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Base Building 13.8%, PvE 13%, FPS 10.4%, Online Co-Op 9.1%
- #32 Warstead
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Night Haven Interactive
Windows
Build your base, secure vital resources, and lead your troops into battle. Warstead combines base building with tactical real-time combat. Will you invest in your economy, strengthen your defenses—or launch an attack?
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25.2%, RTS 23.4%, Base Building 13.9%, War 13.4%, Strategy 9.2%
- #33 Industrial Legion
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Utilitarium Interactive Development
Windows
Command massive armies from the sky as an RTS Commander, or drop directly into the muddy trenches as a Front Line soldier. Industrial Legion blends tactical squad management with intense first-person combat, simulating thousands of active troops simultaneously in a unified theatre of war.
Why similar: RTS 24%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, FPS 12.9%, Shooter 10.6%, Realistic 6.7%
- #34 Valtica
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Valtica GameDev
Windows · Linux
A classic fantasy real-time strategy game where you capture settlements, recruit armies, construct military buildings, and use devastating magic to defeat your enemies.
Why similar: RTS 26.6%, Real Time Tactics 22.2%, War 16%, Strategy 11.7%, Base Building 11.5%
- #35 HUNTACORE
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pillarset Games
Windows
HUNTACORE is a dark, action-driven first-person shooter set in a world consumed by mutation. Enter hostile zones, face relentless threats, secure critical resources, and extract before the city claims you.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Shooter 13.8%, Survival 13%, PvE 12.7%, First-Person 11.1%
- #36 Crystal Commanders
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DB Creations, Inc.
Windows
Build. Command. Conquer. Take control in a fast-paced VR RTS packed with intense battles, dynamic defenses, and strategic depth. Survive brutal enemy waves, defeat epic bosses, and battle rivals online in explosive 1v1 multiplayer!
Why similar: RTS 30.2%, Base Building 20.2%, War 11.7%, PvE 11.5%, Strategy 11%
- #37 Terra Division
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ushanka Games
Windows
Combine FPS skill and RTS strategy in one game. From the strategic overview of a commander to the focused fire of a frontline soldier, every perspective serves the same purpose: absolute victory. Experience a war where every life has value and every order carries the weight of consequence.
Why similar: RTS 32.6%, FPS 13.1%, War 12.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Shooter 9.2%
- #38 CAPITAL
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FDEnt
Windows
The city is gone. Can you survive? Yuri is a soldier who is on training by C.A.P.I.T.A.L. which is an international military corporation. Can Yuri get out of the capital of Turkey alive and uninfected?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19%, FPS 14.8%, PvE 11.8%, Shooter 10.8%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #39 Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
73% matchVery Positive86% of 49,472 reviews2012
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War
Why similar: FPS 22.6%, Multiplayer 18.7%, War 14.8%, Shooter 12.1%, Online Co-Op 8.2%
- #40 ThunderLash
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cascade
Windows
ThunderLash: Put your tactical skills to the test!Fight alongside your friends in a fast-paced action, strategic decision-making, and competitive environment. Prove your skills in three different game modes and claim your place on the battlefield in ThunderLash!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 21.8%, FPS 16%, War 14%, Shooter 13.1%, Strategy 12.7%
- #41 Federation Mycha
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Derpy Nerd Studios
Windows
Step into a world over run with Mycha, a strange mineral with seemingly magical powers. Clear monster-infested environments and protect researchers on your own or with up to three other players online. Welcome to The Federation.
Why similar: FPS 15.2%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Shooter 11.7%, Multiplayer 11.1%, PvE 11.1%
- #42 WASTED Will Be Brutal
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3C Games
Windows
Open-World Tactical Survival
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Base Building 14.6%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Shooter 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.4%
- #43 The Forest Prison
72% matchMostly Negative35% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Vlad Cristian
Windows
In 2160, political dissidents were not sentenced directly to death but were sent for 'cognitive and orientation tests' to a prison from which no one had ever escaped alive. This is the story of James Webb, who was sentenced to life in prison.
Why similar: RTS 17.3%, Real Time Tactics 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Base Building 11.6%, FPS 11.5%
- #44 Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
71% matchVery Positive84% of 14,720 reviews2015
Dev: Planetary Annihilation Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 17.8 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 24.4%, Real Time Tactics 16%, War 15.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Online Co-Op 8.7%
- #45 Command.Override
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Unknown Shadow Games
Windows
A Real Time Tactics game. An AI with a directive that backfired horribly has made robots to wipe humanity out. In response, humanity built their own robots to fight back. By hacking the robots, you'll sabotage the enemy and boost your allies to turn the tide of battle in humanity's favor.
Why similar: RTS 19.2%, Real Time Tactics 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, FPS 9.8%, Shooter 7.5%
- #46 DuckShot Bros
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PTLH
Windows · Mac · Linux
One duck, one gun, an endless night. Shred ghost-duck swarms, drag five colossal lords off the horizon one by one, and outlast the dawn into a red sky where the real night begins. A first-person horde shooter from a two-person team — solo, or in 3-player online co-op.
Why similar: FPS 24%, Online Co-Op 19.1%, PvE 15.7%, Shooter 12.2%, Action 8.1%
- #47 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
70% matchVery Positive89% of 39,888 reviews2011
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The best-selling first-person action series of all-time returns with an epic sequel to the multiple GOTY award winner Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2
Why similar: FPS 23.6%, War 18.7%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Shooter 13%, Action 9.1%
- #48 Infinite Fantasy Battlefront
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 大连无限次元动漫游戏开发有限公司
Windows
Infinite Fantasy Battlefront is a sci-fi fantasy RTS. Command diverse, ever-expanding factions with unique heroes and armies. Battle solo or with friends across various PvP & PvE modes.
Why similar: RTS 27.5%, Real Time Tactics 23.1%, War 14.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #49 Circuit Defender
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Velidyne
Windows
A first person shooter and tower defense blend where players defend against waves of robots. Play alone or with friends to design paths, build towers, and upgrade weapons to protect key areas!
Why similar: Base Building 16.9%, FPS 14.3%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Sci-fi 10.4%, PvE 9.7%
- #50 Front Edge
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
The «Front edge» is a real-time multiplayer tactical game dedicated to a clash between the modern armies of the world’s leading countries. Great attention is paid to logistics and control of small groups of troops on various maps.
Why similar: RTS 21.9%, Real Time Tactics 20.4%, War 10.9%, Realistic 9.6%, PvE 9%
- #51 War in the Gulf
67% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Oxford Digital EnterprisesPub: Strategy First
Windows
The Iraqi Republican Guard have overrun the oilfields of Northern Kuwait. War in the Gulf follows the fortunes of a crack unit of M1 tanks as the action unfolds.
Why similar: RTS 25.3%, Real Time Tactics 20.4%, FPS 13.1%, Shooter 11.1%, War 11%
- #52 EXTANT: Zombie Eradication Co-op Simulation
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zeppie
Windows
The apocalypse was years ago. Those still living are termed the 'Extant'. Millions of walking dead still roam the cities. Extant SOG groups of four operators have been tasked with infiltrating areas with supplies to retrieve for the Extant civilians. You are one of them. A 4-person CO-OP 3D shooter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, War 12.4%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, PvE 9.8%, FPS 9.7%
- #53 After Dark
66% match1 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: CodeCrunch Games
Windows
After Dark is a first-person endless wave zombie shooter set across multiple locations. Survive as long as you can against relentless hordes of the dead in a fight that only ends when you do.
Why similar: FPS 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Shooter 14.9%, Realistic 10.2%, Action 8.8%
- #54 WARMODE
67% matchMixed62% of 16,454 reviews2019
Dev: Novalink
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Free to play shooter about the confrontation of two irreconcilable sides, represented by the government military housings and the armed hirelings. Try your hand at virtual battles with off-scale dynamics and hurricane gameplay in the spirit of the classical shooters.
Why similar: FPS 26.2%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Shooter 17.3%, War 16.6%, First-Person 7.8%