- #1 Leave No One Behind: Ia Drang
97% matchMixed41% of 311 reviews2022
Dev: Gaming 301
Windows
Leave No One Behind is tactical real time strategy war game. Experience some of the hardest battles fought during the Vietnam War in 1965 between US Army and the Army of the Northern Vietnam for landing zones X-Ray and Albany and for Plei Me special forces camp.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.5% ★, RTS 19.2%, Real Time Tactics 18.4%, Historical 9.3%, Strategy 5.5%
- #2 Bataliron
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruben Minasyan
Windows
Bataliron is a modern warfare RTS game that focuses on personnel development, online command, fire support, and unit assistance on the battlefield, leveraging modern technologies.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.3% ★, RTS 21.5%, Real Time Tactics 19.4%, Strategy 8.7%, Top-Down 5.2%
- #3 Veil of Ashes
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GreifenmaerPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Veil of Ashes is a real-time strategy game set in a dark universe with steam-powered war machines. Command infantry, tanks, and colossal behemoths across destructible battlefields. Build your army from a variety of units, and experience immersive single-player and multiplayer battles.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 21.2%, RTS 14.7%, Historical 9.1%, Alternate History 6.4%
- #4 Squad 22: ZOV
94% matchMixed60% of 655 reviews2025
Dev: SPN StudioPub: Zarobana Entertainment
Windows
Single player tactical action real-time game with active pause to plan orders carefully. Based on real war-time experience of living Russian veterans of war in Ukraine. It's all about modern conflict small infantry groups with some armored vehicle and drone support as well as real events story
Why similar: Action RTS 31.6% ★, RTS 19.2%, Real Time Tactics 18.9%, Historical 8.7%, Strategy 5.6%
- #5 Keep
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parall Peak LTD
Windows
Keep is a WW2-themed strategy shooter where you place flak turrets to defend your fortress, then jump into first-person mode to shoot down enemy planes. Switch between tactical planning and direct combat in a fast-paced blend of strategy and action
Why similar: Action RTS 40.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 23.2%, RTS 21%, Strategy 5.2%, 3D 3.5%
- #6 In Game Leader
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: saveja1s
Windows
Become your teams In-Game Leader and lead your team of 5 agents to victory.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.7% ★, RTS 21.8%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Top-Down 4.9%
- #7 Knights vs Aliens
92% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Prophetic Sky, IncPub: Eastbridge Game LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command knights, aliens, and other historically dubious nations in a free real-time tower conquest game rebuilt from a 2009 iPad original. Grow armies, capture towers, and outmaneuver adaptive AI through 30 campaign levels.
Why similar: Action RTS 41% ★, Real Time Tactics 23.1%, RTS 15.7%, Top-Down 7.6%, Strategy 4.4%
- #8 Battle Simulator: Counter Stickman
91% matchMixed49% of 557 reviews2023
Dev: Yurii NikshychPub: Thegamesfortress
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
The stickmen must strike at the terror enemy stickmen in this Battle Simulator
Why similar: Action RTS 30.3% ★, RTS 18.7%, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Strategy 5.3%
- #9 Glorious Storm
91% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Eddy CHARLESPub: Oedipe games
Windows
Glorious storm is a turn based real time strategy game. As a general, you lead to battle your army and different units such as cavalery, infantery and artillery on 3D maps. It is heavily inspired by the napoleonic era but it is completely fictional.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.3% ★, RTS 18.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Historical 12.7%, War 5.3%
- #10 Prime Domination
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A16
Windows
Prime Domination is a real-time strategy game where you build your base, manage finance, produce powerful military units, and battle against AI or other players in large-scale multiplayer matches with up to 10 commanders.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.3% ★, RTS 23.5%, Real Time Tactics 19.7%, Strategy 7.3%, Military 4.2%
- #11 Warfront Defenders
89% matchMixed42% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Flying Robot Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The gameplay is inspired by famous last stands from some of history's deadliest conflicts, such as the Second World War and the Sino-Japanese War. A hybrid of Tower Defense and Real-Time Strategy with a lot of replay value.
Why similar: Action RTS 29.8% ★, RTS 19.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Historical 9.2%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #12 Company of Heroes 3
87% matchMixed57% of 39,993 reviews2023
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 81.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
Why similar: Action RTS 27% ★, RTS 18.7%, Real Time Tactics 16%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Historical 8.3%
- #13 Ants Megapolis
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bugged Games
Windows
Command a colony on the brink in Ants Megapolis. Survive an unforgiving world by forging your unique Pheromone, a weapon that dictates your evolution. Carve out an empire from the dirt as an interactive narrator chronicles your savage, epic story of survival.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.5% ★, RTS 24.7%, Real Time Tactics 20.5%, Strategy 10%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #14 Line Of Defense Tactics - Tactical Advantage
89% matchNegative10% of 20 reviews2014
Dev: 3000AD
Windows
A real-time strategy combat game based on the world of the Line Of Defense. Command a team of four Galactic Command marines in highly classified missions in space and on planets.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.7%, RTS 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #15 十面冲突 Clash of ten sides
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 爱玩小灰
Windows
《十面冲突》是一款即时策略对战竞技游戏,在游戏中,玩家雇佣武装力量进行对战,有各种各样的兵种等你来雇佣,注意彼此的出兵种类,这样你才能知己知彼,百战百胜。干掉对方的基地,胜利就是你的,你能成功吗?那就来挑战吧!
Why similar: Action RTS 33.9% ★, RTS 21.7%, Real Time Tactics 20.6%, Strategy 6%, War 5.4%
- #16 Guanabara Warriors
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vinagre Design
Windows
Lead Brazilian indigenous tribes and European forces in an epic real-time strategy game set during the founding of Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil. Forge alliances, command armies, and shape the future of Guanabara Bay.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.1% ★, RTS 22.2%, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, Historical 14.3%, Strategy 4.2%
- #17 Reapers Inc.
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Underdog Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Reapers Inc., is a fast-paced RTS where you lead an elite squad to defend your base against relentless intergalactic threats. Navigate diverse planetary biomes, strategically manage your squad, and use quick decision-making skills to exterminate your foes. Stand your ground, and reap the rewards.
Why similar: Action RTS 37.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 22.5%, RTS 19.4%, Top-Down 5.8%, Strategy 5.3%
- #18 Staatio
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inogame Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Real-time territory conquest. Claim regions on procedurally generated maps, forge alliances, and betray them. Every game is player-hosted — host it yourself and play with friends over Steam or LAN. No accounts, no tracking.
Why similar: Action RTS 35% ★, Real Time Tactics 23%, RTS 22.9%, Top-Down 6.8%, Strategy 6.1%
- #19 Bacteria Wars
84% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Patrick McGuinness
Windows
A real-time strategy game in which you fight to secure the victory of your Bacteria over the Cell Defense Force and other enemy Bacteria in a world where your units are your only resource, and where your mobile base will not be enough to keep you alive.
Why similar: Action RTS 32.6% ★, RTS 28.7%, Real Time Tactics 22.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Top-Down 4.6%
- #20 Grey Galactic
82% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Alex McGeePub: Blue Quill Studios LLC
Windows
Grey Galactic is a real time strategy game in space where you build up your planets and ships to conquer your enemies. Develop your empire and fleet of spaceships to destroy your enemies and take over the galaxy! Do you have what it takes to become the best Fleet Captain the UFMC has ever seen?
Why similar: Action RTS 34.5% ★, RTS 21.2%, Real Time Tactics 21.1%, Top-Down 6.6%, Strategy 5.9%
- #21 Warlapse
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bad Engine Studio
Windows · Linux
War isn't heroism — it's ruthless order and maneuver. Across 7 ages from the Stone Age to modern times, encircle the enemy, cut their supply, and break morale to melt them in the killbox. Lead veterans through Campaign, dive into fast Skirmishes, or mod tomorrow's wars with your own units!
Why similar: Action RTS 32.6% ★, RTS 20.7%, Real Time Tactics 19.2%, Strategy 7.9%, Historical 5.5%
- #22 Celestial Conquest
80% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Piebox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blast off in this retro-style space shooter! Conquer planets, outwit AI enemies, and survive the dangers of deep space in fast-paced, nostalgic pixel action.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.6% ★, RTS 27.2%, Real Time Tactics 24.4%, Strategy 11.2%, Combat 1.4%
- #23 Immortal Generals
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Nomad Interactive
Windows
Immortal Generals is an action-packed real-time strategy (RTS) game set in a futuristic global conflict. Build fortified bases, manage your economy, command advanced armies, and turn the tide of battle with devastating nuclear and biological superweapons in multiplayer warfare.
Why similar: RTS 23.5%, Real Time Tactics 23.1%, Alternate History 14.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #24 Para Bellum - Hold the Line
81% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Laukaus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Para Bellum - Hold the Line is a 3D real time small unit tactics game. Your task is to hold off enemy attacks wave after wave using a variety of different Units and Supports in your arsenal to the best of your abilities in Campaign and Skirmish modes.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.7% ★, RTS 20.9%, Real Time Tactics 20.5%, Strategy 5.5%, Top-Down 5.3%
- #25 Siege Showdown
81% match5 user reviews0% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: beans rolls
Windows
"Siege Showdown" is an exciting strategy game that will give you the opportunity to defend a majestic fortress and fight with the troops of your opponents in a battle for power and territory. An exciting fantasy era world awaits you, where magic and powerful warriors merge in one battle.
Why similar: Action RTS 32.4% ★, RTS 23.6%, Real Time Tactics 22.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Top-Down 5.4%
- #26 Last Front
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Murzin Studio
Windows
Modern armies, unique commanders, tactical battles. In Last Front, each faction offers its own style of war and exclusive units. Build your base, lead your army, and prove your superiority on the battlefield.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.5% ★, RTS 21.6%, Real Time Tactics 20.6%, Top-Down 6.3%, Military 6%
- #27 Classic Tower Defense 2
78% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Blacksmith Forge
Windows
Classic tower defense rules meet modern systems. Build medieval towers, face adaptive waves, and experiment with upgrades, modifiers, and roguelike progression.
Why similar: Action RTS 37.8% ★, RTS 24.1%, Real Time Tactics 22.3%, Strategy 9.2%, 3D 3.1%
- #28 Sudden Strike 4
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,319 reviews2017
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 21%, RTS 20.9%, Strategy 8.2%, Historical 7.9%
- #29 ChargeDrop
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GliderDrones
Windows
A physics-driven tower defense game where one massive cube does everything: fight, build, activate, and survive. Drop into a neon sci-fi battlefield, hold back waves of Chaos Dice, and power up your defenses through energy, momentum, and precision.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.4% ★, RTS 25.3%, Real Time Tactics 21.1%, Strategy 10.1%, 3D 3.1%
- #30 Sudden Strike 5
74% 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 31.8% ★, RTS 21.4%, Real Time Tactics 16%, Historical 11.2%, Strategy 6%
- #31 Songs of the Chalice
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: vodasoft_tm
Windows
Song of the Chalice is a simple 3D realtime strategy for a single player with tower defense mechanics, inspired by the events of the Hussite era (1419-1420).
Why similar: Action RTS 40% ★, RTS 26.3%, Alternate History 13.5%, Strategy 10.3%, War 4.1%
- #32 Evostrike
76% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: MoonArtyre
Windows
A Roguelike tactics game where you fight hordes of aliens. Your Units evolve and learn new skills as the fight goes on. Manage your squad of 5 specialised mercenaries, and fight a never ending war against the infestation.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 26.5%, RTS 19.2%, Strategy 7%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #33 Ruin or Victory
77% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Wedge End Games
Windows
Ruin or Victory is a modern take and evolution of the classic RTS genre with added detail, continuity, and strategic depth while remaining accessible and well-paced. Devise your strategy, manage and expand your economy, and choose your warriors' equipment and tactics.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.9%, RTS 17.7%, Historical 10.1%, Top-Down 5.7%
- #34 RTS Outpost
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Murat Yucel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build your base, command your army, and wage real-time PvP war on a living conquest map. Clear a frontier of monsters and alien UFOs, join a faction, team up with friends, and climb the seasonal ranks. A classic base-building RTS with modern military firepower, ad-free on desktop.
Why similar: Action RTS 35% ★, RTS 25%, Real Time Tactics 19.2%, Strategy 7.9%, Military 4.7%
- #35 Real-time Shogi
75% match7 user reviews50% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Saikyosan
Windows
Welcome to a world of Shogi freed from the limits of turns. From an infinite number of possibilities, find the shortest path to victory. Your tactical reading and sharp judgment will dominate the board. This is a new challenge for even the most seasoned Shogi fans.
Why similar: Action RTS 45.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 25%, RTS 20.5%, Strategy 6.2%, Tactical 3%
- #36 Rift Haul TD
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Buttonbrain Games
Windows
Build, upgrade, evolve, and reposition your towers to counter new threats, explore powerful synergies, and stay one step ahead in this fast-paced fantasy tower defense.
Why similar: Action RTS 39% ★, Real Time Tactics 21%, RTS 15%, Top-Down 8.2%, Strategy 6.1%
- #37 Prince Rystiya's Starfleet
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Rystiya
Windows
Conquer the entire galaxy or fight quick custom battles in this free space RTS!
Why similar: Action RTS 37.2% ★, RTS 23.9%, Real Time Tactics 21.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Military 4.4%
- #38 SALVO
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rice Golem Productions
Windows
Experience cinematic space warfare in SALVO, an action packed real-time tactical combat simulator. Command your flagship and engage in intense battles in a war-torn solar system. Play a story-driven campaign, or forge your own destiny across the dangerous frontiers.
Why similar: Action RTS 38.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 22.8%, RTS 14.2%, Strategy 9%, Military 7.4%
- #39 Blitz Society
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan EvansPub: maxcheese3 Industries
Windows
In Blitz Society you have direct control of a Command Tank, battling another player. Each Command Tank has a unique weapon, special ability, and overall stats. Your objective is to destroy your Opponent’s HQ. Build a base, collect resources, defend your territory, raise an army, conquer the enemy!
Why similar: Action RTS 34% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.9%, RTS 19.6%, Top-Down 5.9%, Strategy 5.8%
- #40 Command the Dead
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David ReidPub: Admire Digital
Windows
You are not the soldier. You are the commander. Issue orders, manage the outbreak, and hold the line before the 72-hour window closes.
Why similar: Action RTS 46.3% ★, RTS 30.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Top-Down 8.5%, Combat 1.8%
- #41 Chaos Rune : Heroes
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CaulFie1d Games
Windows
Chaos Rune Heroes is a lightweight roguelike game with fast-paced, turn-based + real-time mechanics. You must survive within a limited time and complete specific challenges to advance to the next round. Get ready for this chaotic brawl!
Why similar: Action RTS 35.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 21.6%, Real Time Tactics 21.1%, RTS 16.2%, Strategy 5.2%
- #42 Bellfortis
70% matchVery Positive91% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!
Why similar: Action RTS 21.2% ★, RTS 16.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Historical 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%
- #43 Company of Heroes - Definitive Edition
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Company of Heroes – Definitive Edition, features the original Company of Heroes along with the Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor Expansions, enhanced visuals, quality-of-life gameplay improvements, and 64-bit platform support.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.3% ★, RTS 22.9%, Real Time Tactics 22.3%, Strategy 8.4%, Historical 6.3%
- #44 Alignment Zero
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bytecat Games
Windows
'Alignment Zero' is a Real-Time Tactics game with Pause. As the commander of a Private Military Company (PMC) strike force, control your troops and complete missions. Build your squad, select equipment, and develop a tactical plan for battle.
Why similar: Action RTS 32.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 21.8%, RTS 17.4%, Tactical 5.9%, Military 5.6%
- #45 Victory Banner
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PeresvetPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of World War II in this real-time historical strategy game. Command a frontline company, make critical strategic decisions, and take direct control of any soldier or vehicle. Every decision comes at a price. What will be yours?
Why similar: Action RTS 30.5% ★, RTS 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Historical 12.5%, War 5.4%
- #46 The Ninth Legion
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CaCaw!
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Ninth Legion is a RTS narrative strategy game, set during the fateful final campaign the LEGIO IX HISPANA, Rome's famous missing legion.
Why similar: Action RTS 34% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.1%, RTS 18.1%, Historical 11.3%, Top-Down 6%
- #47 Our Last Stand
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Maurice
Windows
Our Last Stand is a tower defence game that allows you to command a powerful mech and defend against relentless waves of enemies. Play on different worlds to gather resources, unlock advanced technology, and level your commander to gain powerful new abilities. Build defend, survive.
Why similar: Action RTS 37.3% ★, RTS 25.9%, Real Time Tactics 21.6%, Strategy 10.5%, 3D 3.1%
- #48 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: Action RTS 28.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 22.4%, RTS 19.8%, Artificial Intelligence 6.5%, Strategy 5.9%
- #49 Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
69% matchMixed52% of 3,137 reviews2023
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wage a campaign of brutal conquest in this realm-shattering real-time strategy game set in the Warhammer Age of Sigmar universe. Become a warlord and lead four unique factions to conquer the wild and savage Realm of Ghur in tense and tactical battles.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 22%, RTS 21.9%, Strategy 6%, Tactical 3.6%
- #50 Tower Defense Ultimate: Crashfall Protocol
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Thonus Digital
Windows
Defend your base against relentless alien waves in a sci-fi tower defense strategy game. Build deadly kill zones, unlock new towers and special abilities, and adapt your loadout to survive escalating assaults across a hostile campaign.
Why similar: Action RTS 38.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 23.3%, RTS 20.1%, Strategy 6.3%, Tactical 4.2%
- #51 Tribe Nation
68% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Random Worlds s.r.o.
Windows
Tribe Nation is a real-time strategy with roguelike elements, set during the Gallic Wars. Lead your Celtic tribe across Europe in search of a new homeland. Strategize on a randomly generated hex battlefields, adapt to unexpected events, craft, upgrade, and equip. Make your tribe a nation.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.5% ★, RTS 18.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Perma Death 14%, Historical 11.1%
- #52 Avant-Garde: Napoleonic Battles
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vitam Aeternam Studio
Windows
Enter the Napoleonic wars battlefields. Embody Napoleon or his rivals and face the same human, logistical, and environmental constraints. Every decision can confirm history… or rewrite it.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.9%, RTS 18.6%, Historical 13.3%, Military 6%
- #53 The Slush Force
68% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Triangle Man LLC
Windows
Aliens have invaded, and you are at the epicenter. Engage in methodical, turn-based strategy blended with high-intensity real-time tactical combat. In this relentless war, combined arms tactics are essential for victory. Defend the world and outsmart the extraterrestrial threat!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.6%, RTS 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Historical 9.4%
- #54 Military Defense
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Taranau Aliaksei
Windows
Protect the base from an alien invasion. Place cannons and destroy the invaders. Upgrade cannons to resist the enemies.
Why similar: Action RTS 31% ★, RTS 21.3%, Real Time Tactics 20.3%, Strategy 6.5%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #55 Rift Protocol
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Soft Pixel
Windows
A tense, real-time squad tactics roguelike inspired by Aliens: Dark Descent. Command up to three soldiers through a procedurally generated facility full of monsters. Plan attacks, slow time for tactical skills, and scavenge to survive. One bad call and your squad is gone for good.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.3% ★, RTS 20.8%, Real Time Tactics 19.2%, Perma Death 10.8%, Strategy 5.7%
- #56 Decimation
66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Elementum Software Development Services
Windows
Sci-fi tower defense meets ARPG-like hero combat. Build towers then fight alongside them with your hero as you battle through a campaign to uncover the fate of a colonization effort on a distant planet.
Why similar: Action RTS 38.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 23.1%, RTS 18.8%, Top-Down 6.4%, Strategy 4.7%
- #57 Orion Wars
66% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Sneeden Software
Windows
Fast-paced space RTS with 10-25 minute matches. Command fleets, conquer systems, or research the Singularity. Simple controls, strategic depth, but no 3-hour commitments required.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.9% ★, RTS 25.9%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Strategy 6.1%, War 5.6%
- #58 Dim Torment
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dykeyo
Windows
Action Real-Time Strategy Zones with Turn based map mode, awaken and entrench yourself in the torment, an expansive vista of shattered memories. Inhabit your physical memories and manage them with different strategies and trials. Embrace the prison, Navigate your fate, or shatter into slumber.
Why similar: Action RTS 41.8% ★, RTS 26.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Top-Down 7.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.4%