Games Like Pact of Steel

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: World War II 27.9% ★, Action RTS 24.1% ★, Tower Defense 18.7%, Historical 7.2%, War 7%

Amidst the Wokou raids along the southeast coast of China during the Ming Dynasty (1552–1565), lead your troops, fortify your line, and repel the brutal invaders in this heroic tower defense game. Defend the common people and secure the shore!

Why similar: Action RTS 40.2% ★, Tower Defense 26.1%, Historical 10.6%, Strategy 10.4%, Top-Down 7.9%

Endless War: Defense returns with new missions, improved UI and modern resolutions support. Take command of fortified positions across WWII’s most iconic battlefields. Build defenses, deploy reinforcements, and let your army do the job or take direct control of any unit to turn the tide.

Why similar: World War II 34.9% ★, Tower Defense 20.5%, Tanks 12.5% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Top-Down 8.5%

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: World War II 31.9% ★, Action RTS 22.9% ★, Tanks 11.3% ★, War 10.6%, Strategy 8.9%

Command your forces to victory in this intense tower defense experience! Strategically deploy your defenses to fortify your position and funnel the enemies through intricate mazes. Carefully allocate your resources and adapt your tactics to counter waves of relentless enemy drones!

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.2%, Tanks 14.6% ★, Resource Management 11%, War 11%, Strategy 10.9%

Eastern Front, 1944. Command the entire battle as a commander — then climb into your ace tank and fight it out yourself. real penetration physics where armor thickness, impact angle, and ammunition decide everything. WW2 RTS and tank simulation collide in a single battle.

Why similar: World War II 33% ★, Action RTS 29.7% ★, Tanks 19.5% ★, War 8.6%, Strategy 7.7%

Giant mutant fire ants are overrunning the Southwest states of 1950s America! Command Task Force Sable through a 30-mission tactical defence campaign to defeat the infestation before it overruns Las Vegas.

Why similar: Action RTS 27.5% ★, World War II 25.3% ★, Tower Defense 21.7%, Alternate History 10.5%, Strategy 6.5%

Defend your city from the onslaught of the dark army. A game of skill and strategy. Deploy machine gunners, snipers and towers. move your men into towers to increase their shooting range. Three challenging levels to conquer.

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.4%, World War II 23% ★, Strategy 11.9%, War 10.3%, Historical 9.8%

iBomber moves to the Pacific as you fight a whole new enemy across the Pacific rim to regain freedom.

Why similar: World War II 37.3% ★, Tower Defense 27.4%, War 14.1%, Top-Down 7%, Strategy 7%

A tower defense game filled with 12 varied levels across 7 biomes and 14 unique monsters with 3 increasingly harder difficulties to challenge even the most experienced of tower defense gamers lurking in their strongholds.

Why similar: Action RTS 35.3% ★, Tower Defense 27.7%, War 13.6%, Strategy 8.1%, Top-Down 8%

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 32.6% ★, Tower Defense 26.6%, Tactical 9.5%, Resource Management 9.3%, Top-Down 8.5%

This is a TD & light RTS set in the Anti-Mop-up Campaigns of Central Hebei. Master village defense, ambushes, and raids on the North China Plain. Outsmart strong foes through terrain and strategy, forging an unbroken steel wall with the blood and valor of unsung heroes!

Why similar: World War II 39.4% ★, Tower Defense 30.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Historical 7.5%, War 6.7%

Tank Tower Defense is a casual tower defense indie game made by a solo developer after one year.Defend your base by building and upgrading various turrets to fend off waves of invading enemies. You can freely customize game difficulty, experience many unique challenging levels.

Why similar: World War II 27.1% ★, Tower Defense 26.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%, War 8.8%

Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far challenges you to take control of five strategic bridges in the most dramatic battle of World War II. From war-room strategy to gritty trench combat, battlefields come to life as you command Allied or Axis powers. It's a fight where every second counts.

Why similar: World War II 39.9% ★, Tanks 14.8% ★, Strategy 11.3%, War 8.7%, Historical 6.9%

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: World War II 35.5% ★, Action RTS 27.4% ★, Historical 9.2%, Tanks 8.4% ★, Strategy 7%

6 June 1944, the greatest military invasion in human history begins with Allied soldiers landing in Normandy trying to bring an end to the war. You have been given the task of stopping the Allied invasion and defending the German territories in France. Will you be worthy and defend the Fatherland?

Why similar: World War II 31% ★, Tower Defense 21.4%, War 12.4%, Historical 8.1%, Tactical 7.6%

Join the historic battles of World War II in the new game Stickman WW2

Why similar: Tower Defense 26%, Action RTS 24.6% ★, World War II 22.6% ★, Strategy 12%, War 8.9%

A fast paced modern warfare tower defense game where you build, upgrade, and customize defenses to repel a relentless enemy invasion. Unlock powerful skills and abilities, craft advanced ammunition, and gather resources directly on the battlefield to outmaneuver and outlast the enemy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.3%, War 18.1%, Action RTS 15.1% ★, Strategy 9.2%, Combat 5.8%

Tanks On The Eastern Front is an arcade-tactical game. Player moves his tank trying to hit enemy tanks. A hit on the side or rear armour gives best results. Campaign focuses on the biggest and most bloody battles of the German-Soviet war.

Why similar: World War II 42.4% ★, Tanks 28.7% ★, War 17.9%, Historical 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Sussy tower defense game with unlimited ways to play the game. Play with unique towers and upgrade them to create perfect defense. Master every map and become the greatest sussy commander.

Why similar: Action RTS 35.1% ★, Tower Defense 28.3%, Strategy 12.1%, War 9%, Top-Down 6.5%

Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942 is based on real-life events that took place from May 12 to 28, 1942. During a vicious German counterattack three Soviet Armies were surrounded and were forced to fighting in what has become known as the “meat grinder.”

Why similar: World War II 42.9% ★, War 18.6%, Tanks 18.4% ★, Historical 8.3%, Tactical 5%

Base-building WW2 RTS. The Reich is collapsing, and burying something the Allies were never meant to find. Command US or Wehrmacht forces. Run supply lines under fire. Push forward depots. Unleash artillery and superweapons. Fight the war you know, while you still can.

Why similar: World War II 30.9% ★, Action RTS 27.8% ★, Alternate History 14.3%, War 9.2%, Strategy 6%

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: World War II 33.6% ★, Action RTS 26.7% ★, War 12.5%, Historical 10.5%, Tactical 5.1%

Fight against huge hordes of geometric amalgamations with BOTH towers and allied defenders to stop them from breaking your CORE! Travel to barren deserts, hostile wastelands in this fast-paced tower-defence game.

Why similar: Action RTS 37.6% ★, Tower Defense 29.4%, Strategy 8.6%, Resource Management 8.6%, PvE 5.5%

Jungle Resistance is an isometric Tower Defense game with Kingdom Rush Upgrade Style, with branching Tower Types. This will give a new Vibe and Mechanic to the Tower Defense game.

Why similar: Action RTS 40.4% ★, Tower Defense 33%, Strategy 14.8%, Top-Down 10%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Command a special task force composed of different kinds of units, including tanks, APCs, field guns, mortars, various infantry regiments and will also have an opportunity to call for artillery and air support.

Why similar: World War II 59.3% ★, Strategy 16.2%, Tanks 14.5% ★, War 10.1%

Celestial Defense is a sci-fi space tower defense strategy game where tactical base building and resource management determine your survival. Build asteroid belts, evolve planets, and withstand relentless wave survival combat against the Void.

Why similar: Action RTS 38.4% ★, Tower Defense 31%, Strategy 13.2%, Resource Management 8.5%, Tactical 3.7%

March into the real-time strategy legend, Blitzkrieg, and prepare for war. This legendary WWII RTS blends unprecedented realism and accuracy to form immersive 3D backgrounds and a game where brute force often takes a back seat to strategy and wits.

Why similar: World War II 49.2% ★, Tanks 12.6% ★, Strategy 11.7%, War 11.4%, Historical 8.7%

Death Falls is a zombie tower defense game with you on the front line. By day, build towers and fences, scavenge weapons and recruit survivors. By night, fight beside your defenses as the horde closes in. Survive each stop, fix up your RV and drive on.

Why similar: Tower Defense 38.1%, Action RTS 27.9% ★, Strategy 9.6%, Resource Management 7.9%, Top-Down Shooter 7.4%

Gear up, soldier - it’s time to reclaim freedom! Deploy turrets, adapt your tactics, and crush endless waves of enemies and bosses as you fight to liberate America, state by state.

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.9%, Tanks 15.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Strategy 12.2%, War 9%

Panzer Rollen is a World War II tank simulation game. Players perform the role of a tank commander during the war. Battles are fought on various maps based on actual historical campaigns. Panzer Rollen takes a realistic approach, some enemies can kill the player's tank with one shot.

Why similar: World War II 40.7% ★, Tanks 28.3% ★, War 20.8%, Tactical 6.7%, 3D 2.7%

Dive deep into the exhilarating world of high-stakes battles. Lead your army against a relentless onslaught of enemy machinery, spanning from the iconic tanks of WW2 to the modern-day helicopters.

Why similar: Tanks 25.2% ★, Tower Defense 23.4%, War 19.2%, World War II 18% ★, Tactical 10.4%

Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.

Why similar: World War II 32.9% ★, Strategy 18.7%, War 16.1%, Historical 11.8%, Alternate History 11%

World War Armies is the ultimate PvP real-time strategy game. Command advanced war machines and compete for free against other players worldwide. Revolutionary mechanics reduce downtime and focus on direct engagement with the enemy, you get to the fun parts of RTS faster.

Why similar: World War II 33% ★, Action RTS 26.2% ★, Tanks 15.5% ★, Tactical 6.9%, Resource Management 6.4%

Defeat the enemy in this classic nonstop World War II battle action. Lead your men through the terror, fatigue, and hell of war on to victory. Only you can bring'em back alive!

Why similar: World War II 45.3% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Tactical 10.2%, Historical 9.9%, Tanks 7.3% ★

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 34.6% ★, Tower Defense 29%, Strategy 7.5%, Tactical 7.4%, PvE 6.2%

Battle friends over air, land and sea in this epic WW2-themed battle strategy game.

Why similar: World War II 52.8% ★, Strategy 18.9%, Tower Defense 16.8%, War 10.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Build your army from nothing to military supremacy! Cannon Clicker blends addictive idle clicker action with real strategy in a WWII setting. Expand your skill tree, juggle three currencies, and command infantry, tanks and aircraft. Crush the enemy base and dominate every battlefield!

Why similar: World War II 23.4% ★, Action RTS 23.3% ★, Tower Defense 16.1%, Tanks 15.8% ★, War 10%

A lighthearted tower defense game where everyday people fight back against hustle culture. Place and upgrade offbeat heroes like pillow-throwing grannies and wheelchair slingshot kids to stop workers zombified by an energy drink corp. Use philosophy and paint to remind humanity how to enjoy life.

Why similar: Action RTS 42.4% ★, Tower Defense 40.7%, Strategy 14.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Indie 0.4%

Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star is a sequel to Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943. It’s an Eastern Front war game with solid graphics and sprawling battlefields that really emphasizes the scope of WWII tank combat.Want to step into the role of a commander in the very heart of Kharkov’s defense?

Why similar: World War II 45% ★, Tanks 20.5% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Tactical 7.1%, Historical 6.9%

Sunlit Kingdom is a 3D fantasy tower defense. Command three unique heroes: Archer, Mage, and Holy Knight. Each has four abilities to choose from, so no two defenses play the same. Battle distinct enemy factions across a story campaign, then test your build against endless waves in Adventure Mode.

Why similar: Action RTS 41.2% ★, Tower Defense 33.6%, Strategy 15%, Combat 4.5%, 3D 4.4%

Winter War is the story of the Soviet onslaught on tiny Finland from November 1939 to March 1940, at the beginning of WW2. Can the Finns hold beyond the reasonable and receive the long awaited Allied intervention? Or will the Russian bear crush them and force them to lose their border lands?

Why similar: World War II 58.3% ★, Alternate History 10%, Historical 9.9%, Strategy 9.5%, War 7.9%

A fast-paced PvP strategy game where armies evolve through three chaotic ages. Defend your tower, destroy your enemy’s, and outplay your rival with timing, items, and stat upgrades.

Why similar: World War II 25.2% ★, Tower Defense 23.1%, Tanks 15.5% ★, War 13.1%, Historical 8.3%

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

Why similar: World War II 45.1% ★, War 15.8%, Tanks 12.2% ★, Strategy 12.1%, Tactical 7.8%

Take on the role of commander and protect Earth from the relentless Drone invasion in this exciting tower defense game. Strategize and strengthen your defenses by utilizing a variety of towers, abilities, and elemental upgrades. It's up to you to lead the charge and save humanity from destruction.

Why similar: Action RTS 36.2% ★, Tower Defense 26.2%, War 9%, Tactical 6.9%, PvE 6.9%

Assemble your army, build your village, manage your villagers, and survive the night's monster attacks until dawn.

Why similar: Action RTS 44.2% ★, Tower Defense 31.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Resource Management 7.1%, 3D 3.7%

The enemy has invaded the territory, the motherland needs you, soldier! Gather your troops and defeat all enemies!

Why similar: World War II 32.9% ★, War 15.8%, Tanks 14.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 9.7%, Historical 8.3%

An arcade-style controller-friendly physics-based RTS game

Why similar: Action RTS 39.5% ★, Tanks 23.5% ★, War 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 7.1%, Combat 6.2%

Experience the brutality and randomness of war as an Allied tactical commander in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Train, equip, and command a squad of soldiers as you fight against the fanatical Imperial Japanese Empire.

Why similar: World War II 51.3% ★, Tower Defense 16.1%, War 10%, Strategy 8.6%, Tactical 6.5%

You play in a SciFi environment with LowPoly graphics, engaging in Tower Defense. Manage resources! Each round introduces more enemies that you must defeat. Build resource ships in the factory and simultaneously construct towers on the platforms to fend off the adversaries.

Why similar: Action RTS 42.8% ★, Tower Defense 35.1%, Strategy 16.1%, 3D 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%

戦車150両以上を撃破した稀代のエース、オットー・カリウスの軍歴を描く、伝記的戦術SLG。 体が小さく体力もなかった少年は、幾多の困難を乗り越え歴史に残る大エースとなる。 ポーランドでの軍事訓練から、ルール包囲網で降伏するまでの軍歴を史実解説を交えて丁寧に描く。

Why similar: World War II 33.3% ★, Tanks 21.4% ★, War 13.7%, Historical 11.2%, Strategy 10.9%

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 35% ★, Tower Defense 28%, Top-Down 8.9%, Resource Management 6.3%, Tactical 6.3%

A survival RTS game where you defend your village against relentless waves of Norse mythological creatures. Build defenses, train warriors, and gather resources to survive as long as possible. If your Town Hall falls, it's game over. How long will you last?

Why similar: Action RTS 38.7% ★, Tower Defense 28.2%, Top-Down 8.2%, Strategy 7.9%, PvE 7.4%

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: World War II 32.6% ★, Action RTS 27.4% ★, Historical 8.1%, Strategy 8%, War 6.8%

Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.

Why similar: World War II 45.5% ★, War 14.9%, Strategy 12.9%, Tanks 10.2% ★, Tactical 9.6%

Random Realms Hero Under Siege is a fast-paced single player tower defense RTS where every match is a fresh roll of the dice. Build bases from randomized building options, lead a leveling hero and their army, and hold the line against escalating enemy waves.

Why similar: Tower Defense 31%, Action RTS 26.8% ★, Top-Down 11.7%, Strategy 9.1%, War 8.7%

Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy takes WWII realism back to the beaches of Northern France. Re-live the campaign that gave the Allies a foothold on the doorstep of Fortress Europe.

Why similar: World War II 45.9% ★, Historical 13.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Tactical 11.1%, Top-Down 6.7%

The Troop is a turn-based, platoon-level tactical game set in WW2. From the early hours of D-Day to Falaise, play as British and Canadian or German forces in desperate fighting across Normandy.

Why similar: World War II 41.8% ★, Tanks 21.9% ★, War 9.2%, Historical 8.6%, Tactical 5.6%

Experience a post-apocalyptic World War II-inspired non-linear global campaign that combines hand-crafted story missions and procedurally generated operations. Control a selection of units from squads & team weapons to super-heavy tanks & VTOL aircraft. Upgrade your army to suit your playstyle.

Why similar: World War II 53.9% ★, War 16.6%, Strategy 16%, Tactical 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%