- #1 Tempest Rising
96% matchVery Positive88% of 10,866 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.1 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 59.8%, Strategy 17.7%, Action RTS 8.8% ★, Base Building 5.4%, Futuristic 3%
- #2 Perimeter
97% matchVery Positive85% of 259 reviews2014
Dev: K-D LabPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Perimeter is an innovative Real-Time-Strategy game that pits players against each other or AI opponents in a life and death struggle to seize territory and establish crucial protective “perimeters.” Players will be introduced to the game’s unique terraforming feature, allowing them to move, build, construct and destroy the map...
Why similar: RTS 52.6%, Strategy 30%, Space 9.4%, Sci-fi 8%
- #3 Grey Goo
96% matchMixed68% of 4,315 reviews2015
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Six Foot
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
Why similar: RTS 48.9%, Strategy 16%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Robots 10.1%, Base Building 5.8%
- #4 Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
95% matchVery Positive85% of 14,430 reviews2015
Dev: Planetary Annihilation Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.4 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 35.2%, Robots 14.3%, Space 11.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Futuristic 8.1%
- #5 Executive Assault 2
94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,726 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
Why similar: RTS 32.2%, Action RTS 23.2% ★, Space 12.6%, Robots 10%, Strategy 8.7%
- #6 Sins of a Solar Empire II
94% matchVery Positive84% of 8,167 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Why similar: RTS 32.1%, Space 22.8%, Strategy 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.5%, PvP 6.1%
- #7 Rogue Command
93% matchVery Positive92% of 546 reviews2024
Dev: feneq
Windows
Classic RTS gameplay fused with a modern roguelite. Shape your build each run by assembling an evolving arsenal of powerful units and facilities. Harvest resources, build out your base. Raise your army and call down orbital strikes to overcome the forces threatening your survival.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.9% ★, RTS 22.1%, Futuristic 11.9%, Space 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #8 Mindustry
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,660 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: RTS 28.1%, Base Building 20.3%, Strategy 19.3%, Resource Management 11.9%, Survival 9.5%
- #9 Per Aspera
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,662 reviews2020
Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.
Why similar: Robots 24.4%, Space 18.5%, Survival 15.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Sci-fi 11.6%
- #10 Etherium
92% matchMostly Negative37% of 953 reviews2015
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Etherium is a real-time strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where three factions battle it out for a mysterious and rare resource known as ‘Etherium’.
Why similar: RTS 37.7%, Sci-fi 26.5%, Strategy 22.3%, Space 13.6%
- #11 Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,793 reviews2016
Dev: Blackbird InteractivePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.
Why similar: RTS 47.9%, Strategy 17.4%, Sci-fi 13%, Space 9.3%, Futuristic 4.7%
- #12 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
89% matchVery Positive87% of 11,704 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 60.4%, Strategy 24.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Resource Management 4.8%
- #13 FATAL ERROR - RTS
89% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: Jeffrey Lu
Windows
FATAL ERROR is a real-time strategy game on the digital battlefields of a computer world under attack. With your TAC-AID and advanced programming, you must eliminate all threats to the Mainframe and take the fight to the viruses. Discover an abstract world of limitless potential…and lurking dangers.
Why similar: RTS 30.3%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Top-Down 10.2%, Robots 10%, Surreal 9.7%
- #14 ERA ONE
87% matchVery Positive86% of 1,348 reviews2025
Dev: Team Complex LTD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Era One is an innovative space game that combines elements of real-time strategy, base building, space survival, and tactical battles. Players can create and customize their bases from scratch, construct various types of structures and warships, manage fleets, and engage in tactical space battles.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.7% ★, RTS 22.8%, Space 12.2%, Strategy 6.3%, PvP 6%
- #15 Calyx
84% matchVery Positive89% of 308 reviews2026
Dev: Studio 568
Windows
A strategy game with a new kind of enemy, Calyx puts you in charge of a space mining outpost, locked in battle against powerful plant-aliens. Build your base, gather resources, assemble your forces, and take on the Calyx. With only an out-of-date AI for company, can you survive?
Why similar: Action RTS 29.4% ★, RTS 21.1%, Space 10.2%, Top-Down 8%, Sci-fi 7%
- #16 Ancient Space
88% matchMixed44% of 365 reviews2014
Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.
Why similar: RTS 40.4%, Space 27.3%, Strategy 20.3%, Sci-fi 10%, Atmospheric 1.9%
- #17 Carrier Command 2
85% matchVery Positive82% of 3,658 reviews2021
Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!
Why similar: RTS 40.6%, Futuristic 18.8%, Strategy 14.3%, PvP 10.7%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #18 Alien Marauder
86% matchMixed63% of 341 reviews2021
Dev: Vexan Studio
Windows
“Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!
Why similar: RTS 28.1%, Robots 14%, Survival 12.3%, Top-Down 11.8%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #19 Dune: Spice Wars
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 13,257 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro GamesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
Why similar: RTS 40.7%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Strategy 12.7%, PvP 10.5%, Base Building 9.7%
- #20 Perimeter: Emperor's Testament
86% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2014
Dev: K-D LabPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The game expands the story of the original Perimeter in a vast singleplayer campaign.
Why similar: Strategy 42.7%, RTS 35.1%, Space 22.2%
- #21 From Glory To Goo
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,455 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Why similar: Action RTS 40.1% ★, RTS 29.2%, Survival 10%, Base Building 8.3%, Strategy 7.8%
- #22 Annihilate The Spance
82% matchVery Positive91% of 338 reviews2025
Dev: Skyglow Softworks
Windows
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. An RTS base builder with huge battles, constant production, and autonomous ships.
Why similar: RTS 32.7%, Space 18.4%, Robots 13.5%, Base Building 9.6%, Strategy 8.5%
- #23 Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
81% matchVery Positive83% of 4,151 reviews2024
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.
Why similar: RTS 36.3%, Lore-Rich 18.2%, Futuristic 18.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #24 Element
83% 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 31.6%, Space 14.7%, Futuristic 10.6%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Strategy 9.4%
- #25 Space Reign
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 377 reviews2026
Dev: Propulsive Games
Windows
An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.8% ★, RTS 23.3%, Space 16.4%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Strategy 7.8%
- #26 Desynced
78% matchVery Positive81% of 1,825 reviews2026
Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
Why similar: RTS 34%, Survival 14.6%, Strategy 11.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Base Building 9.8%
- #27 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,761 reviews2014
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 77.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.
Why similar: RTS 42.2%, Strategy 26.1%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Top-Down 7.4%, Base Building 5.7%
- #28 Planet S
78% matchVery Positive92% of 2,816 reviews2023
Dev: Glimmerlight Games
Windows · Linux
Planet S is a real-time strategy game where your goal is to colonize multiple planets in a solar system to advance your civilization, build a city and supply it to grow your faction.
Why similar: RTS 32.1%, Space 17.5%, Futuristic 14.7%, Strategy 10.9%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #29 Nomad Fleet
81% matchMixed67% of 212 reviews2016
Dev: Autarca
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction. Lead a fully armed fleet of battleships, carriers and fighters through a series of randomized scenarios and encounters where they must fight for their survival while scavenging for resources,...
Why similar: RTS 32.7%, Space 24.7%, Strategy 23.9%, Sci-fi 13%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #30 Executive Assault
77% matchVery Positive85% of 1,455 reviews2015
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 49.5%, Strategy 17.8%, Robots 16.5%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Base Building 7.5%
- #31 Iron Harvest
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,723 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Why similar: RTS 58.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Base Building 12.1%, Sci-fi 6.2%, PvP 6%
- #32 The Hive
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 417 reviews2016
Dev: Skydome Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Hive is a strategy game with RPG elements where you assume command as the insectoid hivemind. Build and expand your underground colony, harvest resources, and evolve your swarm using DNA. Will you survive in this hostile yet beautiful underworld?
Why similar: Action RTS 28.6% ★, RTS 26.2%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Top-Down 7.1%, Strategy 6.1%
- #33 Moduwar
73% matchVery Positive89% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Biohex StudiosPub: Firesquid
Windows · Linux
Moduwar is an adaptive organic RTS where you control an alien creature, Modu - and your body is your army. Grow new organs, split, merge and mutate them into unique units that adapt to your needs as you fight against human and alien threats in single and multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.8% ★, RTS 22.9%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Top-Down 7.3%, Strategy 7%
- #34 Industries of Titan
75% matchMixed63% of 1,604 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!
Why similar: Space 23.5%, Futuristic 21.6%, Strategy 16.9%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Base Building 12.8%
- #35 Rogue Station
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 228 reviews2023
Dev: Quint Studio
Windows
This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Space 25.5%, Survival 17.7%, Strategy 15.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Top-Down 13%
- #36 BlackChain
75% matchVery Positive86% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: Borington
Windows
A classic single-player RTS set in a Solar System ruled by megacorporations. Journey from Mars all the way to Planet 9 and uncover the secrets of the BlackChain.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.3% ★, RTS 23.5%, Space 10.5%, Futuristic 9.3%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #37 IRON GUARD
74% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: Xlab Digital
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A sci-fi roomscale VR Tower Defense game. Strategize to destroy waves of rogue robots and assist the powerful turrets with a handheld drone. Build and collect resources and help evacuate your crew from the alien planet.
Why similar: Action RTS 25% ★, RTS 20%, Robots 11.8%, Space 9.6%, Futuristic 8.6%
- #38 The Crust
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: RTS 23.4%, Space 23.3%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Strategy 11%
- #39 Here Comes The Swarm
71% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Why similar: Action RTS 34.9% ★, RTS 25.3%, Survival 12.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Top-Down 7.8%
- #40 Role of Hex
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 95 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: RTS 35.8%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Top-Down 13.4%, PvE 11.8%, Base Building 11.7%
- #41 Outworld Station
70% matchVery Positive90% of 506 reviews2025
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.
Why similar: RTS 23.3%, Space 17.1%, Futuristic 12.2%, Top-Down 9.7%, Base Building 8.5%
- #42 Supreme Commander
72% matchVery Positive89% of 3,076 reviews2011
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.
Why similar: RTS 52.6%, Strategy 19.9%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Robots 6.5%, Base Building 5.7%
- #43 Void War
68% matchVery Positive94% of 3,537 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Space 45.5%, Strategy 22.6%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #44 TFC: The Fertile Crescent
69% matchVery Positive89% of 361 reviews2024
Dev: Wield InteractivePub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.
Why similar: Action RTS 47.9% ★, RTS 28.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Base Building 7.9%, PvP 6.7%
- #45 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,403 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.2% ★, RTS 23.5%, Survival 9.2%, Strategy 7.3%, Base Building 6.3%
- #46 M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration
72% matchVery Positive88% of 207 reviews2017
Dev: Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Colonize newly-discovered planets, control the resources found there, and defend your colony against other rival factions in real-time or turn-based action.
Why similar: Strategy 34.1%, RTS 24.3%, Futuristic 16.6%, Top-Down 13.3%, Sci-fi 11.6%
- #47 Stellarcraft
67% matchVery Positive91% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
Stellarcraft is a sci-fi tower defense adventure: explore alien planets, gather resources, build defenses, and fend off waves of enemies, solo or in 4-player co-op. 🚀
Why similar: Action RTS 37.4% ★, RTS 19.9%, Survival 10.5%, Strategy 9.3%, PvP 8.2%
- #48 Earth 2160
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,542 reviews2006
Dev: Reality Pump StudiosPub: Topware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
After the destruction of the EARTH in 2150, the leaders of the Eurasian Dynasty escaped on board an evacuation fleet. Now they are fighting for the survival of the human species. Their base is one large building comprising of smaller variable parts.
Why similar: RTS 44.4%, Space 23.8%, Strategy 13.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Futuristic 2.5%
- #49 Age of Mythology: Retold
65% matchVery Positive91% of 21,438 reviews2024
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as mythological Gods and smite your enemies in this award-winning, mythological Real-Time Strategy classic given new life. Wage war across timeless campaigns, fierce skirmishes, and god-powered multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.9% ★, RTS 21.5%, Lore-Rich 12.3%, Top-Down 8%, Strategy 6.7%
- #50 Siege of Centauri
70% matchMixed66% of 448 reviews2019
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Defend against thousands of enemies in this explosive tower defense game. Deploy upgradable towers and unleash powerful orbital abilities as you try to protect Earth's first colony world from destruction.
Why similar: Robots 23.3%, Strategy 16.1%, Sci-fi 14.2%, PvE 13.1%, Base Building 13%
- #51 Five Nations
69% matchVery Positive83% of 265 reviews2021
Dev: SilverForge
Windows
Five Nations is a real-time sci-fi strategy game for PC platform. Encompassing tactical combat in space in real-time mixed with micromanagement of economy, construction, and production featuring different kind of single player modes.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.4% ★, RTS 29.9%, Space 10.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #52 Phantom Brigade
67% matchVery Positive80% of 4,177 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.
Why similar: Robots 31.4%, Time Manipulation 29.5% ★, Strategy 15%, Sci-fi 14.4%, 3D 9.7%
- #53 Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,922 reviews2016
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
Why similar: RTS 35.3%, Robots 14%, Futuristic 12.8%, Strategy 9.9%, PvP 9.8%
- #54 Drill Core
66% matchVery Positive85% of 2,264 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Strategy 30.6%, Space 23.1%, Base Building 19.3%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Resource Management 5.5%
- #55 O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 105 reviews2014
Dev: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 37.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
An epic struggle for control!
Why similar: RTS 35.7%, Space 28.7%, Strategy 27.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #56 The Riftbreaker
66% matchVery Positive90% of 23,181 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Why similar: RTS 41.4%, Survival 22.6%, Base Building 17.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Resource Management 5.6%
- #57 The Alters
64% matchVery Positive90% of 16,976 reviews2025
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.
Why similar: Survival 22.1%, Space 14.9%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Base Building 12.6%, Futuristic 12.2%
- #58 PlanetX
67% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Giedrius Talzunas
Windows · Mac
PlanetX is a real-time strategy MMO set on a spherical planet. Players expand territories, construct buildings, and manage resources to develop their empire. The ultimate goal is to conquer the entire planet by claiming all land plots and outpacing rivals in strategic growth and domination.
Why similar: RTS 33.3%, Futuristic 15.3%, Strategy 13.1%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.1%