- #1 Planet X2 (C64)
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
Planet X2 is a new retro real-time strategy game for C64. You are up against the Protoids. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases. Relive the 8-bits, SID music and keyboard controls of mid 80s C64 gaming.
Why similar: RTS 30.3%, Strategy 22.5%, Base Building 12.1%, Resource Management 9.4%, Futuristic 9%
- #2 JKRobots
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JKRobots
Windows
A real time strategy game, push the robots off the map to win, but they push back.
Why similar: RTS 38%, Strategy 25.1%, Resource Management 17.5%, Base Building 15.4%, Singleplayer 4%
- #3 StarSim: BattleZone
96% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Viktor Martynovsky
Windows
StarSim: BattleZone is a real-time strategy (RTS) game set in the StarSim universe. Take command of an army and lead your faction to victory. Gameplay includes classic RTS mechanics such as: building a base, gathering resources, researching new technologies, building defences, training units, etc.
Why similar: RTS 37.8%, Strategy 22.5%, Base Building 20.4%, Building 11.5%, Top-Down 5.9%
- #4 Fierce Kingdoms
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chocolate Dolphin
Windows · Linux
A medieval RTS where you're the king. Command peasants to expand your base and grow your economy. Research powerful technologies. Then, mass an army to crush your enemies! Conquer other kingdoms in Campaign mode to unlock new perks.
Why similar: RTS 34%, Strategy 25.8%, Base Building 19.4%, Resource Management 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%
- #5 Heroes of Orn: Darkness
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BM Studios LLC
Windows
Inspired by Majesty, Heroes of Orn: Darkness is a fantasy base building RTS with a twist - you cannot directly control your units. Build and upgrade your kingdom to gain power and resources. Influence your heroes' decisions and empower them by issuing quests, casting spells, and creating shops.
Why similar: RTS 34.2%, Base Building 20.1%, Strategy 19.1%, Resource Management 14.8%, Building 10.6%
- #6 Planet X16
94% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
Planet X16 the spiritual successor to the Planet X3 strategy game. You are up against the Protoids again. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases now with mouse controls
Why similar: RTS 40.4%, Strategy 32.3%, Futuristic 15.4%, Top-Down 8.5%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #7 Stellar Infestation
93% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: YogurtGames
Windows
Dig minerals, manufacture ammunition, and build defense towers to fend off swarms of insects. A tower defense game with light production line elements.
Why similar: RTS 25.6%, Strategy 23.8%, Resource Management 17.2%, Base Building 14.1%, Futuristic 6.9%
- #8 Total Tower Engine
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RubyRTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tired of RNG and card draws? Experience a "Plan first, pay later" economy where construction scales with your income in real time. As the map grows massive, only careful planning. Not a lucky roll, will keep you alive.
Why similar: RTS 32.9%, Resource Management 19.4%, Base Building 19%, Strategy 13.7%, Building 10.4%
- #9 Majesty 2 Collection
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,545 reviews2011
Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the Kingdom. Your rule is not absolute, however, as you face subjects that are independent and stubborn. They will need a great deal of persuasion before they carry out your wishes...
Why similar: RTS 47.1%, Strategy 34.9%, Base Building 15.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #10 Tempest Rising
90% matchVery Positive88% of 11,317 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 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 57.2%, Strategy 25%, Base Building 12.8%, Futuristic 2.2%, Singleplayer 2%
- #11 EVERGLORY
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eduard Permyakov
Windows · Linux
Stockpile resources, build your settlement, raise an army, and wage war in this love letter to RTS classics. Experience the epic story through a fully scripted single-player campaign, then create your own scenarios and write the next chapter yourself.
Why similar: RTS 35.2%, Base Building 24.4%, Strategy 23.5%, Resource Management 13%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #12 Exodus
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DamageLine Studios
Windows
Exodus, a realtime strategy PC game featuring stunning photorealistic graphics, oldschool RTS gameplay mechanics mixed with our own fresh ideas and a thrilling horror infused story about a dystopian alternative timeline of human history.
Why similar: RTS 35.3%, Strategy 24.6%, Building 10.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Futuristic 9.9%
- #13 Astro Industry Wars
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abundant Pine Games
Windows
Astro Industry Wars is a lighthearted take on the RTS genre featuring distinct unit types, base building, economic production chains, and customizable unit rosters.
Why similar: RTS 37.1%, Base Building 23.2%, Futuristic 13.7%, Strategy 10.6%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #14 Plasma Dome
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yoberu
Windows
Plasma Dome is a tactical tower defense with roguelite progression and no predefined paths. Defend your city from an aerial assault of geometric entities from another dimension.
Why similar: RTS 32.8%, Strategy 25.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Futuristic 8.3%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #15 Ripped From Time: Outpost
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Looming Games
Windows
First-person drone combat meets RTS base-building: command historical squads, advance from stone to lasers, and power the outpost’s defenses and superweapon to seal a space-time rupture.
Why similar: RTS 33.6%, Base Building 20.2%, Strategy 18.4%, Resource Management 16.5%, Top-Down 5.8%
- #16 TowerMancer
86% matchMixed61% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Digital Synapsis
Windows
TowerMancer, a challenging strategy tower building game. Gather resources, build rooms, face menacing threats and meet The Lich family!
Why similar: RTS 36.7%, Resource Management 20.7%, Building 14.6%, Strategy 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #17 Taste of Power
86% matchMixed67% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: OneOcean LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Show your strategic talents in Taste of Power! It's a RTS set in an alternate medieval world, where Europe, Middle East, and China confront each other. Develop unique technologies and lead warriors into an epic battlefield – the victory is yours!
Why similar: RTS 40.7%, Strategy 33.4%, Base Building 25.8%
- #18 Pact
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liberation Games
Windows
Build your alliance of evil as you regain your lost power in this classically-inspired fantasy RTS. Choose how your enthusiastically loyal minions will build, plunder, and pillage their way across an ever-shifting battlefield, guiding them to new opportunities and allies on your path to domination.
Why similar: RTS 34.1%, Strategy 27%, Base Building 21.1%, Resource Management 10.5%, Top-Down 5.5%
- #19 BattleMore
83% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Heat Wave Games
Windows
From battling rocket squirrels to lead zeppelins, this goofy single player RTS will keep your hands full and APM high.
Why similar: RTS 58.7%, Strategy 41.3%
- #20 Wyrmsun
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 282 reviews2015
Dev: Andrettin
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Wyrmsun is a real-time strategy game which features elements of mythology, history and fiction.
Why similar: RTS 41.5%, Strategy 28.3%, Base Building 16.5%, Building 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%
- #21 Tribes of the Ridge
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lukáš Anděl
Windows · Mac
Lead your tribe in this relaxing city builder. Transform a small settlement into a thriving civilization. Build efficient production chains, discover new occupations, and construct advanced buildings!
Why similar: RTS 38.6%, Strategy 21%, Building 16.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #22 Celtic Kings: Rage of War
81% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Celtic Kings: Rage of War is an RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2002. It is the first game of the award-winning franchise Celtic Kings
Why similar: RTS 59.2%, Strategy 40.8%
- #23 Warrior Kings: Battles
81% matchVery Positive91% of 328 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Warrior Kings: Battles maintains the excitement that made Warrior Kings a leading RTS. It is a stand-alone title that adds a new strategic and tactical dimension to the series.
Why similar: RTS 54.8%, Strategy 45.2%
- #24 Empires:The Rise
80% matchMixed61% of 62 reviews2019
Dev: 阿龟与阿飞Pub: MZ Times
Windows
《Empries:The Rise》 is the a Cross-Platform Real-Time-Strategy (R.T.S.) game. Choose your nation and conquer those, who stand in your way!
Why similar: RTS 53.9%, Strategy 46.1%
- #25 Memetric: Classic
79% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: CloudCage
Windows
It's a "side-scrolling" real-time strategy game, pixelart style, with a few small "rouge-lite" elements. You have to collect and farm creatures, various bizarre creatures, to further develop your territory and eventually defeat the evil force that has been organizing against you throughout the game.
Why similar: Strategy 27.2%, RTS 26.2%, Base Building 22.1%, Futuristic 11%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #26 reconquest
79% matchMixed55% of 263 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows · Mac
Reconquest is a real-time strategy base building game. After World War III, mankind got close to extinction. You have to reconquer Earth by making better strategic decisions than your opponents.
Why similar: RTS 53.6%, Strategy 46.4%
- #27 Rising Kingdoms
77% matchVery Positive92% of 251 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Rising Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2005
Why similar: RTS 52.1%, Strategy 47.9%
- #28 Z Steel Soldiers
78% matchMixed52% of 286 reviews2014
Dev: TickTock GamesPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In the bloody aftermath of ‘Z’ comes The Bitmap Brothers classic, “Z Steel Soldiers”: a new breed of robot with a taste for war and a warped sense of humour.
Why similar: RTS 52.8%, Strategy 47.2%
- #29 Command & Conquer™ Generals
75% matchVery Positive88% of 1,976 reviews2024
Dev: EA PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Command & Conquer Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Prepare your forces General... it's time to engage in the next generation of real-time strategy.
Why similar: RTS 41.7%, Strategy 37.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #30 SeizeTheMap
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YuanLi
Windows
A hybrid RTS between RTS and turn-based. Command your units like chess pieces. Features reimagined RTS systems (recruitment, crafting, research) plus RPG-style growth and random quests. Finally, face the unique "Judgment Battle."
Why similar: RTS 36.1%, Strategy 26.8%, Base Building 20.7%, Building 8.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #31 Warfare
77% matchVery Positive86% of 246 reviews2009
Dev: GFI RussiaPub: Game Factory Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Saudi Arabia, one of the world's leading oil suppliers and a key U.S. ally, has been taken over by a highly organized group of radical terrorists. The government is in a state of collapse and turmoil and you have been chosen to lead the United States' armed forces to restore control.
Why similar: RTS 50.2%, Strategy 49.8%
- #32 Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
76% matchVery Positive94% of 246 reviews2016
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Conquer the world and build your empire! Lead one civilization to glory through sophisticated trade, diplomacy, espionage and conquest.
Why similar: Strategy 52%, RTS 48%
- #33 StrateZ
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Kottabos Games
Windows
StrateZ is a casual post-apocalyptic RTS game where you fight to survive as one of three separate factions be it Survivor, Zombie or Marauder.
Why similar: RTS 42.5%, Strategy 32%, Base Building 21.1%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #34 Warrior Kings
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 143 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Restoring the power of a kingdom to its former glory using innate cunning, military might and a fearsome will to win.
Why similar: Strategy 52.8%, RTS 47.2%
- #35 Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
73% matchVery Positive91% of 9,278 reviews2017
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.4 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 48.8%, Base Building 24.7%, Strategy 23.8%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #36 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
73% matchMixed67% of 3,298 reviews2015
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.
Why similar: RTS 52.8%, Strategy 24.6%, Base Building 20.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #37 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
71% matchVery Positive86% of 92,769 reviews2021
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
Why similar: RTS 38.5%, Strategy 23.2%, Base Building 21.3%, Resource Management 14.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #38 Steel Command
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smitty Games
Windows
A classic RTS featuring traditional base-building, resource-driven warfare, PvP, skirmish, and a powerful, easy-to-use Mission Editor. Build your base. Secure the ECO. Conquer the battlefield.
Why similar: RTS 40.4%, Strategy 23.4%, Base Building 22.4%, Futuristic 7%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #39 Kohan: Ahriman's Gift
73% matchVery Positive89% of 151 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
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Why similar: Strategy 54.7%, RTS 45.3%
- #40 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
72% matchVery Positive95% of 11,827 reviews2007
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War in one glorious package. Play the genre-defining classic real time strategy game in all its blood-soaked glory, including four complete campaigns and nine full-fledged factions.
Why similar: RTS 48.1%, Strategy 26.4%, Base Building 21.4%, Singleplayer 2%, Futuristic 2%
- #41 Warzone 2100
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,603 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 35.1%, Strategy 30.3%, Base Building 23%, Futuristic 9.5%, Singleplayer 2%
- #42 Uncrewed
71% matchMixed69% of 152 reviews2020
Dev: Quite Different Mechanics
Windows
Uncrewed is a real-time strategy game with the ability to design units from scratch. Unlike in more traditional RTS, units obey the laws of physics, making design choices especially important.
Why similar: RTS 33.8%, Strategy 25%, Base Building 16.7%, Building 12%, Resource Management 10%
- #43 Age Of Blocks
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Persistent Echo
Windows · Mac
Real time strategy meets voxel-based world! Gather resources and blocks, build a city, raise an army and vanquish your enemies! In Age Of Blocks, you impersonate the young Prince Raphaël of the Lands of Azuria in his fight against the evil Crimson Nation. Will you prevail?
Why similar: RTS 42.9%, Strategy 32.8%, Resource Management 13.6%, Top-Down 8.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #44 Your Dead Majesty
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shockwork GamesPub: Destructive Creations
Windows
👑 Your Dead Majesty is an isometric, dark, and humorous real-time strategy game focused on building a right army composition. Command your squad of goofy underlings to victory!
Why similar: RTS 38%, Strategy 29.2%, Base Building 26.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%, Singleplayer 2%
- #45 Meridian: New World
70% matchMixed48% of 530 reviews2014
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Slip into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian. Assured of the fact that the planet is uninhabited, the unexpected reception of a distress call from the surface could mean many things, none of which you are prepared for.
Why similar: RTS 60%, Strategy 37.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #46 Rocklings
68% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: NDOgames
Windows
Rocklings is a strategy game where you explore endless caves, strategically mining rocks to build and expand your base. Unlock cosmetic items as you play and unleash your creativity with a built-in level editor.
Why similar: RTS 41.9%, Strategy 26.7%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 7.4%, Top-Down 6.4%
- #47 Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
70% matchVery Positive85% of 117 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
If you are to return your race to their rightful glory, you must solve the mystery of their destruction.
Why similar: RTS 50.4%, Strategy 49.6%
- #48 Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
67% matchVery Positive94% of 10,263 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The world erupts in conflict as Soviet forces invade American soil in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. You are the Supreme Commander. Arm yourself to the teeth with top-secret technologies and lead the Soviet or Allied troops to victory.
Why similar: RTS 53.4%, Strategy 25.8%, Base Building 16%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #49 4 Civilizations
69% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Tomas Daugela
Windows
Four Civilisations is an indie game. It brings you back to early civilization times and lets you control the destiny of your civilization. You will compete with 3 other civilizations in the game. You will need to gather resources to advance in science and upgrade your buildings.
Why similar: RTS 36.6%, Strategy 22.5%, Base Building 20.8%, Building 11.8%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #50 Uncrewed 2
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quite Different Mechanics
Windows
Uncrewed 2 is a real-time strategy game that lets the player design units from the ground up. Wheels, treads, walker legs, and rocket engines - the game offers a variety of propulsion options, as well as the ability to craft your own weapons.
Why similar: RTS 31.8%, Strategy 16.5%, Base Building 13.8%, Futuristic 11.8%, Building 11%
- #51 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
66% matchVery Positive95% of 178,065 reviews2019
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 87.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
Why similar: RTS 40.2%, Strategy 27.7%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 11.1%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #52 Ordo Et Chao: New World
69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Kobold Workforce Studios
Windows
Inspired by famed series like "The Settlers", "Battle for Middle-Earth", "Anno" and "Age of Empires", Ordo Et Chao is a solo-player strategy game combining elements of real time strategy, resource management and city building.
Why similar: Strategy 41.5%, RTS 36.2%, Resource Management 22.4%
- #53 Galactic Counselors
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: AcroGames
Windows
In this sci-fi strategy game, the Solar System of 4,000 A.D. is ravaged by wars between humanity's planetary colonies. These wars are directed by Supremes - the autocrat leaders of the planets. But each leader needs an advisor, and this is where you step in. Can you guide your ruler to victory?
Why similar: RTS 43.9%, Strategy 33.6%, Futuristic 12.4%, Top-Down 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #54 Bacteria Wars
68% 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: RTS 41.5%, Strategy 24%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 13.3%, Top-Down 4.2%
- #55 Rise of the Cones: Planetary Defense
65% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: Baris Lab
Windows
Rise of the Cones is a tower defense game where a relentless army of cones is marching toward your base. They will not stop. Build towers, shape them with branching upgrades, and figure out how to hold the line.
Why similar: RTS 31%, Base Building 23.1%, Strategy 22%, Building 8.1%, Futuristic 8.1%