- #1 TFC: The Fertile Crescent
97% 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 21.2% ★, Real-Time 19.3% ★, RTS 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 6.9%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #2 Battlefall: State of Conflict
96% matchMixed62% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Kyoto Video Game ConcernPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Engage in a post-apocalyptic RTS showdown between three factions in Battlefall: State of Conflict.
Why similar: Real-Time 21.9% ★, Action RTS 16.7% ★, RTS 14.5%, PvP 10%, Co-op 9.5%
- #3 Zero-K
96% matchVery Positive94% of 4,227 reviews2018
Dev: Zero-K Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.
Why similar: RTS 35.5%, Real-Time 32.2% ★, Multiplayer 9.3%, Strategy 8.2%, Co-op 6.7%
- #4 Lornsword Winter Chronicle
95% matchMixed67% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: Tower Five
Windows
Lornsword Winter Chronicle is a story-driven action strategy game. Be the general on the battlefield and take direct action to command your soldiers and set up your economy. The Lorn Empire counts on you, keep your mind pure and your Lornsword sharp!
Why similar: Real-Time 26% ★, RTS 21%, Action RTS 18.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 9.8%, Co-op 8.7%
- #5 Stellar Empires
94% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Bros Ogon's
Windows
Indie strategy game where you take control of an Empire, lead it to complete domination by colonizing new planets! The goal of the game is simple - the player has an initial planet and he has to control the armies to capture the enemy planets.
Why similar: RTS 25.3%, Real-Time 24.1% ★, Action RTS 20.8% ★, PvP 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #6 Circle Empires
94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,100 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Why similar: RTS 36.5%, Real-Time 32.7% ★, Strategy 12.3%, Fantasy 6.8%, Multiplayer 5.4%
- #7 SiegeBorn
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Prince Game Studio
Windows
SiegeBorn is a top-down action RTS. Lead your troops, command powerful siege engines, and defeat the enemies!
Why similar: Real-Time 32.7% ★, Action RTS 25.8% ★, RTS 20.7%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, Strategy 4.4%
- #8 Empires Apart
92% matchMixed68% of 2,472 reviews2018
Dev: DESTINYbitPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.
Why similar: RTS 35.6%, Real-Time 27.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.9%, Multiplayer 9%, Strategy 8.9%
- #9 EMERGENCY
91% matchMixed69% of 6,493 reviews2023
Dev: Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Save lives – be a hero! Join forces against the chaos in the newest title of the award-winning EMERGENCY series. Take up your shift as incident commander and coordinate with other players to fight fires, arrest gangsters and rescue injured civilians. Your city needs you!
Why similar: RTS 26.2%, Real-Time 21.7% ★, Multiplayer 12%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, Co-op 10.2%
- #10 Immortal Magus
90% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: AcroGames
Windows
Immortal Magus is a throwback to old 'artillery' games such as Scorched Earth or Pocket Tanks, but in a fantasy setting. In a simple mixture of turn-based and real-time strategy, defeat your enemy by hurling spells and summoning Units in destructible environments.
Why similar: RTS 32.1%, Action RTS 31.4% ★, Strategy 10.2%, PvP 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #11 Coloniser
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cantos Games
Windows
A survival-first multiplayer RTS. Secure a foothold, outlast rivals, and earn the right to build your colony in massive persistent worlds.
Why similar: Real-Time 23.5% ★, Action RTS 19.9% ★, RTS 19.6%, Real Time Tactics 8.9%, PvP 7.9%
- #12 Cheeselords
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paweł Murias
Windows
An RTS where you fight, build, and recruit on faraway planets. Decadent aristocrats will pay a fortune for the delicious cheese from the most alien of worlds. Armed with modern controls and your trusty army, bring home the cheddar 🧀
Why similar: Action RTS 37.8% ★, RTS 27.3%, PvP 13.5%, Strategy 7.8%, Multiplayer 5.7%
- #13 WarBreeds
88% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Red Orb EntertainmentPub: SNEG
Windows
Warbreeds is a strategy game where the objective is to become the ruler of the fallen Empire. Defeat your enemies and steal their genetic material to expand your clan’s skills and firepower. Engineer and customize your army with a vast mixture of advanced bio-technological weaponry.
Why similar: Real-Time 32% ★, Action RTS 27% ★, RTS 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.6%, Fantasy 4.9%
- #14 Command & Conquer™ Tiberium Alliances
87% matchMostly Negative38% of 295 reviews2025
Dev: EA PhenomicPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
From the genre-defining RTS franchise Command & Conquer comes a unique, free-to-play strategic warfare MMO experience!
Why similar: RTS 34.5%, Real-Time 29.2% ★, Multiplayer 11.6%, PvP 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 7.9%
- #15 Tribes
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catastrophe Studios
Windows
In a stone-age like war, stuck on a lush, isolated island, its down to you to command your tribe to conquer and colonize the island by any means! Tribes offers skirmish, multiplayer and a full campaign mode for you to experience with friends or alone!!!
Why similar: Real-Time 32.1% ★, Action RTS 22.4% ★, RTS 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Strategy 6.7%
- #16 King of the World
86% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2018
Dev: Contec Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
King of the World is the gameplay from RISK in a Real-time strategy setting. Fight up to 12 players at once while scheming, backstabbing, making shallow alliances or simply conquer to become the last man standing.
Why similar: Real-Time 41% ★, RTS 26.8%, Strategy 15.2%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Indie 6%
- #17 A Byte War
84% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: STELLAR
Windows · Linux
A Byte War is a real time strategy game where you lead a race of block-based machines against a machine threat from another dimension. Construct buildings from blocks arranged in various patterns and leverage your machines to convert the world around you.
Why similar: Real-Time 32.2% ★, RTS 24.7%, Action RTS 20.9% ★, Retro 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #18 Rokatusch
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoserverStudios
Windows
Experience this Real-time Strategy-Game from First-person view in lowpoly look. Build your fort, command armies and fight together and/or against AI or real players.
Why similar: RTS 28.7%, Action RTS 26.9% ★, Multiplayer 10.8%, PvP 10.4%, Co-op 8.8%
- #19 Red Chaos - The Strict Order
83% matchVery Positive87% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Squarecut Games
Windows · Linux
The last world war didn't end conflict. The Iron Hand tyrannizes people, as the Resistance fights for liberation. In the resulting conflict high tech and brute force face off against guerrillas with unconventional tactics, leading to Red Chaos: A modern take on classic real-time strategy games.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.9% ★, RTS 28.6%, PvP 13.4%, Co-op 6.5%, Strategy 5.4%
- #20 Smelogs Playground
82% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Nifty Productions
Windows
Smelogs Playground is a Free-to-Play Real-Time Strategy game with charming aesthetics and a simple but effective gameplay mechanism. Take over the playful and rocky Smelogs to compete against each other for fun and honor!
Why similar: Action RTS 31.3% ★, RTS 28.6%, PvP 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Real Time Tactics 8.4%
- #21 Fragment's Moonrise
82% matchMixed66% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: Yyanthire Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fragment’s Moonrise is a challenging Simplified RTS where you command a squad every step of the way. Fight powerful enemies who will test your tactical maneuvering skills to their very limits. Research a vast number of new spells and unleash them against the evil that looms across the land.
Why similar: Action RTS 31% ★, Real-Time 29% ★, RTS 23.7%, Fantasy 7.7%, Strategy 5.2%
- #22 Warchief
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Honikou Games
Windows
Warchief is a brand new kind of Action RTS. Choose your hero, recruit and customize your armies, explore the jungle, and seize strategic objectives to become the ultimate Warchief. Ready to dominate the battlefield?
Why similar: Action RTS 27% ★, RTS 23.4%, PvP 9.4%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Co-op 7.4%
- #23 Edge Of Extinction
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Azulon StudiosPub: Nelson R Lunshof
Windows
Edge of Extinction is a real-time strategy game focused on tactical unit control, faction identity, and large-scale conflict. Command armies across unstable voxel-based terrain, deploy formations, manage resources, and fight for survival as six rival factions are forced into war. Wishlist now!
Why similar: RTS 32.2%, Real-Time 16.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, PvP 11.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #24 Real-time Shogi
79% match6 user reviews57% 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 37.2% ★, RTS 24.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, PvP 12.4%, Strategy 5.9%
- #25 Spellcraft
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: One More Game
Windows · Mac
Spellcraft is a new type of strategy game: a Real-Time Battler where you actively command an entire team of heroes and cast spells to outplay your opponents. Wishlist now and play in Preseason 2!
Why similar: Real-Time 27.6% ★, Action RTS 22.1% ★, RTS 17.6%, Real Time Tactics 9%, PvP 8.7%
- #26 Executive Assault 2
79% 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: Real-Time 30.4% ★, RTS 27.3%, Action RTS 15.1% ★, Multiplayer 6.9%, Co-op 6.7%
- #27 Stellarcraft
78% 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 25.2% ★, RTS 17.4%, Co-op 11.7%, PvP 11.1%, Real Time Tactics 11%
- #28 Conquest: Frontier Wars
78% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Fever Pitch StudiosPub: Descendent Studios
Windows
Expand your fleet, explore your universe, and crush your opponents! Conquest: Frontier Wars features large-scale fleet battles, intelligent admirals who serve as hero units, and pulse-pounding deep space RTS Sci-Fi gameplay!
Why similar: Real-Time 48.6% ★, RTS 23.3%, Strategy 15.7%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #29 Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes (GOLD Edition)
77% matchVery Positive86% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Bloom TechnologyPub: IncrediSoft
Windows
- World first to achieve a successful serverless online gaming feature by utilizing Locus Chain Blockchain technology - RPG game mode with multi-play capability - Unique RTS/RPG Hybrid
Why similar: RTS 35%, Action RTS 29.9% ★, Strategy 11.5%, PvP 9%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #30 Star Maidens Chronicle: Definitive Edition
77% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: PROJECT YNP
Windows
Overview"Star Maidens Chronicle" requires you to handle ever-changing battlefield situations.Your goal is to become the commander of a powerful Faction and destroy enemy strongholds.To fulfill your ambition, you must establish a city, raise an army and become strong enough to overwhelm your opponents.
Why similar: RTS 31%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, Action RTS 13.7% ★, PvP 12%, Online Co-Op 11.4%
- #31 Fair and Square
76% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Octopus Engine
Windows · Linux
Try this small real time strategy and roguelike game where you need to defend your base against multiple waves . Each run you will have to choose between unique units and unique buffs.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.1% ★, Co-op 12.8%, RTS 12.2%, PvP 11%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #32 TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
75% matchVery Positive81% of 354 reviews2025
Dev: Blockage
Windows · Mac · Linux
TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid
Why similar: RTS 27.8%, Action RTS 24.3% ★, Co-op 13.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.2%
- #33 Supreme Commander
76% 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 46.6%, Real-Time 25.5% ★, Strategy 11.3%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Co-op 6.7%
- #34 Staatio
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Staatio
Windows · Linux
Fast-paced multiplayer territory conquest. Host your own server, invite friends over LAN, and battle for control of procedurally generated maps. Four game modes, alliances, bot opponents, and cross-platform play.
Why similar: RTS 30.9%, Action RTS 29.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Strategy 9.7%, PvP 7.3%
- #35 Lustle
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TerraDevlog
Windows
Lustle is a small RTS game featuring economy building, combat, unique factions, procedural maps, and a cheerful pixel art style. In the game, you can play as factions such as bees, termites and in future other insect-based nations!
Why similar: RTS 26.8%, Action RTS 19.4% ★, PvP 11.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.1%
- #36 Tempest Rising
72% 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 59.3%, Real-Time 12.5% ★, Strategy 11.3%, Action RTS 6.7% ★, Multiplayer 5.4%
- #37 Astra Defender
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yokereba
Windows · Linux
Blast through enemies, build defenses, launch fighters, and upgrade your way to victory in this fast-paced space shooter/action RTS hybrid.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.4% ★, RTS 24.4%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, PvP 12.2%, Strategy 6.5%
- #38 Unpeaceful
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Experience10Games
Windows
Unpeaceful is a fast-paced real-time strategy game focused on intense 1v1 duels. Expand your domain by building bridges between islands, placing structures, capturing enemy territory, and awakening ancient gods to claim victory.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.8% ★, RTS 33.5%, PvP 14.3%, Multiplayer 11%, Strategy 6.5%
- #39 Drift Wars
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BRZDRIFT
Windows · Linux
A new style of RTS that focuses heavily on terraforming and changing terrain to different types to overcome your opponent ! Inspired by old-school RTSes but with next-generation RTS ideas !
Why similar: Action RTS 37.4% ★, RTS 35.7%, Strategy 11.8%, PvP 7.8%, Multiplayer 5.8%
- #40 Krush Kill ‘N Destroy 2: Krossfire
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 391 reviews2020
Dev: Beam SoftwarePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Krush Kill 'N Destroy 2: Krossfire is a fast and furious post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game where you have to be quick or be dead. Play as one of three unique factions in the struggle to seek out and conquer oil fields to fuel your army.
Why similar: Real-Time 49.3% ★, RTS 22.7%, Strategy 15.9%, Retro 10.2%, Action 1.8%
- #41 The Valiant
72% matchMixed66% of 331 reviews2022
Dev: KITE GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Embark on a journey of brotherhood and redemption in The Valiant, a squad-based RTS set in 13th Century Europe and the Middle East. Command and level-up your medieval knights as you fight through an epic SP campaign, then take your skills online in both cooperative and competitive MP modes.
Why similar: RTS 36.6%, Action RTS 29.2% ★, Multiplayer 9.6%, Strategy 8.6%, PvP 7.2%
- #42 Rusted Warfare - RTS
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,087 reviews2017
Dev: Corroding Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.
Why similar: RTS 44.2%, Real-Time 23.3% ★, Multiplayer 7.7%, Strategy 6.9%, Co-op 5.8%
- #43 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
69% matchVery Positive84% of 10,973 reviews2025
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition is the ultimate Dawn of War experience, featuring the original Dawn of War and all its expansions, along with enhanced visuals, an improved camera, and 64-bit platform support.
Why similar: RTS 33.4%, Action RTS 21.3% ★, Multiplayer 10.9%, Co-op 10.6%, Online Co-Op 9.5%
- #44 Okashi Towers
70% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: Blekoh
Windows
Okashi Towers is a Real Time Strategy game with Tower Defense elements. Gather candy resources to build tower units or go on offense and summon creatures to attack other player bases. Join with up to 8 players and choose one of the four factions that fits your play style best
Why similar: Action RTS 27.2% ★, RTS 26.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, PvP 6.1%
- #45 Tactical Warfare
70% 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 29.8%, Real-Time 23.8% ★, Co-op 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Online Co-Op 8.1%
- #46 Skeleton Scramble Deluxe
71% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Chris Turd Boomerang Armstrong
Windows
Skeleton Scramble Deluxe is a fast-paced, head-to-head real-time strategy game. Play as a necromancer, summon an army of relentless skeleton warriors, and frantically build a gauntlet of turrets to hold off your opponent's forces.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.1% ★, RTS 28.8%, PvP 13.8%, Strategy 6.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #47 Defence of Nythrial
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fantasy Bytes Entertainment
Windows
Defence of Nythrial is a 2D, Top down, Tower Defence / Real Time Strategy Game.
Why similar: RTS 34.2%, Action RTS 33.3% ★, Strategy 11%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #48 Birnchen & Friends: Minor Confrontations
71% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Birnchen Studios GmbHPub: Birnchen Interactive GmbH
Windows
Visit Birnchen and Mr. Blue in their playroom and fight each other for a bowl of candy in this colorful RTS! Whether it's fruity attack or stormy chaos, you choose the side!
Why similar: Action RTS 30.5% ★, RTS 27.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, PvP 11.1%, Multiplayer 10.8%
- #49 Worbital
69% matchVery Positive89% of 475 reviews2019
Dev: Team Jolly Roger
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategic artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing!
Why similar: Action RTS 30% ★, RTS 20.8%, Co-op 10.6%, PvP 10.5%, Multiplayer 8.6%
- #50 Steel Command
69% 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 38.9%, Action RTS 26.6% ★, Multiplayer 10.7%, Strategy 9.9%, PvP 9.5%
- #51 Godsworn
67% matchVery Positive93% of 800 reviews2024
Dev: Thunderoak Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Godsworn is a classic mythological RTS. Experience an epic fantasy retelling of the Baltic Crusades, where pagan gods and their tribes clash against crusaders and armies of heaven. Choose a divine hero, rally worshippers alongside mythical creatures, and smite the unworthy!
Why similar: Real-Time 29.8% ★, Action RTS 20.8% ★, RTS 20.1%, Co-op 9.3%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #52 Command & Conquer™ and The Covert Operations™
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 403 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
The legendary RTS game which started it all. Will you side with the humanistic GDI or bring the world to its knees with Kane and the Brotherhood of Nod. Your adversaries are without mercy. And so are you.
Why similar: RTS 44.1%, Action RTS 34.1% ★, Strategy 13.8%, Action 4.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #53 Tyrium
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sceptical Orange
Windows
Tyrium is a real-time strategy game where you build a base, collect the valuable mineral Tyrium, and command tanks, rocket launchers, and infantry. Fight for map control, upgrade units, and experience two campaign levels. More content and game modes are coming soon!
Why similar: Real-Time 37.3% ★, Action RTS 30.4% ★, RTS 25.5%, Strategy 5%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #54 Sudden Strike 4
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,179 reviews2017
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.6 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: RTS 27.1%, Action RTS 25.4% ★, Real-Time 20.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Strategy 8.4%
- #55 Dark Prospect
67% matchMixed69% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: CashcowGames
Windows
Dark Prospect is an asymmetrical FPSvsRTS multiplayer game. FPS players must survive by gathering resources, building defenses and fighting against a player or AI who summons, commands, upgrades monsters and casts spells from an RTS perspective.
Why similar: Action RTS 32% ★, RTS 20.5%, Multiplayer 11.4%, PvP 11.3%, Co-op 10.8%
- #56 General Chaos - MAJOR SNAFU
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Game Refuge Inc.
Windows
"Currently, GENERAL CHAOS - MAJOR SNAFU is considerably more than halfway to the finish line! This time around, its a sprite-based, multiplayer PC Game that uses an Xbox-style Game Controller &/or Keyboard & Mouse .
Why similar: Action RTS 34.5% ★, RTS 32.9%, Strategy 11.7%, PvP 9.6%, Multiplayer 4.9%
- #57 Multiwinia
68% matchVery Positive82% of 600 reviews2008
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Multiwinia is a fast-paced, retro-inspired RTS that blends arcade action with strategic depth. Command armies of Multiwinians in multiplayer battles across vibrant, nostalgic environments. With simple controls and dynamic gameplay, it offers endless fun and challenge for players of all skill levels.
Why similar: RTS 26.5%, Action RTS 22.6% ★, Multiplayer 9.8%, Real Time Tactics 9.4%, PvP 8.2%
- #58 IMMORTAL: Gates of Pyre
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SunSpear Games, Inc.
Windows
IMMORTAL: Gates of Pyre is an immersive RTS where you play as powerful Immortals to lead armies and dominate the battlefield. Experience easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay in both engaging PvE and competitive PvP battles. Choose your Immortal, forge your strategy, and crush your foes.
Why similar: Action RTS 28.5% ★, RTS 27.8%, PvP 10.7%, Co-op 10.4%, Multiplayer 9.9%