Games Like REDCON

Warpips is the ultimate quick to learn but amazingly deep tug-of-war strategy game. Deploy the right composition of soldiers, tanks, helicopters and planes in this tight, streamlined strategy-focused war game. Compose the best army, research the right tech; overwhelm your enemy!

Why similar: Tower Defense 44.8%, Strategy 28.1%, Base Building 19.1%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar tug-of-war style of strategic warfare where managing your units and base assets is key to victory.

Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.5%, Strategy 26.2%, Base Building 20.8%, Indie 5%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on defending a single, upgradeable fortress against massive waves of enemies using tactical weaponry.

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Why similar: Strategy 57.6%, Indie 15.6%, Simulation 14.3%, 2D 7%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same core loop of managing a crew and individual ship systems while engaging in high-stakes tactical combat.

The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.

Why similar: Tower Defense 54.4%, Strategy 29.9%, Simulation 13.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic defense game that requires careful resource management and base placement to hold back an encroaching enemy.

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Strategy 46.2%, Simulation 31.4%, 2D 18.6%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, complex simulation of managing a crew and vessel systems in a hostile, high-pressure environment.

Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

Why similar: Strategy 53%, Simulation 32.9%, Indie 9.1%, Singleplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: Requires intense management of a crew inside a combat vehicle, mirroring the system-repair and targeting mechanics of REDCON.

Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.

Why similar: Strategy 49.3%, Simulation 20.6%, Tower Defense 13.7%, Indie 12.6%, 2D 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic defense game that requires energy management and tactical building to survive.

Time for your toughest mission yet! Recruit and train your crew to tackle the growing threat from alien and android armies as you defend Earth to become a Galactic Legend in Space Crew: Legendary Edition. All new content free to existing owners of Space Crew!

Why similar: Strategy 54.4%, Simulation 26.1%, Indie 14.7%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: An evolution of the crew-management genre that places you in command of a starship under constant fire.

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Base Building 38.3%, Tower Defense 31.5%, Strategy 19.6%, Simulation 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features large-scale base defense against massive waves of enemies, requiring precise tactical positioning.

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: Strategy 65.8%, Simulation 34.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, high-level management of a massive war vehicle and its various tactical systems.

The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.

Why similar: Strategy 44.4%, Tower Defense 22.3%, Simulation 14.4%, Indie 9%, 2D 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic design and deployment of combat units for large-scale, automated tactical engagements.

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: Tower Defense 45.7%, Base Building 28.3%, Strategy 26%

Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that emphasizes large-scale combat and tactical deployment of defensive structures.

Mechs V Kaijus is an addictive hardcore tower defense gameplay. In Mechs V Kaijus you take on the role of Commander of a powerful Mechs squadron. Improve your Mech, strategically place towers and factories on the battlefield. Deploy support units on the battlefield, and save our civilization.

Why similar: Tower Defense 67.8%, Strategy 18.4%, Base Building 6.9%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features action-heavy defensive gameplay against massive, overwhelming enemies.

Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!

Why similar: Tower Defense 40.3%, Strategy 23.7%, Base Building 20.4%, Simulation 8.3%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Integrates tower defense with auto-battler mechanics for a strategic defensive experience.

True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.

Why similar: Base Building 49.8%, Strategy 45%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Blends traditional RTS mechanics with roguelite progression for a highly replayable tactical experience.

Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.

Why similar: Strategy 77.8%, Indie 22.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated base-building and defense game that focuses on constructing resilient structures.

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: Strategy 97.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes tactical artillery positioning and strategic movement across a desert battlefield.

Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.7%, Base Building 27.6%, Strategy 24.7%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game with roguelike elements that keeps the defensive gameplay fresh and challenging.

A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.7%, Strategy 26.1%, Simulation 12.7%, Base Building 12.5%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines action-RTS mechanics with tower defense elements in a fast-paced war setting.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Strategy 66.4%, Indie 17.4%, 2D 11.6%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical combat game that draws heavy inspiration from FTL's combat and management systems.

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Why similar: Strategy 58%, Simulation 27.8%, 2D 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-tension management of drones and systems in a derelict, hostile environment.

Artificial Defense is a one man made, real time strategy game combining orbital shooter and tower defense components within an electrifying, virtual reality setting. You are the machine, a mighty computer-system defending its servers against swarms of intruding creeps.

Why similar: Strategy 53%, Tower Defense 30.8%, Indie 16.2%

Why You'll Like It: An indie strategy title that focuses on the placement and management of defensive towers.

Armor Clash is an RTS game of modern warfare, containing classic features like base building, unit training etc. Players can pick modern armors such as M1A2, T-14 to form identical legions. With realistic effects and fast paced battle, players will enjoy commanding their armored forces to break down the enemy.

Why similar: Strategy 57%, Simulation 26.7%, Indie 16.2%

Why You'll Like It: A war-themed RTS that focuses on base building and tactical unit management.

Build, manage and defend your medieval castle in this crazy sidescroller RTS game. Build walls, towers and traps to protect your fortress from enemy sieges before launching your own. Command powerful siege weapons and design the perfect strategy to take back the empire.

Why similar: Base Building 41.7%, Strategy 34.9%, Simulation 13.4%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base building with real-time tactical combat in a military setting.

Harvest: Massive Encounter is an award-winning real-time strategy game with battles of epic proportions and a unique style of resource management and exploration. Build power plants, mineral harvesters and defense towers and make sure they have sufficient energy to fend off endless hordes of evil aliens.

Why similar: Tower Defense 51.6%, Strategy 36.9%, Indie 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi tower defense game that requires careful resource management to survive.

Stunning detail of levels, in-depth gameplay, finely tuned balance of all levels and turrets. During the game you will hold your defense with your turrets against the massive hordes of enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 54.1%, Strategy 36.4%, Indie 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tower defense game that focuses on strategic placement and resource management.

Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!

Why similar: Base Building 47.4%, Strategy 35.6%, 2D 7.1%, Indie 7%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Imagine an enemy that is everywhere and moves like a giant, organic mass across the map. Imagine your base and your people surrounded by a blanket of crushing destruction from all directions. Your only hope, well what hope? Then you take the high ground and pound this enemy into oblivion.

Why similar: Strategy 42.1%, Tower Defense 30.6%, Simulation 16%, Indie 11.3%

Tempest Citadel is a base building simulation set on a storm-ruled planet with a vivid sci-fi story. Build a mighty Citadel in the clouds for your crew of explorers and conquer the deadly planet below in automated squad battles!

Why similar: Strategy 55.7%, Simulation 28.6%, Indie 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic simulation game that focuses on base management and tactical decision-making.

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: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS experience that emphasizes base building and strategic combat.

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: Tower Defense 60.8%, Strategy 22.8%, Base Building 6.7%, Indie 3.8%, Simulation 3.8%

A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!

Why similar: Tower Defense 37.9%, Base Building 26%, Strategy 23%, Simulation 10.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Molten Armor is an action tower defense game with a non-linear story in sci-fi setting! Command defenses and stop hordes of enemies! Fight on land, sea and in the skies!Decisions taken in the heat of battle will change the course of the war.

Why similar: Tower Defense 52.1%, Strategy 33.8%, 2D 5.8%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that incorporates RTS elements to enhance the defensive experience.

Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.

Why similar: Strategy 61.6%, Simulation 24.3%, Indie 12.1%, Singleplayer 2%

Deceptively simple... amazingly deep. Creeper World 2 thrusts you into the 14th millennium fighting and enemy that flows and oozes through the terrain. Employ advanced weapons,gravity manipulating repulsors, wormhole like rifts, and your own wit against this never yielding enemy.

Why similar: Strategy 47.5%, Simulation 20.1%, Tower Defense 20%, Indie 12.4%

Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism.

Why similar: Tower Defense 41%, Base Building 27.5%, Strategy 23.6%, Indie 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Choose a planet, build your fortress, and prepare for war. Arm yourself with powerful weapons, deploy troops, and defend your stronghold against relentless attacks. In this action-packed block-builder, survival is earned, and only the strongest will remain.

Why similar: Tower Defense 48.1%, Base Building 42.1%, Strategy 9%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Firebase Defence is a new spin on the traditional tower defence gameplay. You have to defend yourself from the waves upon waves of incoming enemies. You are free to build, place and manage your available resources and units in any way you want. But failing to balance those will result in defeat!

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, Strategy 30.4%, Base Building 19.9%, Indie 8.8%, 2D 3%

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Why similar: Tower Defense 38.2%, Base Building 28.6%, Strategy 24.2%, Indie 6.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Space Run is a «real-time spaceship construction strategy game». Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space!

Why similar: Tower Defense 63.1%, Strategy 30.3%, Indie 5.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Dive into intense, fantasy, tower defense action! Using turrets, spells, and your cunning, you must defend your kingdom against an onslaught of enemies launching a surprise attack while the king is away.

Why similar: Strategy 45.7%, Tower Defense 39.1%, Indie 13.2%, Singleplayer 2%

Welcome to the frontlines! Build towers, muster armies, and conquer the map. Challenge yourself in the single-player campaign following the Chroma Wars, survive relentless waves in solo defense, or battle it out in local matches against friends and AI bots. Victory comes with the last HQ standing!

Why similar: Tower Defense 40.3%, Base Building 28.5%, Strategy 24.8%, 2D 6.4%

Orcdom is a minimalist tower defense game with full freedom in tower placement. Defend your crystal from waves of orcs attacking from all directions. Plan your layout, time your spells, and unlock new strategy modes in this fast-paced tactical challenge!

Why similar: Tower Defense 41.7%, Strategy 24.4%, Base Building 22.2%, 2D 5%, Indie 4.6%

Recon Control is a turn-based strategy and 2D platformer hybrid focused on combat. Lead your special operations squad through a set of challenging and deadly missions.

Why similar: Strategy 51.3%, Simulation 22.9%, Indie 12.1%, 2D 9.2%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 44.3%, Strategy 29.1%, Base Building 19.4%, Indie 6.2%, Singleplayer 1%

Mech Fortress is a sci-fi tower defense game where each turret has unique mechanics. You can freely place them on a 5×5 grid, and your goal is to eliminate all enemies!

Why similar: Tower Defense 65.4%, Strategy 32.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Defense Task Force Featuring Large Scale Procedurally Generated Tower Defense Battles with FPS Quality Visuals and Infinite Waves. 10 tower types, with different attacks , 3 levels plus boosts. 25 Enemy alien species: Regulars, Swarmers, Racers, Cloakers, Healers, Boss Units and Spawners.

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.1%, Strategy 31%, Simulation 15.1%, Indie 8.8%

Command the sky in a tense real-time strategy simulation where you manage a nation's air defenses. Analyze radar contacts, scramble interceptor jets, and make split-second decisions to protect your airspace from hostile threats.

Why similar: Strategy 64.9%, Simulation 20.4%, 2D 10.7%, Singleplayer 4%

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: Strategy 75.3%, Tower Defense 17.5%, Singleplayer 5.1%, Simulation 2.1%

Byte Lynx is a fast-paced RTS with no units. Build defenses, dismantle your enemy, and steal their buildings in this deeply tactical building combat-based strategy game. Expand your arsenal across a series of diverse levels!

Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, Base Building 32.6%, Strategy 26.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%

iBomber Defense combines classic tower defense gameplay with intense action and strategy. Keep enemies at bay all over the world using a variety of weapons and tactics, from rattling Machine guns, explosive cannons and awesome anti-aircraft artillery!

Why similar: Tower Defense 56.3%, Strategy 35%, Indie 8.7%

"Age of Steel: Recharge" is a 2D strategy with a view from the side. You're taking the role of commander, who was entrusted the management of the military base. Your mission is to defend a base from the waves of enemies at any price.

Why similar: Strategy 58.2%, Tower Defense 29.3%, Indie 12.5%

Strategy Tower Defense, RTS Battles on the World Map

Why similar: Tower Defense 51.1%, Strategy 35.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?

Why similar: Tower Defense 41.2%, Strategy 25.6%, Base Building 25%, Indie 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.

Why similar: Strategy 48.4%, Simulation 33.3%, 2D 11.7%, Singleplayer 6.6%

Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies

Why similar: Tower Defense 43.1%, Strategy 24.5%, Base Building 21.2%, 2D 5.5%, Indie 4%

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: Base Building 50%, Strategy 45.6%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Forge invincible defenses with lethal traps and devious machines, and crush relentless waves of adventurers in the ultimate tower defense showdown!

Why similar: Tower Defense 50.6%, Strategy 27.5%, Simulation 13.6%, Indie 4%, 2D 2.7%

Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.7%, Strategy 25.3%, Base Building 22.4%, 2D 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%