- #1 Coffee Pot Terrarium
97% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: Brothers Flint
Windows · Mac · Linux
Created by two brothers, Coffee Pot Terrarium is a turn-based puzzle game of tile manipulation. Raise new pathways to traverse the map, drop tiles to eliminate the enemy. Stop and smell the cherry blossoms.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #2 Solmec: Among Stars
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Octopus 8 Studios
Windows
Solmec: Among Stars is a resource management game which allows you to play as the Ankazil, giant space roaming beasts. Infected by the Rot, you must travel across the different solar systems to find your way home. However, the Rot has spread across the galaxy making once peaceful environment’s infested with hostile enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #3 Darkest Mana: Master of the Table
96% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: IKINAGAMES
Windows
Darkest Mana: Master of the Table is a card duel game. Create a deck and play online against players from around the world. You can also play solo in 20+ stages.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #4 Tavern Table Tactics
95% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Double Digit Games
Windows
Tavern Table Tactics is a tactical computer board game that combines a traditional two-player board game setting with tactical RPG combat.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #5 In The Dead Of Night - Urszula's Revenge
94% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2015
Dev: Axed Game Studio
Windows
In The Dead of Night is a story driven top down game that merges the best elements of RTS with Tower Defence. Take control of the town to gather resources and build your defences before Urszula’s zombies charge upon you at nightfall.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #6 Grimante
93% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: aftermonk
Windows · Mac
50+ levels of tactical combat boiled down to its addicting, puzzle-like core. Solve the battlefield.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #7 Operation Valderon
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Ryo Suzuki
Windows
The people of Valderon need you. The planet is under attack. The emperor has personally selected you to command the defenses. Design your fleet. Create your own path. Save Valderon from an endless wave of enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #8 Volantia
91% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Tangled Mess Games
Windows · Mac
Transport yourself to a lush kingdom in the sky as you create, explore, build, and optimize a thriving new ecosystem amongst the clouds. Amidst the lush greenpunk landscape, rotate and conjoin fragments of land onto your floating island to stabilize it, and stop it from crumbling to its demise.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #9 Chessboard Kingdoms
90% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Hashed Egg
Windows
Chessboard Kingdoms is a multiplayer, turn-based strategy game inspired by the chess mechanics. Employ warriors and engineers, build siege machines, construct walls and towers, consult your court wizard — all while exploring vast landscapes of the realm and satisfying your puzzle-solving appetite.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #10 Wars Across The World: Russian Battles
92% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: StrategiaePub: Plug In Digital
Windows
The Russian Battles DLC pack from Wars Across the World focuses on 5 key campaigns of the Russian army in our collection, including an exclusive and unique one not available as regular DLC. Ownership of WAW is required to play this package.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #11 Dice Defenders
89% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Full Screen Sorcery
Windows · Mac
Dice Defenders brings the classic old school feel of many early tower defense games and adds a new level of strategy and planning through the thousands of possible different combinations of different towers, tower sizes, and dice to offer a unique challenge to veterans of the genre and newcomers alike.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #12 Broken Metal
88% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Armadillo Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight with a small team through floors of hostile machines, tweak your team to overcome increasingly more powerful enemies, live with the consequences of your actions, learn from your mistakes as you are overwhelmed and plan better for your next attempt.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #13 Hellfire Fortress
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gold & Lumber Games UG
Windows · Mac
In the Hellfire Fortress classic 1 vs 1 mode you’ll face sheer endless waves of demons and thus the goal is straight forward: Your Fortress needs to survive longer than your opponent’s! It’s your task to set up an army and strategically invest in economy while constantly leveling up your Fortress.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #14 Quantum Multiverse
87% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: RipTyde GamesPub: RipTyde Studio
Windows
If you're looking for a immersive experience of Evading a predator hunting for you in a futuristic science facility, this is for you.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #15 Geared
89% matchMixed36% of 11 reviews2015
Dev: Playful Art, LLC
Windows
Geared is a highly addictive, physics-based spatial puzzler. Goal: Power the blue gears.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #16 One More Night: BiO Clinic
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Stephen Wu
Windows
Everything around you is trying to kill you! Can you survive for One More Night?
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #17 Wagers of War
86% matchMixed57% of 65 reviews2018
Dev: Jumb-O-Fun Games Inc
Windows
Jump into a competitive battleground as you face off against your opponent in rounds of war. Based on the classic card game War, battle head-to-head as you work to anticipate your opponent’s next move while making gains to outsmart them and bring home the victory.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #18 BlindOak Prow
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PositionMatters
Windows · Mac · Linux
BlindOak Prow is a competitive strategy card game with unique, subtle tactics that mirror the political maneuvers of the setting. Form a party of four characters mixing and matching the six different classes however you'd like, then outwit your foes for control of the city and for your survival on a new land.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #19 Wizard King
85% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Maru Games
Windows
Wizard King is a strategy collectible card game. (CCG / TCG) However, instead of playing cards, you will play the game with real summon creature and magic. Therefore, you can enjoy more easy and active games than ordinary card games.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #20 FrogStatue
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: yeyinggame
Windows
No one knows when the sea that was made up of several small islands was discovered. Most of the islands are made up of desert, gobi or volcanoes. No matter which season the outside is, there will always be snowflakes. The cold weather and hard harsh living environment deter the explorers.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #21 Siege - the card game
84% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: SIA Next Level
Windows · Mac · Linux
Siege is a strategic single-player card game about sieging castles with armies and magic set in the bizarre setting of Circus Empire.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #22 Rhombus Legends
82% matchMixed66% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: Freeway Interactive
Windows
A unique spatial battle system for card games. Unite with friends for clan wars, explore the dungeons and search world map for Bosses. Magical power awaits you!
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #23 NUVAVULT
80% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Mim Hufford
Windows · Mac · Linux
A perspective altering puzzle game where 2D and 3D collide.
Why similar: Strategy 69.3%, Indie 30.7%
- #24 Shuttle Siege
82% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2016
Dev: Lasmelan
Windows
A sci-fi Tower Defense game where your space shuttle is invaded and you have to build mazes of defensive towers to stop the enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #25 过关攒将
81% matchMixed62% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: 重庆极娱游科技
Windows
闯关杀这是一款结合了战旗和卡牌创新策略游戏,玩家需要在棋盘中走和合适地点来选择适当卡牌打出。游戏中玩家可以选择一位主公,然后招募自己的武将一起开始闯关之旅。战斗中的各种随机元素使得游戏策略性十足。
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Indie 30.9%
- #26 Earth Muncher
79% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Odd Ocelot GamesPub: Odd Ocelot Games LLC
Windows
Equal parts Arcade and brain-teaser, play as Norm the Earthworm and collect as much treasure as you can without getting taken out by baddies.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #27 5Leaps (Space Tower Defense)
77% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2019
Dev: DeepDimensionGames
Windows
5Leaps is a retro-futuristic strategy game "Tower Defense" style.
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #28 Combiner the Card Game
78% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Konstantin Dvornikov
Windows
Digital version of the card game called "Combiner". The playing process is based upon the use of combinations in order to reduce the opponent's score. Play with computer players or on a local network (up to four players).
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #29 Rubico
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Runners
Windows
You were in the middle of a dying city, in the center of which a giant monster nestled - the Plague. People infected with it lose their sanity and die over time. In the midst of all this chaos, you have only one friend you can rely on - a mechanical kettle.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #30 Star Police
77% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Cow Game
Windows
Tower Defense game
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #31 Squid Vs Vexus
81% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: JammSoft
Windows
As the Sun starts to transform into a red giant, every planet, except Pluto, is joining forces to save the Solar System from certain demise. The Plutonians, feeling left behind and undermined, decide to send Squid, their strongest warrior, to finish off the 8 Emperors of the Solar System, that form Vexus.
Why similar: Strategy 69%, Indie 31%
- #32 Mad Carnage
76% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Drageus Games
Windows
Can YOU survive the Mad Carnage?
Why similar: Strategy 68.1%, Indie 31.9%
- #33 The Wizard's Tower
75% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Paul Kearley
Windows · Mac
The Wizard's Tower is a Tower Defence game that gives you direct control over the Towers. Using three different elements to maximum effect to stop your foes from destroying your main Tower.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #34 Omnipresent
78% matchMixed55% of 28 reviews2015
Dev: Starkey Industries
Windows
What would you do if you had the power of a self-aware AI? Take control of S.E.N.T.I.E.N.T and see what choices you would make. Connect to the Internet and hack into corporations, governments, websites and more...
Why similar: Strategy 69.4%, Indie 30.6%
- #35 Module TD. Sci-Fi Tower Defense
75% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Gyro-Games Inc.
Windows
This is Sci-fi Tower Defense created by gamers for gamers.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #36 Strazeal
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Tradosoft
Windows · Linux
A digital strategy board game for 2 - 4 players. Capture your opponent's bases while protecting all of your own using land, water and special weapons.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #37 Party Saboteurs: After Party
76% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: The Glitch Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Party Saboteurs is a local multiplayer espionage party game for up to four players. Each player controls a spy who is trying to blend in an exclusive cocktail party to complete the missions. The catch? At the same time, they are all controlling snipers trying to identify and eliminate each other’s spies.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #38 Rezist: Tower Defense
73% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: SparkGames
Windows
Protect your server from the malicious software intrusion. Improve your utility programs in time, rollout patches — and you will stand fearless even against the algorithms of your most devious enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #39 StoneDefence
73% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: RenZhai(人宅)Pub: RenZhai
Windows
There is a mysterious continent full of songs and laughter, a huge God stone stands in the center of the continent, guarding the local residents from generation to generation, the good scenery is not long, the God stone is missing, the mainland without the God stone Guardian lost the vitality of the past, a large number of evil forces hit
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #40 Goblin Storm
74% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: Nemeton Singularity Simulations
Windows
Command the armies of Men, Goblins and the Dead as they battle for supremacy on battlefields across the lands of Arcwellion. Will you build a mighty kingdom and lead the armies of men to stand against the storm? Or will you command the invading hordes on the path to conquest?
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #41 Twinfold
72% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac
A roguelike about merging golden babies and squashing angry faces.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #42 Card Battle Spirit Link
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Speedrobo Games
Windows
Get ready for a new kind of digital multiplayer card game. No shuffled decks, no random card packs. In Card Battle Spirit Link, strategy is the key!
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #43 Epic Little War Game
71% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: Rubicon Development
Windows
The lighter side of turn-based war gaming. Take your time to plan good strategies, deploy your troops in the right places, try not to laugh whilst killing your enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #44 Dark Rising
72% matchMostly Negative31% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Clear Light Games
Windows
Upgrade your castle, build towers, expand your village and train loyal pledges who will fight, and die at your command. Dark Rising is a tower defense game for anyone who's looking for a more in-depth approach to the popular genre.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #45 stepbystep
70% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Evgeny PetrovPub: Not a Prototype games
Windows · Linux
stepbystep is a minimalistic programming puzzle platformer with experimental turn-based mechanics where you must write a command sequence to complete the levels that will be run automatically.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #46 Mercs
70% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Munchkin's Lair
Windows
Assemble a team of mercenaries and challenge the computer or another player in a quick turn-based battle. Unlock new mercs, find the best skill combos, and watch your adorable tiny soldiers blow themselves up in a variety of hex-mapped, low-poly environments.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #47 Aetherspace
71% matchMixed63% of 84 reviews2017
Dev: Munchkin's Lair
Windows
Aetherspace is a game about turn-based battles between outlaw gangs. In space. With starships.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #48 ManGuin – Penguin Apocalypse
73% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Gary & EddyPub: EGCL
Windows
A real-time strategy (RTS) game which comes from our love of 50s Sci-fi films. Set in Antarctica you control a team of top scientists researching penguins. Disaster strikes when a satellite carrying an unknown space virus crashes near a penguin colony.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #49 炎黄战纪之三国烽烟
70% matchMixed66% of 291 reviews2018
Dev: 上海班图网络科技有限公司
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
《炎黄战纪》是一款开放式的水墨历史风集换式卡牌游戏。 我们设计这款游戏的初衷对华夏五千年来那一个个青史留痕的人物的向往和致敬,希望能记录和纪念这些炎黄之魂以及他们的故事,同时也希望能提供一个平台将同好者们聚在一起来共同开发和完善这个游戏,青梅煮酒,共论天下英雄,评说功过是非。
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #50 Minda
66% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Sunho Kim
Windows · Mac
Online Abalone board game.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #51 Cat Defense
67% matchMixed60% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Red twice potato
Windows
An army of the undead attacked the defenseless village of cute kittens
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #52 The Escape
69% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: The Escape Team
Windows
The Escape is a challenging online co-op strategy game for up to 4-players.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #53 Radar Defense
68% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Adage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Radar Defense is the first Strategy Tower Defense Game with a “seek and destroy” game mechanic. Use your Radar to find and identify the threat, or use your intuition to guess the position and the types of the enemy units. Destroy them with the right weapon.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #54 Rampart Tactics
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Aaron Saluk
Windows
Indie Turnbased Strategy, solo or online.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #55 Survival Kingdom
68% matchMixed61% of 44 reviews2016
Dev: Bat Byte
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Survival Kingdom is a turn-based, retro strategy game. You are the ruler of a kingdom in a medieval fantasy-pixel world. Embark on an adventure and test your ruling abilities. Will your kingdom escape death and achieve glory? Will you be able to survive? It all depends on you!
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #56 Devouring Stars
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 40 reviews2015
Dev: NerialPub: BulkyPix
Windows · Mac · Linux
What if you could unhook the stars and fight your battles with black holes? With its mix of adaptative unit combination, space resource harvesting as well as visual and audio refinement, Devouring Stars aspires to bring a different scope to the RTS genre.
Why similar: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #57 Veterum
47% matchVery Positive93% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows
Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
Why similar: Strategy 100%