Games Like Rogue Command

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: Action RTS 30.9% ★, RTS 17.9%, Military 13.2%, Roguelite 10.5%, Resource Management 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similar fast-paced, action-oriented RTS experience with roguelite elements and unit-based army management.

Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun

Why similar: Action RTS 36.2% ★, RTS 19.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Roguelike 9.5%, Space 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the seed's blend of real-time strategy and roguelite progression with a focus on unit drafting and tactical combat.

We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.5%, Roguelike 16.6%, Roguelite 14.2%, Space 12.7%, Tactical 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines tower defense and RTS mechanics with a deep roguelite deckbuilding system that rewards strategic planning.

Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.1%, Roguelite 18.5%, Roguelike 16.5%, Tactical 15.7%, Sci-fi 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features modular unit construction and roguelite progression, focusing on tactical combat against overwhelming odds.

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 35%, Military 19.3%, Tactical 13%, Strategy 12.2%, Resource Management 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A pure tactical RTS that captures the scale and military feel of sci-fi warfare seen in the seed game.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Base Building 26.6%, Building 20.8%, Resource Management 20.6%, Roguelite 19.2%, Strategy 10%

Why You'll Like It: While a city-builder, it is the gold standard for roguelite strategy, requiring players to adapt their build to randomized conditions in every run.

Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 37.7%, Roguelike 23.4%, Roguelite 23%, Strategy 12.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the deckbuilding and tactical combat aspects, offering a similar sense of build-crafting within a sci-fi setting.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: RTS 15.4%, Perma Death 13.6%, Space 13.5%, Tactical 11.4%, Roguelite 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A space-faring roguelite that emphasizes tactical fleet management and strategic decision-making in a procedurally generated universe.

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 25.4%, Action RTS 18.3% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Building 13.4%, Space 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game allows for direct base-building and RTS control, offering a similar sci-fi military aesthetic and tactical depth.

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: Base Building 18.5%, Roguelite 16.6%, Roguelike 14%, Strategy 9.2%, Space 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends base-building and tower defense with roguelite elements, forcing players to manage resources while defending against waves of enemies.

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Base Building 36.8%, RTS 31.5%, Strategy 9.5%, Building 9%, Resource Management 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the intense base-building and defensive RTS pressure found in Rogue Command, with a high-stakes survival focus.

Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

Why similar: Action RTS 24.7% ★, RTS 21.1%, Base Building 14.2%, Roguelite 11.3%, Resource Management 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It integrates automation and tower defense into an RTS framework, providing a satisfying loop of base expansion and unit management.

Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.

Why similar: Action RTS 25.7% ★, RTS 13.2%, Action Roguelike 10.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends action-RTS and roguelite mechanics, focusing on defending a base while upgrading units through a draft system.

Cube Chaos is a complex strategy roguelike about placing units to create giant armies, factories, combos, or self replicating murder crabs, overwhelming and outsmarting your opponents. Build and adapt new strategies each run using a ludicrous variety of units, perks and more.

Why similar: RTS 33%, Base Building 14.8%, Roguelite 13.9%, Resource Management 12.4%, Roguelike 12%

Why You'll Like It: A unique RTS that incorporates roguelite deckbuilding, allowing for highly replayable and chaotic tactical encounters.

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: Base Building 15.9%, Perma Death 14%, Space 12.8%, Building 12.3%, Roguelite 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite base-builder that focuses on space station management and strategic survival in a hostile environment.

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 54.7%, Strategy 14.1%, Base Building 13.7%, Action RTS 8% ★, Military 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style RTS that provides a polished, traditional experience for those who enjoy the base-building and army-raising aspects of the genre.

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: Action RTS 22.5% ★, Base Building 19%, Resource Management 16.6%, RTS 15.3%, Military 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on massive-scale RTS defense and base-building, challenging players to survive against thousands of enemies.

Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation. Build paths, unlock upgrades, and unleash powerful synergies to conquer evolving challenges in an ever-expanding world.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 17.9%, Base Building 16.5%, Roguelite 13.9%, Roguelike 12.4%, Space 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines strategy and roguelite mechanics with a focus on resource management and defensive positioning.

“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 21%, Military 17.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 11.7%, Resource Management 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines survival and RTS elements, requiring players to build and defend a base against waves of alien threats.

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: RTS 49.2%, Base Building 27.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Sci-fi 6.7%, Action 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that emphasizes unit positioning and cover, providing a more grounded but equally strategic experience.

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 26.9%, Base Building 21.6%, Building 15.6%, Resource Management 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers complex automation and RTS mechanics in a sci-fi setting, appealing to players who enjoy deep build-crafting.

The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run

Why similar: RTS 21.4%, Base Building 16.5%, Deckbuilding 11.8%, Resource Management 11.6%, Roguelike 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It uniquely blends RTS and roguelite mechanics, tasking players with managing a kingdom while defending against waves of enemies.

A retro sci-fi deckbuilder where enemies play by the same rules as you. Command your ship, build powerful deck combinations, and watch your decisions unfold in fast-paced, satisfying space combat.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.5%, Perma Death 20.1%, Space 18.5%, Roguelike 14.1%, Sci-fi 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi strategy game that leans heavily into deckbuilding mechanics to drive tactical unit deployment.

Activate your Neural Link to gain an omniscient view of the battlefield. Experience the conflict at any scale, as you plot the course that will lead your fleet to victory. Eternal Starlight is a tactical space combat game, built from the ground up for VR.

Why similar: Action RTS 20.6% ★, RTS 19.4%, Space 11%, Tactical 10.7%, Military 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game brings tactical RTS combat to a new dimension, focusing on fleet management and direct unit control.

Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.

Why similar: Space 32.5%, Roguelike 17%, Strategy 14.6%, Roguelite 13.6%, Perma Death 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based roguelite that focuses on ship customization and tactical combat, mirroring the build-crafting focus of the seed.

Build and defend your fortress while expanding out in this hold-out tower defense roguelite. Battle across a procedural alien homeworld, fight back corrupted terrain, discover hundreds of structures and upgrades as physics-driven swarms threaten to wipe out humanity.

Why similar: RTS 18.7%, Base Building 14.3%, Roguelike 10.2%, Roguelite 9.8%, Military 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It merges tower defense and RTS, requiring players to build bases and manage units to conquer territory.

Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.

Why similar: Tactical 18.6%, Roguelike 17.2%, Space 16.5%, Roguelite 15%, Sci-fi 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that focuses on mech-based combat and defensive strategy in a sci-fi setting.

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 47.7%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Strategy 15.1%, Space 10.8%, Futuristic 5%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in tactical RTS combat that emphasizes unit synergy and terrain usage in a harsh, sci-fi environment.

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 28.8%, Space 23.9%, Tactical 13.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers grand-scale space strategy and RTS combat, perfect for players who enjoy the sci-fi setting and tactical depth of Rogue Command.

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: Perma Death 21.1%, Space 16.7%, Roguelite 14.4%, Resource Management 12.2%, Roguelike 10.7%

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: RTS 17.3%, Base Building 14.2%, Tactical 10.6%, Roguelike 9.7%, Military 9.5%

Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.

Why similar: RTS 34.1%, Tactical 19.2%, Roguelike 18.2%, Roguelite 17.2%, Strategy 9.7%

Build a grand totalitarian colony and personally storm roguelite battlefields with your soldiers. Shape citizens fears, loyalties, bonds, and feuds. Capture enemies, convert them into true believers. Sacrifice the weak. Feed the strong. Wield absolute power and make every life bend to your will.

Why similar: Military 23.7%, Base Building 23%, Action Roguelike 18.2%, Roguelite 16.2%, Building 14.7%

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: Action RTS 27.5% ★, RTS 19.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Tactical 10.4%, Sci-fi 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a blend of base-building and RTS combat, focusing on puzzle-like tactical challenges.

A sci-fi deckbuilder with RTS-style fleet battles. Discover an epic space opera through a full story campaign, then pursue mastery in a separate roguelike mode.

Why similar: RTS 16.7%, Military 15.3%, Deckbuilding 12.6%, Space 11.1%, Base Building 10.3%

An RTS base builder with huge battles, constant production, and autonomous ships. 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.

Why similar: RTS 21.2%, Base Building 17.2%, Space 13.6%, Building 11.4%, Military 10.3%

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 35.4% ★, RTS 22.4%, Base Building 15.4%, Space 14.7%, Strategy 5.3%

Hyperspace Deck Command is a complex deck building roguelite. Command a massive space fleet that operates on individual turn timers, combine a wide variety of cards into powerful decks and master the dual-use status effects to defeat the hegemonising swarm.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.7%, Roguelike 15.6%, Space 14.8%, Roguelite 13.9%, Perma Death 13.1%

An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!

Why similar: RTS 34%, Base Building 20.1%, Military 17.3%, Roguelite 14.4%, Strategy 7.5%

Strategic auto battler where you design a heavily-armed spaceship. Draft 200+ items, outfit your hull, and unleash it in async PvP. Blend captains and factions for absurd combos and galactic domination. Roll, buy, place, pray.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 33.1%, Space 22.8%, Roguelite 20.1%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Strategy 9.5%

Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.

Why similar: RTS 25.3%, Perma Death 20.7%, Space 16.6%, Roguelite 15.8%, Tactical 12.1%

Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.

Why similar: RTS 27.7%, Military 26.6%, Tactical 18.5%, Space 16.2%, Strategy 8.5%

The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?

Why similar: Deckbuilding 39%, Roguelike 23.9%, Roguelite 23.6%, Strategy 11.4%, Singleplayer 2%

Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 38.8%, Roguelite 21.8%, Roguelike 21.7%, Strategy 14.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%

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 32.7% ★, RTS 23.2%, Base Building 17.7%, Resource Management 13%, Roguelite 7.9%

Command the legendary gunship in a high-octane action-roguelite! Engage insurgents with devastating firepower in ever-changing missions. Upgrade your arsenal, adapt to dynamic challenges, and survive relentless waves of enemies. Every run offers new tactics and chaos as you dominate the skies.

Why similar: Military 36.2%, Tactical 21.3%, Action Roguelike 21.1%, Roguelite 18.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Shatter genre boundaries in this sci-fi survival Roguelite blending bullet-hell action and base-building RTS. Dodge and unleash screen-clearing firepower against alien hordes, while constructing fortresses and real-time automated defenses to crush your enemies.

Why similar: Base Building 21.2%, Space 18.7%, Action Roguelike 18.3%, Military 17.7%, Sci-fi 11.4%

Roboden is a fresh take on the RTS genre: less micro-control tedium with more units!

Why similar: RTS 21.2%, Action RTS 17.9% ★, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 10.3%, Base Building 9.9%

A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 39.9%, Roguelite 25.1%, Roguelike 19.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Singleplayer 3.7%

A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 19.7%, Roguelike 19.6%, Space 17.6%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Tactical 15.3%

Space Raiders in Space is a wave defense roguelike mixing squad management and tower defence mechanics. Command your almost competent crew to loot weapons and supplies, build defenses, and fight their way through the Bugpocalypse.

Why similar: Action RTS 25.8% ★, RTS 18%, Roguelike 11.3%, Roguelite 11%, Action Roguelike 10.9%

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: Base Building 25.1%, Roguelike 23.1%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Space 13%, Strategy 11.9%

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: RTS 77.3%, Strategy 21%, Singleplayer 1.8%

A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 37.2%, Roguelike 23.8%, Roguelite 23.1%, Strategy 12.5%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 18.9%, Base Building 16%, Roguelite 12.9%, Tactical 12.1%, Building 11.1%

Golden-age RTS classic. Fast-paced action & strategic decision-making, battling evil arch-enemies, zombies, and retro-futuristic technologies. All to a '90s electro-metal soundtrack and FMV live-action cut scenes.

Why similar: RTS 24.7%, Action RTS 22.8% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Tactical 13.8%, Sci-fi 8.5%

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 30.5% ★, RTS 20.7%, Space 16.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Tactical 10.1%

Build your deck, re-write your cards, and join in epic space battles! Heat Death is a single-player deckbuilder which takes card customization and power scaling to the extreme, as you battle against sentient stars and black holes.

Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.6%, Space 16.9%, Roguelike 16.3%, Futuristic 14.3%, Sci-fi 12.8%

A deck-building roguelike game with unique semi-real-time combat system. Step into the shoes of an ancient gladiator and do your best to survive in the coliseum. Combine various skills and equipment, develop your own fighting style, and defeat all the enemies to become the next champion!

Why similar: Deckbuilding 22%, Perma Death 21.2%, Base Building 19.2%, Roguelite 13.1%, Roguelike 13.1%

HEXSTORM: Tears of Arcadia is a tactical tower defense with roguelike structure. Build your flying fortress, upgrade your ship, and combine powerful boosts. Every battle is unique. Uncover the mystery of the fallen captain.

Why similar: RTS 21.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Tactical 11.8%, Roguelike 10.5%, Resource Management 10.4%