- #1 SphereFront
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SphereFront
Windows · Linux
Battle more than 100 players across globe-spanning fronts in SphereFront.
Why similar: RTS 32.9%, Strategy 26.8%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Tactical 12.7%, PvP 10.2%
- #2 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
96% matchMixed67% of 3,328 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 45.3%, Strategy 20.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Multiplayer 9%, Military 7.6%
- #3 Supplant
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Clover Egg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chess, but capture transforms the captor. Your queen takes a pawn and your queen is now a pawn. Kings excepted. Standard rules otherwise, with ranked matches, puzzles, bots, and analysis. Sometimes the strongest move on the board is forcing your opponent to capture something.
Why similar: Strategy 24%, Logic 20.3%, Chess 14.1% ★, Board Game 13.5%, Tactical 12%
- #4 Kings of Emperor Bonaparte
94% matchMixed50% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Rapid Iterations
Windows
A persistent online wargame set in Napoleonic Europe. Command infantry, cavalry, and artillery to achieve victory.
Why similar: RTS 34.3%, Multiplayer 14.4%, PvP 14.3%, Wargame 13.3%, Strategy 12.7%
- #5 Tempest Rising
93% matchVery Positive87% of 12,034 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 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 54.5%, Strategy 23.6%, Base Building 9.4%, Multiplayer 4.8%, PvP 2.5%
- #6 Hexagoner
94% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Wes W
Windows
Assemble your adorable team of battlers, navigate the unique hexagonal grid, and outsmart opponents in thrilling battles. Command a colorful cast of whimsical game pieces with special abilities. Manage resources wisely, adapt your strategies, and seize victory.
Why similar: Strategy 24.1%, Logic 19%, Board Game 13.7%, PvP 13.2%, Multiplayer 11.4%
- #7 Tribal Trouble: Resurrected
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ryan LinehanPub: Stray Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
The most troublesome RTS returns, free forever. Easy to pick up, tough to put down. Play as Vikings or Natives, build your tribe, and battle across randomly generated islands with up to 12 players online. A community-driven revival of a cult classic. Come cause some trouble!
Why similar: RTS 35.6%, Strategy 26.5%, Tactical 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.8%, PvP 10%
- #8 Command & Conquer™ Generals
91% matchVery Positive88% of 2,169 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 37.7%, Strategy 33.8%, Multiplayer 16%, Base Building 10.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #9 modern crisis
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZAIT TEAM
Windows
Command modern armies in fast, brutal RTS warfare. Build your base, secure oil and iron, and crush your enemy with tanks, stealth fighters, warships and ballistic missiles. Two asymmetric factions, land-air-sea combat, online Steam multiplayer, and a full map editor.
Why similar: RTS 38.9%, Strategy 23.3%, Base Building 10.7%, Military 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.5%
- #10 Stand Alone
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stand Alone Games
Windows
Stand Alone is a dynamic real-time strategy game, where players compete to control land in epic multiplayer battles. Engage in intense, tactical warfare as you capture fortresses, manage resources, and forge alliances or betray them all while navigating a world of shifting power and diplomacy.
Why similar: RTS 43%, Strategy 24.5%, PvP 17.1%, Multiplayer 11.5%, 3D 2.7%
- #11 Steel Command
88% 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 36.3%, Strategy 20.9%, Base Building 15.5%, Multiplayer 9.6%, PvP 8.8%
- #12 There Is Eternal War
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Purri Cat Studio
Windows
An RTS game set in a dark sci-fi fantasy universe where you command thousands of units on a huge map without breaking your PC. Dystopian humans, evil elves, greedy dwarves, or relentless undead are all playable factions in a game that has a grand campaign and two story campaigns.
Why similar: RTS 29.7%, Strategy 21.6%, PvP 12.9%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Wargame 10.6%
- #13 Battle Match: Samurai Wars
86% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Recreative Research AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command thousands of individually-simulated samurai in tactical real-time battles.
Why similar: RTS 30.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Wargame 14.1%, Tactical 13.1%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #14 IronFlux
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghost World Gaming
Windows
Three stranded civilizations fight for the ancient Monoliths of a living moon. Build a streaming economy, field armies on land, sea and air, and hold the map to ascend in a large-scale real-time strategy game.
Why similar: RTS 33.2%, Strategy 24.5%, Base Building 13.4%, PvP 13.1%, Tactical 9.1%
- #15 Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
85% matchVery Positive91% of 9,568 reviews2017
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.8 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 44.1%, Strategy 21.3%, Base Building 17.3%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Military 4.4%
- #16 Just Chess
84% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Pupugames
Windows · Linux
Enjoy a pure, distraction-free chess experience with Just Chess! Includes a built-in engine, UCI support and engine profiles, and a Puzzle Arena with 4M+ puzzles. Lichess integration lets you challenge players, play Chess960, and watch live games and broadcasts.
Why similar: Chess 41.4% ★, Logic 15.4%, PvP 11.9%, Board Game 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #17 Fritz Chess 17 Steam Edition
84% matchMixed66% of 83 reviews2020
Dev: ChessBase GmbH
Windows
At the turn of the century, Fritz fascinated the chess world with victories over Garry Kasparov and then-reigning World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. The "most popular chess program" offers you everything you will need as a dedicated chess enthusiast.
Why similar: Chess 48.8% ★, Strategy 19.7%, Board Game 12.6%, Tactical 9.1%, Multiplayer 6.3%
- #18 JKEnterprises
83% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: JKEnterprises
Windows
Take command of a galactic megacorporation and engage your competitors in planetary battles in this spherical RTS.
Why similar: RTS 41%, Strategy 30.9%, Multiplayer 13.9%, PvP 9%, 3D 3.8%
- #19 Army Men RTS
82% matchVery Positive88% of 1,490 reviews2017
Dev: Pandemic StudiosPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Army Men RTS brings you back to the days of staging battles with tiny plastic soldiers in your backyard...except these green soldiers carry out your every command!
Why similar: RTS 50.4%, Strategy 25.2%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Base Building 7.1%, Military 3.4%
- #20 Fierce Kingdoms
82% 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 37%, Strategy 27.9%, Base Building 16.2%, PvP 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #21 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
81% matchVery Positive95% of 11,961 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 44.4%, Strategy 24.2%, Base Building 15.2%, Multiplayer 8%, Tactical 7.5%
- #22 War Selection
81% matchVery Positive85% of 23,654 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Why similar: RTS 33.1%, Base Building 20.3%, Strategy 20.3%, Multiplayer 11.6%, PvP 7.3%
- #23 Thumper Chess
80% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Thumper Games
Windows
Thumper Chess is a free to play chess game with basic animated pieces. Better looking and more fun chess sets, maps, animations, etc... are available in cheap DLC content.
Why similar: Chess 37.7% ★, Strategy 30.5%, Board Game 15.8%, Multiplayer 11.7%, 3D 4.2%
- #24 迷你王国战争 Mini Kingdom Wars
79% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: 枫叶FengYe工作室
Windows
This is a medieval strategy war game where you can freely choose your faction, acquire resources, purchase armies from crystals, strengthen yourself, defeat enemy armies, break down enemy walls, and destroy enemy crystals to win the game. You can compete with AI and invite friends to play online.
Why similar: RTS 35.8%, Strategy 25.8%, Wargame 12.6%, Tactical 8.1%, PvP 6.6%
- #25 Flocking Wars
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: eoin tolster
Windows · Linux
Command armies of flocking creatures in this fast-paced RTS. Battle for control of strategic nodes, utilize terrain advantages, and dominate the continent in the single-player campaign.
Why similar: RTS 35.5%, Strategy 25.8%, Wargame 13.3%, PvP 10.5%, Tactical 7.2%
- #26 CHESS2
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Single Soul Studios
Windows
CHESS, BUT... NO TURNS, NO CHECK OR CHECKMATE, CAN'T MOVE THE SAME PIECE TWICE, 10×10 BOARD, 2 EXTRA KNIGHTS & PAWNS, PAWNS MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION
Why similar: Chess 43.2% ★, Strategy 13.8%, PvP 13.3%, Tactical 10.3%, Multiplayer 9.7%
- #27 Chinese Chess - Xiangqi
78% match8 user reviews100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Popoko VM Games
Windows · Mac
Master Xiangqi anytime! Thrilling games, custom boards & challenging AI.
Why similar: Chess 42.6% ★, Strategy 14.4%, PvP 11.6%, Logic 11.1%, Board Game 9.6%
- #28 Link Empire
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: 没工作工作室
Windows
Link Empire is a real-time strategy game based on a hexagonal grid. In this game, you just need to link nodes to command your forces, not control every unit. Focus on your development, unit combination. Choose your attack timing and path carefully. Defeat your enemies on a truly strategic level!
Why similar: RTS 34.2%, Base Building 15.4%, Strategy 14.5%, Hex Grid 10.7% ★, Board Game 9.5%
- #29 Chill Chess
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chris Pawlowski aka presto3000
Windows
Relax, strategize, and master chess in a sleek 3D sci-fi world. Play against friends or other players online, or challenge smart AI.
Why similar: Strategy 29.6%, Chess 26.8% ★, Logic 21.1%, PvP 10.7%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #30 Shapes of War
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ethibyte
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face off with or against friends using 3D shapes! Lead your cubes, spheres, and cones to capture flags and unlock powerful upgrades. Dominate the map and seize your opponent's capitol building to claim victory!
Why similar: RTS 30.6%, Strategy 16.3%, Base Building 15.3%, Multiplayer 10.1%, PvP 9.8%
- #31 Chess: Definitive Edition
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Aphoenicis
Windows · Linux
A new patch just dropped for the ancient game of Chess. The Definitive Edition adds new pieces, chaotic cards, and modernized rules. Reshape the board and bring down the enemy Kings, heirs, and pretenders. Master the first major update in centuries.
Why similar: Chess 45.4% ★, Strategy 19.2%, Multiplayer 11.1%, PvP 11%, Board Game 7.5%
- #32 Majesty 2 Collection
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,571 reviews2011
Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 13.1 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 49.8%, Strategy 36.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #33 StrateZ
75% 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 40.6%, Strategy 30.4%, Base Building 15.5%, Wargame 9.3%, 3D 2.6%
- #34 The Touhou Empires
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NeetpiaPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
Touhou meets real-time warfare! Explore maps, gather resources, and build your army! Become the conqueror of Gensokyo!
Why similar: RTS 39.1%, Strategy 27.1%, PvP 8.7%, Tactical 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #35 Immortal Chess
73% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Arcane Square Games
Windows · Mac
Play Classic chess expanded with 9 unique classes, Mana, spells, traps and passive abilities. Outsmart your opponent, create unexpected positions, compete online across PC and mobile.
Why similar: Chess 42% ★, Strategy 16.6%, PvP 10.7%, Logic 8.6%, Board Game 7.7%
- #36 Randomish
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PawanPub: Tonic Innovations
Windows · Mac
Simple Arcade style challenging Multiplayer games
Why similar: Logic 31.2%, Strategy 26.8%, Tactical 17.5%, PvP 14.2%, Multiplayer 10.3%
- #37 Azalea
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: RedGinkgo Games
Windows
A real-time strategy game set in the Joseon Dynasty, rendered in ink-wash art. Cultivate rice fields, raise fortress walls, and train armies to seize the battlefield. When multiple forces collide, who you strike first and how you commit your troops decides the victor.
Why similar: RTS 36.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Strategy 15%, PvP 12.8%, Wargame 10.4%
- #38 Chessemble
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Giga Glitch
Windows
Customize your board with a host of new pieces. Start with an aggressive forward assault, Or perhaps a defensive fortress designed to weather the storm. Will you outwit, outmanoeuvre, or out-explode your way to victory?
Why similar: Chess 40.5% ★, Strategy 15%, PvP 12.5%, Tactical 11.3%, Board Game 8.8%
- #39 Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
71% matchVery Positive94% of 10,937 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 19.6 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 48.9%, Strategy 23.4%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #40 Reversi
72% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Popoko VM Games
Windows · Mac
Reversi - A Board Game of Strategy and Tactics!
Why similar: Strategy 26.3%, Chess 20.9% ★, Logic 18%, Board Game 15.4%, PvP 10.7%
- #41 Enkhbayar's Olympiad Chess: Multi-Board Team Matches
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enkhbayar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Olympiad Chess evolves classical chess into a unified 4v4 team sport. Across shared middle ranks, pieces migrate between boards to flank opponents and save teammates. A true multi-board competitive variant built to completely revolutionize FIDE team chess format!
Why similar: Chess 46.7% ★, Strategy 12.4%, PvP 12.2%, Board Game 11.8%, Multiplayer 8.9%
- #42 Supreme Commander 2
71% matchVery Positive88% of 12,990 reviews2010
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Includes 47 Steam achievements, leaderboards, and stats!
Why similar: RTS 44.3%, Strategy 25.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Tactical 4%
- #43 Iron Wall Protocol
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ox Dynamics
Windows
An RTS and tower defense hybrid about holding a border. Draw the roads, raise the wall, spread your sensors, and hold one sector of a small country through seven days of rockets, tunnels and drones. Or go offensive: hunt down the launch sites and end the war early. Every campaign is a different war.
Why similar: RTS 35.9%, Strategy 18%, Base Building 15.2%, Military 8.7%, Wargame 8.6%
- #44 Space Chess
69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Jacob Bambeck
Windows · Mac
Play Capture-the-King Raumschach, invented in 1907 and made more playable by futuristic visuals! Spread out cells and helpful highlighting maximize the player's ability to visualize the board. The game features public and private lobbies.
Why similar: Strategy 29.2%, Chess 26.1% ★, Logic 17%, Board Game 15.9%, Multiplayer 8%
- #45 Warrior Kings: Battles
70% matchVery Positive91% of 334 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 54.9%, Strategy 45.1%
- #46 MetaChess
67% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: MetaChess
Windows · Mac
MetaChess is chess that lets you build your own army and rewrite the board. With alternate roles for every piece, it creates billions of new possible games possibilities. No more memorized openings, no more solved meta. Every decision matters. Outdraft, outthink, and outplay your opponent.
Why similar: Chess 45.3% ★, Strategy 13%, PvP 12.6%, Board Game 12.2%, Tactical 8%
- #47 Celtic Kings: Rage of War
68% matchVery Positive90% of 181 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 59.4%, Strategy 40.6%
- #48 BattleMore
69% matchPositive87% of 15 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 58.8%, Strategy 41.2%
- #49 Empires:The Rise
68% matchMixed60% of 63 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 54%, Strategy 46%
- #50 STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
67% matchVery Positive91% of 4,714 reviews2016
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Disney
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Lead the great armies of the Star Wars™ Episode II: Attack of the Clones saga in intense real-time strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookies, Trade Federation, Gungans or Royal Naboo to determine the course of the Galactic Civil War.
Why similar: RTS 50%, Strategy 28.3%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Base Building 9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #51 Rising Kingdoms
67% matchVery Positive92% of 258 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Rising Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2005
Why similar: RTS 52.3%, Strategy 47.7%
- #52 reconquest
68% 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 53.7%, Strategy 46.3%
- #53 Andalia
66% matchVery Positive85% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Joel St.Pub: Sundust
Windows
Andalia is a fantasy real-time strategy game (RTS) with a diverse range of civilisations, resources and environments. Build up your town and lead your forces into war against enemy players. Alternatively you may construct a monument and hold it long enough to reach victory.
Why similar: RTS 37.5%, Base Building 17.2%, Strategy 14.8%, PvP 13.7%, Multiplayer 12.8%
- #54 Grid War Online
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NasjakiPub: Nasjaki_Games
Windows
This game combines real-time and turn-based strategy. Each turn is divided into two phases of variable duration. This concept is especially interesting when playing with multiple players. That's why it's so easy to create and join online lobbies.
Why similar: RTS 33.2%, Strategy 16%, PvP 13.5%, Multiplayer 10%, Logic 8.4%