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  1. #1 Monster Grid
    96% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2024
    Dev: Neonian Games
    Windows · Linux

    Assemble and customize your own team of powerful monsters and strategically place them on the grid, watch them battle through intense challenges, and compete against other players.

    Why similar: Auto Battler 50%, Strategy 41.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

  2. #2 Micromanagement
    97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
    Dev: FuzzyCube
    Windows · Linux

    You're bacteria. Luckily, you have psychic powers! Control your mutation to overwhelm and conquer. Gain amazing abilities for both tactical and strategic advantage. You'll need them all because this microcosmic world has a new threat...

    Why similar: Strategy 48.7%, Real-Time with Pause 45.2%, Indie 6.2%

  3. #3 筑梦三国
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 迷茫游戏
    Windows

    筑梦三国是汲取霸王大陆,三国志,三国群英传等经典游戏精华,结合自走棋战斗玩法创作的一款战争策略类单机游戏

    Why similar: Strategy 64.8%, Auto Battler 32.2%, Indie 2.9%

  4. #4 Dungeon Fight Tactics
    94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Zemon
    Windows

    An Auto Battler game where you strategically assemble a team of characters to enter randomly generated dungeons. Customize your characters with items and skills from spellbooks, then let them fight automatically for victory. Build your unique team and conquer the dungeon!

    Why similar: Auto Battler 46.9%, Strategy 34.9%, Resource Management 18.2%

  5. #5 Creeper World 2: Anniversary Edition
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 500 reviews2016
    Dev: Knuckle Cracker
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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 56.7%, Real-Time with Pause 36.8%, Indie 6.5%

  6. #6 Project Takeout
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: HAKUROKUDO
    Windows · Mac

    Project Takeout is a retro pixel-style adventure that blends inventory management and puzzle-solving. As a spirit courier between life and death, deliver the last wishes of the dead, manage your backpack, solve mysteries, and uncover their touching stories.

    Why similar: Strategy 41%, Auto Battler 26.3%, Resource Management 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Indie 4.5%

  7. #7 Unguided Order
    92% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: MFC-Maker
    Windows

    In a world where ancient barriers are crumbling, Darkness approaches Master Leo's home. Using a powerful artifact, Leo attempts to repel the threat. Your key tasks are strategy, creature selection, and tactical deployment, while your troops and the Master handle the battles and application of magic.

    Why similar: Auto Battler 48.5%, Strategy 37.8%, Resource Management 11.8%, Indie 1.8%

  8. #8 KinPath
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Turtle Knight Games
    Windows

    Plan your journey in this micro RPG autobattler, leading generations of brave frogs through growth, uncovering treasures, confronting mysterious foes, and building a lasting family legacy.

    Why similar: Strategy 47.9%, Auto Battler 42.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%

  9. #9 Hero and Monster
    89% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Hero and Monster
    Windows

    In Hero & Monster — 37 units, 17 spells, 11 heroes, 6 synergies, 3 difficulties, 30 waves — spend wisely to build an invincible army.

    Why similar: Auto Battler 54.9%, Strategy 31.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Indie 3.1%

  10. #10 Siglings
    88% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Regonold
    Windows

    Siglings is a chaotic auto-battler where you collect sigils inspired by symbols and pictograms. They fight for you against increasingly difficult waves of enemies. Mix and match sigils to create powerful combinations, with effects that interact in fun and sometimes unexpected ways.

    Why similar: Auto Battler 42.6%, Strategy 42.6%, Resource Management 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Indie 1.6%

  11. #11 UFO: Aftermath
    91% matchMostly Positive78% of 339 reviews2014
    Dev: Altar InteractivePub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    UFO: Aftermath is a 3D isometric, tactical strategy game with a rich and compelling sci fi story.

    Why similar: Strategy 62.4%, Real-Time with Pause 37.6%

  12. #12 Little fight
    91% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2018
    Dev: FunnyNetWork
    Windows

    《Little fight》 is a magic theme, heroes battle, heavy athletics, turn-based SLG game. Proficient in the technical, strategic requirements, followed by competitive game skills design, strategy skills diversification: can be forced, dizziness, treatment, crawling, combat range, stealth, clear skills and so on.

    Why similar: Strategy 95.8%, Indie 4.2%

  13. #13 RoBoRumble
    90% matchMostly Positive72% of 307 reviews2015
    Dev: MetropolisPub: TopWare Interactive ACE
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Build powerful battle robots from components like Chassis, Weapon and Booster. The battle’s starting and you’re right in it – with freely definable camera perspectives, spectacular effects, unlimited zoom and scroll, colored light sources, terrain morphing and 3D sound. Pure action – pure excitement!

    Why similar: Strategy 97.4%, Indie 2.6%

  14. #14 Clash of Magic: Spectator Only
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Narvalous Inc
    Windows

    On the United Island of Magic, there is an Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Students with magic powers, regardless of their ethnicity and background, can apply to this university. The acceptance rate is lower than Harvard.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  15. #15 三国时代2
    87% matchPositive89% of 44 reviews2019
    Dev: 陈文龙
    Windows

    This is a lightweight strategy game

    Why similar: Strategy 95.7%, Indie 4.3%

  16. #16 Planets Under Attack
    89% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,244 reviews2012
    Dev: Targem GamesPub: Topware Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Play as humans or robots in a brand new sci-fi strategy adventure! Travel into the far reaches of space, through cleverly designed star constellations and variable game modes, conquering enemy planets using 15 combinable technologies.

    Why similar: Strategy 98.6%, Indie 1.4%

  17. #17 Wellington's Victory
    86% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2019
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    At dawn on June 18th, the torrential rain which had soaked the Belgium countryside the previous day began tapering off.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  18. #18 Swords and Soldiers HD
    86% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,051 reviews2010
    Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    Rewrite history as you take control of the brutal Vikings, the devious Aztecs or the crafty Chinese in their global quest to win the favour of the Gods! Swords & Soldiers is a side-scrolling strategy game that lets you control an entire army and lets you wield devastating magical abilities.

    Why similar: Strategy 99.1%, Indie 0.9%

  19. #19 Heart in the Cell: Rebirth
    78% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
    Dev: Team Gingerbread Man
    Windows

    “Heart in the Cell: Rebirth” is a real-time strategy (RTS) game which integrates the UI itself into the combat system. Players will act as rebels and explore the secrets beneath the vast wings of Oniros Corporation in a world Of highly advanced artificial intelligence.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  20. #20 Lords of the Realm
    85% matchVery Positive82% of 123 reviews2015
    Dev: Impressions GamesPub: Rebellion
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 36%

    The year is 1268 and the English throne lies empty. Fight for the right to be King in this classic blend of turn-based and real-time strategy.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  21. #21 The market trader
    84% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2017
    Dev: AB SOFT
    Windows

    This is a trading and city building strategy game. You control a trader who develop a village.You earn money by trading the produced products myself or others to other villages. For example crap,cloth,wood,milk,book,sword,shield,shell,gem Let's develop the economy with your hands.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  22. #22 Empire - Wargame of new Century
    82% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2018
    Dev: Artur PodzorskiPub: Linkart Artur Podzorski
    Windows

    Empire - remake of the 80' bestseller "Empire - Wargame of the century".

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  23. #23 Novus Campis
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Benedikt Baum
    Windows

    Novus Campis is a space strategy game where you have to manage a base, wich has to gain influence to win the game. You will have to make smart strategic decisions, to survive the increasingly more difficult events and build your base into prosperity.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  24. #24 Defenders of the Realm VR
    81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2017
    Dev: Spark VR
    Windows

    There is no futuristic weapons and no fancy-shmancy magic powers. In this brutal world, the only power you have is the badass crossbow in your hands and the myriad traps at your disposal. Put your limited resources to good use and repel the barbaric goblin invasion. There are no rules. You have just one mission: destroy them all.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  25. #25 MoonBase Commander
    80% matchVery Positive89% of 180 reviews2014
    Dev: Humongous EntertainmentPub: Rebellion
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Explore. Strategize. Conquer.In the far future, Mankind has nearly exhausted all of earth’s natural resources. Fragile alliances between nations are tested to their limits as fierce wars ignite across land and space.MoonBase Commander puts you in charge of your own lunar territory in a quest to build the most powerful empire in space.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  26. #26 Frontline : Longest Day
    81% matchMostly Negative35% of 20 reviews2014
    Dev: 88mmPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows

    In Frontline: The Longest Day, players command the Allied forces through some of the most famous battles of the war, freeing Europe from the hands of the German Army. The game takes place over five massive, engaging and challenging missions, all inspired by historical missions which took place during operation Overlord: Utah, Omaha,...

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  27. #27 Evopollution
    82% matchMostly Negative29% of 139 reviews2014
    Dev: Atapki
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Evopollution is a business strategy game that incorporates the environment into the game.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  28. #28 Darkwinds
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: MEGO GamesPub: Mego Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In this new online card game, you must sail the dangerous seas of Thard, infested with ferocious pirates, dark spells and terrible creatures that will seek to sink you into the depths of oblivion. To survive, you must choose your crew wisely and create a powerful deck to defeat your opponents in order to become the most respected pirate...

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  29. #29 Twilight's Last Gleaming
    76% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2019
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    Twilights Last Gleaming recreates some of the pivotal battles of the War of 1812 between the United States and the British Empire.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  30. #30 Vincere Totus Astrum
    77% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
    Dev: GamesarePub: Clickteam
    Windows

    Blending galaxy conquering with quick and easy gameplay. Pick one of five races and set out to expand your one world into a vast empire. Research new techs, build colony ships, and begin to spread out, but be careful you aren't the only race on the rise.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  31. #31 Wars and Battles: Normandy
    76% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
    Dev: Battle FactoryPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    Wars and Battles: Normandy is a turn-based wargame that simulates historical battles and campaigns around the battle for Normandy in June and July 1944.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  32. #32 Wars and Battles: October War
    75% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2018
    Dev: Battle FactoryPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    Wars and Battles: October War is a platform of turn-based wargames that simulate historical battles and campaigns over several centuries and continents.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  33. #33 IWO: Bloodbath in the Bonins
    77% matchMixed43% of 30 reviews2016
    Dev: Guerilla Tea GamesPub: HexWar Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Iwo Jima was a critical point on the flight path of US bombers from their Saipan bases to their Japanese targets. The island would be a refuge for malfunctioning or damaged bombers coming or going. An obvious target for a US amphibious assault, the Japanese had reinforced the garrison and dug miles of tunnels the length and breadth of...

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  34. #34 Elven Legacy: Magic
    78% matchMixed65% of 37 reviews2009
    Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    The era of Elven Legacy is coming to an end. The relentless wave of demonic magical energy triggered by the death of the demon Farrakh has swept the world and has now reached the free city of Sylent. Powerless, the Masters of the Academy of Magic are being driven insane.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  35. #35 Nemesis of the Roman Empire
    75% matchVery Positive92% of 101 reviews2016
    Dev: Haemimont Games
    Windows

    A real-time strategy game featuring 2 Massive Single Player Campaigns.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  36. #36 Battles of the Ancient World
    74% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2017
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    The ‘Battles of the Ancient World’ game system is a tactical simulation of some of the greatest and most important battles from 1457 B.C. to 378 A.D.. Each scenario features one of these great battles and players may play as either side. The game has been designed to ensure maximum playability and historical accuracy, in that order.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  37. #37 ASCII Wars
    65% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: James Oliver
    Windows

    Protect the servers. Locate the vulnerabilities. Exterminate the viruses. This fast paced strategy game lets you enter terminal commands from a VR interface to defeat the viruses before you become overrun.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  38. #38 Fire and Fury: English Civil War
    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2018
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    Fight the various battles of the English Civil War between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  39. #39 Ancient Battle: Hannibal
    72% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2018
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows · Mac

    Ancient Battle: Hannibal is the newest edition to the Ancient Battles series. Experience the magnificence of the Punic Wars!

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  40. #40 Warlock: Tower Defence
    73% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2018
    Dev: Snowdon Games
    Windows

    Warlock: Tower Defence is a story driven tower defence game, giving players access to 6 elemental magics to face challenges spread across 5 chapters.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  41. #41 Essence Defenders
    63% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Other Side Worlds
    Windows

    The Void has come to devour the world - and only Essence can stop it. Command a fleet to protect remaining islands from Demons of the Void who come to deplete the Essence Source.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  42. #42 Battle for Enlor
    73% matchMostly Negative26% of 23 reviews2017
    Dev: Sonera Game Studio
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Battle for Enlor is a turn-based tactical combat game. Demons, Undead and the most terrifying creatures are taking over the kingdom and is up to you to assemble a party to defeat them! Join forces with over 8 unique characters and battle the most powerful foes you have ever faced!

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  43. #43 Widgets and Gidgets
    70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
    Dev: Dwarf Haven Games
    Windows

    You are a lowly gnome, making parts, earning shinnies, building (and repairing) machines on a quest to earn 1 million shinnies.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  44. #44 Shields Up! VR
    62% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: LesInk Productions
    Windows

    Shields Up! is a real-time mining construction VR strategy game. Shields Up! is a tower defense-style challenge where you land, build, mine, defend, and get out with your valuable cargo while fending off the hazards of space debris and the impending war machine.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  45. #45 Morps
    71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
    Dev: Random developers
    Windows

    Morps game is 2D pixel art strategy with simple principies of fight and defense. Use your king to control Morp´s world. The future of little creatures and end tyranny of king Gark is in your hands.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  46. #46 Physica-E
    62% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Electro Maniac
    Windows

    Escape is the one thing you know. Craft, defend, and survive in this unique horror.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  47. #47 Akabeth Tactics
    70% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2019
    Dev: Daisu Games
    Windows

    Akabeth Tactics is a turn-based tactical puzzle game where you play as the vampire Liel, trying to infiltrate into King Cassius' castle and usurpe the throne. Solve challenging positioning puzzles through fixed levels, in a gothic tone.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  48. #48 Touhou Witch's Night Market
    53% matchVery Positive94% of 248 reviews2025
    Dev: Meboxen Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Marisa has lost all her fortune in 'Kappachinko', now she must fight other residents in Gensokyo to repay the debt she owes Reimu! Collect various items and skills, build your construct strategically, then head towards powerful opponents! She may even encounter a mysterious being in the end…

    Why similar: Strategy 48.2%, Auto Battler 43.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

  49. #49 Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 89 reviews2015
    Dev: G5 SoftwarePub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Ice Crusade is a stand-alone expansion for post-apocalyptic real time strategy Cuban Missile Crisis. Ice Crusade continues the original story and adds new campaigns, battlegrounds and units.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  50. #50 Rebellion Again
    71% matchNo user reviews2019
    Dev: Cory Green
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A short demo featuring a single procedurally-generated level, in which you need to eliminate the occupying enemy soldiers. An intriguing tactical action thriller is intended as the final game

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  51. #51 Tank Battle: East Front
    68% matchMostly Positive71% of 34 reviews2017
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    Use hex based tactical combat to dominate foes on the Russian front of the Second World War. Fight as the Germans or the Soviets in a series of ever more complex missions.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  52. #52 MoonStrike
    67% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2018
    Dev: Big Dorks Entertainment
    Windows

    Colossal, deep space, fleet scale conquest… in miniature! MoonStrike is a boiled down realtime strategy game, built for both Vive and Oculus Touch controllers (controllers required). Take over planets as fast as possible, build ships, and take over the galaxy!

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  53. #53 Galaxy Union
    69% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2015
    Dev: cybercritics
    Windows

    Economic based 4x, puts you in a large galaxy with hundreds of systems as a CEO of a colony destined to rule over all competitors, features dozens or more opponent CEOs.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  54. #54 Onimod Land
    67% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2017
    Dev: Astralax
    Windows

    Onimod Land is real-time strategy game. The premise of the game centers around a conflict between inhabiting aboriginals and settlers from space as they both try to colonize a planet. Each race has a unique set of skills (technologies or magic spells). Network game supports up to 8 players.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  55. #55 Holodeck Arena
    57% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Yan Hildebrand
    Windows

    Compete for supremacy in this fast-paced cyberspace-RTS with exotic units and supply chains of your own making.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

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