Games Like Shrot

{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.

Why similar: RTS 63%, Strategy 15.6%, War 8.9%, Retro 6.1%, 2D 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for fast-paced, top-down, retro-inspired RTS games that focus on pure combat efficiency.

8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.

Why similar: RTS 54.1%, Strategy 29.5%, War 12.3%, Retro 2.5%, Action 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a vibrant, retro-styled RTS experience that prioritizes speed and simplicity, much like Shrot.

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 23.6%, Action RTS 22.7% ★, War 13.5%, Tactical 10.2%, Strategy 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: An old-school RTS that captures the gritty, classic aesthetic and base-building mechanics found in early 90s strategy titles.

Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!

Why similar: RTS 66%, Strategy 23.6%, Action 5.6%, 2D 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A highly streamlined action-RTS designed for quick sessions with a strong emphasis on direct unit control and fast combat.

Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

Why similar: RTS 38.5%, Strategy 21%, Top-Down 15%, Tactical 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the chaotic, action-heavy feel of directing squads against overwhelming odds in a top-down perspective.

Battle Pixels is a frantic arcade action, point and click shoot 'em up with a 16 bit retro style.Take control of your tanks and eliminate the enemy's turret defences over 25 randomly generated levels.

Why similar: Tanks 41.1% ★, War 18.5%, Strategy 16.5%, Retro 11.5%, Action 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, indie-focused RTS that strips away the fluff to provide a pure, bite-sized strategy experience.

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 31.5% ★, RTS 21.6%, War 11.1%, Tactical 8.8%, Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique action-RTS that blends 2D strategy with fast-paced tactical decision-making in a compact format.

Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!

Why similar: Strategy 82.2%, RTS 5.1%, Sci-fi 4.5%, 2D 4.2%, Action 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based 2D strategy game that shares the same chaotic, destructive, and retro-inspired DNA as Shrot.

The last world war didn't end conflict. The Iron Hand tyrannizes people, as the Resistance fights for liberation. In the resulting conflict high tech and brute force face off against guerrillas with unconventional tactics, leading to Red Chaos: A modern take on classic real-time strategy games.

Why similar: Action RTS 39.4% ★, RTS 23.1%, War 8.1%, Building 7%, Strategy 7%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the action-RTS genre that emphasizes quick unit movement and aggressive base-building.

A classic single-player RTS set in a Solar System ruled by megacorporations. Journey from Mars all the way to Planet 9 and uncover the secrets of the BlackChain.

Why similar: Action RTS 26.3% ★, RTS 21.6%, War 11%, Old School 8.6%, Futuristic 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi base-building RTS that keeps the focus on tactical strategy and efficient resource management.

Sandbox of destruction. Billion different ways to build your mech. Feel the weight and impact of obliteration in this modern old school mech combat sim.

Why similar: Tanks 36.2% ★, Tactical 13%, Top-Down 11.6%, Old School 11.1%, Strategy 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on physics-based combat and strategic simulation, providing a satisfying sense of weight and destruction.

Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).

Why similar: Tanks 33.5% ★, RTS 33.4%, Futuristic 14.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Top-Down 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated retro-style RTS that captures the spirit of classic wargames with modern quality-of-life improvements.

Armor Clash II is an old-school RTS game, with classic features like base building, modern armors and navies etc. 2 factions and sub-factions for each one, from high tech stealth destroyers to hardcore battleships. In Skirmishes players build base from the start, while in the Random Generated Mission, fast paced combats start immediately.

Why similar: RTS 53.6%, Strategy 32%, Action 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title leans heavily into the action-RTS subgenre, providing a direct combat experience with a retro feel.

Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.

Why similar: Action RTS 30.2% ★, RTS 24.9%, War 14.1%, Building 8.4%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art RTS that combines base-building and tower-defense elements for a compact, bite-sized experience.

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 58.7%, Strategy 17.8%, Action RTS 9% ★, War 5.4%, Military 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a traditional RTS experience that respects the roots of the genre with a focus on base-building and tactical combat.

A Real-Time Strategy game with First-Person Shooter tactics.

Why similar: Strategy 70.6%, Action 29.4%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic RTS that emphasizes unit micro-management and tactical positioning over slow, methodical building.

Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don't have time to play realtime strategy space games. Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defence units, and destroy the enemy while maintaining a balance between earth, air and water.

Why similar: RTS 31.8%, War 17.7%, Building 14.2%, Futuristic 10.2%, Strategy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, fast-paced RTS that strips the genre down to its core elements for quick, intense matches.

Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them.

Why similar: RTS 51.3%, Strategy 18.9%, War 15.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Action 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines RTS base-building with direct action, allowing you to jump into the fray just like in Shrot.

With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.

Why similar: RTS 69.5%, Strategy 25.5%, Sci-fi 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A highly dynamic, physics-based RTS that rewards quick thinking and aggressive unit positioning.

“Z”, the classic Real Time Strategy Game by the Bitmap Brothers. Fans of this classic strategy title are in for a real treat. Everything is in here from the terrific comedy cut scenes to the frantic game play making this is the definitive version of Z.

Why similar: RTS 47%, Strategy 27.9%, Retro 11.4%, Old School 8.2%, Action 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: The classic progenitor of the action-RTS genre, focusing on territory control and constant, high-speed combat.

Unique mix of Action, RTS and RPG gameplay elements that forms an innovative game genre. You can build base, manage troops, and then come down to keep your enemy at gunpoint in the dynamic battle and customize your main characters.

Why similar: RTS 57.3%, Strategy 22.5%, Sci-fi 11%, Action 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Blends action-RTS mechanics with RPG elements, offering a unique perspective on top-down tactical combat.

Colonize newly-discovered planets, control the resources found there, and defend your colony against other rival factions in real-time or turn-based action.

Why similar: Strategy 32.2%, RTS 22.4%, Futuristic 14.7%, Top-Down 11.4%, Action 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A futuristic, top-down strategy game that emphasizes tactical unit placement and resource management.

A return to the roots of real-time strategy, providing beautiful 2D visuals combined with all the features that we came to expect from old school classics. This remastered version is a culmination of all the improvements and new features based upon suggestions from the community.

Why similar: RTS 29.5%, War 14%, Old School 12.3%, Strategy 10%, Retro 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic sci-fi RTS that focuses on base-building and large-scale unit management with a retro aesthetic.

8-Bit Invaders! is a fast-paced, retro Real-Time Strategy game for the PC. Control the military might of the Galactic Marine Corps or Invade with the devastating power of the Cranioids! Mine, Build, and Fight your way to victory! Conquering the Multiverse was never so easy.

Why similar: RTS 37.9%, Strategy 16.2%, War 13.8%, Military 13.5%, Retro 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same vibrant, retro-strategy aesthetic as 8-Bit Armies, focusing on accessible, fast-paced RTS gameplay.

Bot Wars is an action RTS about managing a squad of kill-bots and their bases as you work to take over all the capture points across the map. Featuring corporate kill bot armies, ranging from a firearms and beverage manufacturer to a lovecraftian burger cult.

Why similar: Futuristic 38.1%, Strategy 27.7%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Action 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, action-heavy strategy game that prioritizes quick, shooter-like combat mechanics.

Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an alien planet.

Why similar: Strategy 46.7%, Crafting 42%, 2D 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on automation, its base-building and strategy elements will appeal to those who enjoy the construction aspect of Shrot.

Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!

Why similar: Action RTS 45.9% ★, Building 19.2%, Crafting 16%, Strategy 11.1%, Combat 7.8%

HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.

Why similar: Retro 56.9%, Old School 32.4%, Action 10.7%

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: RTS 30.2%, Futuristic 13.8%, War 12.6%, Strategy 10.8%, Top-Down 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented RTS that incorporates tower-defense mechanics to create a frantic, defensive-focused experience.

"Planet R-12" is a 2D tactical shooter. Your squad of persistent soldiers accidently landed on a planet of robots, populated by hostile mechanisms and war machines. Each step on a planet is full of dangers and soldiers really need your skills and abilities.

Why similar: Strategy 65.3%, Action 34.7%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-strategy game that offers a unique side-scrolling perspective on tactical base-building and combat.

Brotank is a bullet-hell roguelike game. You play as a bounty hunter driving a tank through a post-apocalyptic wasteland—rescuing allies, upgrading gear, customizing your war machine, surviving relentless enemy waves, and ultimately becoming a legend!

Why similar: Tanks 38.3% ★, Military 16.2%, Retro 15.6%, Futuristic 11.6%, Strategy 9.5%

Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.

Why similar: Action RTS 35.7% ★, RTS 22.8%, Military 13.4%, Tactical 10%, Top-Down 8.1%

A frantic online Battle Royale set on destructible, sinking Islands! Fire rockets from your custom robo-tank to eliminate the competition using advanced tactics and powerful weapons.

Why similar: Tanks 45.3% ★, Retro 14.5%, Tactical 14.3%, Strategy 11.1%, Combat 6.3%

Stickman Trenches is a Real Time Strategy game in which you need to manage your men and weapons and build up your defenses in the brutal trenches of Stick World War 1.

Why similar: Tanks 41.6% ★, Military 15.9%, War 15%, Strategy 13.3%, Action 6.1%

The ultimate 2D Physics War Game - War just got fun, build your army with tanks, guns, spies, flame tanks and helicopters. Then embark on battles of mass destruction and tactical rescues. Bring peace to faction island by destroying all your enemies!

Why similar: Tanks 40.9% ★, War 18.7%, Military 12.1%, Retro 10.6%, Action 5.5%

Control Craft 2 is a real time strategy game where you will have to act quickly against attackers who want to invade our planet! Wave after wave, your soldiers will overthrow the enemy colonies and will occupy enemy bases one after another.

Why similar: RTS 34.7%, Military 20%, War 17.6%, Top-Down 12.2%, Strategy 10.1%

Classic RTS gameplay fused with a modern roguelite. Shape your build each run by assembling an evolving arsenal of powerful units and facilities. Harvest resources, build out your base. Raise your army and call down orbital strikes to overcome the forces threatening your survival.

Why similar: Action RTS 28% ★, RTS 18.6%, Military 12%, Futuristic 9.6%, Building 9.6%

Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.

Why similar: RTS 33.4%, Strategy 16%, Futuristic 13.6%, Tactical 13.4%, Top-Down 9.2%

Mud and Blood, the cult classic flash real time strategy game, returns with its signature take on infantry tactics. Command a small squad through brutal battles against unfair odds. This is combat. Experience the chaos and unceremonious violence of modern war, where every decision counts.

Why similar: Action RTS 37.4% ★, RTS 21.5%, Military 13.3%, Tactical 9.3%, Top-Down 8.6%

A sardonic take on nationalism and the Cold War though a minimalist and fast paced RTS. Scheme your way through a highly replayable campaign, or conduct some "diplomacy" on your "friends" in multiplayer.

Why similar: RTS 39.1%, Tactical 16%, Retro 15.1%, Strategy 9.7%, Military 9.3%

Prepare to take off, soldier! The galaxy needs your strategy! Prove your RTS expertise, explore an entire galaxy and defend it from a threatening invasion.

Why similar: Action RTS 33.1% ★, RTS 23.6%, Military 14.8%, Tactical 9.7%, Strategy 6.6%

The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!

Why similar: Strategy 29.5%, RTS 17.2%, Retro 14.9%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Top-Down 10.5%

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 40% ★, RTS 22.4%, Military 13.7%, War 9%, Strategy 7%

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: RTS 39.3%, War 24.3%, Tactical 15.1%, Strategy 13.1%, Combat 5.3%

TANKS is a fun game for one or two players where your goal is to protect the base and to destroy all the enemies. Beautiful pixel graphics, music and sound will let you feel the atmosphere of old school gaming.

Why similar: Action 100%

Control Craft 3 is a fast paced RTS which brings together quick thinking and clever tactics for some veritable planet conquering action!

Why similar: Action RTS 42.2% ★, RTS 25.8%, War 17.7%, Strategy 7.4%, 2D 3.9%

An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

Why similar: RTS 36%, Building 30.1%, Strategy 25.3%, 2D 6%, Action 2.6%

Oldschool action open-world sci-fi with a unique storyline, frenetic battles, crude humor, loose morals and cows.

Why similar: Old School 30.6%, Top-Down 24.5%, Sci-fi 22.5%, Action 11.5%, 2D 10.8%

Ratten Reich is an RTS focusing on realistic combat in a unique, steampunk/dieselpunk world ripped apart by an ongoing war between rats, mice, cockroaches, and lizards.

Why similar: RTS 32.1%, Military 16.8%, War 14.8%, Top-Down 11.2%, Strategy 11.2%

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

Why similar: RTS 53.2%, War 23.3%, Strategy 15.5%, Sci-fi 4.9%, Action 3.1%

Rock Crusher is an incremental game with a massive skill tree. Control a little rock-crushing machine stranded on a mysterious planet. Crush rocks, collect materials, evolve through upgrades, uncover the planet’s secrets - and maybe, just maybe, find a way to escape.

Why similar: Mining 57.4% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Top-Down 10.6%, Sci-fi 9%, Action 4.7%

Armor Clash 3 is an old-school modern warfare RTS game with base building and navies. There are 3 factions with unique units, buildings and technology systems. There are both skirmish and challenge modes. The battle is fast-paced, with realistic graphics and physical effects, and the performance is also optimized.

Why similar: RTS 53%, Strategy 39.9%, Action 7%

CLEARED HOT is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield, and pick up almost anything with your rope and magnet.

Why similar: Military 31.8%, War 18.1%, Retro 15%, Top-Down 14.2%, Tactical 13.5%

Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration. Connect to the warzone from your home PC and orchestrate modern military operations from the Drone Perspective.

Why similar: Action RTS 29.7% ★, RTS 21.2%, War 12.9%, Military 12.3%, Tactical 8.9%

Raid On Coasts is a real time strategy game set in a massive Middle East themed land mass to cause chaos and carnage on !

Why similar: Strategy 66%, Action 34%

In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.

Why similar: RTS 50.8%, Strategy 24.8%, Tactical 13.5%, Action 6.9%, 2D 4%

Spoids is a challenging throwback to the original brand of tower defense games. Command the Remote Defense Space Station and respond to distress calls of those who are being attacked by the invaders. Travel from planet to planet using your powerful arsenal to hold back the Spoids.

Why similar: Strategy 47.5%, Old School 22.6%, Action 17.5%, Sci-fi 12.4%

🦀Crustacean Nations🦀 is a real-time strategy game about total crab warfare. Build a sprawling sand castle and amass huge armies to dominate the beach and become the one true crustacean nation!

Why similar: Action RTS 43% ★, RTS 22.8%, Strategy 9.7%, War 9.3%, Top-Down 7.1%