- #1 Guide The Ball
97% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Eldritch Phantasmagoric Games
Windows
Plan and build your path through physics based puzzles. Create your own solutions to over 300 levels spread out through 10 distinct areas, each with their own unique hazards, effects and game-play.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #2 Shuttle Siege
96% 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 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #3 The Base
95% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: GMGame
Windows
PC only tower defence inspired by oldschool RTS games. Build up your defence in realtime under the constant pressure of creeps.
Why similar: Strategy 74.5%, Indie 25.5%
- #4 The Astonishing Game
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Turbo Tape Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Astonishing is a turn-based tactical board-game that will challenge new to veteran gamers. Participate in competitions for great prizes, including signed albums, tickets and post-concert passes, available to players during the Dream Theater tours.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #5 Goblins Keep Coming - Tower Defense
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: Los Exaltados
Windows · Linux
'Goblins Keep Coming' is an Endless 3D Tower Defense where hordes of Goblins won't stop coming! Protect your castle against bombers, warriors and kings. Evolve your defenses as the enemies won't stop sending bigger and stronger troops from different locations on the landscape.
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #6 Concept 20
93% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Aaron Leal
Windows
Concept 20 is a mix of gameplays with just one objective, get the ball or block into the yellow box.
Why similar: Strategy 65.2%, Indie 24.7%, Platformer 10.1%
- #7 Tank Battle: Normandy
92% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Land your troops on the beaches of northern France, lay bridges to cross flooded enemy defences, avoid tanktraps, clear the area of dangerous minefields, overcome the enemy and claim the beachhead for the Allies!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #8 Civil War: 1865
91% matchMixed52% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
After Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina, fell to the Union, in early 1865, Jefferson Davis belatedly handed over the supreme command or the army to General Lee. This could not stop the Union armies pressing on through North Carolina, capturing Fayetteville, Bentonville, Goldsboro and Raleigh by mid-April.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #9 Civil War: 1864
91% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Civil War: 1864 is the latest addition to our Civil War strategy series, bringing you the ferocious battles from 1864. Experience the American Civil War like never before with with over 40 missions; including 20 detailed historical battles.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #10 Battles of the Ancient World
90% 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%
- #11 LIT
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Venture into the dark hallways of a haunted high school and help guide emo teenager Jake as he searches for his lost girlfriend Rachael. Solve light-themed puzzles using a variety of gameplay mechanics including slingshots, light bulbs, windows, matches, lamps, and TV sets.
Why similar: Strategy 74.6%, Indie 25.4%
- #12 Arena
86% matchMixed70% of 56 reviews2019
Dev: FX GAMES
Windows · Mac
Enter the Arena! From the creators of Galaxy Control comes a real-time multiplayer game starring the space stations assault and defence, your favorite Galay Control characters and much, much more.
Why similar: Strategy 74.7%, Indie 25.3%
- #13 The Battle for Sector 219
88% matchMixed51% of 37 reviews2016
Dev: Large Visible Machine
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The Battle for Sector 219 is an abstract strategy card game where two players field a sci-fi army battling a rival race for control of a world's capital city. The game is easy to learn and quick to play but has a depth of strategy usually found only in games that takes much longer to play.
Why similar: Strategy 74.5%, Indie 25.5%
- #14 Battle Of Worldviews
86% matchMixed43% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: ARGamesPub: Metal Fox
Windows
Battle Of Worldviews - "real time strategy" in which you have to fight with friends or AI, while watching the resources, weather conditions and their development.
Why similar: Strategy 74.7%, Indie 25.3%
- #15 Atriage
87% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2016
Dev: Batu Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Atriage, a turn-based strategy game inspired by Sci-fi space naval battles in 80s Anime where you command a fleet of ten warships against a rival commander. Master four different ship classes, each with their own strengths, weaknesses, and roles in combat in an all-out battle for supremacy.
Why similar: Strategy 74.5%, Indie 25.5%
- #16 Dominus Galaxia: KS Edition
89% matchVery Positive83% of 249 reviews
Dev: StarChart-Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dominus Galaxia is a 4X space strategy game with a focus on amplifying strategic decisions and minimising non-strategic busywork.
Why similar: Strategy 74.6%, Indie 25.4%
- #17 Desert Ashes
85% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2014
Dev: Nine Tales Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Desert Ashes is a turn based strategy game with online multiplayer and single player campaigns, it also boasts an innovative menu system allowing you to play multiple games at once. The Day-Night system adds a dynamic twist to turn based battles that affect the battlefield.
Why similar: Strategy 74.3%, Indie 25.7%
- #18 Urbance Clans Card Battle!
82% matchMixed42% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: SteambotPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Street gangs rise up in Neo-City. Time has come to gather your own gang to take over the whole city, district after district. Takedowns will happen, show no mercy if you wanna survive.
Why similar: Strategy 73.9%, Indie 26.1%
- #19 Defend Your Crypt
83% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Defend Your Crypt is a strategy and puzzle game, in which we will have to avoid to lose our treasure by the tomb thieves. We, as the Pharaoh, can use different traps to defeat those damn ambitious humans who are profaning your tomb.
Why similar: Strategy 75.2%, Indie 24.8%
- #20 Shadows of War
84% matchMostly Negative35% of 173 reviews2015
Dev: TRI.G
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Shadows of War is a 2D Real-Time Strategy sidescroller game. The game combines classical RTS elements with new ideas into a 2D game.
Why similar: Strategy 74.2%, Indie 25.8%
- #21 Great Big War Game
84% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2012
Dev: Rubicon Development
Windows
Join 2.5 million gamers in this award-winning, BAFTA-Nominated turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Strategy 75%, Indie 25%
- #22 Greece Defense TD
81% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: GameArxPub: TCH International Group, LLC
Windows · Mac
Greece Defense is an epic tower defense saga where you play as the general of the united Greek army and your duty is to protect your land from invasion of thousands of mythical creatures driven by mighty Titans who somehow managed to escape from Tartarus.
Why similar: Strategy 73.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #23 Colo Grid Zation
81% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Armagedoom Games
Windows · Mac
In Colo Grid Zation will have to plan the best way to expand your grid-body creature to get the most efficient resources and survive!
Why similar: Strategy 73.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #24 Asteroid Wars
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Samuel Kunik
Windows
Asteroid Wars is a strategy game at its core. No intro, no story, minimal settings and just pure gameplay. You have your carrier, a bunch of fighters and a whole asteroid field to conquer. But you are not alone. There is always someone who has better carrier, more fighters and needs to be kicked in the …
Why similar: Strategy 73.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #25 Direct Hit: Missile War
82% matchMixed46% of 24 reviews2014
Dev: Polynetix Studio
Windows
Direct Hit: Missile War offers a deep strategic experience to those weary of the never ending stream of Command and Conquer clones that dominate the real-time strategy market. Direct Hit brings many fresh ideas to the table, in particular: separate player maps, and the replacement of classic RTS units by customizable missiles.
Why similar: Strategy 75.4%, Indie 24.6%
- #26 Battle for Orion 2
79% matchVery Positive80% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: Infinite Loop Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Earth has been destroyed. Mankind is fractured. The galaxy is at war. But one hope remains: a new home for mankind. Probes detected a habitable planet in the Orion sector. You must fight your way to it, but nothing is as it seems. A more devious plan is underway that threatens the entire galaxy.
Why similar: Strategy 73.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #27 TurretCraft
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Antropi
Windows
Build maze, send units, destroy your opponents! TurretCraft is a fast paced, competitive tower defense game with multiplayer, mazing, and mercenaries.
Why similar: Strategy 73.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #28 Archamon
78% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Vionsoft
Windows
Archamon is a realtime creative/building/survival strategy game from medieval times. You must build villages and you have to acquire food for your people and raw materials. Expand and rise your nation, create an aristocratic family and achieve higher nobility titles.
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #29 Dominari Empires
77% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny RTS
Windows
Got 5-10 minutes? Annihilate your enemy in a lightning fast micro 4X/RTS game set in deep space. Gameplay relies heavily on strategy, forward-thinking, and twitch-like reflexes.
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #30 Tile Conqueror
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Firenja
Windows
Tile Conqueror is a strategy game. Build your base, expand your army, conquer tiles and get crystals. Buy permanent upgrades with the crystals you collect to upgrade your army and buildings to conquer stronger tiles.
Why similar: Strategy 73.5%, Indie 26.5%
- #31 Magic Pixel Picross
78% matchMostly Negative33% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: Shandong Jerei Digital Technology Co.,LTD.
Windows
A game of numerical reasoning for practicing your logical thinking. A game of exploration and collection which may recall your childhood memories. A drawing game for you to paint your dreams freely.
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #32 Ziggurat 3D Chess
77% matchMixed56% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: Michael LampelPub: Lampel Enterprises
Windows
Ziggurat Three Dimensional Chess(TM), is a true three dimensional environment which combine the familiar movements of standard chess and exciting new moves never seen before. The rules of movement are easy to learn so beginners will be playing their first game in minutes.
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #33 Ants! Mission of the salvation
76% matchMixed60% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: SteelSeedPub: Starwind Games
Windows
Sweet little universal strategy game inspired by Lemmings. The action may be slow, but the challenges are tough and the yummy images will bring you back to the table over and over. You may even feel the need to bake a cake while playing.
Why similar: Strategy 73.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #34 Card Brawl
74% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2019
Dev: MyDreamForever_old
Windows
A mix of Сard games and Roguelikes. Fight with monsters, craft your unique deck and kill bosses. Try experimenting with different combinations and strategies to complete all raids. Start monster hunting in this new deckbuilding game!
Why similar: Strategy 73.5%, Indie 26.5%
- #35 Don't Panic!
75% matchMixed53% of 45 reviews2017
Dev: V34D4RPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Don't Panic! a logical strategy with top view. Your goal is to kill all the people on the level by limited number of zombies.
Why similar: Strategy 73.5%, Indie 26.5%
- #36 Twinfold
72% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac
A roguelike about merging golden babies and squashing angry faces.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #37 Shattered Throne
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 43 reviews2016
Dev: Checkmark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Shattered Throne is a turn based fantasy strategy game that will challenge your skills as a general. No luck to blame, only your ability to master the unique units and leaders to exploit the combo system will decide if you are victorious.
Why similar: Strategy 73.4%, Indie 26.6%
- #38 Rubico
62% 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 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #39 Goblin Storm
73% 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 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #40 Tavern Table Tactics
73% 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 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #41 炎黄战纪之三国烽烟
71% 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 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #42 Strazeal
69% 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 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #43 Puzzle Strike
72% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Sirlin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Puzzle Strike is an online deckbuilding puzzle game from David Sirlin, lead designer of Puzzle Fighter HD Remix and creator of the Fantasy Strike universe. Improve your deck (of chips!) as the game unfolds and crush your opponents under a mountain of gems!
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #44 Project GR-5LYR: Galactic Relocation
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Team GRPub: Incandescent Workshop LLC
Windows
You are a part of Project GR-5LYR: Galactic Relocation. Your mission is to land on an Earth-like planet, codenamed 5LYR, and prepare it for human habitation. Start a colony and use your resources wisely on the world map, and "take care" of any hostile local lifeforms in tactical turn-based combat.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #45 Rampart Tactics
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Aaron Saluk
Windows
Indie Turnbased Strategy, solo or online.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #46 Secret Santa
70% matchVery Positive91% of 111 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Jonathan BourkePub: Project Tranquil
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Sneak around children, pets, and the elderly as you deliver Christmas joy. Complete the list of deliveries, and have some cookies.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #47 BlindOak Prow
59% 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 72.2%, Indie 27.8%
- #48 Card Battle Spirit Link
66% 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 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #49 Hellfire Fortress
58% 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 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #50 Battleships at Dawn!
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2016
Dev: Mintaka SoftworksPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Capture and hold resources, secure and defend strategic locations, explore large maps and try to outsmart a cunning AI in this new turn-based naval strategy game.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #51 Party Saboteurs: After Party
70% 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 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #52 The Wizard's Tower
67% 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 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #53 StoneDefence
67% 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 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #54 TurretMaster
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Hikati GamesPub: Hikati Games LLC
Windows
An invading army that does not stop. One survivor that can turn coffee creamer into a flame thrower and junk metal into shells. Defend the land against ground and air threats and move up the ranks. Become a creator with the level editor and challenge friends from all over the world with your own visions of an impossible invasion.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #55 Vol'Talkes - The AI War
71% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2015
Dev: HyperDrive Games
Windows
SciFi RTS Space Combat game with a HUGE focus on the storyline in an open world (galaxy) gameplay mode. 4 different career paths, chosen by your actions during the story, force you to rethink your tactics and develop new strategies.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%
- #56 Lost Frontier
65% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Mika Mobile, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Turn-Based Tactics in the Weird West.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Indie 27.2%