- #1 Space Menace
97% matchMixed60% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: Only4Gamers
Windows · Mac
Space Menace is a sci-fi space RTS and battle game. You play as a space captain, seeking fortune and glory as you see fit. Leave your mark on the world and determine the fate of the galaxy with your decisions.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 19.9% ★, Mouse Only 14.2% ★, Action RTS 12.6% ★, RTS 11.3%, Spaceships 10.3% ★
- #2 The Fall of Aether Station
96% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Nibble & Byte Game Studio
Windows
Customize your Ships, Upgrade your fleet, and Command your way to victory in this ruthless rogue-lite tower defense/real time strategy hybrid. Take on an enemy that learns from your moves and adjusts its own path. Do you have what it takes to persevere?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.3% ★, Action RTS 17.4% ★, RTS 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 9.8%, Tactical 9%
- #3 Alignment Zero
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bytecat Games
Windows
'Alignment Zero' is a Real-Time Tactics game with Pause. As the commander of a Private Military Company (PMC) strike force, control your troops and complete missions. Build your squad, select equipment, and develop a tactical plan for battle.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 30.1% ★, Action RTS 21.2% ★, RTS 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, Tactical 10.9%
- #4 Welcome Back, Commander
95% matchVery Positive81% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Commander, your strike team is to dive deep into the contaminated city of Sun Stone and get some answers before the mysterious deadly plague spreads . Good luck Commander!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32.4% ★, Action RTS 17.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, RTS 12.2%, Tactical 11.2%
- #5 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,555 reviews2025
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.8% ★, Action RTS 15% ★, Moddable 14.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Tactical 11%
- #6 Brain Hack Squad
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CETVE LLC
Windows
Build and lead your own cybernetic hit squad as you battle rival groups. Use real time tactical combat with pause to direct your cybernetic agents in combat. Upgrade your team, brainwash enemy agents, and deploy informants to gain control of the city.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.3% ★, Action RTS 15.8% ★, RTS 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, Tactical 11%
- #7 Agon Protocol
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atrimn
Windows
Create your own ship designs and command them in tactical, real-time multiplayer battles. Outsmart your opponent through smart positioning, specialized weapons, and ships built around your strategy.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.8% ★, Spaceships 21.2% ★, RTS 14.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Tactical 7.5%
- #8 Noble Armada: Lost Worlds
92% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: GamesarePub: Holistic Design, Inc.
Windows
Noble Armada: Lost Worlds is a moddable real-time strategy PC title based on the Noble Armada miniatures game. Set in the Fading Suns Universe, the five Royal Houses dominate human space as they battle each other for control of the greatest resource... humanity itself.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28.7% ★, RTS 20%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Moddable 10.2% ★, Space 9.7%
- #9 Door Kickers
91% matchVery Positive94% of 10,059 reviews2014
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.5% ★, Tactical 26.5%, RTS 9.4%, Top-Down 9.4%, Real Time Tactics 8.2%
- #10 Armaphract
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: aeoridev
Windows
Outmatched, outgunned, but not outsmarted, you'll command a tank squad in tense urban warfare across a shattered megacity. A great power has collapsed, and opportunity is in the air. Take contracts and ambush powerful enemies, customize your squad, and reap the rewards.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.2% ★, RTS 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Action RTS 12.2% ★, Tactical 7.9%
- #11 Grey Galactic
90% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Alex McGeePub: Blue Quill Studios LLC
Windows
Grey Galactic is a real time strategy game in space where you build up your planets and ships to conquer your enemies. Develop your empire and fleet of spaceships to destroy your enemies and take over the galaxy! Do you have what it takes to become the best Fleet Captain the UFMC has ever seen?
Why similar: Action RTS 28.8% ★, RTS 20.9%, Real Time Tactics 16.3%, Tactical 8.3%, Top-Down 7.4%
- #12 Battles of Chaos
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hunnic Magic
Windows
Battles of Chaos is a medieval fantasy real time strategy and tactics hybrid game, blending the best elements of the two genres. Play great, realistic open-field battles or sieges in single-player, cooperative or PvP mode, where the emphasis is on combat, with base building elements.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 35% ★, Action RTS 21.5% ★, RTS 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Tactical 7.4%
- #13 Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
89% matchVery Positive86% of 1,085 reviews2007
Dev: Mithis GamesPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Ambitious megacorporations monopolize the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system. At the very edge of the solar system, the companies make a discovery that will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident."
Why similar: RTS 20.2%, Space 16.6%, Real-Time with Pause 11.1% ★, Spaceships 9.2% ★, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #14 Knights vs Aliens
87% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Prophetic Sky, IncPub: Eastbridge Game LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command knights, aliens, and other historically dubious nations in a free real-time tower conquest game rebuilt from a 2009 iPad original. Grow armies, capture towers, and outmaneuver adaptive AI through 30 campaign levels.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 19%, RTS 16.5%, Tactical 9.4%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #15 Eternal Starlight VR
88% matchVery Positive91% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: White Noise Games
Windows
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 20.5% ★, RTS 20.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Tactical 11.4%, Spaceships 9.9% ★
- #16 STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 43,062 reviews2010
Dev: PetroglyphPub: LucasArts
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Why similar: RTS 26.4%, Mod 24.8% ★, Moddable 17.2% ★, Space 9.9%, Tactical 8.3%
- #17 Orion Wars
85% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Sneeden Software
Windows
Fast-paced space RTS with 10-25 minute matches. Command fleets, conquer systems, or research the Singularity. Simple controls, strategic depth, but no 3-hour commitments required.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.9% ★, RTS 24.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, Tactical 11.4%, Space 10.2%
- #18 Staatio
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Inogame Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Real-time territory conquest. Claim regions on procedurally generated maps, forge alliances, and betray them. Every game is player-hosted — host it yourself and play with friends over Steam or LAN. No accounts, no tracking.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.2% ★, RTS 24%, Real Time Tactics 18.9%, Tactical 11.7%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #19 Battlevoid: Sector Siege
86% matchMixed58% of 198 reviews2017
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battlevoid: Sector Siege is an epic straight into action real-time space strategy game, in which the world has been built to deliver a lively battle field; and the action is never more than just seconds away at the start of every game.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.9% ★, RTS 19.6%, Space 13.1%, Real Time Tactics 11%, Tactical 9.9%
- #20 Viridian Corp.
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fork on the Table Studios
Windows
Command from above. Fight from within. Viridian Corp. is a single-player sci-fi Action RTS and third-person shooter. Lead the Free Cluster, capture mining zones, direct your forces, then Mindwalk into a soldier and enter the battle yourself.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.8% ★, RTS 20.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Tactical 11.9%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #21 Astra Sentinel
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Astra Sentinel is a wave-based survival RTS where endless alien hordes relentlessly assault your planets. Build defenses, colonize planets and manage resources under constant pressure. Will you be able to recover the control of the galaxy?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.3% ★, Action RTS 21.6% ★, RTS 20.3%, Real Time Tactics 7.6%, Space 5.8%
- #22 Evostrike
82% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: MoonArtyre
Windows
A Roguelike tactics game where you fight hordes of aliens. Your Units evolve and learn new skills as the fight goes on. Manage your squad of 5 specialised mercenaries, and fight a never ending war against the infestation.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 21.1%, RTS 19.6%, Tactical 8.5%, Top-Down 7.2%
- #23 Celestial Conquest
81% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Piebox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blast off in this retro-style space shooter! Conquer planets, outwit AI enemies, and survive the dangers of deep space in fast-paced, nostalgic pixel action.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.3% ★, RTS 28.3%, Real Time Tactics 19.8%, Strategy 6.5%, Space 6.4%
- #24 Line Of Defense Tactics - Tactical Advantage
83% matchNegative10% of 20 reviews2014
Dev: 3000AD
Windows
A real-time strategy combat game based on the world of the Line Of Defense. Command a team of four Galactic Command marines in highly classified missions in space and on planets.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.3% ★, RTS 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Tactical 12.8%, Space 8.5%
- #25 ChargeDrop
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GliderDrones
Windows
A physics-driven tower defense game where one massive cube does everything: fight, build, activate, and survive. Drop into a neon sci-fi battlefield, hold back waves of Chaos Dice, and power up your defenses through energy, momentum, and precision.
Why similar: Action RTS 32.1% ★, RTS 26.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.2%, Tactical 7.5%, Space 6.4%
- #26 Negative Energy
80% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: ByVal Games
Windows · Linux
Negative Energy is a tower defense game with basic RTS mechanics, where your goal is to defend the construction of a Dyson sphere, while fighting against waves of hundreds of enemies ships.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.3% ★, RTS 24.9%, Real Time Tactics 19%, Tactical 6.3%, Space 6.1%
- #27 In Game Leader
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: saveja1s
Windows
Become your teams In-Game Leader and lead your team of 5 agents to victory.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.7% ★, RTS 25.1%, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, Tactical 6.6%, Top-Down 6.4%
- #28 STARHOME
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows
Take command of the fleet of starships that is the home to the remnants of your civilization. Manage the limited space of each spacecraft and find the balance between living space, production, defenses, and weapons. Explore the galaxy as you seek refuge and safety from an overwhelming threat.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.9% ★, Spaceships 22.3% ★, RTS 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%, Tactical 9.6%
- #29 Victory Banner
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PeresvetPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of World War II in this real-time historical strategy game. Command a frontline company, make critical strategic decisions, and take direct control of any soldier or vehicle. Every decision comes at a price. What will be yours?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.6% ★, Action RTS 26.6% ★, RTS 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Tactical 7.2%
- #30 Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,049 reviews2026
Dev: Alt ShiftPub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 33.6% ★, RTS 22%, Tactical 12.4%, Real Time Tactics 12%, Space 7.7%
- #31 Keep
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parall Peak LTD
Windows
Keep is a WW2-themed strategy shooter where you place flak turrets to defend your fortress, then jump into first-person mode to shoot down enemy planes. Switch between tactical planning and direct combat in a fast-paced blend of strategy and action
Why similar: Action RTS 39.8% ★, RTS 24.3%, Real Time Tactics 21.1%, Tactical 9.5%, Strategy 3.4%
- #32 Novalast
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raging Storm Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Novalast is an immersive 2.5D Space RTS with full physics based combat, putting you in the Captain's chair of powerful starships. It features a fully physicalized logistics and supply system, where Nolithium supply matters. Run out of Nolithium, you're dead in the water.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.1% ★, Spaceships 23.6% ★, RTS 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, Space 9%
- #33 Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand
75% matchMixed50% of 999 reviews2026
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand delivers a standalone roguelite wave-defense experience for solo and cooperative play. Command and survive against fast-paced escalating enemy waves, intimidating bosses, and dynamic battlefield events. Are you ready to make your final stand?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.4% ★, Action RTS 24.8% ★, RTS 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Tactical 8.2%
- #34 Star Armada
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bitbuildr
Windows · Mac
Star Armada is a spaceship auto-battler where you assemble and command a fleet of capital ships and fighter squadrons. Unlock powerful new ships and outfit them with a range of turrets, energy shields, and starfighter hangars. Engage in automated battles, carefully timing unique abilities to win.
Why similar: Mouse Only 29% ★, Spaceships 27% ★, RTS 14.4%, Space 8.3%, Top-Down 5.6%
- #35 Space Alliance: Frontier
74% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Black Lime Studio
Windows
Get ready to protect the entire solar system from an unprecedented threat - the D'Ahari, a race of insect-like aliens. Control an entire fleet of spaceships, trade with other races of an Alliance, and develop your own space station.
Why similar: Action RTS 28.6% ★, RTS 21.5%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Space 10%, Tactical 6.4%
- #36 Sanctuary: Shattered Sun
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Enhearten Media
Windows
Command vast armies across the surface of a star-encompassing Dyson Sphere in this next-gen RTS. Shatter the map itself with superweapons, freeze oceans to create new invasion routes, and control hundreds of units in your quest to dominate humanity's greatest megastructure.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.9% ★, Action RTS 19.7% ★, Moddable 16.1% ★, RTS 16%, Space 6.2%
- #37 Iron Marines Invasion
73% matchMixed68% of 369 reviews2023
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 28.6% ★, RTS 22.2%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Tactical 12%, Space 8.3%
- #38 Fire Commander
73% matchMixed67% of 374 reviews2022
Dev: Atomic WolfPub: Feel Good Games
Windows
See what it means to face the fire. Command a firefighting unit in an exciting tactical RTS. Save lives, manage your water supplies and care for your team in 30+ missions. Be a real hero!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.6% ★, Action RTS 21.8% ★, RTS 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Tactical 10.3%
- #39 Bataliron
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruben Minasyan
Windows
Bataliron is a modern warfare RTS game that focuses on personnel development, online command, fire support, and unit assistance on the battlefield, leveraging modern technologies.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.9% ★, RTS 25.8%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Tactical 8.7%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #40 Galaxy Trek
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Peritoma Studios
Windows
Galaxy Trek is a fun, simple and addictive indie game that will test your reflexes, strategy and skill. Each game you play is unique!
Why similar: Action RTS 50.9% ★, RTS 24.1%, Space 14.2%, Strategy 4.8%, Action 2.6%
- #41 Fleetfall - Galaxy Domination
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Purple Owl
Windows
Fast real-time space conquest for 1-4 players. Capture planets, launch missile salvos, and outmaneuver friends in 10-minute Deathmatch blitzes — or scheme through 30 minutes of diplomacy, trade and betrayal in Hegemony mode. Cross-play with mobile; bots fill empty seats so a match always starts.
Why similar: RTS 30.5%, Action RTS 26.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Space 10.8%, Tactical 9.8%
- #42 Battle For Cosmos
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Oscar Makes Games
Windows
Battle For Cosmos is a fast-paced, action-packed RTS set in space. With a focus on the battle it is perfect for those who want a thrilling and engaging strategy game without the unnecessary filler. Take control of your empire, build your defenses, and conquer the cosmos!
Why similar: Action RTS 46.2% ★, RTS 28.8%, Space 10.3%, Sci-fi 5.6%, Strategy 4.6%
- #43 Orbi Universo
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 262 reviews2020
Dev: Orbi Universo Team
Windows
Play as the leader of a civilization, make it prosper and stand the test of time. Orbi Universo is a strategy/simulation game in which you manage your civilization with an abstract and complex node system and you make your society evolve through different periods, from cavemen to the Modern Era.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 40.3% ★, RTS 17.9%, Moddable 17.2% ★, Mod 16.8% ★, Simulation 3%
- #44 EXITOR
72% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Lvl26Devs
Windows
A difficult, fast-paced action, real-time strategy game in which you embark on an exciting journey, fighting against a wide variety of dangerous enemies whilst levelling up your different characters.
Why similar: Action RTS 37.6% ★, RTS 28.9%, Tactical 11.4%, Top-Down 8%, Strategy 6.6%
- #45 Rift Haul TD
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Buttonbrain Games
Windows
Build, upgrade, evolve, and reposition your towers to counter new threats, explore powerful synergies, and stay one step ahead in this fast-paced fantasy tower defense.
Why similar: Action RTS 36% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, RTS 16.4%, Tactical 15%, Top-Down 10.2%
- #46 Bacteria Wars
71% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Patrick McGuinness
Windows
A real-time strategy game in which you fight to secure the victory of your Bacteria over the Cell Defense Force and other enemy Bacteria in a world where your units are your only resource, and where your mobile base will not be enough to keep you alive.
Why similar: RTS 32.9%, Action RTS 31.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 20%, Top-Down 6%, Strategy 5.9%
- #47 Particle Fleet: Emergence
70% matchVery Positive92% of 1,280 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 38.6% ★, RTS 26.6%, Space 13.8%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 5.7%
- #48 Real-time Shogi
68% match7 user reviews50% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Saikyosan
Windows
Welcome to a world of Shogi freed from the limits of turns. From an infinite number of possibilities, find the shortest path to victory. Your tactical reading and sharp judgment will dominate the board. This is a new challenge for even the most seasoned Shogi fans.
Why similar: Action RTS 42.4% ★, RTS 22.7%, Real Time Tactics 21.6%, Tactical 7.9%, Strategy 3.9%
- #49 Five Nations
69% matchVery Positive83% of 270 reviews2021
Dev: SilverForge
Windows
Five Nations is a real-time sci-fi strategy game for PC platform. Encompassing tactical combat in space in real-time mixed with micromanagement of economy, construction, and production featuring different kind of single player modes.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.5% ★, RTS 27.8%, Moddable 18.5% ★, Space 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #50 Stargate: Timekeepers
68% matchMixed62% of 281 reviews2024
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Stargate: Timekeepers is a real-time tactics game where you lead a team of specialists through a story-driven campaign set in the SG-1 universe. Sneak your characters behind enemy lines, use their unique skills, craft the perfect plan to unravel a timeloop mystery, and defeat the Goa’uld threat.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 27.9%, Action RTS 23.4% ★, RTS 18.4%, Tactical 14.9%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #51 Decimation
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Elementum Software Development Services
Windows
Sci-fi tower defense meets ARPG-like hero combat. Build towers then fight alongside them with your hero as you battle through a campaign to uncover the fate of a colonization effort on a distant planet.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.5% ★, RTS 19.9%, Real Time Tactics 19.2%, Tactical 9%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #52 Empyrean Frontier
70% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Galdor Studios
Windows
Empyrean Frontier is an epic real time strategy game that mixes classic RTS gameplay with a multi-stage campaign in which the player commands a fleet of ships through a galactic map. Boss battles, base building, planet destroying superweapons, and tactical skirmishes create a unique blend of genres.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 30.8% ★, RTS 23.1%, Action RTS 20.4% ★, Space 9.2%, Strategy 6.8%
- #53 Warlapse
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bad Engine Studio
Windows · Linux
War isn't heroism — it's ruthless order and maneuver. Across 7 ages from the Stone Age to modern times, encircle the enemy, cut their supply, and break morale to melt them in the killbox. Lead veterans through Campaign, dive into fast Skirmishes, or mod tomorrow's wars with your own units!
Why similar: Action RTS 31.6% ★, RTS 23.7%, Real Time Tactics 17.2%, Moddable 7.7% ★, Tactical 6.3%
- #54 Age of Undead
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Age of Undead is a multi-genre game (turn-based, RTS, FPS) that allows you to face the frightful Zombie Apocalypse with 3 unique factions: the Army, the Infected, and the Survivors. Make strategic choices in the Campaign, then go into battle and fight to survive!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 38.6% ★, Action RTS 21.5% ★, RTS 20.9%, Tactical 9.1%, Real Time Tactics 6.6%
- #55 Strength In Numbers
65% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Ciaosen Games
Windows
Take back control of the galaxy and defeat the evil AI in this fast-paced, node-based strategy game. The humanoid races need all the help they can get. We're counting on you, Commander!
Why similar: RTS 31%, Real Time Tactics 24%, Tactical 13.4%, Top-Down 9.6%, Space 9%
- #56 EASY RTS
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Olivette Noa
Windows · Linux
a minimalist rts game where decision-making is at the heart of simple and intuitive gameplay. Compete or cooperate with your friends online to build the best base.
Why similar: Action RTS 32.5% ★, RTS 24%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, Tactical 11.2%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #57 Rusted Warfare - RTS
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,535 reviews2017
Dev: Corroding Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
{{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 38.7%, Moddable 20.1% ★, Real-Time with Pause 17.6% ★, Mod 16.4% ★, Strategy 4.3%
- #58 Tower Defense Ultimate: Crashfall Protocol
65% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Thonus Digital
Windows
Defend your base against relentless alien waves in a sci-fi tower defense strategy game. Build deadly kill zones, unlock new towers and special abilities, and adapt your loadout to survive escalating assaults across a hostile campaign.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.4% ★, RTS 21.6%, Real Time Tactics 19.6%, Tactical 10.9%, Sci-fi 5.8%