- #1 Steel Command
97% 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 37.3%, Base Building 20.1%, Strategy 17.1%, Action RTS 12.9% ★, PvE 4.4%
- #2 Planet X3 (DOS)
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
Planet X3 is a new retro real-time strategy game for DOS. You are up against the Protoids. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases. Relive the VGA, AdLib and keyboard controls experience of early 90s PC gaming.
Why similar: RTS 37.8%, Strategy 22.5%, Base Building 20.4%, Building 11.5%, Top-Down 5.9%
- #3 Tempest Rising
96% matchVery Positive88% of 11,317 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 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 60.5%, Strategy 20.9%, Base Building 13.2%, Action RTS 3.5% ★, Top-Down 1.2%
- #4 Majesty 2 Collection
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,545 reviews2011
Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.8 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 51.9%, Strategy 30.4%, Base Building 16.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #5 Uncrewed 2
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quite Different Mechanics
Windows
Uncrewed 2 is a real-time strategy game that lets the player design units from the ground up. Wheels, treads, walker legs, and rocket engines - the game offers a variety of propulsion options, as well as the ability to craft your own weapons.
Why similar: RTS 30.6%, Action RTS 17.1% ★, Building 12.9%, Base Building 12.9%, Strategy 12.6%
- #6 Ripped From Time: Outpost
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Looming Games
Windows
First-person drone combat meets RTS base-building: command historical squads, advance from stone to lasers, and power the outpost’s defenses and superweapon to seal a space-time rupture.
Why similar: RTS 36.3%, Base Building 21.1%, Strategy 15.7%, Action RTS 9% ★, Top-Down 8.5%
- #7 Endeavor: Rite of Passage
93% matchPositive86% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Endeavor
Windows
Take command of powerful armies with intuitive player controls and classic RTS features and feel. Control powerful super-weapons and elite units through a 21-mission campaign. Continue the fight on 16 skirmish and 8 unique survival maps.
Why similar: RTS 28%, Base Building 15.9%, Action RTS 15.7% ★, Building 12.3%, Strategy 11%
- #8 Heroes of Orn: Darkness
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BM Studios LLC
Windows
Inspired by Majesty, Heroes of Orn: Darkness is a fantasy base building RTS with a twist - you cannot directly control your units. Build and upgrade your kingdom to gain power and resources. Influence your heroes' decisions and empower them by issuing quests, casting spells, and creating shops.
Why similar: RTS 40.4%, Base Building 23.1%, Strategy 17.9%, Building 15.3%, PvE 2.9%
- #9 Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
91% matchVery Positive91% of 9,278 reviews2017
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.4 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 49.8%, Base Building 24.5%, Strategy 19.3%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #10 Pact
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liberation Games
Windows
Build your alliance of evil as you regain your lost power in this classically-inspired fantasy RTS. Choose how your enthusiastically loyal minions will build, plunder, and pillage their way across an ever-shifting battlefield, guiding them to new opportunities and allies on your path to domination.
Why similar: RTS 36.8%, Strategy 23%, Base Building 22.1%, PvE 9.4%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #11 Meridian: New World
89% matchMixed48% of 530 reviews2014
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Slip into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian. Assured of the fact that the planet is uninhabited, the unexpected reception of a distress call from the surface could mean many things, none of which you are prepared for.
Why similar: RTS 61.5%, Strategy 30.6%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #12 Taste of Power
88% matchMixed67% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: OneOcean LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Show your strategic talents in Taste of Power! It's a RTS set in an alternate medieval world, where Europe, Middle East, and China confront each other. Develop unique technologies and lead warriors into an epic battlefield – the victory is yours!
Why similar: RTS 44.1%, Strategy 28.7%, Base Building 27.2%
- #13 Planet X2 (C64)
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
Planet X2 is a new retro real-time strategy game for C64. You are up against the Protoids. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases. Relive the 8-bits, SID music and keyboard controls of mid 80s C64 gaming.
Why similar: RTS 41%, Strategy 24.1%, Base Building 15.8%, Top-Down 10.1%, Building 8.3%
- #14 SeizeTheMap
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YuanLi
Windows
A hybrid RTS between RTS and turn-based. Command your units like chess pieces. Features reimagined RTS systems (recruitment, crafting, research) plus RPG-style growth and random quests. Finally, face the unique "Judgment Battle."
Why similar: RTS 38.2%, Strategy 22.5%, Base Building 21.2%, Building 11.3%, Top-Down 5.4%
- #15 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
86% matchVery Positive95% of 11,827 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 50%, Strategy 21.8%, Base Building 21.6%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #16 Fleetbreakers
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Last KeepPub: Level Up Gaming
Windows
From the minds behind Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, and Halo Wars comes a new generation of RTS. Forge powerful alliances and build an unstoppable fleet as you battle across the galaxy to drive back the insidious Voltari.
Why similar: RTS 35.9%, Action RTS 19.2% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Building 11.8%, Base Building 10.3%
- #17 Star Pulse:The War
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star Pulse
Windows
Star Pulse: The War is an independent real-time strategy game that merges science fiction with fantasy. Players will command a sci-fi faction, harnessing the power of star pulse to gather resources, construct buildings, train troops, and nurture heroes in the fight against invading magical forces.
Why similar: RTS 46%, Strategy 18.2%, Base Building 14.7%, Action RTS 8.3% ★, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #18 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
82% matchVery Positive85% of 11,534 reviews2025
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition is the ultimate Dawn of War experience, featuring the original Dawn of War and all its expansions, along with enhanced visuals, an improved camera, and 64-bit platform support.
Why similar: RTS 39.7%, Base Building 18.8%, Strategy 14.9%, Action RTS 13% ★, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #19 Bacteria Wars
83% 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 42.3%, Strategy 19.4%, Action RTS 16.5% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Top-Down 5.9%
- #20 Ghoul Fort
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agartha's Trapdoor Studios
Windows
Ghoul Fort is a mix of RTS and visual novel. Follow the story of a disgraced commander as he tries to feed his people, keep his armies on a leash, and satisfy his own ravenous empire. All the while, another force schemes to unleash hell on the entire system. Forward, into the breach!
Why similar: RTS 39%, Base Building 21.9%, Strategy 13.5%, Building 13.2%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #21 Wyrmsun
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 282 reviews2015
Dev: Andrettin
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Wyrmsun is a real-time strategy game which features elements of mythology, history and fiction.
Why similar: RTS 45.3%, Strategy 24.5%, Base Building 17.5%, Building 12.8%
- #22 Celtic Kings: Rage of War
81% matchVery Positive90% of 171 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 64.7%, Strategy 35.3%
- #23 EVERGLORY
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eduard Permyakov
Windows · Linux
Stockpile resources, build your settlement, raise an army, and wage war in this love letter to RTS classics. Experience the epic story through a fully scripted single-player campaign, then create your own scenarios and write the next chapter yourself.
Why similar: RTS 41.3%, Base Building 27.8%, Strategy 21.8%, Action RTS 7.5% ★, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #24 Rocklings
78% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: NDOgames
Windows
Rocklings is a strategy game where you explore endless caves, strategically mining rocks to build and expand your base. Unlock cosmetic items as you play and unleash your creativity with a built-in level editor.
Why similar: RTS 43.3%, Strategy 21.8%, Base Building 16%, Building 9.3%, Top-Down 9%
- #25 BattleMore
79% matchPositive86% of 14 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 64.2%, Strategy 35.8%
- #26 Crustacean Nations
78% matchVery Positive92% of 511 reviews2022
Dev: Team Beans
Windows
🦀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: RTS 28.6%, Base Building 22.2%, Action RTS 20.2% ★, Strategy 13.9%, Building 7.1%
- #27 Supreme Commander
77% matchVery Positive89% of 3,109 reviews2011
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.
Why similar: RTS 53.5%, Strategy 23.7%, Base Building 14%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #28 Shapes of War
77% 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 34.5%, Base Building 21.8%, Action RTS 14.8% ★, Strategy 14.7%, Building 13.6%
- #29 Nanook's Revenge
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Lostburn
Windows
A two team multiplayer, top-down, survival game. There is only one deity in the shape of a bear against a team of robots builders. Robots need to create a base and gather resources in order to defend themselves against the bear. Nanook's task is to kill and destroy all robots bases.
Why similar: RTS 32.5%, Action RTS 18.2% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Building 13.2%, Base Building 9.1%
- #30 Random Realms Hero Under Siege
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: KizerGraphics
Windows
Random Realms Hero Under Siege is a fast-paced single player tower defense RTS where every match is a fresh roll of the dice. Build bases from randomized building options, lead a leveling hero and their army, and hold the line against escalating enemy waves.
Why similar: RTS 26.3%, Strategy 14.4%, Action RTS 13.8% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Top-Down 12.1%
- #31 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
76% matchMixed67% of 3,298 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 56.7%, Base Building 21.7%, Strategy 20.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #32 Warrior Kings: Battles
75% matchVery Positive91% of 328 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 60.5%, Strategy 39.5%
- #33 Drift Wars
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BRZDRIFT
Windows · Linux
A new style of RTS that focuses heavily on terraforming and changing terrain to different types to overcome your opponent ! Inspired by old-school RTSes but with next-generation RTS ideas !
Why similar: RTS 40.5%, Strategy 24.6%, Action RTS 21.5% ★, Top-Down 8.3%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #34 Empires:The Rise
74% matchMixed61% of 62 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 59.6%, Strategy 40.4%
- #35 Rise of the Cones: Planetary Defense
71% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: Baris Lab
Windows
Rise of the Cones is a tower defense game where a relentless army of cones is marching toward your base. They will not stop. Build towers, shape them with branching upgrades, and figure out how to hold the line.
Why similar: RTS 32.3%, Base Building 23.4%, Strategy 18.2%, Building 10.4%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #36 STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
73% matchVery Positive91% of 4,626 reviews2016
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Disney
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 55.3%, Strategy 25.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Sci-fi 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #37 Terrestrial
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Lost Our Box
Windows
Terrestrial is a player versus environment Real Time Strategy game where the player commands teams of space explorers tasked with completing critical objectives in hazardous mission environments.
Why similar: RTS 40.6%, Base Building 20.1%, Strategy 16%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Building 7.4%
- #38 reconquest
73% 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 59.3%, Strategy 40.7%
- #39 Rising Kingdoms
72% matchVery Positive92% of 251 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Rising Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2005
Why similar: RTS 57.9%, Strategy 42.1%
- #40 Z Steel Soldiers
73% matchMixed52% of 286 reviews2014
Dev: TickTock GamesPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In the bloody aftermath of ‘Z’ comes The Bitmap Brothers classic, “Z Steel Soldiers”: a new breed of robot with a taste for war and a warped sense of humour.
Why similar: RTS 58.6%, Strategy 41.4%
- #41 Astro Industry Wars
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abundant Pine Games
Windows
Astro Industry Wars is a lighthearted take on the RTS genre featuring distinct unit types, base building, economic production chains, and customizable unit rosters.
Why similar: RTS 44.2%, Base Building 26.8%, Strategy 9.9%, Building 8.9%, Sci-fi 7%
- #42 Grey Galactic
70% match3 user reviews67% of 3 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: RTS 31.9%, Action RTS 18% ★, Building 13%, Strategy 12.8%, Base Building 10.3%
- #43 Counter Clash
69% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: BjenssenPub: The CoLab
Windows
A fast-paced RTS where your decisions, not optimal builds, decide the outcome. Jump straight into explosive battles, adapt on the fly, and outplay your enemies in the heat of combat.
Why similar: RTS 27%, Base Building 19.2%, Action RTS 18.6% ★, Strategy 11.3%, Building 10.8%
- #44 Planet X16
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
Planet X16 the spiritual successor to the Planet X3 strategy game. You are up against the Protoids again. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases now with mouse controls
Why similar: RTS 51.3%, Strategy 32.5%, Top-Down 14.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #45 Warfare
70% matchVery Positive86% of 246 reviews2009
Dev: GFI RussiaPub: Game Factory Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Saudi Arabia, one of the world's leading oil suppliers and a key U.S. ally, has been taken over by a highly organized group of radical terrorists. The government is in a state of collapse and turmoil and you have been chosen to lead the United States' armed forces to restore control.
Why similar: RTS 56%, Strategy 44%
- #46 Memetric: Final Lifeforms
69% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: FatalCagePub: CloudCage
Windows
The game has a main gameplay based on sidescrolling strategy set in a sci-fi world. The goal of our protagonists is to restart life on the planet after an extinction.
Why similar: Base Building 31%, RTS 30.1%, Strategy 24.3%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #47 Atahion - Tower Defense
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: EhtChaos
Windows
Build your defense base to repel alien invaders. Atahion is a strategy and tactical defense game in which you have to extract resources, build defense towers and use bonuses to complete the mission.
Why similar: RTS 39.7%, Base Building 23.5%, Strategy 15%, Action RTS 8% ★, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #48 Tribes of the Ridge
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lukáš Anděl
Windows · Mac
Lead your tribe in this relaxing city builder. Transform a small settlement into a thriving civilization. Build efficient production chains, discover new occupations, and construct advanced buildings!
Why similar: RTS 43.6%, Building 22.8%, Strategy 18.8%, Base Building 13.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #49 Stellar Infestation
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: YogurtGames
Windows
Dig minerals, manufacture ammunition, and build defense towers to fend off swarms of insects. A tower defense game with light production line elements.
Why similar: RTS 32.2%, Strategy 23.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Building 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #50 Forsaking Valhalla
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stemmlar Technologies
Windows
A survival RTS game where you defend your village against relentless waves of Norse mythological creatures. Build defenses, train warriors, and gather resources to survive as long as possible. If your Town Hall falls, it's game over. How long will you last?
Why similar: RTS 32.6%, Action RTS 20.5% ★, Base Building 17.1%, Strategy 12.9%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #51 Command & Conquer™ and The Covert Operations™
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 419 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The legendary RTS game which started it all. Will you side with the humanistic GDI or bring the world to its knees with Kane and the Brotherhood of Nod. Your adversaries are without mercy. And so are you.
Why similar: RTS 50.2%, Strategy 28.5%, Action RTS 19.7% ★, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #52 Total Tower Engine
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RubyRTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tired of RNG and card draws? Experience a "Plan first, pay later" economy where construction scales with your income in real time. As the map grows massive, only careful planning. Not a lucky roll, will keep you alive.
Why similar: RTS 41.3%, Base Building 23.2%, Building 15.9%, Strategy 13.7%, Top-Down 5.3%
- #53 Red Chaos - The Strict Order
66% matchVery Positive87% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Squarecut Games
Windows · Linux
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: RTS 35.4%, Action RTS 22.4% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Strategy 12.1%, Building 9.4%
- #54 Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
65% matchVery Positive94% of 10,263 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 18.0 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 56.9%, Strategy 21.8%, Base Building 16.6%, Sci-fi 3%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #55 StrateZ
67% 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 47.3%, Strategy 28.2%, Base Building 22.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%