- #1 WAR PARTY
97% matchMixed69% of 455 reviews2019
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
War Party is a strategy game where you enter a prehistoric world of Dinosaurs, Cavemen and Magic! Build up your chosen faction, gather resources, explore the land and command them against enemy tribes and wildlife! Will your story be about Life, Death or Balance? Can you survive?
Why similar: Strategy 100%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time strategy game that directly captures the prehistoric theme with base-building and unit management.
- #2 Nordic Warriors
96% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Liron PeerPub: Mashmashu Studio
Windows
Enter the real time tactical nightmare of Nordic Warriors and use your handful of brave souls to stem an endless horde of undead horrors. You'll need to take advantage of the terrain and your Hero abilities to heal and lead your units as you blast, smash or slash your way through the unfolding apocalypse.
Why similar: Strategy 54.3%, Violent 30.9%, Action 10.1%, Indie 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features intense real-time tactical combat against massive waves of enemies, mirroring the arcade intensity of the seed game.
- #3 Demon's Rise - Lords of Chaos
95% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2018
Dev: Wave Light Games Inc.
Windows
Turn-based, tactical RPG where players command a powerful band of warriors.
Why similar: Strategy 55%, Violent 28.8%, Action 8.6%, Indie 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A squad-based tactical RPG that emphasizes unique unit abilities and strategic positioning in combat.
- #4 Bad North: Jotunn Edition
94% matchVery Positive93% of 13,529 reviews2018
Dev: Plausible ConceptPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist tactical game where you defend your squads against waves of invaders, emphasizing positioning and unit management.
- #5 Crush Your Enemies
94% matchVery Positive81% of 439 reviews2016
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
Why similar: Strategy 75.3%, Action 13.8%, Indie 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style strategy game that focuses on quick, brutal battles and squad-based tactical decisions.
- #6 Tooth and Tail
93% matchMostly Positive80% of 4,111 reviews2017
Dev: Pocketwatch Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Strategy 83.9%, Action 8.2%, Indie 8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, arcade-style real-time strategy game designed for quick sessions and intense unit control.
- #7 War Selection
91% matchVery Positive85% of 23,033 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Why similar: Strategy 96.7%, Indie 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A real-time strategy game that allows for historical progression and large-scale unit combat similar to prehistoric warfare.
- #8 Strain Tactics
92% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2017
Dev: Touch Dimensions Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!
Why similar: Strategy 60.9%, Violent 20.1%, Action 11.6%, Indie 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down tactical game that emphasizes squad management and real-time combat against waves of threats.
- #9 Anomaly: Warzone Earth
90% matchVery Positive87% of 4,668 reviews2011
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
Why similar: Strategy 84.5%, Action 8.2%, Indie 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An action-strategy hybrid that focuses on managing a squad of units through dangerous, enemy-filled environments.
- #10 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
89% matchVery Positive85% of 13,956 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
Why similar: Strategy 89.2%, Indie 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines squad-based management with wave-based defense mechanics in a challenging tactical environment.
- #11 Zulu Response
91% matchMixed43% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Web Interactive Solutions.
Windows
Experience realistic combat gameplay from 1879 as you take command of your own squad of AI British soldiers or Zulu warriors in single, multiplayer or co-op. Configure AI to adjust their abilities and adjust game settings to create games that suit you.
Why similar: Strategy 47.9%, Violent 35.3%, Action 9.5%, Indie 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An action-strategy hybrid that pits small squads against waves of enemies in a high-intensity environment.
- #12 Conan Unconquered
88% matchMixed68% of 1,848 reviews2019
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.
Why similar: Strategy 95.7%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal wave-based survival strategy game that requires careful management of units and defenses against overwhelming odds.
- #13 Arena Hero
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 72 reviews2017
Dev: Point.Vector
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Fight through waves of unique enemies and evolving levels. Altering your character throughout battles in the arena by grabbing upgrades and pickups that change the way you fight.
Why similar: Strategy 71.6%, Action 16.4%, Indie 12%
Why You'll Like It: A combat-focused strategy game that pits teams against waves of enemies in an arena setting.
- #14 Ancestors Legacy
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,549 reviews2018
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Violent 25%, Action 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on squad-based tactical combat with a historical setting that rewards careful unit positioning and ability usage.
- #15 Kingdom Two Crowns
84% matchVery Positive90% of 37,612 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game where you manage a kingdom and defend against nightly waves of enemies.
- #16 Rooks Keep
87% matchMixed68% of 95 reviews2014
Dev: RuneStorm
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Rooks Keep is an arena-based, melee combat game. A variety of game-modes, characters, maps and mutators are available. It also has Chess modes, mod support and decapitation!
Why similar: Strategy 52.3%, Violent 26.6%, Action 12.4%, Indie 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines action and strategy elements with a focus on tactical combat and gore-filled encounters.
- #17 Kick Ass Commandos
86% matchVery Positive93% of 426 reviews2016
Dev: Anarchy Enterprises
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lock and Load! It's time to Kick-Ass. Grab your machine gun, flamethrower, rocket launcher, and grenades. Assault the enemy base and free commandos to join your team while you destroy everything in sight. Make your way through enemy bunkers to rescue your comrades, and kill everyone you encounter!
Why similar: Strategy 55%, Violent 21.7%, Action 13.7%, Indie 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down action game that focuses on squad-based combat and chaotic, arcade-style destruction.
- #18 They Are Billions
84% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Strategy 98.4%, Indie 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes strategy game centered on defending against massive waves of enemies, requiring precise unit and base management.
- #19 Stick War: Castle Defence
85% matchMixed62% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: FoG Games
Windows
Paying homage to an era of stickmen and flash games, whilst diving into modern day, rpg inspired combat and progression. Hone a unique play style to combat hordes of unmotivated stickmen, as they attempt to storm your castle.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
Why You'll Like It: A simple but effective wave-based defense game that focuses on managing stick-figure units.
- #20 Dawn of Ages
81% matchMixed54% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: Stratosphere GamesPub: BoomBit
Windows
Experience authentic medieval warfare. Command vast armies in brutal mass battles, utilizing diverse weapons and tactics. Embark on historical campaigns against rival kingdoms or challenge real opponents in epic PvP wars.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy simulation that explores historical eras and tactical unit deployment.
- #21 Gladiators and Glory
81% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Oguz Kemerli
Windows
A Turn-Based Fighting Game Set in the Roman Era, where you can develop your Gladiators and fight them in arenas to increase the glory of your Ludus.
Why similar: Strategy 95.2%, Indie 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that focuses on arena-style combat and team management.
- #22 8-Bit Armies
82% matchVery Positive82% of 2,459 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Strategy 89.3%, Indie 8.7%, Action 2%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful, arcade-style real-time strategy game that prioritizes fast combat and simple unit management.
- #23 Iron Harvest
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,723 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Why similar: Strategy 92.4%, Action 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A squad-based real-time strategy game that emphasizes tactical positioning and the use of unique unit abilities.
- #24 Company of Heroes
79% matchVery Positive94% of 18,147 reviews2006
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 37.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.
Why similar: Strategy 78.9%, Violent 14.8%, Action 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for squad-based real-time strategy, focusing on tactical combat and unit preservation.
- #25 Wargroove
79% matchVery Positive83% of 5,221 reviews2019
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!
Why similar: Strategy 89.9%, Indie 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical strategy game that emphasizes unit synergy and map control.
- #26 Beat the Humans
75% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Dochungryest
Windows
Beat the Humans is the turn-based tactical strategy game. Here you lead an army of aliens against invaders from the human race. Collect your squad, protect planets, strengthen your army with equipment and look for allies if you want to survive and win.
Why similar: Strategy 87.8%, Action 12.2%
- #27 BANNERMEN
78% matchMixed53% of 296 reviews2019
Dev: Pathos Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A singleplayer fast-paced classic RTS game in which you take on the role of a fallen lord on his journey back to become one of the mightiest in the medieval realm of Valtoria.
Why similar: Strategy 55%, Violent 39.1%, Indie 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A traditional real-time strategy game with a focus on medieval combat and unit-based tactics.
- #28 Stone Rage
78% matchMixed49% of 167 reviews2020
Dev: Mountainwheel Games
Windows
Stone Rage is a prehistoric, open-world survival game. Play as a Cro-Magnon or Neanderthal and shape-shift into beasts as you secure your place in a harsh landscape of dangerous animals, scarce resources, and unforgiving climates. Make friends and enemies. Build. Fight. Survive.
Why similar: Violent 52.3%, Action 24.6%, Indie 23.1%
- #29 Battle Simulator
77% matchMixed54% of 169 reviews2018
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Soldier to the assault! Deploy your troops and destroy the enemy army!
Why similar: Strategy 76.1%, Action 13.9%, Indie 10.1%
- #30 Warriors' Wrath
77% matchMixed81% of 170 reviews2016
Dev: Storm Sharks Production
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Loot. Craft. Build. Defend. Fight. Survive
Why similar: Action 58.5%, Indie 41.5%
- #31 Germ Wars
76% matchMixed56% of 249 reviews2016
Dev: Svarog StudiosPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take control of a determined White Blood Cell on a quest for self discovery, vengeance, punishment and annihilation of all evil germs who would dare infiltrate an unsuspecting and innocent human body in this unique and organic experience.
Why similar: Action 82.9%, Indie 17.1%
- #32 Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades
73% matchVery Positive82% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: JOTASOFT STUDIOS
Windows
New Real Time Strategy Game based on medieval times, where you will control powerful factions and empires, with large-scale epic battles, asymmetric civilizations, unit customization system with RPG elements, dynamic AI, 8K support and much more.
Why similar: Strategy 83%, Action 17%
- #33 Rhino's Rage
76% matchMixed47% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Defroids
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It is a turn-based tactical game, where you can accelerate and bunt enemies. There is a game mode for one player in different modes with own combat mechanics and characters with unique team roles are used in the game: pusher, stopper, tumbleweed and sprinter. Also you can play with your friends against each other on various maps.
Why similar: Strategy 90.2%, Indie 9.8%
- #34 Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator
72% matchMixed55% of 354 reviews2022
Dev: Screambox Studio
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator is a physics-based tactical strategy game where you must lead a military force in a fantasy medieval world. Build an army. Construct siege equipment. Experience epic battles. Lead your people to victory!!
Why similar: Strategy 81.4%, Action 18.6%
- #35 J.A.W.S
74% matchMixed50% of 165 reviews2018
Dev: Corn Fed Games, LLC.
Windows
An RNG, dynamic and strategic FPS. Test your mettle against endless waves of super soldiers. How long can you last?
Why similar: Strategy 48.2%, Violent 33.8%, Action 10.6%, Indie 7.3%
- #36 Galaxy Defense War
68% matchVery Positive97% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Zero Space
Windows
'Galaxy Defense War' is a roguelike tower defense game where you need to select suitable galactic principles from randomly dropped heroes and equipment to form a combat-ready team to resist alien invaders.
Why similar: Strategy 95.3%, Indie 4.7%
- #37 Mining Survivors
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Wonderbounce Games
Windows
Incremental Survivors-like in which you mine valuable resources whilst slaying hoards of enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 85.2%, Action 14.8%
- #38 Skirmish Line
72% matchVery Positive88% of 361 reviews2019
Dev: The Snarktopus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience the brutality and randomness of war as an Allied tactical commander in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Train, equip, and command a squad of soldiers as you fight against the fanatical Imperial Japanese Empire.
Why similar: Strategy 49.4%, Violent 34.7%, Action 9.1%, Indie 6.8%
- #39 Fantasy of Expedition
71% matchVery Positive80% of 687 reviews2020
Dev: LW.C
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Fantasy of Expedition is a Roguelike Strategy Adventure Game where players lead their own army on an expedition mandated by the Heavens. Be careful what choices you make on our randomized maps! Recruit, purchase, and gather relics to win battles and solve events. Your destiny awaits!
Why similar: Strategy 74.1%, Action 14.3%, Indie 11.5%
- #40 Clicker Warriors
73% matchMixed44% of 140 reviews2019
Dev: Open World Interactive
Windows
Get ready to battle the army of darkness. Join other players and lead your warriors to victory! Choose your strongest warrior and take an endless journey to defeat creatures of darkness. Improve your warriors, upgrade your items and progress through the infinite universe of Clicker Warriors.
Why similar: Strategy 72.3%, Action 14.8%, Indie 12.9%
- #41 Clash of Castle
74% matchMixed46% of 61 reviews2018
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
To attack! Deploy your troops and destroy the enemy castle!
Why similar: Strategy 75.1%, Action 14.4%, Indie 10.4%
- #42 Aztez
71% matchVery Positive80% of 205 reviews2017
Dev: Team Colorblind
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Aztez is a highly stylized, brutally satisfying beat 'em up set in the world of the Aztec Empire. Take on the role of an elite close combat unit and undergo missions on behalf of the Empire in the turn-based metagame, and fight against warriors and mythological foes alike using 8 unique weapons in real time combat mode.
Why similar: Strategy 66.9%, Action 21.4%, Indie 11.6%
- #43 Art of War: Red Tides
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,952 reviews2016
Dev: Game Science
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Art of War: Red Tides is a fair multiplayer strategy game that allows different teams on the same platform (e.g. smartphones, PC, etc.) to battle against each other. You will encounter players around the world!
Why similar: Strategy 71.8%, Violent 19.7%, Action 4.9%, Indie 3.6%
- #44 Stickman Trenches
67% matchVery Positive80% of 1,695 reviews2023
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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: Strategy 84.2%, Action 15.8%
- #45 Infectonator: Survivors
71% matchMixed67% of 1,151 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Strategy 69.9%, Violent 13.9%, Indie 8.6%, Action 7.5%
- #46 Wartorn
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Kite Studios
Windows
Harness the elements in fierce real-time battles while gathering and upgrading a crew of fantasy creatures in this rogue-lite adventure across a world torn apart by war.
Why similar: Strategy 75.6%, Action 14.3%, Indie 10.1%
- #47 Evolution of Ages: Settlements
69% matchVery Positive86% of 292 reviews2018
Dev: TREON Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Evolution of Ages is a game of managing resources in the ruins of our world. Recruit characters and level their skills and equipment from the stone age until the space age, while trying your best to avoid the very thing that led to our destruction previously.
Why similar: Strategy 86.8%, Indie 13.2%
- #48 Mayan Death Robots
70% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2015
Dev: Sileni Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Duke it out with massive alien robots during the peak of the Mayan civilization. Nuke, zap, implode, incinerate and destroy your friends in singleplayer or local multiplayer. Win the adoration of your tiny Mayan tribesmen, and keep an eye out for Mayan Gods who will try to crash your party.
Why similar: Strategy 78.8%, Action 13.9%, Indie 7.3%
- #49 Battle Time
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 218 reviews2016
Dev: FoggybusPub: Jetdogs Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take a role of a true general of a real army. Join the battle, capture enemies’ castles and raise the power of your army. Lead your clan to the victory!
Why similar: Strategy 86%, Action 14%
- #50 Sunstone War
65% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Blukulélé
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sunstone War is a unique Action game with Tower Defense element where you can carry EVERYTHING! Move towers, toss away enemies, carry obstacles, upgrade skills and journey through lands to protect your village from calamity!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #51 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
64% matchVery Positive84% of 3,305 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Strategy 84.2%, Indie 15.8%
- #52 Battle Synth
63% matchVery Positive94% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Cow Games
Windows
BattleSynth — Tactical Fantasy Warfare Assemble your army, plan your moves, and watch your strategy come alive on the battlefield. In BattleSynth, every unit matters and every choice can lead to victory — or defeat. Smart tactics, wild magic, and a bit of chaos await!
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Violent 25.1%, Indie 4.5%
- #53 Infested Planet
66% matchVery Positive94% of 3,014 reviews2014
Dev: Rocket Bear Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Strategy 82.4%, Action 10.5%, Indie 7.1%
- #54 Dino Survivors
65% matchVery Positive89% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: Luminescent
Windows
Face hordes of Dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures in this survival game with minimalist gameplay! Dino Survivors is a casual game with Roguelite elements, where you need to be faster and survive several species of extinct animals. Your choices will determine this.
Why similar: Action 69.2%, Indie 30.8%
- #55 Fortify
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Holgersson Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.
Why similar: Strategy 75.3%, Action 13.7%, Indie 11%