- #1 Forged Battalion
97% matchMixed58% of 1,108 reviews2018
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.
Why similar: RTS 56.1%, Strategy 18.3%, Simulation 11.4%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Indie 5.2%
- #2 Fracture the Flag
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 110 reviews2016
Dev: One Wheel Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Fracture the Flag is not the usual hyper click fest of an RTS... Take some time, gather your resources, plan your strategy and then knock the crud out your opponents!
Why similar: RTS 40.3%, Strategy 27.9%, Multiplayer 19.4%, Indie 12.3%
- #3 Battlefleet Engineer
96% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Tomi Syväjärvi
Windows
Engineer spaceships, compose fleets and command them in in real-time battles. All ships are completely defined by their module composition. Achieve victory with brilliant command on the battlefield and by engineering it into your fleet.
Why similar: RTS 43.4%, Strategy 24.8%, Simulation 21.1%, Indie 10.7%
- #4 Tempest Rising
94% matchVery Positive88% of 10,866 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.1 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 62.2%, Strategy 19.4%, Multiplayer 6%, Isometric 5.9%, Base Building 2.8%
- #5 8-Bit Hordes
95% matchVery Positive81% of 533 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
From the team that brought you 8-Bit Armies comes a new fantasy RTS as fast-paced and friendly as the original! 8-BIT HORDES is a colorful strategy-arcade game that is easy to learn for players of all skill levels. Collect resources, build up and defend your base, amass your army of orcs or humans and ultimately crush your opponents!
Why similar: RTS 46%, Strategy 25.9%, Simulation 11.4%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Indie 7%
- #6 Rival Commanders
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Miz
Windows
A fast-paced casual real-time strategy game where you command stylized armies, deploy powerful units, and outsmart rivals in explosive top-down battles.
Why similar: RTS 38%, Isometric 20.4%, Strategy 19.8%, Top-Down 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #7 Aotai Traverse: Survival Simulator
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yinyu Studio
Windows
A cyber-hike simulation of the Ao-Tai Trail: surviving only means the mountain chose to let you go.
Why similar: Survival 26.3%, Simulation 19.9%, Immersive Sim 18.8%, Strategy 12.9%, Stylized 7.3%
- #8 Maniac Land
91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Giftzwerg Games
Windows
"Maniac Land" Summon your mages to the court! Gather resources and transform them into powerful wands, mysterious books, or, well, stones. Develop new spells, defend your small land, or snatch up your friends' territories and zap them into another dimension.
Why similar: RTS 46.9%, Strategy 19.9%, Simulation 14.4%, Multiplayer 9%, 3D 6.8%
- #9 Armor Clash 3
91% matchMixed55% of 154 reviews2019
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armor Clash 3 is an old-school modern warfare RTS game with base building and navies. There are 3 factions with unique units, buildings and technology systems. There are both skirmish and challenge modes. The battle is fast-paced, with realistic graphics and physical effects, and the performance is also optimized.
Why similar: RTS 37.8%, Strategy 29.1%, Simulation 21.8%, Indie 11.4%
- #10 The Touhou Empires
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NeetpiaPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
Touhou meets real-time warfare! Explore maps, gather resources, and build your army! Become the conqueror of Gensokyo!
Why similar: RTS 41.6%, Strategy 20.7%, Simulation 9.6%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Top-Down 7%
- #11 Boid
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 747 reviews2016
Dev: MokusPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Boid is real-time strategy at its most primal - your only resource is your army. No funds to manage or infrastructures to build. It’s a kill or be killed battle of rapid decisions to dominate the gene pool.
Why similar: RTS 49.3%, Strategy 25%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Indie 8.8%
- #12 8-Bit Armies
89% 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: RTS 42.3%, Strategy 23.7%, Simulation 13.6%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Indie 6.5%
- #13 Civitas Nova
88% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: SASTE Software
Windows
About Civitias Nova: Build, manage, research and create the largest army to expand your influence from a single village to an empire or try the peaceful way. The choice is yours.
Why similar: RTS 31.6%, Strategy 31%, Simulation 24.8%, Indie 12.5%
- #14 JKEnterprises
87% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: JKEnterprises
Windows
Take command of a galactic megacorporation and engage your competitors in planetary battles in this spherical RTS.
Why similar: RTS 47%, Strategy 25.4%, Multiplayer 17.8%, 3D 6.5%, PvP 3.3%
- #15 Armor Clash
86% matchMixed69% of 85 reviews2015
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armor Clash is an RTS game of modern warfare, containing classic features like base building, unit training etc. Players can pick modern armors such as M1A2, T-14 to form identical legions. With realistic effects and fast paced battle, players will enjoy commanding their armored forces to break down the enemy.
Why similar: RTS 54%, Strategy 21.4%, Simulation 15.8%, Indie 8.8%
- #16 Fractured State
86% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Mechanical Monocle
Windows
Fractured State refines the RTS genre into fast-paced strategic urban combat. Take part as the machine driven imperialistic faction of the Laperian Imperial Army battle to remain in control against the Children of the Ancients, worshipers and masters of an ancient power. Includes Map Editor.
Why similar: RTS 52.5%, Strategy 33.2%, Indie 14.3%
- #17 Outlive The End
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TLS SOFTWARE
Windows
Fight for your survival in a merciless world. Explore, gather resources, build shelter, and craft weapons to withstand hunger, cold, and hostile creatures. Every decision matters: will you outlive nature or humanity itself?
Why similar: RTS 40%, Immersive Sim 21.2%, Strategy 14%, Simulation 13.4%, 3D 5.3%
- #18 Cro Magnon
85% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Thor Gaming
Windows
Europe, 39000 BC. A group of people have arrived at a location suitable for a settlement. The lands are rich and fertile, but not uninhabited. You will take command of a newly formed clan of Cro Magnon, in the final days of the Neanderthals. Your goal is survival and dominance.
Why similar: RTS 50.9%, Strategy 33.3%, Indie 15.8%
- #19 Tooth and Tail
84% 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: RTS 53%, Strategy 19.4%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Isometric 7.3%, Indie 5.2%
- #20 Army Men RTS
82% matchVery Positive89% of 1,388 reviews2017
Dev: Pandemic StudiosPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Army Men RTS brings you back to the days of staging battles with tiny plastic soldiers in your backyard...except these green soldiers carry out your every command!
Why similar: RTS 58.2%, Strategy 21.4%, Multiplayer 18.3%, Base Building 2.1%
- #21 Command & Conquer™ Generals
81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,893 reviews2024
Dev: EA PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Be the Ultimate Modern Warfare General
Why similar: RTS 45.3%, Strategy 29.1%, Multiplayer 22.3%, Base Building 3.3%
- #22 Zero-K
82% matchVery Positive94% of 4,227 reviews2018
Dev: Zero-K Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.
Why similar: RTS 50.9%, Strategy 19.1%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Simulation 9.6%, Indie 5.5%
- #23 Meridian: New World
83% 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 64.1%, Strategy 28.7%, Indie 7.2%
- #24 Rush & Command
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VoxelBite
Windows
Rush & Command is a classic multiplayer real time strategy game, that will intrigue both highly tactical as well as casual RTS players. The game is set in an alternate world where units and armies dating back from the 1960-1980 are enriched with high-tech current technologies and knowledge.
Why similar: RTS 45.6%, Strategy 25.4%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Indie 11.1%
- #25 Command & Control 3
80% matchMixed63% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: C&C Game Studio
Windows
Assume the role of a special forces commander fighting against a terrorist organization named "Dawn of Freedom".
Why similar: RTS 39.4%, Isometric 23.2%, Strategy 21.7%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Indie 5.5%
- #26 Star Pulse:The War
79% 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 47.9%, Strategy 17.1%, Isometric 11.1%, Indie 6.4%, Top-Down 5.7%
- #27 Celtic Kings: Rage of War
79% matchVery Positive90% of 170 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 67.1%, Strategy 32.9%
- #28 BattleMore
78% 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 66.6%, Strategy 33.4%
- #29 Emergency 2014
78% matchMixed64% of 370 reviews2013
Dev: Sixteen Tons Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
You have command of paramedics, fire brigades, police and disaster relief. Send your teams out on tense real-time missions to deal with disasters in Europe's major centres.
Why similar: RTS 37.8%, Simulation 34.8%, Strategy 17.8%, Multiplayer 9.6%
- #30 Armor Clash II
77% matchMixed60% of 116 reviews2017
Dev: Windforce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armor Clash II is an old-school RTS game, with classic features like base building, modern armors and navies etc. 2 factions and sub-factions for each one, from high tech stealth destroyers to hardcore battleships. In Skirmishes players build base from the start, while in the Random Generated Mission, fast paced combats start immediately.
Why similar: RTS 47.8%, Strategy 29.2%, Simulation 23%
- #31 Intruder Alert: Ixian Operations
76% matchMixed66% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Frudelsoft
Windows
Intruder Alert is an science-fiction RTS having 6 totally different factions. It contains a single-player campaign, local LAN multiplayer, simple single player games and special challenges like Tower Defense.
Why similar: RTS 51.7%, Strategy 33.8%, Indie 14.5%
- #32 Mushroom Wars 2
76% matchMixed62% of 975 reviews2017
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.
Why similar: RTS 48.4%, Strategy 24.2%, Multiplayer 19.8%, Indie 5.5%, Atmospheric 2.2%
- #33 Warrior Kings: Battles
75% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
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 63%, Strategy 37%
- #34 Majesty 2 Collection
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,531 reviews2011
Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.7 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 58.7%, Strategy 31%, Simulation 6.3%, Base Building 4%
- #35 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 62.1%, Strategy 37.9%
- #36 勇者起源
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: JILIN JAI PANGU NETWORK SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD
Windows
《Origin》is a 3D magic dark wind tower defense game. A variety of powerful cards can be combined at your disposal, greatly enhancing the game's strategy. Exquisite 3D modeling makes the characters and scenes more real. The exquisite picture quality makes you feel different from the tower defense!
Why similar: RTS 43.7%, Strategy 23.1%, Multiplayer 11%, Survival 9.6%, 3D 7.3%
- #37 GeoWar 2
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tien Do Nam
Windows · Linux
GeoWar is a simple real-time strategy game where you have to capture all the bases from the enemies.
Why similar: RTS 32.2%, Strategy 29.7%, Simulation 25.3%, Indie 12.8%
- #38 reconquest
74% 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 61.8%, Strategy 38.2%
- #39 Asian Food Cart Tycoon
72% matchMostly Negative24% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Nexvel EntertainmentPub: CRX Entertainment Pte Ltd
Windows
Grow your satay business and become the most successful satay entrepreneur in the world!
Why similar: Strategy 21.9%, Cartoon 20.5%, Simulation 19.5%, Isometric 17%, 3D 7.5%
- #40 Rising Kingdoms
71% matchVery Positive92% of 247 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Rising Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2005
Why similar: RTS 60.5%, Strategy 39.5%
- #41 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 61.1%, Strategy 38.9%
- #42 STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
71% matchVery Positive91% of 4,575 reviews2016
Dev: Ensemble StudiosPub: Disney
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.4 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 58.5%, Strategy 23.8%, Multiplayer 15%, Base Building 2.7%
- #43 Nightside
72% matchMixed62% of 131 reviews2015
Dev: OMNIDREAM CREATIONS
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A four races sci-fi base building real time strategy game set on the dark side of an unknown planet where the valuable "green ice" resource can be found.
Why similar: RTS 54.4%, Strategy 32.9%, Indie 12.6%
- #44 Selfish
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grumpy Crumpet
Windows
Online 1v1 Selfish Struggle to Stay Alive
Why similar: Multiplayer 29.5%, RTS 26.9%, Strategy 16.9%, Survival 12%, Nature 8.4%
- #45 Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
67% matchVery Positive93% of 9,943 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 16.8 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 58%, Strategy 20%, Multiplayer 18.6%, Base Building 3.4%
- #46 Conflict 2: Blitz
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YQ Game StudiosPub: HuaMeng Games
Windows
Traditional RTS real-time strategy, from the beginning of high school to now, Conflict 1, Conflict 2 Western Front, Conflict 2 Blitz. In general, a person development, overall simple, please forgive me.
Why similar: RTS 36.1%, Strategy 24.3%, Multiplayer 18.4%, Simulation 6.3%, PvP 5.7%
- #47 Deck Casters
69% matchVery Positive90% of 115 reviews2018
Dev: Rock Nano Global
Windows
Experience an entirely new kind of strategic gameplay that fuses together deck-building, RTS and MOBA in one epic experience. Wield the 5 elements, build your deck and unleash powerful spells and creatures to crush your opponent.
Why similar: RTS 44%, Strategy 25.2%, Multiplayer 19.5%, Indie 11.3%
- #48 Majesty Gold HD
69% matchVery Positive92% of 586 reviews2009
Dev: CyberlorePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!
Why similar: Strategy 32.8%, RTS 25.8%, Simulation 23.3%, Isometric 10.3%, Base Building 4.3%
- #49 Pokon Factory Survival
70% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: rukusu
Windows
Pokon Factory Survival is a 3D infinite world game. Mining resources, creating materials for spaceships, and escaping.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 36.2%, Survival 33.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 10.2%, 3D 8.7%
- #50 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
68% matchMixed67% of 3,289 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 60.7%, Strategy 20%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Base Building 4.8%, Indie 1.3%
- #51 Warfare
68% matchVery Positive86% of 239 reviews2009
Dev: GFI RussiaPub: Game Factory Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.8 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 58.6%, Strategy 41.4%
- #52 Planet X16
66% 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 54.4%, Strategy 31%, Top-Down 14.6%
- #53 Machines At War 3
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2014
Dev: Isotope 244 LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Real time strategy game featuring over 130 different types of units and technologies, 21 campaign missions with characters and an intriguing story, unlimited random map skirmishes with many customizable settings, network multiplayer to challenge your friends, and so much more in this RTS!
Why similar: RTS 53.2%, Strategy 34.8%, Indie 12%
- #54 Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
66% matchVery Positive95% of 240 reviews2016
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Conquer the world and build your empire! Lead one civilization to glory through sophisticated trade, diplomacy, espionage and conquest.
Why similar: RTS 56.4%, Strategy 43.6%
- #55 Mercenary Tactics
67% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Team Hobby
Windows
Command a squad of mercenaries to battle monstrous foes across five stages. Start small, strategically deploy and upgrade your team using earned resources. Build an unstoppable force and prove your tactical skills by surviving the onslaught and securing victory.
Why similar: RTS 45.2%, Strategy 24.8%, Simulation 23.3%, 3D 6.7%