- #1 Roman Empire Wars
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Emperor Games
Windows
Become an Emperor and guide your Legions to victory. Battle foreign armies and crush your enemies in a tactical real-time strategy game and show the whole Europe glory of the Roman Empire.
Why similar: Rome 19.9% ★, Historical 14.8%, RTS 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 9.7%, Military 9.5%
- #2 Strategos
96% matchVery Positive87% of 222 reviews2026
Dev: Strategos GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command of historical ones.
Why similar: Rome 27.7% ★, RTS 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Historical 12.6%, Military 7.6%
- #3 Tribe Nation
96% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Random Worlds s.r.o.
Windows
Tribe Nation is a real-time strategy with roguelike elements, set during the Gallic Wars. Lead your Celtic tribe across Europe in search of a new homeland. Strategize on a randomly generated hex battlefields, adapt to unexpected events, craft, upgrade, and equip. Make your tribe a nation.
Why similar: Rome 22% ★, Hex Grid 20.6% ★, RTS 15%, Historical 10.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%
- #4 Grid War Online
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NasjakiPub: Nasjaki_Games
Windows
This game combines real-time and turn-based strategy. Each turn is divided into two phases of variable duration. This concept is especially interesting when playing with multiple players. That's why it's so easy to create and join online lobbies.
Why similar: RTS 22%, Real Time Tactics 21.6%, Level Editor 14%, PvP 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #5 Total War: ATTILA
94% matchVery Positive82% of 37,267 reviews2015
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 81.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...
Why similar: Rome 22.3% ★, Historical 19.2%, RTS 14.5%, Strategy 9.8%, War 8.6%
- #6 War of Dots
93% matchVery Positive81% of 5,326 reviews2026
Dev: TeaAndPython
Windows
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: RTS 20.5%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Military 8.2%, Historical 8%
- #7 Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
94% matchVery Positive87% of 87,016 reviews2013
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 24.8 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.
Why similar: Rome 32% ★, Historical 16.9%, Strategy 11.5%, RTS 8.9%, Real Time Tactics 7.8%
- #8 Magna Regna
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hammer Games
Windows
Magna Regna combines the nostalgia of the classic medieval RTS genre with a modern look and gameplay. Explore medieval history through various campaigns from the 8th century up to the very last time of knights. Play with your battle-hardened friends against others in multiplayer.
Why similar: RTS 27.5%, Historical 17.9%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Level Editor 13.1%, Strategy 9.9%
- #9 Gallic Wars: Battle Simulator
91% matchMixed55% of 33 reviews2020
Dev: MadGamesmithPub: WIG Publishing
Windows
Time to conquer ROME! Become a commander of Gallic Warriors and destroy Roman Empire in this Rouge-like strategy game.
Why similar: Rome 31.1% ★, RTS 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Historical 12%, War 6%
- #10 AmberForge
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio GRAMPS
Windows · Mac
AmberForge is a medieval/fantasy strategy game where players build kingdoms and fight each other for control of the mystical Amber Forge. Harvest Spirit-Amber in order to forge powerful upgrades. Expand your territory, raise armies, and slay your opponent's king, all played in real-time!
Why similar: Hex Grid 32.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 23.4%, RTS 18.3%, Strategy 9%, PvP 9%
- #11 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
89% matchVery Positive86% of 53,444 reviews2020
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 43.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
Why similar: RTS 24%, Base Building 16.1%, Historical 13.4%, Military 12.4%, Strategy 10%
- #12 Explorers of Esmar
88% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2026
Dev: Tipri Games
Windows
Welcome to Explorers of Esmar! Build your settlement, master complex production chains. Claim the riches to explore and conquer the new island continent of Esmar!
Why similar: Rome 23.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, RTS 13.9%, Historical 10.4%, Military 10.4%
- #13 Avant-Garde: Napoleonic Battles
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vitam Aeternam Studio
Windows
Enter the Napoleonic wars battlefields. Embody Napoleon or his rivals and face the same human, logistical, and environmental constraints. Every decision can confirm history… or rewrite it.
Why similar: Hex Grid 22.6% ★, RTS 17%, Historical 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Military 10%
- #14 Combat Directive : Napoleonic Wars
86% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: Fatice GamesPub: REVVY GAMES LLC
Windows
Inspired by legendary classic wargames , Combat Directive brings the strategic depth and ideological brilliance of these classics to life, reimagining the monumental battles of the Napoleonic Wars. It's crafted for the true enthusiasts of historical warfare.
Why similar: RTS 20.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Hex Grid 17.4% ★, Historical 15.5%, Military 11.3%
- #15 Men of War: Vietnam
87% matchMixed64% of 1,319 reviews2011
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968. Experience the chaos of the Vietnam War through two story-driven campaigns that reveal both sides of the conflict.
Why similar: RTS 21.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Strategy 15.7%, Historical 14.5%, War 9.2%
- #16 Praetorians
86% matchVery Positive81% of 702 reviews2014
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Praetorians is set amidst the political machinations of an emerging Roman Empire. You will be transported back to the dusty battlefields of Egypt, the combat theaters of Gaul and finally to the heart of the Empire itself, Italy in the crusade to become Emperor.
Why similar: Rome 46% ★, RTS 23%, Strategy 13.9%, Historical 12.1%, War 5%
- #17 Age of Druids
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dejima Studios
Windows
Age of Druids is a historical turn-based strategy game, based on the Roman conquest of Britannia. Lead your Roman legions or Celtic tribes in operational level tactical campaigns to decide the fate of the Britons and walk in the footsteps of Julius Caesar and Boudicca.
Why similar: Rome 40.4% ★, Hex Grid 14.8% ★, Historical 12.6%, Strategy 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #18 Theatre of War: Rearmed
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sergey SolomanichevPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Command real-time WWII battles across the complete Theatre of War series, unified on the latest version of its original engine. Experience deep tactical combat, realistic ballistics, and over 100 missions, enhanced for modern systems.
Why similar: RTS 24.6%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Historical 13.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Military 9.5%
- #19 Micro Wars
83% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Micro Wars
Windows · Linux
Micro Wars is a fast-paced RTS that throws you into the action in short, intense online battles featuring up to 8 players. Tailor your strategy with a variety of commanders and units, build your base, and micro your way to victory. Hone your skills with the campaign, and then climb the ladder ranks!
Why similar: Hex Grid 22.2% ★, RTS 18.5%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Military 7.9%
- #20 Rome: Total War™ - Alexander
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 909 reviews2007
Dev: The Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Rome: Total War - Alexander is the second official expansion pack to Rome: Total War. An entirely new campaign map that stretches from Macedonia to Greece and into the heart of the ancient Persian Empire New campaign game that tasks players with matching the exploits of Alexander the Great as he swept across Central Asia and dominated...
Why similar: Rome 29% ★, RTS 23.3%, Historical 19.6%, Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.9%
- #21 Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
82% matchVery Positive92% of 27,098 reviews2010
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release
Why similar: Historical 27%, RTS 15.6%, Strategy 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 8.5%, Military 8.5%
- #22 War Selection
82% matchVery Positive85% of 23,196 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 27.6 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: RTS 26.7%, Base Building 19.7%, Military 11.6%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Strategy 10.3%
- #23 Empires Apart
81% matchMixed68% of 2,480 reviews2018
Dev: DESTINYbitPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.
Why similar: RTS 31.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Historical 14.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Multiplayer 8.4%
- #24 Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
80% matchVery Positive82% of 92,924 reviews2019
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 89.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
Why similar: Historical 27.4%, RTS 16.7%, Strategy 12%, War 10.6%, Military 8.6%
- #25 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
81% 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 39.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Military 13.9%, Strategy 11.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #26 Total War: ROME REMASTERED
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,374 reviews2021
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Total War: ROME REMASTERED lets you relive the legacy that defined the award-winning strategy game series. Remastered to 4K with multiple improvements to visuals as well as refinements to gameplay, it’s time to revisit a true classic. Not everyone gets a second chance to conquer the Roman Empire.
Why similar: Rome 32.6% ★, RTS 16.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Historical 11.9%, Strategy 7%
- #27 Ad Victoriam
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nagari Studios
Windows
Ad Victoriam lets you experience large scale immersive battles and lead Caesar's legions to victory in a groundbreaking simulator! You can start up custom battles or play a full strategy game as you conquer Gaul and establish the Roman Empire!
Why similar: Rome 33.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, Historical 14.1%, RTS 12.9%, Military 9.7%
- #28 战地指挥官/Battleboom
78% matchMixed53% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Battleboom Studio
Windows
"Battleboom"is a fair battle game with military theme.You will play the role of a commander to deploy and command your team. Find your combinations,try your best to destroy the enemy's base to win! come and battle!
Why similar: RTS 22.7%, Real Time Tactics 19.4%, Military 17.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #29 Alien Battlefield
78% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Yang Sun
Windows
Fight in the dynamic 2D strategy game Alien Battlefield! The game has two modes available: real-time strategy mode and chess game mode. Explore the different abilities of units, amass resources, deploy units and try to use them intelligently to win!
Why similar: RTS 26%, Real Time Tactics 19.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Level Editor 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%
- #30 Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg (CMFB) follows the Western Allies through the battles along Germany's border and into the heart of the Reich itself.
Why similar: RTS 21.7%, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, Historical 14.3%, Military 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
- #31 Sword & Siege Crusades: Book I
75% matchPositive100% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight through the 1st and 2nd Crusades and the conflicts between them in Crusades: Book I, a tactical medieval wargame of sieges, field battles, and frontier warfare. Command Crusader armies or Islamic alliances across 74 scenarios and two branching campaigns.
Why similar: Hex Grid 24.4% ★, Historical 17.7%, Military 14.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #32 Syrian Warfare
77% matchVery Positive87% of 5,490 reviews2017
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Why similar: RTS 22.5%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Historical 16.1%, Military 14.1%, Tactical 7.4%
- #33 Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar
77% matchMixed60% of 449 reviews2014
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar takes you to the plains and forests of ancient Gaul where Julius Caesar wages a decade long war to subjugate the barbarian hordes. Hegemony Rome will immerse you in the history like no other real time strategy game ever before, forcing you to pay close attention to the changing seasons and rapidly...
Why similar: Rome 39.2% ★, RTS 20.4%, Historical 20.2%, Strategy 17.3%, Simulation 2.7%
- #34 Combat Mission Fortress Italy
75% matchVery Positive85% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Fortress Italy brings wargamers to the "soft underbelly of Europe", a place that was anything but.
Why similar: RTS 17.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Historical 11.2%, Strategy 9.6%, PvP 9.1%
- #35 Sword & Siege Crusades: Book II
73% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Continue the struggle for the Holy Land in Crusades: Book II, a tactical medieval wargame covering the Third and Fourth Crusades between 1149 and 1204. Command the Crusader Alliance or the Anti-Crusader Alliance across 102 historically accurate scenarios and four branching campaigns.
Why similar: Hex Grid 25.8% ★, Historical 17.6%, Military 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Strategy 8.5%
- #36 Surabaya Inferno
76% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Sengkala Dev
Windows
Freedom or Death! Surabaya Inferno is a real-time tactics game based on the battle of Surabaya which occured at November 10th, 1945. Play as Surabayans fighting against the forces of Britain, Netherlands, and Japan in order to defend their independence in Indonesia!
Why similar: RTS 25.1%, Real Time Tactics 21.3%, Historical 17.5%, Military 12.8%, Strategy 8.2%
- #37 The Unwanted War
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bardaky
Windows
Fight battles through human history, defeat your enemies and save humanities future! The Unwanted War lets you follow history itself and take influence on humanities ultimate fate. Are you going to use your knowledge and power for good or will you bring doom over the human race?
Why similar: RTS 24.5%, Real Time Tactics 19.8%, Historical 17.7%, Strategy 7.4%, Base Building 7.1%
- #38 Roman General
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Moore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A hex based strategy game set in the time of the Roman Republic. Fight through numerous historical wars and campaigns to experience the rise of one of the worlds greatest empires.
Why similar: Rome 33% ★, Hex Grid 25.8% ★, Historical 10.9%, Military 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #39 Battle of Britain, Norway and Atlantic
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Sand Table Software
Windows
A real-time WW2 naval and air warfare simulation game on tactical/strategic level that features 18 scenarios covering Battle of Britain, Norwegian campaign and Battle of the Atlantic .
Why similar: RTS 25.1%, Real Time Tactics 20.5%, Historical 13.4%, Strategy 11.4%, Military 9.9%
- #40 Total War: PHARAOH
73% matchMixed63% of 5,359 reviews2023
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In Total War: PHARAOH, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction.
Why similar: RTS 24.9%, Historical 13.7%, Rome 12.1% ★, Tactical 9.5%, War 9.2%
- #41 Sword & Siege Age of Longbow: Volume I
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight through the Hundred Years War in Age of Longbow: Volume I, a tactical medieval wargame of longbow battles, sieges, and shifting campaigns. Command English and French forces across 94 scenarios and an expansive campaign system spanning the war's major phases.
Why similar: Hex Grid 22.7% ★, Historical 18.5%, Military 16%, Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
- #42 LEGION
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Osmiakov
Windows
Multiplayer RTS with massive battles: full squads control, realistic unit behavior and fun.
Why similar: Rome 25% ★, RTS 17.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, Historical 12%, PvP 7.9%
- #43 Animperium
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Paws And Claws
Windows
Animperium is a turn-based strategy tabletop game! Fight with other players for resources to expand your army and buildings to destroy the enemy's main base! Explore the underground to gather resources in the later game and surprise the enemy from below!
Why similar: Hex Grid 24.6% ★, Level Editor 15.5%, Base Building 11.7%, Tactical 8.8%, PvP 8.6%
- #44 The Touhou Empires
71% 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 32.4%, Real Time Tactics 21.1%, Strategy 14.2%, Multiplayer 7%, PvP 6.5%
- #45 Imperial Glory
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,330 reviews2014
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to forge himself a name to be remembered throughout all eternity. This is your moment.
Why similar: RTS 32.8%, Historical 26.5%, Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #46 Carthage: Bellum Punicum
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MindebytePub: Aquila Interactive
Windows
Lead Hannibal's epic campaign to crush the Roman Republic. Command individually rendered legions, manage complex supply lines, master realistic real-time tactics, and outplay challenging enemies in the Second Punic War to claim your place in history.
Why similar: Rome 29.3% ★, Historical 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, RTS 12.4%, Military 9.7%
- #47 Imperivm RTC - HD Edition "Great Battles of Rome"
70% matchMixed69% of 1,252 reviews2021
Dev: Dinamic Software
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Lead the battles that forged the greatest Empire of all time. Seven civilizations fighting for glory or freedom: Rome, Aegyptus, Britannia, Germania, Gallia, Hispania, and Carthago. Enjoy the fast-paced RTC “Real-Time Conquest” gameplay, an Old School RTS oriented to military conquest.
Why similar: RTS 28.8%, Historical 22.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Military 12.1%, Rome 11.3% ★
- #48 Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
70% matchVery Positive91% of 37,554 reviews2009
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
Why similar: Historical 26.3%, Military 15.8%, Strategy 14%, RTS 13.2%, War 7.3%
- #49 Shieldwall
68% matchVery Positive87% of 7,133 reviews2023
Dev: Nezon Production
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shieldwall is a funny third-person tactical battle simulator with strategy elements. It allows you to feel like a squad leader right on the battlefield.
Why similar: Rome 42.9% ★, Historical 16%, War 10.4%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Strategy 7.1%
- #50 Fire Isle
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SneezeDev
Windows
Set the world ablaze in Fire Isle! Choose your fire —Happy, Sad, Angry, or Grumpy— and vs. your friends online to see who can scorch the most of a tropical paradise. Keep your flames alive as rising costs, rainstorms, and other fires try to snuff you out. Can you conquer the Isle?
Why similar: Hex Grid 34.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Multiplayer 10.8%
- #51 Gallic Wars: Violens Annalis
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: 白新社
Windows · Mac
A turn-based strategy game set in the "Gallic Wars". It features a simple command system and a variety of storylines.
Why similar: Rome 47.6% ★, Historical 19.8%, War 9.4%, Tactical 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%
- #52 Master of Command
66% matchVery Positive92% of 3,361 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.
Why similar: RTS 20.1%, Historical 18.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, Military 13.4%, War 9%
- #53 Rome in a Day
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Chudsoft
Windows
The Romans are coming to destroy your humble village at nightfall. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Rome 37% ★, RTS 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Base Building 11.4%, Historical 9.3%
- #54 Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
69% matchVery Positive82% of 554 reviews2015
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Command armies, manage resources, and build an empire in this real-time strategy wargame from Longbow Games. Will Rome fulfil its destiny to rule the ancient world or will history be rewritten to forge a new Etruscan, Gallic, or Greek hegemony!
Why similar: Rome 32.1% ★, Historical 20.1%, RTS 18.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Strategy 10.7%
- #55 Glory of the Colosseum
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Mechanix
Windows
Glory of the Colosseum is a turn-based tactical strategy game set across the Roman empire. A fresh take on tactical turn based combat with minimal randomness and maximum choice. Shape gladiators from fresh recruits to legends of the arena. Will you make it to the Colosseum and win eternal glory?
Why similar: Rome 42.1% ★, Hex Grid 22.7% ★, Historical 16.4%, Tactical 7.6%, Strategy 6%
- #56 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
69% matchVery Positive80% of 2,706 reviews2014
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.
Why similar: Historical 29.1%, RTS 26.3%, Strategy 13.6%, Tactical 9.7%, Military 7.7%
- #57 Legion Gold
68% matchVery Positive85% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Well-received by gamers and critics alike, Legion Gold is the expanded and improved version of its predecessor, Legion, and includes not only the original Legion game but a hefty expansion pack too.
Why similar: Rome 28% ★, RTS 24.2%, Historical 16.1%, Strategy 11.9%, Military 9.8%
- #58 Raider of Realms
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: CosmicClawGames
Windows
A 2D real-time strategy game played on a hexagonal grid. Gather resources, build an army, and expand your kingdom by conquering new tiles. Strategically place units to launch successful attacks and defend your realm against enemies.
Why similar: Hex Grid 34.3% ★, RTS 32.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, Strategy 11.4%, Tactical 7.2%
- #59 Panzer Strike
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ISAK Team
Windows
Authentic RTS gameplay straight out of the 2000s. Command your troops, develop strategies, and win World War II battles. Huge maps, thousands of units, long-range firepower, and no building mechanics!
Why similar: RTS 22.2%, Historical 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Military 11.8%, War 9%