- #1 Fleetbreakers
97% 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: Action RTS 32.8% ★, RTS 26.8%, Strategy 15%, Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 10%
- #2 Command & Conquer™ and The Covert Operations™
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 403 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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 36.1%, Action RTS 31.8% ★, Strategy 27%, Action 4.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #3 Gangs Of Asia
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoonpunchPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Experience a thrilling fusion of skill-based 1v1 Kung Fu combat and real-time strategy. Command a diverse army—from mighty Sumos and agile Ninjas to legendary Kung Fu Masters—seize territory, manage resources, and unleash special attacks to crush your opponents and claim victory!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 27.2%, Action RTS 25.6% ★, RTS 20.7%, Strategy 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.2%
- #4 Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 370 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Surrender is not an option
Why similar: Action RTS 35% ★, Strategy 30.5%, RTS 29.7%, Action 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #5 EXITOR
95% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Lvl26Devs
Windows
A difficult, fast-paced action, real-time strategy game in which you embark on an exciting journey, fighting against a wide variety of dangerous enemies whilst levelling up your different characters.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.3% ★, RTS 28.8%, Strategy 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%, Action 3.6%
- #6 General Chaos - MAJOR SNAFU
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Game Refuge Inc.
Windows
"Currently, GENERAL CHAOS - MAJOR SNAFU is considerably more than halfway to the finish line! This time around, its a sprite-based, multiplayer PC Game that uses an Xbox-style Game Controller &/or Keyboard & Mouse .
Why similar: Action RTS 32.7% ★, RTS 27.4%, Strategy 23.3%, PvP 3.7%, Combat 3.2%
- #7 Blackwood Division
92% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: GlassTower
Windows · Linux
Fight supernatural creatures with your forces in this fast paced Roguelike RTS game!
Why similar: RTS 32.8%, Strategy 17%, Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 13.1%, PvE 6.7%
- #8 Abyssal Dominion
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Doggy Stylez Gaming
Windows
Command gore-soaked demon armies in brutal pixel-art RTS battles! Conquer worlds match-by-match, unlock blueprints to create and evolve your unstoppable faction, and dictate victory by choosing your servants' twisted buildings
Why similar: Action RTS 31.8% ★, RTS 27.9%, Strategy 20%, Roguelike 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%
- #9 Dig Too Deep
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Punch Up Games
Windows · Linux
Throw goblins at all your problems! Don't miss or your goblins will get shredded. Angry monsters want to turn you to pulp! Stop them the only way you know how: throwing goblins! Build defenses. Craft upgrades. Choose Perks. Defend your Base! An Action Physics Flinger
Why similar: Action RTS 34.1% ★, RTS 21.8%, Strategy 13.4%, Roguelite 10.3%, Roguelike 9.8%
- #10 Battle For Cosmos
90% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Oscar Makes Games
Windows
Battle For Cosmos is a fast-paced, action-packed RTS set in space. With a focus on the battle it is perfect for those who want a thrilling and engaging strategy game without the unnecessary filler. Take control of your empire, build your defenses, and conquer the cosmos!
Why similar: Action RTS 43.4% ★, RTS 29.6%, Strategy 15.8%, PvE 3.7%, 2D 3.3%
- #11 Immortal Magus
89% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: AcroGames
Windows
Immortal Magus is a throwback to old 'artillery' games such as Scorched Earth or Pocket Tanks, but in a fantasy setting. In a simple mixture of turn-based and real-time strategy, defeat your enemy by hurling spells and summoning Units in destructible environments.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.8% ★, RTS 31.3%, Strategy 23.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%, PvP 3.2%
- #12 Taste of Power: Medieval
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OneOcean
Windows
Master the art of war in brutal action-RTS across an alternate medieval world. Lead Europe, China or the Timurids to supremacy through strategic brilliance and lightning-fast tactics. Expand your realm, advance powerful technologies and lead massive armies. DISCOVER NEW HORIZONS OF THE MEDIEVAL WARS
Why similar: RTS 37.7%, Action RTS 35.3% ★, Strategy 22.5%, Combat 3.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #13 Drift Wars
88% matchNo user reviews
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: Action RTS 38.3% ★, RTS 32.1%, Strategy 25.4%, PvP 3.3%, Indie 0.9%
- #14 Protect Your Humans
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RaphMoite
Windows
Protect Your Humans is an action RPG with RTS elements where you play as a King defending humanity's last stand. Rebuild your kingdom, command your forces, and venture into dungeons to challenge massive raid bosses before their armies overrun your base. Will you save humanity?
Why similar: Action RTS 35.2% ★, RTS 31.6%, Strategy 23%, PvE 4.6%, Pixel Graphics 3.4%
- #15 Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes (GOLD Edition)
86% matchVery Positive86% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Bloom TechnologyPub: IncrediSoft
Windows
- World first to achieve a successful serverless online gaming feature by utilizing Locus Chain Blockchain technology - RPG game mode with multi-play capability - Unique RTS/RPG Hybrid
Why similar: RTS 32.4%, Action RTS 31.6% ★, Strategy 25.3%, PvP 3.9%, Action 3.6%
- #16 Cheeselords
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paweł Murias
Windows
An RTS where you fight, build, and recruit on faraway planets. Decadent aristocrats will pay a fortune for the delicious cheese from the most alien of worlds. Armed with modern controls and your trusty army, bring home the cheddar 🧀
Why similar: Action RTS 42.7% ★, RTS 27.1%, Strategy 18.4%, PvP 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%
- #17 Warage
86% matchMixed46% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Yuri EletskikhPub: redsungames
Windows
Warage is a classic RTS that will take you to a magical fantasy world.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 34.4%, RTS 32%, Strategy 25%, PvP 4%, 2D 3.1%
- #18 Retaliation Path of Kingdoms
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: MNZ SoftwarePub: Xteam Software Solutions srl
Windows
Path of Kingdoms is a strategy game where the player must defeat all the factions of the kingdom to reach the goal, each faction has a story that evolves as it conquers territories.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.9% ★, RTS 32.8%, Strategy 25.9%, Combat 4.1%, Indie 0.9%
- #19 Abyss Defence
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: PJYB
Windows · Mac
As darkness falls, monstrous Abyss creatures emerge. Command your units, gather resources from plants, and survive each night. Defend the Crystal from increasingly powerful enemies in this pixel art RTS defense game.
Why similar: RTS 28.6%, Action RTS 24.9% ★, Strategy 21%, Roguelike 14%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%
- #20 Galaxy Trek
83% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Peritoma Studios
Windows
Galaxy Trek is a fun, simple and addictive indie game that will test your reflexes, strategy and skill. Each game you play is unique!
Why similar: Action RTS 50% ★, RTS 25.9%, Strategy 17.3%, Action 2.7%, 2D 2.1%
- #21 Defence of Nythrial
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fantasy Bytes Entertainment
Windows
Defence of Nythrial is a 2D, Top down, Tower Defence / Real Time Strategy Game.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.7% ★, RTS 31.3%, Strategy 24%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%, 2D 3%
- #22 Rush The Towers
82% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Ian Jowe
Windows
Will you break through enemy defenses, or watch your forces fall before the towers?
Why similar: Action RTS 37.9% ★, RTS 31.7%, Strategy 25.9%, Combat 3.2%, Indie 0.9%
- #23 Slimedrop Laboratory
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Laxias Games
Windows
It's war under your microscope. Bacteria will devour your Slime cells if you don’t intervene. Grow your cell sample, position your units to stay out of reach, enhance their power, and watch them unleash unique abilities to survive in this arcade chill strategy game.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.2% ★, RTS 30.1%, Strategy 22.3%, Roguelite 8.9%, Action 2.6%
- #24 Eufloria Classic
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Omni SystemsPub: Omni Systems Publishing
Windows
Before Eufloria HD (2014), there was Eufloria (2009). The long-unlisted indie classic is available once again for the 15 year anniversary. Updated to run on modern systems, with new content, features, and expanded moddability! Old school intergalactic floral warfare is BACK! (Warts and all!)
Why similar: Action RTS 35.6% ★, RTS 30.6%, Strategy 23.9%, Procedural Generation 4.3%, 2D 2.8%
- #25 ABYSSEY
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: ikwing
Windows
ABYSSEY is a strategy log-like game with Pixel Horizontal Scroll View!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 42.6%, Strategy 26.2%, Roguelike 16.3%, Action 4.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%
- #26 Steel Command
80% 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 36.8%, Action RTS 28.6% ★, Strategy 22.2%, PvP 4.2%, PvE 4%
- #27 Chess Knightmare
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: RanDev Software
Windows
In this non-turn-based chess variant, play as a lone knight: Outsmart and outmaneuver whole armies of pieces one bold move at a time.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 40.4%, Action RTS 27.5% ★, Strategy 24.2%, PvE 2.5%, 2D 2.3%
- #28 Celestial Conquest
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Piebox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blast off in this retro-style space shooter! Conquer planets, outwit AI enemies, and survive the dangers of deep space in fast-paced, nostalgic pixel action.
Why similar: Action RTS 34% ★, RTS 33.6%, Strategy 26%, Combat 3.3%, 2D 2.6%
- #29 Critterking
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: SpiralKing
Windows
A roguelike where you build the colony you defend. Select and place cards to construct an army and a colony that supports them to beat back the ever-threating invaders!
Why similar: RTS 28.6%, Action RTS 23.7% ★, Strategy 22.5%, Roguelike 16%, Pixel Graphics 2.7%
- #30 Lunio
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toca
Windows
Guide a fragile balloon through a lethal test facility in this high-stakes physics puzzler. Navigate treacherous traps, dismantle robotic security, and uncover the dark secrets behind the experiments before time runs out. One pop and it’s over.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 49.6%, Strategy 32.5%, PvP 6.9%, Action 5.3%, 2D 4.3%
- #31 Staatio
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Staatio
Windows · Linux
Fast-paced multiplayer territory conquest. Host your own server, invite friends over LAN, and battle for control of procedurally generated maps. Four game modes, alliances, bot opponents, and cross-platform play.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.9% ★, RTS 30.8%, Strategy 23%, PvP 3.4%, PvE 3.2%
- #32 Inu : Loas'Fate
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucid Factory
Windows
Embark on an adventure with "Inu: Loas'Fate," a reverse tower defense strategy game. Be Inu, Loa of transformation. Mix your creatures in a cauldron and unleash powerful spells to conquer the trials of Vilokan!
Why similar: Action RTS 30.8% ★, RTS 24.6%, Strategy 13%, Roguelike 10.7%, Roguelite 9.4%
- #33 The Valiant
74% matchMixed66% of 331 reviews2022
Dev: KITE GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Embark on a journey of brotherhood and redemption in The Valiant, a squad-based RTS set in 13th Century Europe and the Middle East. Command and level-up your medieval knights as you fight through an epic SP campaign, then take your skills online in both cooperative and competitive MP modes.
Why similar: RTS 36.1%, Action RTS 32.8% ★, Strategy 20.4%, PvE 3.8%, PvP 3.3%
- #34 Way of Gold and Steel
76% matchMixed61% of 121 reviews2015
Dev: Sergey Bobrov
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
What is in the "Way of Gold and Steel" which makes it interesting? Main reason is the unusual gameplay style — combination of a real-time strategy (RTS) and a roguelike.
Why similar: Strategy 44.8%, RTS 29.7%, Roguelike 20.4%, Indie 5.1%
- #35 Bacteria Wars
75% 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 37.3%, Action RTS 32.7% ★, Strategy 22.5%, Combat 2.9%, 2D 2.3%
- #36 Combo Master
72% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: JunSsangGaming
Windows
Test your fighting game skills in Combo Master! Complete the ultimate combo, the flower of fighting games! Use all skills with rules exclusive to Combo Master to earn the title of Master!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 49.7%, Strategy 30.6%, Action 5%, Pixel Graphics 5%, PvE 5%
- #37 Minion Slayer
74% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: TansanGames
Windows
Prevent the invasion of the minions that stimulate the desire for challenge and prove that you are a slayer physically and mentally.
Why similar: Action RTS 37.9% ★, RTS 31.6%, Strategy 19.9%, Cute 3.9%, Combat 3%
- #38 Skeleton Scramble Deluxe
73% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: Chris Turd Boomerang Armstrong
Windows
Skeleton Scramble Deluxe is a fast-paced, head-to-head real-time strategy game. Play as a necromancer, summon an army of relentless skeleton warriors, and frantically build a gauntlet of turrets to hold off your opponent's forces.
Why similar: Action RTS 40.4% ★, RTS 28.3%, Strategy 14.9%, PvP 6.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%
- #39 OBA DOBA
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brian Calland
Windows
OBA DOBA is a Roguelike RTS/Tower Defense that is fast, funny, and frantic. Defend your base with towers and fighters while managing your resources and upgrades. Build up your arsenal of structures, abilities, and passives to defeat the evils that await. Build, rebuild, and survive! (hopefully)
Why similar: Action RTS 28.1% ★, RTS 27.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Roguelike 11.7%, Roguelite 10.4%
- #40 That's my village!
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArssinDev
Windows
A pixel-art builder fantasy where your little settlement must survive! Build, expand, gather! Assign tasks to your villagers, manage resources, and prove that neither monster invasions nor random disasters scare you. This is your village, and everything depends on you!
Why similar: RTS 32.4%, Strategy 18.1%, Roguelike 15.8%, Roguelite 15.1%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #41 Stump
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TropoPub: Tropo Games
Windows
Sticks in hand, you journey through the labyrinth. Stump is a moving, chaotic, and mystical tower-defense experience.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 43.1%, RTS 23%, Strategy 6.3%, PvE 6.3%, Combat 5.3%
- #42 Terra Division
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ushanka Games
Windows
Combine FPS skill and RTS strategy in one game. From the strategic overview of a commander to the focused fire of a frontline soldier, every perspective serves the same purpose: absolute victory. Experience a war where every life has value and every order carries the weight of consequence.
Why similar: RTS 41.6%, Action RTS 28.4% ★, Strategy 21.6%, Combat 3.4%, Action 2.8%
- #43 Stickman World Battle
71% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Sergey MezhakovPub: Sergey Mezhakov
Windows
Stickman World Battle - new exciting and thrilling real-time strategy with famous stickman heroes!
Why similar: RTS 29.5%, Action RTS 29.5% ★, Strategy 25.4%, Cute 4%, Action 3.5%
- #44 Songs of the Chalice
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: vodasoft_tm
Windows
Song of the Chalice is a simple 3D realtime strategy for a single player with tower defense mechanics, inspired by the events of the Hussite era (1419-1420).
Why similar: Action RTS 39.3% ★, RTS 33.4%, Strategy 24.7%, Action 1%, Indie 0.8%
- #45 Warrior Kings: Battles
71% 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 53.7%, Strategy 46.3%
- #46 BattleMore
70% 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 57.7%, Strategy 42.3%
- #47 Tempest Rising
65% 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 61.6%, Strategy 28.1%, Action RTS 8% ★, PvP 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #48 Celtic Kings: Rage of War
69% 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 58.2%, Strategy 41.8%
- #49 They're Gonna Get In
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iCon Studio TX
Windows
"They're Gonna Get In" is an RTS/Roguelite where you play as an advisor to the ruler of a failing kingdom. Your enemy mirrors you. A wall will fall. The only question is whose breaks first.
Why similar: RTS 32.1%, Action RTS 26.1% ★, Strategy 21%, Roguelite 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%
- #50 Evostrike
67% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: MoonArtyre
Windows
A Roguelike tactics game where you fight hordes of aliens. Your Units evolve and learn new skills as the fight goes on. Manage your squad of 5 specialised mercenaries, and fight a never ending war against the infestation.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.8% ★, RTS 24.4%, Strategy 16.6%, Roguelike 12.1%, PvE 5.7%
- #51 Empires:The Rise
69% 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 52.8%, Strategy 47.2%
- #52 Rising Kingdoms
68% 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 51.1%, Strategy 48.9%
- #53 Kaiju Inc.
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 低边形研究所 HyPoly
Windows
Kaiju Inc. is a Real-Time Tactics + Roguelike Monster Raising game! Mutate, Modify, and Evolve your monsters! Build your strongest monster squad through Roguelike stages!
Why similar: RTS 36.6%, Strategy 28.1%, Roguelike 17.9%, Roguelite 12%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%
- #54 reconquest
69% 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 52.5%, Strategy 47.5%
- #55 Drevepsina
66% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: yiotro
Windows
Combat focused minimalist RTS
Why similar: RTS 35.3%, Action RTS 31.2% ★, Strategy 21%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Combat 3%
- #56 Rogue Warlords
67% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: RedZyrro
Windows · Linux
Combine RTS combat with roguelike elements to create highly replayable and strategic action. Summon troops and purchase stacking upgrades to create a massive army of incredibly powerful troops. How massive of an army can you create?
Why similar: RTS 30.8%, Strategy 17.1%, Action RTS 16.9% ★, Roguelite 13.9%, Roguelike 13.2%
- #57 Z Steel Soldiers
68% 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 51.8%, Strategy 48.2%