- #1 Retro Commander
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 372 reviews2023
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).
Why similar: Strategy 22.8%, Isometric 20.1%, Base Building 15.4%, Multiplayer 15.1%, RTS 14.9%
- #2 War Selection
96% matchVery Positive85% of 23,502 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 28.2 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: Massively Multiplayer 22.2%, Strategy 18.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Military 10.1%
- #3 Red Chaos - The Strict Order
94% matchVery Positive85% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Squarecut Games
Windows · Linux
The last world war didn't end conflict. The Iron Hand tyrannizes people, as the Resistance fights for liberation. In the resulting conflict high tech and brute force face off against guerrillas with unconventional tactics, leading to Red Chaos: A modern take on classic real-time strategy games.
Why similar: Action RTS 40.2% ★, Strategy 10.4%, PvP 9.6%, Isometric 8.4%, RTS 7.8%
- #4 World Of Conquerors
95% matchMixed61% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: HuntahPub: Darkness Development
Windows
Build your cities, manage resources, train soldiers and fight for supremacy in a vast world with other player controlled empires
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 77.3%, Strategy 22.7%
- #5 Instant War
93% matchMixed67% of 89 reviews2022
Dev: Playwing LTD
Windows
Embark on a military strategy 4X RTS game, in a world where your battle tactics and your massive army are the keys to victory. Instant War delivers an amazing battlefield experience in a realistic military game. As a commander, you develop your military base and lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Action RTS 40% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Military 10.1%, War 7.5%
- #6 Operation: New Earth
92% matchMixed60% of 839 reviews2016
Dev: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Operation: New Earth is an intense sci-fi multiplayer strategy game in which you must command an advanced military facility to defend Earth from a hostile alien invasion. Create an alliance, gather resources, and unlock advanced technology to level up your stronghold!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 66.9%, Strategy 26.4%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #7 March of Empires
91% matchMixed62% of 1,854 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 76.0 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Claim your title as Shogun, Highland King, Northern Tsar or Desert Sultan and join this genre-redefining strategy game where you will wage constant war for real territorial conquest! Fortify your castle, fuel a massive army, and enter the ultimate fight for realm domination!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 30.4%, Action RTS 28.7% ★, Strategy 10.3%, War 9.9%, PvP 7.8%
- #8 War Planet Online: Global Conquest
91% matchMixed63% of 976 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Build your army, dominate your region and lead your alliance to conquer the globe!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 41.3%, Strategy 12.8%, War 10.6%, PvP 10.5%, PvE 10%
- #9 Battlefield Commander WWII
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Sword of SteelPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical game where you lead the soldiers and vehicles that battled across the globe during this time in history. Play hundreds of unique units across multiple game modes.
Why similar: Strategy 24.2%, Military 18%, RTS 15.5%, War 13.3%, PvP 10.5%
- #10 Tempest Rising
88% matchVery Positive87% of 11,874 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 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: Strategy 32.3%, RTS 24%, Action RTS 11.3% ★, Base Building 8.7%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #11 Warhammer: Chaos And Conquest
89% matchMixed54% of 1,211 reviews2019
Dev: Hunted Cow GamesPub: Tilting Point
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 318.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
MMORPG and strategy gameplay in one. Living realms of Chaos Champions battle in PVE and PVP strategic combat. Persistent army management and constant live events. Collect Warlords, manage resources, and conquer your foes.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 67%, Strategy 22.8%, PvE 5.3%, PvP 4.8%
- #12 Battle Islands: Commanders
86% matchMixed48% of 899 reviews2017
Dev: DR StudiosPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Take part in major WWII battles in Battle Islands: Commanders, from the sandy dunes of North Africa to the bitter cold of the Eastern Front! Master the art of war against real opponents from around the world and reap the spoils of war.
Why similar: Strategy 59.2%, Multiplayer 22.9%, War 17.9%
- #13 Tribal Wars
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 838 reviews2020
Dev: InnoGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Compete in hardcore PvP strategy in persistent game worlds where real time resource and troop management in coordination with other players is required to expand your kingdom from one village to hundreds as you conquer the map in this winner takes all medieval contest.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 53.4%, Strategy 18.3%, Base Building 10.5%, PvP 8.1%, Military 8%
- #14 Affected Zone Tactics
84% matchMixed55% of 342 reviews2015
Dev: Light Vision Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Welcome to Affected Zone Tactics, a tactical online game with cooperative turn-based PvP combats. Travel through the Tesla portal to a dangerous parallel world, lead the squad of reckless mercenaries, and outrage mighty corporations and cliques.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 60.2%, Strategy 20.1%, Isometric 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%
- #15 Zombie Commander
84% matchMixed67% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: Pok&Co
Windows
Zombie Commander is a strategy game about bringing the extinction of humanity by a zombies invasion, and lead the apocalpyse !
Why similar: Strategy 29.4%, RTS 19.1%, War 19%, Military 16.7%, PvE 9.8%
- #16 State of Survival
82% matchMixed57% of 475 reviews2023
Dev: FunPlus International AG
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 206.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Survive the Zombies War in this RPG game of Apocalypse and Survival
Why similar: Strategy 40.1%, RTS 22.8%, Massively Multiplayer 20.8%, Base Building 7.9%, PvP 6.3%
- #17 World War Armies
82% matchMixed61% of 1,040 reviews2024
Dev: Hypemasters, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
World War Armies is the ultimate PvP real-time strategy game. Command advanced war machines and compete for free against other players worldwide. Revolutionary mechanics reduce downtime and focus on direct engagement with the enemy, you get to the fun parts of RTS faster.
Why similar: Action RTS 40.4% ★, Military 14.3%, Strategy 11.2%, PvP 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.9%
- #18 EDYN
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: GALESTORM GAMES
Windows · Mac
Join the battle for EDYN, the ultimate multiplayer strategy game. Build settlements, command armies, and unify the realms in epic PvP warfare to etch your legacy into history. Raid, loot, make alliances, and unite to conquer the planet itself, with no Pay-To-Win mechanics to upset the playing field.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 76.6%, Strategy 23.4%
- #19 Warchief
79% matchMixed68% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Honikou Games
Windows
Warchief is a brand new kind of Action RTS. Choose your hero, recruit and customize your armies, explore the jungle, and seize strategic objectives to become the ultimate Warchief. Ready to dominate the battlefield?
Why similar: Action RTS 48.6% ★, Strategy 15%, PvP 10.8%, RTS 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.6%
- #20 Battlefall: State of Conflict
78% matchMixed60% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Kyoto Video Game ConcernPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Command one of three unique factions in a post-apocalyptic old-school RTS. Now featuring Patch 0.4.0 -- new mini-campaign and gamemodes."
Why similar: Action RTS 33% ★, PvP 12.6%, Isometric 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Strategy 9.5%
- #21 Battle Dawn 2: Terra Reborn
79% matchMixed47% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Zero Games StudiosPub: Gato Games
Windows
Place your colony, find an alliance of like-minded players and triumph over thousands of other players to conquer the world through strategy, tactics, diplomacy and skill in the biggest social-interaction based MMO of all time. Upgrade your colony, collect items for your Avatar and become a legend!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 39.3%, Strategy 12.7%, Military 9.8%, PvP 8.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%
- #22 ZeroSpace
75% matchVery Positive81% of 1,297 reviews2026
Dev: Starlance Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
ZeroSpace is a hybrid sci-fi RTS / RPG game that allows you to play as the commander of The Protectorate, a galactic force dedicated to securing humanity’s place in the galaxy. The Orion sector is locked in a vicious power struggle between many alien factions, ready to fight to the death.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.4% ★, Isometric 11.7%, Military 11.1%, Strategy 9.9%, PvE 9.2%
- #23 3 Days War
77% matchVery Positive84% of 721 reviews2023
Dev: 荆棘鸟工作室
Windows
3 Days War is a unique multiplayer strategy war game. Integrating the mechanics of RTS+4X, it allows dozens of players to engage in a three-day real-time strategy competitionon. Commanders, use your skills, strategies, games and even deception to become the ultimate winner!
Why similar: PvP 16.9%, Military 15.1%, PvE 14.8%, Strategy 14.4%, RTS 14.2%
- #24 Art of War: Red Tides
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,960 reviews2016
Dev: Game Science
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.6 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 32%, Multiplayer 21.9%, RTS 18.6%, War 16.5%, Violent 7%
- #25 [MARS] Total Warfare
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 117 reviews2018
Dev: TCR
Windows
[MARS] Total Warfare uses authentic Martian landscapes to create an intense RTS experience best described as a hybrid between team multiplayer and massively multiplayer online. Fight over natural resources vs human or AI opponents and conquer a crater ridden world, with pink sky and blue seas!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 75%, Strategy 25%
- #26 Surviving the Aftermath
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,570 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: Strategy 36.7%, Post-apocalyptic 32.2%, Base Building 15.1%, War 7.9%, Isometric 6.2%
- #27 Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,979 reviews2016
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
Why similar: Strategy 15.6%, Isometric 14.7%, Military 14.3%, PvP 14.1%, Base Building 12.6%
- #28 SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,983 reviews2018
Dev: Dorado Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 35.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
This Long Term Strategy Game lets you take control of the armed forces of your nation. Become responsible for its military expansion, technological research and economic development. Form alliances and wage total war for global dominance on the battlefields of World War 3.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 53.1%, Strategy 25.4%, RTS 8.8%, Base Building 8.6%, Multiplayer 4%
- #29 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
72% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: XR Studio
Windows
This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?
Why similar: Military 23.2%, War 20%, Strategy 18.7%, Base Building 15.2%, RTS 13.9%
- #30 Warhammer Combat Cards
73% matchMixed53% of 708 reviews2021
Dev: Well Played GamesPub: The Phoenix Lighthouse GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 52.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Build a powerful army of cards from your favourite faction in the Warhammer 40,000 universe and battle other players in fast-paced, turn based online combat! In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war!
Why similar: Strategy 48.4%, PvE 17%, PvP 15.7%, Multiplayer 11.6%, 2D 7.3%
- #31 Lords Mobile: Kingdom Wars
71% matchMixed67% of 5,887 reviews2019
Dev: IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 236.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Clash with global players in this epic real-time strategy game!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 56.3%, Strategy 18.7%, War 12.3%, Multiplayer 8.5%, RTS 4.2%
- #32 War Rock
72% matchMixed59% of 1,171 reviews2019
Dev: Dream ExecutionPub: Papaya Play
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 37%
War Rock is a fast-paced, large-scale multiplayer first person shooter that combines old-school tactical combat with explosive vehicular warfare. Choose your profession and battle in close quarters combat, vehicular warfare and terrifying Zombie Survival encounters. Enlist in War Rock today!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 87.8%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Violent 6.1%
- #33 Gunship Battle Total Warfare
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 198 reviews2025
Dev: JOYCITY
Windows
In a post-apocalyptic world submerged by the sea, the wake of the enemy is apparent at every turn. From turning the tides of naval warfare to dominating the skies in break-neck aerial combat, every decision you make will change the outcome of the battle.
Why similar: Strategy 21.6%, Military 19.1%, War 16.1%, PvE 13%, PvP 12.6%
- #34 Machinefall
67% matchNo user reviews82% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: by Jan Zizka
Windows
Machinefall is a post-apocalyptic real time strategy game set on a fully playable global map. Lead humanity’s last survivors as they build bases, gather resources, and wage massive battles against an overwhelming machine swarm. Progress through technological eras from Stone Age to Atomic Age.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.7% ★, Strategy 13.7%, War 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Military 10.2%
- #35 Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator
71% matchMixed54% of 375 reviews2022
Dev: Screambox Studio
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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: War 30.5%, Strategy 27.4%, PvP 22.2%, RTS 19.8%
- #36 Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
69% matchVery Positive84% of 14,686 reviews2015
Dev: Planetary Annihilation Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
Why similar: Strategy 23.8%, RTS 18.1%, War 16.4%, Multiplayer 14.2%, PvP 13.9%
- #37 Command & Conquer™ Tiberium Alliances
70% matchMostly Negative39% of 327 reviews2025
Dev: EA PhenomicPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
From the genre-defining RTS franchise Command & Conquer comes a unique, free-to-play strategic warfare MMO experience!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 37.2%, Multiplayer 16.4%, RTS 16.1%, PvP 14.4%, Strategy 13.3%
- #38 Liquidation RTS
66% matchVery Positive91% of 160 reviews2026
Dev: DivioPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Enter the war-torn world of Veá, where sci-fi and fantasy collide in Liquidation, an immersive RTS. Lead your armies and harness powerful abilities in a high-stakes battle for Quenrium, the mysterious substance that holds Veá’s fate.
Why similar: Military 23.2%, War 22.2%, Strategy 19.8%, RTS 17.5%, PvP 17.3%
- #39 reconquest
71% 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: Strategy 72.7%, RTS 27.3%
- #40 ICBM: Escalation
66% matchVery Positive86% of 1,434 reviews2024
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.
Why similar: PvP 19.6%, Strategy 19.2%, Multiplayer 16.3%, RTS 16%, Military 15.7%
- #41 War Builder League
70% matchMixed58% of 174 reviews2019
Dev: The Cyber Prophet
Windows
“Build and Fight” multiplayer for mature players. Build your own Machine, join combat and win the battle using tactics and strategy.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 44.5%, PvP 20%, Strategy 17.8%, Multiplayer 17.7%
- #42 Tank Arena:Total Operation
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,026 reviews2024
Dev: BEIJING WANYU HUDONG TECHNOLOGY CO.LTD.Pub: HK Yimei Entertainment Technology Co., Limited
Windows
Tank Arena:Total Operation is a free MMO war game where you play as a commander, drive thousands of types of tanks, armored vehicles or helicopters on a massive battlefield engaging in 12v12 team-based battles against players globally. Enjoy the fun!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 38.2%, Strategy 13.2%, Military 12.7%, PvP 9.6%, War 9.5%
- #43 Imperia Online
70% matchMixed59% of 319 reviews2016
Dev: Imperia Online JSC
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Imperia Online brings you into a world, which exists in the times before the age of gunpowder. It is the world of the sharp blade, long bow and war horse. Experience the vast amount of gameplay mechanics and compete with thousands of players in a totally realistic medieval strategic simulation!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 36.6%, Strategy 11.4%, Military 10.6%, War 9.8%, PvP 9.7%
- #44 Warzone 2100
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,625 reviews2020
Dev: Pumpkin StudiosPub: Underdone Gaming
Windows
In the late 21st century, the world's civilizations are wiped out by a series of nuclear strikes, seemingly caused by a massive malfunction of the new NASDA (North American Strategic Defense Agency) strategic defense system.
Why similar: Strategy 38.6%, War 17.5%, Base Building 15.3%, RTS 14.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%
- #45 Nuclear Dawn
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,495 reviews2011
Dev: GameConnectPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.
Why similar: Strategy 34.6%, Post-apocalyptic 20%, Multiplayer 17.7%, RTS 16.4%, Base Building 11.3%
- #46 AirMech Command
69% matchMixed68% of 199 reviews2017
Dev: Carbon Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
AirMech Command is the definitive Action/RTS experience in VR. With all new tactical room-space controls AND ground-level flight controls, you can command troops and units from orbit, or grab the stick and pilot your AirMech directly. Lots of mechs, units, and unlockable vanity items--no microtrans!
Why similar: Action RTS 34.8% ★, Strategy 17.1%, War 11.8%, Multiplayer 10.1%, RTS 9.3%
- #47 Metal Force: Tank Games Online
68% matchMixed52% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: XDEVS LTD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lots of battle arenas in all corners of the world await you! You will have various combat military vehicles in your battle arsenal. Each machine represents a unique tactic, a unique warfare style.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 47.5%, Military 15%, War 11.9%, PvP 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #48 MiniState
68% matchMixed60% of 86 reviews2020
Dev: Nalu Zou
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wage war, trade, and build alliances to build the greatest nation the world will ever know.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 76.6%, Strategy 23.4%