Games Like Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)

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: RTS 51.1%, Strategy 20.6%, War 7.2%, Multiplayer 5.7%, Base Building 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this game shares the core squad-based tactical mechanics and capture-point economy found in Dawn of War.

All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II in one package. Play the award-winning real-time strategy game in all its glory, including three full campaigns, six multiplayer factions, and a full co-op Last Stand mode with eight unique heroes.

Why similar: RTS 49.1%, Strategy 20.6%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Real-Time 7.2% ★, Tactical 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A direct sequel that shifts focus to intense, hero-led squad tactics within the same iconic universe.

Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.

Why similar: Strategy 51.2%, RTS 29.8%, Real-Time 4.6% ★, Tactical 3.8%, Base Building 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel refines the squad-based RTS formula with improved graphics and deeper environmental tactical layers.

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game.

Why similar: RTS 44.9%, Base Building 18.1%, Strategy 16.1%, Sci-fi 5%, War 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at translating the capture-point RTS style to a sci-fi setting with streamlined base-building.

Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.

Why similar: RTS 43.8%, Base Building 19.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Classic 8.4% ★, Multiplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive classic RTS experience that established many of the base-building and resource-gathering tropes used in Dawn of War.

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: RTS 41.8%, Base Building 17%, Strategy 12.8%, Real-Time 11.9% ★, War 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A squad-based RTS that mirrors the tactical positioning and base-building loop of the Dawn of War series.

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.

Why similar: Strategy 41%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Tactical 10.4%, War 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: While turn-based, it captures the brutal, faction-heavy strategic essence of the 40k universe perfectly.

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game that portrays the epic space battles of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Why similar: RTS 56.5%, Strategy 26.4%, Sci-fi 7%, Multiplayer 4.3%, War 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a grand-scale strategic experience within the Warhammer 40,000 universe, focusing on fleet-based tactical combat.

Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?

Why similar: RTS 46.5%, Strategy 20.9%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Tactical 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic sci-fi RTS that balances planetary base-building with large-scale space fleet combat.

The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?

Why similar: RTS 52.1%, Strategy 22.3%, War 9.1%, Tactical 7.3%, Multiplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines massive-scale real-time tactical battles with deep strategic management in a rich Warhammer setting.

The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.

Why similar: RTS 47.6%, Strategy 17.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Real-Time 7.9% ★, Sci-fi 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers massive-scale RTS gameplay with deep base-building and long-range tactical warfare.

Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

Why similar: RTS 48.1%, Strategy 17.4%, Classic 10.7% ★, Sci-fi 9.4%, Multiplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: An iconic sci-fi RTS that focuses on tactical fleet management and deep, atmospheric storytelling.

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game set in the grimdark universe of the 41st Millennium. Pick your force, develop your army, field mighty heroes and fight for victory using superior strategy, awesome abilities, and devastating weaponry.

Why similar: Strategy 43%, Tactical 16.9%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Multiplayer 10.1%, War 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical unit synergy and brutal combat characteristic of the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop experience.

Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!

Why similar: RTS 43.6%, Strategy 19.9%, Classic 11.1% ★, Real-Time 6.8% ★, Base Building 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS that blends deep strategic layers with traditional base-building and territory control.

MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?

Why similar: Strategy 43.6%, Sci-fi 21.9%, Tactical 21%, Great Soundtrack 8.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, tactical look at the Adeptus Mechanicus, emphasizing unit customization and strategic positioning.

Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.

Why similar: RTS 50.6%, Strategy 17.8%, Base Building 11.9%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Multiplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A traditional RTS that emphasizes base-building and distinct faction mechanics in a high-tech sci-fi setting.

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is the RTS videogame adaptation of Games Workshop’s classic tabletop game, pitting the Chaos, Imperium, Eldar, and Orks against each other in visceral space-battles.

Why similar: RTS 49.5%, Strategy 28%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Multiplayer 5.5%, Tactical 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic and tactical nuances of space combat within the Warhammer 40,000 lore.

In Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine you are Captain Titus, a Space Marine of the Ultramarines chapter and a seasoned veteran of countless battles.

Why similar: Sci-fi 38.2%, Multiplayer 26.9%, Gore 17.3%, Action 7.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an action-oriented perspective on the 40k universe, focusing on the power fantasy of the Space Marines.

Step into a brutal battle between three warring factions In Dawn of War III you will have no choice but to face your foes when a catastrophic weapon is found on the mysterious world of Acheron.

Why similar: RTS 43.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Multiplayer 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: The final entry in the series, blending traditional base-building with a stronger focus on hero-unit abilities.

Company of Heroes®: Tales of Valor™ is the expansion to the Game of the Year winner and highest rated real time strategy franchise Company of Heroes®. Featuring new campaigns to overcome, units to command, and battlefields to conquer, Company of Heroes®: Tales of Valor™ delivers evolved gameplay mechanics and 3 episodic adventures...

Why similar: RTS 47.4%, Strategy 26.1%, Base Building 13.4%, Multiplayer 5.5%, War 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: An expansion that adds unique tactical modes and units to the core squad-based RTS experience.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition is the ultimate Dawn of War experience, featuring the original Dawn of War and all its expansions, along with enhanced visuals, an improved camera, and 64-bit platform support.

Why similar: RTS 43.9%, Base Building 16.8%, Strategy 15.2%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Sci-fi 7.3%

Includes 47 Steam achievements, leaderboards, and stats!

Why similar: RTS 41.3%, Strategy 17.8%, Base Building 11.8%, Real-Time 11.5% ★, Sci-fi 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A more streamlined approach to large-scale RTS combat with a heavy emphasis on futuristic technology and base expansion.

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 45.6%, Strategy 19.2%, Base Building 8.5%, Classic 7% ★, Real-Time 6.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes the classic Age of Empires engine to provide a familiar RTS experience within the Star Wars universe.

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 48.6%, Strategy 27.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Multiplayer 6.5%, War 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, accessible RTS that pays homage to the classic base-building and unit-spamming gameplay of the 90s.

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: RTS 46.1%, Base Building 17.1%, Strategy 14.3%, Sci-fi 7%, War 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features massive, system-wide RTS combat that pushes the scale of base-building and unit management to the extreme.

Command the armies of the Empire, the Hordes of Chaos, Orcs & Goblins, and other iconic Warhammer Fantasy factions in massive real-time battles. Warhammer: Mark of Chaos is a classic RTS celebrated for its unprecedented scale and detail for its time.

Why similar: RTS 45%, Real-Time 17.1% ★, Strategy 17%, War 8.5%, Tactical 5.5%

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 58.2%, Strategy 18.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Real-Time 6.6% ★, Multiplayer 2.8%

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. This legacy version also grants access to the latest version of COH, just called "Company of Heroes".

Why similar: RTS 48%, Strategy 19.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Tactical 6.6%, Multiplayer 5.9%

Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach is a 3D turn-based strategy game like you’ve never seen before: fast, immediate, deep, impressive to look at and incredibly fun! Fight through a dark era of carnage and endless war and lead the Space Wolves in a struggle to defend the last bastion of mankind.

Why similar: Strategy 78.2%, Tactical 21.8%

For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.

Why similar: RTS 44.6%, Strategy 18.2%, Real-Time 13% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Sci-fi 6.9%

Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.

Why similar: Strategy 41.9%, Tactical 33.3%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Story Rich 3%, Futuristic 2.7%

Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition is a First-Person Shooter based on Games Workshop’s cult classic board game set in Warhammer 40,000 universe. Expanding upon the original game, and featuring a host of new content, new features and a richer multiplayer mode.

Why similar: Multiplayer 37.6%, Sci-fi 26.8%, Gore 13.7%, Action 10.7%, Violent 8.3%

The next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns for honor and country. Players lead the tenacious British 2nd Army during the heroic World War II liberation of Caen, France, and command the German Panzer Elite as they struggle...

Why similar: RTS 51.7%, Strategy 29.7%, Base Building 5.2%, Multiplayer 4.2%, Tactical 3.9%

Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!

Why similar: RTS 44.5%, Strategy 19%, Real-Time 16.4% ★, Tactical 6.6%, War 5.6%

Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.

Why similar: RTS 37.1%, Strategy 32%, War 9.1%, Tactical 7.9%, Multiplayer 5.9%

Enter the Warhammer Fantasy world in Warhammer: Dark Omen, a classic real-time strategy game known for its tactical battles, atmospheric campaign, and cult-classic status.

Why similar: RTS 58.5%, Strategy 30.5%, Tactical 8.4%, Fantasy 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.

Why similar: RTS 46.9%, Strategy 29.9%, War 8.3%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Tactical 4.7%

Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.

Why similar: Sci-fi 36.7%, Gore 31.3%, Violent 11.4%, Action 9.8%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Age of Mythology is back! Choose your god and take to the battlefield in this classic, upgraded with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features.

Why similar: RTS 45.7%, Strategy 21.1%, Classic 11.4% ★, Real-Time 6% ★, Multiplayer 5.9%

Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

Why similar: Strategy 37.1%, Sci-fi 25.7%, Multiplayer 22.6%, Fantasy 4.1%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Command & Conquer Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Prepare your forces General... it's time to engage in the next generation of real-time strategy.

Why similar: RTS 42.9%, Strategy 28.3%, Base Building 12.7%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Classic 2.6% ★

The legendary Space Hulk returns in this epic turn based strategy game. Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, an intriguing story of legendary battles and heroic actions unfolds.

Why similar: Strategy 58.8%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Tactical 16.1%, Multiplayer 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.

Why similar: Multiplayer 31.6%, Sci-fi 24.8%, War 20.8%, Gore 7.5%, Action 4.8%

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: RTS 38.2%, Strategy 20.2%, Real-Time 18.5% ★, Tactical 5.8%, War 4.5%

Space Hulk: Tactics is a faithful adaptation of the board game Space Hulk, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, bringing a unique twist to the cult classic formula. Engage in bloody battles as either a squad of Terminator Space Marines or the deadly alien Genestealers.

Why similar: Strategy 89.1%, Violent 10.9%

Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.

Why similar: RTS 38.9%, Strategy 20.3%, Base Building 15.1%, Real-Time 8.6% ★, Classic 7.2% ★

Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology. Develop your peasants into a highly trained and deadly efficient clan of warriors who are ready to die with your name on their lips.

Why similar: RTS 53.3%, Strategy 27.4%, Classic 11.2% ★, Multiplayer 5.3%, Action 1.8%

Become an elite Fire Warrior and fight the forces of the Imperium of Man in an action-packed classic FPS. Experience Warhammer 40,000 from a unique T'au perspective with a story full of twists and betrayal.

Why similar: Sci-fi 33.9%, War 27.7%, Gore 17.5%, Action 9.3%, Violent 8.2%

Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.

Why similar: RTS 45.3%, Strategy 20%, Base Building 20%, War 7.3%, Multiplayer 6.6%

A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.

Why similar: RTS 53.5%, Strategy 21%, Sci-fi 10%, Multiplayer 5.8%, Real-Time 4.5% ★

Enter the Chaos-infested Caligari Sector and purge the unclean with the most powerful agents of the Imperium of Man! W40k: Inquisitor – Martyr is a grim Action-RPG featuring multiple classes of the Inquisition who will carry out the Emperor’s will.

Why similar: Sci-fi 24.8%, War 22.9%, Multiplayer 21%, Gore 12.7%, Violent 7.1%