- #1 Operation: Polygon Storm
97% matchMostly Positive70% of 291 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Auto Battler 20.3%, Tower Defense 16.9%, RTS 16.2%, Wargame 10.8%, War 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the closest experience to Warpips, featuring a direct tug-of-war mechanic with streamlined unit deployment and tactical battlefield control.
- #2 Stickman Trenches
96% matchVery Positive81% of 1,845 reviews2023
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Stickman Trenches is a Real Time Strategy game in which you need to manage your men and weapons and build up your defenses in the brutal trenches of Stick World War 1.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, War 22.8%, Wargame 18.5%, Strategy 15.5%, Base Building 6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the gritty, side-scrolling trench warfare feel of Warpips with a heavy focus on unit composition and resource management.
- #3 Mechabellum
96% matchVery Positive84% of 18,902 reviews2024
Dev: Game RiverPub: Dreamhaven
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 54.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
Why similar: Auto Battler 27.3%, RTS 19.7%, War 13.8%, Wargame 12.5%, Tactical 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: An excellent auto-battler that emphasizes tactical army composition and counter-play, mirroring the strategic depth of Warpips' unit deployment.
- #4 Thronefall
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,127 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.5%, Auto Battler 18.7%, Strategy 12.3%, Base Building 11.3%, Combat 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy game that strips away unnecessary complexity to focus on tactical base defense and wave management.
- #5 Bad North: Jotunn Edition
94% matchVery Positive93% of 13,884 reviews2018
Dev: Plausible ConceptPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.
Why similar: Tower Defense 17.6%, Auto Battler 17.5%, RTS 15.9%, Wargame 13.3%, War 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a minimalist, tactical real-time strategy experience that rewards smart positioning and unit management on small, bite-sized maps.
- #6 Infested Planet
93% matchVery Positive94% of 3,030 reviews2014
Dev: Rocket Bear Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.1%, RTS 32.5%, Strategy 16.2%, Tactical 8%, Action 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines tactical squad management with a tug-of-war style struggle against overwhelming alien forces.
- #7 Creeper World 4
91% matchVery Positive95% of 4,671 reviews2020
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.4%, RTS 21.4%, War 16.2%, Wargame 13.1%, Real Time Tactics 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique tactical RTS experience where managing resources and terrain is key to holding back a fluid, encroaching enemy.
- #8 REDCON
92% matchVery Positive85% of 823 reviews2016
Dev: Hexage
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Command your own fortress in FTL-like real-time battles! Crush the enemy fortress with unrelenting bombardment or seize it with carefully executed invasion.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.8%, Strategy 28.1%, Base Building 19.1%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical war game that focuses on managing a single, complex fortress, requiring similar resource and unit management skills.
- #9 Tooth and Tail
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 4,125 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 61.7%, Strategy 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Indie 3.2%, Action 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A streamlined RTS designed for quick sessions, focusing on base building and unit control without the traditional high-APM requirements.
- #10 Iron Harvest
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,860 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Why similar: RTS 45.3%, War 23.6%, Base Building 16.6%, Strategy 12%, Action 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: While more traditional in its RTS approach, it captures the intense, war-torn atmosphere and tactical unit combat found in Warpips.
- #11 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
89% matchVery Positive87% of 11,887 reviews2022
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 34.1%, War 15.6%, Strategy 12.7%, Tactical 10.8%, Resource Management 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that focuses on positioning and unit synergy to hold the line against massive swarms of enemies.
- #12 Diplomacy is Not an Option
88% matchVery Positive85% of 12,162 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Resource Management 18.6%, RTS 18.4%, Tower Defense 18.1%, War 14.9%, Base Building 14.9%
Why You'll Like It: A base-defense strategy game that forces players to manage massive waves of enemies with limited resources and tactical positioning.
- #13 Art of War: Red Tides
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,959 reviews2016
Dev: Game Science
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.5 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: RTS 49.3%, War 25.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Auto Battler 3.5%, Indie 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A pure tug-of-war auto-battler that challenges players to build the perfect army composition to counter enemy waves in real-time.
- #14 Mindustry
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,010 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.9%, RTS 27.5%, Resource Management 16.6%, Base Building 16%, Strategy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends tower defense with resource management and supply chain logistics, appealing to the strategic planning side of Warpips.
- #15 Taur
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,096 reviews2020
Dev: Echo Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?
Why similar: Tower Defense 38%, RTS 16%, Base Building 11.4%, Strategy 10.1%, War 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that features high-intensity action and tactical choices regarding unit upgrades and battlefield control.
- #16 Circle Empires
86% matchVery Positive90% of 4,141 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Why similar: RTS 61.5%, Strategy 30%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, casual RTS that simplifies the genre into bite-sized, circular maps perfect for quick strategic sessions.
- #17 Tempest Rising
84% matchVery Positive88% of 11,466 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.8 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 61.1%, Strategy 16.8%, Base Building 9.9%, War 6.7%, Wargame 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the classic RTS formula that emphasizes base building and tactical unit management.
- #18 Rusted Warfare - RTS
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,298 reviews2017
Dev: Corroding Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 33.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.
Why similar: RTS 50.7%, Base Building 14.8%, Strategy 11.4%, War 8.8%, Tower Defense 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style RTS that is highly optimized and focuses on large-scale unit production and battlefield dominance.
- #19 They Are Billions
84% matchVery Positive85% of 51,023 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 56.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: RTS 30.4%, Tower Defense 25.2%, Base Building 23%, Strategy 9.7%, Resource Management 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes RTS that focuses on base building and defensive strategy to survive massive, overwhelming waves of enemies.
- #20 Kingdom Two Crowns
83% matchVery Positive90% of 38,596 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.9%, Base Building 19.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, side-scrolling strategy game where managing your kingdom's economy and defenses is the primary loop.
- #21 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,542 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.3%, RTS 24.7%, Tactical 11.9%, Base Building 11.9%, Resource Management 10%
Why You'll Like It: A survival RTS that emphasizes defensive strategy and managing large-scale battles against encroaching darkness.
- #22 X-Morph: Defense
82% matchVery Positive91% of 4,127 reviews2017
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Why similar: Tower Defense 72.5%, Strategy 16.9%, Indie 3.9%, Action 3.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A unique hybrid of tower defense and top-down shooter that requires tactical placement and active participation in the battle.
- #23 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
81% matchVery Positive82% of 1,009 reviews2024
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
Why similar: RTS 31.1%, Wargame 18.1%, Tactical 15%, Base Building 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented RTS that continues the accessible, fast-paced combat style of its predecessor.
- #24 8-Bit Armies
82% matchVery Positive81% of 2,465 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 43.9%, Strategy 21.7%, War 11.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, accessible RTS that captures the retro aesthetic and simple, fun combat mechanics of classic strategy games.
- #25 Mechs V Kaijus - Tower Defense
80% matchVery Positive84% of 540 reviews2022
Dev: Doble Punch Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Mechs V Kaijus is an addictive hardcore tower defense gameplay. In Mechs V Kaijus you take on the role of Commander of a powerful Mechs squadron. Improve your Mech, strategically place towers and factories on the battlefield. Deploy support units on the battlefield, and save our civilization.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.5%, Tactical 15.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Strategy 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that incorporates mech-based combat and strategic unit placement to defend against giant monsters.
- #26 Tower Dominion
77% matchVery Positive86% of 5,105 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.2%, RTS 18%, Auto Battler 14.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Tactical 9.3%
- #27 There Are No Orcs
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,110 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!
Why similar: Auto Battler 23.1%, RTS 21.6%, Tower Defense 20.3%, Wargame 10.3%, Base Building 8.3%
- #28 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,799 reviews2014
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 79.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.
Why similar: Tower Defense 60.1%, RTS 18.6%, Strategy 10.7%, Base Building 4.5%, Resource Management 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational entry in the series that offers deep tactical challenges centered on terrain manipulation and defensive strategy.
- #29 Hero's Hour
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,692 reviews2022
Dev: Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" HauerPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.
Why similar: Auto Battler 51.1%, Tactical 21.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, real-time strategy game with turn-based exploration that captures the tactical depth of managing armies on a battlefield.
- #30 Northend Tower Defense
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,426 reviews2024
Dev: Northend Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!
Why similar: Auto Battler 22.9%, Tower Defense 21.9%, War 16%, Tactical 9.5%, Base Building 7.5%
- #31 D.O.T. Defence
75% matchVery Positive87% of 189 reviews2026
Dev: Rattleaxe Games
Windows · Linux
Welcome to the frontlines! Build towers, muster armies, and conquer the map. Challenge yourself in the single-player campaign following the Chroma Wars, survive relentless waves in solo defense, or battle it out in local matches against friends and AI bots. Victory comes with the last HQ standing!
Why similar: Auto Battler 22.1%, Tower Defense 19.3%, RTS 19.2%, Wargame 11.4%, Base Building 9.3%
- #32 Conan Unconquered
79% matchMixed68% of 1,861 reviews2019
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.
Why similar: RTS 42.6%, Tower Defense 22.2%, Strategy 21.6%, Base Building 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival RTS that tasks players with building a base and managing resources to withstand waves of increasingly difficult attacks.
- #33 Forged Battalion
79% matchMixed58% of 1,110 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 73.6%, Strategy 21.3%, Indie 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows for deep customization of units, appealing to players who enjoy the tech-tree and army composition aspects of Warpips.
- #34 Minimalist Tower Defense
75% matchVery Positive95% of 1,773 reviews2024
Dev: Happy213
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.6%, Wargame 13.9%, Base Building 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Resource Management 11%
- #35 Border Pioneer
74% matchVery Positive87% of 1,845 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, RTS 22.4%, Base Building 12.6%, Wargame 11.2%, Strategy 7.8%
- #36 War of Dots
73% matchVery Positive81% of 5,797 reviews2026
Dev: TeaAndPython
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: RTS 32.5%, Wargame 16.4%, Strategy 16.1%, War 12.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%
- #37 Total Tank Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,696 reviews2020
Dev: Noobz from PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.
Why similar: War 52.9%, Strategy 32.4%, Action 6.4%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #38 Toy Shire
73% matchVery Positive88% of 703 reviews2024
Dev: Bluespy StudiosPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Are you prepared for a thrilling toy army tower defense adventure? Welcome to the Toy Shire! Battle diverse foes in various locations, defend your family, and repel foes from your area. Save the world by strengthening your defense with toy towers!
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.1%, RTS 19.8%, War 14.1%, Wargame 10.6%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #39 Toy Shire: Room One
72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,273 reviews2024
Dev: Bluespy StudiosPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Are you prepared for a thrilling toy army tower defense adventure? Welcome to the Toy Shire! Battle diverse foes in various locations, defend your family, and repel foes from your area. Save the world by strengthening your defense with toy towers! FULL GAME AVAILABLE NOW!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.8%, RTS 21%, War 11.3%, Wargame 8.9%, Tactical 7.9%
- #40 Line War
74% matchVery Positive80% of 1,169 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Centurion
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics. Draw commands and execute a superior strategy to defeat your opponent, focusing on high-level decisions rather than constant micromanagement.
Why similar: Auto Battler 26.9%, RTS 26.4%, War 11.9%, Wargame 10.1%, Real Time Tactics 8.8%
- #41 Rogue Command
70% matchVery Positive90% of 881 reviews2026
Dev: feneq
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.
Why similar: RTS 33%, Resource Management 17%, Tactical 16.5%, Base Building 15%, Strategy 9.4%
- #42 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,849 reviews2018
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.
Why similar: Tower Defense 53.1%, Tactical 18.2%, Strategy 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Stylized 3.2%
- #43 Gladiator Guild Manager
69% matchVery Positive81% of 4,015 reviews2024
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
Why similar: Auto Battler 28.8%, RTS 21.7%, Tactical 12.7%, Base Building 10.9%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #44 Iron Marines
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,853 reviews2019
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Real-time strategy battles in amazing sci-fi worlds! Command brave soldiers, mighty mechas and powerful aliens to face the greatest challenges in hostile alien worlds. The galaxy needs you!
Why similar: RTS 55.6%, War 15.7%, Strategy 15.4%, Combat 3.9%, Action 3.4%
- #45 Byte Lynx
69% matchVery Positive98% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: Artful Games
Windows
Byte Lynx is a fast-paced RTS with no units. Build defenses, dismantle your enemy, and steal their buildings in this deeply tactical building combat-based strategy game. Expand your arsenal across a series of diverse levels!
Why similar: RTS 24%, Tower Defense 21%, War 14.7%, Base Building 12.1%, Tactical 10.8%
- #46 Firebase Defence
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Rasmus Agergaard
Windows
Firebase Defence is a new spin on the traditional tower defence gameplay. You have to defend yourself from the waves upon waves of incoming enemies. You are free to build, place and manage your available resources and units in any way you want. But failing to balance those will result in defeat!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, RTS 13.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Base Building 10.8%, War 10%
- #47 Little Kingdom RTS
67% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.6%, RTS 21.5%, War 14.5%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 10.5%
- #48 Expand & Exterminate: Terrytorial Disputes - Endless Base Defense
69% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Terryble Interactive
Windows
The best elements of Real-Time Strategy (RTS) and Tower Defense genres combined into a new Base Defense game. Defend against countless waves of enemies while you expand your base, gather resources, and research technologies to defeat the ever strengthening enemy units.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.4%, RTS 25.7%, Wargame 16.2%, Base Building 8.5%, Vehicular Combat 7.9%
- #49 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 150,831 reviews2021
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: War 50%, Wargame 18.5%, Strategy 17.5%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #50 Tiny Battles
68% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Tiny Battles is a tactical action auto-battler where battles take place automatically in the arena.
Why similar: Auto Battler 38.1%, Tower Defense 29.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Tactical 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #51 Battlepillars Gold Edition
70% matchVery Positive84% of 395 reviews2014
Dev: Hitcents
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Battlepillars is a real-time tug-of-war strategy game in which you command caterpillars armed to the teeth with flamethrowers, sticky honey, mines, machine guns, and more!
Why similar: Strategy 79.4%, Indie 10.4%, Action 10.2%
- #52 Toy Soldiers
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,491 reviews2012
Dev: Signal Studios
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.
Why similar: Tower Defense 68.8%, Strategy 24.8%, Action 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #53 Metal Slug Tactics
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,491 reviews2024
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
METAL SLUG makes an explosive return! Dive into this dynamic tactical RPG with a roguelite thrill and experience the iconic run'n'gun action of the original series, redefined. Grab your weapons, assemble your squad and conquer the battlefield to defeat the infamous Rebel Army.
Why similar: War 39.9%, Tactical 22.4%, Strategy 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Combat 8.5%
- #54 Warfront Defenders
71% matchMixed42% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Flying Robot Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The gameplay is inspired by famous last stands from some of history's deadliest conflicts, such as the Second World War and the Sino-Japanese War. A hybrid of Tower Defense and Real-Time Strategy with a lot of replay value.
Why similar: RTS 26.2%, Tower Defense 24.5%, Wargame 12.5%, War 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 8.3%
- #55 The Riftbreaker
65% matchVery Positive90% of 24,087 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.3%, RTS 26%, Base Building 20.4%, Resource Management 11.1%, Strategy 7.3%
- #56 Trench Lord: Eastern Front
64% matchVery Positive83% of 766 reviews2026
Dev: Tracer StudioPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The enemy has invaded the territory, the motherland needs you, soldier! Gather your troops and defeat all enemies!
Why similar: War 32.7%, RTS 30.3%, Strategy 12.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Combat 5%
- #57 RUNNING WITH RIFLES
67% matchVery Positive88% of 16,644 reviews2015
Dev: Osumia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.
Why similar: Wargame 45.3%, Tactical 43.5%, Action 6%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #58 The King is Watching
63% matchVery Positive89% of 9,927 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: RTS 19.7%, Tower Defense 19.3%, Auto Battler 15%, Resource Management 10%, Base Building 9.8%