Games Like Wyrmsun

{{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 56.8%, Strategy 18.3%, Base Building 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%, Indie 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a pure, fast-paced RTS experience with deep base-building and unit management that feels very close to the classic style.

Loria is a homage to classics from golden era of strategy games, with modern spin on controls and user experience.

Why similar: RTS 49%, Strategy 35.1%, Classic 13.1% ★, Indie 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game is a direct homage to classic RTS titles, featuring similar fantasy themes and traditional base-building mechanics.

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 46.4%, Base Building 26.2%, Strategy 25.6%, Indie 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique historical progression system combined with traditional base-building and large-scale multiplayer battles.

42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.

Why similar: RTS 45.1%, Strategy 28.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Classic 10.1% ★, 2D 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard of the genre, it provides the definitive historical base-building and strategy experience that inspired games like Wyrmsun.

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 45.4%, Strategy 21.1%, Base Building 17.8%, Classic 15.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: This collection preserves the iconic gameplay of the 90s RTS era, focusing on base construction and tactical unit control.

Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.

Why similar: RTS 52%, Strategy 36.5%, Indie 10.1%, 2D 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a fast-paced, fantasy-themed RTS experience that is easy to pick up but retains satisfying strategic depth.

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 49.6%, Strategy 31.4%, Classic 19% ★

Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS that features unique unit training mechanics and a distinct fantasy aesthetic.

With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.

Why similar: RTS 61.2%, Strategy 29.3%, Indie 6.1%, Base Building 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This free-to-play title offers deep strategic gameplay and a massive variety of units, perfect for fans of classic RTS complexity.

Godsworn is a classic mythological RTS. Experience an epic fantasy retelling of the Baltic Crusades, where pagan gods and their tribes clash against crusaders and armies of heaven. Choose a divine hero, rally worshippers alongside mythical creatures, and smite the unworthy!

Why similar: RTS 55.7%, Base Building 25.1%, Building 19.2%

Why You'll Like It: This fantasy RTS focuses on hero units and base-building, capturing the mythological feel found in Wyrmsun.

A return to the roots of real-time strategy, providing beautiful 2D visuals combined with all the features that we came to expect from old school classics. This remastered version is a culmination of all the improvements and new features based upon suggestions from the community.

Why similar: RTS 43.1%, Base Building 20%, Strategy 19%, Building 7.9%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style sci-fi RTS that focuses on resource gathering and base defense against multiple factions.

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 45.3%, Strategy 32.2%, Base Building 9.8%, Indie 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a colorful, accessible take on the classic RTS formula with straightforward base-building and combat.

Warage is a classic RTS that will take you to a magical fantasy world.

Why similar: RTS 54.3%, Strategy 36.9%, 2D 5.1%, Indie 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A simple and direct RTS experience that captures the retro feel of 2D strategy games.

Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!

Why similar: RTS 50.8%, Strategy 29.5%, Base Building 19.7%

Why You'll Like It: A historical RTS that focuses on massive armies and intricate base-building, reminiscent of the classic era of strategy games.

Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.

Why similar: RTS 49.6%, Strategy 34.9%, Building 12.2%, Indie 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play RTS set in a medieval fantasy world that focuses on large-scale sieges and base management.

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: RTS 42.2%, Base Building 20.4%, Strategy 18.3%, Building 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art RTS that simplifies the genre into a charming, base-building focused experience.

Andalia is a fantasy real-time strategy game (RTS) with a diverse range of civilisations, resources and environments. Build up your town and lead your forces into war against enemy players. Alternatively you may construct a monument and hold it long enough to reach victory.

Why similar: RTS 55.3%, Base Building 23.7%, Strategy 20.1%, Indie 1%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed RTS that emphasizes multiplayer base-building and strategic unit composition.

Sunstone War is a unique Action game with Tower Defense element where you can carry EVERYTHING! Move towers, toss away enemies, carry obstacles, upgrade skills and journey through lands to protect your village from calamity!

Why similar: RTS 53.1%, Strategy 22.4%, Adventure 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, 2D 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines tower defense elements with classic RTS mechanics in a pixel-art fantasy world.

Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).

Why similar: RTS 52.5%, Base Building 23.9%, Strategy 23.6%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a classic post-apocalyptic RTS experience with a focus on base-building and resource management.

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

Why similar: RTS 46%, Strategy 26%, Classic 21.2% ★, Base Building 4.9%, Building 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines classic RTS mechanics with a grand strategy scope, allowing players to manage history across multiple eras.

What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.

Why similar: RTS 49.2%, Classic 26.9% ★, Strategy 20.5%, Base Building 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: The grandfather of modern RTS, it remains a must-play for its focus on economy and large-scale mechanical warfare.

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 57.2%, Strategy 37.5%, Base Building 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A historical RTS that focuses on squad-based tactical combat and base management in a gritty, realistic setting.

Warlords Battlecry III is the next installment in the award-winning Warlords Battlecry series. Builds upon the famous features of previous Battlecry titles such as the outstanding AI, innovative gameplay and hero system that has made this brand renowned throughout the RTS genre.

Why similar: Dwarves 38.6% ★, RTS 28.8%, Strategy 20.6%, Classic 12% ★

Why You'll Like It: This classic fantasy RTS features deep RPG elements and hero progression that align well with the themes of Wyrmsun.

Real Warfare: 1242, is a realistic real-time strategy game based on authentic historic events.

Why similar: Strategy 57.4%, RTS 42.6%

Why You'll Like It: A historical strategy game that focuses on realistic medieval combat and tactical unit positioning.

Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. Embark on quests, hunt down treasures and manage your resources as you build, battle, cast magic and brew potions to bring order to the world.

Why similar: RTS 44.3%, Base Building 23.3%, Building 17.1%, Strategy 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed strategy game that blends base-building with exploration and light RTS combat.

Individual independent development Witch Queen is a lightweight storyline oriented rts game that is based the dark ages of the fantasy world of Isefaia. In here, Build countries, explore the continent, witness the endings of the Wizards, and learn the truth behind the story.

Why similar: RTS 42.9%, Base Building 17.3%, Strategy 16.3%, Building 14.2%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RTS that focuses on building and resource management within a dark fantasy setting.

My Lands is a free online RTS where dark and light forces fight for Black Gem and dominion in a vast fantasy world. Cooperation between players, joint economy development, creation of clans and alliances and elaboration of a team strategy serve as the very foundation of the game.

Why similar: RTS 48.2%, Strategy 45.4%, Adventure 3.4%, Indie 2.9%

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 48.1%, RTS 36.7%, Indie 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: An indie strategy game that incorporates RTS elements with a unique pixel-art aesthetic.

The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.

Why similar: Strategy 49.8%, Dwarves 26.1% ★, Indie 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, 2D 5.2%

Dwarfs!? is an addictive, fast paced arcade-like experience, with plenty of difficulty levels and game modes, in the tradition of great games such as “Lemmings” and “Dwarf Fortress”.

Why similar: Dwarves 60.9% ★, Strategy 23%, RTS 8.3%, Indie 5.8%, 2D 1.9%

Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

Why similar: Strategy 31.9%, Base Building 24.2%, Building 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Adventure 7.3%

An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

Why similar: Base Building 30.9%, RTS 24.9%, Strategy 22.3%, Building 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%

Lords of Solgrund combines elements of real time strategy, city building and other unique additions. The game features detailed animations, complex gameplay systems inspired by the early middle ages and elements of fantasy.

Why similar: RTS 38.9%, Base Building 19.2%, Building 16.5%, Strategy 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%

Delve into classic turn-based strategy gaming with elements of table top miniatures, fantasy RPG and TCG style gameplay all wrapped into one.

Why similar: Strategy 41.3%, Dwarves 27% ★, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, 2D 11.5%, Indie 3.2%

"Myths and Legends" is our next-gen semi-idle, trading real time strategy, that takes the player 2500 years back in time, but with a sense of humor. The game combines elements of exploration, combat, trade and diplomacy on procedurally generated islands.

Why similar: Strategy 57.5%, Building 42.5%

Forgotten Myths is a free to play online collectible card game that incorporates deck building, card collection and strategic gameplay in a fantastic historical background incorporating several civilizations, myths and legends in the same universe!

Why similar: Strategy 78.1%, Indie 21.9%

Therian Saga is a MMORPG that tries to stand out of the crowd by offering a compelling storytelling surrounded by a massive mathematical set of rules that define the world your hero will evolve in. It could be said that it borrows elements from old-time MUD games, strategy games and even tabletops RPG.

Why similar: RTS 40.8%, Strategy 36.9%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 6.5%

War Wind is a real-time strategy game that allows you to view an epic battle through the eyes of four unique races, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. The game features 28 ready-to-play scenarios and a story of such compelling depth you won't believe it's just a game.

Why similar: RTS 53.2%, Base Building 20.3%, Strategy 18.2%, Building 8.4%

A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!

Why similar: Strategy 34.9%, Building 25.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Indie 9%, Adventure 8.9%

We Are The Dwarves is a real-time tactical adventure where you take control of three Dwarven astronauts and lead them through the hordes of enemies in the depths of their Universe. Tactical Adventure Sci-Fi Space Dwarves

Why similar: Dwarves 60% ★, RTS 28%, Indie 6.9%, Adventure 5.1%

Emporea is an oldschool fantasy strategy game, where cooperation with other players is necessary to achieve victory. Only the best alliance can win! Multiple realms available, with new ones starting every two weeks.

Why similar: Strategy 58.2%, Dwarves 31.2% ★, Indie 10.6%

Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.

Why similar: RTS 53.7%, Strategy 38.8%, 2D 4.4%, Indie 3.1%

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 63.6%, Strategy 32.9%, Base Building 3.5%

Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.

Why similar: Strategy 37.4%, RTS 21.4%, Adventure 14%, Indie 10.8%, Base Building 8.2%

Winter is a 2D pixel-art strategy game inspired by Slavic mythology. Build an army, protect your forest settlement from mythical creatures, and bring eternal spring to your land. Explore, recruit fighters, and strategize to overcome the challenges of winter.

Why similar: Strategy 33.4%, Building 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 10%

Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

Why similar: RTS 30.8%, Strategy 20.4%, Base Building 19%, Building 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

Build an army and lead your heroes into battle in an epic fantasy strategy game. Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes is a turn-based strategy game that will put you right in the middle of war between Humans, Orcs, Goblins, Elves, Dwarves and the undead.

Why similar: Strategy 77.6%, Indie 22.4%

Warstone is a Tower Defense game, with RPG, Strategy, and even city building elements. Detailed Hi-res graphics and beautiful illustrations combine with a deep storyline to draw you into the world.

Why similar: Strategy 50.9%, RTS 35.7%, Indie 13.4%

RPG MO is a nostalgic MMORPG that reminds of Ultima and Runescape Classic.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.7%, Adventure 24.2%, Base Building 20.2%, 2D 14.1%, Indie 12.8%

Runestone Keeper is a roguelike dungeon crawler that blends classic RPG elements and turn based strategy. Heroes, monsters, equipment, events, magic and skills, traps and devices, shrines and altars, Goddesses and merchants. Choose your weapon and begin an epic adventure!

Why similar: Strategy 80.9%, Indie 19.1%

A light Rogue strategy game centered on building and defense. Build your territory, recruit soldiers to fend off enemies. 9 maps, 6 weapons (30 talents), 40 monsters, 30 units/buildings. Plan your pace, control soldiers, choose abilities—enjoy command and strategy.

Why similar: Base Building 37.5%, Strategy 31.7%, Building 30.8%

A singleplayer fast-paced classic RTS game in which you take on the role of a fallen lord on his journey back to become one of the mightiest in the medieval realm of Valtoria.

Why similar: RTS 43.2%, Base Building 24.2%, Strategy 22.1%, Adventure 5.6%, Indie 4.9%

Light, Darkness, Water, Fire, Nature, and Earth elements come together in this tower defense focused on combinations.

Why similar: RTS 62.4%, Strategy 23.1%, Indie 9.3%, 2D 5.3%

Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!

Why similar: Dwarves 46.1% ★, Strategy 18.9%, Base Building 18%, Building 13.8%, 2D 3.2%

Risen Kingdom is a real-time strategy game. Build and fortify your settlements to survive and push back armies of the undead.

Why similar: RTS 36.8%, Strategy 32.3%, Base Building 17.6%, Indie 9.8%, 2D 3.5%

Evertown is a RTS (real-time strategy) game with some survival elements. The goal is to raise your town to make it safe (the longest you can).

Why similar: Strategy 61%, Adventure 19.7%, Indie 19.3%

Gods of the Fallen Land is an action-strategy game centered around base building and villager management. Take on the role of a leader trying to rebuild humanity in a broken and dangerous world. Lead your followers into battle and make strategic decisions on what to develop and build to survive.

Why similar: RTS 37.1%, Strategy 36%, Base Building 16.5%, Indie 10.4%