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Eudora is a lo-fi real-time strategy game inspired by classic DOS games like Dune 2 and the Command and Conquer series. Its prototype was produced for the DOS Games Jam. As was common with games of this era, gameplay focuses on resource collection, power management, and basebuilding (including walls and other base defenses). A clickable minimap is enabled after building the Radar structure. Ten… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eudora.

Micro Wars condenses the classic real time strategy formula down into a small, compact form. Build a base, mine some resources, train some units, and then make sure to micro and position them well in short, fast paced battles. Pick from 13 unique commanders, each with a special twist on gameplay and a unique ability. Maybe, you’ll pick Elias, the mechanic, who can research new units faster a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Micro Wars.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

95% User Score Based on 22 reviews

Take command of powerful armies with intuitive player controls and classic RTS features and feel. Endeavor includes many favorite features, including quick unit formations, stances, attack move, patrol routes, waypoints, reverse move, and more. Grid-less base building, fabricator build queues and more. Play through two campaigns and continue the fight on unique skirmish, survival and tower defen… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endeavor: Rite of Passage.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

83% User Score Based on 30,245 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where you will work with hundreds of players to shape the outcome of a persistent online war. Every individual soldier is a player that contributes to the war effort through logistics, base building, reconnaissance, combat, and more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Foxhole.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

84% User Score Based on 2,406 reviews

Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Syrian Warfare.

HOW TO PLAYAlthough there are many other keys to learn, these are the main keys you need to operate the game. Some keys do the exact same thing, such as the bracket keys or page up/page down keys. This will mostly be your preference, and possibly what sort of keyboard your computer has. At the top of the screen you’ll find three boxes displaying your current resources, which include minerals,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet X3 (DOS).

Crownfront is a turn-based strategy game played on a board that sits on the floor of a room. Your castles, farms, forests and armies are pieces on that board, and you can see the whole kingdom from one end to the other, including the enemy's side. It plays like a classic RTS in structure. You gather resources, put up buildings, expand across the map and eventually attack. The difference is that i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crownfront.

Build the base. Protect the economy. Commit the army. Teryon Crisis is a single-player, near-future RTS about turning a vulnerable foothold into a combined-arms force. Command the Crimson Directorate or Azure Coalition, combining infantry, armor, aircraft and warships. Harvest ore, defend your power network and keep production moving. Decide when your next credits should buy another tank, a stron… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Teryon Crisis.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

89% User Score Based on 5,343 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 4 reviews

Classic RTS action meets modern production and performance in Tempest Rising. Inspired by RTS greats of the 90s and 2000s, Tempest Rising is a classic, base-building real time strategy game set in a modern day alternative history war scenario. It features 3 unique factions, each with its own approach to combat and economy and offering a variety of strategies for players of all stripes, deep and re… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tempest Rising.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

77% User Score Based on 2,102 reviews

Critic Score 57%Based on 6 reviews

Sudden Strike 4 sends you off on three extensive campaigns set amongst the battlefields of World War II. Commanding the Allied, German or Soviet troops, you will lead over 100 different units into battle; like the German bomber Heinkel He111, the Russian T-34 tank, the British Hawker Typhoon fighter plane and the notorious German Panzerkampfwagen VI "Tiger". In a first for the Sudden Strike series… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sudden Strike 4.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

55% User Score Based on 936 reviews

War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to War Room.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

You are the only male survivor in this universe. A fast-paced RTS featuring galactic conquest. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Millennium Conflict.

Assignment: New Sector CommandThe Empire is advancing. For generations, it has continued to expand—rapidly and without pause. More ground secured. More resources claimed. More proof that this galaxy belongs to us. Commander, you’ve been assigned to a newly opened frontier sector. It’s rich in resources, and it’s not under control yet. That’s your job. First priority — secure extraction zones. Th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Outpost: Outer Frontier.

War Untold is an RTS wargame spanning both land and air warfare. Employ powerful tanks and devastating airstrikes to punch through the enemy's front line, or dig in with infantry and mortars to withstand an oncoming onslaught. The choice is yours, commander. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to War Untold.

NOTE: If you are using Proton you may need to set the launch options to: PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%General Control of the GameSHIFT+L: Load Game SHIFT+S: Save Game Ctrl+C / Pause Key: Pause Game/Exit Level Left Click: Select Unit or Building SHIFT+Left Click: Select Multiple Units Double Left Click: Select all similar units in view Right Click on M… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet X16.

SPEAK. THEY OBEY.Most strategy games make you click. Sky Commander lets you talk. Call out your orders out loud — "attack the summit," "defend the convoy," "regroup" — and your forces move. Then dive in and fly, drive, or stomp into the fight yourself. It's an RTS and an action game sharing one glowing neon-vector battlefield.FOUR THEATERS OF WAR Sky Dogfight — Pilot … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sky Commander: Voice RTS.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

73% User Score Based on 33 reviews

Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactics game that emphasizes strategic decision-making over micromanagement, with a focus on realistic combat and authentic unit behavior. Years and Theaters The game contains units from the Soviet Union and Germany spanning the late war period (1944-45). Units from the early war ('39-'41) and mid-war ('42-'43) are planned to be introduced. Other nations, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battlefield Commander WWII.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

84% User Score Based on 328 reviews

Step onto the battlefields of WWII in the real-time tactics game that laid the foundation for the Men of War series and lead elite units from the American, British, Soviet, or German armies in behind-enemy-lines operations that can shape the course of the war. Thanks to a major update from Best Way, you can now relive the nostalgia of Soldiers: Heroes of World War II in a fully updated and enhance… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

72% User Score Based on 182 reviews

Cuban Missile Crisis is a post World War 3 RTS game developed by G5 Software for PC on the 30th of November, 2005. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cuban Missile Crisis.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

72% User Score Based on 366 reviews

World War III: Black Gold takes the player to the near future. The political crisis has been going on for months, leading to worldwide turmoil. A secret conference of the UN Central Geological Commission reveals that worldwide oil reserves have reached dangerously low levels: Oil reserves will run out within 8-10 years. This proves too short for even the most highly industrialized countries to swi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to World War III: Black Gold.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

53% User Score Based on 689 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forged Battalion.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

55% User Score Based on 44 reviews

Land Doctrine is a 3D strategy game focusing on military optimization. Your task is to design tanks, manage research, equip infantry, determine infantry training, optimize production and build combined arms battalions to occupy and hold cities. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Land Doctrine.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

71% User Score Based on 1,470 reviews

Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Radio Commander.

Kuroba is a historical real-time strategy game set on the brutal frontier of 13th-century Anatolia. Build a settlement from the ground up, command disciplined armies, and survive in a land shaped by invasion, shifting borders, and constant conflict. There is no fantasy here — only economy, logistics, and leadership decide who endures. From a humble camp to a fortified stronghold, every structu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kuroba: Oghuz.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:stability

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

95% User Score Based on 39 reviews

Choose your battles, soldier-but watch your troops closely. Your best men might be war-weary, others may just be cowards or too green for heavy combat. And you better know how to command - these men won't obey suicidal orders. Dominate the battlefield. Pound back tank attacks, foil enemy ambushes, and weather the hail of automatic weapon fire. Real-time action pushes your tactical skills to the l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

65% User Score Based on 104 reviews

Achron is the world's first meta-time strategy game, allowing you to dynamically alter your past and future actions, send your units back and forth through time, even engineer temporal paradoxes that work to your advantage. Play through four single player campaigns, or then go online to face off against your friends in a fully dynamic temporal environment! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Achron.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

85% User Score Based on 955 reviews

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 30 missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, optimization

77% User Score Based on 202 reviews

Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Retro Commander.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

73% User Score Based on 83 reviews

Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game combined with a global turn-based tactical mode, thrusting gamers into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cuban Missile Crisis.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

72% User Score Based on 924 reviews

Invasion Machine is a modern warfare, counter-insurgency blend of a sandbox and RTS. Your goal is to command troops in an occupied province, in an effort of bringing back peace and order. Kill your enemies, help the civilian population, preserve the resources and the lives of your own soldiers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Invasion Machine.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

90% User Score Based on 248 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 3 reviews

Joint Task Force is the real-time strategy (RTS) game where you command the frontline forces in tomorrow's most hazardous conflicts. Lead twenty dramatic missions in explosive war-zones including the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Balkans. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Joint Task Force.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

77% User Score Based on 684 reviews

Critic Score 55%Based on 4 reviews

Eximius combines tactical First Person Shooter gameplay with high level strategic decision-making of a Real-time Strategy (RTS) game. The game features a competitive 5v5 team battles where players square off in a post apocalyptic urban environment. Play as a Commander (RTS); build base, train an army and call down support abilities to help your allies on the ground to gain territory. Play as an … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eximius: Seize the Frontline.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

86% User Score Based on 2,300 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 2 reviews

Men of War takes place in Europe and North Africa during the height of World War II. The story takes place over three different campaigns and players take on the role of Soviet, Allied and German soldiers. Each campaign has its own scenario and structured timeline, which brings different elements of the war to life. The game features hundreds of accurately modelled historical tanks and vehicles —… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Men of War.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

89% User Score Based on 94 reviews

Attack at Dawn: North Africa is an operational level wargame set in WW2 North African theatre. It features 3 campaigns, and 15 scenarios, which can be played in solo or multiplayer modes. It begins with the German troops probing into the Libyan region of Cyrenaica, and finishes either with the total defeat of German-Italian Panzer Armee, or with the British loss of Egypt and their retreat across t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Attack at Dawn: North Africa.

Overview    Play as a General in Kriegsspiel ~ 7 Years' War, a real-time wargame simulating battles from the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). You command different types of regiments: line infantry, field artillery, cavalry, hussars, and more.    Your control over your troops is limited: you depend on couriers to transmit your orders to these regiments. Your regiments will also send you couriers, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kriegsspiel ~ 7 Years' War.

Warharvest RTS is a traditional real-time strategy game with base building, resource gathering, and squad-based command. Set in a medieval fantasy world with 3D pixel art, it offers four playable factions, single-player matches against the AI, and PvP for up to 8 players. Build and expand Gather resources, construct buildings, and train squads. Balance spending on your economy, army, and researc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Warharvest RTS.

Hell Of War is a Real-Time Command Action (RTCA) game where you command the operation from a command drone, coordinate infantry, armored vehicles, combat drones, and artillery, then seamlessly take direct control of units to personally intervene in the battle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell Of War: Combined Arms.

Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865. MAIN FEATURES Full campaign: Fight in the American Civil War campaign and participate in 50+ battles from small engagements to massive battles that can last several days over hundreds of square miles of terrain. Campaign fully depends on player actions and b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ultimate General™: Civil War.

Stockpile resources, build your settlement, raise an army, and wage war in this modern take on the classic RTS formula. In EVERGLORY resources are stored at local storage sites and must be consolidated at a location in order to be used. Plan your base wisely and set up transport routes as you craft the living machinery powering your economy. Optimizing supply chains is key. Combine existing unit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EVERGLORY.

A homage to classic real-time strategy games. Gather resources, build an empire, and command powerful armies to conquer the world. Lead six unique tribes, expand your territory, and engage in epic battles with hundreds of units on screen. Dominate in 18 missions and procedurally generated maps! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settle and Battle: New Empires.

36%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story

58% User Score Based on 12 reviews

THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IS BROKEN Salvo is a tactical immersive sim with thousands of ways leading to one objective: breaking the enemy's war machine. Central command has been destroyed. The last strategic force still capable of continuing the war is your underground missile program. There is no one left to give you orders. Which technology to research, which missile to design, what to produce, and w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SALVO.

Frontline: Afrika Korps =✪= Command the deserts in Frontline: Afrika Korps, a gripping WWII strategy game set in the scorching North African campaign. Lead the legendary Afrika Korps or the Allied Desert Rats through intense, historical battles. =✪= Lead the forces of Italy, Wehrmacht, Commonwealth, and the USA, each with unique playstyles, tactics, and historical authenticity. ☰ Engage… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frontline: Afrika Korps.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

86% User Score Based on 672 reviews

Lost Technology is a simulation game in which over 100 characters comprising a total of 12 different factions battle to conquer each other’s territories. The faction chosen at the beginning will determine the conversations and events that occur throughout the game between the player and the other factions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Technology.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

86% User Score Based on 69 reviews

Red Chaos is a classic and modern real time strategy game. Red Chaos offers a variety of strategic aspects based on the strengths and weaknesses of individual units and ensures continuous equality of opportunity through a sophisticated balancing system. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Chaos: The Strict Order.

A cool RTS game with different difficulty levels. You need to use extractor to extract resources, and build power plant to supply electricity to your factories! Then you can build  land factory to build soldier, tank, artillery, and airbase to build fighter, bomber. Try to desctroy the enemy's base while don't let enemy destroy yours! ____________________________________________________ Welco… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rusted War Mini RTS.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

76% User Score Based on 3,713 reviews

Silica is a crossover of FPS and RTS where up to 3 factions battle for control over the planet of Baltarus. Lead from above as commander, or experience the action first-hand, either alone, or with friends. Join one of two human armies, or hunt them down as the territorial aliens. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silica.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

72% User Score Based on 7,883 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 2 reviews

Includes: Iron Harvest - Rusviet Revolution (DLC) Over 100 years ago the real Russian revolution came to a halt when the red forces one the final battles at the Krim. Though the alternate history of 1920+ never has seen this kind of revolution till now. Players will follow an additional story line over the course of four new singleplayer maps, shedding some light on the mysterious Rasputin. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Iron Harvest.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

89% User Score Based on 476 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 3 reviews

Act of War: Direct Action is a highly realistic, near future real-time strategy game, set against the backdrop of a conflict that threatens to permanently change the face of our world. Created in conjunction with US Air Force captain (ret.) Dale Brown, author of 14 New York Times best-sellers, this techno-thriller game puts you in control of Task Force Talon, a direct action team put together to d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Act of War: Direct Action.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

62% User Score Based on 2,754 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 10 reviews

Set in the near-future, Act of Aggression is an explosive techno-thriller real-time strategy game hailing from the Golden Era of RTS. With three global super-powers, there can be only one victory.Across three distinct factions each armed with the greatest modern and prototype military weaponry, head into some of the world’s most volatile conflict zones, building bases for mass production, establis… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Act of Aggression.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization

77% User Score Based on 170 reviews

It's the 24th century and the colonization of space is not going well. Hyperspace opened the door to the stars, but habitable worlds are few and far in between, overpopulation is still rampant, and our civilization's appetite for resources has only increased. For over a hundred years, the incredibly rich Dust Zone sated this endless appetite, jointly controlled by the United Earth Nations and the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dust Fleet.