Games like Deep Dark Forest
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You will have to lead the civilization, develop the economy, enhance the technology, stabilize the people and colonize new galaxies; when encountering unknown civilizations, will you hide yourself or communicate with them in a friendly way? In this "dark forest", every decision will be crucial.
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-61%$1.55NationWar:Annals
Apr 6 · Yiming
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics · Grand Strategy
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
StrategyRTSDiplomacy4XReal Time TacticsGrand StrategyWargamePolitical Sim3DMilitary
$9.99Gemini Wars
Nov 2 · Camel 101
Both: Grand Strategy · Wargame · RTS
Take control of a fleet commander returned from exile, rise through the ranks of the United Space Federation forces and join an epic war across the stars.
4XGrand StrategyWargameSpaceWarBase BuildingReal-TimeRTSSpace SimStrategy👍 141
$39.99Empire of the Ants
Nov 6 · Tower Five
Both: Wargame · Real Time Tactics · RTS
Conquer enemy nests and lead your colony through the perils of the forest in this groundbreaking RTS. Empire of the Ants is a photorealistic, third-person real-time strategy game where you command your insect legions in epic battles.
WargameReal Time TacticsSandboxPvEPvPRTSGrand StrategyStrategyThird Person3D👍 931
$24.99Creeper World 4
Dec 3 · Knuckle Cracker
Both: Real Time Tactics · Wargame · RTS
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.
Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsWargameBuildingRTSSpaceStrategy3DPhysicsWar👍 4,554
$19.99AI War 2
Oct 22 · Arcen Games
Both: Grand Strategy · RTS · Real Time Tactics
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
4XGrand StrategyMultiplayerCo-opTower DefenseRTSReal Time TacticsEconomyManagementMilitary👍 1,130
$29.99Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
Nov 10 · Stardock Entertainment, Oxide Games
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics · Military
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
RTSBase BuildingReal Time TacticsPvPModdableStrategyOnline Co-OpSci-fiTranshumanismMilitary👍 2,705
$7.99Structura
May 6 · Binary Station Studio
Both: RTS · Space Sim · Grand Strategy
Structura is a rather unique sci-fi real-time strategy set in space. Its a hybrid of rts and fps, with emphasis on combat and survival. Build your economy for war, modify the unit by adding components, explore, expand, and survive the savage waves of enemy attacks.
StrategyRTS4XSpace SimGrand StrategyBase BuildingReal Time Tactics3DStylizedFuturistic
-60%$13.99Dune: Spice Wars
Sep 14 · Shiro Games
Both: RTS · Grand Strategy · Real Time Tactics
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
ManagementSingleplayerSci-fiRTSStrategy4XGrand StrategySimulationReal Time TacticsBuilding👍 11,562
$11.99Dummynation
Apr 15 · Alejandro Hernández Ferrero
Both: Grand Strategy · Military · RTS
Geopolitical management game with real-time shifting borders and a streamlined gameplay, designed to minimize all burdensome chores while allowing an absolute strategic control, from military recruitment and deployment, to diplomatic and economic management.
Grand StrategyMilitarySimulationStrategyIndieEconomyDiplomacyRTSManagementWar👍 3,132
-50%$2.49Lost Technology
Aug 9 · Studio 4D
Both: Wargame · RTS · Grand Strategy
Lost Technology is a simulation game in which more than 100 characters belonging to 12 different factions battle to conquer each other’s territories. The faction you choose at the beginning will determine the conversations and events that unfold throughout the game between you and other factions.
AnimeSimulationIndieStrategyWargameFantasyRTSGrand StrategyReal-Time with PauseSingleplayer👍 581
$10.99NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
Mar 12 · Yiming
Both: Grand Strategy · RTS · Exploration
This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.
StrategyHistoricalGrand StrategyRTSExplorationWarSandbox3DMilitaryTactical👍 383
$5.99StarFringe: Adversus
Jul 26 · Casualogic, Droid Riot
Both: RTS · Exploration
This is the story about the beginning of the conquest of outer space by earthlings. It began as a global idea of saving mankind from hunger and lack of resources, and ended as a brutal and merciless war in space far from Earth.
StrategyRTSBase BuildingSpaceIndieAdventureActionExploration4XTop-Down Shooter👍 139
STAR WARS™ Rebellion
Mar 1 · Coolhand Interactive
Both: Grand Strategy · RTS
It is a time of great upheaval. The first Death Star has been destroyed, marking a major victory for the Rebellion. But the Empire remains strong. As commander, you must choose to take control of either the Rebel Alliance or the Galactic Empire. Your goal: complete domination of the galaxy.
StrategyGrand StrategySci-fiClassicRTS4X1990'sSingleplayerSpace👍 1,272
$29.99NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
Feb 11 · Eridanus Industries
Both: Grand Strategy · Military · RTS
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
StrategyGrand StrategyWarMilitarySimulationMultiplayerAlternate HistoryHistoricalTacticalRTS👍 4,074
$0.99Heroes of the Three Kingdoms
Nov 12 · USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Both: Military · RTS · Wargame
《三国群英传》是由宇峻奥汀(Odin)公司出品的一款策略战棋游戏,也是三国群英传系列的第一部作品 ,于1998年发布。 游戏按即时制展开,双方行动和交战同时进行。游戏进行的大致流程是“内政经营模式”到“大地战略模式”,然后到“战争发生”,再循环到“内政经营模式”。
StrategyStrategy RPGSingleplayer2DMilitaryTurn-Based TacticsRTSTurn-Based StrategyWargameBase Building👍 664
$6.99Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 7
Nov 12 · USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Both: Military · RTS · Wargame
《三国群英传Ⅶ》由宇峻奥汀研发,是三国群英传系列第七作。游戏内除了拥有系列作中广受好评的千人战之外,全新升级了武将技,添加更多的战略系统,在武器的合成、士兵的强化等方面都做了全新的设计。藉以触动玩家每一根运筹帷幄的思考神经,挑战玩家战术运用的极致。
StrategyStrategy RPGMilitarySingleplayer2DTurn-Based TacticsRTSWargameBase BuildingTurn-Based Strategy👍 2,901
$39.99Aliens: Dark Descent
Jun 19 · Tindalos Interactive
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
StrategyTacticalActionRTSReal Time TacticsSingleplayerSci-fiAliensTop-DownDark👍 15,320
$24.99Executive Assault 2
Oct 18 · Hesketh Studios Ltd
Both: RTS · Space Sim
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
RTSBuildingSpace SimStrategyBase BuildingSpaceReal-TimeFPSActionSingleplayer👍 1,604
$7.99Star Ruler
Sep 20 · Blind Mind Studios
Both: RTS · Grand Strategy
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
StrategyIndieSpace4XRTSSci-fiGrand StrategyGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerMultiplayer👍 261
$49.99Stellaris
May 9 · Paradox Development Studio
Both: Grand Strategy · Exploration
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
SpaceStrategyGrand StrategySci-fi4XExplorationSandboxSimulationMultiplayerReal-Time with Pause👍 142,911
$5.99Frontline Crisis
Aug 14 · BCQT
Both: RTS
Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis! A battlefield swarming with insects makes strategic and combat decisions crucial. Each decision will determine your fate. Defend humanity's last sanctuary, fight fiercely, and uphold human honor with wits and courage!
Tower DefenseTop-Down ShooterRTSStrategyPixel GraphicsSpaceMechsLocal Co-OpAction RTS1980s👍 348
Free全战天下
Apr 12 · 全战天下
Both: RTS · Military · Grand Strategy
《全战天下》是一款全新的SLG战争策略游戏,游戏背景上我们抛开了单一历史时空的限制,将东西方文明中那些伟大的名字写到了游戏中,如果您热爱华夏文明,辅佐玄德公匡扶汉室,与嬴政白起一统六国,加入刘邦项羽的楚汉之争,携手成吉思汗征服亚欧将是您完美的选择,如果您喜欢日本战国,那就与三刀一流的宫本武藏,天下布武的织田信长一道征战沙场,您要是喜好欧美文明,我们推荐您选择圣女贞德,美杜莎、阿克琉斯来助您成就大业,经典英灵不胜枚举,阵容豪华堪称策略游戏的复仇者联盟。
StrategySimulationHistoricalRTSWarMilitaryStrategy RPGGrand StrategyWargameBase Building
AOD: Art Of Defense
Dec 1 · Sateda
Both: Real Time Tactics · Wargame · RTS
AOD is a new gameplay in the traditional tower defence genre. You must protect your base from waves of approaching enemies. Build and improve your towers and units and destroy your enemies in any way you can. Don't be weak, destroy them all, show who's in charge!
Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsWargamePvERTSStrategyBuildingSurvivalIsometric2D
$9.99AI War: Fleet Command
Oct 21 · Arcen Games
Both: RTS · Grand Strategy
"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...
StrategyRTSSpaceIndieSci-fiCo-op4XGrand StrategyDifficultTactical👍 993
$0.99Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 2
Nov 12 · USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Both: RTS · Wargame
《三国群英传Ⅱ》是由奥汀科技运营研发的一款即时战略游戏。于1999年发行,为《三国群英传》系列游戏作品的第二部。游戏开创性地在此类游戏中引入了即时战略的时间概念、独特的内政和作战模式、动听的CD音轨以及华丽的背景地图。
StrategyStrategy RPGSingleplayer2DHistoricalTurn-Based TacticsRTSTurn-Based StrategyWargameBase Building👍 1,840
$0.99FINAL GOAL
Jun 20 · Gushi Games
Both: Grand Strategy · Space Sim · Wargame
This game attempts to provide you with an immersive experience of storytelling and diversity while playing, and has explored some new gameplay methods.
CasualStrategyTurn-Based StrategyGrand StrategySpace SimColony SimPuzzleTurn-Based TacticsWargamePolitical Sim
$14.99Mechabellum
Sep 26 · Game River
Both: Wargame · RTS
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.
StrategyAuto BattlerMechsRobotsWargameTacticalPvPMultiplayerRTSTurn-Based Strategy👍 17,866
$3.99Void Destroyer
Jan 20 · Iteration 11
Both: RTS · Space Sim
Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.
StrategySimulationActionSpaceAdventureIndieSci-fiRTSSpace SimSingleplayer👍 268
$19.99Ancient Space
Sep 23 · CreativeForge Games
Both: RTS · Exploration
Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.
StrategySpaceRTSSci-fiSingleplayerAtmosphericRealisticExplorationAdventureIndie👍 270
$4.99Solar War
Jan 6 · Snipefish Entertainment
Both: Grand Strategy · Wargame · Space Sim
A turn-based grand strategy game in space, set in the near future: Defend Earth against an alien invasion from the edge of the Solar System and expand your campaign to push them back to their base.
StrategyIndieGrand StrategySpaceTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Tactics4XWargameSpace SimSpaceships
$39.99Galactic Civilizations IV
Oct 19 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Grand Strategy · Exploration
Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.
SpaceGrand StrategySimulation4XStrategySci-fiExplorationSandboxMultiplayerTurn-Based Strategy👍 2,210
Outscape
Oct 22 · IDA Games
Both: RTS · Exploration
Outscape is everything you love about traditional strategy games, but places your empire within a vast online galaxy alongside other real players. Outscape rewards skillful long-term strategic gameplay with a brilliantly refreshing new take on the 4X genre.
StrategySci-fiOnline Co-OpRTSPvPSpaceExploration4XManagementEconomy👍 394
$49.99X4: Foundations
Nov 30 · Egosoft
Both: Space Sim · Exploration
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
SpaceSimulationOpen WorldSpace SimExplorationSandboxSci-fi4XStrategyEconomy👍 25,274
-50%$19.99Terra Invicta
Jan 5 · Pavonis Interactive
Both: Grand Strategy
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
StrategyGrand StrategySimulation4XEconomyWarHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyTacticalManagement👍 9,064

