Games like AI War 2
by Arcen Games
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.
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$9.99AI War: Fleet Command
Oct 21 · Arcen Games
Both: RTS · Co-op · 4X
"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
$19.99The Last Federation
Apr 18 · Arcen Games
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy
From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.
StrategySpaceSimulationIndieTurn-Based4XSci-fiGrand StrategyReal-Time with PauseTactical👍 380
$11.99Dummynation
Apr 15 · Alejandro Hernández Ferrero
Both: Grand Strategy · Military · Economy
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%$19.99Terra Invicta
Jan 5 · Pavonis Interactive
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Economy
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
$24.99Line War
May 5 · Studio Centurion
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics · Co-op
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.
RTSStrategyAction RTSReal Time TacticsAuto BattlerPvPMultiplayerCo-opSingleplayerBoard Game👍 1,075
$9.99Age of History 3
Oct 23 · Łukasz Jakowski
Both: Grand Strategy · RTS · Economy
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
WargameStrategyGrand StrategyRTSAlternate HistoryDiplomacyWorld War IEconomyWorld War IIEducation👍 18,110
Total War: SHOGUN 2
· The Creative Assembly
Both: RTS · Grand Strategy · Real Time Tactics
StrategyHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyRTSGrand StrategyTacticalSingleplayerReal Time TacticsMultiplayerDiplomacy👍 38,074
$14.99Medieval Kingdom Wars
Jan 3 · Reverie World Studios
Both: Grand Strategy · RTS · Economy
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
Grand StrategyRTSMedievalBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategyDiplomacyEconomyAction RTSWargame👍 2,233
-61%$1.55NationWar:Annals
Apr 6 · Yiming
Both: RTS · 4X · Real Time Tactics
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
$49.99Sins of a Solar Empire II
Aug 15 · Ironclad Games Corporation, Stardock Entertainment
Both: RTS · 4X · Co-op
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
SpaceStrategyRTS4XSingleplayerSci-fiMultiplayerTacticalCo-opPvE👍 7,158
$14.99Stellar Monarch
Dec 5 · Silver Lemur Games
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X · Management
Asymmetric space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. No micromanagement, grand scale, fast paced, audiences, assassins, imperial court, disloyal admirals.
Grand Strategy4XTurn-BasedStrategySci-fiTurn-Based StrategySpaceSingleplayerDiplomacyManagement👍 207
$29.99Total War: SHOGUN 2
Mar 15 · CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Both: RTS · Grand Strategy · Real Time Tactics
Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.
StrategyHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyRTSGrand StrategyTacticalSingleplayerMultiplayerSamuraiReal Time Tactics👍 38,075
Outscape
Oct 22 · IDA Games
Both: RTS · 4X · Management
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
$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
$2.99Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
Jan 31 · 瞬息万变工作室
Both: Real Time Tactics · RTS · 4X
This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.
WargameReal Time TacticsRTSTurn-Based StrategyStrategy4XRPGGrand Strategy3DHistorical👍 953
$5.99Frontline Crisis
Aug 14 · BCQT
Both: Tower Defense · 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
$7.99Star Ruler
Sep 20 · Blind Mind Studios
Both: 4X · 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
$29.99Carrier Command 2
Aug 10 · Geometa
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics · Grand Strategy
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!
StrategySimulationWarRTSAdventureAction-AdventureExplorationWargameReal Time TacticsGrand Strategy👍 3,445
$12.99Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
Sep 28 · Gas Powered Games
Both: RTS · Grand Strategy · Co-op
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.
StrategyRTSSci-fiMultiplayerSingleplayerBase BuildingGrand StrategyCo-opModdableReal-Time with Pause👍 9,920
$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
-50%$2.49Lost Technology
Aug 9 · Studio 4D
Both: 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
$2.99Planet TD
Jan 6 · MD Games
Both: Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics · RTS
6 different types of towers! 4 planets with different characteristics! 25 different enemies. Drones, Tanks, Biorobotic enemies and many different ground and air vehicles! Snowy and Glacial maps, Desert and Arid lands! Prepare to defend the solar system against invaders!
Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsAuto BattlerTactical3D PlatformerCasualStrategyRTS2D PlatformerWargame👍 124
$14.99Mechabellum
Sep 26 · Game River
Both: 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
$59.99Total War: WARHAMMER II
Sep 28 · CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Both: RTS · Grand Strategy
The forces of Lustria await your command. Choose your Legendary Lord, expand your armies, forge alliances in a strategic turn-based campaign, and unleash the might of your monstrous forces in fast-paced real-time battles.
StrategyFantasyTurn-Based StrategyRTSGrand StrategyWarMultiplayerSingleplayerActionDark Fantasy👍 87,894
$39.99Polaris Sector
Mar 22 · SoftWarWare
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy · Real Time Tactics
Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.
StrategySimulation4XSpaceReal-Time with PauseGrand StrategyReal Time TacticsResource ManagementReal-TimeSingleplayer👍 419
$39.99Empire of the Ants
Nov 6 · Tower Five
Both: Real Time Tactics · RTS · Grand Strategy
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
$39.99Galactic Civilizations IV
Oct 19 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Grand Strategy · 4X
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
$9.99DG2: Defense Grid 2
Sep 23 · Hidden Path Entertainment
Both: Tower Defense · RTS · Real Time Tactics
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
Tower DefenseStrategyActionSci-fiTacticalBase BuildingRTSStylizedCombatReal Time Tactics👍 2,704
-80%$1.99Star Traders: 4X Empires
Dec 16 · Trese Brothers
Both: 4X · Economy · Grand Strategy
Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.
4XSci-fiTurn-Based StrategyTop-DownDiplomacyTurn-Based CombatEconomyGrand StrategyManagementBuilding
$29.99Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Sep 21 · Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Both: 4X · Grand Strategy
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Turn-Based StrategyStrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayerHistorical4XAddictiveSingleplayerHex GridGrand Strategy👍 128,211
$7.99Deep Dark Forest
Apr 15 · pixiangames
Both: RTS · Grand Strategy · Real Time Tactics
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.
SimulationStrategyRTSGrand StrategySpace SimReal Time TacticsWargameExplorationIsometricMilitary




