Games like Original War

Chasing that retro and mysterious feeling you got from Original War? Give these games a try when the craving hits.

Gorky 17
November 2008. NATO intelligence services report that, for reasons unknown, the Russian military has destroyed GORKY 17, one of the old Soviet "Secret Cities". A year later NATO takes over a former Russian secret base built on Polish soil. Diggers discover a laboratory complex in the completely demolished town.
Retro, Mysterious, Story-driven
86% of 926 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99
Earth 2150 Trilogy
Your heroes and your armies will need strong leadership to take them on a spellbinding odyssey that has everything a gamer’s heart could wish for breathtaking worlds in space, battles against cunning enemies and even downright treason from your own government faction - are you up to it?
Retro, Competitive, Replayable
77% of 456 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.99
World War Zero
The World War began in August 1914. It is now March 1964, and war still wages on. The Russian October Revolution has taken place, but the Bolsheviks were crushed by the mad Baron Ugenberg. He plans to build a huge Russo-Mongolian empire that stretches from the Atlantic to Vladivostok, crushing any opposition in his wake.
Retro, Dark
83% of 189 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Xenonauts 2
Command a secret multinational force in an alternate 2009 where the Cold War never ended and aliens are picking sides. Run covert bases across the globe, scramble jets at UFOs, and lead turn-based ground battles where soldiers die and the survivors become veterans. A grim, old-school war of resistance against a smarter enemy.
Retro, Replayable, Dark
81% of 4,966 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 234$39.99
Total Annihilation
Two machine empires have burned a galaxy for four thousand years, and now you pick a side. Total Annihilation is the 1997 RTS that put real 3D units and terrain on the battlefield: hundreds of robots, tanks and ships, physics that change every map, and an orchestral score that swells as the fight turns. Big armies, big maps, still sharp.
Retro, Competitive, Replayable
96% of 3,626 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 143$4.99
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus
It’s 2741 and the universe is at war. The Terran Empire is laying siege to the NSA, a treaty of colonies that upholds freedom and democracy. After losing the battle in space, the NSA is forced to retreat to its last stronghold. Can you snatch victory from impending doom?
Also in Co-op · Retro, Competitive, Replayable
89% of 306 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$4.99
Battlezone 98 Redux
The space race was a cover story. In this alternate 1960s, American and Soviet hover tanks fight a secret war over alien bio-metal, and you command the whole thing from inside a tank. Build a base, order your forces, then take the controls yourself and settle it personally. A 1998 classic, remastered, with multiplayer and endless mods.
Retro, Competitive, Replayable
91% of 1,045 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$19.99
Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3
The Soviets go back in time to fix history and break it instead: now it's a three-way world war with armored bears, Tesla coils, transforming tanks and war on the seas. A fast, funny RTS with a live-action cast, a great soundtrack and campaigns you can play with a friend.
Retro, Competitive, Replayable
85% of 14,706 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 439$0
WARSHIFT
Unique mix of Action, RTS and RPG gameplay elements that forms an innovative game genre. You can build base, manage troops, and then come down to keep your enemy at gunpoint in the dynamic battle and customize your main characters.
Competitive, Replayable
71% of 644 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war. Twenty years have passed since the population of Earth did a fine job of destroying nearly everything in one final struggle for power by the politicians and military leaders.
Retro, Competitive, Replayable
94% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
State of War : Warmonger / 蓝色警戒 (Classic 2000)
A 2000 real-time strategy classic, back with all 22 original missions plus 16 more from its sequel. Slow to think, fast to explode.
Retro, Competitive, Replayable
89% of 671 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$9.99
Warzone 2100
A post-apocalyptic RTS from 1999, kept alive by its community. Rebuild civilization after nuclear war, design your own war machines from parts, and push over 400 technologies through a huge research tree. Artillery duels, radar hunts and a campaign with full-motion video make it a classic worth another look.
Also in Co-op · Retro, Competitive, Replayable
89% of 1,638 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 29Free

Cheaper than Original War

World War Zero

The World War began in August 1914. It is now March 1964, and war still wages on.

$4.99

Total Annihilation

Command hundreds of robots, tanks and ships across huge maps, building bases and armies to crush the enemy empire.

$4.99

Ground Control II: Operation Exodus

It’s 2741 and the universe is at war. The Terran Empire is laying siege to the NSA, a treaty of colonies that upholds freedom and democracy.

$4.99

WARSHIFT

Unique mix of Action, RTS and RPG gameplay elements that forms an innovative game genre.

$4.99

Earth 2140

The year is 2140. After numerous wars and several environmental disasters, only two world powers remain; the United Civilized States (»UCS«)…

$6.99

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war.

$2.99

Cossacks: Back to War

Lead vast 17th and 18th century armies in real time, commanding huge historical battles across Europe.

$4.99

O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base

An epic struggle for control!

$0.79

Ground Control Anthology

The year is 2419. War has devastated Earth, and mega-corporations take to the stars to fight over colonised planets.

$4.99

Lost Technology

Lost Technology is a simulation game in which more than 100 characters belonging to 12 different factions battle to conquer each other’s territories.

$4.99

Cossacks: Art of War

Command vast 17th-century armies across five new campaigns, feeding your troops through a demanding economy while cannons decide the day.

$4.99

Meridian: New World

Slip into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian.

$6.99

Hidden gems like Original War

Empire Earth: Gold Edition

Grow a small tribe into a spacefaring civilization, one epoch at a time, in a classic RTS built for long, sweeping campaigns.

$5.99

Xenonauts 2

Scramble jets at UFOs, command ground battles turn by turn, and hold a divided world together one hard decision at a time.

$39.99

Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour

Command American, Chinese, or GLA forces in big RTS battles, building bases and armies against rival commanders or other players.

Tempest Rising

Build bases, command huge armies and outplay rivals in ranked matches on a nuclear-scarred Earth.

$39.99

Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™

Soviet forces have invaded American soil and you are the Supreme Commander.

Terra Invicta

Steer one of seven factions through an alien arrival, from covert politics on Earth to fleet battles across the Solar System.

$39.99

Retro Commander

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

Free

Warzone 2100

Rebuild civilization from the ashes of nuclear war, research new tech, and command custom-built armies in real time.

Free

WARNO

Build a battlegroup from a thousand Cold War units and lead it through a hot war in Germany, alone or against other commanders.

$39.99

Submarine Titans

Submarine Titans is a real-time strategy video game that takes place in the year 2115 after a comet has struck Earth, driving two human factions…

$4.99

Tzar: The Burden of the Crown

Lead knights, wizards and one of three peoples to war, and let your choice of guild shape every battle.

$4.99

Krush Kill 'N Destroy Xtreme

An RTS classic updated in 2026 for modern systems. Welcome to Hell, soldier, and mind the radioactive dust.

$9.99

Newest games like Original War