Games like Zero-K

Did Zero-K leave you in a replayable and competitive frame of mind? These games keep things close enough to feel familiar. Sharing the fun is easy with these picks.

Rusted Warfare - RTS
A retro RTS built for scale: over 50 units, experimental war machines and battles with thousands of sprites running smoothly. Play challenges, skirmish or sandbox, then take it online with up to 10 players. Simple to learn, endlessly moddable, and the kind of game you keep coming back to.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
96% of 6,737 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 134$4.99
ZeroSpace
A sci-fi RTS where humanity's faster than light network is failing, and everyone wants the last of the flux. Build bases, command huge armies, call down orbital weapons, and make story choices as Commander Aster. Or team up with a friend in the co-op Galactic War, where every season brings new missions, events and rewards.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
78% of 1,349 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 96$39.99
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
Command thousands of units across entire worlds in a large-scale RTS about economy, territory and timing. Play the campaigns of the Post-Human Coalition and the Substrate, or take friends into ranked and unranked multiplayer. The fleets largely manage themselves, so the real battle is in where you build, what you research and when you strike.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
76% of 2,714 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 51$29.99
Executive Assault
An RTS where you can also be the robot. Build a base, raise an army of tanks and walkers, then jump into any unit and fight from the ground, even inside your own buildings. Win by storming the enemy HQ and taking out their CEO before they take out yours.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
84% of 1,267 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99
Line War
Line War is a strategy game where you command by drawing: lines across the map move tanks, hold fronts and launch attacks. Built around planning rather than fast clicking, with random maps, territory to conquer and matches for up to eight players. If you like outthinking an opponent more than outclicking one, this is your kind of war.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
80% of 1,079 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$24.99
Retro Commander
Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
76% of 377 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5Free
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance is a large-scale sci-fi RTS about commanding armies, navies, and air forces across maps up to 81km wide. You build a base from one Commander, grow the economy, and field hundreds of units including experimentals. It rewards long-term planning and remains the benchmark for enormous real-time war.
Replayable, Competitive
96% of 9,980 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,109$12.99
Within the Range
This game is no longer updated, do not buy!! RTS with physical details. Formulate strategies based on terrain and unit characteristics
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Chaotic
55% of 236 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
Command thousands of robots across entire solar systems, then end the argument by crashing a moon into someone's planet. TITANS adds colossal super units, new worlds and a roguelike galactic war to a fast, planet-scale RTS that plays great with friends.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
84% of 11,431 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 215$29.99
War of Dots
Grab territory, keep your armies fed, and out-think a real opponent in short, sharp matches. Easy to learn, hard to master, and quick enough for one more round.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
81% of 7,745 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 89Free
9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
A colorful voxel RTS where you build a base, pump out a modern army and wage war on land, sea and air. Over two dozen missions, co-op, 8-player skirmishes and superweapons. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, harder to master.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
80% of 951 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$19.99
Uncrewed
Uncrewed is a real-time strategy game with the ability to design units from scratch. Unlike in more traditional RTS, units obey the laws of physics, making design choices especially important.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive, Chaotic
69% of 148 Steam reviews are positive$11.99

Hidden gems like Zero-K

Rogue Command

Command units, call down bases and draft a fresh build after every battle in a fast sci-fi RTS where each run plays out differently.

$19.99

The Scouring

Command an army or fight as one hero, tearing through bases, dungeons and undead nights with friends or rivals.

$24.99

Annihilate The Spance

Annihilate The Spance is a single-player RTS where your shipyards build endlessly and your ships fight on their own.

$29.99

ZeroSpace

Lead huge armies and orbital strikes in a fast sci-fi war, or join a friend in a co-op campaign that changes every season.

$39.99

Toy Tactics

Become a master strategist in this physics-based Real-Time Tactics game!

$24.99

9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far

Raise a base, mass tanks, ships and planes, and push across land, sea and air in fast, friendly-looking battles that stay easy to start and tricky…

$19.99

War of Dots

Claim territory and command minimalist armies in quick tactical matches against other players.

Free

Executive Assault 2

Run a space empire from the strategy map, then take direct control of a ship, robot or turret to fight the battle yourself.

$24.99

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

Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance

A real-time tactics game in the Terminator: Dark Fate universe.

$23.99

Silica

Battle across the dunes of Baltarus as a soldier, then take command of the whole war from above, alone or with friends.

$24.99

Newest games like Zero-K

Silica

Battle across the dunes of Baltarus as a soldier, then take command of the whole war from above, alone or with friends.

$24.99

ZeroSpace

Lead huge armies and orbital strikes in a fast sci-fi war, or join a friend in a co-op campaign that changes every season.

$39.99

Rogue Command

Command units, call down bases and draft a fresh build after every battle in a fast sci-fi RTS where each run plays out differently.

$19.99

War of Dots

Claim territory and command minimalist armies in quick tactical matches against other players.

Free

The Scouring

Command an army or fight as one hero, tearing through bases, dungeons and undead nights with friends or rivals.

$24.99

Tempest Rising

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

$39.99

Annihilate The Spance

Annihilate The Spance is a single-player RTS where your shipyards build endlessly and your ships fight on their own.

$29.99

Endeavor: Rite of Passage

Take command of powerful armies with intuitive player controls and classic RTS features and feel.

$19.99

Toy Tactics

Become a master strategist in this physics-based Real-Time Tactics game!

$24.99

9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far

Raise a base, mass tanks, ships and planes, and push across land, sea and air in fast, friendly-looking battles that stay easy to start and tricky…

$19.99

Operation: Polygon Storm

A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy.

$14.99

From Glory To Goo

Grow a settlement on a hostile world, wall it in, and answer the Goo with orbital fire before they reach your gates.

$7.79