Games like Zero-K
If Zero-K is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rusted Warfare - RTS, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Zero-K is a free-to-play strategy game released in 2018, developed by the Zero-K Team. It is a challenging real-time strategy experience of massive scope supporting both single-player and online co-operative play. The game features factory-based unit roles, amphibious and air unit specialization, terraform and shield-based fort building, cloak and stealth systems, and unit effects including disarm, stun, and displacement mechanics. Players describe the experience as competitive, contemplative, and epic in scale. Reviewers highlight that factory roles simplify while deepening strategic options, large multiplayer battles feel uniquely dynamic, terraforming and shields enable creative fort building, and units possess wildly diverse and distinct abilities. The game holds a 94% positive rating from 3128 Steam reviews and is not supported on Steam Deck.
About Zero-K: With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.
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Rusted Warfare - RTS
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Zero-K.
Top pick for Zero-K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zero-K.
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Zero-K.
Second-strongest match for Zero-K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zero-K.
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Zero-K.
Third-strongest match for Zero-K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zero-K.
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
Executive Assault 2
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Zero-K.
Ranked #4 for Zero-K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zero-K.
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.
Stronghold Kingdoms
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Zero-K.
Ranked #5 for Zero-K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Free To Play with Zero-K.
A massively multiplayer grand strategy game, Stronghold Kingdoms is about forging alliances, political mind games, city-building and castle sieges with thousands of other players!
Executive Assault
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Zero-K.
Ranked #6 for Zero-K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zero-K.
Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them.
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Zero-K.
Ranked #7 for Zero-K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zero-K.
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.
Iron Harvest
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Zero-K.
Ranked #8 for Zero-K fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zero-K.
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
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Frequently asked about Zero-K
- Does Zero-K work on Steam Deck?
- Zero-K is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- Is Zero-K free to play?
- Yes — Zero-K is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Zero-K have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Zero-K supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Zero-K?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Zero-K are Rusted Warfare - RTS, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.
- Who developed Zero-K?
- Zero-K was developed by Zero-K Team.
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