Rank 01Why this
Also Real-Time and Base-Building, like Zero-K.
- $12.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- 2011
The closest matches to Zero-K: Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS, Rusted Warfare - RTS, Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation, and Iron Harvest. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
Rank 01Why this
Also Real-Time and Base-Building, like Zero-K.
Rank 02Why this
Also Base-Building and Robots, like Zero-K.
Rank 03
Why this: Also Base-Building and RTS, like Zero-K.




Also Real-Time and Base-Building, like Zero-K.

Players highlight
The closest matches to Zero-K: Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS, Rusted Warfare - RTS, Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation, and Iron Harvest. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Zero-K is your kind of game, the closest matches are Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS and Rusted Warfare - RTS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, competitive and contemplative, and single out its cloak and stealth systems. 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.
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.
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“This game actually has the worst AI I have ever seen. I could tell a unit to halt all of its operations, stop moving and it just continues to walk towards the enemy. Also the rock paper scissors mechanic with different units just doesn't…”
People who play it also play: Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS, Rusted Warfare - RTS
Zero-K is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal 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.
Yes — Zero-K supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Zero-K are Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS, Rusted Warfare - RTS.
Zero-K was developed by Zero-K Team.