1990s · Strategy
Games like Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation: first released 1997 by Cavedog Entertainment.

13 games inspired by Total Annihilation
- Beyond All Reason: Free large-scale RTS on the Recoil engine, carrying on Total Annihilation.
- Machines at War: Earlier one-man RTS in the classic style, sold from the developer's site.
- Machines at War 3: Classic-style RTS by a one-man studio that sells its games from its own site.
- Planetary Annihilation: Kickstarted RTS by Total Annihilation veterans.
- Planetary Annihilation: Titans: Standalone expansion that replaced the base game.
- Robot War Engine: Open-source reimplementation of Total Annihilation.
- Rusted Warfare: Retro-styled classic RTS by a tiny Australian indie studio.
- Sanctuary: Shattered Sun: Indie large-scale RTS in the Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander tradition.
- Spring RTS: Open-source engine that began as a 3D take on Total Annihilation.
- Supreme Commander: Total Annihilation designer Chris Taylor's large-scale RTS successor.
- Supreme Commander 2: Sequel continuing Chris Taylor's Total Annihilation lineage.
- Total Annihilation 3D: Open-source 3D engine for Total Annihilation data.
- Zero-K: Free physics-driven RTS on the Spring engine in the Total Annihilation line.