Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Firmament Wars
Multiplayer realtime grand strategy game
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Firmament Wars launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2016 · overthrown.io · its alternatives →
- 3IM
I've posted this game here before, hopefully a repost is fine as the game has changed quite a bit (improved AI, improved mapeditor, much quicker gameplay, etc). Game is based on JavaScript/Canvas and WebSockets. On the browser side the map is pre-rendered (as a background image), just the mobile units/buildings and animations are dynamically rendered. The lobby server is made in node.js, but the game server is C++ for performance reasons (mainly the pathfinding). I found the C++ WebSocket libraries out there to be too difficult to use so I made my own based on the rfc. Overall I…
2022 · battle-of-flags.com · its alternatives →
- 4PA
Thought I would post in celebration of 1 year of my website being online. I've been working on it on and off and currently the website allows users to play Hex, Tumbleweed, Amazons, and Connect 6 against friends or against practice bots. I've been a long time player of some of these games and I felt for a long time that the world could use a few more popular abstract strategy games compared to Chess or Go. If you try it, let me know what you think. I'm always looking for new games or new features to add :)
Oct 2025 · abstractboardgames.com · its alternatives →
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- 6MM
2021 · vnav.io · its alternatives →
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- 8WF
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I've been building a browser-based multiplayer strategy game called Borderhold. Matches run on large maps designed for hundreds of players. Players expand territory, attack neighbors, and adapt as borders shift across the map. You can put buildings down, build ships, and launch nukes. The main thing I wanted to explore was scale: most strategy games are small matches, modest maps, or modest player counts, but here maps are large and game works well with hundreds of players. Matches are relatively short so you can jump in and see a full game play out. Curious what people think.…
Mar 2026 · borderhold.io · its alternatives →
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- 14SO
2018 · paiza-battle-ground.paiza-user.cloud · its alternatives →
- 15MA
I made an in-browser game called Meatshields (https://meatshields.com) which allows players to play a turn-based strategy game against many different players simultaneously. The game is heavily inspired by Advance Wars and I wanted to give people the multiplayer experience I loved from my childhood. I couldn't find an online version of the gameplay that I really loved (Advance Wars By Web (AWBW) is FANTASTIC, but there are actually a few gameplay mechanics in Advance Wars that I take issue with that I wanted to try to balance myself), so I decided to make my own. It's still pretty…
2017 · its alternatives →
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2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A prequel to one of the most addictive tower defense games
2014 · its alternatives →
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A simple browser RTS game. Defend your base. Capture flags.
2018 · its alternatives →
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A "choose your own adventure" style game narrated by ChatGPT
2023 · its alternatives →
- 22OS
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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