- #1 Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,087 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail is a tactical wargame from the creators of the Ultimate General series set amidst the epic naval campaigns in the period of the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Why similar: Naval Combat 45.4% ★, Naval 18.2% ★, Historical 10.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 9.9%
- #2 Steam & Iron. Battle of Port Arthur
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goydalka Games
Windows
Steam & Iron: Battle of Port Arthur is a tactical real-time naval simulator focusing on the combat of early 20th-century steamships. Squadrons of battleships, cruisers, and torpedo boats from two empires await your command to clash in epic naval battles.
Why similar: World War I 29.8% ★, Naval Combat 27.9% ★, Naval 20% ★, War 7%, Simulation 5.6%
- #3 Great Naval Battles: The Final Fury
70% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: IO Design GroupPub: SNEG
Windows
Battlestations! All hands prepare for the naval conflict on a truly grand scale! GREAT NAVAL BATTLES: THE FINAL FURY is loaded with enough historical and hypothetical naval conflict to keep players - from casual to connoisseur - busy for hours and hours!
Why similar: World War I 31.7% ★, Naval Combat 24.5% ★, Naval 22.6% ★, Historical 8.4%, Simulation 5.6%
- #4 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
68% matchMixed61% of 7,743 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 81.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Why similar: World War I 31.2% ★, Naval Combat 27% ★, Naval 21.4% ★, Historical 9.4%, War 7.3%
- #5 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
70% matchMixed69% of 2,100 reviews2015
Dev: Great War TeamPub: Best Way Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War. Each mission showcases the era’s most devastating weaponry — sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery, and mobile infantry. BoE delivers the full WWI experience.
Why similar: World War I 55.2% ★, Historical 15.8%, War 15.1%, Strategy 8.3%, Simulation 3.9%
- #6 On The Western Front
67% matchVery Positive84% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Aggroblakh
Windows · Mac
January, 1915. The Race to the Sea is over. The Great War has just begun. You are the commander of a single division in the meat grinder that is the Western Front. Lead your men over the top as you attempt to break the stalemate that is to claim the lives of millions over the course of years.
Why similar: World War I 56.2% ★, Historical 11.3%, Simulation 10.2%, War 9.9%, Strategy 9.8%
- #7 Acceptable Losses
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zann Archive
Windows · Mac
Acceptable Losses is a phase-based WWI management game. Assign squads to missions, face random events, and manage the endless paperwork of war. Navigate morale, fatigue, and cohesion across a brutal 20-day trench campaign.
Why similar: World War I 55.2% ★, Historical 18.2%, Simulation 7%, War 6.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 6%
- #8 Rule the Waves 3
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,012 reviews2023
Dev: Naval Warfare SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 58.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.
Why similar: Naval Combat 29.8% ★, Naval 27.9% ★, World War I 23.9% ★, Simulation 6.3%, Historical 5.5%
- #9 Legacy of Sail
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydran Software
Windows
As a 17th Century Admiral, send your squadrons out to capture enemy towns and sink their ships. Force boarding actions to capture their prized Ships of the Line all while balancing the need for supplies, repairs and upgrading your crew in this throwback real time tactics naval combat game
Why similar: Naval Combat 37.8% ★, Naval 27.2% ★, War 11.6%, Historical 9.7%, Strategy 6.9%
- #10 Clad in Iron: Philippines 1898
69% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Manage your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, amphibious assaults, struggle for dominance over the seas.
Why similar: Naval 36.4% ★, Naval Combat 32.8% ★, Simulation 16%, Strategy 14.9%
- #11 Clad in Iron: Sakhalin 1904
68% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Manage your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, amphibious assaults, struggle for dominance over the seas.
Why similar: Naval 37.1% ★, Naval Combat 30.4% ★, Simulation 16.8%, Strategy 15.7%
- #12 Atlantic Fleet
68% matchVery Positive86% of 1,539 reviews2016
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Turn based tactical and strategic naval combat. Atlantic Fleet puts you in command of the Allies or Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in the longest military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic.Take command of surface ships, submarines as well as carrier and land based aircraft in the deadly struggle for control of Atlantic shipping...
Why similar: Naval Combat 44.9% ★, Naval 28.9% ★, Simulation 7%, War 6.9%, Strategy 6.7%
- #13 Clad in Iron: Gulf of Mexico 1864
68% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Manage your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, amphibious assaults, struggle for dominance over the seas in turned-based strategic mode.
Why similar: Naval 36.6% ★, Naval Combat 30.9% ★, Simulation 16.6%, Strategy 15.9%
- #14 First Sino-Japanese War
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: January Desk
Windows
Free and open source game for First Sino-Japanese War, featuring a tactical naval combat system combined with a turn based hex WEGO strategic layer.
Why similar: Naval Combat 38.1% ★, Naval 18.2% ★, Historical 17.3%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 7%
- #15 The Weather Gage
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aidedecamp
Windows
Single-player naval simulation set in the Age of Sail. Step into the role of a navy captain, harass enemy trade, attack coastal defenses, and navigate historical battlegrounds. Get your sea legs with realistic, physics-based sailing and combat mechanics as you prove your skill on the high seas!
Why similar: Naval Combat 41.9% ★, Historical 17.5%, Naval 17.4% ★, Simulation 11.7%, War 10.8%
- #16 Carrier Deck
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,069 reviews2017
Dev: Every Single Soldier
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Carrier Deck is a fast paced time management game where you play as the Air Boss on board the CVN-76 in the midst of active war.
Why similar: Naval Combat 65.5% ★, Naval 17.1% ★, Simulation 8.5%, War 6%, Strategy 2.4%
- #17 Battle Group 2
67% matchVery Positive83% of 527 reviews2014
Dev: Bane GamesPub: MG Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Your battleships are fully loaded with the return of Battle Group. Command the war against advanced pirates with brand new Satellite Strikes and upgrades for your state-of-the-art battleships. As the commanding gunner of this advanced armada, it's imperative you stop a terrifying new foe our world has yet to fathom.
Why similar: Naval Combat 48.4% ★, Naval 43.9% ★, Strategy 6%, Indie 1.7%
- #18 11-11 Memories Retold
66% matchVery Positive86% of 2,084 reviews2018
Dev: Aardman AnimationsPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones.
Why similar: World War I 69.7% ★, Historical 19%, War 10.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #19 War on the Sea
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,141 reviews2021
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.
Why similar: Naval 37.3% ★, Naval Combat 37.1% ★, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 8.3%, War 7.2%
- #20 Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945
65% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: SLS
Windows
Casual WW2 naval turn-based strategy: attack/defend, search & destroy, build ships, subs and aircraft. Clear & simple combat and move. Fast, re-playable board game style strategy, with 70 unit types. More than 40 missions, death-matches & campaigns (Destroy, Conquer, Defend, Escort, Kill-Them-All).
Why similar: Naval Combat 31.2% ★, Naval 24.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, War 11%, Historical 8.7%
- #21 Her Majesty's Ship
66% matchMixed50% of 111 reviews2019
Dev: Every Single Soldier
Windows
All young naval officers dream of becoming Admiral, but few realise this can't be done without a loyal crew and keeping the vessel under your command afloat!
Why similar: Naval Combat 47.5% ★, Naval 28.6% ★, Strategy 10.5%, War 7%, Simulation 4.7%
- #22 Comrades and Barons: Gates of Freedom
64% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Māris Ozols
Windows
After the Great War, the Red Army advanced westward to ignite revolution in Europe. In this turn-based hex wargame, you will experience the key events of the Latvian War of Independence during this exciting and turbulent era.
Why similar: World War I 47.9% ★, Historical 17.9%, War 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
- #23 All Quiet in the Trenches
63% matchVery Positive90% of 854 reviews2024
Dev: Totally Not Aliens
Windows · Linux
All Quiet in the Trenches is a narrative turn-based strategy RPG set in World War I. Get to know your soldiers, take care of their needs and lead them in battle, trying to strike a precarious balance between the ambitions of your superiors and the survival of your men.
Why similar: World War I 52.9% ★, War 17.7%, Historical 14.6%, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 5.8%
- #24 Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,098 reviews2014
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.
Why similar: World War I 58.2% ★, Historical 24.4%, War 16.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%, Indie 0.3%
- #25 Gunboat
65% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Accolade, Inc.Pub: Ziggurat
Windows
For decades, the U.S. Navy has deployed the river patrol boat (PBR) in the most hostile and claustrophobic type of war: riverine combat. The classic action sim Gunboat lets you fight from all perspectives of your boat's four-man crew in over 20 missions across 3 sweltering combat zones.
Why similar: Naval Combat 46.1% ★, Naval 32.3% ★, War 13.5%, Simulation 7.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #26 Battleships and Carriers - Pacific War
65% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Light Strategy SeriesPub: SLS
Windows
Casual turn-based WW2 Pacific naval strategy: move, search & destroy, build units and technologies. Clear and simple combat and move. 2D, retro style, WW2. Easy to learn - hard to master.More than 90 missions and campaigns from Pearl Harbor and Midway to the Iwo Jima and Leyte battles.
Why similar: Naval Combat 33.3% ★, Naval 26.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Historical 12%, Turn-Based Combat 8.6%
- #27 Pirate Sagas: The Golden Age
63% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Pirate Sagas
Windows · Linux
Yarrrgh! An old-school pirate game with three historical campaigns in the 17th century Caribbean. Engage and battle enemy ships in turn-based naval and crew-vs-crew battles. Defeat your enemies, raid ports, loot, pillage and earn your place in history!
Why similar: Naval Combat 30.8% ★, Historical 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Naval 15.6% ★, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%
- #28 Battleships and Carriers - WW2 Battleship Game
65% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Light Strategy SeriesPub: SLS
Windows
Search, move, destroy and build ships/subs/aircraft: casual turn-based naval strategy battleship game. More than 80 missions, Death-Match and Free Hunt scenarios and campaigns from Pearl Harbor and Lamansh to the Overlord and Okinawa battles, with over 50 ship and aircraft types.
Why similar: Naval Combat 36% ★, Naval 28.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9%, War 5.5%
- #29 Spee
62% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: EUGENE LOPATIN
Windows
A World War I strategy game where you command fleets, manage trade and logistics, and fight for dominance across 50 colonial ports.
Why similar: Naval Combat 24.3% ★, Naval 24.1% ★, Historical 14.9%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 11.3%
- #30 Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific
65% matchMixed63% of 32 reviews2014
Dev: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Long Lance torpedo rips through the hull of your flagship. Huge columns of water from enemy gunfire surround your battleships. It's just another day in Task Force 1942, the first in a new series of spectacular World War II Pacific War simulations from MicroProse.
Why similar: Naval Combat 64.3% ★, Naval 24.2% ★, Simulation 11.5%
- #31 Gallipoli
63% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows
Land on the battlefields of the Ottoman Fronts of World War 1! Gallipoli brings the most authentic WW1 FPS battles yet, with desert warfare, beach landings, historical classes and realistic weaponry.
Why similar: World War I 56.3% ★, Historical 18.1%, Simulation 9.8%, War 9%, Strategy 5.6%
- #32 Rising Front
60% matchVery Positive88% of 3,850 reviews2026
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!
Why similar: World War I 50.8% ★, War 19.3%, Historical 15.8%, Simulation 7%, Strategy 5.5%
- #33 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
60% matchVery Positive90% of 5,446 reviews2024
Dev: Triassic GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.
Why similar: Naval Combat 45.6% ★, Naval 26.1% ★, War 11.9%, Simulation 7.7%, Strategy 6.9%
- #34 Operation Anatolia: The Great Offensive
62% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Musa Yiğit YaylaPub: Yayla Games
Windows
Operation Anatolia is an online multiplayer first-person shooter that immerses you in the epic battles of the Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923). Step into the shoes of nationalist fighters and experience the struggle for freedom in tactical combat across historically inspired battlefields.
Why similar: World War I 50.4% ★, Historical 23.3%, War 17.8%, Simulation 8.4%
- #35 Tank Operations - Diary of the War
62% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Linked Dimensions
Windows
Experience World War II’s defining battles from a new perspective! In Tank Operations: Diary of the War, you command Allied forces through intense, turn-based warfare. Master battlefield tactics, upgrade your troops, and face an expansive campaign.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 28.1%, War 23.4%, Historical 22%, Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12%
- #36 Victorian Admirals: Samoan Crisis 1889
63% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
A steam-ship period naval combat games focusing on fleet-scale battles in real time. The naval combat game allows you to set up battle squadron groups, their formations and management, with realistic ship models and characteristics, as well as advanced ballistic and weapon models.
Why similar: Naval Combat 35.7% ★, Naval 29% ★, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 16.7%
- #37 Holdfast: Nations At War
61% matchVery Positive90% of 27,860 reviews2020
Dev: Anvil Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!
Why similar: World War I 36.8% ★, Naval 20.6% ★, Historical 18.3%, War 15.1%, Simulation 5%
- #38 Mini ship wars
63% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Phoenixxx Games
Windows
Infiltrate the lair enemy, full of traps, labyrinths and warships. You are faced with a difficult task - to get to the very end of the huge sea and defeat every enemy on your way, sailing 18 various locations-labyrinths, solving puzzles and engaging in dangerous battles.
Why similar: Naval Combat 54% ★, Naval 25.7% ★, War 18.6%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #39 The Entente Gold
64% matchMixed47% of 667 reviews2014
Dev: Lesta StudioPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In the game you become not only a witness to history, but a powerful and cunning army commander as well. You will lead forces of one of the following European countries: Russia, France, Germany, Austrian Empire and Britain through five campaigns which vary due to the real historical role of each participant.
Why similar: World War I 69.1% ★, Strategy 17.7%, Historical 12.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #40 688(I) Hunter/Killer
63% matchVery Positive81% of 216 reviews2006
Dev: SonalystsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
688(I) Hunter/Killer, the most realistic submarine simulation ever developed for PC. Master the sonar and weapons control systems, learn to develop real target situations and outfit your boat with the latest advanced weaponry. Then use your skills to complete the tour of duty and earn your dolphins to become a true submariner.
Why similar: Naval Combat 54.8% ★, Naval 27.1% ★, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 8.4%
- #41 Victory At Sea
63% matchMostly Positive75% of 574 reviews2014
Dev: Evil Twin Artworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Engage in epic RTS warfare across 3 huge campaigns as well as other battle modes. Create your own fleet of ships, pick your side and enter into World War II naval combat on a global scale.
Why similar: Naval Combat 44.3% ★, Naval 39.7% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 7.1%
- #42 Battleship Command
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BracerPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Command the mighty Scharnhorst in this immersive WWII naval simulation. Walk her decks in first-person, control gunnery, radar, and navigation, and lead your fleet through the Atlantic, Arctic, and Mediterranean. Battle convoys, outwit enemies, and survive the stormy seas of war.
Why similar: Naval 28.7% ★, Naval Combat 25% ★, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 11.7%, War 11.7%
- #43 Cold Waters
61% matchVery Positive87% of 4,664 reviews2017
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.
Why similar: Naval Combat 42.3% ★, Naval 30.2% ★, Simulation 8.3%, War 7.7%, Strategy 6.3%
- #44 Coup Ahoo
61% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Antti Haavikko
Windows · Linux
Gather some cargo of dice and take down your fleet!
Why similar: Naval Combat 46.1% ★, Naval 25.6% ★, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #45 SGS Heia Safari
61% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The only campaign where forces of Imperial Germany fought victoriously till the end. From 1914 to 1918 in East Africa, you play general Von Lettow and his skilled Askaris or Allied troops from the Empire, Belgium and Portugal. Get the ‘African Queen’ feel when playing this exotic campaign.
Why similar: World War I 59.9% ★, Historical 21.7%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%, Strategy 7.1%, Simulation 1.7%
- #46 Rivalry warlord Sengoku
61% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Static ossan games
Windows
A turn-based Sengoku simulation game that can be played by vassal!
Why similar: Historical 34.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.4%, Simulation 21.9%, Strategy 17.4%, Indie 1.8%
- #47 Battlestations: Midway
63% matchMostly Positive78% of 952 reviews2007
Dev: Eidos InteractivePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Battlestations: Midway is an immense action game that drops players into massive air, sea, and undersea battles from Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway.
Why similar: Naval Combat 40.1% ★, Naval 29.3% ★, War 10.7%, Historical 8.3%, Strategy 6%
- #48 Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal - Pacific War Naval Warfare
61% matchVery Positive87% of 306 reviews2020
Dev: Cyril Jarnot
Windows · Mac
CARRIER BATTLES is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame covering the naval-air battles of the Pacific War, from 1942 to 1943. Find your opponent and strike at him before he sinks your precious carriers, while preventing them from invading or supporting your own amphibious operations.
Why similar: Naval Combat 33.3% ★, Naval 22.4% ★, Historical 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%, Simulation 7.9%
- #49 Clad in Iron: War of The Pacific 1879
62% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
CLAD in IRON: War of the Pacific 1879 is a War of the Pacific history naval game in which a turned-based digital board strategy and a real-time simulation are combined.
Why similar: Naval Combat 44.2% ★, Simulation 14.6%, Naval 14.2% ★, Historical 13%, Strategy 12.4%
- #50 Battleships Combat: Evolved
60% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Mantegral Studio
Windows · Mac
A classical game, but with a twist! 20 different ships, each with an interesting damage pattern. Fight on a battlefield with customizable size and possibly also islands. Play against AI of many difficulties or other players.
Why similar: Naval Combat 46% ★, World War I 29.9% ★, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%, Strategy 4.5%
- #51 Ironclads 2: American Civil War
62% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Create your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, struggle for dominance over the seas! Command a battle formation and experience the power of iron and steam!
Why similar: Naval Combat 74.4% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Strategy 12.4%
- #52 Battleships Simulator
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Battleships Simulator puts you in command of mighty ships—strike, sink your opponent, and claim victory! Feel the thrill of naval battles and outsmart your foe in intense, turn-based war action!
Why similar: Naval Combat 49.8% ★, Naval 21% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 9.7%, War 8.8%
- #53 Hangar 1914
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Become a hangar worker, your task is to repair and maintain aircraft during World War I. The fate of these sky machines and their pilots is in your hands - start your adventure on the front of World War I.
Why similar: World War I 54.4% ★, Historical 19.8%, War 16.7%, Simulation 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #54 Battle Fleet 2
62% matchMostly Positive75% of 372 reviews2014
Dev: Mythical City Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Welcome Admiral! Select your fleet, assign weapons, and sink the enemy fleet by controlling each of your ships down to setting the aim and range of each weapon's shot. Features include full open world Pacific & Atlantic campaigns, cross-platform multiplayer and awesome turn-based naval battles.
Why similar: Naval Combat 43.9% ★, Naval 38.4% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 8.7%
- #55 Midway 1981
59% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: David RigglePub: Sea Onion Software
Windows
Wargame like it's 1981!
Why similar: Naval Combat 40.9% ★, Historical 18.3%, Naval 17.2% ★, Turn-Based Combat 12%, War 7.4%
- #56 Pixel Puzzles World War II Jigsaw Puzzles
59% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Puzzles
Windows
Pixel Puzzles, your number one place for digital jigsaws.
Why similar: World War I 39.7% ★, Naval Combat 22.4% ★, Historical 18.6%, War 13.2%, Strategy 5.7%
- #57 Strategic Mind: The Pacific
60% matchMostly Positive75% of 620 reviews2019
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.
Why similar: Naval Combat 25.7% ★, Naval 23.3% ★, Historical 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, War 11.6%
- #58 Supremacy: 1914
60% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,231 reviews2019
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 40.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 1 in the biggest WW1 strategy game of all time. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time on persistent maps. Build experimental weapons of World War 1 and become the one true superpower!
Why similar: World War I 45.8% ★, Historical 19%, War 18.1%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 5.8%