- #1 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
79% matchVery Positive91% of 45,979 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 63.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
Why similar: World War II 33.9% ★, War 14.9%, Military 12.7%, Strategy 10%, Tactical 9.4%
- #2 Men of War: Assault Squad
77% matchVery Positive88% of 5,096 reviews2011
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.
Why similar: World War II 33.3% ★, War 13.7%, Military 13.4%, Tactical 11.3%, Strategy 10.3%
- #3 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
78% 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 50.5% ★, War 14.8%, Historical 12.7%, World War II 8.2% ★, Strategy 7.1%
- #4 The Great War: Western Front™
76% matchMixed66% of 3,180 reviews2023
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.
Why similar: World War I 43.6% ★, Historical 11.5%, Military 10.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, War 7.8%
- #5 Men of War™
74% matchVery Positive90% of 3,791 reviews2009
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Men of War is a stunning Real-Time Strategy game that takes place during the height of World War II. Intense battles span Europe and North Africa as gamers play as Soviet, Allied or German forces across 19 massive single-player missions.
Why similar: World War II 37.7% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Military 12.4%, Tactical 10.5%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%
- #6 Toy Soldiers
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,485 reviews2012
Dev: Signal Studios
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.
Why similar: World War I 51.3% ★, Tower Defense 22.3%, Strategy 10.7%, Historical 7.4%, Action 4.5%
- #7 Blitzkrieg Anthology
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,520 reviews2014
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
March into the real-time strategy legend, Blitzkrieg, and prepare for war. This legendary WWII RTS blends unprecedented realism and accuracy to form immersive 3D backgrounds and a game where brute force often takes a back seat to strategy and wits.
Why similar: World War II 38.5% ★, Military 12.8%, War 11.2%, Historical 10.5%, Strategy 10.1%
- #8 Steel Division: Normandy 44
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,291 reviews2017
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
Why similar: World War II 44.8% ★, Military 16.4%, War 10.2%, Tactical 8.9%, Strategy 8.1%
- #9 Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
71% 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 55.2% ★, Historical 20.3%, War 16.4%, Side Scroller 4.1%, 2D 2.5%
- #10 Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway™
72% matchVery Positive91% of 2,341 reviews2008
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway brings the critically acclaimed squad-based WWII shooter into the next generation of gaming with amazing graphics and sound, new cutting-edge gameplay features and a totally redesigned online component.
Why similar: World War II 47.3% ★, Military 15.9%, Tactical 14.8%, War 6.8%, Historical 6.3%
- #11 Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology
72% matchVery Positive85% of 1,270 reviews2014
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Return to the bloody battlefields of World War II in this epic sequel. Blitzkrieg 2 returns you to the gritty realism of WWII battles while pushing your focus into new, strategic opportunities during global war!
Why similar: World War II 41.9% ★, Military 12.5%, War 11.6%, Historical 9.2%, Strategy 9.2%
- #12 Partisans 1941
70% matchVery Positive82% of 8,586 reviews2020
Dev: Alter GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game with stealth elements, set on the eastern front of WW II. As an army commander behind enemy lines you gather a group of Partisans to wage guerilla warfare against the German occupants.
Why similar: World War II 37.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.9%, Tactical 12%, War 9.4%, Historical 8.9%
- #13 Company of Heroes
70% matchVery Positive94% of 18,125 reviews2006
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.
Why similar: World War II 48.2% ★, War 14.1%, Strategy 10%, Military 9.1%, Tactical 6.2%
- #14 Day of Infamy
70% matchVery Positive82% of 22,114 reviews2017
Dev: New World Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Experience close-quarters battles in iconic WWII settings. Defend the line, storm the beach, torch the enemy, or use a radio to call in fire support. Day of Infamy is a teamwork-oriented shooter that will keep you on your toes and coming back for more with its diverse game modes and authentic arsenal.
Why similar: World War II 47.1% ★, War 16%, Military 14.9%, Tactical 8.5%, Historical 7.2%
- #15 Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood™
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,120 reviews2008
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
With its unprecedented combination of authenticity, compelling story and squad-based action, the Brothers in Arms franchise has established itself as a benchmark for military action games, receiving the highest average review scores of any console WWII game to date (www.gamerankings.com).
Why similar: World War II 48.8% ★, Military 17.7%, Tactical 12.7%, War 10.2%, Action 5.7%
- #16 Sudden Strike 4
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,169 reviews2017
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!
Why similar: World War II 31.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, War 13.2%, Tactical 11.3%, Strategy 9.6%
- #17 Hearts of Iron IV
68% matchVery Positive90% of 359,811 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30.8 hrsMean: 292.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
Why similar: World War II 35.2% ★, War 15.9%, Military 15.9%, Historical 15.5%, Strategy 8.7%
- #18 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
67% matchVery Positive85% of 30,724 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?
Why similar: World War II 33.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 16%, Historical 15.9%, Military 14.2%, War 13.6%
- #19 Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition
68% matchVery Positive93% of 7,198 reviews2007
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. This legacy version also grants access to the latest version of COH, just called "Company of Heroes".
Why similar: World War II 44% ★, Military 15.1%, Tactical 10.2%, Strategy 10.1%, War 9.5%
- #20 Holdfast: Nations At War
66% 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 35.6% ★, Military 17.3%, War 15.7%, Historical 15.6%, Tactical 9.4%
- #21 Squad 44
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,290 reviews2018
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Team up and join the frontline in Squad 44, the most authentic tactical WW2 shooter. Experience ruthless realism with an immense arsenal of faithfully recreated weapons and vehicles across massive WW2 battlefields.
Why similar: World War II 41.4% ★, Military 20.1%, War 13.5%, Historical 9.1%, Tactical 6.9%
- #22 Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
67% matchVery Positive88% of 2,517 reviews2006
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fight in the theatre of war that changed the world forever. Battle alongside your compatriots on some of the most inhospitable environments of the Eastern Front in Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. Red Orchestra places you in the most realistic WWII first-person multi-player combat to date on the PC, allowing the player to fight through...
Why similar: World War II 52.2% ★, Military 12.6%, War 12%, Tactical 8.9%, Historical 7.5%
- #23 War Mongrels
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,400 reviews2021
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
War Mongrels is an isometric real-time tactics game that takes place on the eastern front of World War II. Dynamic and tactical gameplay with stealth elements, tightly packed into a dark, fascinating story! Play on your own or in online co-op (PC).
Why similar: World War II 26.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Military 14.2%, Historical 12.1%, War 10.7%
- #24 Hell Let Loose
65% matchVery Positive82% of 145,792 reviews2021
Dev: Expression GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 72.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.
Why similar: World War II 36.6% ★, Military 17.4%, War 17.1%, Tactical 10.4%, Historical 10.3%
- #25 CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
61% matchVery Positive91% of 2,270 reviews2024
Dev: Jordan MochiPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies and solve complex puzzles—all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind’s most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new historical take on classic survival horror.
Why similar: World War I 48.6% ★, Military 14.8%, Historical 14.1%, War 13%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #26 Last Train Home
62% matchVery Positive87% of 5,191 reviews2023
Dev: Ashborne GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.
Why similar: World War I 35.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.7%, Historical 15.1%, War 13%, Strategy 9%
- #27 Steel Division 2
64% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,432 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.
Why similar: World War II 34.8% ★, Military 18.7%, War 14.1%, Historical 12.2%, Tactical 10.2%
- #28 Company of Heroes 3
64% matchMixed57% of 37,581 reviews2023
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 73.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
Why similar: World War II 29.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, Military 12.6%, Historical 11.5%, Strategy 8%
- #29 Verdun
63% matchVery Positive86% of 37,603 reviews2015
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.
Why similar: World War I 43.3% ★, Military 13.8%, Historical 13%, War 12.3%, Tactical 9.4%
- #30 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
63% 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 37.3% ★, World War II 23.7% ★, Military 13.3%, Historical 9.8%, War 9.3%
- #31 Blitzkrieg 3
66% matchMixed54% of 7,302 reviews2017
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.
Why similar: World War II 29.9% ★, Military 15.5%, War 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.5%, Historical 11.8%
- #32 Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition
63% matchVery Positive86% of 1,068 reviews2014
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The first installment in the real-time tactics series that would become known as Men of War, now refreshed and enhanced! Take command of American, British, Soviet, or German forces and fight on the battlefields of World War II in 32 single-player missions or with others in PvP and co-op sessions.
Why similar: World War II 31.8% ★, Historical 15.9%, War 13.2%, Military 12.4%, Real Time Tactics 12%
- #33 Men of War: Vietnam
65% matchMixed64% of 1,312 reviews2011
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968. Experience the chaos of the Vietnam War through two story-driven campaigns that reveal both sides of the conflict.
Why similar: War 19.5%, Strategy 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, Tactical 15.1%, Historical 15%
- #34 Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
63% matchVery Positive93% of 2,366 reviews2009
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Company of Heroes®: Tales of Valor™ is the expansion to the Game of the Year winner and highest rated real time strategy franchise Company of Heroes®. Featuring new campaigns to overcome, units to command, and battlefields to conquer, Company of Heroes®: Tales of Valor™ delivers evolved gameplay mechanics and 3 episodic adventures...
Why similar: World War II 48.1% ★, Military 17.4%, Strategy 15.2%, War 8.3%, Tactical 4.9%
- #35 Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30™
63% matchVery Positive88% of 2,099 reviews2008
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Based on a true story. Set during the famous airdrop before the invasion at Normandy, where Sgt. Matt Baker and his squad of 101st Airborne Paratroopers were scattered over the French countryside.
Why similar: World War II 40% ★, War 19%, Military 13%, Tactical 10.7%, Historical 8%
- #36 Men of War: Red Tide
63% matchVery Positive85% of 891 reviews2009
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Red Tide blends deep RTS tactics with the raw intensity of third-person combat. Created in collaboration with author Alexander Zorich, this standalone expansion tells the story of the Black Coats – Soviet Naval Infantry famed for their ruthless precision in the Black Sea campaigns.
Why similar: World War II 52.4% ★, Strategy 17.8%, Historical 10.9%, Military 9.7%, War 9.3%
- #37 Call of Duty: United Offensive
62% matchVery Positive87% of 2,324 reviews2006
Dev: Gray Matter StudiosPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Award-winning developer Gray Matter Interactive follows up on the success of Infinity Ward's Call of Duty™ - winner of over 80 Game of the Year and 50 Editors' Choice awards worldwide - with Call of Duty™: United Offensive™.
Why similar: World War II 51.9% ★, Military 16.9%, Historical 12.3%, War 12%, Action 5%
- #38 Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
61% matchVery Positive92% of 1,178 reviews2007
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns for honor and country. Players lead the tenacious British 2nd Army during the heroic World War II liberation of Caen, France, and command the German Panzer Elite as they struggle...
Why similar: World War II 43.5% ★, Strategy 18.1%, Military 13.2%, War 8%, Tactical 7.1%
- #39 Tannenberg
60% matchVery Positive86% of 9,718 reviews2017
Dev: Blackmill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front. Grab your rifle, ready your sabre and keep your gas mask close as you prepare to play a part in one of the most significant conflicts in history!
Why similar: World War I 50.7% ★, Historical 14.8%, War 14.5%, Military 12.9%, Strategy 4.2%
- #40 Sprocket
58% matchVery Positive93% of 12,116 reviews2021
Dev: Hamish Dunn
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Carefully balance mobility, firepower and armour in a dedicated tank designer. Then uncarefully put them to the test in a series of combat scenarios progressing through the ages of the tank. Here, your limit is what you can fit inside your hull and turret while still being able to move forwards.
Why similar: World War I 37.1% ★, World War II 27.3% ★, Military 18.9%, War 15.5%, Action 1.3%
- #41 Men of War II
59% matchMixed61% of 7,198 reviews2024
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience warfare like never before! Men of War II, the anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed RTS franchise is here with all-new units, locations, campaigns, game modes and true trademarks of the series: historical fidelity and action-filled gameplay on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WWII.
Why similar: World War II 30.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Military 14.9%, Historical 13.9%, Tactical 10.3%
- #42 Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
60% matchVery Positive92% of 26,793 reviews2010
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release
Why similar: Historical 30%, War 17.7%, Strategy 15.6%, Military 14.1%, Tactical 11%
- #43 Call of Duty® 2
59% matchVery Positive94% of 11,172 reviews2006
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Call of Duty® 2 redefines the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers fighting together in epic WWII conflicts. The sequel to 2003's Call of Duty, winner of over 80 Game of the Year awards, Call of Duty 2 offers more immense, more intense, more realistic battles than ever before, thanks to...
Why similar: World War II 52.7% ★, War 17.4%, Historical 11.9%, Military 10.4%, Action 5%
- #44 Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
58% matchVery Positive82% of 92,451 reviews2019
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.9 hrsMean: 89.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
Why similar: Historical 30.6%, War 23.9%, Strategy 14.6%, Military 13.8%, Tactical 8.6%
- #45 Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
59% matchVery Positive93% of 37,917 reviews2011
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Contains full Rising Storm content as well!
Why similar: World War II 47.9% ★, Historical 14.2%, War 13.8%, Military 11%, Tactical 10.1%
- #46 Northend Tower Defense
57% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,398 reviews2024
Dev: Northend Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!
Why similar: Tower Defense 18.1%, War 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 17%, Military 16.8%, Tactical 12.7%
- #47 Day of Defeat: Source
58% matchVery Positive92% of 23,326 reviews2010
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 45.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Valve's WWII Multiplayer Classic - Now available for Mac.
Why similar: World War II 53.3% ★, Military 15.1%, War 13.3%, Historical 8.6%, Tactical 5.5%
- #48 Call of Duty® (2003)
58% matchVery Positive95% of 7,450 reviews2006
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Call of Duty® delivers the gritty realism and cinematic intensity of World War II's epic battlefield moments like never before.
Why similar: World War II 50.8% ★, Military 14.6%, War 14.5%, Historical 10.8%, Action 4.1%
- #49 Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
58% matchVery Positive91% of 37,243 reviews2009
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
Why similar: Historical 27.3%, Military 24.4%, Strategy 15.8%, War 15.3%, Tactical 9.8%
- #50 Panzer Corps 2
58% matchVery Positive85% of 4,057 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 58.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Why similar: World War II 36.9% ★, Military 17.8%, Historical 12.9%, War 12%, Strategy 10.3%
- #51 Company of Heroes 2
59% matchMostly Positive79% of 112,173 reviews2013
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 57.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.
Why similar: World War II 36% ★, Strategy 32.2%, Military 8.1%, War 7.7%, Historical 7.5%
- #52 Syrian Warfare
57% matchVery Positive87% of 5,404 reviews2017
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Why similar: Military 23.7%, Real Time Tactics 22.5%, Historical 18.3%, Tactical 14.2%, War 13.1%
- #53 Faces of War
57% matchVery Positive88% of 1,185 reviews2014
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Faces of War puts you in the heart of World War II – not as a distant commander, but as the leader on the ground. Combining the tactical depth of real-time strategy with the immediacy of direct control, it lets you issue precise orders or jump straight into battle as one of your soldiers.
Why similar: World War II 62% ★, War 17.3%, Strategy 16.4%, Action 4.4%
- #54 Abiotic Factor
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,673 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
- #55 Men of War: Condemned Heroes
58% matchMostly Positive71% of 753 reviews2012
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Command a Soviet penal battalion in this standalone real-time tactics game from the Men of War series. Based on true events, Condemned Heroes delivers brutal, story-driven missions across the Eastern Front – where every order, bullet, and life matters.
Why similar: World War II 60.3% ★, Strategy 20.2%, War 11.6%, Action 7.9%
- #56 Stickman Trenches
54% matchVery Positive81% of 1,666 reviews2023
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Stickman Trenches is a Real Time Strategy game in which you need to manage your men and weapons and build up your defenses in the brutal trenches of Stick World War 1.
Why similar: World War I 48.6% ★, Military 10.2%, Side Scroller 9.1%, War 8.9%, Tower Defense 7.9%
- #57 Rebel Inc: Escalation
55% matchVery Positive82% of 7,055 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: World War II 28.7% ★, Military 17.9%, War 16%, Historical 15.9%, Tactical 12%
- #58 Dispatch
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 167,325 reviews2025
Dev: AdHoc Studio
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!
Why similar: Strategy 52.4%, Singleplayer 24%, Action 23.6%