- #1 Backpack Battles
61% matchVery Positive92% of 19,651 reviews2025
Dev: PlayWithFurciferPub: IndieArk
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #2 Hidden & Dangerous: Action Pack
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 182 reviews2017
Dev: Illusion SoftworksPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
The year is 1941. Your special forces team has been shot down deep inside enemy territory and it's now reliant on your cunning and tactical thinking to get them safely across the border. The odds are stacked against you. Have you got what it takes?
Why similar: World War II 52.2% ★, Strategy 29.9%, Action 17.9%
- #3 FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
62% matchMostly Positive76% of 29,451 reviews2025
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 29.5 hrsMean: 52.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Unknown Journey Continues... After escaping the city of Midgar, Cloud and his friends set out on a journey across the planet. New adventures await in a vibrant, expansive world in this standalone entry of the FFVII remake trilogy.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #4 Crossbow Warrior - The Legend of William Tell
76% matchMixed59% of 34 reviews2015
Dev: MobyDick GamesPub: Scherrer Medien GmbH
Windows · Mac
Crossbow Warrior has 29 exciting levels with 4 different game types like classical Jump'n'run-, Sniper-, TempleRun-, Boat-Levels! Experience the whole story behind the legend of William Tell with a multitude of lovely graphics!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #5 OUTRIDERS
68% matchMixed67% of 61,009 reviews2021
Dev: People Can FlyPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 26.8 hrsMean: 52.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Outriders’ brutal and bloody combat combines frenetic gunplay, violent powers and deep RPG systems to create a true genre hybrid.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 73.9%, Action 26.1%
- #6 Mechabellum
59% matchVery Positive84% of 18,258 reviews2024
Dev: Game RiverPub: Dreamhaven
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
Why similar: Strategy 71.8%, Action 28.2%
- #7 Balatro
58% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 186,904 reviews2024
Dev: LocalThunkPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.6 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #8 VR Dungeon
68% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Relative Reality Studios
Windows
VR Dungeon is a cross-reality two player local co-op game, using the HTC Vive and a smartphone. Solve puzzles together to find treasure and escape the dungeon!
- #9 Across the Rhine
73% matchMixed59% of 32 reviews2014
Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armoured combat from D-day to the end of the war in Europe!
Why similar: World War II 66.9% ★, Strategy 33.1%
- #10 Klotzen! Panzer Battles
66% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2022
Dev: Maxim Games
Windows
World War 2 turn based strategy with massive branching campaign, challenging difficulty and aggressive counterattacking AI. Change history by delaying Barbarossa by one year to deal with the UK, fight in Normandy and beyond in 1943, fight off UK invasion of Spain, invade USA and more.
Why similar: World War II 73.2% ★, Strategy 26.8%
- #11 Men of War: Condemned Heroes
73% 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 62.1% ★, Strategy 26.3%, Action 11.7%
- #12 World War 2 Agenda
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rocket Regios studiosPub: Made in America Video Games
Windows
An old-style PC game to honor the British, American and Russian soldiers who fought and defeated the Nazi Socialist party. Go behind enemy lines and destroy the Nazi Globalist agenda during World War 2.
Why similar: World War II 69.3% ★, Third-Person Shooter 19.7%, Action 11%
- #13 The Saboteur™
58% matchVery Positive92% of 2,375 reviews2024
Dev: Pandemic StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
This open-world action thriller takes you through the seedy streets of Paris as you seek to undermine the German authority and lead a rebellion. Fight across rooftops and through dangerous alleys, and operate a wide variety of vehicles as you navigate your terrain.
Why similar: World War II 85.6% ★, Action 14.4%
- #14 A Snake's Tale
70% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2017
Dev: m12y
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Snake's Tale is a puzzle game about snakes in cramped places. Clear a path to get to the hole, eat some eggs along the way, and make sure to press all the buttons.
- #15 Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin
54% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Battlefront.comPub: SNEG
Windows
Command epic WWII battles on the Eastern Front in Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin. Fight from Moscow to Berlin across 125+ scenarios, or create your own with the editor. Experience tactical warfare at its most intense!
Why similar: World War II 71.1% ★, Strategy 28.9%
- #16 Warfare 1944
68% matchMixed48% of 131 reviews2020
Dev: MicroProse Software
Windows
Warfare 1944 is a World War II tactical shooter. The game is being developed MicroProse Software, Inc. Built using the OHDCore framework by Drakeling Labs for Unreal Engine 4.
Why similar: World War II 54.6% ★, Action 28%, Strategy 17.4%
- #17 Behold!
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2016
Dev: Toster12D3
Windows
Behold is a 2D twin-stick shooter in a dark fantasy setting! Barbarians, insane wizards, total despair and bloody pieces.You are playing as a monster who is stuck between two armies.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #18 Easy Red
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,001 reviews2017
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
The invasion has begun. Land by sea, launch from gliders, fight in the fields, in the beaches and in the skies. it is time to free France.[/b]
Why similar: World War II 73.4% ★, Strategy 15.2%, Action 11.4%
- #19 Brass Brigade
65% matchVery Positive92% of 553 reviews2019
Dev: Henry Kucab
Windows
Brass Brigade combines the aesthetic of Battlefield Heroes/Battlefield 1942 with highly customizable bot matches. Fight WWII's most iconic battles with as many bots as your PC can handle!
Why similar: World War II 64.1% ★, Third-Person Shooter 19.1%, Action 16.7%
- #20 Trap House
71% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2016
Dev: Hive Mind Studios
Windows
Leave your friends behind in this 1-8 player 2D brawler. Attempt to escape the Trap House while navigating through traps, monsters, and other players.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #21 Battle Islands: Commanders
70% matchMixed49% of 889 reviews2017
Dev: DR StudiosPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Take part in major WWII battles in Battle Islands: Commanders, from the sandy dunes of North Africa to the bitter cold of the Eastern Front! Master the art of war against real opponents from around the world and reap the spoils of war.
Why similar: World War II 54.3% ★, Strategy 31%, Action 14.7%
- #22 Russian Front
72% matchMostly Negative22% of 37 reviews2015
Dev: Electric RunePub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Experience grand strategy across the entire theatre of the Eastern Front; the military conflict that many consider to be the iconic attacker/defender scenario. Command massive armies in this fully 3D turn-based simulation of one of the largest military campaigns in history, playable as both Germans and Russians.
Why similar: World War II 61.7% ★, Strategy 38.3%
- #23 Cookie Clicker
59% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 88,978 reviews2021
Dev: OrteilPub: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 89.4 hrsMean: 370.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #24 Choice of the Petal Throne
71% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the Empire of the Petal Throne™, will you find glory, or a knife in your back? A world where South American, Middle Eastern, and Indian cultures collide!
- #25 Project Lazarus
58% matchVery Positive80% of 1,374 reviews2023
Dev: Terapoly
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
You are the first party mech pilot of alien planet colonizers! Project Lazarus is a survival game with rogue-lite elements. Deploy and upgrade your mech to the metal!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #26 Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
59% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2023
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Battle for Normandy faithfully recreates the experience of tactical land warfare in Western France during World War Two.
Why similar: World War II 70% ★, Strategy 30%
- #27 Choice of Alexandria
68% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2016
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can your steam-powered inventions save the ancient Library of Alexandria? Will you sacrifice the library to protect the city? Or the future king instead?
- #28 The Few
71% matchMixed52% of 203 reviews2014
Dev: BlackMoon DesignPub: BlackMoon Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Take command over RAF during the WW2 history turning point, the Battle of Britain! The goal of the game is to defend Great Britain against German bombing raids.
Why similar: World War II 59.6% ★, Strategy 40.4%
- #29 Draw Souls
68% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Hio Giang
Windows
Draw Soul is a leisure tower defense game which is filled with creative and interactive elements. Players can create their own summoned creatures freely. In the Draw Soul’s vibrant world, the protagonist usually go out to explore, collect resources and develop freely during the daytime.At night, there will be enemies to invade.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #30 CRIMSON ROOM® DECADE
70% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Dream HoldingsPub: KOMODO
Windows · Mac
”I've been here before..." Jean-Jacques Gordot woke up to find himself trapped in a red room. A door that won't open, a hanging light bulb, scattered wine bottles. And for some reason, this room gives him a feeling of deja vu...
- #31 Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theater
64% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: N-Fusion InteractivePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Penetrate the island strongholds of Japanese Imperial forces with your squad of commandos in this tactical World War II first person shooter. Stealth, a cool head and your M1 may buy you one more day. Can you survive the hard-edged intensity of the Pacific theater?
Why similar: World War II 60.9% ★, Third-Person Shooter 19.4%, Strategy 13.2%, Action 6.5%
- #32 Faces of War
68% 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 69.7% ★, Strategy 23.3%, Action 7.1%
- #33 Vanguard: Normandy 1944
67% matchMixed60% of 186 reviews2019
Dev: Pathfinder Games
Windows
In Vanguard: Normandy 1944 players fight with their squad to survive in hardcore multiplayer combat for historic D-Day objectives on real battlefields.
Why similar: World War II 73.4% ★, Action 26.6%
- #34 Sudden Strike 3
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 219 reviews2017
Dev: FireglowPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Experience the hit World War 2 real-time strategy game for the first time in full 3D glory, expanding on all strategic and tactical options. Command joint operations of naval, land-based and airborne units on the largest maps in the series.
Why similar: World War II 64.5% ★, Strategy 35.5%
- #35 Homefront®: The Revolution
68% matchMixed61% of 16,839 reviews2016
Dev: Dambuster StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Homefront®: The Revolution is an open-world first person shooter where you must lead the Resistance movement in guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #36 Secrets of War
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: DYSTANT Games
Windows · Linux
Secrets of War is a top-down shooter with stealth elements set in World War II. Play through the campaign alone or with a friend in split-screen co-op. Discover the secrets of the Phoenix project and stop it before it turns the tides of war.
Why similar: World War II 49.1% ★, Strategy 32%, Action 19%
- #37 Hold My Beer
67% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: Lord of the Stack
Windows
This is a ridiculous game where you play the role of an idiot, doing idiotic dares and stunts. I don't recommend trying this at home, but since we'll be doing it in virtual reality, go right ahead!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #38 Forward Line
66% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Dreamreason
Windows
Forward Line is a war strategy game with a focus on combined arms, logistics and military science.
Why similar: World War II 59.8% ★, Strategy 40.2%
- #39 Choice of Kung Fu
68% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2015
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the world's greatest kung-fu fighter or find true enlightenment in this interactive fantasy novel. What question will you ask the Dragon Sage?
- #40 Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps
51% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Battlefront.comPub: SNEG
Windows
Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps throws you into the heat of the most dramatic battles of World War II. Lead the invasion of Crete in May 1941, engage the enemy in the African desert from 1940 to 1942 and land in the middle of the fierce defensive battles for Italy and Sicily.
Why similar: World War II 63.1% ★, Strategy 36.9%
- #41 Steel Rain
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ronis Vision entertainment
Windows
Steel Rain is dynamic and realistic real time strategy, based in World War II era. Developed with passion as the ultimate wargaming sandbox with unlimited modding possibilties. Features unparalleled combination of gameplay fun and realism, with focus on community and modding.
Why similar: Strategy 39.5%, World War II 37.8% ★, Action 22.7%
- #42 Just King
54% matchVery Positive89% of 1,485 reviews2023
Dev: VISH
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Just King is an action auto-battler with roguelike elements. Assemble your party to venture into different lands fighting fearsome kings and their deadly armies. Use your loot to hire and upgrade mighty heroes... or the bard.
Why similar: Strategy 73.4%, Action 26.6%
- #43 Zombie Outbreak 1943
52% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: FlagmanJeremy
Windows
Undead growls are heard in the distance, and you start to realize that undead zombies are approaching your location. You equip your weapon and fortify the windows as quickly as you can, but time is running out quickly. Can you survive the zombie outbreak?
Why similar: World War II 85% ★, Action 15%
- #44 CaveDuel
67% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Hemball Studio
Windows · Linux
Design your cave around your strategy. Raid caves and steal gold.
Why similar: Strategy 63.5%, Action 36.5%
- #45 Diesel Guns
67% matchMixed68% of 316 reviews2016
Dev: LLC Intenzibne
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 32%
"Diesel Guns"- is an Arcade Multiplayer Online Car Combat (AMOCC) game set to deliver the same thrill you remember from classic AMOCCs like „Twisted Metal“ and „Vigilante 8“.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #46 MadOut Ice Storm
69% matchMixed45% of 49 reviews2015
Dev: Nuligine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Destroy opponents, improve your car and weapons. Feel the dynamics of the chase and fighting battles. Enjoy good physics cars. You can choose between 15 cars, more than 80 unique tracks and several kind of weather condition.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #47 Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
66% matchVery Positive86% of 231 reviews2016
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?
- #48 CoH 2 - The Western Front Armies: Oberkommando West
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 403 reviews2014
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
This individual army for COH2 allows you to access all existing COH2 maps in auto-match, and play against all other existing factions in multiplayer. It can also be obtained at a discount by acquiring The Western Front Armies multiplayer standalone, where it is bundled with the USF army.
Why similar: World War II 58.3% ★, Strategy 41.7%
- #49 Beautiful Mystic Survivors
58% matchMixed70% of 1,236 reviews2022
Dev: Fantasize Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Roguelite bullet-hell meets sexy anime in Beautiful Mystic Survivors, as you rise to help gorgeous heroines destroy countless invading monsters. Plan your builds, upgrade heroines, and survive against the clock. Experience polished 3D graphics, flashy VFX, and surrounded by thousands of monsters.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #50 Twin Roads
67% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: WarPI Games
Windows
Our hero Finn got lost in a dream world, guide him and his friends to freedom! Enjoy a calm but a challenging adventure that will defy your mind.
- #51 Hatland Adventures
69% matchMostly Negative32% of 22 reviews2015
Dev: Fractal Alligator
Windows
Hatland Adventures is a fast paced 2D Sidescrolling platformer-runner - built around speed, rewarding precision, skill and quick thinking. A unique hat-based health system keeps you alive and moving, while powerup hats can change the way you play. Compete on the online leaderboards for top place!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #52 Battle Islands
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,437 reviews2014
Dev: DR StudiosPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Battle friends over air, land and sea in this epic WW2-themed battle strategy game.
Why similar: World War II 63% ★, Strategy 31.5%, Action 5.4%
- #53 World War 2: Time of Wrath
69% matchMixed51% of 107 reviews2014
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Time of Wrath gives a fine piece of wargaming for every fan of WW2 era. This strategy allows players to take control over any country during World War 2 era in Europe and North Africa theater.
Why similar: World War II 75.3% ★, Strategy 24.7%
- #54 Psy High
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 148 reviews2014
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Interactive teen supernatural mystery! You and your friends have developed magical psychic powers. Solve the case, save your school, find a date for prom!
- #55 101st Airborne in Normandy
50% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Interactive SimulationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 6, 1944, the soldiers of the 101st Airborne were handed one of the toughest assignments of WWII - a night drop behind enemy lines to secure territory before D-Day.
Why similar: World War II 65.2% ★, Strategy 22.9%, Action 11.9%
- #56 Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition
66% matchVery Positive87% of 178 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows
Making History Gold Edition is the expanded and updated version of the original WWII grand strategy game Making History: Calm & the Storm. Command your nation and change the course of history.
Why similar: World War II 66.8% ★, Strategy 33.2%
- #57 Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe
64% matchVery Positive91% of 424 reviews2017
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe is a deeply immersive turn based strategy game covering the greatest conflict in modern history!
Why similar: Strategy 53.5%, World War II 46.5% ★
- #58 Welcome to Moreytown
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Claw your way to the top of Moreytown, a furry slum for human-animal hybrids. Will you take down the gangs who rule the town, or take them over instead?
- #59 Zombie Outbreak 1942
51% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: FlagmanJeremy
Windows
Glowing eyes are seen in the distance, and you start to hear the sounds of the undead approaching your location. You quickly scramble to find your pistol and barricade the windows as quickly as you can, but it's too late. Zombies are approaching. Can you survive the zombie outbreak?
Why similar: World War II 82.4% ★, Action 17.6%
