- #1 On The Western Front
57% 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 71.5% ★, Strategy 21.9%, Historical 6.6%
- #2 Trench Face
54% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 514 reviews2025
Dev: Pulse Blue
Windows
Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner. Every enemy varying in strengths and weaknesses. Escape the trench with your life.
Why similar: World War I 79.4% ★, Strategy 20.6%
- #3 Evopollution
74% matchMostly Negative29% of 139 reviews2014
Dev: Atapki
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Evopollution is a business strategy game that incorporates the environment into the game.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #4 Tempest Rising
52% matchVery Positive88% of 10,813 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
Why similar: RTS 58.9%, Strategy 40.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #5 Rising Front
52% 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 74.1% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Historical 10.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #6 Skies above the Great War
56% matchMostly Positive75% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Puntigames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skies above the Great War is a hybrid of action and grand strategy sandbox game set on the Western Front during the First World War. Manage your air forces or take control of any plane yourself in real time.
Why similar: World War I 60.5% ★, RTS 18.6%, Strategy 13.6%, Historical 7%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #7 Super Trench Attack!
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,286 reviews2014
Dev: Retro Army LimitedPub: paulstephendavis
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Super Trench Attack™ is a goofball comedy twitch-shooter based in a World War setting.
Why similar: World War I 99.3% ★, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #8 Tactics of World War I
55% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Headless Horseman Games
Windows
Tactics of World War I is a real time tactics (RTT) game that puts you in the role of a military leader in the First World War. It requires you to plan your actions thoroughly and make smart tactical decisions in the blink of an eye.
Why similar: World War I 57.6% ★, RTS 19.6%, Strategy 14.7%, Historical 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #9 Warfare Legacy Collection
52% matchVery Positive93% of 933 reviews2025
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Warfare 1917 and 1944 return, fully remastered with enhanced visuals, full-screen support, and custom battles. Warfare Legacy Collection also Includes the Battle of the Bulge, a brand-new campaign set during WWII’s final offensive with all-new missions, snowy maps, and intense front-line action.
Why similar: World War I 71% ★, Strategy 16.9%, Historical 11.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #10 Battle Realms: Zen Edition
51% matchVery Positive88% of 4,164 reviews2025
Dev: Ed Del Castillo
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology. Develop your peasants into a highly trained and deadly efficient clan of warriors who are ready to die with your name on their lips.
Why similar: Strategy 52.2%, RTS 47.6%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #11 The Great War: Western Front™
58% 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 55.6% ★, Strategy 18.8%, RTS 17.5%, Historical 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #12 Over The Top: WWI
51% matchVery Positive87% of 4,822 reviews2026
Dev: Flying Squirrel EntertainmentPub: GG Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Join 200-player battles in Over The Top: WWI - an intense shooter set in the gritty backdrop of World War I. Pick your class, choose from a vast arsenal, including rifles, artillery, airplanes and powerful tanks, and experience the chaos of fully destructible battlefields.
Why similar: World War I 86.1% ★, Historical 13.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #13 Chronostorm: Siberian Border
69% matchMixed58% of 129 reviews2015
Dev: Ulysses GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A dynamic real-time strategy, tells about the hot battles that could happen in the near future on the eastern borders of Russia.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #14 Age of History 3
50% matchVery Positive85% of 17,163 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: World War I 60.2% ★, RTS 21.2%, Strategy 18.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #15 Last Train Home
54% 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 45.3% ★, RTS 22.3%, Strategy 21.6%, Historical 10.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #16 All Quiet in the Trenches
54% 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 72.9% ★, Strategy 17.4%, Historical 9.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #17 Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™
53% matchVery Positive90% of 1,183 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The Second Tiberium War begins in this legendary sequel to the original Command & Conquer. With his forces stronger than ever, arch villain and leader of The Brotherhood of Nod - Kane - is pitched in an epic battle against the world's war machine - the Global Defense Initiative.
Why similar: Strategy 56.5%, RTS 41.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #18 Acceptable Losses
56% 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 76.1% ★, Strategy 11.6%, Historical 11.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #19 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
67% 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 61.3% ★, Strategy 16.2%, RTS 14.1%, Historical 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #20 Heart in the Cell: Rebirth
52% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Team Gingerbread Man
Windows
“Heart in the Cell: Rebirth” is a real-time strategy (RTS) game which integrates the UI itself into the combat system. Players will act as rebels and explore the secrets beneath the vast wings of Oniros Corporation in a world Of highly advanced artificial intelligence.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #21 The Modern Century
55% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trenchfoot
Windows
You're put at the helm of your nation during Europe's most violent century. You'll have to sacrifice everything your country values for a chance to emerge triumphant. Whether you rise or fall there's a price to pay.
Why similar: World War I 46% ★, Strategy 23.1%, RTS 20.8%, Historical 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #22 Fields of History: The Great War
55% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WolferosPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Fields of History is a real-time Grand Strategy game about the First World War. Choose a country and manage the political, economic, technological and military aspects. Lead your Nation through the Great War to victory. Impose your vision by rewriting History, it's up to you!
Why similar: World War I 62.2% ★, Strategy 32%, Historical 5.8%
- #23 Command & Conquer™ Generals
51% matchVery Positive88% of 1,885 reviews2024
Dev: EA PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Be the Ultimate Modern Warfare General
Why similar: Strategy 57.5%, RTS 40.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #24 Defensive Attacks
52% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Bronzare Games
Windows
Every tower is a decision. Every enemy is a test. Build your defense line and survive with your tactical intelligence.
Why similar: World War I 56.9% ★, Strategy 42.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #25 Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™
50% matchVery Positive93% of 9,905 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The world erupts in conflict as Soviet forces invade American soil in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. You are the Supreme Commander. Arm yourself to the teeth with top-secret technologies and lead the Soviet or Allied troops to victory.
Why similar: RTS 55.9%, Strategy 42.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #26 Operation Anatolia: The Great Offensive
51% 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 82.4% ★, Historical 17.6%
- #27 Battle for Vera
51% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Matic
Windows
Battle for Vera is a Real-Time Strategy game that draws inspiration from beloved classics, and improves upon many of their ideas to create an exciting new experience.
Why similar: Strategy 53.8%, RTS 45.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #28 The Czar is Dead
52% matchVery Positive91% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Машина РадостьPub: Grable Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Czar is Dead is a visual novel in the setting of the Russian Empire. Help the last russian emperor save his soul, life and country.
Why similar: World War I 99% ★, Singleplayer 1%
- #29 Gallipoli
54% 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 75.5% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Historical 11.3%
- #30 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 78.8% ★, Strategy 18.8%, Historical 2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #31 Stuck in a Trench
54% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Iron Otter
Windows
You are the High Command. Guide generals as they send soldiers through wartime trenches, make agonizing strategic choices, learn from campaign outcomes, and build a lasting legacy across many fronts.
Why similar: World War I 74.2% ★, Strategy 25.7%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #32 Home Before Winter (HBW)
50% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Core Reaction Studios
Windows
A World War I inspired turn-based strategy game where players conquer territories, command armies, and fight trench shoot em up battles between rounds. Play solo or with up to 10 players in tactical multiplayer matches.
Why similar: World War I 76.1% ★, Strategy 23.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #33 Wings Of Rage
50% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Cyrille Fontaine
Windows · Mac
Fly a World War I biplane in this arcade game. Shoot down enemy planes, bomb tanks, buildings, and ships. Each island is a mini open world where you can do whatever you want, as long as you bring the hostages back to the aircraft carrier.
Why similar: World War I 99.3% ★, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #34 Furball Over the Front
50% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Page Blue HousePub: Page Blue House Games LLC
Windows
Take to the skies over the western front in this WW1 casual run and gun style Sim-Shooter. Play as an Allied or German pilot in 6 different planes from 1915-1918. Balloon Busting, Ground Attack, and Dogfighting missions await you!
Why similar: World War I 89.9% ★, Historical 9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #35 Quartermaster: The Forgotten Front
54% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FeysStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quartermaster is a real-time WWI logistics sim focused on strategic resource management. Through a detailed, text-based interface, players allocate supplies, track inventory, and manage transport units to ensure critical deliveries, facing the constant pressure of war-driven demands.
Why similar: World War I 57.2% ★, RTS 15.9%, Strategy 15.4%, Historical 10.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #36 Blood and Brass
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gaming Dove
Windows
You are caught in an explosion, and everything goes dark. When you awaken, you find yourself in a trench filled with corpses, the air thick with smoke, blood, and mud. You may be the last soldier left on the front line. Countless enemies stand ahead. Fight to survive or be buried with the rest.
Why similar: World War I 99.6% ★, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #37 三国阵
50% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Fuzhou Gaochang
Windows
《三国阵》is a unique 2D confrontation game. The simple and easy-to-understand way of deploying troops on the battlefield frees up your hands. You just need to send out troops, and the soldiers will keep fighting to help you defeat the enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 45.7%, RTS 40.3%, Historical 13.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #38 Button Game: 10 Minutes War
50% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: R.H. Industries
Windows
A short minimalistic RTS experience.
Why similar: Strategy 53.5%, RTS 44.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #39 Command & Conquer™ and The Covert Operations™
51% matchMostly Positive74% of 401 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
The legendary RTS game which started it all. Will you side with the humanistic GDI or bring the world to its knees with Kane and the Brotherhood of Nod. Your adversaries are without mercy. And so are you.
Why similar: Strategy 52.1%, RTS 46.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #40 Maniac Land
50% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Giftzwerg Games
Windows
"Maniac Land" Summon your mages to the court! Gather resources and transform them into powerful wands, mysterious books, or, well, stones. Develop new spells, defend your small land, or snatch up your friends' territories and zap them into another dimension.
Why similar: RTS 51.3%, Strategy 47.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #41 Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™
50% matchMostly Positive79% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Surrender is not an option
Why similar: Strategy 59.6%, RTS 38.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #42 Trenchmen
53% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cognivore
Windows · Mac
Command your troops through the muddy chaos of WWI. Build trenches, call in artillery, and outsmart your enemies in this chaotic and bloody trench warfare strategy game.
Why similar: World War I 33.7% ★, Strategy 30.8%, RTS 27.2%, Historical 8%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #43 Planet X16
52% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
Planet X16 the spiritual successor to the Planet X3 strategy game. You are up against the Protoids again. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases now with mouse controls
Why similar: Strategy 54.9%, RTS 43.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #44 ScarQuest
50% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: ManaStorm Studios
Windows · Mac
Raise armies to dominate, seize, and reign over the planet as its ruler.
Why similar: Strategy 53.8%, RTS 45.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #45 SHELLSTORM: The Great War
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hypermad interactive
Windows
SHELLSTORM™ unleashes satisfying tactical combat that redefines the RTS genre with destructible terrain, physics-driven interactions, and complex AI. Command infantry, artillery, tanks, and aircraft to overcome impossible odds on difficult missions, or play PvP battles and climb the leaderboards.
Why similar: World War I 65.2% ★, RTS 20.1%, Strategy 14.7%
- #46 Clash of Magic: Spectator Only
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Narvalous Inc
Windows
On the United Island of Magic, there is an Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Students with magic powers, regardless of their ethnicity and background, can apply to this university. The acceptance rate is lower than Harvard.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #47 Physica-E
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Electro Maniac
Windows
Escape is the one thing you know. Craft, defend, and survive in this unique horror.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #48 Novus Campis
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Benedikt Baum
Windows
Novus Campis is a space strategy game where you have to manage a base, wich has to gain influence to win the game. You will have to make smart strategic decisions, to survive the increasingly more difficult events and build your base into prosperity.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #49 ASCII Wars
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James Oliver
Windows
Protect the servers. Locate the vulnerabilities. Exterminate the viruses. This fast paced strategy game lets you enter terminal commands from a VR interface to defeat the viruses before you become overrun.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #50 Shields Up! VR
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LesInk Productions
Windows
Shields Up! is a real-time mining construction VR strategy game. Shields Up! is a tower defense-style challenge where you land, build, mine, defend, and get out with your valuable cargo while fending off the hazards of space debris and the impending war machine.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #51 Essence Defenders
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Other Side Worlds
Windows
The Void has come to devour the world - and only Essence can stop it. Command a fleet to protect remaining islands from Demons of the Void who come to deplete the Essence Source.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #52 Darkwinds
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MEGO GamesPub: Mego Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this new online card game, you must sail the dangerous seas of Thard, infested with ferocious pirates, dark spells and terrible creatures that will seek to sink you into the depths of oblivion. To survive, you must choose your crew wisely and create a powerful deck to defeat your opponents in order to become the most respected pirate...
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #53 Holodeck Arena
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yan Hildebrand
Windows
Compete for supremacy in this fast-paced cyberspace-RTS with exotic units and supply chains of your own making.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #54 Clash of Magic
52% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Narvalous Inc
Windows
On the United Island of Magic, there is an Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Students with magic powers, regardless of their ethnicity and background, can apply to this university. The acceptance rate is lower than Harvard.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #55 Naval Hurricane
53% matchVery Positive90% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: Efril
Windows
Turn based tactical game about war at sea between British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy during World War I. Command powerful dreadnoughts, fast destroyers and stealthy submarines, conduct artillery battles, torpedo attacks and fight for the survivability of damaged ships.
Why similar: World War I 69.1% ★, Strategy 17.7%, Historical 12.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #56 Comrades and Barons: Gates of Freedom
52% 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 74.8% ★, Historical 13%, Strategy 11.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #57 Strategic Command: World War I
58% matchVery Positive92% of 464 reviews2019
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command: World War I is a new chapter in the Strategic Command Franchise. Relive this momentous conflict from the opening shots of 1914 to the final offensives. Strategic Command: World War I covers all the main aspects and theatres of the war.
Why similar: World War I 53.7% ★, Strategy 46.3%
- #58 Frontline Fury - Trenches, Mud & Blood
51% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crowvisuals
Windows
Mud, blood and bullets – step into the unforgiving chaos of World War II in a brutal top-down shooter where every decision can be fatal. Use cover, outsmart your enemies, and fight for survival with tactics, precision and nerves of steel.
Why similar: World War I 87.6% ★, Strategy 12%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #59 Steam & Iron. Battle of Port Arthur
51% 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 58.2% ★, RTS 20.1%, Strategy 17.4%, Historical 4.3%