Games Like 9th Company: Roots Of Terror

Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

Why similar: RTS 42.6%, Military 28.8%, Strategy 16.7%, War 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the same gritty, realistic approach to modern tactical warfare and squad-based RTS mechanics found in the seed game.

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: RTS 38.8%, Military 23.5%, Strategy 20.9%, War 16.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides an incredibly detailed tactical experience that mirrors the squad-level management and historical focus of the seed game.

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: RTS 34%, Strategy 31.2%, Military 18.5%, War 16.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for the tactical RTS genre, offering the same level of granular unit control and intense combat intensity.

Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.

Why similar: Cold War 30.1% ★, RTS 28%, Strategy 16.1%, Military 14.4%, War 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the real-time tactics of Cold War combat, focusing on maneuver and combined arms warfare.

Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.

Why similar: RTS 28.1%, Cold War 26.1% ★, Military 21.5%, Strategy 13.1%, War 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A premier Cold War-era tactical RTS that captures the scale and military hardware focus essential to the genre.

Tempelhof, Berlin, dawn of 8th April 1949.A major armed conflict is brewing between the Western powers and the Soviet bloc. The Red Army has been growing ever stronger since the end of World War II. With the growth of their army the Soviets realize that they hold the advantage, and are only waiting for the right moment to attack.

Why similar: RTS 40.4%, Strategy 24.8%, Cold War 22.7% ★, War 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the specific geopolitical tensions and military hardware of the Cold War era.

The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

Why similar: RTS 34.2%, Strategy 21.5%, Military 19.7%, Cold War 18.3% ★, War 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, strategic, and tactical look at Cold War conflicts with a massive array of authentic military units.

Joint Task Force is the real-time strategy (RTS) game where you command the frontline forces in tomorrow's most hazardous conflicts. Lead twenty dramatic missions in explosive war-zones including the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Balkans.

Why similar: RTS 40.2%, Strategy 39.1%, Military 20.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the action-oriented RTS gameplay style, emphasizing fast-paced combat and mission-based objectives.

Replay the events of the first hot war of the Cold War era, the Korean War, also known as the Forgotten War. Players will be involved in two campaigns, both set in the 1950’s: the North Korean (June 25 – August 20) and the American (September 15 – October 8).

Why similar: Strategy 47%, Cold War 28.9% ★, RTS 24.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the tactical complexity of Cold War-era conflicts with a strong emphasis on historical accuracy.

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: Strategy 34.2%, RTS 28.6%, War 13.4%, Cold War 12.5% ★, Military 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It brings the tactical RTS gameplay of the series into a jungle warfare setting that feels very similar to the Afghan campaign.

Stalingrad is a real-time strategy title that places gamers in the middle of the most dramatic periods of World War II, covering major events from June 1942 till January 1943.

Why similar: Strategy 44.7%, RTS 40.6%, War 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: A historical RTS that emphasizes tactical positioning and the brutal nature of urban warfare.

Leave No One Behind is tactical real time strategy war game. Experience some of the hardest battles fought during the Vietnam War in 1965 between US Army and the Army of the Northern Vietnam for landing zones X-Ray and Albany and for Plei Me special forces camp.

Why similar: RTS 49.9%, Strategy 27.4%, Military 14.9%, War 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on small-scale tactical engagements in a historical setting, mirroring the squad-based intensity of the seed game.

Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.

Why similar: Strategy 39%, RTS 30.6%, Military 19.7%, War 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical simulation that provides the most realistic representation of battlefield conditions and unit behavior.

Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game combined with a global turn-based tactical mode, thrusting gamers into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962.

Why similar: Strategy 44.6%, RTS 32.5%, Cold War 22.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: A Cold War-themed RTS that explores the strategic and tactical possibilities of a global conflict.

Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. An "Iron Curtain" divides the Western Powers gathered together under the NATO banner from the Soviet Union

Why similar: Strategy 41.1%, Cold War 23% ★, RTS 22.4%, Military 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed wargame that focuses on the tactical realities of Cold War military engagements.

CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.

Why similar: Strategy 33.9%, Military 33.3%, War 17.6%, Cold War 15.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: This simulation offers a deep, turn-based and real-time hybrid approach to Cold War tactical combat.

Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm is a grand tactical wargame set at the height of the Cold War, with the action centered on the year 1989.

Why similar: Strategy 60.4%, Cold War 22.6% ★, Military 17%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep, authentic look at Cold War tactical command and control.

Tomorrow's War Is NOW Ripped from today's headlines, Act of War: Direct Action™ is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.

Why similar: RTS 56.7%, Military 17%, Strategy 16%, War 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: An action-heavy RTS that captures the feel of modern military conflict with a focus on special units.

Real Warfare: 1242, is a realistic real-time strategy game based on authentic historic events.

Why similar: Strategy 60%, RTS 40%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the historical focus and tactical RTS gameplay style, even if the setting is different.

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: Strategy 52.6%, RTS 37.1%, War 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This entry focuses on the gritty, high-stakes nature of historical military operations.

This game is devoted to the key events of the XVII–XVIII centuries.

Why similar: Strategy 65.8%, RTS 34.2%

Why You'll Like It: While older, it provides the classic RTS foundation that many tactical games in this list are built upon.

Saudi Arabia, one of the world's leading oil suppliers and a key U.S. ally, has been taken over by a highly organized group of radical terrorists. The government is in a state of collapse and turmoil and you have been chosen to lead the United States' armed forces to restore control.

Why similar: Strategy 51.3%, RTS 48.7%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time tactics game that emphasizes modern military hardware and squad-based combat.

Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.

Why similar: Cold War 28.4% ★, RTS 26.6%, Military 19.4%, Strategy 13.1%, War 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, immersive perspective on Cold War tactical command through radio communication.

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: RTS 41.7%, Strategy 31.4%, War 15.1%, Military 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a polished tactical RTS experience that focuses on unit management and battlefield positioning.

Assume the role of a special forces commander fighting against a terrorist organization named "Dawn of Freedom".

Why similar: RTS 34.8%, Strategy 28.6%, Military 23%, War 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RTS that focuses on military unit management and tactical decision-making.

Command a special task force composed of different kinds of units, including tanks, APCs, field guns, mortars, various infantry regiments and will also have an opportunity to call for artillery and air support.

Why similar: Strategy 48.7%, RTS 39.1%, War 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a grounded, tactical RTS experience that emphasizes the difficulty of historical combat.

Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.

Why similar: RTS 45.3%, Military 22.5%, Strategy 19.5%, War 12.7%

Actual Armies. Actual Weapons. Actual Political Issues.World War III - Black Gold takes the player to the near future. The political crisis has been going on for months, leading to worldwide turmoil. A secret conference of the UN Central Geological Commission reveals that worldwide oil reserves have reached dangerously low levels: Oil...

Why similar: Strategy 88.4%, RTS 8.8%, War 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS that explores the potential for Cold War-era conflict on a large scale.

Aggression is a military real-time strategy game set within a historic context featuring role-playing elements. Play the role of a political leader of Russia, Great Britain, France or Germany. It is up to you to take firm decisions at the crucial period of the European history – the World Wars ages covering 1914 – 1945.

Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, RTS 29.1%

Why You'll Like It: It blends historical strategy with tactical RTS elements to create a unique military experience.

Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

Why similar: RTS 32.2%, Strategy 28.7%, Military 26.7%, War 12.4%

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: RTS 42%, Strategy 40.3%, Military 10.3%, War 7.4%

The legendary Men of War RTS series has reached the cold war era. Take command of U.S. or Soviet soldiers, controlling vast armies with the military decisions down to you. Claim victory in dynamic singleplayer and co-op campaigns or challenge fellow strategists in online multiplayer!

Why similar: Strategy 41%, RTS 25.1%, Cold War 23.9% ★, War 10.1%

War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.

Why similar: RTS 37.8%, Military 26.7%, Strategy 19.5%, War 16%

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: Strategy 33.6%, RTS 30.5%, Military 20.2%, War 15.7%

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: RTS 34.5%, Strategy 33%, Military 19.7%, War 12.9%

Set in World War 2, Sudden Strike offers revolutionary real-time-strategy gameplay. Command Russian, German, French, American and British armies in large scale battles including urban warfare, beach landings and aerial invasions. Whichever tactics you choose, you will find it in Sudden Strike!

Why similar: Strategy 53%, RTS 47%

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: RTS 44.2%, Strategy 23.5%, Military 22.1%, War 10.3%

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 55.3%, RTS 44.7%

Single player tactical action real-time game with active pause to plan orders carefully. Based on real war-time experience of living Russian veterans of war in Ukraine. It's all about modern conflict small infantry groups with some armored vehicle and drone support as well as real events story

Why similar: RTS 44.2%, Strategy 24.7%, Military 19.9%, War 11.2%

Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

Why similar: RTS 36.1%, Military 26%, Strategy 20%, War 17.9%

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: RTS 39%, Military 24%, Strategy 23.5%, War 13.4%

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: RTS 44.5%, Strategy 37.1%, Military 12.7%, War 5.7%

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: RTS 42.1%, Strategy 33.4%, Military 18.2%, War 6.4%

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: RTS 47.1%, Strategy 27.6%, War 13.6%, Military 11.7%

World War I is a real-time strategy based on the modified version of the well-known Blitzkrieg engine.

Why similar: Strategy 54.1%, RTS 45.9%

Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.

Why similar: RTS 31.1%, Military 31%, Strategy 26.8%, War 11.1%

Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.

Why similar: Strategy 39.9%, RTS 19.3%, Cold War 16.9% ★, Military 16.2%, War 7.7%

ICBM is a real-time strategy game of nuclear destruction. Research new technologies, build up your nuclear stockpile and use a combination of ships, planes and missiles to strike at the heart of your opponents’ cities while keeping your population safe from harm.

Why similar: Cold War 28.5% ★, RTS 28.4%, Military 19.7%, Strategy 12.3%, War 11.1%

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 62.9%, Strategy 29.1%, Military 4.1%, War 4%

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: RTS 45.2%, Strategy 27%, Military 18.9%, War 8.9%

Armored Brigade II revolutionizes real-time tactical warfare in 3D, focusing on the intense combined arms combat of the Cold War era, from 1965 to 1991. Boasting a meticulously researched database and huge real-world terrain maps, this game offers an unparalleled combat simulation experience.

Why similar: RTS 34.9%, Cold War 22% ★, Strategy 19.6%, Military 12.9%, War 10.6%

Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.

Why similar: RTS 42.6%, Strategy 27.8%, War 15.3%, Military 14.3%

Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.

Why similar: RTS 46.1%, Strategy 24.6%, Military 23.1%, War 6.2%

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: RTS 38.6%, Strategy 30.6%, War 22.5%, Military 8.3%

Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!

Why similar: RTS 42.5%, Strategy 26.8%, Military 19.4%, War 11.2%

Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.

Why similar: RTS 41.7%, War 20.8%, Strategy 20.2%, Military 17.3%

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: RTS 57.4%, Strategy 25.5%, War 17.2%

WORLD WAR II: PANZER CLAWS [aka Frontline Attack: War over Europe] pushes back the boundaries of real-time strategy gaming!Take control of the Allied, German, or the Russian in the harsh reality of the battlefields of World War II.

Why similar: Strategy 89%, RTS 11%