- #1 All Quiet in the Trenches
97% matchVery Positive90% of 938 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 57.4% ★, Historical 13%, Choices Matter 10.8%, War 8.2%, Strategy 4.6%
- #2 On The Western Front
96% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Aggroblakh
Windows · Mac
January, 1915. The Race to the Sea is over. The Great War has just begun. You are the commander of a single division in the meat grinder that is the Western Front. Lead your men over the top as you attempt to break the stalemate that is to claim the lives of millions over the course of years.
Why similar: World War I 56% ★, Wargame 11.2%, Historical 9.3%, Simulation 6.9%, Strategy 5.8%
- #3 Master of Command
94% matchVery Positive92% of 4,017 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Historical 29.3%, Wargame 26.7%, Military 13.9%, War 11.8%, Strategy 7.5%
- #4 Making History: The First World War
96% matchMixed66% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Linux
A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.
Why similar: World War I 45.8% ★, Wargame 17%, Historical 13.5%, Simulation 4.7%, Strategy 4.1%
- #5 Last Train Home
94% matchVery Positive87% of 5,548 reviews2023
Dev: Ashborne GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 44.9% ★, Historical 17.5%, Wargame 14.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Strategy 7%
- #6 Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator
95% matchMostly Negative34% of 660 reviews2019
Dev: Gattai Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Armored Battle Crew is a Tank and Crew Management Simulation game, where your skills as a Tank commander is tested. Customize your tank carefully and make strategic battle choices to achieve mission success! The fate of your crew lies in your hands!
Why similar: World War I 59.7% ★, Historical 12.9%, Military 8.6%, War 6.5%, Simulation 5.1%
- #7 The Great War: Western Front™
93% matchMixed66% of 3,308 reviews2023
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.0 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 54.2% ★, Historical 13.4%, Wargame 11.6%, Strategy 6.2%, Military 6%
- #8 War Hospital
92% matchMixed61% of 1,291 reviews2024
Dev: Brave Lamb Studio S.A.Pub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Take charge of a WW1 field hospital on the Western Front, and make all the decisions necessary to help the soldiers recover and to support the war effort. In this narrative management game, you are the last bastion of humanity.
Why similar: Wargame 33.2%, Historical 28.6%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Military 14.9%, Strategy 7.1%
- #9 Until the Last Plane
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: CarloC
Windows · Mac
Until the Last Plane is an airfield management game during WW2. Send pilots on mission. Craft spare parts. Repair your planes. Face your enemy and resist.
Why similar: Historical 26.3%, Military 12.9%, Wargame 10.3%, War 9.4%, Strategy 8.4%
- #10 Stickman Trenches
90% matchVery Positive82% of 1,990 reviews2023
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 64.5% ★, Wargame 15.3%, Military 5.8%, Strategy 5.4%, War 4.7%
- #11 Making History: The Great War
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 455 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.
Why similar: World War I 57% ★, Historical 14.2%, Military 6.2%, War 5.6%, Simulation 5.6%
- #12 Broken Lines
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 701 reviews2020
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: SuperGG.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead.
Why similar: Wargame 28%, Historical 26.1%, War 16.5%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%
- #13 Burden of Command™
88% matchVery Positive84% of 658 reviews2025
Dev: Green Tree Games LLC
Windows
Can you lead? Burden of Command is an emotionally authentic tactical leadership RPG. You’re a company Captain in the historical Cottonbalers. Fighting psychology as much as bullets, you must build respect, trust, and battlefield experience to bring your brothers safely home.
Why similar: Wargame 27.7%, Historical 27.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%, War 10.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.4%
- #14 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
89% matchVery Positive80% of 2,709 reviews2014
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.
Why similar: Historical 35.1%, Wargame 28.7%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 8.4%, War 6.7%
- #15 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,072 reviews2019
Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Wargame 33.7%, Historical 23.3%, Military 13%, War 10.3%, Simulation 9.7%
- #16 Skirmish Line
86% matchVery Positive88% of 365 reviews2019
Dev: The Snarktopus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience the brutality and randomness of war as an Allied tactical commander in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Train, equip, and command a squad of soldiers as you fight against the fanatical Imperial Japanese Empire.
Why similar: Strategy 29.3%, Simulation 28.8%, War 24.1%, Indie 11.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #17 A Legionary's Life
86% matchVery Positive87% of 2,499 reviews2019
Dev: Alessandro Roberti
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A Legionary's Life lets you play as a Roman soldier during the years of the Second Punic War and beyond. Rise up through the ranks and win prestigious awards or just focus on making it home in one piece; it's up to you.
Why similar: Historical 49.1%, Choices Matter 18.4%, War 17.4%, Simulation 9.2%, Indie 3.2%
- #18 Armoured Commander II
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 605 reviews2021
Dev: Gregory Adam Scott
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In this roguelike wargame, take command of a tank and its crew in the Second World War, joining one of over 50 campaigns across Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. Fight against over 1300 historically-based unit types, where each day is a struggle for survival.
Why similar: Historical 28.2%, Wargame 25.4%, Military 12%, Strategy 6.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%
- #19 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
84% matchMixed69% of 2,103 reviews2015
Dev: Great War TeamPub: Best Way Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 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 64.4% ★, Historical 15.3%, War 7.5%, Strategy 5.8%, Simulation 3.1%
- #20 To End All Wars
85% matchMixed63% of 191 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Ageod’s To End All Wars is a grand strategy game set during World War One. Players will take control over one of the major powers that so desperately fought for control over Europe and to end all wars.
Why similar: World War I 62.3% ★, Wargame 17.8%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 9.4%
- #21 Ground of Aces
81% matchVery Positive86% of 1,558 reviews2025
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!
Why similar: Historical 32.6%, Military 17.4%, Simulation 13.6%, War 13.2%, Strategy 11.8%
- #22 Recon Control
82% matchVery Positive82% of 146 reviews2021
Dev: Dmitry KozlovPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Recon Control is a turn-based strategy and 2D platformer hybrid focused on combat. Lead your special operations squad through a set of challenging and deadly missions.
Why similar: Wargame 32%, Military 14.6%, War 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
- #23 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
82% matchMixed61% of 8,005 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 81.8 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 49.1% ★, Wargame 18.5%, Historical 12.3%, Military 7.5%, War 4.9%
- #24 Commander: The Great War
83% matchVery Positive80% of 296 reviews2014
Dev: The Lordz Games StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Take Command and Secure Victory in the Great War! Commander – The Great War features a Grand Campaign covering the whole war from the invasion of Belgium on August 5, 1914 to the Armistice on the 11th of November 1918 in addition to 16 different unit types including Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured Cars and Tanks, Artillery, and much more!
Why similar: World War I 56.5% ★, Wargame 18.7%, Historical 11.2%, Strategy 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.6%
- #25 War Mines: WW1
81% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: Wild Pepper Games
Windows
Play using the logic of traditional minesweeper games in this reinterpretation of the classic game. Interact with the story of World War I (the Great War) by solving the minesweeper puzzles and finding landmines.
Why similar: World War I 67.2% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Historical 9%, Strategy 5.3%, War 3.9%
- #26 Tabletop Tavern
77% matchVery Positive90% of 2,141 reviews2026
Dev: TJPub: Frostbloom
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.
Why similar: Wargame 38.3%, Historical 28.5%, War 11.8%, Nonlinear 8.6%, Strategy 8.3%
- #27 Naval Hurricane
80% matchVery Positive91% of 101 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 55.9% ★, Historical 18.1%, Simulation 6.6%, War 6.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.6%
- #28 Warnament
78% matchVery Positive85% of 506 reviews2025
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
An approachable turn-based grand strategy sandbox. Lead a nation, forge alliances, wage wars and rewrite history. Play solo or with friends, create your own maps and scenarios, and explore community mods on Steam Workshop.
Why similar: World War I 51% ★, Historical 15.8%, Military 9.3%, Simulation 8%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%
- #29 Strategic Command: World War I
79% matchVery Positive92% of 490 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 53.9% ★, Wargame 19%, Strategy 15.7%, Military 7.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 3.7%
- #30 IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,525 reviews2026
Dev: Nick Nieuwoudt
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?
Why similar: World War I 42.5% ★, Wargame 16.1%, Historical 13.4%, Military 11.8%, War 7.7%
- #31 Frontline: Western Front
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
A tactical scale strategy game that invites the players to take command of the Allied or German forces in an epic struggle for the control of Western Europe during World War Two.
Why similar: Wargame 25.2%, Historical 20%, Simulation 11.5%, Military 10.3%, Strategy 9.4%
- #32 Full Metal Sergeant
77% matchVery Positive87% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: CarloC
Windows
Be the drill instructor! Insult recruits with no remorse! Can you transform flabby recruits into lean war machines within 12 weeks?
Why similar: Military 21.1%, Historical 19.1%, War 12.8%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 11.5%
- #33 King's Orders
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 273 reviews2024
Dev: AFTERLIFE👻Pub: Games Operators
Windows
King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.
Why similar: Wargame 28.4%, Historical 23.2%, Military 16.2%, War 10.7%, Simulation 7.5%
- #34 Age of Clicks
74% matchMixed68% of 545 reviews2026
Dev: David IusPub: Red Border Studio
Windows
Age of Clicks - A unique blend of global strategy and clicker gameplay. Manage your country with clicks: build factories, mine resources, and lead armies into battle. Click your enemies into surrender and reshape the political map of the world!
Why similar: World War I 55.8% ★, Wargame 26.5%, Simulation 6.3%, Strategy 5%, Resource Management 4.8%
- #35 Steam Squad
78% matchMixed65% of 89 reviews2016
Dev: Bretwalda Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Steam Squad - a classical tactical wargame with honest physics simulation of battles set in an alternative universe during the First World War. Players acting for the 3 of the superpowers - the Holy Roman, British and Tianxian Empires complete 30 missions with squads of up to 8 units.
Why similar: World War I 70.8% ★, Wargame 13.1%, Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.3%, Indie 3.1%
- #36 Atlantic Fleet
76% matchVery Positive86% of 1,574 reviews2016
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Turn based tactical and strategic naval combat. Atlantic Fleet puts you in command of the Allies or Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in the longest military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic.Take command of surface ships, submarines as well as carrier and land based aircraft in the deadly struggle for control of Atlantic shipping...
Why similar: Simulation 29%, Historical 25.1%, Strategy 24.7%, War 17.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #37 Total Tank Generals
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 325 reviews2023
Dev: Noobz From PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Every war has its Generals. Take command of an army during World War II and lead them to victory. Strategize your way through many scenarios and real historical military campaigns of past generals.
Why similar: Historical 25.7%, Wargame 24.9%, Military 9.9%, War 9.7%, Simulation 7.5%
- #38 Rule the Waves 3
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,083 reviews2023
Dev: Naval Warfare SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 60.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.
Why similar: World War I 37.7% ★, Wargame 26.9%, Military 11.1%, Historical 7.3%, Simulation 6.7%
- #39 Regiments
71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,949 reviews2022
Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Wargame 48.3%, Military 12.9%, War 12.5%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 6.5%
- #40 Mud and Blood
72% matchVery Positive87% of 892 reviews2021
Dev: urbgames
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 50.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Mud and Blood, the cult classic flash real time strategy game, returns with its signature take on infantry tactics. Command a small squad through brutal battles against unfair odds. This is combat. Experience the chaos and unceremonious violence of modern war, where every decision counts.
Why similar: Military 54.3%, Strategy 29.7%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 7.8%
- #41 Aircraft Carrier Survival
73% matchMixed60% of 1,239 reviews2022
Dev: Gambit Games StudioPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.
Why similar: War 30.1%, Strategy 21.6%, Simulation 17.9%, Resource Management 17.9%, Indie 6.8%
- #42 Hex of Steel
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 912 reviews2020
Dev: War Frogs Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
Why similar: Wargame 34.2%, Historical 25.5%, Military 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%, Strategy 7.4%
- #43 Forgotten but Unbroken
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Centurion DevelopmentsPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
A tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by events and stories of forgotten and unsung heroes of WW2. Unique and new-to-genre features offer immersion and deeper protagonists to lead and care for. Lead the resistance against the Axis Forces.
Why similar: Historical 36.3%, Military 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Strategy 10.4%
- #44 Toy Soldiers: HD
73% matchMixed64% of 165 reviews2021
Dev: Signal StudiosPub: Accelerate Games
Windows
Command antique WWI Toy Soldiers in the trench-filled battlefields of Europe. Deploy an exciting arsenal of guns, artillery, flamethrowers, tanks and planes to defend your WWI toy dioramas. Take direct control of individual units or command the entire battlefield from above.
Why similar: World War I 44.6% ★, Wargame 25.1%, Historical 11.9%, Strategy 6%, Military 5.1%
- #45 Commands & Colors: The Great War
75% matchMixed48% of 108 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The Great War allow players to portray important engagements throughout WWI history. The battles focus on the historical deployment of forces and important terrain features of trench fighting in scale with the game system.
Why similar: World War I 84.3% ★, Strategy 15.7%
- #46 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
72% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: XR Studio
Windows
This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?
Why similar: Wargame 31.5%, Historical 30.2%, Military 13%, War 10.4%, Simulation 6.7%
- #47 Toy Soldiers
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,496 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 72.9% ★, Historical 9.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #48 No Plan B
68% matchVery Positive87% of 815 reviews2024
Dev: GFX47
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.
Why similar: Strategy 28.9%, Military 26.9%, Simulation 19.5%, Indie 8.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%
- #49 Sherman Commander
68% matchMixed67% of 143 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Wolf Studio S.A.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Command a platoon of Sherman tanks over the most famous theaters of WWII. Take the commander’s seat and give specific orders to your crew, or open the tactical map to coordinate your actions with accompanying units.
Why similar: Wargame 31%, Historical 28.1%, Military 14.2%, War 10.4%, Simulation 7.9%
- #50 Unconventional Warfare
69% matchVery Positive85% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Nightlife Strangers
Windows · Linux
In this top-down tactical shooter RPG, guide a band of cute soldiers through a warzone to safety. Rescue, train and manage your squad for the upcoming war of survival.
Why similar: World War I 59.9% ★, Military 11.6%, War 9.1%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 7.2%
- #51 Radio General
69% matchVery Positive83% of 554 reviews2020
Dev: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
It's WWII. You're a general sitting in a tent. All you have is a map, and a radio. Can you win the battle? Radio General is a unique strategy game where you interact with your units over the radio using speech recognition. Test your mettle and relive famous battles as a WWII general.
Why similar: Historical 28.9%, Simulation 18.4%, Military 16%, War 16%, Strategy 15.7%
- #52 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
68% matchMixed66% of 1,090 reviews2024
Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!
Why similar: Wargame 34.5%, Historical 28.7%, Military 12.8%, War 11.8%, Simulation 10.4%
- #53 Invasion Machine
70% matchMixed65% of 631 reviews2020
Dev: Pixel Machine
Windows
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: Wargame 31.4%, Military 22.4%, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 13.4%, War 9.9%
- #54 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
69% matchVery Positive87% of 2,159 reviews2011
Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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: World War I 47.2% ★, Historical 18%, Wargame 15.9%, Strategy 7.9%, Military 4.6%
- #55 Panzer Strategy
70% matchMixed65% of 471 reviews2018
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Panzer Strategy is a World War II wargame that combines classic turn-based strategy gameplay with modern looks. Command your armies and adapt your units to any objective using a huge selection of real-life military equipment and battle skills.
Why similar: Historical 35.5%, Military 16.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, War 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
- #56 Second Front
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 673 reviews2023
Dev: HexdrawPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Second Front is a tactical WWII turn-based strategy game. Craft & share your own scenarios and maps or use your strategic prowess in 48 scenarios set in iconic locations. Command over 40 types of infantry and 216 tanks, vehicles and guns. An infinite tactical sandbox experience.
Why similar: Wargame 35%, Historical 13.5%, War 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%
- #57 Armchair Commander
66% matchVery Positive88% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: Zack SimaPub: Indie War Games
Windows · Mac
A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.
Why similar: Wargame 34.4%, Historical 28%, Military 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Strategy 7.8%
- #58 Gladiator Command
63% matchVery Positive96% of 254 reviews2026
Dev: Marius Spikas
Windows
Build a legendary gladiator school in ancient Rome. Recruit and develop unique fighters, manage the business behind the bloodshed and watch your decisions tested in brutal real-time arena combat.
Why similar: Historical 41.1%, Simulation 28.8%, Strategy 21.3%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #59 Warfare Legacy Collection
63% matchVery Positive93% of 1,159 reviews2025
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 59.5% ★, Historical 17%, Military 9.1%, War 7.1%, Strategy 4.8%
- #60 WarPlan
67% matchVery Positive82% of 232 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken Studios
Windows
WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database
Why similar: Wargame 31.3%, Historical 23.3%, Military 12.4%, War 7.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%