- #1 Last Train Home
97% matchVery Positive87% of 5,205 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 37.5% ★, War 16.2%, Historical 12.8%, Strategy 9.5%, Survival 8.8%
- #2 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
96% matchMixed69% of 2,101 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 55.8% ★, War 19.6%, Historical 11.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 2.5%
- #3 The Great War: Western Front™
96% matchMixed66% of 3,181 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 62% ★, War 13.2%, Historical 13.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #4 Verdun
94% matchVery Positive86% of 37,603 reviews2015
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.
Why similar: World War I 54.5% ★, War 18.4%, Historical 13.2%, Strategy 5.9%, Simulation 4%
- #5 Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator
95% matchMostly Negative34% of 653 reviews2019
Dev: Gattai Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 50.6% ★, War 16.7%, Historical 9.3%, Survival 6.4%, Strategy 5.6%
- #6 On The Western Front
93% 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 57.3% ★, War 12.8%, Strategy 9.3%, Historical 8.1%, Simulation 6.5%
- #7 Making History: The First World War
94% matchMixed67% of 114 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 46.1% ★, Turn-Based 12.9%, War 12.4%, Historical 11.7%, Strategy 6.5%
- #8 This War of Mine
92% matchVery Positive94% of 96,656 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Survival 29.8%, War 24.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Strategy 6.2%, Psychological 4.9%
- #9 Stickman Trenches
91% matchVery Positive80% of 1,695 reviews2023
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 71.9% ★, War 15.7%, Strategy 9.1%, Historical 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #10 A Legionary's Life
91% matchVery Positive87% of 2,464 reviews2019
Dev: Alessandro Roberti
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: War 26.5%, Turn-Based 26.4%, Historical 21.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, RPG 9%
- #11 Trench Face
88% matchVery Positive95% of 531 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 76% ★, Strategy 10.5%, RPG 10.4%, Atmospheric 2.3%, Indie 1%
- #12 War Hospital
89% matchMixed60% of 1,201 reviews2024
Dev: Brave Lamb Studio S.A.Pub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Historical 30.5%, Choices Matter 22.8%, Management 15.5%, Strategy 14%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #13 Making History: The Great War
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 453 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.5 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 49.7% ★, War 14.8%, Historical 10.5%, Turn-Based 8.4%, Strategy 7.3%
- #14 Rising Front
86% matchVery Positive88% of 3,874 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 50.8% ★, War 24.6%, Historical 11.1%, Strategy 5.1%, Simulation 4.4%
- #15 Naval Hurricane
87% 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 52.9% ★, War 17.7%, Historical 14.6%, Strategy 7.2%, Simulation 5.8%
- #16 UBOAT
85% matchVery Positive85% of 25,707 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Water StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 50.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
Why similar: War 37.7%, Historical 23.6%, Survival 16.4%, Management 10.7%, Simulation 10.2%
- #17 To End All Wars
89% matchMixed63% of 189 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 71.3% ★, Strategy 18.7%, Simulation 10%
- #18 Burden of Command™
84% matchVery Positive84% of 593 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: War 27.4%, Historical 19.5%, Turn-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 12%, Emotional 7.3%
- #19 Broken Lines
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 693 reviews2020
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: SuperGG.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: War 37.7%, Turn-Based 19.4%, Historical 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Strategy 6.7%
- #20 MENACE
81% matchVery Positive91% of 10,002 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based 31.9%, Choices Matter 24.7%, Strategy 15.4%, RPG 15%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #21 Unconventional Warfare
84% matchVery Positive87% of 70 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 50.1% ★, War 23.1%, Strategy 9.4%, RPG 8.5%, Simulation 5.6%
- #22 Isonzo
82% matchVery Positive83% of 16,613 reviews2022
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ferocious Alpine warfare will test your tactical skills in this authentic WW1 FPS. Battle among the scenic peaks, rugged valleys and idyllic towns of northern Italy. The Great War on the Italian Front is brought to life and elevated to unexpected heights!
Why similar: World War I 50.6% ★, War 20.7%, Historical 12.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #23 Trenches - World War 1 Horror Survival Game
83% matchMixed69% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Trenches is a First-Person World War l Survival Horror Game where you have to escape the claustrophobic environment and experience the war from the eyes of a soldier caught behind enemy lines in this surreal nightmare as you fight for your life and sanity to get back home to your family.
Why similar: World War I 65.9% ★, War 24.1%, Simulation 5.4%, Atmospheric 3.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #24 December 1914
82% matchVery Positive85% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: 莉莉恩工作室
Windows
A comic-style narrative-oriented game based on the Christmas Eve Truce during World War I.
Why similar: World War I 48.3% ★, War 18.1%, Historical 13.3%, Emotional 6.7%, Drama 5.9%
- #25 Ground of Aces
79% matchVery Positive85% of 1,315 reviews2025
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 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: War 34.5%, Historical 23.9%, Strategy 15.9%, Management 13.8%, Simulation 11%
- #26 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,032 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: War 38.2%, Historical 24.4%, Management 12.8%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 11%
- #27 Tannenberg
80% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2017
Dev: Blackmill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front. Grab your rifle, ready your sabre and keep your gas mask close as you prepare to play a part in one of the most significant conflicts in history!
Why similar: World War I 55.7% ★, War 19%, Historical 13.1%, Strategy 4.7%, Simulation 3.2%
- #28 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
79% matchMixed61% of 7,751 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 81.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Why similar: World War I 60.5% ★, War 18%, Historical 12.8%, Simulation 4.5%, RPG 4.1%
- #29 Over The Top: WWI
75% matchVery Positive87% of 5,053 reviews2026
Dev: Flying Squirrel EntertainmentPub: GG Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 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 64.2% ★, Historical 15.2%, War 15.1%, Simulation 5%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #30 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 970 reviews2024
Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: War 42.8%, Historical 29.3%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 11.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #31 Beyond The Wire
78% matchMixed63% of 7,522 reviews2022
Dev: Redstone InteractivePub: Offworld
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Set in the muddy trenches of WW1, Beyond The Wire is a 50v50 multiplayer FPS that immerses players in the desperate & brutal circumstances of the Great War. Featuring an arsenal of historic weapons, ten massive maps, ten playable factions, era-specific tanks, & a brutal melee combat system.
Why similar: World War I 53.2% ★, War 21.5%, Historical 13.1%, Strategy 5.8%, Simulation 3.2%
- #32 Master of Command
74% matchVery Positive92% of 3,127 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: War 40.4%, Historical 27.9%, Strategy 13.4%, Management 7.7%, Simulation 6.8%
- #33 Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,120 reviews2014
Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.
Why similar: World War I 50.9% ★, War 18%, Historical 15.1%, Drama 4.4%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #34 11-11 Memories Retold
77% matchVery Positive86% of 2,085 reviews2018
Dev: Aardman AnimationsPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones.
Why similar: World War I 66.9% ★, Historical 12.9%, War 12.4%, Story Rich 4.4%, Atmospheric 1.7%
- #35 Never Second in Rome
73% matchVery Positive81% of 496 reviews2025
Dev: Alessandro Roberti
Windows
Never Second in Rome is a turn-based historical game with RPG and management elements. You are a Roman centurion in the army of Julius Caesar. You will control both your character and the unit under his command.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.4%, War 25.4%, Historical 21.8%, RPG 9%, Management 8.1%
- #36 Aircraft Carrier Survival
76% matchMixed60% of 1,187 reviews2022
Dev: Gambit Games StudioPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 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 37%, Survival 26.1%, Strategy 13.7%, Management 12.4%, Simulation 6.8%
- #37 Steam Squad
77% matchMixed65% of 89 reviews2016
Dev: Bretwalda Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.9 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 61.3% ★, Turn-Based 22.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Indie 2.4%, Atmospheric 2.2%
- #38 CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
71% matchVery Positive91% of 2,285 reviews2024
Dev: Jordan MochiPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies and solve complex puzzles—all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind’s most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new historical take on classic survival horror.
Why similar: World War I 55% ★, War 17.5%, Historical 12.8%, Survival 10.7%, Atmospheric 4%
- #39 Strategic Command: World War I
73% 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 68.7% ★, Strategy 31.3%
- #40 Norland
70% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Historical 30.4%, Survival 27.4%, Management 15.2%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 10.6%
- #41 Manor Lords
69% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: Historical 30.6%, Survival 28.2%, Management 14.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 10.2%
- #42 Commander: The Great War
74% matchVery Positive80% of 292 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 64.4% ★, Strategy 16.1%, Historical 10.9%, Turn-Based 8.6%
- #43 Spirit of War
75% matchMixed59% of 80 reviews2015
Dev: G-OLDPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Spirit of War: The Great War is a turn-based strategy game set during World War I. Drawing inspiration from board games classics, Spirit Of War is a unique arcade/strategy experience.
Why similar: World War I 75.1% ★, Strategy 24.9%
- #44 Trenches of War
73% matchVery Positive90% of 91 reviews2017
Dev: Vashta Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trenches of War is a fast-paced World War I-inspired strategy game. Battle through the Alps by spawning units and capturing trenches, barracks, and factories. Cross rivers that rise when it rains. Use or destroy bridges and cornfields that may aid or deter your maneuvers.
Why similar: Strategy 80%, Indie 20%
- #45 Temporality
72% matchVery Positive88% of 146 reviews2018
Dev: James Earl Cox III
Windows
Short reflective music game set in the Great War.
Why similar: World War I 53.5% ★, War 21.4%, Survival 10%, Emotional 6%, Indie 3.4%
- #46 Because We're Here - Act I
72% matchVery Positive96% of 90 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Elfriede
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stagger through the First Lassallian War and find love amongst doomed youth. Because We're Here is an otome visual novel in an unforgiving WW1-inspired setting. Nothing to worry about - it'll all be over by Christmas.
Why similar: World War I 51.6% ★, War 19.1%, Historical 11.1%, Story Rich 5.9%, Emotional 5%
- #47 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
71% 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: War 42.5%, Historical 34.9%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 8.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #48 Boat Crew
70% matchVery Positive89% of 418 reviews2022
Dev: Tabbing TabbyPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Command your crew in Boat Crew, a gripping action-strategy experience amidst the Pacific War. Take charge of a PT boat against Imperial Japan, skillfully managing resources and personnel by any means necessary to ensure victory in this high-stakes conflict.
Why similar: War 38.6%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Management 13.7%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 9%
- #49 War Mines: WW1
71% matchVery Positive92% of 53 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% ★, War 11.8%, Strategy 8.3%, Historical 7.7%, Stylized 2.1%
- #50 The Bell Echoes
67% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: 七颗枚
Windows
The Bell Echoes is a turn-based strategy game that combines SRPG-style storytelling with roguelike gameplay.
Why similar: War 37.8%, Strategy 16.7%, RPG 15.9%, Story Rich 15.2%, Drama 14.3%
- #51 Forgotten but Unbroken
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 254 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: War 29.1%, Historical 28.7%, Survival 19.4%, Strategy 15.2%, Atmospheric 5.2%
- #52 Dead in Antares
66% matchVery Positive82% of 155 reviews2026
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
Why similar: Survival 28.5%, Choices Matter 22.3%, RPG 12.5%, Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 10.3%
- #53 TrenchesWIP
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,622 reviews2019
Dev: Big OOF Games PTY LTDPub: -
Windows
Multiplayer combined-arms first-person shooter set in an alternate history. Build and upgrade bases, harvest resources, construct defenses, purchase weapons and vehicles to overcome the enemy!
Why similar: World War I 76.5% ★, War 23.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #54 ArmaCulture
68% matchVery Positive89% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: RageForDragons
Windows
ArmaCulture is an indie factory-builder RPG set in the midst of a bitter, industrialized war between two nations in a fictional world similar to our own. The game combines illustrated character art with stylized pixel art to create a unique and dark historic atmosphere.
Why similar: War 41.1%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Strategy 13.1%, RPG 13%, Atmospheric 6.7%
- #55 Fuga: Melodies of Steel
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,215 reviews2021
Dev: CyberConnect2
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fuga: Melodies of Steel is an RPG where you place children, each with their own unique characteristics and skills, at different gun turrets in a tank to fight against the enemy.
Why similar: War 24.7%, Turn-Based 24%, Strategy 9.4%, RPG 9.1%, Emotional 8.7%
- #56 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
63% matchVery Positive82% of 10,961 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
Why similar: Choices Matter 32.2%, Management 15.7%, Simulation 15.5%, Emotional 12.3%, Drama 12.2%
- #57 Urban Strife
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 371 reviews2024
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
Why similar: Turn-Based 35.5%, Survival 25.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Strategy 12.4%, RPG 11.7%
- #58 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,603 reviews2023
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.
Why similar: War 32.6%, Turn-Based 19.4%, Historical 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, RPG 7.3%
- #59 Battle Brothers
66% matchVery Positive88% of 27,117 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 93.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: War 36.3%, Historical 23.9%, Strategy 11.4%, RPG 10.9%, Story Rich 8%