- #1 1941 - Operation Barbarossa
97% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Antti Suni
Windows
PC conversion of a turn-based hex-strategy board war game.
Why similar: Board Game 19.2%, Wargame 17.1%, Strategy 13.8%, World War II 12.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
- #2 Labyrinth: The War on Terror
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 188 reviews2022
Dev: Playdek, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Face the global war on terror in this engaging 2 player strategy game. Set against recent world events, Labyrinth portrays the U.S. efforts to counter extremists’ use of terrorist tactics, as well as the wider ideological struggle – guerrilla warfare, fundamentalist rule, regime change and more.
Why similar: Strategy 25.5%, Simulation 25.2%, Board Game 19.8%, Wargame 13.6%, Military 8%
- #3 Fleet Commander: Pacific
96% matchMixed65% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: SEP FCOMPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Fleet Commander: Pacific is a grand strategic simulation of the naval war in the Pacific from 1941 to 1945. All major surface combat ships of the Japanese and Allied navies are present in this streamlined reproduction of the biggest maritime war ever.
Why similar: Board Game 20.8%, Wargame 17.8%, World War II 14% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 12.6%
- #4 Blocks!: Richard III
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Richard the Third is an epic two-player wargame that recreates the bloody dynastic struggle in the 15th century between the royal houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England.
Why similar: Board Game 26.4%, Strategy 23.4%, Simulation 16.2%, Wargame 15.7%, Historical 9.7%
- #5 纸上谈兵模拟器
94% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: 犟游社
Windows
一款简单易上手的兵团战争游戏。 扮演战国七雄,搭配自己的将领,统一天下。
Why similar: Simulation 21.7%, Wargame 20.4%, Strategy 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Military 10.8%
- #6 Wars Across The World
94% matchVery Positive82% of 224 reviews2017
Dev: StrategiaePub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.
Why similar: Strategy 23.9%, Board Game 23%, Wargame 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Historical 13%
- #7 Wargame Forge
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JIN CHENMING
Windows
Step onto the tactical sandbox and experience strategic wargame scenarios. Command with ease, outthink your rivals, and master the classic turn-based battlefield. Every move counts—every decision writes your legend in this thrilling virtual war.
Why similar: Board Game 21.5%, Simulation 18%, Strategy 15.7%, Wargame 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%
- #8 SGS Okinawa
92% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
A standalone epic rendering of the 1945 bloody fighting on Okinawa, the last great battle of the Pacific War. The game is part of the Pacific D-Day collection. Both sides are playable, each with their own challenge.
Why similar: Wargame 23.5%, Strategy 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, World War II 16.2% ★, Historical 11.8%
- #9 Blocks!: Julius Caesar
91% matchMixed53% of 74 reviews2019
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Blocks!: Julius Caesar is an epic two-player wargame that brings the drama of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BC) to life. Take control of the legions of Caesar or Pompey against AI or in online Multiplayer. Fight to determine the future of Rome: Republic or Empire.
Why similar: Simulation 22.9%, Strategy 22.4%, Board Game 22.1%, Wargame 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #10 SGS Pacific D-Day
91% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
One game, five great battles where the US Marines gained even more glory, at the price of terrible losses. Relive bloody assaults on Saipan, Tinian, Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Peleliu in this recreation of epic land battles of the Pacific War. Both sides are playable, each with their own challenge
Why similar: Wargame 20.1%, Strategy 19.1%, Simulation 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Historical 14%
- #11 Pavlov's House
90% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: Bookmark Games
Windows · Mac
Take control of the valiant defenders of a Soviet strongpoint in Stalingrad as they hold out against constant German attacks for almost two months. Can you rise to the challenge of mounting odds and hold Pavlov’s House?
Why similar: Board Game 26.5%, Wargame 22.3%, World War II 21.1% ★, Strategy 19%, Tabletop 10.5%
- #12 Divine's Howl
89% matchVery Positive91% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: Sense13 StudioPub: 不正经游戏
Windows
In Divine's Howl, you will embody a divine avatar, leading your followers to expand your power across a shattered world.
Why similar: Board Game 21.1%, Simulation 19.4%, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Wargame 13.9%
- #13 Castle Itter - The Strangest Battle of WWII
89% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Jérémy Zurcher
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Battle for Castle Itter is a solitaire card driven tabletop boardgame.
Why similar: Board Game 25.5%, Strategy 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Wargame 13.5%, World War II 12.2% ★
- #14 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
88% matchVery Positive91% of 474 reviews2021
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
War in the East 2 is the most comprehensive, most realistic, and most advanced wargame modeling Eastern Front warfare in World War Two.
Why similar: Wargame 24.3%, World War II 17.6% ★, Strategy 17%, Simulation 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%
- #15 Battles For Spain
87% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2019
Dev: Headquarter S.L.Pub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
This game represents Four Battles of the Spanish Civil War, battles of Ebro, Teruel, Guadalajara and Merida or La Serena. Players can play as Nationalists, Republican or both in player vs player game. Unit size is battalion for infantry and cavalry, company or battalion for armoured cars or tanks, batteries for artillery and squadron for...
Why similar: Simulation 25.6%, Strategy 24.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Wargame 16.2%, Historical 12.4%
- #16 Libertad o Muerte!
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Headquarter S.L.Pub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Libertad o Muerte!, the wars of independence of the Spanish Colonies is a turn-based game in 19th century America. Players are the Patriots, fighting for freedom, or the Royalists, trying to keep the empire under Spanish control. Who will prevail?
Why similar: Simulation 28.8%, Strategy 27.7%, Wargame 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Historical 9.8%
- #17 Headquarters: Cold War
85% matchMixed68% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: Starni GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Headquarters: Cold War is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game set in a hypothetical 1984 conflict between NATO and the USSR. Play as both sides and command helicopters, tanks, and infantry across 20 campaign missions and rewrite the outcome of modern history.
Why similar: Board Game 22.3%, Strategy 15.6%, Wargame 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 11%
- #18 Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin
83% matchPositive86% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Battlefront.comPub: SNEG
Windows
Command epic WWII battles on the Eastern Front in Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin. Fight from Moscow to Berlin across 125+ scenarios, or create your own with the editor. Experience tactical warfare at its most intense!
Why similar: World War II 23.8% ★, Wargame 20.9%, Strategy 18.7%, Simulation 18%, Historical 10.4%
- #19 Conflict in Vietnam
84% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: MicroprosePub: Atari
Windows
Classic real-time simulation game from the 80s designed by Sid Meier and Ed Bever. The third title in the "Command Series" of tactical wargames from Microprose, the game begins with the defeat of the French colonial army and ends with the Viet Cong victory over the South Vietnam forces in 1972.
Why similar: Board Game 24.8%, Wargame 20%, Strategy 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Historical 8.7%
- #20 The Last Days in Arnhem
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nicola GuidoniPub: Apuan Wargames
Windows
Turn-based 3D tactical wargame set during Operation Market Garden. Command Allied or German forces, use cover, line of sight, fire and assault, and fight for key objectives around Arnhem.
Why similar: World War II 24.8% ★, Wargame 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Historical 11.5%, Simulation 11.3%
- #21 Broken Front
82% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: KOArtist Games
Windows
A platoon-based World War II tactical wargame that brings the feel of a classic tabletop game to your screen.
Why similar: Wargame 24.1%, World War II 18.9% ★, Board Game 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Strategy 12.6%
- #22 Bolt Action
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frag GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Step into the boots of a battlefield commander in Bolt Action, a turn-based WWII strategy inspired by Warlord Games’ tabletop classic.
Why similar: Wargame 21.7%, Strategy 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, World War II 15.7% ★, Military 11.3%
- #23 SGS Battle For: Madrid
81% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
With Battle for Madrid, relive the Nationalists most determined attempt to take the Republican capital of spain from November 1936 to February 1937.
Why similar: Wargame 26.6%, Strategy 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, World War II 13.4% ★, Historical 12.1%
- #24 SGS Operation Hawaii
81% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On December 7th, 1941, the Empire of Japan struck a surprise blow against unsuspecting American forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaï. In the ensuing confusion and panic, the USA feared a Japanese invasion of Oahu island, but it fortunately did not materialize. But what would have happened if it had?
Why similar: Wargame 23.2%, Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, World War II 14.7% ★, Historical 10.6%
- #25 SGS Glory Recalled
80% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Relive the Battle of Hong Kong (8–26 December 1941), one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II.
Why similar: World War II 25% ★, Wargame 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Historical 13.3%, Military 12.5%
- #26 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
79% matchVery Positive89% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific is a turn-based strategy game. It offers a comprehensive experience of the Pacific Theater, challenging you to achieve victory in one of history's greatest conflicts.
Why similar: Wargame 23.9%, Strategy 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, World War II 17.1% ★, Historical 13.1%
- #27 WEGO World War II: Desert War
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: BK WargamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Brian Kelly's WEGO World War II: Desert War captures the drama of the campaign for North Africa during World War II.
Why similar: Board Game 26.2%, Wargame 21.3%, Strategy 18.2%, Historical 11%, Military 10.3%
- #28 Germany at War - Soviet Dawn
79% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Phobetor
Windows
Germany At War: Soviet Dawn is a turn-based operational wargame, with a strong historical focus. You command either the German forces through a branching historical campaign covering the entire 1941 campaign as well as part of the 1942 one or the Soviets from 1941 to the revenge of 1944/45.
Why similar: Wargame 24.2%, World War II 20.8% ★, Strategy 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Historical 9.5%
- #29 War of the Austrian Succession
77% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight across Europe during the War of the Austrian Succession in a tactical wargame of dynastic conflict, continental campaigns, cavalry charges, and rebellions. Command Austrian, Prussian, French, British, Bavarian, Spanish, Sardinian, Jacobite and allied forces across 85 scenarios and 3 campaigns.
Why similar: Strategy 18.4%, Simulation 17.7%, Wargame 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Military 14.4%
- #30 Britannia
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Avalon DigitalPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac
Relive over a thousand years of Great Britain's history in this epic game of conquest and domination. From Roman legions to the Norman Conquest led by William the Conqueror, explore the fate of numerous nations and fight to become king.
Why similar: Wargame 23.6%, Simulation 20.7%, Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Historical 10.3%
- #31 Thirty Years War
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight on the battlefields of early 17th-century Europe in a tactical wargame of religious war, dynastic ambition, and emerging modern armies. Command Imperial, Catholic League, Swedish, Protestant, French, Spanish, Bavarian, and more across 80 scenarios and 2 campaigns spanning the Thirty Years War.
Why similar: Strategy 18.4%, Simulation 17.7%, Wargame 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Military 14.4%
- #32 Great Northern War
76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight for mastery of the Baltic in a tactical wargame of aggressive Swedish assaults, Russian military reform, winter campaigns, and shifting alliances. Command Swedish, Russian, Danish-Norwegian, Saxon, Polish-Lithuanian, and allied forces across 89 scenarios, five campaigns, and the Scanian War.
Why similar: Strategy 18.4%, Simulation 17.7%, Wargame 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Military 14.4%
- #33 SGS Avalanche
76% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the whole Italian campaign of World War II, from Husky landings of July 1943 till the final capitulation of 1945. Struggle your way up the boot as the Allies, or defend every inch of the peninsula as the Axis.
Why similar: Wargame 28.4%, Strategy 21.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.7%, Historical 13.5%, Military 8.9%
- #34 Axis & Allies 1942 Online
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,120 reviews2021
Dev: Beamdog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 47.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Play the classic board game, Axis & Allies 1942 2nd Edition! Act as WWII powers in a turn-based strategy game that fits your screen and schedule— get notified on your turn and command armies at your own pace! Team up with friends, challenge the world’s top players, or go solo vs. A.I.
Why similar: Board Game 18.2%, Wargame 17.1%, World War II 15.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Historical 9.2%
- #35 Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps
74% matchPositive94% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Battlefront.comPub: SNEG
Windows
Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps throws you into the heat of the most dramatic battles of World War II. Lead the invasion of Crete in May 1941, engage the enemy in the African desert from 1940 to 1942 and land in the middle of the fierce defensive battles for Italy and Sicily.
Why similar: Strategy 23.2%, Simulation 22.2%, Wargame 22.2%, World War II 20.5% ★, Historical 10.8%
- #36 SGS Fall Weiss
75% matchPositive88% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The Second World War began with the invasion of Poland by German forces on 1 September 1939. It is represented in this strategy game, a fully-fledged turn-based wargame.
Why similar: Wargame 28.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Strategy 15.1%, World War II 14.9% ★, Historical 12.1%
- #37 Combined Arms Operations Series
73% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Nemeton Singularity Simulations
Windows
The Combined Arms Operations Series simulates hypothetical battles between World War II armies. Assemble your forces, out plan, and outfight your enemies to master the art of combined arms warfare in chaotic simultaneous turns where commanders must adapt quickly to an evolving battlefield.
Why similar: World War II 18.2% ★, Wargame 17.6%, Board Game 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Historical 10.6%
- #38 Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord
71% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Battlefront.comPub: SNEG
Windows
The first in the award-winning series, Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord lets you command German or Allied forces from Normandy to Germany in WWII. Battle through towns, woods, and fields in deep, immersive, turn-based and real-time tactical combat.
Why similar: Simulation 23.8%, Strategy 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, World War II 14.1% ★, Wargame 13.8%
- #39 Destiny of the World
73% matchPositive80% of 45 reviews2022
Dev: Fiddlyware
Windows · Linux
WWII grand strategy game where planning and logistics are foundations of successful campaigns: simultaneous weekly turns, convoy warfare, production, trade, research, espionage and command from 1939 to 1945. Control a single major power, or the entire Axis or Allied command.
Why similar: Wargame 26.6%, Board Game 26%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, World War II 11.9% ★, Strategy 9.6%
- #40 Total Tank Generals
72% 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: World War II 21.1% ★, Board Game 14.8%, Wargame 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Historical 10.2%
- #41 Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game
72% matchVery Positive83% of 584 reviews2020
Dev: Lock 'n Load Publishing
Windows · Mac
Lock 'n Load Tactical is fast and Furious tactical combat that is fast to learn. In LnLT you get squads, weapon teams, armored vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, and, in the modern-era games, helicopters. Individuals such as Leaders, Medics, Snipers, Chaplains, Advisors, and, of course, Heroes.
Why similar: Board Game 27.6%, Wargame 26.6%, Strategy 11.8%, World War II 11.5% ★, Simulation 9.8%
- #42 Panzer Tactics HD
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 246 reviews2014
Dev: SproingPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Strategists to the frontline!The HD remake of the Nintendo DS classic.Are you the strategist that the world has been waiting for?
Why similar: World War II 29.9% ★, Strategy 21.1%, Simulation 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Wargame 12.9%
- #43 Close Combat: The Longest Day
71% matchVery Positive81% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: Strategy 3 TacticsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Close Combat is a pausable real-time wargame series, heavily focused on historical accuracy and realistic soldier psychological profiles. In Close Combat: The Longest Day take command of either the Allied Expeditionary Force or Germany’s Wehrmacht.
Why similar: Simulation 31.5%, Strategy 31.1%, Wargame 14.9%, World War II 14.1% ★, Military 8.4%
- #44 Blocks!: Hammer of the Scots
71% matchMixed59% of 29 reviews2020
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Hammer of the Scots brings both the rebellion of the Braveheart, William Wallace, and the uprising of Robert the Bruce, the Bandit King, to life. As English, you seek to pacify Scotland by controlling all important nobles. The Scots also seeks their allegiance to support the struggle for freedom.
Why similar: Wargame 26.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Historical 18.2%, Board Game 14.9%, Strategy 11.9%
- #45 Gary Grigsby's War in the West
70% matchVery Positive85% of 179 reviews2017
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Gary Grigsby’s War in the West is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made.
Why similar: Simulation 35.1%, World War II 25.3% ★, Wargame 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Strategy 9.8%
- #46 SGS Afrika Korps: Tunisia
70% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
SGS Afrika Korps: Tunisia is a complete standalone game that covers the famous Tunisian campaign of November 1942 to June 1943. Hold Tunisia as the Axis, or expel your enemy from Africa and set the stage for the Allies invasion of Sicily.
Why similar: Wargame 22.1%, World War II 21.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Strategy 10.9%, Historical 10.9%
- #47 Close Combat - Panthers in the Fog
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 206 reviews2015
Dev: Matrix Games
Windows
Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog details the desperate German counter-attack at Mortain, the last chance of the Wehrmacht to stave off defeat in Normandy. Can you match the tenacity of the American defenders of Hill 314? Or can you succeed where the Panzers failed, driving through to the sea and changing history?
Why similar: World War II 25.4% ★, Strategy 24.5%, Simulation 22.9%, Wargame 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
- #48 Frontline: The Great Patriotic War
69% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2019
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
A tactical scale strategy game that invites the players to take command of the URSS forces in an epic struggle for the control of Russia during World War Two.
Why similar: Simulation 19.9%, Strategy 19.2%, World War II 15.7% ★, Wargame 12.8%, Military 8.5%
- #49 General Command
68% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Sweet Apple Games
Windows
General Command is a turn-based Napoleonic war game. Create custom battles and lead your army against enemy generals who set their strategy based on aggression and confidence. In the age of muskets, cavalry charges, and cannon fire, use bold battlefield maneuvers to seize victory.
Why similar: Board Game 20.7%, Wargame 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Historical 10.6%, Tabletop 10.5%
- #50 Crimson Banner: War of Liberation
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 赤旗制作组
Windows · Mac
Ready, comrades? In 'Crimson Banner: War of Liberation', command the PLA, strike the Kuomintang reactionaries, and liberate all China! Turn-based hex wargame, experience every battle!
Why similar: Wargame 18.4%, World War II 18.3% ★, Board Game 14.5%, Military 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%
- #51 Command Ops 2 Core Game
68% matchVery Positive83% of 423 reviews2017
Dev: Panther Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Command Ops 2 is a wargame engine that lets you assess, plan, order and react at the operational level just like a real Corps, Division and Brigade commander. What sets Command Ops 2 apart from the competition is the most advanced and realistic model of command decision-making.
Why similar: World War II 29.6% ★, Wargame 25.2%, Strategy 19%, Simulation 16%, Military 10.2%
- #52 Four Crossings of the ChiShui River Simulator
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: HanStudio
Windows
A turn-based hex wargame on the 1935 Four Crossings campaign. Command 30,000 Red Army troops through 100+ daily turns: scout, decrypt enemy telegrams, cross rivers under fog, deceive pursuers with fake radio orders, break out via one of three routes.
Why similar: Wargame 23.5%, Strategy 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, World War II 15.1% ★, Historical 13.5%
- #53 World At War 85 Digital: Core Game
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lock 'n Load Publishing
Windows · Mac
World At War 85 Digital is a dynamic platoon-level combat computer game based on the award-winning board games of the same series name. World At War 85 Digital series centered on armor, artillery, and infantry combat during 1985 World War 3.
Why similar: Wargame 21.5%, Board Game 20.8%, World War II 20.3% ★, Tabletop 10.1%, Strategy 9.3%
- #54 Danmo Three Kingdoms: Battle of Wits
65% matchNo user reviews81% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: 墨春秋Pub: 量子艺界(QUANTUM ARTS)
Windows
A Three Kingdoms-themed tactical chess game with light strategy and easy controls. Step into the era as a strategist, use over 200 historical figures—each with unique traits and counters—to form teams, revisit key battles, and shape outcomes with your tactics.
Why similar: Board Game 24.7%, Wargame 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Strategy 15.4%, Military 9.1%
- #55 Sword & Siege Age of Longbow: Volume I
65% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight through the Hundred Years War in Age of Longbow: Volume I, a tactical medieval wargame of longbow battles, sieges, and shifting campaigns. Command English and French forces across 94 scenarios and an expansive campaign system spanning the war's major phases.
Why similar: Strategy 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Wargame 16.7%, Military 15.6%, Simulation 14.1%
- #56 SUKAKKO
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: PetRem Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
The new strategy wargame, in a retro Japanese atmosphere. Choose secretly your own army at the start of the game, and use your well-trained tactics to defeat your opponent!
Why similar: Wargame 22.7%, Board Game 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Tabletop 10.9%
- #57 Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein
67% matchVery Positive83% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: Strategy 3 TacticsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Close Combat is a pausable real-time wargame series, heavily focused on historical accuracy and realistic soldier psychological profiles. Team management is crucial as every man in your team matter.
Why similar: Simulation 36.4%, Strategy 35.7%, World War II 11% ★, Wargame 10.7%, Military 6.2%
- #58 Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 496 reviews2014
Dev: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Close Combat: Gateway to Caen is a great release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series. Gateway to Caen focuses on the largest, concentrated British offensive since the Normandy landings in an attempt to penetrate the German lines west of Caen and cross the Odon River to get the stalled advance moving again.
Why similar: World War II 31.2% ★, Wargame 20.3%, Strategy 19.7%, Simulation 14.8%, Historical 9.5%