- #1 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
97% 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: World War II 29.5% ★, War 19.2%, Wargame 18%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 7.7%
- #2 Project Wunderwaffe
96% matchMixed57% of 481 reviews2022
Dev: Weasel Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Wunderwaffe will take you back into the realities of World War II, the end of which seems to be near. Germany is now just a shadow of its power. Your order is to build a secret military base and construct weapons of unprecedented power. Will you be capable of turning the tide of war?
Why similar: World War II 32.6% ★, Wargame 18.8%, War 17.7%, Sandbox 10.3%, Building 8.7%
- #3 KAISERPUNK
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 921 reviews2025
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.
Why similar: World War II 23.1% ★, War 17.2%, City Builder 13.9%, Wargame 13.2%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #4 All Quiet in the Trenches
94% matchVery Positive90% of 927 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: War 40.9%, Choices Matter 19.5%, RPG 12.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Historical 7.9%
- #5 Making History: The Second World War
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 290 reviews2018
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose a nation and prepare for the greatest conflict in human history, World War II. Build your military and industrial power, form alliances and race to achieve the advanced technologies that will bring total victory in this global-wide turn-based Grand Strategy struggle.
Why similar: World War II 35.4% ★, War 22%, Wargame 13.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Strategy 7.9%
- #6 Anvil Saga
93% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,826 reviews2023
Dev: Pirozhok StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.5%, Choices Matter 18.2%, RPG 15%, Building 12.9%, Economy 11%
- #7 Arms Race - TCWE
94% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2017
Dev: Alina Digital
Windows
Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
Why similar: Political Sim 47.2% ★, War 17.5%, Strategy 15.3%, Economy 7.4%, Historical 6.3%
- #8 Long Gone Days
92% matchVery Positive88% of 557 reviews2023
Dev: This I DreamtPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A modern-day JRPG that imagines a world of war. Overcome language barriers, forge unlikely friendships, and find hope amidst conflict.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.2% ★, War 20.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Anime 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #9 Through the Darkest of Times
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,155 reviews2020
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.
Why similar: World War II 39.8% ★, Strategy 16.9%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Historical 7.4%, Visual Novel 7%
- #10 KingSim
90% matchVery Positive84% of 211 reviews2020
Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...
Why similar: Political Sim 35.1% ★, City Builder 17.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, RPG 8%, Strategy 7.2%
- #11 Armchair Commander
89% matchVery Positive89% of 110 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: World War II 36.5% ★, Wargame 25.4%, Sandbox 16.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Historical 8.2%
- #12 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
89% matchVery Positive81% of 380 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Lordy
Windows
In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords,develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements
Why similar: Political Sim 24.3% ★, War 13.3%, Sandbox 12.2%, Wargame 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #13 National Machine
91% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Eric Sun
Windows
You are a munitions manufacturer in 1930s. Help your nation for arms race. Before war break, you need to produce enough aircraft, tanks and guns.
Why similar: World War II 33% ★, War 20%, Sandbox 17.4%, Strategy 14%, Building 9.4%
- #14 Steel Artery: Train City Builder
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 317 reviews2026
Dev: SoulAge23Pub: Crytivo
Windows
Hardcore city-building sim in a fantasy steampunk world. Manage multi-racial colonies with hundreds of autonomous citizens, balance their needs, grow the economy, build logistics, and travel a vast world carrying out the Emperor’s orders.
Why similar: City Builder 26.9%, Sandbox 22.4%, Building 13.4%, Economy 11.3%, Strategy 9%
- #15 Dictator Simulator: Gradnar
87% matchVery Positive98% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: GortagonGame
Windows
Become the Dictator of Gradnar! Rule the nation, choose between democracy and tyranny, wage wars with a unique card-based mechanic, and expand your empire. A political dystopia packed with satire and humor!
Why similar: War 32%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Choices Matter 20.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #16 The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia
86% matchVery Positive85% of 1,625 reviews2022
Dev: HongShou StudioPub: Pixmain
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Lay out your grand strategy on the land of Eagarlnia where humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, and the undead each battle out a corner of land. Manage your territories by navigating complex decisions and grow your economy.
Why similar: War 40.4%, Anime 24.4%, Strategy 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, 2D 6.9%
- #17 Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,014 reviews2023
Dev: JoySpark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Ages of Conflict is a versatile Map Simulation game where you create and observe custom AI nations battle it out across an infinite number of worlds. Paint beautiful maps and scenarios, and command nations to change history into your liking!
Why similar: Political Sim 29.4% ★, World War II 22.8% ★, Wargame 18.1%, Sandbox 15.1%, Strategy 6.2%
- #18 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
85% matchMixed68% of 1,070 reviews2024
Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 17.9 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: War 27.9%, Wargame 25.1%, World War II 19.5% ★, Sandbox 19.2%, Historical 8.2%
- #19 Panzer Hearts - War Visual Novel
86% matchVery Positive82% of 135 reviews2018
Dev: HELYEES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Build the tanks, Date the girls, Choose your side. Live through the adventure and drama of an alternate universe World War 2.
Why similar: World War II 55.9% ★, Visual Novel 25.3%, Anime 11.7%, Historical 7.2%
- #20 Demon Castle Story
82% matchVery Positive80% of 291 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation
Why similar: City Builder 30.8%, RPG 29.4%, Strategy 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Building 6.2%
- #21 Kingdom's Life
84% matchMixed63% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.7% ★, Wargame 16.5%, War 15.8%, Sandbox 13.7%, Strategy 7.3%
- #22 Heian City Story
82% matchVery Positive89% of 214 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 39.3%, Strategy 19.2%, Building 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Historical 6.9%
- #23 Cycle of Struggle: Ardengrad
81% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Visionary Impact
Windows
Cycle of Struggle: Ardengrad is a visual novel about politics, love, and the cost of historical choices in an alternate world. You are a student drawn into events that will soon erupt into civil war. Here, ideologies are not just words—they define people’s fates. Every decision leaves a mark.
Why similar: War 37%, Visual Novel 31%, Anime 18.3%, Choices Matter 12.8%, 2D 0.9%
- #24 Broken Lines
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 701 reviews2020
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: SuperGG.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 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 30.9%, World War II 25.7% ★, Wargame 16.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%, RPG 6.3%
- #25 A War of a Madman's Making
79% matchVery Positive97% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
Windows
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Why similar: War 32.1%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Historical 8.3%, Dark 7.6%
- #26 Mech Engineer
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 953 reviews2024
Dev: KiberKrekerPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.
Why similar: Building 37.6%, Strategy 34.2%, Pixel Graphics 22.8%, 2D 5.4%
- #27 Pawns of War
78% matchVery Positive83% of 702 reviews2025
Dev: FLARE
Windows
Dark parallel world in which humanity has destroyed itself. And only small colonies have survived the last centuries holding on to power at the expense of the totalitarian regime of government. You were thrown here after your death, is this how you were given a second chance?
Why similar: Wargame 36.2%, Anime 19.7%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Strategy 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #28 War of the Human Tanks
81% matchVery Positive86% of 542 reviews2014
Dev: Yakiniku BanzaiPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
War of the Human Tanks is a story driven strategy game with a gameplay reminiscent of Battleship and Chess, featuring a story of war, loyalty, sacrifice and human shaped tanks.
Why similar: War 43.3%, Anime 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Strategy 14.6%, 2D 4%
- #29 Trench Face
76% matchVery Positive94% of 747 reviews2025
Dev: Pulse Blue
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: RPG 36.6%, Strategy 29.9%, Dark 9.4%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #30 Age of Clicks
77% matchMixed64% of 448 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: Political Sim 44% ★, Wargame 28%, Sandbox 18.8%, Strategy 9.2%
- #31 Wars Across The World
80% matchVery Positive82% of 221 reviews2017
Dev: StrategiaePub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: World War II 31.2% ★, Strategy 30.2%, Wargame 25%, Historical 10.7%, 2D 2.9%
- #32 The Three Kingdoms of Shadows: Xuzhou
76% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: 鹏砚
Windows · Mac
Three Kingdoms of Shadows blends dark political intrigue with occult folklore. As Liu Bei, raised to rule Xuzhou as a pliable puppet, enact decrees, manage resources, and outmaneuver the factions behind your rise. Follow history—or pursue optional mysteries to unlock a path no chronicle recorded.
Why similar: Political Sim 42.4% ★, City Builder 20%, Visual Novel 14.7%, RPG 7.4%, Strategy 7.4%
- #33 Armoured Commander II
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 600 reviews2021
Dev: Gregory Adam Scott
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 30.3 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: World War II 42.7% ★, Wargame 18.2%, War 15.4%, Strategy 8.4%, Historical 8%
- #34 Aircraft Carrier Survival
78% matchMixed60% of 1,229 reviews2022
Dev: Gambit Games StudioPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.1 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: World War II 41.4% ★, War 25%, Sandbox 15.1%, Strategy 9.7%, Economy 8.7%
- #35 Territory: Farming and Warfare
74% matchVery Positive85% of 755 reviews2026
Dev: Wit Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, War 25.2%, Sandbox 20.8%, Building 11%, Strategy 10.4%
- #36 Purgatory Dungeoneer
75% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Cannibal InteractivePub: Strange Scaffold
Windows
Purgatory Dungeoneer is a townbuilding roguelite RPG about plundering a psychic hellmaw for personal closure, and the resources to build a village beyond the grave.
Why similar: City Builder 42.5%, RPG 19.3%, Strategy 17.4%, Anime 17.2%, 2D 3.6%
- #37 Red Button
75% matchVery Positive87% of 198 reviews2021
Dev: Токуров Егор (WZRDQQ)
Windows
Get ready to take part in the world war! It depends only on your choice who you will be - a winner or a loser! It's time to press the red button!
Why similar: Political Sim 29.4% ★, World War II 24.6% ★, War 18.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #38 WW2 Rebuilder
73% matchVery Positive85% of 1,577 reviews2023
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: World War II 49.9% ★, City Builder 23.9%, Sandbox 15%, Building 11.2%
- #39 Burden of Command™
71% matchVery Positive84% of 651 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: World War II 34.5% ★, War 21.3%, Wargame 17%, Choices Matter 9.1%, RPG 6.6%
- #40 Mistwinter Bay
72% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Swordlake Entertainment
Windows
Rule a town in this story heavy, visual novel-like fantasy RPG! Interact with townsfolk and foreign leaders, build and expand, and tackle randomized events that affect the town and its people.
Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Choices Matter 21.6%, Visual Novel 21.3%, RPG 15.5%, Anime 8.4%
- #41 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
72% matchVery Positive85% of 511 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!
Why similar: World War II 37.3% ★, War 25%, Wargame 23.5%, Strategy 7.6%, Historical 6.6%
- #42 Making History: The First World War
73% 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: Wargame 36.8%, War 28.2%, Strategy 15.4%, Historical 11.5%, Economy 8.1%
- #43 Dark Side of War
74% matchMixed58% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Tactical Mayhem Realms
Windows
Dark Side of War is a hardcore shooter game where players take on the role of a soldier during World War II and clear out enemy bases using every bullet wisely. The game offers diverse levels with unique designs and atmospheric soundtracks to create a realistic war atmosphere.
Why similar: Choices Matter 39.1%, Historical 22.4%, Atmospheric 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%
- #44 December 1914
71% matchVery Positive85% of 153 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: War 27.5%, Wargame 16.9%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Anime 10%, Historical 8.8%
- #45 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,252 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 51.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!
Why similar: World War II 25% ★, Political Sim 23% ★, Wargame 18.9%, War 13%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #46 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
71% matchMixed61% of 7,964 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 16.0 hrsMean: 81.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Why similar: World War II 32.3% ★, Wargame 19.1%, War 16.3%, Sandbox 10%, Building 8.5%
- #47 Songs of Steel: Hispania
70% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Meteorbyte StudiosPub: Combat Time
Windows
Relive the conflict between the mighty Roman Republic and the brave Celtiberian people of Numantia! Featuring hand-drawn illustrations, classic turn-based strategy mechanics, and combat tactics, with decision-making and side missions.
Why similar: Strategy 29.7%, War 28.7%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Historical 14.7%, 2D 7.8%
- #48 River Town Factory
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,351 reviews2024
Dev: iFAction Studio
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
If possible, would you like to go back to ancient times to start a factory, refine oil, or even build a large computer? With the accidental fall of a meteorite, you traveled back to River Town a thousand years ago and became a workshop owner. And the story will begin from here……
Why similar: Sandbox 26.2%, Time Management 24%, City Builder 20.7%, Building 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #49 DSS 2: War Industry
68% matchVery Positive84% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: vikingfabian
Windows · Linux
In this real-time grand strategy game, command armies, build cities, and manage a dynamic economy. Establish automated supply routes within your territory to streamline production. Fortify your defenses and brace for intense battles. Can you lead your empire to dominance?
Why similar: Wargame 41.6%, City Builder 32.5%, Economy 14.3%, Strategy 11.6%
- #50 Spirit of Europe - Origins
70% matchVery Positive88% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: Predict Edumedia
Windows
An edutainment jRPG experience, spanning from ancient Greece to the 12th century European Renaissance, brimming with historically-accurate characters and events, experienced through two realms: of spirits, thoughts and emotions, and the material world.
Why similar: RPG 55.5%, Strategy 25.9%, Historical 18.6%
- #51 Duskpunk
66% matchVery Positive92% of 182 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!
Why similar: Choices Matter 45.2%, RPG 40.4%, 2D 14.3%
- #52 Heart of the Machine
65% matchVery Positive92% of 2,098 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Sandbox 23.3%, Building 14.3%, Strategy 12.2%, Economy 12%
- #53 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism is a (hi)story-driven turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period. It offers refined wargame mechanics, story-rich gameplay, and modern 3D graphics. Lead the USSR Armed forces staging the world Communist revolution. For Stalin! For the Motherland!
Why similar: World War II 36% ★, Wargame 26%, War 25.3%, Strategy 6.9%, Historical 5.8%
- #54 Strategic Mind: The Pacific
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 623 reviews2019
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.
Why similar: World War II 38.1% ★, War 25.2%, Wargame 22.9%, Strategy 7.3%, Historical 6.6%
- #55 Territory Control 2
66% matchVery Positive80% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: TFlippy
Windows
A 2D multiplayer sandbox game revolving around industry, innovation, factions, combat and emergent gameplay. Design factories, customize tools and weapons, fight or trade with other players or get viciously murdered by an angry badger.
Why similar: Wargame 34.9%, Sandbox 32.6%, Building 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, 2D 5.1%
- #56 Obscure Chronicle of Dynasty
67% matchVery Positive95% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: IsaacZhang
Windows
This is a "fictional, but plausible" strategy role-playing game with a plot which can be regarded as a history of the Three Kingdoms in a different realm. Thus, those who have received little or no attention in the original history may blossom in this very different time and space.
Why similar: Historical 35%, Strategy 29.1%, RPG 26%, 2D 9.9%
- #57 Twenty-second: Stories of Underground Kharkiv
67% matchVery Positive90% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Brenntkopf DevelopmentPub: Brenntkopf Publishing
Windows
The Twenty-Second: Stories of Underground Kharkiv is a quest and a visual novel that will tell you in the first person about the events of 2022 in the Kharkiv metro.
Why similar: War 35.7%, Visual Novel 24.4%, RPG 17%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Dark 8.1%
- #58 Aether & Iron
64% matchVery Positive85% of 558 reviews2026
Dev: Seismic Squirrel
Windows · Mac
Immerse yourself in this Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky. Muster a crew, master tactical turn-based combat, and unravel the dark secrets lurking beneath the floating metropolis.
Why similar: Choices Matter 36.6%, Visual Novel 35%, RPG 28.4%
- #59 Supreme Ruler 1936
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 308 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.
Why similar: World War II 34% ★, War 20.5%, Wargame 18.2%, Sandbox 12.8%, Strategy 8%
- #60 For the People
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 815 reviews2020
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..
Why similar: Political Sim 39.2% ★, Time Management 19.2%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Strategy 7.5%