- #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 29.3% ★, War 19.2%, Wargame 18%, Sandbox 13.2%, Building 7.7%
- #2 Project Wunderwaffe
96% matchMixed57% of 480 reviews2022
Dev: Weasel Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 32.4% ★, Wargame 18.8%, War 17.7%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 8.7%
- #3 KAISERPUNK
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 847 reviews2025
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 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% ★, War 17.2%, City Builder 13.8%, Wargame 13.2%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #4 All Quiet in the Trenches
94% matchVery Positive90% of 909 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 40.6%, Choices Matter 19.5%, RPG 12.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Historical 8%
- #5 Making History: The Second World War
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 289 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 35.1% ★, War 22.1%, Wargame 13.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Strategy 8%
- #6 Anvil Saga
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,811 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 14.8%, Building 12.8%, Economy 11.3%
- #7 Long Gone Days
93% matchVery Positive88% of 555 reviews2023
Dev: This I DreamtPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 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 27.7% ★, War 20.4%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Anime 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #8 Arms Race - TCWE
92% 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 47.4% ★, War 17.3%, Strategy 15.3%, Economy 7.5%, Historical 6.2%
- #9 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
90% matchVery Positive81% of 378 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 24.5% ★, War 13.2%, Sandbox 12.1%, Wargame 11.3%, Choices Matter 10%
- #10 KingSim
91% 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 37.7% ★, City Builder 18.6%, Choices Matter 13.3%, RPG 8.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #11 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 32.8% ★, War 19.9%, Sandbox 17.5%, Strategy 14.2%, Building 9.4%
- #12 Steel Artery: Train City Builder
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 274 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 26.5%, Sandbox 22.4%, Building 13.3%, Economy 11.6%, Strategy 9.1%
- #13 Armchair Commander
89% matchVery Positive88% of 103 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 36.3% ★, Wargame 25.4%, Sandbox 16.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Historical 8.1%
- #14 The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia
88% matchVery Positive85% of 1,623 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 40.3%, Anime 24.2%, Strategy 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, 2D 6.9%
- #15 Through the Darkest of Times
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,143 reviews2020
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.8 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 41.1% ★, Strategy 17.7%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Historical 7.7%, Visual Novel 7.3%
- #16 Panzer Hearts - War Visual Novel
87% 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 55.8% ★, Visual Novel 25.3%, Anime 11.7%, Historical 7.2%
- #17 Dictator Simulator: Gradnar
84% matchVery Positive98% of 80 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 31.9%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Strategy 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #18 Kingdom's Life
86% 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 26% ★, Wargame 16.3%, War 15.7%, Sandbox 13.7%, Strategy 7.4%
- #19 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
84% matchMixed68% of 1,047 reviews2024
Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 19.4% ★, Sandbox 19.4%, Historical 8.2%
- #20 Broken Lines
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 699 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 25.6% ★, Wargame 16.2%, Choices Matter 9.4%, RPG 6.2%
- #21 Cycle of Struggle: Ardengrad
83% matchVery Positive98% of 50 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 30.9%, Anime 18.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, 2D 0.9%
- #22 Demon Castle Story
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 240 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation
Why similar: City Builder 30.7%, RPG 29.3%, Strategy 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Building 6.2%
- #23 Heian City Story
82% matchVery Positive89% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 39%, Strategy 19.3%, Building 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Historical 6.8%
- #24 Trench Face
80% matchVery Positive94% of 696 reviews2025
Dev: Pulse Blue
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 35.8%, Strategy 30.3%, Dark 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #25 Armoured Commander II
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 589 reviews2021
Dev: Gregory Adam Scott
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 29.9 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 42.5% ★, Wargame 18.1%, War 15.5%, Strategy 8.6%, Historical 8%
- #26 Mech Engineer
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 938 reviews2024
Dev: KiberKrekerPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.
Why similar: Building 37.7%, Strategy 34.5%, Pixel Graphics 22.4%, 2D 5.4%
- #27 War of the Human Tanks
81% matchVery Positive86% of 542 reviews2014
Dev: Yakiniku BanzaiPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.6 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 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Strategy 14.7%, 2D 4%
- #28 A War of a Madman's Making
79% matchVery Positive96% of 109 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 17.4%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Historical 8.3%, Dark 7.6%
- #29 Pawns of War
78% matchVery Positive86% of 558 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 35.9%, Anime 19.6%, Visual Novel 18%, Strategy 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #30 Territory: Farming and Warfare
75% matchVery Positive85% of 735 reviews2026
Dev: Wit Studio
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 22.3 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 25.4%, War 25.2%, Sandbox 20.9%, Building 11%, Strategy 10.5%
- #31 Aircraft Carrier Survival
78% matchMixed60% of 1,215 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 41.1% ★, War 25%, Sandbox 15.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Economy 9%
- #32 Purgatory Dungeoneer
77% matchVery Positive89% of 53 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 42.4%, RPG 19.2%, Strategy 17.5%, Anime 17.2%, 2D 3.6%
- #33 Rise of the Third Power
76% matchVery Positive89% of 578 reviews2022
Dev: Stegosoft GamesPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rise of the Third Power is a retro-themed, console-style roleplaying game, loosely based on the political climate of Europe in the late 1930's. The story takes place in the land of Rin during the height of the Age of Sail, following the events that would lead to the greatest war in human history.
Why similar: War 35%, Anime 22.6%, RPG 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, 2D 7.3%
- #34 Project Wunderwaffe: Prologue
77% matchMixed67% of 332 reviews2022
Dev: Weasel Games
Windows
Project Wunderwaffe: Prologue is some part of the full version of the game. The gameplay starts in the realities of World War II, the Soviets and Allies are coming. Your task in the game is to keep enemy troops as far away from your base as possible. Fight and survive!
Why similar: World War II 35.1% ★, Wargame 20.8%, War 20.1%, City Builder 10.5%, Strategy 8%
- #35 Burden of Command™
73% matchVery Positive84% of 637 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 34.2% ★, War 21.4%, Wargame 17%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Historical 6.6%
- #36 WW2 Rebuilder
74% matchVery Positive85% of 1,560 reviews2023
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.0 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 49.7% ★, City Builder 23.9%, Sandbox 15.1%, Building 11.3%
- #37 Red Button
74% 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 29.7% ★, World War II 24.3% ★, War 18.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #38 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,251 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 50.7 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 24.8% ★, Political Sim 23.3% ★, Wargame 18.8%, War 13%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #39 December 1914
73% matchVery Positive85% of 151 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%, Anime 10%, Historical 8.8%
- #40 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
73% matchVery Positive84% of 509 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.8 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 37.2% ★, War 25.1%, Wargame 23.5%, Strategy 7.7%, Historical 6.6%
- #41 Dark Side of War
75% 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 39.3%, Historical 22.2%, Atmospheric 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%
- #42 River Town Factory
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,343 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 24.2%, City Builder 20.6%, Building 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #43 Songs of Steel: Hispania
71% matchVery Positive93% of 59 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 29.8%, War 28.6%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Historical 14.6%, 2D 7.8%
- #44 DSS 2: War Industry
70% matchVery Positive86% of 172 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 41.4%, City Builder 32.3%, Economy 14.7%, Strategy 11.7%
- #45 Spirit of Europe - Origins
72% 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 55.2%, Strategy 26.2%, Historical 18.6%
- #46 AfterWar
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Dmytro Lumen
Windows
AfterWar is a strategy about the world in 2028
Why similar: Political Sim 44.5% ★, War 29.3%, Economy 10.3%, Strategy 10%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #47 Heart of the Machine
66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,051 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 27.5%, Sandbox 23.3%, Building 14.3%, Economy 12.3%, Strategy 12.2%
- #48 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 225 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 19.1 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 35.9% ★, Wargame 26%, War 25.3%, Strategy 7%, Historical 5.8%
- #49 Supreme Ruler 1936
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 306 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 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 33.8% ★, War 20.6%, Wargame 18.2%, Sandbox 12.9%, Strategy 8.1%
- #50 Territory Control 2
67% matchVery Positive81% of 126 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 34.8%, Sandbox 32.7%, Building 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, 2D 5.1%
- #51 Aether & Iron
66% matchVery Positive84% of 502 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 36.9%, Visual Novel 34.9%, RPG 28.2%
- #52 Obscure Chronicle of Dynasty
68% matchVery Positive95% of 80 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 34.8%, Strategy 29.3%, RPG 25.9%, 2D 10%
- #53 Strategic Mind: The Pacific
70% 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 37.9% ★, War 25.3%, Wargame 22.9%, Strategy 7.4%, Historical 6.6%
- #54 Duskpunk
66% matchVery Positive91% of 174 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 45.5%, RPG 40.1%, 2D 14.4%
- #55 Organs Please
68% matchVery Positive83% of 330 reviews2023
Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
Why similar: Political Sim 61.6% ★, Choices Matter 20.8%, Strategy 12.3%, 2D 5.2%
- #56 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
68% matchMixed61% of 7,895 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 16.2 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 II 32.1% ★, Wargame 19.1%, War 16.3%, Sandbox 10%, Building 8.5%
- #57 Twenty-second: Stories of Underground Kharkiv
67% matchVery Positive89% of 76 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 10.2%, Dark 8.1%
- #58 Ground of Aces
64% matchVery Positive85% of 1,455 reviews2025
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: World War II 32% ★, War 15.8%, City Builder 14.8%, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 7.8%
- #59 ANIME - World War II
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,370 reviews2020
Dev: Konnichiwa Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
World War II themed shooter with anime girls.
Why similar: World War II 51% ★, War 23.2%, Wargame 14.3%, Historical 7.5%, Atmospheric 4%
- #60 Making History: The First World War
69% 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: Wargame 36.6%, War 28.1%, Strategy 15.5%, Historical 11.5%, Economy 8.3%