- #1 Making History: The Great War
97% 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 35.4% ★, Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, War 7.3%, Alternate History 5.7%
- #2 Commander: The Great War
96% 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 43.8% ★, Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Strategy 6%, Wargame 5.2%
- #3 Home Before Winter (HBW)
96% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Core Reaction Studios
Windows
A World War I inspired turn-based global domination strategy game where players conquer territories and command armies. Play solo or with up to 10 players in tactical multiplayer matches.
Why similar: World War I 31.5% ★, Grand Strategy 24.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Tactical 6.8%, Wargame 4.1%
- #4 The Great War: Western Front™
95% 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 40.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, War 5.9%, Tactical 4.4%
- #5 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 34.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Alternate History 7.1%, War 6.4%
- #6 Comrades and Barons: Gates of Freedom
94% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Māris Ozols
Windows
After the Great War, the Red Army advanced westward to ignite revolution in Europe. In this turn-based hex wargame, you will experience the key events of the Latvian War of Independence during this exciting and turbulent era.
Why similar: World War I 39% ★, Hex Grid 13.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, War 8.2%, Turn-Based 5.8%
- #7 The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia
93% matchVery Positive85% of 1,618 reviews2022
Dev: HongShou StudioPub: Pixmain
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Grand Strategy 38.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Alternate History 11.4%, War 9.1%, Tactical 6.8%
- #8 The Modern Century
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trenchfoot
Windows
You're put at the helm of your nation during Europe's most violent century. You'll have to sacrifice everything your country values for a chance to emerge triumphant. Whether you rise or fall there's a price to pay.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.4% ★, World War I 30.9% ★, Alternate History 12.1%, War 5.7%, Strategy 4.5%
- #9 Supremacy: 1914
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,236 reviews2019
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 1 in the biggest WW1 strategy game of all time. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time on persistent maps. Build experimental weapons of World War 1 and become the one true superpower!
Why similar: World War I 36.5% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5% ★, War 12.6%, Alternate History 4.9%, Historical 4.4%
- #10 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
91% matchVery Positive86% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the ‘Stalingrad on the Yangze’, as was sometimes called the Battle for Shanghai in 1937. Play as the Chinese willing to reclaim the whole city or as the Imperial Japanese forces in their counter-attack.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, War 9.3%, Wargame 6.5%, Strategy 5.8%
- #11 On The Western Front
89% 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 55.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, War 8.5%, Strategy 4.9%, Wargame 4%
- #12 To End All Wars
90% 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 53.1% ★, Grand Strategy 33.8% ★, Strategy 7.7%, Wargame 5.4%
- #13 SGS Heia Safari
89% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The only campaign where forces of Imperial Germany fought victoriously till the end. From 1914 to 1918 in East Africa, you play general Von Lettow and his skilled Askaris or Allied troops from the Empire, Belgium and Portugal. Get the ‘African Queen’ feel when playing this exotic campaign.
Why similar: World War I 51.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Wargame 7%, Historical 5.5%, Military 4%
- #14 SGS Battle For: Fort Donelson
88% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the first decisive battle of the U.S. Civil War. Lead the Union force as General Grant to seize the key forts on the Cumberland, or play the Confederate defenders to maintain the gate to the South closed.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 40.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 25.3%, War 9.3%, Wargame 7.1%, Strategy 6.4%
- #15 Industrial War
87% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Yocone
Windows · Mac
Explore the world In the 1920s, with more than 800 cities and 200 mines. Know your industrial chain and plan the role of each city; know your nation's unique polity structure and adjust your overall strategy. Resist the restlessness of your neighbors, acquire resources, and develop your industry.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, War 7.8%, Strategy 6.3%, Wargame 6.2%
- #16 Age of History II
86% matchVery Positive90% of 49,233 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 61.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.3% ★, World War I 16.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, War 13.4%, Historical 5.9%
- #17 Total Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Studios
Windows
The ultimate turn-based World War 2 grand strategy game wargamers have been yearning for decades. The best ideas born from players and from wargames so huge they overtook your dining room table, and your wife’s patience. From the developer of the WarPlan series.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Hex Grid 8.9% ★, War 8.1%, Wargame 6.3%
- #18 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 24.1%, War 13.1%, Wargame 8.1%, Strategy 5.5%
- #19 Small War
83% matchPositive100% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: ABCD
Windows
You need to choose your camp and build the building! Build combat units through barracks and factories, and then manipulate combat units to destroy enemy bases!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Hex Grid 10.7% ★, War 7.1%, Wargame 6.1%
- #20 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
84% matchVery Positive92% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Hex Grid 14% ★, War 7.5%, Wargame 7%
- #21 Ashen Destiny
82% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Arrow & Blade Games
Windows
Invade rival provinces with your armies, command powerful generals, and unite a fractured ancient land through strategy and conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Wargame 7.9%, War 7.7%, Tactical 5.7%
- #22 SGS Battle of the Bulge
82% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On 16 December 1944, under appalling weather conditions, the Germans launch their last major offensive in the West. Their goal: cut off the Allies from their sources of supply by taking Antwerp. To do so, they must break through the Ardennes salient, starting the battle of the Bulge…
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 25.2%, Wargame 9.2%, War 8.5%, Strategy 5.3%
- #23 WarPlan
81% matchVery Positive81% of 220 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Hex Grid 15.1% ★, War 9.9%, Wargame 6%
- #24 大戦略SSB
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Systemsoft beta, Inc.
Windows
"Daisenryaku SSB" is a simulation game in which you command and fight troops such as tanks and fighters on a battlefield separated by hexes. Since the birth of the "Daisenryaku" series, AI has been tough, and it has been evaluated as a simple game but deep game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Hex Grid 13.8% ★, War 7.3%, Wargame 5.9%
- #25 SATUS
79% matchPositive86% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
SATUS - global fantasy strategy, in which you can lead one of the 4 fractions: magicians, dwarfs, dark side, hell virus. Every fraction is unique. Capture all the enemies, arrange the end of the world, build a great empire!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 40.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.9%, War 15.9%, Tactical 7.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.5%
- #26 Unity of Command II
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,102 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Hex Grid 12.4% ★, War 7.5%, Alternate History 6.2%
- #27 WarDoom ssp Wargame
80% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Mark AinsworthPub: (Mark Ainsworth)
Windows
2D Hard core, Hex & Chit, Turn Based Wargame with A.I. or Hotseat. Move units or stacks around, attack using all the info from live database and unit breakdowns. set your battle objectives in the battle report. A detailed Editor effect live game systems
Why similar: Grand Strategy 50.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 28%, Wargame 8.5%, Strategy 8.3%, 2D 4.5%
- #28 King
78% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: ZhangGuanRu
Windows
This is a game that combines strategy, tactics and role-playing. You travel to a magical world and become a king. You will manage your own country and conquer the world through diplomacy and war.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 49.2% ★, War 13.8%, Alternate History 10.5%, Wargame 8.1%, Tactical 7.3%
- #29 Rhodesia '72
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Every Single Soldier
Windows
The first strategy game to capture the essence of the entire Rhodesian Bush War, from Llewellyn Barracks to BMAT (Jul '64 - Dec '79)
Why similar: Grand Strategy 46.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 34.2%, Strategy 7.2%, Military 7%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.8%
- #30 Domination - War of Nations
77% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: André FacchinettiPub: Beonin Studios
Windows
This is an online turn-based board game in which each player will need to eliminate their opponents in order to conquer territories and clear the way to win the game.
Why similar: World War I 39.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, War 9.6%, Wargame 6.5%, Tactical 5.2%
- #31 Panzer Corps 2
76% matchVery Positive85% of 4,064 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 58.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Hex Grid 14.5% ★, War 8%, Tactical 5.3%
- #32 Mobile Soldiers: Plastic Army
77% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Ecliptec Mobile Ltd.
Windows
Get ready to embark on a thrilling journey down memory lane, with Mobile Soldiers: Plastic Army, bringing the beloved childhood table-top game to life in a new 3D experience that fits in your pocket. Brace yourself for fun that combines nostalgia with the excitement of mobile gaming!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 36.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 26.1%, War 8.4%, Wargame 7.9%, Strategy 6.6%
- #33 Conquer: Napoleonic Wars
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Estuego Games
Windows
A turn-based strategy game based off the Napoleonic Wars! Lead, attack, buy, and communicate. Learn how to play difficult 4x grand strategy games by starting with simple strategy. *Disclaimer, this game is made by a teenager for a school project*
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Alternate History 11.1%, Wargame 6.4%, War 6%
- #34 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
76% matchVery Positive90% of 2,069 reviews2011
Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 43.6% ★, World War I 35.5% ★, Strategy 5.1%, Historical 4.8%, Wargame 4.3%
- #35 Millennia
74% matchMixed67% of 3,746 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Alternate History 11.2%, Hex Grid 9.5% ★, War 9.1%
- #36 Age of Conquest IV
75% matchVery Positive82% of 2,804 reviews2016
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 31%, War 16.7%, Strategy 5.4%, Turn-Based 4.1%
- #37 三国.群英录
73% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: DRAGONJOY Studios
Windows · Mac
点燃你的战魂,投身乱世掀起惊天风暴!化身铁血诸侯,号令三国名将,统领无敌雄师,在真实还原的三国版图上纵横沙场,血战四方!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, War 10.3%, Alternate History 10.2%, Tactical 6.2%
- #38 大戦略SSB2
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Systemsoft beta, Inc.
Windows
Wield over 300 modern weapons, from jets to tanks, and outmaneuver rival forces with your strategy. From small islands to massive total-war maps, turn-based battles let both newcomers and veterans play at their own pace.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 36.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.7%, War 8.5%, Hex Grid 6.8% ★, Strategy 5.5%
- #39 Antiyoy
73% matchPositive87% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: yiotro
Windows
Turn-based strategy with simple rules
Why similar: Grand Strategy 40.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 25.4%, Hex Grid 11.7% ★, War 8.5%, Strategy 6.2%
- #40 Hex Kingdoms
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Sunset GamesPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Hex Kingdoms is a turn-based strategy game set in medevial times with fantasy themes. Expand your kingdom, set up your defenses, train soldiers and monsters to become the only ruler of the land.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Hex Grid 15.1% ★, War 12.5%, Tactical 8.5%
- #41 1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact
72% matchMixed48% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Hex Grid 14.7% ★, War 8.2%, Wargame 6.6%
- #42 Fantasy General II
72% matchVery Positive81% of 1,900 reviews2019
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The fantasy wargaming classic is back! Lead powerful heroes and mighty armies into battle in this critically acclaimed turn-based strategy milestone. Level up and train your units and guide them through a gripping story campaign to decide the fate of a world on the brink of destruction.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Hex Grid 13.6% ★, Tactical 7.8%, War 7.5%
- #43 逐鹿
71% matchMixed57% of 526 reviews2023
Dev: TKG Inc
Windows · Mac
A stand-alone turn-based war chess game with the theme of Chinese history. The core gameplay is territorial competition, and diplomacy, construction, combat and other gameplay will also revolve around territorial competition.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, War 12.2%, Tactical 7.8%, Wargame 5.2%
- #44 Countryballs at War
69% matchPositive85% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 42.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.6%, War 8.6%, Wargame 6.5%, Strategy 6%
- #45 Fields of History: The Great War
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WolferosPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Fields of History is a real-time Grand Strategy game about the First World War. Choose a country and manage the political, economic, technological and military aspects. Lead your Nation through the Great War to victory. Impose your vision by rewriting History, it's up to you!
Why similar: World War I 47.7% ★, Grand Strategy 34.9% ★, War 7.4%, Strategy 7.2%, Historical 2.8%
- #46 Age of History 3
67% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: World War I 33.6% ★, Grand Strategy 30.3% ★, Alternate History 10.9%, War 7.3%, Wargame 6.3%
- #47 Countryball: World 1930
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Lead your countryball to glory in a WWII-inspired turn-based grand strategy!
Why similar: World War I 37.7% ★, Grand Strategy 28.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Wargame 5.4%, Historical 4.2%
- #48 历史模拟器:崇祯
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 青干工作室
Windows
本作的初衷不在于让崇祯单纯地赢,而是编写一部属于你的王朝兴衰故事。虽然历史绝对不可改写,但在世界模型的推演下,你的每一次抉择都将引发蝴蝶效应,书写出全新的篇章。我们希望玩家在体验演义故事的疯狂与逻辑博弈的残酷时,能在直面王朝或崩塌或强盛的激荡中,悄悄生出对真实历史的敬畏。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 48.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Alternate History 10.1%, War 8.2%, Historical 6.6%
- #49 Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol
71% matchMixed69% of 821 reviews2013
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Battle to Rule the Skies!The skies over Europe are a dangerous place, where ace pilots lead their squadrons to glorious victory or crushing defeat! Take control of dozens of the most famous fighter planes of WWI and head into the dogfight. Roll, slip, and loop to get the drop on enemy aces.
Why similar: World War I 55.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 24.6%, Turn-Based 10.2%, Strategy 6.9%, Historical 3%
- #50 SGS Operation Downfall
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Project Manhattan failed! Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands is set in motion. Start with Operation Olympic to capture Kyushu, and move on with Coronet, the landing near Tokyo. Force Japan surrender with the largest amphibious operation in history.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27.2%, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, War 10.4%, Historical 6.4%, Military 6.4%
- #51 Schwerpunkt
70% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Anonymoose Games
Windows
Schwerpunkt is a World War 2 military simulation game. Take control of hundreds of units over a large frontline, making daring manoeuvres to push your enemy back. Fight in one of the scenarios given or make your own in the map maker.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, War 10.6%, Wargame 6.4%, Military 5%
- #52 Acceptable Losses
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zann Archive
Windows · Mac
Acceptable Losses is a phase based WWI command and management game. Lead squads through a brutal 20 day campaign, balancing morale, fatigue, cohesion, and the paperwork of war. Perform well enough and you may be ordered Over the Top, where success leads to a second act holding captured ground.
Why similar: World War I 62.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Wargame 7.1%, War 6%, Historical 6%
- #53 三国記II
68% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: lufy
Windows · Mac
《三国记II》是三国记系列的第2部作品,是一款正统的历史模拟策略游戏。以中国东汉末年的三国时期为总体背景,围绕着争夺大陆霸权,展开了一系列的故事。 《三国记II》采取直接在大地图上进行游戏和战斗,让玩家体验征战四方的快感。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.8%, War 6.6%, Strategy 6.5%, Wargame 5.5%
- #54 Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
67% matchVery Positive86% of 371,365 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.0 hrsMean: 98.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 32.2%, Grand Strategy 30.4% ★, War 9%, Strategy 7.1%, Historical 5.7%
- #55 Demise of Nations
68% matchVery Positive81% of 542 reviews2017
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, Hex Grid 17% ★, War 8.6%, Tactical 5.8%
- #56 Roman General
65% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Moore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A hex based strategy game set in the time of the Roman Republic. Fight through numerous historical wars and campaigns to experience the rise of one of the worlds greatest empires.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, Hex Grid 18.4% ★, Wargame 6.9%, Turn-Based 5.5%
- #57 太平洋之嵐6 ~ 史上最大的激戰諾曼第攻防戰! Pacific Storm 6 - Battle for Normandy
67% matchMixed62% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: SystemSoft Alpha CooperationPub: 英特衛多媒體股份有限公司
Windows
" Pacific Storm” series is a war simulation game. It is a scene of historical facts, and it has been praised by many historical war fans.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Hex Grid 14.9% ★, War 10.5%, Tactical 7.4%
- #58 Generals & Rulers
67% matchMixed62% of 389 reviews2019
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
What will be the strategy game if you throw out all the grind from it, all the boring annoying actions and leave only strategy and tactics? It became interesting to us and as a result we received Generals & Rulers. Try it now!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, War 11.6%, Tactical 7%, Turn-Based 5.7%