- #1 Armored Brigade
97% matchVery Positive89% of 362 reviews2019
Dev: Veitikka StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. An "Iron Curtain" divides the Western Powers gathered together under the NATO banner from the Soviet Union
Why similar: Wargame 23.3%, Simulation 18.7%, Cold War 17.9% ★, Strategy 17.9%, RTS 15%
- #2 WARNO
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 16,013 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.3 hrsMean: 71.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.
Why similar: Wargame 19.6%, Cold War 17.6% ★, RTS 16.3%, Tanks 14.5% ★, Military 8.8%
- #3 Regiments
96% matchVery Positive88% of 2,929 reviews2022
Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.
Why similar: Cold War 20% ★, Wargame 19.3%, RTS 16%, Tanks 12.3% ★, War 8%
- #4 Steel Division 2
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,583 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 52.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.
Why similar: RTS 24%, Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Wargame 16%, Military 10.4%, War 10.3%
- #5 Broken Arrow
94% matchMixed54% of 34,846 reviews2025
Dev: Steel BalalaikaPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 36.8 hrsMean: 92.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.
Why similar: Wargame 24%, Action RTS 20.4% ★, RTS 18.9%, War 8.5%, Strategy 8.1%
- #6 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
94% matchVery Positive81% of 863 reviews2020
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 69.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.
Why similar: Wargame 22.9%, RTS 22.6%, Tanks 17% ★, Military 9.3%, War 8.3%
- #7 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
93% 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: Tanks 20% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Wargame 16.2%, Cold War 10.3% ★, War 8.8%
- #8 Wargame: Red Dragon
92% matchVery Positive89% of 19,728 reviews2014
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 52.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Why similar: RTS 26.7%, Wargame 17.5%, Cold War 16.7% ★, Strategy 10.9%, Military 10.9%
- #9 Men of War II
91% matchMixed61% of 7,460 reviews2024
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Experience warfare like never before! Men of War II, the anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed RTS franchise is here with all-new units, locations, campaigns, game modes and true trademarks of the series: historical fidelity and action-filled gameplay on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WWII.
Why similar: RTS 21.6%, Wargame 21.4%, Tanks 20.6% ★, Military 9%, Realistic 7.3%
- #10 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,131 reviews2016
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.
Why similar: Wargame 23.3%, Tanks 19.8% ★, RTS 13.9%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 11.5%
- #11 Wargame: Airland Battle
90% matchVery Positive87% of 4,453 reviews2013
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.
Why similar: RTS 24.9%, Cold War 23.1% ★, Wargame 15%, Military 11.7%, Strategy 10.7%
- #12 Panzer Corps 2
89% matchVery Positive85% of 4,186 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 59.9 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 28% ★, Wargame 25.8%, Strategy 14.7%, Military 12.9%, War 11.3%
- #13 Command: Modern Operations
89% matchVery Positive85% of 1,636 reviews2019
Dev: Command Development TeamPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 32.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.
Why similar: Wargame 23.5%, RTS 18%, Military 17%, Simulation 15.3%, Grand Strategy 10.6% ★
- #14 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
87% matchVery Positive85% of 33,822 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 77.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?
Why similar: RTS 31.9%, War 17.3%, Military 13.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Realistic 10.3%
- #15 ICBM: Escalation
86% matchVery Positive86% of 1,434 reviews2024
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Wargame 22.7%, RTS 19.6%, Cold War 15.3% ★, War 6.8%
- #16 Steel Armor: Blaze of War
88% matchVery Positive84% of 353 reviews2015
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Steel Armor: Blaze of War is realistic tank simulator with tactical elements. The game models Soviet T-62 tank and US M60A1 tank in detail. Each tank has interactive cockpit with crew. Player controls a tank, and commands a tank platoon and attached forces in 4 large scale dynamic campaigns.
Why similar: Tanks 36.9% ★, Cold War 17% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Military 9.7%, Strategy 8.2%
- #17 Carrier Command 2
86% matchVery Positive82% of 3,750 reviews2021
Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, RTS 19.9%, Wargame 19.6%, War 11.6%, Military 7.9%
- #18 Arma Reforger
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 56,460 reviews2023
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 21.2 hrsMean: 94.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.
Why similar: Military 22.9%, Cold War 18.1% ★, War 16.2%, Realistic 14.5%, Simulation 12.8%
- #19 Steel Division: Normandy 44
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,309 reviews2017
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
Why similar: RTS 36.9%, Wargame 13.1%, Military 13%, Strategy 12.7%, War 10.6%
- #20 Total Conflict: Resistance
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,333 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Total Conflict: Resistance is a unique symbiosis of global strategy, tactics and first-person action. Realistic mass battles, many types of armored vehicles, weapons, uniforms, unique mechanics, immersive free gameplay. Lead any state and bring it to greatness!
Why similar: Action RTS 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Wargame 15.6%, RTS 15.3%, War 9.1%
- #21 Sudden Strike 5
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 771 reviews2026
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.7% ★, RTS 22.2%, Wargame 17.7%, Tanks 9.3% ★, Military 7.9%
- #22 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
84% 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: Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Wargame 19.2%, RTS 18.5%, Cold War 10.7% ★, Military 9.4%
- #23 Syrian Warfare
82% matchVery Positive87% of 5,573 reviews2017
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Why similar: RTS 27%, Wargame 26.1%, Military 12.9%, Realistic 9.8%, War 9.3%
- #24 Line War
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,182 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Centurion
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics. Draw commands and execute a superior strategy to defeat your opponent, focusing on high-level decisions rather than constant micromanagement.
Why similar: Action RTS 19.7% ★, RTS 17.2%, Grand Strategy 14.4% ★, Cold War 12% ★, Wargame 11.9%
- #25 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
81% matchVery Positive80% of 2,709 reviews2014
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.
Why similar: RTS 29.2%, Wargame 27.1%, Strategy 16.5%, War 10%, Simulation 9.4%
- #26 Ultimate General: Civil War
79% matchVery Positive89% of 8,579 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, Wargame 23.5%, RTS 19.9%, War 12.3%, Strategy 6.3%
- #27 Sudden Strike 4
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,319 reviews2017
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!
Why similar: Action RTS 23.5% ★, RTS 23%, Tanks 14.1% ★, Strategy 11.2%, War 10.3%
- #28 Easy Red 2
77% matchVery Positive90% of 14,718 reviews2022
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!
Why similar: Wargame 34.9%, War 24.7%, Simulation 13.6%, Realistic 13.3%, Strategy 12.5%
- #29 Iron Warriors: T-72 Tank Command
81% matchMixed65% of 300 reviews2006
Dev: Crazy HousePub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 61.8 hrs≥1hr: 27%
The most devastating mechanized armor to ever roll onto a battlefield is brought to life in Iron Warriors: T72-Tank Command.
Why similar: Tanks 24.8% ★, Cold War 22.4% ★, Wargame 14.6%, Military 10.4%, Simulation 8.4%
- #30 Blitzkrieg 3
78% matchMixed54% of 7,324 reviews2017
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.
Why similar: RTS 24.9%, Tanks 23.9% ★, War 13.2%, Military 12%, Strategy 9.3%
- #31 Combat Mission Cold War
77% matchMixed67% of 237 reviews2021
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.
Why similar: Wargame 30.8%, Military 11.7%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 11%, War 10.9%
- #32 Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
78% matchVery Positive83% of 452 reviews2014
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star is a sequel to Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943. It’s an Eastern Front war game with solid graphics and sprawling battlefields that really emphasizes the scope of WWII tank combat.Want to step into the role of a commander in the very heart of Kharkov’s defense?
Why similar: Wargame 25%, Tanks 21.8% ★, RTS 15.8%, Strategy 15.3%, Military 5.8%
- #33 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
75% matchVery Positive91% of 46,616 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 64.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
Why similar: RTS 26.5%, War 15.8%, Strategy 15.8%, Tanks 15.6% ★, Military 10.2%
- #34 Sherman Commander
73% matchMixed67% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Wolf Studio S.A.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Command a platoon of Sherman tanks over the most famous theaters of WWII. Take the commander’s seat and give specific orders to your crew, or open the tactical map to coordinate your actions with accompanying units.
Why similar: Tanks 19.5% ★, Wargame 17.9%, RTS 17.1%, Vehicular Combat 10.2%, War 9.5%
- #35 Order of Battle: World War II
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,169 reviews2015
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Order of Battle: World War II is a breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players.
Why similar: Wargame 41.4%, Strategy 27.3%, War 14.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Level Editor 2.6%
- #36 Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 267 reviews2023
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Battle for Normandy faithfully recreates the experience of tactical land warfare in Western France during World War Two.
Why similar: Strategy 77.9%, 3D 20.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #37 Clash of Irons
75% matchMixed67% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: HQ Games
Windows
Real-time tank RPG+SLG game. It recreates the classic tanks of World War II and restores the shocking war scenes with fantasy World War II plots. Command your futuristic tanks across history and rekindle your war spirit with the will of iron and blood.
Why similar: Tanks 18.5% ★, Wargame 17.6%, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, RTS 14.8%, Military 8.1%
- #38 Call to Arms
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 24,122 reviews2018
Dev: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.
Why similar: RTS 32.9%, Military 19.1%, Strategy 19%, War 15.6%, Simulation 6.7%
- #39 Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,904 reviews2026
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.
Why similar: Wargame 30.6%, RTS 26.6%, Military 9.3%, War 9.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #40 Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - Cold War
76% matchMostly Negative26% of 1,285 reviews2019
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The legendary Men of War RTS series has reached the cold war era. Take command of U.S. or Soviet soldiers, controlling vast armies with the military decisions down to you. Claim victory in dynamic singleplayer and co-op campaigns or challenge fellow strategists in online multiplayer!
Why similar: Cold War 23.9% ★, Strategy 22.9%, RTS 21.5%, Simulation 21%, War 10.7%
- #41 The Great War: Western Front™
72% matchMixed66% of 3,283 reviews2023
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: RTS 24%, Grand Strategy 22.7% ★, Wargame 14.3%, Strategy 11.4%, Tanks 8.2% ★
- #42 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
72% matchVery Positive91% of 466 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 44.4%, Strategy 19.5%, Simulation 18%, War 14%, 2D 3.7%
- #43 Master of Command
68% matchVery Positive92% of 3,925 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.
Why similar: RTS 25.9%, Wargame 22.7%, War 15.9%, Military 13.1%, Strategy 9.3%
- #44 Battlefield Commander WWII
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Sword of SteelPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical game where you lead the soldiers and vehicles that battled across the globe during this time in history. Play hundreds of unique units across multiple game modes.
Why similar: RTS 22.5%, Wargame 22.5%, Tanks 16.3% ★, Military 8.2%, War 8%
- #45 Gunner, HEAT, PC!
70% matchVery Positive92% of 8,079 reviews2022
Dev: Radian Simulations LLC
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.
Why similar: Tanks 25.1% ★, Cold War 22.3% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Vehicular Combat 11%, Military 10.3%
- #46 War Room
73% matchMixed52% of 694 reviews2020
Dev: Binge Gaming OU
Windows
War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.
Why similar: RTS 21.3%, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Wargame 14.6%, War 11.2%, Military 10.6%
- #47 Blitzkrieg Anthology
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,554 reviews2014
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
March into the real-time strategy legend, Blitzkrieg, and prepare for war. This legendary WWII RTS blends unprecedented realism and accuracy to form immersive 3D backgrounds and a game where brute force often takes a back seat to strategy and wits.
Why similar: RTS 29.4%, Tanks 19.3% ★, Strategy 18.3%, War 13.6%, Military 11.8%
- #48 Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943
73% matchMixed68% of 234 reviews2010
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943, the historically accurate and detailed real-time tactical war game, welcomes military history fans to the battle which gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.
Why similar: Tanks 28.8% ★, Strategy 27.8%, Simulation 24.9%, RTS 18.5%
- #49 Call to Arms: Panzer Elite
67% matchMixed70% of 1,951 reviews2025
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Digitalmindsoft Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Lead a platoon of WWII tanks in this immersive TPP and FPP game. Engage in realistic, tactical combat across historic battlefields. Play through campaign or challenge yourself in skirmish mode as either German or US forces.
Why similar: Tanks 31.6% ★, Wargame 25.3%, War 10.1%, Military 9.1%, Simulation 8.7%
- #50 Command Ops 2 Core Game
71% matchVery Positive83% of 423 reviews2017
Dev: Panther Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.6 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: Wargame 41.1%, Strategy 19.4%, Simulation 15.2%, War 12.5%, Military 11.8%
- #51 Men of War: Assault Squad
70% matchVery Positive87% of 5,173 reviews2011
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.
Why similar: RTS 24.5%, Strategy 17.6%, War 15.6%, Tanks 13.7% ★, Military 11.5%
- #52 Hex of Steel
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 898 reviews2020
Dev: War Frogs Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
Why similar: Wargame 32%, Tanks 26.8% ★, Military 15.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Level Editor 9.5%
- #53 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,060 reviews2019
Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.
Why similar: Cold War 21.9% ★, Wargame 21.1%, RTS 17.6%, War 10.2%, Military 9%
- #54 Phantom Brigade
67% matchVery Positive81% of 4,515 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.
Why similar: Tanks 41.5% ★, Military 19.5%, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 13.1%, 3D 6.5%
- #55 Theatre of War
70% matchMixed61% of 375 reviews2010
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Command a special task force composed of different kinds of units, including tanks, APCs, field guns, mortars, various infantry regiments and will also have an opportunity to call for artillery and air support.
Why similar: RTS 34.4%, Strategy 27.8%, Tanks 24.5% ★, War 13.3%
- #56 Battle Academy
69% matchVery Positive85% of 370 reviews2014
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.
Why similar: Wargame 65.9%, Strategy 33.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #57 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
66% matchVery Positive81% of 4,412 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.8% ★, RTS 23%, War 14.8%, Military 12.8%, Strategy 8.2%
- #58 Total Tank Simulator
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,751 reviews2020
Dev: Noobz from PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.
Why similar: Tanks 38.6% ★, War 19.5%, Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 17.1%, Realistic 6.1%
- #59 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
63% matchVery Positive91% of 6,439 reviews2024
Dev: Triassic GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.
Why similar: Cold War 31.7% ★, Military 13.2%, War 12.9%, RTS 11.6%, Simulation 10%