- #1 Steel Armor: Blaze of War
97% 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 52.5% ★, Military 13.4%, Historical 8.9%, Strategy 5.9%, War 5.6%
- #2 Steel Division 2
96% 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: World War II 32.2% ★, Military 14.1%, Historical 11.5%, Wargame 10.4%, War 7.6%
- #3 Armchair Commander
96% 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: Tanks 23.5% ★, World War II 20.2% ★, Historical 12.1%, Wargame 11.3%, Military 10%
- #4 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
95% 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: World War II 32.8% ★, Tanks 22.9% ★, Wargame 12.4%, Military 7%, Strategy 6.7%
- #5 Sherman Commander
94% 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 23.9% ★, World War II 23.2% ★, Historical 12.1%, Military 10.8%, Wargame 10.1%
- #6 Tank Operations: European Campaign
94% matchVery Positive82% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Linked DimensionsPub: 2tainment GmbH
Windows
Tank Operation: European Campaign - is a turn-based, tactical war game with a dozen nerve-racking historical scenarios on the various battlefields of World War II. As an allied general you fight right on the frontline to defeat the Third Reich with all its destructive potential.
Why similar: World War II 27.8% ★, Tanks 20.5% ★, Strategy 10%, Military 9.7%, Historical 9.5%
- #7 Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
92% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2021
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Take command of the Allied forces and protect your homeland and the whole of Europe from totalitarian madness. Form armies. Win battles. Change history.
Why similar: Tanks 21.6% ★, World War II 18.4% ★, Wargame 9.4%, Military 9.2%, Historical 9.1%
- #8 World War 2: Strategy Simulator
93% matchMostly Negative37% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: joynowstudio
Windows
★Tactics & Collocations 30+ Historical Campaigns: Normandy Landing, Operation Market Garden 2 Warfare Conflict Camps: Allies faction and ally Axis 30+ large battlefield maps are provide in this strategy games Omni-directional combat space: naval battle, air combat, land battle.
Why similar: Tanks 21.9% ★, World War II 20.9% ★, Wargame 10.2%, Military 9.5%, Historical 8.8%
- #9 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
91% 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: Tanks 22.9% ★, World War II 19.9% ★, Wargame 10%, Military 9.8%, Historical 9.4%
- #10 Second Front
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 670 reviews2023
Dev: HexdrawPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Second Front is a tactical WWII turn-based strategy game. Craft & share your own scenarios and maps or use your strategic prowess in 48 scenarios set in iconic locations. Command over 40 types of infantry and 216 tanks, vehicles and guns. An infinite tactical sandbox experience.
Why similar: World War II 24.8% ★, Tanks 21.5% ★, Wargame 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.3%
- #11 Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
91% matchVery Positive88% of 250 reviews2016
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Command a true operational structure. Can you balance and prioritize three different Theatres in order to achieve your objective?
Why similar: World War II 53.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Strategy 15.4%, Wargame 11.8%
- #12 Total Tank Generals
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 323 reviews2023
Dev: Noobz From PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Every war has its Generals. Take command of an army during World War II and lead them to victory. Strategize your way through many scenarios and real historical military campaigns of past generals.
Why similar: World War II 33% ★, Historical 12.9%, Wargame 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Military 8.8%
- #13 Xenonauts 2
86% matchVery Positive81% of 5,738 reviews2026
Dev: Goldhawk InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 20%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, Tactical 15.2%, Strategy 11%
- #14 Panzer Strategy
89% matchMixed65% of 471 reviews2018
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Panzer Strategy is a World War II wargame that combines classic turn-based strategy gameplay with modern looks. Command your armies and adapt your units to any objective using a huge selection of real-life military equipment and battle skills.
Why similar: Tanks 23.6% ★, World War II 18.6% ★, Historical 11.2%, Military 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
- #15 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
88% 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: Tanks 23% ★, World War II 18.6% ★, Wargame 10.7%, Military 10%, Historical 8%
- #16 Total Tank Simulator
86% 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: World War II 37.6% ★, Tanks 37% ★, War 9.8%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 3.8%
- #17 Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
87% 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: World War II 29.9% ★, Tanks 24.2% ★, Wargame 12.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Historical 7.2%
- #18 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
84% 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: Tanks 22.2% ★, Wargame 13.7%, Historical 11.9%, Military 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #19 Frontline: Western Front
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
A tactical scale strategy game that invites the players to take command of the Allied or German forces in an epic struggle for the control of Western Europe during World War Two.
Why similar: Tanks 21.7% ★, World War II 20.7% ★, Historical 10%, Wargame 9.6%, Military 9%
- #20 Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943
84% matchVery Positive84% of 418 reviews2017
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943 - tactical battalion level combat simulation. During the Tunisian Campaign in winter 1943 German Panzer battlegroups launch a counteroffensive against the Allied forces to drive them out of Eastern Dorsal.
Why similar: World War II 38.4% ★, Tanks 32.1% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Military 7.9%, Simulation 4.5%
- #21 Panzer Knights
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,998 reviews2021
Dev: 樂磚Joy BrickPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Lead a German panzer platoon through the chaos of World War II in this intense, anime-inspired tank simulation. Assemble an elite crew, deploy legendary tanks, and survive fierce engagements where cunning and skill will decide victory or defeat.
Why similar: Tanks 36.8% ★, World War II 30.9% ★, Wargame 11.5%, War 8.5%, Military 7.8%
- #22 Battlefield Commander WWII
82% 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: World War II 26.7% ★, Tanks 19.4% ★, Wargame 12.4%, Historical 12.1%, Military 9.5%
- #23 Master of Command
79% 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: Historical 22.2%, Military 18.7%, Wargame 15.4%, War 12.3%, Procedural Generation 9.4%
- #24 Theatre of War
83% 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: World War II 55.4% ★, Tanks 24% ★, Strategy 13.8%, War 6.8%
- #25 Steel Division: Normandy 44
80% 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: World War II 48.7% ★, Military 14.3%, Strategy 7.4%, Wargame 6.9%, War 6.4%
- #26 Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far
78% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Atomic GamesPub: SNEG
Windows
Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far challenges you to take control of five strategic bridges in the most dramatic battle of World War II. From war-room strategy to gritty trench combat, battlefields come to life as you command Allied or Axis powers. It's a fight where every second counts.
Why similar: World War II 29.7% ★, Tanks 19.6% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Historical 8%, Strategy 7.7%
- #27 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: World War II 47.1% ★, Wargame 13.9%, Historical 13.9%, War 11.2%, Realistic 5.8%
- #28 Iron Front: Digital War Edition
81% matchMixed59% of 869 reviews2012
Dev: X1 SoftwarePub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.
Why similar: Tanks 28% ★, World War II 24.9% ★, Historical 12.4%, Military 11.7%, War 7.4%
- #29 Armored Front: Tiger Command
79% matchMixed47% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: AutoRotate180
Windows
Immerse yourself in a fully interactive VR Tiger Tank game and lead your way across the treacherous deserts of North Africa in a Legendary Tank of World War 2.
Why similar: Tanks 31.3% ★, World War II 21.3% ★, Military 11.4%, Wargame 10.7%, Historical 8.6%
- #30 Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
76% matchVery Positive84% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Prove to have a true Strategic Mind! Spirit of Liberty will put your strategic planning skills to the test. It’s a hardcore, turn-based, historically accurate strategy game set in WWII. Lead Finnish forces against an overwhelming threat through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War.
Why similar: Tanks 22.9% ★, World War II 19.4% ★, Wargame 10%, Military 9.7%, Historical 9.4%
- #31 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
77% matchVery Positive90% of 583 reviews2015
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: World War II 43.2% ★, Wargame 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Strategy 10.2%, Historical 7.3%
- #32 A Legionary's Life
75% matchVery Positive87% of 2,491 reviews2019
Dev: Alessandro Roberti
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A Legionary's Life lets you play as a Roman soldier during the years of the Second Punic War and beyond. Rise up through the ranks and win prestigious awards or just focus on making it home in one piece; it's up to you.
Why similar: Historical 34.8%, War 16.8%, Roguelike 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Retro 12%
- #33 Hex of Steel
75% 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: World War II 24.8% ★, Tanks 20.8% ★, Wargame 11.5%, Military 11.5%, Historical 11.3%
- #34 Burden of Command™
73% 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 30.5% ★, Historical 15.7%, Wargame 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, War 8.4%
- #35 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
74% 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: World War II 36% ★, Tanks 17.2% ★, Military 10.8%, War 9.1%, Strategy 8.8%
- #36 Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator
78% matchMostly Negative34% of 659 reviews2019
Dev: Gattai Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Armored Battle Crew is a Tank and Crew Management Simulation game, where your skills as a Tank commander is tested. Customize your tank carefully and make strategic battle choices to achieve mission success! The fate of your crew lies in your hands!
Why similar: Tanks 45.5% ★, Military 16.5%, Historical 14%, War 9.7%, Tactical 6.4%
- #37 Tank Battle: 1944
76% matchMixed63% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Instantly get involved in the action by joining the Allied invasion of Europe during the Second World War. Take command of an American battle group during WW2 in this turn based strategy wargame and help liberate Europe from the evil Axis power-base!
Why similar: World War II 39.1% ★, Tanks 37.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Strategy 8.4%
- #38 Pacific General
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Strategic SimulationsPub: SNEG
Windows
Pacific General explores the Pacific front of the Second World War. Taking control of Axis or Allied forces, you must strategically battle your way through the Eastern and Western front of the Pacific war, using a wide array of land, air and naval forces.
Why similar: World War II 18.5% ★, Wargame 16.5%, Historical 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%
- #39 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
73% 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 34.6% ★, Historical 14.2%, Wargame 12.9%, World War II 12.6% ★, Military 11.2%
- #40 Headquarters: World War II
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 684 reviews2024
Dev: Starni GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.
Why similar: Tanks 22.6% ★, World War II 19.7% ★, Historical 10.3%, Wargame 9.9%, Military 9%
- #41 WWII Tanks: Battlefield
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: SP GAMES
Windows
Immerse yourself in a world of armored tank battles. Choose from a wide range of famous tanks of the major combatants. Pick the best tank and blast your way across the battlefield. Defeat your enemies with force and strategic decisions! And lead your team on a glorious road to victory!
Why similar: Tanks 38.4% ★, World War II 35.9% ★, Military 11.7%, War 8.7%, Simulation 5.3%
- #42 Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty - Prologue 1939
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Lead the scarce Finnish forces through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War. Save your country’s very existence from the Red Menace. Niet Molotoff!
Why similar: Tanks 23.2% ★, World War II 19.8% ★, Wargame 10%, Military 9.7%, Historical 9.6%
- #43 The Troop
71% matchVery Positive83% of 828 reviews2023
Dev: Giant FlamePub: PLA Studios
Windows · Mac
The Troop is a turn-based, platoon-level tactical game set in WW2. From the early hours of D-Day to Falaise, play as British and Canadian or German forces in desperate fighting across Normandy.
Why similar: World War II 24.7% ★, Tanks 23% ★, Wargame 8.5%, Historical 8%, Military 7.2%
- #44 Call to Arms: Panzer Elite
70% 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 30.8% ★, World War II 26.5% ★, Wargame 11.4%, Historical 9.5%, Military 8.6%
- #45 Sudden Strike 5
68% 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: World War II 32.9% ★, Tanks 13.8% ★, Historical 13.4%, Wargame 12.2%, Military 11.4%
- #46 Atlantic Fleet
71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,571 reviews2016
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Turn based tactical and strategic naval combat. Atlantic Fleet puts you in command of the Allies or Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in the longest military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic.Take command of surface ships, submarines as well as carrier and land based aircraft in the deadly struggle for control of Atlantic shipping...
Why similar: World War II 63.9% ★, Strategy 11.7%, Historical 9.8%, War 9.5%, Simulation 5.1%
- #47 Battle Brothers
70% matchVery Positive88% of 28,621 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 94.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: Historical 25.1%, Military 22.1%, War 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Realistic 9%
- #48 Clash of Irons
71% 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 27.5% ★, World War II 23.2% ★, Wargame 12.2%, Military 11.7%, Tactical 5.1%
- #49 Frontline: World War II
70% matchVery Positive85% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Immerse yourself in the captivating atmosphere of World War II, as you meticulously plan your moves and adapt to the ever-changing battlefield. With a wide array of units and tactical options at your disposal, success is determined by your strategic prowess and adaptability.
Why similar: World War II 31.7% ★, Wargame 13.6%, Military 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%
- #50 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
67% matchVery Positive88% of 121 reviews2024
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific is a turn-based strategy game. It offers a comprehensive experience of the Pacific Theater, challenging you to achieve victory in one of history's greatest conflicts.
Why similar: World War II 23.8% ★, Wargame 16.5%, Historical 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Military 10.6%
- #51 Frontline: Panzer Blitzkrieg!
69% matchVery Positive87% of 111 reviews2020
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Fight your way through 35 Unique WW2 battles - Aim your targets carefully, counter-attack, and strategically coordinate your Squads. The study of enemy tactics and the use of Special abilities will lead to victory!
Why similar: Tanks 26.8% ★, World War II 19.9% ★, Wargame 12.5%, Military 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #52 Classified: France '44
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,016 reviews2024
Dev: Absolutely GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?
Why similar: World War II 28.4% ★, Historical 13.4%, Military 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%
- #53 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
68% 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 32.1% ★, Wargame 15.2%, Military 14.3%, Historical 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
- #54 Armored Brigade II
65% matchVery Positive89% of 248 reviews2025
Dev: Veitikka StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Armored Brigade II revolutionizes real-time tactical warfare in 3D, focusing on the intense combined arms combat of the Cold War era, from 1965 to 1991. Boasting a meticulously researched database and huge real-world terrain maps, this game offers an unparalleled combat simulation experience.
Why similar: Tanks 35.6% ★, Wargame 21.8%, Military 11.5%, War 9.1%, Strategy 8.4%
- #55 UBOAT
64% matchVery Positive84% of 27,151 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Water StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 52.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
Why similar: World War II 43.2% ★, Military 18.3%, Historical 17.8%, War 10.9%, Realistic 6.6%
- #56 Tank Squad
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 880 reviews2025
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Tank Squad is a tactical-combat action game. Take part in big tank battles during World War II. Play single-player or coop (4 players). Repair your tanks, replenish supplies, manage the crew and get back to the action!
Why similar: Tanks 32.5% ★, World War II 27.8% ★, Military 12%, Historical 9.5%, War 8%
- #57 Broken Lines
68% 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: World War II 29% ★, Historical 18%, War 15.5%, Wargame 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%
- #58 MENACE
62% matchVery Positive91% of 13,267 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.1%, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Tactical 15.5%, Strategy 11.1%
- #59 Aircraft Carrier Survival
67% 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 53.1% ★, War 14.3%, Tactical 10.8%, Realistic 9.9%, Strategy 9.1%