Games Like Arms Race - TCWE

Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.

Why similar: Political Sim 23.3% ★, Cold War 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 12.1%, Diplomacy 9% ★, Alternate History 8.2%

A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.

Why similar: Political Sim 26.7% ★, Cold War 24.5% ★, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Strategy 10.6%, Alternate History 7.2%

Lead the CIA or KGB in a turn-based global strategy. Influence nations, run covert ops, and win the Cold War without firing a shot.

Why similar: Cold War 30.7% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Grand Strategy 11.4%, Political Sim 9.9% ★, Diplomacy 8.8% ★

Touch the world with your fingertips! Your retro terminal awaits your command, for the balance of power, in this definitive Cold War strategy game. Here you belong; assert your leadership through turn based strategic tit-for-tat, on the brink of mutually assured destruction. Don't let it slip away!

Why similar: Cold War 28.8% ★, Political Sim 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7%, Military 7.8%, Strategy 7.6%

Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game combined with a global turn-based tactical mode, thrusting gamers into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962.

Why similar: Strategy 52.1%, Cold War 47.9% ★

Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.

Why similar: Cold War 30.5% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3%, Military 11.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Diplomacy 9.3% ★

Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.

Why similar: Cold War 34.5% ★, Political Sim 27.6% ★, Historical 12.7%, Strategy 9.4%, Diplomacy 7.8% ★

Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.

Why similar: Political Sim 29.8% ★, Cold War 22.9% ★, Grand Strategy 13.5%, Military 10.4%, Historical 7.1%

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: Political Sim 21.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7%, Cold War 13.2% ★, Military 11%, Modern 8.7%

A sardonic take on nationalism and the Cold War though a minimalist and fast paced RTS. Scheme your way through a highly replayable campaign, or conduct some "diplomacy" on your "friends" in multiplayer.

Why similar: Cold War 25.8% ★, Diplomacy 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7%, Political Sim 14.1% ★, Strategy 6.8%

AfterWar is a simple yet feature-rich strategy game for everyone.

Why similar: Political Sim 23.2% ★, Grand Strategy 14.6%, Diplomacy 13.5% ★, Economy 7.3%, War 6.7%

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: Grand Strategy 20.9%, Cold War 19.1% ★, Historical 13.1%, Military 11.7%, Diplomacy 11.3% ★

Turn wealth into political power in this modern Grand Strategy game. Build a global economic empire, manipulate governments, and challenge the world's superpowers through Economic supremacy or military Conquest.

Why similar: Political Sim 31% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1%, Diplomacy 16.2% ★, Economy 9.9%, Modern 7.3%

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: Grand Strategy 25%, Diplomacy 21.4% ★, Alternate History 12.9%, Economy 11%, Strategy 11%

Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space.

Why similar: Cold War 30.5% ★, Strategy 27.6%, Space 17.6%, Historical 11.9%, Simulation 11.4%

This game is a global strategy, which is primarily focused on Ukraine after leaving the Soviet occupation. Here you will be given control of Ukraine with the opportunity to change history and intervene in the events of that time.

Why similar: Political Sim 35.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2%, Strategy 14.8%, Alternate History 13.9%, Economy 4.8%

A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity.

Why similar: Political Sim 41.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4%, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Economy 9.8%, War 7.8%

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: Political Sim 22.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2%, Historical 14.7%, Strategy 13%, War 11.2%

Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.

Why similar: Political Sim 24.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4%, Historical 15.4%, Strategy 13.6%, Diplomacy 12.4% ★

What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?

Why similar: Political Sim 29.9% ★, Cold War 19.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 8.9%, Alternate History 8.3%

Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.6%, Diplomacy 20.2% ★, Alternate History 15.3%, Historical 13.7%, Strategy 12.3%

An unique long-term strategy game with week-long matches with up to 101 players, set in the alternate reality of 1919.

Why similar: Political Sim 26.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9%, Alternate History 11.3%, War 9.1%, Strategy 8%

A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.

Why similar: Cold War 28.4% ★, Diplomacy 17.2% ★, Historical 12%, Alternate History 11.2%, Military 11.2%

Lead your country through the Victorian age, expand your empire as you go head to head with the great powers of the world.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.9%, Military 12.6%, War 12.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%

The latest expansion of the ultra-realistic world simulator, where you play as the head of state or the opposition! New Features: tourism simulator, party strategies with regime censures, personal wealth management, a European army, AI and robotics.

Why similar: Political Sim 34.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 7.2%, Military 5.2%

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 20.3%, Diplomacy 16.8% ★, Alternate History 11.5%, Historical 11.1%, Economy 9.5%

SuperPower 3 is a modern geopolitical sim in a planet Earth setup. Rule the world or challenge your knowledge about demography, economics, military strategy, as well as political issues across the globe. Compete with or against other players, or just try to do better than the real-life politicians.

Why similar: Political Sim 28.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4%, Real Time Tactics 8.5%, Military 7.8%, Strategy 7.8%

Lead your people to glory and write a new chapter of history in Realpolitiks II, a real-time grand strategy game where you lead any contemporary nation in an attempt to secure world dominance.

Why similar: Political Sim 39.9% ★, Grand Strategy 27.2%, Strategy 19.4%, Simulation 6.8%, Modern 4%

is a grand strategy game that takes place in 1992-2004. You take lead of your own Party in the face of the total devastation of one of the fictional post-Soviet states in Europe. Try to realize your (or someone else's) political dreams in the shaky arena of this dilapidated situation.

Why similar: Political Sim 35.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1%, Historical 11.3%, Alternate History 11.3%, Economy 9.7%

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: Strategy 36.5%, Cold War 36.5% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Military 12.3%

Lead a Three Kingdoms warlord in a turn-based grand strategy simulation focused on logistics, diplomacy, officer management, and large-scale warfare.

Why similar: Political Sim 41.4% ★, Military 14.4%, Strategy 11.2%, War 10.8%, Alternate History 8.5%

Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

Why similar: Military 20.6%, Real Time Tactics 18%, Historical 17.5%, Modern 14.9%, Strategy 11.7%

A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!

Why similar: Political Sim 28.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5%, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, War 9.2%, Strategy 8.8%

Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!

Why similar: Political Sim 33% ★, Diplomacy 23.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7%, Strategy 15.9%, Historical 6.6%

Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...

Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.2%, Historical 17.9%, Economy 16%, Alternate History 15.9%, Strategy 12.9%

January 1, 1960. Become Major General Park Chung-hee at a turning point in Korean history. Preserve democracy and rise as the father of a nation—or cling to power and become a dictator. The fate of the Republic of Korea is in your hands.

Why similar: Political Sim 20.8% ★, Cold War 17.4% ★, Grand Strategy 14%, Diplomacy 9.3% ★, Historical 7.8%

Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?

Why similar: Political Sim 48.2% ★, Cold War 13.4% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Diplomacy 7.7% ★, Grand Strategy 7.5%

This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.

Why similar: Political Sim 25.6% ★, Diplomacy 17.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16%, Military 8.6%, Real Time Tactics 8.4%

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: Military 26%, War 19.3%, Historical 18.3%, Alternate History 18.2%, Strategy 13.7%

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: Grand Strategy 24%, Historical 18.8%, Military 16.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, War 12.7%

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.2%, Diplomacy 17.2% ★, Historical 10.5%, Military 10%, Economy 9.7%

Lead your empire in turn based strategy war game. Select your country and start to play.

Why similar: Political Sim 35.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6%, War 13.8%, Strategy 11%, Military 10.9%

"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!

Why similar: Political Sim 24.9% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6%, Historical 11.7%, Military 9.1%, Strategy 9%

ArmaCulture is an indie factory-builder RPG set in the midst of a bitter, industrialized war between two nations in a fictional world similar to our own. The game combines illustrated character art with stylized pixel art to create a unique and dark historic atmosphere.

Why similar: Political Sim 47.2% ★, War 17.6%, Strategy 15.3%, Economy 7.3%, Historical 6.3%

Command your nation's armies, economy, and diplomacy in this WWII Grand Strategy Wargame. Easy to start, hard to master and a full match fits in one session. Play singleplayer and multiplayer, or create, play and share your own custom scenarios with the built-in Scenario Editor.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.8%, Diplomacy 15.8% ★, Alternate History 13.4%, Historical 11%, Strategy 10.7%

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: Military 20.8%, Strategy 20.7%, Cold War 16.7% ★, Modern 15.1%, War 13.5%

Taking place from 1936-64, Arsenal of Democracy lets you play as any nation during the era of WW2, complete with detailed models for economics, diplomacy, research, and intelligence. Warfare is also fully represented with all three branches of operations: land, sea, and air.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 52.5%, Strategy 47.5%

The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.1%, Diplomacy 19.9% ★, Historical 12.5%, Alternate History 11.9%, Economy 10.6%

SuperPower 2 is the only global geopolitical simulation game which allows players to control entire countries. Players control countries in 3 major areas: political, economic and military, but this time, in a beautiful real-time 3D environment.

Why similar: Political Sim 51.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7%, Strategy 11.8%, War 6.2%, Economy 6.2%

A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.8%, Diplomacy 18.4% ★, Historical 11.3%, Military 10.7%, Economy 10.1%

In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!

Why similar: Political Sim 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21%, Military 10.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Alternate History 8.2%

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: Grand Strategy 24%, Historical 14.6%, Military 13.2%, War 12.5%, Strategy 11.6%

Can you face the challenges of the Oval Office? Find out in Mr. President, a sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency. Pursue your legislative agenda. Compete with rivals Russia and China. Deal with crises from 9/11 to COVID-19; and direct the U.S. military against terror groups and rogue states.

Why similar: Political Sim 28.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Diplomacy 15.8% ★, Historical 10.5%, Strategy 7.7%

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: Grand Strategy 23.9%, Historical 16.2%, Strategy 13.5%, Alternate History 11.8%, War 9.6%

FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.

Why similar: Cold War 34.1% ★, Diplomacy 17.7% ★, Military 11.5%, War 10.7%, Modern 9.8%

An approachable turn-based grand strategy sandbox. Lead a nation, forge alliances, wage wars and rewrite history. Play solo or with friends, create your own maps and scenarios, and explore community mods on Steam Workshop.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.8%, Diplomacy 17.5% ★, Military 11.1%, Economy 10.9%, Historical 9.4%

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 35.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 12%, Alternate History 11.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Military 9.7%

King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.

Why similar: Political Sim 21.8% ★, Grand Strategy 13.2%, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Military 10.7%, Historical 7.7%

Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.8%, Diplomacy 20.3% ★, Historical 12.9%, Economy 11.5%, Alternate History 11.3%