- #1 Armored Brigade II
97% matchVery Positive89% of 252 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: Cold War 17.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2%, Action RTS 16% ★, Wargame 13.5%, RTS 12.9%
- #2 Flames in Modern Europe
96% matchMixed68% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Volodymyr Marsenko
Windows · Mac
Global real-time strategy on a highly detailed map! You are the leader of a state — build a powerful economy and army, research technologies and even nuclear weapons! But remember: the aggressor will always breathe down your neck. Use your political courses to achieve your great goal!
Why similar: Political Sim 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1%, Wargame 14.8%, RTS 12.6%, Alternate History 12.3%
- #3 Mandate Eternal
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mandate Eternal
Windows · Mac · Linux
A grand strategy game that focuses on events across Eurasia during the Ming Dynasty of China. Featuring robust and detailed simulation. Lead your army in a real time 1:1 scaled RTS battle against your enemy. Manage thousands of regional markets and shape your empire to your will.
Why similar: Political Sim 15.5% ★, Action RTS 15.5% ★, Grand Strategy 15%, RTS 11%, Wargame 10.9%
- #4 Territorial Conquest
95% matchMixed54% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Uğur CANPub: Stechkom Software
Windows
Lead your nation in Territorial Conquest through the Middle Ages, WWII, and Modern Era. Expand borders, build armies, trade, sabotage enemies, make political decisions, and conquer the world in immersive real-time strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.3%, Action RTS 17.8% ★, Political Sim 14.5% ★, RTS 12.4%, Wargame 10.2%
- #5 Drone Factory Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mighty Cogs
Windows · Mac
Your country has been attacked and the military turns to your startup for help. Design and build UAV drones to strike enemy targets. Develop new technologies, buy production equipment, improve your drone designs and hire the people to turn a small company into a major force in the drone industry.
Why similar: Cold War 16.7% ★, Political Sim 16% ★, Flight 14.1%, Alternate History 10.7%, Wargame 10.5%
- #6 Final Strategy
94% matchNo user reviews33% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Final Strategy Studio
Windows
Final Strategy is a serious, modern real time strategy experience focused on large scale warfare and direct unit control. Command elite forces and race against time to stop a rogue nuclear operation built from abandoned Cold War stockpiles.
Why similar: Cold War 28.8% ★, Action RTS 23.4% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Military 14.3%, RTS 7.2%
- #7 Ukraine Defender
93% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: devrifter
Windows
Get ready to defend Ukraine in the intense, action-packed Combat Flight Simulator 2022! Take control of a fighter jet and engage in a race against the clock(500s) to defeat the invading Russian Z forces.Can you save Ukraine before it's too late? Get ready to find out in Combat Flight Simulator 2022!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 19.6% ★, Political Sim 17.4% ★, Flight 14.7%, Grand Strategy 13.5%, Destruction 13.3%
- #8 Simulator of Countries
92% matchMostly Positive67% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Almost Games
Windows
This game is a global strategy game that gives you the opportunity to play for countries in the modern world. Here you will be given a choice of 198 countries for which you can play.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.2% ★, Wargame 18.2%, Military 15.5%, Grand Strategy 13.3%, RTS 11.7%
- #9 Wargame: European Escalation
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,402 reviews2012
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
Why similar: Cold War 27.5% ★, RTS 17.1%, Military 16.1%, Wargame 12.4%, Alternate History 10.5%
- #10 SGS NATO's Nightmare
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 119 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
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: Wargame 20%, Political Sim 20% ★, Cold War 19% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8%, Alternate History 12.3%
- #11 Blood & Bananas
90% matchMixed64% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Spotted Moth
Windows
Enter the world of corporate politics, in this cold war grand strategy, become a monopoly of resources, buy the market, build an army, drop a nuke or hire a spy as you conspire against your peers and leaders. Become the greatest power via trade or war, in blood & bananas
Why similar: Cold War 22.1% ★, Political Sim 17.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8%, Wargame 11.5%, Alternate History 10.6%
- #12 Government Contractors: Arms of Influence
89% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Dan K.Pub: Strategy Games Interactive
Windows
Historically accurate strategy game where you act as a government contractor researching, developing, and manufacturing weapons and technology for your clients. You choose the parts for each product, but be aware that cheap or wrong political choices may affect your success rate!
Why similar: Cold War 18.9% ★, Political Sim 15.8% ★, Grand Strategy 13.8%, Wargame 10.7%, Military 10.1%
- #13 Slava Ukraini!
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,570 reviews2022
Dev: Thor Gaming
Windows
A completely free game of heroic defence against enemy aggression. Take part in the defence of Ukraine against Russian aggression. A tribute to the courage and valor of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Why similar: Sniper 29.9% ★, Military 16.1%, Wargame 15%, Action RTS 13.6% ★, RTS 10%
- #14 Hell Of War: Combined Arms
87% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Ravens Row
Windows
Hell Of War is a Real-Time Command Action (RTCA) game where you command the operation from a command drone, coordinate infantry, armored vehicles, combat drones, and artillery, then seamlessly take direct control of units to personally intervene in the battle.
Why similar: Action RTS 17.6% ★, Wargame 16.9%, Sniper 14.3% ★, RTS 13.6%, Military 12.6%
- #15 Z-Collapse
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: Pok&Co
Windows
Inspired by Max Brooks' World War Z novel, Z-Collapse takes you into a worldwide zombie apocalypse. As leader of the government of your choosing, make sure your country survives! Dramatic decisions are ahead of you. How do you manage them?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 23.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17%, Political Sim 16.7% ★, RTS 11.8%, Wargame 11.7%
- #16 To Victory
86% match1 user reviews50% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Old_Gamer
Windows
This is a single player strategy management game.Base on a randomly generated map.It includes construction, trading, strategy, and management elements . Players need to make decisions to achieve the final victory.
Why similar: Cold War 17.8% ★, Political Sim 16.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2%, RTS 12%, Wargame 11.8%
- #17 Internal Conflict
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HappyDale
Windows
A 200-player war for one American valley. The Cold War ended the other way, and in 1999 the former USA is at war with itself. One persistent front across a 20 x 24 km Appalachian river valley: dig trenches, haul supplies, hold the line. Free to play. Never pay to win.
Why similar: Cold War 18.2% ★, Sniper 16.4% ★, Wargame 12.5%, Alternate History 11%, Destruction 10.6%
- #18 ICBM: Escalation
84% matchVery Positive86% of 1,459 reviews2024
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 18.6 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: Cold War 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.5%, Wargame 17.5%, RTS 15.1%, Destruction 10.8%
- #19 Terminal Conflict
85% matchMixed67% of 72 reviews2020
Dev: Strategy Mill
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 30.7% ★, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1%, Wargame 12.4%, Military 10.9%
- #20 Wargame: Red Dragon
84% matchVery Positive89% of 19,766 reviews2014
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 51.8 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: Cold War 23.1% ★, RTS 20.6%, Military 18.6%, Wargame 13.5%, Strategy 8.1%
- #21 A World To Win
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leafbug Labs
Windows
A Cold War real-time grand strategy game. Players lead a country through the revolutions and superpower conflicts of the late 20th century, competing in the space race and nuclear arms race, destabilizing and overthrowing rival powers to expand their spheres of influence.
Why similar: Cold War 25.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2%, Political Sim 23% ★, RTS 16.1%, Strategy 8.8%
- #22 Wargame: Airland Battle
82% matchVery Positive87% of 4,456 reviews2013
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
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: Cold War 31.5% ★, Military 19.8%, RTS 18.9%, Wargame 11.4%, Strategy 7.9%
- #23 Duelling Skies
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Arch Games
Windows
Duelling Skies is a strategy management game set in the early days of air combat. Manage and grow your squadron of pilots in a turn based campaign, then take to the skies in RTS style missions. Improve your base, technology and pilots to take control of the sky above the western front.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.7% ★, RTS 16.3%, Wargame 15.3%, Flight 14.4%, Military 9.6%
- #24 Legacy of Six Generations
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 疯狗工作室
Windows
《Legacy of Six Generations》 is a hardcore grand strategy game set during the Warring States period.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.2%, Political Sim 24.6% ★, Wargame 18.2%, RTS 13.3%, Military 9.3%
- #25 Hijong Park's Defender Patrol
79% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Hijong Park's Defender Patrol is a small, low-poly helicopter combat flight simulator featuring simple but fully interactable cockpit system, playable in both the monitor and Virtual-reality.
Why similar: Cold War 31.8% ★, Flight 24.4%, Wargame 17%, Military 14.9%, Simulation 4.2%
- #26 Systemic War
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play of Battle SA
Windows
Lead your nation in a modern grand strategy game (2008–2025), using a macroeconomic model with exchange rates, diplomacy, and hybrid warfare. Engage in kinetic warfare on the strategic map, then shift to RTS battles at focal points.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 16.7%, Political Sim 16% ★, Alternate History 14.1%, Military 12.9%, RTS 11.8%
- #27 Sadness Of Valor
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: One Man Studio for GamesPub: Slordef
Windows
Build, manage, fight in a post apocalyptic RTS game
Why similar: Action RTS 23.6% ★, RTS 16.4%, Military 16.2%, Grand Strategy 15%, Destruction 11.9%
- #28 Chair Force
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AIXLAB
Windows
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Why similar: Cold War 24.6% ★, Flight 16.2%, Military 14.2%, Wargame 13.8%, RTS 12.1%
- #29 Nations
76% matchVery Positive90% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Krzysztof SteinerPub: Krzysztof Steiner Games
Windows
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: Grand Strategy 19.8%, Political Sim 16.5% ★, RTS 15.3%, Action RTS 15.2% ★, Wargame 14%
- #30 Power & Revolution 2021 Edition
78% matchMixed56% of 836 reviews2021
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
A new expansion of the ultra-realistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! New Features for 2021: administration of the EU, Covid vaccinations, Biden's Challenge, political coalitions, diplomatic negotiations, worldwide tax and free-trade agreements.
Why similar: Political Sim 20% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2%, Wargame 13.1%, RTS 12.5%, Military 10.1%
- #31 Total Conflict: Resistance
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,368 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.3 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 18% ★, Political Sim 16.8% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1%, Military 12.2%, Wargame 12%
- #32 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,255 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 18.3%, Political Sim 14% ★, Military 13.8%, Cold War 12.7% ★, Wargame 12.7%
- #33 Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition
74% matchMixed48% of 317 reviews2025
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
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 24.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21.6%, Wargame 15.1%, RTS 14.4%, Simulation 7.8%
- #34 Heistline
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Emotions-Gaming
Windows
Choose your side – cop or criminal! Keep criminals locked up or escape, rob stores, and build your crime empire. Play with friends, create bases, and earn bounties. Action, strategy, and adrenaline-filled gameplay await!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 29.6% ★, Action RTS 17% ★, Military 13.8%, RTS 12.7%, Realistic 7.9%
- #35 Power & Revolution 2022 Edition
75% matchMixed59% of 969 reviews2022
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
New edition of the ultrarealistic simulator of today's world where you play as the head of state or as the opposition! Major developments: the war in the Ukraine and all of its consequences, conspiracy theories, fake news, interference by secret services, animal welfare and climate objectives.
Why similar: Political Sim 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7%, Wargame 13.4%, RTS 12.8%, Military 9.1%
- #36 Maestro's Cold War 2
72% matchVery Positive93% of 180 reviews2026
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at work
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Cold War 23% ★, Political Sim 20.2% ★, Grand Strategy 13.7%, Military 13.6%, Wargame 12.4%
- #37 Simulator of Ukraine 1991
73% matchVery Positive86% of 228 reviews2024
Dev: Almost Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.3% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6%, Alternate History 21.8%, RTS 8.5%, Strategy 8.3%
- #38 Arms Race - TCWE
76% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2017
Dev: Alina Digital
Windows
Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
Why similar: Cold War 27.1% ★, Political Sim 25.5% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8%, Military 11.3%, Alternate History 10.1%
- #39 Frontline: Afrika Korps
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Lead iconic WWII forces across stunning desert battlefields. Command, customize, and conquer in thrilling, historically rich campaigns. Outsmart foes with Real time strategy cunning tactics. The sands of Africa await!
Why similar: Cold War 27.3% ★, Wargame 14.5%, Military 13.9%, Grand Strategy 13.3%, Alternate History 10.4%
- #40 ICBM
73% matchVery Positive91% of 1,931 reviews2020
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
ICBM is a real-time strategy game of nuclear destruction. Research new technologies, build up your nuclear stockpile and use a combination of ships, planes and missiles to strike at the heart of your opponents’ cities while keeping your population safe from harm.
Why similar: Cold War 26.6% ★, Outbreak Sim 21.5% ★, Destruction 15%, Military 13.8%, RTS 12.7%
- #41 DF-41 Simulator
74% matchMixed54% of 240 reviews2020
Dev: Bo Chen
Windows
3D visualizer and simulator of the Dongfeng-41 (DF-41 东风-41) road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile.
Why similar: Cold War 25.7% ★, Destruction 14.9%, Wargame 14.6%, Military 12.1%, Flight 11.9%
- #42 For the Fatherland: Chronicle of Park Chung-hee
70% matchVery Positive88% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: KMS STUDIO
Windows
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: Cold War 25.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9%, Political Sim 20.6% ★, Alternate History 16.5%, Military 11%
- #43 Everescape
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pompeii Team
Windows · Mac
Everescape is a simulator of an employee of the immigration department, the main task of which is to prevent the entry and spread of the virus. Whether you choose to follow all the recommendations or show mercy, the choice is yours.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 39% ★, Political Sim 30.8% ★, Alternate History 17.2%, Strategy 5.2%, Simulation 4.3%
- #44 ASTRIDER
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sanguine Horse Studio
Windows · Linux
Arcade air combat set in an alt-history Cold War gone hot in 1967, in a world where the strangest conspiracy theories turned out real. Fly three twelve-mission campaigns, one per faction, against targets on land, at sea, and in the air, with fully-voiced visual-novel scenes between sorties.
Why similar: Cold War 28.4% ★, Flight 27.6%, Alternate History 15.3%, Military 13%, Simulation 8.4%
- #45 Supreme Ruler Global Outbreak
71% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
In a time of growing unrest and uncertainty, a new threat to humanity emerges - take control of any nation as major outbreaks challenge world order. Global Pandemics and Mysterious Outbreaks will test humanity to the limits.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 23.9% ★, Political Sim 17% ★, Grand Strategy 15.3%, Military 11.7%, Wargame 11.5%
- #46 Regiments
71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,949 reviews2022
Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 4.6 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 30% ★, Wargame 16.4%, Alternate History 14.4%, RTS 13.3%, Military 10.7%
- #47 Stealth Fighter DEX
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jimmy Arcade Limited
Windows
Inspired by flight sims of the '90s, you will be piloting a selection of fictional stealth fighter bombers over varied terrain completing procedurally generated missions such as precision bombing, clandestine intelligence gathering, close air support and many others.
Why similar: Cold War 30% ★, Flight 25.5%, Wargame 18.6%, Military 18.2%, Simulation 5.3%
- #48 Low Level Hunters
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Low Level Hunters is a low-poly, cold war era helicopter combat flight simulator. Pilot Cobra attack helicopter, Huey II utility helicopter, or MD-500 Defender by directly interacting with switches and control devices using mouse, joysticks, and VR controllers to defeat ruthless rebels!
Why similar: Cold War 30.6% ★, Flight 21.1%, Military 14.7%, Wargame 14.3%, Realistic 6.8%
- #49 Iron Order 1919
69% matchMixed69% of 456 reviews2022
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An unique long-term strategy game with week-long matches with up to 101 players, set in the alternate reality of 1919.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.6%, Political Sim 17.3% ★, Alternate History 16.3%, RTS 12.3%, Wargame 11.2%
- #50 Muskets VR
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Swordmaster2k Games
Windows
Put on your VR headset and fix that bayonet. Muskets VR is an immersive real-time strategy shooter set in the Napoleonic era. Prepare your musket, take charge of your troops, and head forth into battle at Waterloo.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.1%, Action RTS 18.9% ★, RTS 16.9%, Wargame 11.1%, Strategy 8.2%
- #51 挽天:汉末(BRUTAL WAR : The Fall of Great Han)
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1K+ STUDIO
Windows
An innovative open-world real-time strategy game where you become a political-military leader in ancient China. Command legions, build strongholds, and manage operations across a dynamically evolving landscape. Compete against intelligent AI in an epic struggle to reshape Chinese history .
Why similar: Political Sim 19.5% ★, Action RTS 19.1% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6%, Wargame 13.5%, RTS 12.4%
- #52 Fantasy Air-Sea Battles Showdown
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: WANG WENJIE
Windows
Fantasy Air-Sea Battles Showdown is a fast-paced top-down air-sea shooter. Pilot fantasy aircraft, dodge missiles, lock on to enemies, unleash firepower, call in allies, and unlock new planes as you battle across oceans, islands, and intense battlefields.
Why similar: Flight 27.6%, Alternate History 22%, RTS 16.6%, Wargame 16.5%, Military 9.3%
- #53 Battlespace Command
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Wirraway SoftwarePub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Take command of modern warfare across land, air, and sea in a real-time strategy sandbox. Direct every unit, from infantry to aircraft carriers, across vast, real-world scale battlefields where sensors, strategy, and coordination decide the outcome.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8%, Wargame 20.6%, RTS 15.8%, Strategy 5.8%
- #54 The Cold War Era
70% matchMixed58% of 26 reviews2016
Dev: Alina Digital
Windows
The Cold War Era is strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
Why similar: Political Sim 28.4% ★, Cold War 28.3% ★, Grand Strategy 12.2%, Alternate History 9.9%, Military 9%
- #55 Geo-Political Simulator 5
67% matchMostly Negative33% of 715 reviews2024
Dev: Eversim
Windows
The new 5th edition of the hyperrealistic global simulator game where you play as the Head of State or as the opposition or the president of a large multinational company, with a completely redesigned interface, a new ultra-detailed map, complete control of companies and new scenarios for 2024.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9%, Wargame 15.7%, RTS 15.2%, Military 9.9%
- #56 WarTable: Democracy is Optional
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Player One
Windows
WarTable is a real-time strategy sandbox where teams of up to nine players take command of a host nation. Build your military, shape your government, forge alliances—or betray them. In WarTable, strategy is everything, and democracy is just one of many options.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22.1%, RTS 15.5%, Wargame 14.8%, Military 13.4%
- #57 Serpent Rising
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StudyFun
Windows
A Realtime Strategy (RTS) game like none before! Attack, defend, build, explore, kidnap, steal, scorch earth, hunt, domesticate animals, evolve or devolve, evade radiation, starvation and predators, be good or evil, as you command your tribe in a post-apocalytic world turned archaic and brutal.
Why similar: Action RTS 18.7% ★, Destruction 15%, Alternate History 14.6%, Wargame 13%, RTS 12.8%
- #58 Island Defender Jets
68% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: ArticlesByAPhysicist
Windows
Island Defender Jets is a simple and easy-to-pick-up combat flight simulator where you have to destroy enemy ships, tanks and cruise missiles to protect your island, particularly the airports on it. Fuel, missiles and planes are limited, so use them wisely.
Why similar: Flight 31.7%, Cold War 29.3% ★, Wargame 21.2%, Simulation 10%, Action 5%
- #59 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
64% matchVery Positive85% of 343 reviews2026
Dev: 古玩工作室
Windows
"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: Grand Strategy 22.1%, Political Sim 17.8% ★, RTS 15.3%, Wargame 13.8%, Military 12.6%