- #1 War on the Sea
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,150 reviews2021
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.
Why similar: Naval 29.7% ★, World War II 21.1% ★, Naval Combat 18% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 9.2%
- #2 Battle Fleet 2
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 372 reviews2014
Dev: Mythical City Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Welcome Admiral! Select your fleet, assign weapons, and sink the enemy fleet by controlling each of your ships down to setting the aim and range of each weapon's shot. Features include full open world Pacific & Atlantic campaigns, cross-platform multiplayer and awesome turn-based naval battles.
Why similar: Naval 30.5% ★, Naval Combat 21.3% ★, World War II 14.4% ★, Wargame 13.7%, Strategy 10.5%
- #3 Battleships Simulator
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Battleships Simulator puts you in command of mighty ships—strike, sink your opponent, and claim victory! Feel the thrill of naval battles and outsmart your foe in intense, turn-based war action!
Why similar: Naval Combat 23.7% ★, Wargame 19.3%, Naval 16.4% ★, Strategy 11.5%, World War II 11% ★
- #4 Sailor Simulator: World War II
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sailors LabsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
As a crew member of an American destroyer, fight in the Pacific theater of WW2, operate weapons, navigate treacherous waters, conduct information warfare, and perform daily duties to play your part in history.
Why similar: Naval 20.4% ★, World War II 18.6% ★, Wargame 18.4%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Simulation 11.9%
- #5 Aircraft Carrier Survival: Tutorial
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,176 reviews2021
Dev: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. And it is like none other. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy set in the merciless reality of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.
Why similar: Naval 18.9% ★, Naval Combat 16.2% ★, Wargame 15.2%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, World War II 8.4% ★
- #6 Battlestations: Midway
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 953 reviews2007
Dev: Eidos InteractivePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Battlestations: Midway is an immense action game that drops players into massive air, sea, and undersea battles from Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway.
Why similar: World War II 25% ★, Naval 24.2% ★, Naval Combat 20.2% ★, Strategy 7.3%, War 7.3%
- #7 Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,195 reviews2023
Dev: Iron Wolf Studio S.A.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter brings you an authentic and historically accurate destroyer simulation along with gripping anti-submarine warfare set in the turmoils of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.
Why similar: Naval 19.3% ★, Naval Combat 16.9% ★, World War II 15.9% ★, Wargame 10.5%, Immersive Sim 8.9%
- #8 Victory At Sea
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 574 reviews2014
Dev: Evil Twin Artworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Engage in epic RTS warfare across 3 huge campaigns as well as other battle modes. Create your own fleet of ships, pick your side and enter into World War II naval combat on a global scale.
Why similar: Naval 33.2% ★, Naval Combat 22.6% ★, World War II 20.6% ★, Strategy 11%, Simulation 8.2%
- #9 Atlantic Fleet
91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,541 reviews2016
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Naval 27.6% ★, Naval Combat 26.2% ★, World War II 19.5% ★, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 9.3%
- #10 iPanzer 44
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Charybdis EnterprisesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
iPanzer '44: Command the German 116th Panzer in the battles of 1944. Outnumbered by the 2nd US Armored Division, use terrain and strategy to outflank and crush the enemy. Control tanks, infantry, and air support as you relive or rewrite history in this thrilling WWII tank warfare game.
Why similar: Wargame 22.8%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 16.5%, World War II 15.3% ★, Action 11.6%
- #11 Battlestations Pacific
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,584 reviews2009
Dev: Eidos Studio HungaryPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Experience one war through two epic sagas where you will be a part of history or change it. Feel the power of the historically authentic and decisive battles of the Pacific War. Relive some of the grandest and most critical naval battles of recent history and for the first time, choose to lead your fleet to a completely different ending...
Why similar: World War II 30.8% ★, Naval 29.7% ★, Naval Combat 11% ★, Strategy 11%, Simulation 6.5%
- #12 Clad in Iron: Philippines 1898
89% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Manage your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, amphibious assaults, struggle for dominance over the seas.
Why similar: Naval 36.2% ★, Simulation 22%, Strategy 21.9%, Naval Combat 19.9% ★
- #13 Clad in Iron: Sakhalin 1904
89% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Manage your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, amphibious assaults, struggle for dominance over the seas.
Why similar: Naval 36.3% ★, Simulation 22.9%, Strategy 22.7%, Naval Combat 18.1% ★
- #14 Spee
86% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: EUGENE LOPATIN
Windows
A World War I strategy game where you command fleets, manage trade and logistics, and fight for dominance across 50 colonial ports.
Why similar: Naval 20.9% ★, Wargame 19.4%, Simulation 16%, Strategy 14.5%, Naval Combat 12.9% ★
- #15 Clad in Iron: Gulf of Mexico 1864
88% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Manage your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, amphibious assaults, struggle for dominance over the seas in turned-based strategic mode.
Why similar: Naval 35.9% ★, Strategy 23.1%, Simulation 22.6%, Naval Combat 18.5% ★
- #16 WarBirds 2026
87% matchMixed51% of 70 reviews2015
Dev: iEntertainment Network Inc
Windows
WarBirds2026 brings newly upgraded aircraft, refined flight models, new training, and expanded terrain. Featuring over 225 Fighters, Bombers, Armored ground vehicles across solo, multiplayer, and historical online special events, continuing to deliver the WWII air combat realism for over 30 years
Why similar: World War II 19.7% ★, Naval 17.7% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Naval Combat 10% ★, Simulation 9.2%
- #17 Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,088 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail is a tactical wargame from the creators of the Ultimate General series set amidst the epic naval campaigns in the period of the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Why similar: Naval Combat 31.8% ★, Naval 20.9% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 15.7%, Wargame 5.8%
- #18 Crash Dive
86% matchVery Positive91% of 193 reviews2015
Dev: Panic Ensues Software
Windows
WWII tactical submarine combat! Take command of a U-boat prowling the Atlantic in search of enemy convoys to sink. Sneak past the escorts and torpedo the transports. Or surface and use your deck gun in a daring night attack.
Why similar: Naval 21.9% ★, Naval Combat 17.9% ★, World War II 16.1% ★, Wargame 12.1%, War 8.2%
- #19 Boat Crew
84% matchVery Positive89% of 418 reviews2022
Dev: Tabbing TabbyPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Command your crew in Boat Crew, a gripping action-strategy experience amidst the Pacific War. Take charge of a PT boat against Imperial Japan, skillfully managing resources and personnel by any means necessary to ensure victory in this high-stakes conflict.
Why similar: Naval 22.2% ★, Naval Combat 18.4% ★, World War II 17.1% ★, Wargame 16.4%, War 8.5%
- #20 Battleships and Carriers - WW2 Battleship Game
84% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Light Strategy SeriesPub: SLS
Windows
Search, move, destroy and build ships/subs/aircraft: casual turn-based naval strategy battleship game. More than 80 missions, Death-Match and Free Hunt scenarios and campaigns from Pearl Harbor and Lamansh to the Overlord and Okinawa battles, with over 50 ship and aircraft types.
Why similar: Naval 26.9% ★, Naval Combat 21% ★, World War II 18.3% ★, Wargame 18%, Strategy 5.7%
- #21 Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation
83% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Artech Digital Entertainment, Ltd.Pub: Ziggurat
Windows
Will you be victorious? Only if you can withstand the pressure. Strategize to defeat Allied forces in sea, surface and air - all rendered in full 3D. Multiple missions available - taking you from the Strait of Gibraltar to the coastlines of Norway.
Why similar: Naval 25.9% ★, World War II 17.2% ★, Wargame 11.8%, Immersive Sim 8.6%, Naval Combat 8.6% ★
- #22 Gary Grigsby's War in the West
82% matchVery Positive86% of 175 reviews2017
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Gary Grigsby’s War in the West is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made.
Why similar: Simulation 32.8%, World War II 26.4% ★, Wargame 20.6%, War 11.2%, Strategy 9.1%
- #23 Legacy of Sail
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydran Software
Windows
As a 17th Century Admiral, send your squadrons out to capture enemy towns and sink their ships. Force boarding actions to capture their prized Ships of the Line all while balancing the need for supplies, repairs and upgrading your crew in this throwback real time tactics naval combat game
Why similar: Naval 28.4% ★, Naval Combat 24% ★, Strategy 10.6%, War 9.9%, Wargame 9.9%
- #24 First Sino-Japanese War
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: January Desk
Windows
Free and open source game for First Sino-Japanese War, featuring a tactical naval combat system combined with a turn based hex WEGO strategic layer.
Why similar: Wargame 24.5%, Naval Combat 23.7% ★, Naval 18.6% ★, Simulation 12%, Strategy 10.6%
- #25 Silent Depth 2: Pacific
79% matchMixed61% of 252 reviews2024
Dev: MicroProse Software
Windows
Silent Depth 2: Pacific is a lite sub-sim. You enter the Silent Service at the command of a Gato class submarine on War Patrols during World War 2. How long will you survive, and ultimately how much tonnage you sink is down to skill and cunning.
Why similar: Naval 26.3% ★, World War II 19% ★, Naval Combat 18.1% ★, Wargame 14%, Strategy 6.6%
- #26 Tiger Commander
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Wolf Studio S.A.
Windows
Command a platoon of Tiger 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: Strategy 18.1%, Wargame 17.1%, Simulation 16%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Action 10.1%
- #27 Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal - Pacific War Naval Warfare
78% matchVery Positive87% of 306 reviews2020
Dev: Cyril Jarnot
Windows · Mac
CARRIER BATTLES is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame covering the naval-air battles of the Pacific War, from 1942 to 1943. Find your opponent and strike at him before he sinks your precious carriers, while preventing them from invading or supporting your own amphibious operations.
Why similar: Naval 20.3% ★, Naval Combat 18.4% ★, Wargame 18.3%, World War II 16% ★, Strategy 10.3%
- #28 Rule the Waves 3
76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,014 reviews2023
Dev: Naval Warfare SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 58.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.
Why similar: Naval 29.1% ★, Wargame 20.3%, Naval Combat 18.9% ★, World War II 11.1% ★, Simulation 9.1%
- #29 Clad in Iron: War of The Pacific 1879
78% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
CLAD in IRON: War of the Pacific 1879 is a War of the Pacific history naval game in which a turned-based digital board strategy and a real-time simulation are combined.
Why similar: Naval Combat 24.8% ★, Simulation 18.6%, Wargame 17.3%, Strategy 16.9%, Naval 13.1% ★
- #30 SHIPS AT WAR
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 381 reviews2021
Dev: Golddorf Spieleentwicklung
Windows
Sink player-made battleships, aircraft carriers and submarines in this physics-based game. Use pre-built ships and sink the enemy by deploying aircraft, torpedoes, depth charges or shells. Or built your own ships in the extensive ship-editor.
Why similar: Naval 24.3% ★, Naval Combat 19.9% ★, World War II 18.1% ★, Wargame 13.7%, Strategy 6.9%
- #31 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
75% matchVery Positive92% of 428 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 28.3%, World War II 21% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Simulation 17.5%, War 9.3%
- #32 Command Ops 2 Core Game
76% matchVery Positive83% of 413 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: World War II 32.4% ★, Wargame 26.1%, Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 14.8%, War 8.4%
- #33 Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps
73% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Battlefront.comPub: SNEG
Windows
Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps throws you into the heat of the most dramatic battles of World War II. Lead the invasion of Crete in May 1941, engage the enemy in the African desert from 1940 to 1942 and land in the middle of the fierce defensive battles for Italy and Sicily.
Why similar: Wargame 24.2%, Strategy 23.6%, World War II 23% ★, Simulation 21.6%, Historical 6.4%
- #34 Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem
75% matchVery Positive82% of 141 reviews2018
Dev: Black Hand StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Close Combat – Last Stand Arnhem is part of Close Combat series. Its design is based on the critically acclaimed Close Combat – A Bridge Too Far, originally developed by Atomic Games, as well as the more recent Close Combat: The Longest Day.
Why similar: Strategy 25.5%, Simulation 25.1%, World War II 20.3% ★, Wargame 16.5%, War 9.7%
- #35 Great Naval Battles: The Final Fury
73% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: IO Design GroupPub: SNEG
Windows
Battlestations! All hands prepare for the naval conflict on a truly grand scale! GREAT NAVAL BATTLES: THE FINAL FURY is loaded with enough historical and hypothetical naval conflict to keep players - from casual to connoisseur - busy for hours and hours!
Why similar: Naval 25.4% ★, World War II 17.4% ★, Wargame 17.1%, Naval Combat 16.9% ★, Simulation 8.7%
- #36 Midway:Sink the Japanese Aircraft Carriers
74% match2 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: KL Game Studio
Windows
This is a Battle of Midway simulation game. You need to fly a dive bomber, dodge Japanese anti-aircraft fire, drop bombs and destroy the carrier. The Japanese gunfire is extremely fierce, please be careful. I hope war only exists in games and I support Ukraine.
Why similar: Naval 26.4% ★, Naval Combat 21.2% ★, World War II 20.9% ★, Wargame 16.9%, War 5%
- #37 Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far
72% matchPositive95% of 42 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 26.5% ★, Wargame 26.3%, Strategy 18.3%, Simulation 10.2%, War 7.9%
- #38 Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945
72% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: SLS
Windows
Casual WW2 naval turn-based strategy: attack/defend, search & destroy, build ships, subs and aircraft. Clear & simple combat and move. Fast, re-playable board game style strategy, with 70 unit types. More than 40 missions, death-matches & campaigns (Destroy, Conquer, Defend, Escort, Kill-Them-All).
Why similar: Naval 25.1% ★, Naval Combat 19.4% ★, Wargame 16.7%, World War II 16.2% ★, War 9.2%
- #39 Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin
70% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: Battlefront.comPub: SNEG
Windows
Command epic WWII battles on the Eastern Front in Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin. Fight from Moscow to Berlin across 125+ scenarios, or create your own with the editor. Experience tactical warfare at its most intense!
Why similar: World War II 28.2% ★, Wargame 24%, Strategy 20.1%, Simulation 18.5%, Historical 6.6%
- #40 Victorian Admirals: Samoan Crisis 1889
73% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
A steam-ship period naval combat games focusing on fleet-scale battles in real time. The naval combat game allows you to set up battle squadron groups, their formations and management, with realistic ship models and characteristics, as well as advanced ballistic and weapon models.
Why similar: Naval 28.6% ★, Simulation 25.4%, Strategy 24.5%, Naval Combat 21.5% ★
- #41 The Operational Art of War IV
70% matchVery Positive81% of 363 reviews2018
Dev: TrickeySoft LLCPub: Matrix Games
Windows
The Operational Art of War IV is the new generation of operational wargames. With more flexibility than before and with a new array of exciting features, it will make you relive the most iconic battles from the dawn of the 20th Century to modern day, including the ones that never occurred!
Why similar: Wargame 28.3%, Strategy 26.2%, World War II 20.5% ★, Simulation 19.3%, War 5.7%
- #42 Silent Depth 3D Submarine Simulation
71% matchMixed63% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: Codeknitters
Windows
Submarine Simulation playing in WWII in the Pacific.
Why similar: Naval 21.8% ★, World War II 17.2% ★, Wargame 13%, Simulation 11.4%, Naval Combat 10.5% ★
- #43 Aircraft Carrier Survival
69% matchMixed60% of 1,187 reviews2022
Dev: Gambit Games StudioPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.0 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: Naval 24.2% ★, Naval Combat 23.5% ★, World War II 19.1% ★, War 9.6%, Strategy 8.7%
- #44 Pacific Storm
71% matchMixed64% of 73 reviews2008
Dev: Buka EntertainmentPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
On December 7, 1941, a major part of the U.S. Pacific navy stationed at Pearl Harbor was assaulted by Japanese planes. Japanese fighters were destroying American aircraft on land and in the air, without giving them a chance for a counterattack. The furious battle of Pearl Harbor became the first in the sequence of gory sea combats.
Why similar: Naval Combat 34.7% ★, Simulation 23.2%, Strategy 23%, World War II 19.1% ★
- #45 Pacific Storm Allies
71% matchMixed62% of 239 reviews2008
Dev: Lesta StudioPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Pacific Storm: Allies expands upon the success of the internationally acclaimed original to deliver an unforgettable mix of real-time strategy and blistering arcade combat, recreating World War II's most heated battles.
Why similar: Naval Combat 34.9% ★, Simulation 23%, Strategy 22.4%, World War II 19.7% ★
- #46 Bomber 3
68% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Deadly GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Put yourself in the captain’s seat of a B-17 bomber, select your plane, select your crew and plot your path over war-torn Europe. Watch your elevation, watch your formation, and watch very carefully when you are over the target. This classic was a bestseller in the early 1990s.
Why similar: World War II 28% ★, Simulation 19.6%, Strategy 17.6%, Wargame 14.5%, War 10.2%
- #47 The History Channel: Battle of Britain - World War II 1940
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: iEntertainmentPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Take to the skies in WWII's fiercest air battle. Fly iconic fighters like the Spitfire and Bf 109 in historical missions. Defend Britain or attack from above in intense, authentic dogfights. Experience the Battle of Britain like never before.
Why similar: Wargame 25.8%, Simulation 21.3%, Strategy 20.2%, Action 14.1%, War 10.7%
- #48 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,099 reviews2016
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 30.8% ★, Wargame 21.7%, Simulation 18.3%, Strategy 16.3%, War 6.4%
- #49 XR22-SEAGUARD
68% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Jean-Francois
Windows
XR22-SEAGUARD is a PC and VR game that reimagines the classic grid-based game of Battleship. This immersive PC and VR game puts you in the heart of a dynamic 3D industrial environment, where you'll strategically place and sink ships using state-of-the-art weapons and defenses.
Why similar: Naval Combat 19.9% ★, Wargame 19.4%, Naval 18.9% ★, Immersive 11.9% ★, Strategy 9.6%
- #50 Tactics: Bludgeons Blessing
70% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Capt. McCay Soft
Windows · Mac
(This game was updated to "Tactics 2: War".)This is a real-time strategy, combined with a shooter of an airplane, a tank, a rocket launcher, a ship and a submarine. Modern warfare.
Why similar: Naval 26.4% ★, Strategy 23.3%, Simulation 22.7%, Action 14.1%, War 13.5%
- #51 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
66% matchVery Positive88% of 113 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: Wargame 27.6%, World War II 20.3% ★, Strategy 19.4%, Naval 14.1% ★, War 9.9%
- #52 Crash Dive 2
67% matchVery Positive94% of 230 reviews2021
Dev: Panic Ensues Software
Windows
WWII Tactical submarine combat in the South Pacific
Why similar: Naval 27.4% ★, World War II 20.1% ★, Wargame 16.3%, Simulation 8.8%, Immersive Sim 8%
- #53 Carrier Commander
67% matchMostly Negative31% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: ss
Windows · Mac
Carrier Commander is a real-time strategy game which allows you choose the intensity of gameplay. You can manage your Carrier Operations against incoming attacks or intensify your game play by directly engaging the enemy controlling your own Jets, Destroyer's, Helicopter's and more...
Why similar: Naval 29.1% ★, Naval Combat 22.6% ★, Wargame 12.9%, War 11%, Strategy 8.5%
- #54 Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific
69% matchMixed63% of 32 reviews2014
Dev: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Long Lance torpedo rips through the hull of your flagship. Huge columns of water from enemy gunfire surround your battleships. It's just another day in Task Force 1942, the first in a new series of spectacular World War II Pacific War simulations from MicroProse.
Why similar: Naval Combat 41.2% ★, Naval 25.3% ★, World War II 16.8% ★, Simulation 16.7%
- #55 Harpoon Classic '97
64% matchVery Positive82% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Alliance InteractivePub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Harpoon Classic 97 a naval warfare simulation game that builds on the legacy of the original Harpoon®. Command naval forces, including ships, submarines, and aircraft, across global theaters like the Nth Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and Mediterranean, a realistic modern naval combat.
Why similar: Wargame 26.6%, Strategy 22.4%, Naval Combat 14.2% ★, Simulation 14%, War 10.4%
- #56 Clad in Iron: Chincha Islands 1866
69% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Manage your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, amphibious assaults, struggle for dominance over the seas.
Why similar: Wargame 28.8%, Simulation 25.3%, Strategy 22.8%, War 10.2%, Historical 7.6%