- #1 Battleships and Carriers - Pacific War
97% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Light Strategy SeriesPub: SLS
Windows
Casual turn-based WW2 Pacific naval strategy: move, search & destroy, build units and technologies. Clear and simple combat and move. 2D, retro style, WW2. Easy to learn - hard to master.More than 90 missions and campaigns from Pearl Harbor and Midway to the Iwo Jima and Leyte battles.
Why similar: Naval Combat 22% ★, Naval 19.3% ★, World War II 13.8% ★, Wargame 10.1%, Turn-Based 9.3%
- #2 Battle Fleet 2
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 372 reviews2014
Dev: Mythical City Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 Combat 28.9% ★, Naval 28.3% ★, World War II 15.3% ★, Wargame 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.3%
- #3 Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945
96% match5 user reviews60% of 5 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 Combat 22.3% ★, Naval 19.8% ★, World War II 14.5% ★, Wargame 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.4%
- #4 Atlantic Fleet
95% 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: Naval Combat 34.6% ★, Naval 25% ★, World War II 20.2% ★, Turn-Based 12.1%, Strategy 3%
- #5 War on the Sea
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,244 reviews2021
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.
Why similar: Naval 31.6% ★, Naval Combat 28.3% ★, World War II 24.9% ★, Wargame 5.7%, Strategy 3.5%
- #6 Battleships Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews2026
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 34.3% ★, Naval 16.2% ★, Wargame 16.2%, World War II 12.4% ★, Turn-Based 5.8%
- #7 Strategic Mind: The Pacific
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 623 reviews2019
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.
Why similar: Naval 17.9% ★, Naval Combat 17.5% ★, World War II 15.2% ★, Wargame 10.7%, Turn-Based 8.5%
- #8 Victory At Sea
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 578 reviews2014
Dev: Evil Twin Artworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 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 34.5% ★, Naval Combat 34.4% ★, World War II 24.6% ★, Strategy 3.9%, Simulation 2.6%
- #9 Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal - Pacific War Naval Warfare
91% matchVery Positive88% of 333 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 Combat 24.8% ★, Naval 18.8% ★, World War II 16.9% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%
- #10 Frontline: World War II
91% 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 19.6% ★, Naval Combat 17.2% ★, Wargame 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%
- #11 Battleships: Command of the Sea
90% matchMixed57% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Ancient GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Take on the role of one of the historical commanders of the US or Japanese navy and use their special skills inspired by their character or military accomplishments.
Why similar: Naval 20% ★, Wargame 18.8%, World War II 17% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
- #12 Hasbro's BATTLESHIP
89% matchVery Positive82% of 974 reviews2018
Dev: Marmalade Game Studio Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Hasbro's Battleship is the original strategic naval war game. Choose your Captain, position your ships, aim your missiles and sink the enemy's fleet! Face them in Classic mode, or step-up the stakes in the all new Commanders Mode. Ready, aim, FIRE!
Why similar: Naval Combat 27.3% ★, Naval 19.9% ★, Wargame 12%, Tabletop 10.5%, Board Game 10.2%
- #13 Battleship Command
86% matchVery Positive93% of 285 reviews2026
Dev: BracerPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Command the mighty Scharnhorst in this immersive WWII naval simulation. Walk her decks in first-person, control gunnery, radar, and navigation, and lead your fleet through the Atlantic, Arctic, and Mediterranean. Battle convoys, outwit enemies, and survive the stormy seas of war.
Why similar: Naval 27.3% ★, Naval Combat 22.4% ★, World War II 18.8% ★, Wargame 17.1%, Strategy 5.1%
- #14 Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific
88% 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 54.8% ★, Naval 23.1% ★, World War II 17.4% ★, Simulation 4.8%
- #15 3D Hentai SeaBattle
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: Flying. Stone. Production
Windows
Check your strength and mind in the Sea Battle game, in order to win, you need to destroy all ships of your opponent. The reward will be - nude images. Features: 5 girls with their unique traits 125 pre-rendered images Atmosphere of comfort and chill
Why similar: Naval Combat 36% ★, Naval 18.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Board Game 7.6%, Tabletop 7.4%
- #16 Battlestations: Midway
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 971 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: Naval Combat 32.6% ★, World War II 31.8% ★, Naval 26.7% ★, War 3.9%, Strategy 2.8%
- #17 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
84% 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: Naval Combat 27% ★, Naval 23.9% ★, World War II 18.1% ★, Wargame 12.5%, Grand Strategy 6.8% ★
- #18 Pacific Fire
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wirraway Software
Windows
Pacific Fire is a turn-based strategic wargame set in the Pacific Theater of World War II using a node-based map, rather than hexes. Take command of US, Japanese, British, Australian, New Zealand, Chinese and Dutch forces in the Pacific and Southeast Asia from 1941-1945.
Why similar: World War II 24.2% ★, Wargame 16.8%, Naval 10.6% ★, Turn-Based 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #19 NavalStrike
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tencubed Games
Windows · Mac
Retro two player turn-by-turn tactical naval game. Play against the computer or your friends. Play 1v1 deathmatch on procedurally generated maps or complete historic campaigns including escorting tankers in the Straight of Hormuz and search and destroy the Bismarck in the Northern Sea.
Why similar: Naval Combat 33.8% ★, Naval 28.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%, War 5.2%
- #20 Rule the Waves 3
82% matchVery Positive87% of 1,072 reviews2023
Dev: Naval Warfare SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 60.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 29.6% ★, Naval Combat 28.3% ★, Wargame 17.6%, World War II 12.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 4.9%
- #21 Gunboat
83% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Accolade, Inc.Pub: Ziggurat
Windows
For decades, the U.S. Navy has deployed the river patrol boat (PBR) in the most hostile and claustrophobic type of war: riverine combat. The classic action sim Gunboat lets you fight from all perspectives of your boat's four-man crew in over 20 missions across 3 sweltering combat zones.
Why similar: Naval Combat 50% ★, Naval 39.2% ★, War 6.6%, Simulation 3.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #22 First Sino-Japanese War
81% match9 user reviews70% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: January Desk
Windows
A free and open-source game about the First Sino-Japanese War and other pre-dreadnought battles in East Asia. A miniature-like wargame system, but without 3D models.
Why similar: Naval Combat 36.3% ★, Wargame 21.7%, Naval 19.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%, Turn-Based Combat 5.5%
- #23 Midway:Sink the Japanese Aircraft Carriers
82% 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 Combat 31.1% ★, Naval 26.5% ★, World War II 24% ★, Wargame 14.4%, War 2.4%
- #24 Warlord Atlas: Global Naval War
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Warlord Atlas ProjectPub: Martin Consulting
Windows
A WW2 naval grand strategy played from the command level. Coordinate task forces, land-based air, ground armies, forward bases, logistics, research, and diplomacy. Fleet battles are only the beginning. Secure sea control.
Why similar: World War II 21.8% ★, Naval 20.3% ★, Wargame 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Grand Strategy 10.5% ★
- #25 Great Naval Battles: The Final Fury
80% matchPositive83% of 22 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 26% ★, Naval Combat 25.2% ★, World War II 20.4% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Grand Strategy 6.9% ★
- #26 Midway 1981
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: David RigglePub: Sea Onion Software
Windows
Wargame like it's 1981!
Why similar: Naval Combat 32.6% ★, World War II 24% ★, Naval 15.4% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.1%
- #27 Clad in Iron: War of The Pacific 1879
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 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 37.6% ★, Wargame 15.2%, Naval 13.6% ★, Tabletop 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%
- #28 Frontline: Panzer Blitzkrieg!
78% 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: Naval Combat 17.7% ★, World War II 13.8% ★, Wargame 12.7%, Turn-Based 10.3%, Tabletop 7.3%
- #29 War Of Warship
77% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: DEEP SIGHT INTERACTIVE Tech Co., Ltd.
Windows
Command history's most iconic war vessels as you build your own massive naval fleet. Level up important tech modules and prepare to dominate the oceans!
Why similar: Naval 24.3% ★, Naval Combat 17.2% ★, Wargame 13.9%, World War II 11.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 7.9%
- #30 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,019 reviews2012
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Unity of Command is an innovative and refreshing operational-level wargame that covers the entire 1942/43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.
Why similar: World War II 35% ★, Wargame 18.8%, Turn-Based 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Strategy 6.5%
- #31 Battlestations Pacific
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,602 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 39.8% ★, Naval 33.7% ★, Naval Combat 18.3% ★, Strategy 4.3%, Simulation 2.3%
- #32 Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game
76% matchVery Positive83% of 583 reviews2020
Dev: Lock 'n Load Publishing
Windows · Mac
Lock 'n Load Tactical is fast and Furious tactical combat that is fast to learn. In LnLT you get squads, weapon teams, armored vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, and, in the modern-era games, helicopters. Individuals such as Leaders, Medics, Snipers, Chaplains, Advisors, and, of course, Heroes.
Why similar: Wargame 24.8%, World War II 14.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Board Game 13%, Turn-Based 9%
- #33 Unity of Command II
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,200 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
Why similar: World War II 31.4% ★, Turn-Based 14.8%, Wargame 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Grand Strategy 7.6% ★
- #34 World War 2: Strategy Simulator
76% 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: Naval Combat 22% ★, World War II 22% ★, Wargame 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
- #35 Battle Group 2
75% matchVery Positive83% of 528 reviews2014
Dev: Bane GamesPub: MG Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Your battleships are fully loaded with the return of Battle Group. Command the war against advanced pirates with brand new Satellite Strikes and upgrades for your state-of-the-art battleships. As the commanding gunner of this advanced armada, it's imperative you stop a terrifying new foe our world has yet to fathom.
Why similar: Naval 47.8% ★, Naval Combat 46.9% ★, Strategy 3.3%, Indie 1.5%, Casual 0.4%
- #36 Boat Crew
73% matchVery Positive89% of 447 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 Combat 29.6% ★, Naval 24.3% ★, World War II 21.4% ★, Wargame 15.2%, War 4.5%
- #37 Valor & Victory
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 193 reviews2021
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Valor & Victory is a fast-playing, easy to learn World War II squad-level game system. Based on the original Valor & Victory board game, the digital edition provides you with an accessible and deep challenge, developed for classic tabletop game lovers.
Why similar: World War II 23.8% ★, Wargame 15%, Turn-Based 13.2%, Tabletop 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #38 SHIPS AT WAR
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 389 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 Combat 31.1% ★, Naval 26% ★, World War II 22.1% ★, Wargame 12.5%, War 3%
- #39 Silent Depth 2: Pacific
72% matchMixed59% of 273 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 Combat 28.9% ★, Naval 28.7% ★, World War II 23.6% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Strategy 2.5%
- #40 World War 2 Operation Husky
72% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Hubert CachatPub: HC
Windows · Mac
A light wargame with simple rules tailored to run smooth battles. Recommended to introduce new players to wargames basic concepts and for fast multiplayer matches.
Why similar: World War II 23.8% ★, Wargame 17.3%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #41 Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic
73% matchMixed45% of 2,527 reviews2010
Dev: Ubisoft RomaniaPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Step behind the periscope of a German U-boat and take on the Allied Forces in famous battles across the vast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The best-selling submarine series of all time continues with the highly anticipated Silent Hunter: Battle of the Atlantic.
Why similar: Naval Combat 47.5% ★, Naval 24.6% ★, World War II 22.6% ★, Simulation 4.2%, Strategy 1.1%
- #42 Battle Academy
71% matchVery Positive85% of 370 reviews2014
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.
Why similar: World War II 35.7% ★, Wargame 22.4%, Turn-Based 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 6.8%
- #43 Order of Battle: World War II
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,169 reviews2015
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Order of Battle: World War II is a breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players.
Why similar: World War II 36.1% ★, Wargame 17.8%, Turn-Based 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Strategy 7%
- #44 Warplan Pacific
70% matchVery Positive88% of 100 reviews2022
Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WarPlan Pacific is an operational level wargame which covers all the nations at war in the Pacific theatre from December 1941 to 1945 on a massive game scale.
Why similar: World War II 31.7% ★, Wargame 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Naval 11.6% ★
- #45 Silent Shark
67% matchVery Positive99% of 113 reviews2026
Dev: John Goering
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tactical, map-based WWII submarine sim set in the Pacific Theater: Approach, intercept, strike unseen, withdraw into the deep. With realistic instruments, a Torpedo Data Computer (TDC), and including a full campaign with missions, patrol zones, radio intel, and more.
Why similar: Naval Combat 30.5% ★, World War II 24.2% ★, Naval 23% ★, Wargame 14%, Simulation 2.8%
- #46 Naval Supremacy
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DaiFire
Windows
Design warships, build your naval industry, and lead a nation through a turn-based grand strategy campaign of diplomacy, fleet deployment, and automated naval warfare.
Why similar: Naval Combat 43.4% ★, Wargame 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Grand Strategy 9.9% ★, Simulation 6%
- #47 Victory At Sea Pacific
71% matchMixed62% of 651 reviews2018
Dev: Evil Twin Artworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Victory at Sea Pacific is the exciting game of naval RTS combat set during World War II. Bringing an epic approach to real time strategy war gaming, search and destroy enemy fleets across an open world sandbox in a desperate attempt to change the course of history.
Why similar: Naval Combat 26.6% ★, Naval 24.7% ★, World War II 20.2% ★, Wargame 12.3%, Grand Strategy 7.1% ★
- #48 Fleet Commander: Pacific
70% matchMixed65% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: SEP FCOMPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Fleet Commander: Pacific is a grand strategic simulation of the naval war in the Pacific from 1941 to 1945. All major surface combat ships of the Japanese and Allied navies are present in this streamlined reproduction of the biggest maritime war ever.
Why similar: World War II 22.2% ★, Naval Combat 21.3% ★, Wargame 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Board Game 11.9%
- #49 Broken Front
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KOArtist Games
Windows
A platoon-based World War II tactical wargame that brings the feel of a classic tabletop game to your screen.
Why similar: World War II 26.8% ★, Wargame 24.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Tabletop 8.4%
- #50 Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin
67% matchPositive88% of 48 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 34.5% ★, Wargame 21.8%, Turn-Based 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%, Strategy 7.4%
- #51 Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,142 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 24.7 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 53.5% ★, Naval 24.1% ★, Strategy 6.9%, Wargame 6.1%, Simulation 5.6%
- #52 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
68% 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 32.4% ★, Wargame 24.5%, Grand Strategy 12.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based 8.4%
- #53 Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific U-Boat Missions
68% matchVery Positive81% of 320 reviews2008
Dev: Ubisoft RomaniaPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Experience the thrill of the hunt! Prowl the waters as the captain of a German submarine in a never-before-seen theatre of operations the Indian Ocean. Take part in the war against British supply lines off the coast of North Africa and support the Japanese war against the U.S. Navy.
Why similar: Naval Combat 48.9% ★, World War II 22.4% ★, Naval 22.3% ★, Simulation 6.4%
- #54 Axis & Allies 1942 Online
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,097 reviews2021
Dev: Beamdog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 48.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Play the classic board game, Axis & Allies 1942 2nd Edition! Act as WWII powers in a turn-based strategy game that fits your screen and schedule— get notified on your turn and command armies at your own pace! Team up with friends, challenge the world’s top players, or go solo vs. A.I.
Why similar: World War II 22.1% ★, Wargame 17.5%, Naval 16.9% ★, Tabletop 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%
- #55 Aircraft Carrier Survival: Tutorial
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,176 reviews2021
Dev: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 Combat 30.7% ★, Naval 24.9% ★, Wargame 16.7%, World War II 12.6% ★, Grand Strategy 5.9% ★
- #56 Bolt Action
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frag GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Step into the boots of a battlefield commander in Bolt Action, a turn-based WWII strategy inspired by Warlord Games’ tabletop classic.
Why similar: Wargame 22.7%, World War II 22.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 7.5%