- #1 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
97% matchVery Positive90% of 586 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 27.1% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5%, Wargame 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Strategy 8%
- #2 Industrial War
96% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Yocone
Windows · Mac
Explore the world In the 1920s, with more than 800 cities and 200 mines. Know your industrial chain and plan the role of each city; know your nation's unique polity structure and adjust your overall strategy. Resist the restlessness of your neighbors, acquire resources, and develop your industry.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.5%, Wargame 14.5%, World War II 13.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Strategy 9.5%
- #3 Schwerpunkt
96% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Anonymoose Games
Windows
Schwerpunkt is a World War 2 military simulation game. Take control of hundreds of units over a large frontline, making daring manoeuvres to push your enemy back. Fight in one of the scenarios given or make your own in the map maker.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.8%, World War II 17.8% ★, Wargame 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Military 9.7%
- #4 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
95% matchVery Positive92% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.5%, World War II 20.7% ★, Wargame 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Historical 10.4%
- #5 SGS Operation Downfall
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Project Manhattan failed! Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands is set in motion. Start with Operation Olympic to capture Kyushu, and move on with Coronet, the landing near Tokyo. Force Japan surrender with the largest amphibious operation in history.
Why similar: World War II 18% ★, Grand Strategy 14%, Historical 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Military 12.6%
- #6 Cascade: Hindcast
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Herni Dedalvs
Windows · Mac
Cascade: Hindcast is an alternate-history grand strategy game where monthly political and military decisions reshape a living war map. Use hindsight, spend scarce political capital, and watch borders, armies, and consequences move in real time.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.3%, Wargame 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, World War II 8.8% ★, Alternate History 8.4%
- #7 Pacific Fire
93% matchNo user reviews2027
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 24.5% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2%, Wargame 14.9%, Historical 11.6%, Military 10.3%
- #8 Rommel in The Republic ~ Operation Weichsel ~
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Period Games
Windows
Turn-based fictional WWII simulation game. Take control of Commander Gertrude Rommel and aim for victory on the battlefield.
Why similar: World War II 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.4%, Wargame 14.5%, Strategy RPG 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #9 War of Resistance
91% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: chenjd
Windows
In this turn-based strategy game simulating the Second Sino-Japanese War, players will take on the role of the Communist forces, fighting against the Japanese army in the upcoming War of Resistance, and later, battling the Republic of China to win the Civil War.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.7%, World War II 15% ★, Wargame 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 9.5%
- #10 Unity of Command II
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,215 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.5 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 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9%, Wargame 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%, Strategy 7.3%
- #11 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
90% matchVery Positive86% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the ‘Stalingrad on the Yangze’, as was sometimes called the Battle for Shanghai in 1937. Play as the Chinese willing to reclaim the whole city or as the Imperial Japanese forces in their counter-attack.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24%, Wargame 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Historical 11.4%, Strategy 10%
- #12 Total Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Kraken Studios
Windows
The ultimate turn-based World War 2 grand strategy game wargamers have been yearning for decades. The best ideas born from players and from wargames so huge they overtook your dining room table, and your wife’s patience. From the developer of the WarPlan series.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.4%, Wargame 15.9%, World War II 15.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Historical 9.1%
- #13 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
89% matchVery Positive90% of 141 reviews2021
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac
Cauldrons of War Stalingrad is the turn-based strategic wargame you will launch whenever you want your WW2 shot but don't have time for a monster strategy game.From May 1942 to November 1942 play the USSR or the Axis forces in some of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
Why similar: World War II 29.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26.3%, Wargame 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Historical 10.6%
- #14 SGS Glory Recalled
88% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Relive the Battle of Hong Kong (8–26 December 1941), one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II.
Why similar: World War II 32.3% ★, Wargame 18.2%, Historical 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Military 11.9%
- #15 WarPlan
87% matchVery Positive82% of 232 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken Studios
Windows
WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database
Why similar: World War II 23.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2%, Wargame 15%, Military 10.8%, Historical 10.7%
- #16 Making History: The Second World War
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 291 reviews2018
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: World War II 23.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4%, Historical 10.1%, Wargame 9%, Military 8.8%
- #17 Air War General - WW2 Air Force Wargame
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Panzer AirlinesPub: SLS
Windows
WW2 turn-based aircraft war game that puts you in the USAAF/USAF, RAF or Luftwaffe air operations HQs. Build your squadrons, wings, air bases & pilots. Engage in bombing missions, dogfights & interceptions over Britain, N. Africa & Europe. Historical & what-if fighter/bomber airplane game scenarios
Why similar: World War II 27.8% ★, Wargame 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Flight 12.6%, Historical 6.2%
- #18 SGS Battle of the Bulge
85% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On 16 December 1944, under appalling weather conditions, the Germans launch their last major offensive in the West. Their goal: cut off the Allies from their sources of supply by taking Antwerp. To do so, they must break through the Ardennes salient, starting the battle of the Bulge…
Why similar: Wargame 24.2%, Grand Strategy 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Historical 12.5%, Strategy 8.7%
- #19 The Emperor and State
84% matchMixed58% of 345 reviews2024
Dev: 涂途Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
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 20.9%, Wargame 13.5%, Strategy RPG 13.2%, Historical 11.3%, Alternate History 11.3%
- #20 Hearts of Iron III
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 6,478 reviews2009
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.
Why similar: World War II 32.9% ★, Grand Strategy 32.5%, Historical 11.5%, Military 7.6%, Strategy 6.9%
- #21 The Last Days in Arnhem
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nicola GuidoniPub: Apuan Wargames
Windows
Turn-based 3D tactical wargame set during Operation Market Garden. Command Allied or German forces, use cover, line of sight, fire and assault, and fight for key objectives around Arnhem.
Why similar: World War II 33.3% ★, Wargame 16.9%, Historical 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Military 8%
- #22 Ruler of Empires
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mehmet Sefa KARATAŞPub: Pasha Interactive
Windows
Command a nation through the age of steel and empire. Ruler of Empires is a turn-based grand strategy game. Seize a nation, rewrite the century, and conquer province by province across lands. Save an empire doomed to fall, or bring the whole world under a single flag.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.5%, Strategy RPG 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Historical 9.4%
- #23 Firearms Factory
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Triplex TerminalPub: GameDev.ist
Windows
Firearms Factory is a WWII strategy game focused on weapon manufacturing and logistics. Starting in 1939, you manage a German war factory, expanding control over key regions by supplying battlefronts. Balance production, logistics, and territorial defense on the path to nuclear weapon development.
Why similar: World War II 24.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4%, Historical 11%, Military 10.3%, Wargame 7.5%
- #24 Fate Candle: Three Kingdoms - Chronicle Restored
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: XIA WANWAN
Windows
The fire at Red Cliffs fractures history. Rise from one of 44 cities, govern your domain, befriend forgotten generals, and restore their memories. Develop your faction and deploy stratagems across ten-slot battles. Hold cities and awaken City Veins before the world unravels.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.5%, Strategy RPG 14.7%, Wargame 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Military 7.7%
- #25 The Glorious Cause
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ThinkByte Studio
Windows · Linux
A historically grounded, hex-based strategy and tactics game where you command armies of the American Revolution. From tense battlefield engagements to the growing war for independence.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.6%, Wargame 13.6%, Strategy RPG 11.8%, Military 10.3%, Alternate History 8.9%
- #26 Aye! My Liege
79% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Tappole Software
Windows · Mac
A grand strategy game set in an alternate history. Lead your noble house to power using a 4-tier command system that allows for granular management of every individual soldier. Master complex industrial chains, navigate tariffs, and balance diplomacy to shape the continent's ultimate fate.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.5%, Strategy RPG 15.4%, Wargame 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Strategy 9.7%
- #27 SGS Afrika Korps: Tunisia
80% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
SGS Afrika Korps: Tunisia is a complete standalone game that covers the famous Tunisian campaign of November 1942 to June 1943. Hold Tunisia as the Axis, or expel your enemy from Africa and set the stage for the Allies invasion of Sicily.
Why similar: World War II 27.6% ★, Wargame 18.1%, Historical 10.6%, Alternate History 10.5%, Military 10.1%
- #28 SGS Winter War
79% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Winter War is the story of the Soviet onslaught on tiny Finland from November 1939 to March 1940, at the beginning of WW2. Can the Finns hold beyond the reasonable and receive the long awaited Allied intervention? Or will the Russian bear crush them and force them to lose their border lands?
Why similar: World War II 41.4% ★, Wargame 12%, Historical 10.2%, Alternate History 8.1%, Strategy 7.7%
- #29 Destiny of the World
78% matchPositive80% of 45 reviews2022
Dev: Fiddlyware
Windows · Linux
WWII grand strategy game where planning and logistics are foundations of successful campaigns: simultaneous weekly turns, convoy warfare, production, trade, research, espionage and command from 1939 to 1945. Control a single major power, or the entire Axis or Allied command.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.8%, Wargame 22.1%, World War II 15.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Historical 9.2%
- #30 Panzer Corps 2
78% matchVery Positive85% of 4,207 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 59.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Why similar: World War II 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4%, Wargame 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Military 10.1%
- #31 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
77% matchVery Positive87% of 2,159 reviews2011
Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.
Why similar: World War II 31.9% ★, Grand Strategy 29.2%, Historical 11.5%, Wargame 10.6%, Strategy 8.2%
- #32 Radio Commander: Battle of Britain ’40
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Command the battle you cannot see. Take charge of RAF Fighter Command in a pausable RTS set during the Battle of Britain. Manage radar intelligence, delayed communications, and squadron deployments through the Dowding System to intercept Luftwaffe raids and defend Britain.
Why similar: World War II 29.4% ★, Grand Strategy 23.7%, Wargame 17.2%, Historical 8.6%, Strategy 6.7%
- #33 SGS Operation Hawaii
77% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On December 7th, 1941, the Empire of Japan struck a surprise blow against unsuspecting American forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaï. In the ensuing confusion and panic, the USA feared a Japanese invasion of Oahu island, but it fortunately did not materialize. But what would have happened if it had?
Why similar: World War II 20% ★, Wargame 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Historical 10.9%, Strategy 10.5%
- #34 Steel Covenant 钢铁盟约
75% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: 金戈兄
Windows
"Steel Covenant" is a 3D real-time strategy game. The game is set against the backdrop of World War II. Players can transform into Allied or German commanders, commanding multiple units to participate in battles
Why similar: World War II 28.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1%, Historical 13.3%, Military 12.5%, Wargame 11.3%
- #35 Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 5
76% matchVery Positive83% of 252 reviews2020
Dev: USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
《三国群英传Ⅴ》是由宇峻奥汀研发的一款即时战略类游戏,也是三国群英传系列的第五部作品 。 玩家在游戏中将扮演三国时期的君主,调兵遣将、攻城掠池。画面清晰度全面升级至1024*768分辨率,并实现千人同屏的超大型战役。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 20.7%, Grand Strategy 13.9%, Military 13.6%, Wargame 12.7%, Strategy 11.1%
- #36 Hearts of Iron IV
75% matchVery Positive90% of 377,300 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30.7 hrsMean: 301.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
Why similar: World War II 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.1%, Historical 11.9%, Military 10.6%, Alternate History 9.4%
- #37 Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 4
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 211 reviews2020
Dev: USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
《三国群英传IV》是由奥汀科技研发的一款即时战略类游戏,是三国群英传系列的第四作。玩家将在游戏中重历三国时代,指挥武将驰骋于华夏神州大地之上,征战于天南地北之间,平定乱世,以一统中原为目标,最终建立属于自己的英雄事业。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21%, Grand Strategy 14.8%, Military 13.8%, Wargame 11.8%, Strategy 11.3%
- #38 Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 6
74% matchVery Positive82% of 198 reviews2020
Dev: USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
《三国群英传Ⅵ》是由奥汀科技研发的一款即时战略类游戏,是三国群英传系列的第六作。 游戏中精心安排了许多剧情事件,并设计了繁多的兵种,让玩家在游戏中可获得千人作战的畅快,也可体验运筹帷幄的快乐。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.2%, Military 14.3%, Grand Strategy 13.6%, Wargame 12%, Strategy 11.5%
- #39 Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 2
73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,923 reviews2020
Dev: USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 60.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
《三国群英传Ⅱ》是由奥汀科技运营研发的一款即时战略游戏。于1999年发行,为《三国群英传》系列游戏作品的第二部。游戏开创性地在此类游戏中引入了即时战略的时间概念、独特的内政和作战模式、动听的CD音轨以及华丽的背景地图。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.7%, Grand Strategy 14%, Historical 13.9%, Wargame 12.2%, Strategy 11.8%
- #40 SGS Okinawa
73% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
A standalone epic rendering of the 1945 bloody fighting on Okinawa, the last great battle of the Pacific War. The game is part of the Pacific D-Day collection. Both sides are playable, each with their own challenge.
Why similar: World War II 23.9% ★, Wargame 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Historical 13.1%, Strategy 11.1%
- #41 Heroes of the Three Kingdoms
73% matchVery Positive92% of 1,329 reviews2020
Dev: USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 135.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
《三国群英传》是由宇峻奥汀(Odin)公司出品的一款策略战棋游戏,也是三国群英传系列的第一部作品 ,于1998年发布。 游戏按即时制展开,双方行动和交战同时进行。游戏进行的大致流程是“内政经营模式”到“大地战略模式”,然后到“战争发生”,再循环到“内政经营模式”。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.1%, Military 13.8%, Grand Strategy 13.7%, Wargame 11.9%, Strategy 11.3%
- #42 Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 7
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,065 reviews2020
Dev: USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
《三国群英传Ⅶ》由宇峻奥汀研发,是三国群英传系列第七作。游戏内除了拥有系列作中广受好评的千人战之外,全新升级了武将技,添加更多的战略系统,在武器的合成、士兵的强化等方面都做了全新的设计。藉以触动玩家每一根运筹帷幄的思考神经,挑战玩家战术运用的极致。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 20.2%, Military 15.3%, Grand Strategy 14.1%, Wargame 12.7%, Strategy 11.5%
- #43 三國.爭霸
71% match8 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: 龙吟天下工作室
Windows · Mac
在这款沉浸式三国策略卡牌游戏中,你将化身一方主公,招揽名将、打造无敌军团,体验从乱世枭雄到一统天下的霸业征程!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.3%, Wargame 14.4%, Historical 11.7%, Alternate History 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%
- #44 Echoes of Taihang
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: qichang
Windows
Build a resistance base behind enemy lines, organize production and supply, earn the trust of local communities, and lead a squad through reconnaissance, ambush, rescue, sabotage and escort missions.
Why similar: World War II 33.4% ★, Grand Strategy 14%, Military 12.8%, Wargame 7.7%, Simulation 7.6%
- #45 Making History: The Calm & the Storm
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 633 reviews2007
Dev: Muzzy LanePub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Making History® delivers the open-ended gameplay of strategy-game classics, but with compelling new economic, military, and diplomatic systems and deep research that lets you play with real historical challenges.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32%, World War II 31.6% ★, Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Historical 8.9%
- #46 Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 3
70% matchVery Positive85% of 805 reviews2020
Dev: USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
《三国群英传Ⅲ》是三国群英传系列第三部作品。游戏拥有壮丽的战争场面,战争兵数最多可增加到800人,且战斗受不同地形影响。画面镜头可自行调整,方便玩家调兵遣将。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 22%, Military 13.9%, Grand Strategy 13.9%, Wargame 12.1%, Strategy 11.4%
- #47 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
69% matchVery Positive89% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific is a turn-based strategy game. It offers a comprehensive experience of the Pacific Theater, challenging you to achieve victory in one of history's greatest conflicts.
Why similar: World War II 23.6% ★, Wargame 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Historical 13.7%, Military 10.6%
- #48 1992: Rasputie
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: A2B games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take a place of a politician in the post-Soviet space and immerse yourself in the struggle for power amid the ruins of the former empire. Your decisions will determine the path of the young state's development.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.4%, Historical 11.6%, Wargame 11.1%, Alternate History 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #49 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,020 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 36% ★, Wargame 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Historical 8.7%
- #50 On War: Stalingrad
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Panzer Division Games
Windows
The Eastern Front, finally made playable. Command divisions, manage logistics, and shape the battle for Stalingrad in a streamlined strategy game designed for clarity, not complexity.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.7%, World War II 20.3% ★, Wargame 16.1%, Historical 11.4%, Military 10.5%
- #51 Four Crossings of the ChiShui River Simulator
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: HanStudio
Windows
A turn-based hex wargame on the 1935 Four Crossings campaign. Command 30,000 Red Army troops through 100+ daily turns: scout, decrypt enemy telegrams, cross rivers under fog, deceive pursuers with fake radio orders, break out via one of three routes.
Why similar: World War II 19.9% ★, Wargame 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Historical 13.3%, Military 11%
- #52 Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
69% matchVery Positive84% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Prove to have a true Strategic Mind! Spirit of Liberty will put your strategic planning skills to the test. It’s a hardcore, turn-based, historically accurate strategy game set in WWII. Lead Finnish forces against an overwhelming threat through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War.
Why similar: World War II 21.5% ★, Wargame 14.2%, Strategy RPG 12.3%, Military 10.8%, Alternate History 10.1%
- #53 Warplan Pacific
69% 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 31.6% ★, Wargame 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Historical 11.2%, Military 10.2%
- #54 SGS Battle For: Fort Donelson
68% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the first decisive battle of the U.S. Civil War. Lead the Union force as General Grant to seize the key forts on the Cumberland, or play the Confederate defenders to maintain the gate to the South closed.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.7%, Wargame 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Historical 12.3%, Strategy 11.6%
- #55 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 156 reviews2023
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.8%, Wargame 22.4%, Historical 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Military 11%
- #56 Front Frontiers
67% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: baus96
Windows
The World is on the brink of irreversible Tragedy. Global tensions are rising, alliances are falling apart and states are preparing to decide their fate in the shadow of a massive war. Front Frontiers invites you to fight a massive war, offering an in-depth strategy experience.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.8%, Wargame 17%, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Alternate History 9.1%, Historical 6.9%
- #57 SGS Sealion
66% match8 user reviews89% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Game SudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Operation Sealion is Germany's code name for the planned invasion of Britain in 1940. It could have happened after a victory of the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Find out in this game how in could have unfolded.
Why similar: Wargame 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Alternate History 12.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Historical 10.2%
- #58 Germany at War - Soviet Dawn
68% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Phobetor
Windows
Germany At War: Soviet Dawn is a turn-based operational wargame, with a strong historical focus. You command either the German forces through a branching historical campaign covering the entire 1941 campaign as well as part of the 1942 one or the Soviets from 1941 to the revenge of 1944/45.
Why similar: World War II 29% ★, Wargame 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Strategy 11.1%, Historical 10%
- #59 Silesian Wars
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: GenuiTX Bittner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule Silesia through a thousand years of history. Wage war, forge alliances and build duchies on a map of real provinces, against cunning historical AI leaders or your friends online — from pagan tribes to the modern day.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.9%, Wargame 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Historical 11.6%, Strategy 10.1%
- #60 Twisted Three Kingdoms
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seasonbean Team
Windows
Amidst this chaotic era, shape your own destiny—whether as a loyal minister, a ruthless warlord, or an independent ruler. Every choice and battle writes your legend. Are you ready to rise from a commoner to claim the realm?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.2%, Wargame 15.6%, Historical 14.1%, Alternate History 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%