Games Like Broken Arrow

Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.

Why similar: Wargame 24.1%, RTS 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, War 9.5%, Military 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its Cold War-era deck building, large multiplayer battles, and combined-arms command structure make it Broken Arrow's closest contemporary counterpart.

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: RTS 25.9%, Wargame 20.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 9.8%, Military 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is the foundational large-scale deck-building RTS for commanding land, air, and naval forces across huge modern-era battlefields.

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: Wargame 21.9%, RTS 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Modern 11.8%, War 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers streamlined but thoughtful Cold War combined-arms battles with strong emphasis on maneuver, recon, artillery, and reinforcement management.

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: RTS 25.7%, Wargame 18.8%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Strategy 12.8%, Military 11%

Why You'll Like It: Its tactical deployment system and air-land combined arms warfare closely match Broken Arrow's battlefield pacing and force-composition focus.

Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.

Why similar: RTS 26.1%, Wargame 21.1%, War 13.1%, Strategy 11.8%, Military 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Although set in World War II, it shares Broken Arrow's phased deployment, battlegroup construction, expansive maps, and emphasis on combined-arms tactics.

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: Wargame 24%, Action RTS 20.4% ★, RTS 19%, War 8.4%, Strategy 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its realistic Cold War force organization, line-of-sight simulation, and real-time-with-pause command make it ideal for players wanting deeper tactical control.

The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.

Why similar: RTS 24.7%, Wargame 21.8%, Strategy 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 11%, Military 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: The first Wargame offers the same real-time Cold War command fantasy, centered on unit positioning, supply lines, and countering enemy formations.

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

Why similar: Wargame 19.8%, RTS 16.9%, Modern 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Military 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on modern armored warfare, infantry support, logistics, artillery, and airpower in a campaign-driven real-time tactical format.

Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

Why similar: RTS 25.1%, Strategy 16.7%, War 14.1%, Modern 13.2%, Military 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its modern setting, controllable vehicles, infantry squads, and direct-control option provide a more intimate but similarly tactical combined-arms RTS experience.

Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. An "Iron Curtain" divides the Western Powers gathered together under the NATO banner from the Soviet Union

Why similar: Wargame 36.1%, Strategy 26.2%, RTS 19.1%, Tactical 11.3%, Military 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This detailed Cold War wargame emphasizes reconnaissance, command delay, terrain, logistics, and authentic unit behavior in pausable real-time battles.

Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017

Why similar: Wargame 31.9%, Modern 14%, War 10.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Military 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its near-future NATO-versus-Russia setting and exceptionally detailed modern combined-arms combat make it a strong choice for a slower, more simulation-heavy alternative.

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?

Why similar: RTS 24.2%, Real Time Tactics 23.6%, War 15.3%, Strategy 9.7%, Military 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its World War II setting, its deep unit control, destructible battlefields, vehicle management, and tactical detail strongly suit players who enjoy hands-on warfare.

The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.

Why similar: Wargame 26.2%, RTS 21.3%, War 9.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Military 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Modern warfare in Syria, including infantry, armor, drones, air support, and asymmetric factions, gives it a highly authentic tactical feel.

Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm is a grand tactical wargame set at the height of the Cold War, with the action centered on the year 1989.

Why similar: Strategy 38.1%, Wargame 29.6%, PvP 14.1%, Military 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers highly realistic modern Cold War combat where command delays, electronic warfare, artillery, and careful combined-arms coordination matter.

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

Why similar: RTS 23.2%, War 16.2%, Strategy 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Tactical 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its granular control over infantry, tanks, ammunition, and battlefield positioning remains excellent for players seeking tactical RTS depth.

Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.

Why similar: RTS 32.1%, Wargame 13.9%, Strategy 12.7%, War 10.8%, Military 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This predecessor to Steel Division 2 offers the same broad-front deployment and combined-arms real-time warfare on a smaller World War II scale.

Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.

Why similar: Wargame 28.7%, RTS 18.2%, Modern 16.5%, Military 15.4%, Strategy 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: For players who value Broken Arrow's modern military hardware, this is the definitive high-level simulation of contemporary air, naval, land, and missile warfare.

Experience warfare like never before! Men of War II, the anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed RTS franchise is here with all-new units, locations, campaigns, game modes and true trademarks of the series: historical fidelity and action-filled gameplay on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WWII.

Why similar: Wargame 21.9%, RTS 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.6%, Tanks 7.7% ★, Tactical 7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines large tactical battles with direct unit control, detailed vehicles, destructible environments, and multiplayer-focused combined-arms play.

From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 22.8%, Naval Combat 20.5% ★, War 14.5%, Military 11.5%, RTS 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shifts the focus toward naval and air warfare, but captures the same Cold War-to-modern tension of sensors, missiles, aircraft, and joint-force command.

Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?

Why similar: Wargame 22.2%, Action RTS 19.3% ★, RTS 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 12.5%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a more accessible squad-focused RTS, but its cover systems, vehicle counters, artillery, and territorial control create satisfying tactical battles.

CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.

Why similar: Wargame 30.1%, Modern 18.2%, War 10.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Military 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This detailed Cold War simulation lets you command period-accurate US, Soviet, and NATO forces in methodical combined-arms engagements.

Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration. Connect to the warzone from your home PC and orchestrate modern military operations from the Drone Perspective.

Why similar: Wargame 17.9%, Action RTS 15.4% ★, Modern 14.5%, RTS 12.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its contemporary battlefield setting and focus on drone reconnaissance, tactical command, and cooperative warfare align well with Broken Arrow's modern military appeal.

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: Wargame 24.6%, RTS 20.5%, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, War 14.1%, Strategy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its blend of commanding a carrier group, deploying ground units, managing aircraft, and capturing territory provides a distinctive combined-arms command experience.

Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

Why similar: Action RTS 20.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.9%, RTS 15.1%, Tactical 12.3%, War 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It operates at a much smaller scale, but its modern military setting and meticulous planning of infantry assaults reward the same tactical mindset.

Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 20.4%, Military 18.6%, War 17%, Realistic 11.9%, Tactical 10.8%

Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.

Why similar: Wargame 25.1%, RTS 17.9%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, Modern 9.4%, War 7.3%

Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.

Why similar: RTS 46.8%, Strategy 17.3%, Military 11.3%, War 10.7%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its near-future military setting, armored warfare, air assets, and conventional RTS base-building make it a faster, more traditional alternative.

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: Wargame 31.2%, RTS 22.2%, Modern 12.9%, War 9%, Strategy 6.9%

Joint Task Force is the real-time strategy (RTS) game where you command the frontline forces in tomorrow's most hazardous conflicts. Lead twenty dramatic missions in explosive war-zones including the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Balkans.

Why similar: RTS 48.6%, Strategy 35.5%, Military 16%

Why You'll Like It: This modern military RTS features campaign-based combined-arms operations using infantry, armor, helicopters, and air support across contemporary conflict zones.

Tomorrow's War Is NOW Ripped from today's headlines, Act of War: Direct Action™ is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.

Why similar: RTS 56.2%, War 14.9%, Strategy 11.9%, Military 10.8%, Multiplayer 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: This modern military RTS blends large armored assaults, special forces, aircraft, and base management in a classic command-and-conquer-style format.

Global Conflagration is a real-time strategy game inspired by the classics featuring modern controls and streamlined mechanics. Build lots of tanks, infantry, helicopters and aircraft to destroy the enemy base.

Why similar: Action RTS 20.3% ★, Wargame 19.2%, RTS 16.8%, War 9.7%, Tanks 6.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: It modernizes classic military base-building RTS design with faction asymmetry, tanks, aircraft, and large-scale multiplayer warfare.

A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics. Draw commands and execute a superior strategy to defeat your opponent, focusing on high-level decisions rather than constant micromanagement.

Why similar: Action RTS 22.2% ★, RTS 18.6%, Wargame 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, War 7%

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: RTS 22.9%, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, War 13%, Military 10.1%, Tactical 8.4%

Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

Why similar: Wargame 21%, RTS 19.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, War 14.2%, Tactical 9.2%

Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.

Why similar: Action RTS 21.6% ★, RTS 18.8%, Wargame 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Strategy 7.5%

Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.

Why similar: Wargame 26.7%, Military 13.9%, Modern 12.2%, War 11.9%, Tactical 10.4%

Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.

Why similar: Wargame 23.6%, RTS 20.9%, Real Time Tactics 16%, Strategy 13%, War 7.6%

Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.

Why similar: RTS 53%, Strategy 18.4%, Action RTS 6.9% ★, Wargame 5.9%, War 4.9%

Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.

Why similar: RTS 20.4%, Strategy 16.8%, War 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, Tactical 10.7%

War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.

Why similar: RTS 20.3%, Wargame 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, War 12.5%, Military 9.1%

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 20% ★, Wargame 18.6%, RTS 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, War 10.5%

Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.

Why similar: RTS 30.4%, War 21.6%, Tactical 14.6%, Military 14.3%, Strategy 11.8%

Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.

Why similar: RTS 20.3%, Real Time Tactics 16%, War 12.7%, Military 8.9%, Strategy 8.7%

Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics across dynamic battlefields, facing land, air, and sea threats. Wage war against AI or rival pilots using an array of advanced weaponry, including tactical and strategic nuclear weapons capable of annihilating anything in your path.

Why similar: Wargame 36.5%, War 19.4%, Military 13.1%, Artificial Intelligence 9.9%, Realistic 9.2%

Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical game where you lead the soldiers and vehicles that battled across the globe during this time in history. Play hundreds of unique units across multiple game modes.

Why similar: Wargame 21.7%, RTS 17.9%, Real Time Tactics 16%, War 7.5%, Strategy 7.2%

Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!

Why similar: RTS 30.8%, Wargame 16.4%, Strategy 14.6%, War 11.8%, Tactical 9%

Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!

Why similar: Action RTS 19.9% ★, RTS 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Strategy 10.5%, War 9.8%

Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.

Why similar: Wargame 17.6%, RTS 16.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Modern 12.4%, Strategy 10.5%

Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.

Why similar: Wargame 26%, RTS 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, War 12.1%, Military 8.3%

Nuclear war simulator is a detailed realistic simulation and visualization of large-scale nuclear conflicts with a focus on humanitarian consequences. It lets you design conflict scenarios and estimate the consequences using a population density map and realistic weapons effects.

Why similar: Wargame 28.3%, Modern 25.5%, RTS 21.8%, Realistic 10.5%, Military 8.3%

Command modern military armies by zooming out and issuing orders to large formations, or zooming in to issue orders to individual squads and vehicles. Waronoi is the real-time strategy war game.

Why similar: Wargame 31.8%, RTS 26.4%, Strategy 15.1%, War 10.6%, Military 9.5%

World War Armies is the ultimate PvP real-time strategy game. Command advanced war machines and compete for free against other players worldwide. Revolutionary mechanics reduce downtime and focus on direct engagement with the enemy, you get to the fun parts of RTS faster.

Why similar: Action RTS 18% ★, RTS 15.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Wargame 9.7%, Deckbuilding 8.5%

Embark on a military strategy 4X RTS game, in a world where your battle tactics and your massive army are the keys to victory. Instant War delivers an amazing battlefield experience in a realistic military game. As a commander, you develop your military base and lead your army to victory!

Why similar: Action RTS 23.7% ★, Wargame 22.2%, Modern 14%, War 7.9%, Strategy 7.9%

Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.

Why similar: Wargame 21.7%, Action RTS 18.8% ★, RTS 15.5%, Real Time Tactics 9.8%, War 9.1%

WARDOGS is a TACTICAL ALL OUT WARFARE FPS where one hundred players split across three teams fight over the control zone. Set in the derelict industrial mountains of Eastern Europe on a destructible battlefield where teamwork pays and cash is king.

Why similar: Wargame 30.5%, Modern 25.2%, Tactical 11.9%, Military 11.4%, Realistic 8.3%

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

Why similar: RTS 23.3%, Wargame 17.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Strategy 12.7%, War 8.9%

Command drones, deploy mobile air defense systems and conduct tactical aerial operations. Choose your side - Ukrainian or Russian forces - and protect critical infrastructure in a realistic military simulation on a detailed map.

Why similar: Wargame 28.6%, Real Time Tactics 18.6%, War 12.2%, RTS 11.5%, Strategy 7.2%