
Command a gritty, independent multi-national PMC in a real-world tactical sandbox set in 2002. No HP bars. No XP grind. No class rails or perk trees. Real ballistics, severe wounding, and persistent scars.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Military, Tactical, Simulation, Strategy.

Command a gritty, independent multi-national PMC in a real-world tactical sandbox set in 2002. No HP bars. No XP grind. No class rails or perk trees. Real ballistics, severe wounding, and persistent scars.

GROUND BRANCH
From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.

Black One Blood Brothers
Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.
From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.
Why similar: Military 27.6%, Tactical 23.9%, Realistic 16.4%, Gun Customization 14.1% ★, War 6.7%
Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.
Why similar: Military 23.9%, Tactical 16%, Wargame 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, War 10.7%
Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by developers of the cancelled Project Reality 2 project.
Why similar: Military 24.6%, Tactical 13%, War 12.7%, Cold War 12.5% ★, Realistic 11.9%
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: Military 22.6%, Wargame 15%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, Modern 10.9%, War 10.2%
End State is a turn-based tactics game where you manage a mercenary company tracking down a terrorists in a war-torn country. Hire, gear up and gain experience for your mercenaries. Take on rebels and criminal gangs, do side contracts and explore Brekovia.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 19.2%, Military 18%, Tactical 14%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Character Customization 12.3%
EXFIL delivers raw tactical FPS intensity with no distractions. No loot grinding, no gimmicks, just pure realism. EXFIL tests your strategy, comms, and teamwork in high-stakes tactical engagements. Will your squad rise to the challenge?
Why similar: Gun Customization 21.9% ★, Wargame 19.7%, Military 18.7%, Tactical 12.9%, Team-Based 12.4%
Experience hyper-realistic visuals and fluid controls from an unprecedented Bodycam perspective. The world's first shooter with truly playable 3DGS environments. Every pulse-pounding firefight and precise tactical move is captured by your chest-mounted camera for unmatched battlefield immersion.
Why similar: Military 20.3%, Wargame 18.3%, Tactical 15.4%, Team-Based 14.8%, War 14.1%
Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.
Why similar: Military 23.5%, Tactical 16.8%, Gun Customization 14.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Moddable 8.4%
Recon Control is a turn-based strategy and 2D platformer hybrid focused on combat. Lead your special operations squad through a set of challenging and deadly missions.
Why similar: Wargame 15.5%, Military 15%, War 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Inventory Management 11.7%
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: Military 24.5%, Cold War 15.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, War 12.3%, Realistic 10.6%
A tactical immersive sim. You are underground with nothing but missiles. Design ballistic weapons, hunt billion-dollar radars with 20,000-dollar drones, flood the enemy with cruise missiles, or reach hypersonic technology. Welcome to asymmetric war.
Why similar: Cold War 27.2% ★, Wargame 18.2%, Military 15.4%, Real Time Tactics 15%, War 11.3%
The near present. Step into the event horizon of a failed state, as Private Military Contractor - Cold Harbor, hunting jihadist terrorists in war-torn sprawls as a lethal surrogate for the host nation.
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Why similar: Wargame 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 17%, Military 16.8%, Modern 14.4%, Tactical 9.7%
Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.
Why similar: Cold War 25.9% ★, Wargame 16.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Military 9.2%, War 9.1%
Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.
Why similar: Gun Customization 21.6% ★, Military 19.8%, Modern 15.1%, Tactical 15.1%, War 12%
You are the CEO of a private military company. Recruit capable mercenaries, purchase weapons, and develop your mercenaries according to their roles and characteristics. Observe how your mercenaries perform in combat and plan your tactics to ensure mission success.
Why similar: Military 26%, Tactical 23.9%, War 20.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.1%, Simulation 9%
Tactical Combat Department is a tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by Swat games. You command a special intervention squad that intervenes in various situations and environments.
Why similar: Military 26.1%, Wargame 17.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.9%, Tactical 16%, Realistic 11.1%
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: Cold War 30.8% ★, Wargame 19.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Military 15.5%, War 12.6%
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: Cold War 24.1% ★, Wargame 17.2%, Military 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, War 9.6%
Fly helicopter gunships in a tactical combat sim inspired by 90s classics. Master scalable flight controls, sensors and weapons across several combat zones. Tackle procedurally generated missions that play out differently each time. Play with gamepad, mouse and keyboard, or full HOTAS controls.
Why similar: Wargame 30.9%, Military 16%, Realistic 15.6%, War 14.8%, Tactical 12.7%
This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?
Why similar: Wargame 19.6%, Military 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, War 13.9%, Tactical 10.2%
Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.
Why similar: Cold War 35.1% ★, Military 19.8%, Modern 14.7%, Wargame 14.6%, Realistic 10.5%
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 23.5%, Modern 21.7%, Military 17.7%, Realistic 15.1%, Sandbox 11.7%
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 20.1%, Modern 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Military 14.3%, War 12.6%
Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.
Why similar: Tactical 33.4%, Military 27.1%, Realistic 18.9%, Team-Based 14.5%, Simulation 4.2%
Mud and Blood, the cult classic flash real time strategy game, returns with its signature take on infantry tactics. Command a small squad through brutal battles against unfair odds. This is combat. Experience the chaos and unceremonious violence of modern war, where every decision counts.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 32.8%, Military 27.1%, Tactical 19.7%, Sandbox 18.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
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 20.7%, Military 19.8%, Modern 17.5%, Team-Based 13.8%, Tactical 13.7%
Mech Merc Company is a 90s style mech combat simulator with business management elements. Buy and sell mechs, customize your mechs, hire and fire AI pilots, manage your business expenses, and complete tactical objective-based missions.
Why similar: Moddable 42.7%, Tactical 39.1%, Simulation 15%, Singleplayer 3.1%
In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.
Why similar: Gun Customization 29.3% ★, Tactical 19.3%, War 19%, Realistic 14.8%, Character Customization 10.1%
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 22.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, Military 12.8%, War 9.1%, Tactical 8.5%
1971 Project Heliosis a turn-based strategy game which combines modern warfare military tactics and close combat. Firearms and vehicles are scarce, conflicts and hostilities have no end, and the terrible freezing cold annihilates friends and foes in its path.
Why similar: Tactical 100%
IRR is a tactical PvE Co-Op extract shooter set in a de-stabilized and immersive modern-day Vietnam. As a PMC for a mysterious organization, deal with 3 factions that stand to gain from the chaos. Engage in ruthless combat, plan your deployment, and explore the world as your journey unfolds.
Why similar: Gun Customization 37.4% ★, Military 25.5%, Tactical 19.2%, Realistic 16.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
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 21.5%, Military 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, War 10.3%, Modern 9.7%
Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to PC, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.Choose your real-world squad -- US Army Rangers, Germany's KSK, Canada’s JTF2, UK SAS, and more -- and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets and...
Why similar: Tactical 51.4%, Military 27.3%, Simulation 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%, Realistic 2.6%
Armored Brigade II revolutionizes real-time tactical warfare in 3D, focusing on the intense combined arms combat of the Cold War era, from 1965 to 1991. Boasting a meticulously researched database and huge real-world terrain maps, this game offers an unparalleled combat simulation experience.
Why similar: Cold War 28.6% ★, Wargame 25.9%, War 12.9%, Military 12.4%, Realistic 9.3%
Arma Tactics is a turn-based close-combat strategy game, where you take control of a four-member Special Forces team. There are no given strategies, rails to move on, or paths to follow; it‘s up to you to decide how you will play through both the story-driven missions and generated missions with randomized objectives.
Why similar: Military 46.3%, Tactical 39.8%, War 12.8%, Singleplayer 1%
Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead.
Why similar: War 25.4%, Wargame 20%, Perma Death 16.5%, Team-Based 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%
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Why similar: War 26.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.7%, Turn-Based Combat 23.8%, Tactical 23%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Direct Contact delivers an authentic and immersive first-person, Co-Op tactical experience, built for those who demand realism, strategy, and precision. Operate as Special Forces, utilizing a vast arsenal of real-world weapons and equipment. Engage in dynamic combat.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25.9%, Military 23%, War 15.9%, Tactical 14.2%, Realistic 13.5%
Narrative-driven action RPG set in post-pandemic Russia, featuring hardcore gameplay, tactical combat, open-environment exploration, and survival elements. Personal story set in a collapsed world, where armed survivors and emerging factions pose a far greater threat than the infected.
Why similar: Gun Customization 42.3% ★, Tactical 20.6%, Realistic 17.7%, Sandbox 17%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Become a Gunsmith and unveil the great pleasure of working in your own workshop! Repair, restore and personalize guns to make unique pieces that every firearm lover will appreciate.
Why similar: Military 26%, Inventory Management 16.4%, Realistic 14.1%, Moddable 10%, War 8.5%
Rain hell on the enemy from 12,000 feet in an AC-130 Gunship. Project Gunship provides an authentic and historical simulation of combat in all gunship variants from Vietnam to present day.
Why similar: Military 28.4%, War 20.3%, Tactical 14.6%, Realistic 13.7%, Modern 13%
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: Military 33.8%, War 19.9%, Tactical 14.7%, Modern 13.6%, Realistic 6.2%
Dagger Directive is a tactical FPS that allows you to approach each mission in your own way. Select equipment, decide the time of day, then move methodically to complete your mission. Enjoy the modern mechanics and old school graphics as you fight across a variety of missions and environments.
Why similar: Wargame 22.8%, Military 18.2%, Modern 15.9%, Gun Customization 11.3% ★, War 10.5%
Experience a Fast-Paced Roguelite Turn-Based Strategy game with a New Turn-Based System which will need you to plan early on and create strategies that would lead your army to victory. Create an army with different Characters and Leaders to choose from and explore this Roguelite world.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 34.2%, Tactical 32.8%, Sandbox 29.1%, Singleplayer 3.9%
Sandbox of destruction. Billion different ways to build your mech. Feel the weight and impact of obliteration in this modern old school mech combat sim.
Why similar: Tactical 65.9%, Simulation 28.3%, Singleplayer 5.8%
PunjiVR is an unforgiving tactical shooter set during the Vietnam War. It experiments with and takes full advantage of the VR medium, including unique features like: Physics-based movement (climbing, crawling, running), a unique inventory system, ballistics, physics-based gunplay, and so much more.
Why similar: Cold War 44.2% ★, Military 21.4%, War 17.1%, Tactical 16.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Dead Monarchy is an open-world, turn-based tactical RPG set in a low fantasy world. Personally lead and manage your mercenary company as the captain and embark on your personal quest to defeat the arena champions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 30.3%, Tactical 26%, Perma Death 23.9%, Turn-Based Combat 18.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
BF:RI is a military tactical shooter and a work of historical fiction set in war-torn Burkina Faso. You are a CIA SAC Tier 1 operator, assigned to Operation Sahel Dominion, a covert manhunt targeting the Leader of the Sahel Caliphate responsible for an act of terrorism on American soil.
Why similar: Military 35.7%, Realistic 21.5%, Tactical 21.1%, Perma Death 20.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!
Why similar: Wargame 21%, Cold War 20.8% ★, Military 16.5%, War 15.5%, Sandbox 11.4%
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: Military 21.8%, Wargame 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 19.2%, War 18.9%, Tactical 14.6%
Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!
Why similar: Moddable 21.7%, Military 16.9%, War 13.3%, Team-Based 12.9%, Tactical 11.6%
Burned Land is a 4x game in which you will take control of a nascent human race and try to avoid its extinction. Build, explore, conquer until you are worthy of gods. Then confront their anger.
Why similar: Perma Death 50%, Turn-Based Combat 23.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.2%, Singleplayer 4%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: War 22.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.4%, Tactical 20.9%, Turn-Based Combat 19.5%, Character Customization 13.8%
In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.
Why similar: Military 24.2%, War 21.3%, Sandbox 21.2%, Tactical 17.7%, Realistic 10.8%
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: Military 35.5%, Wargame 25.8%, Modern 15.2%, Simulation 12.9%, War 6.1%
An armour penetration sandbox. Build the target from plates, thicknesses and angles, pick a penetrator from American, Soviet and German service rounds, fire. The hit is not animated — it is solved from real terminal-ballistics models.
Why similar: Sandbox 44.8%, Simulation 28.6%, Realistic 25.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
A complex mech combat simulator, with native VR and HOTAS support. Manage a 50-foot bipedal weapons platform with a cockpit full of interactive controls, while carrying out complex operations across a challenging single-player campaign.
Why similar: Cold War 29.2% ★, Moddable 20.7%, Wargame 12.4%, War 11.2%, Military 11%