- #1 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
97% matchVery Positive90% of 139 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 23.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Wargame 15.5%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 11.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%
- #2 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
96% matchVery Positive90% of 579 reviews2015
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: World War II 25.7% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Wargame 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based 6.8%
- #3 Steel Division 2
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,492 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 52.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: World War II 28.3% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Wargame 13.7%, War 11.4%, Historical 9.1%
- #4 Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
95% matchVery Positive88% of 243 reviews2016
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Command a true operational structure. Can you balance and prioritize three different Theatres in order to achieve your objective?
Why similar: World War II 46.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.1%, Wargame 15.5%, Strategy 14.4%, Multiplayer 2.1%
- #5 Panzer Corps 2
94% matchVery Positive85% of 4,120 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 58.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 23.4% ★, Grand Strategy 13.9% ★, Wargame 13.1%, Turn-Based 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%
- #6 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,013 reviews2012
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 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 30.2% ★, Wargame 16.8%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #7 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
93% matchVery Positive89% of 1,116 reviews2016
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.
Why similar: World War II 40.7% ★, Wargame 22.9%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 8.1%, War 7.7%
- #8 Hex of Steel
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 840 reviews2020
Dev: War Frogs Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
Why similar: World War II 26.6% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Historical 11%
- #9 Battle of the Bulge
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 168 reviews2015
Dev: Shenandoah StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Battle of the Bulge is a fast-paced WW2 game where precise movement and detailed planning make the difference between a vain attempt and a brave operation.
Why similar: World War II 27% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 16.4% ★, Wargame 13.6%, Turn-Based 13.4%, War 11.8%
- #10 Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris
91% matchVery Positive90% of 130 reviews2015
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris is the first in an innovative series of operational World War II wargames that also include a strategic element. The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris simulates Germany’s military successes in Poland and France in 1939 and 1940 .
Why similar: World War II 30.7% ★, Wargame 17.8%, Turn-Based 12.5%, Strategy 10.4%, Grand Strategy 10.2% ★
- #11 Unity of Command II
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,137 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.0 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 26.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14.2% ★, Turn-Based 12.9%, Wargame 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%
- #12 Age of History II
89% matchVery Positive90% of 49,603 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 61.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Historical 15%, War 14.9%, World War II 14.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #13 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
89% matchVery Positive90% of 2,078 reviews2011
Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 26.9 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 32.6% ★, Grand Strategy 28% ★, Wargame 12.8%, Historical 11.4%, Strategy 7.2%
- #14 Ultimate General: Civil War
88% matchVery Positive89% of 8,464 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Wargame 22.4%, War 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%, Historical 10.6%
- #15 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
87% matchVery Positive92% of 445 reviews2021
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
War in the East 2 is the most comprehensive, most realistic, and most advanced wargame modeling Eastern Front warfare in World War Two.
Why similar: Wargame 23.1%, World War II 22.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, War 9.1%, Strategy 7.8%
- #16 The Operational Art of War IV
86% matchVery Positive81% of 365 reviews2018
Dev: TrickeySoft LLCPub: Matrix Games
Windows
The Operational Art of War IV is the new generation of operational wargames. With more flexibility than before and with a new array of exciting features, it will make you relive the most iconic battles from the dawn of the 20th Century to modern day, including the ones that never occurred!
Why similar: Wargame 27.8%, World War II 26.3% ★, Turn-Based 17.5%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 8.1%
- #17 Strategic Command WWII: World at War
86% matchVery Positive84% of 605 reviews2018
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: World At War is your chance to re-fight the 20th century’s greatest conflict, from Poland to China, Normandy to the Pacific, on a map encompassing the globe.
Why similar: World War II 35.1% ★, Turn-Based 21.5%, Strategy 15.1%, Wargame 15.1%, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★
- #18 Combat Mission Black Sea
84% matchVery Positive83% of 563 reviews2021
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 35.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 29.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, War 13.2%, Strategy 7.5%, Historical 6.7%
- #19 Order of Battle: World War II
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,142 reviews2015
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.1 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 30.7% ★, Wargame 15.6%, Turn-Based 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #20 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
84% matchVery Positive85% of 507 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!
Why similar: World War II 23.5% ★, Wargame 17.9%, Turn-Based 14%, War 12%, Historical 10%
- #21 Axis & Allies 1942 Online
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,018 reviews2021
Dev: Beamdog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 49.2 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 21.8% ★, Wargame 17.7%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 16% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Historical 9.5%
- #22 Drive on Moscow
83% matchVery Positive80% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: Shenandoah StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Drive on Moscow: War in the Snow, a strategy game from the award-winning makers of Battle of the Bulge, invites you to take command of the pivotal battle of World War II! Defend the homeland as the Soviets, or lead a bold push to seize the Soviet capital as the Axis.
Why similar: World War II 31.1% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 16.3% ★, Turn-Based 13.3%, Strategy 11%, Wargame 11%
- #23 Steel Division: Normandy 44
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,296 reviews2017
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: World War II 51.3% ★, War 11.5%, Wargame 11%, Strategy 8.4%, Multiplayer 4.7%
- #24 KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
81% matchMixed69% of 48,359 reviews2020
Dev: 1939 Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 47.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
Why similar: World War II 32.3% ★, Wargame 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Historical 9%, War 8.7%
- #25 Panzer Corps Gold
80% matchVery Positive92% of 2,713 reviews2014
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 56.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The ultimate edition of Panzer Corps, containing hundreds of scenarios and all its expansions. Panzer Corps Gold is the culmination of the wargame that has enthralled millions of fans all around the globe, and now it’s your chance to fully experience a real classic.
Why similar: World War II 35% ★, Wargame 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based 11.2%, Strategy 7%
- #26 Strategic War in Europe
82% matchMixed49% of 215 reviews2014
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Set during the events of WW2, Strategic War in Europe is a classic turn-based strategy game that combines a deep strategic layer with accessibility and ease-of-use.
Why similar: World War II 35.9% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Turn-Based 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Strategy 10.6%
- #27 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
77% matchVery Positive85% of 32,016 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 73.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: World War II 37.7% ★, Historical 16.2%, War 15%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Strategy 5.9%
- #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 40.3% ★, Wargame 13.8%, Historical 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%, War 6.8%
- #29 Battle Academy
79% matchVery Positive85% of 368 reviews2014
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.0 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 33.5% ★, Wargame 21%, Turn-Based 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Strategy 8.4%
- #30 Easy Red 2
75% matchVery Positive90% of 12,979 reviews2022
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: World War II 38.6% ★, Wargame 17.1%, War 15.6%, Historical 10.2%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #31 Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front
78% matchVery Positive92% of 239 reviews2014
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sequel to its successful predecessor, Battle Academy 2 moves the action east – to the bloodied plains of Mother Russia. When a gritty new look, great new features, and random mission generation meet battle-proven gameplay you can be sure of a turn-based strategy classic!
Why similar: World War II 36.8% ★, Turn-Based 19.7%, Wargame 14.2%, Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%
- #32 Gary Grigsby's War in the West
78% matchVery Positive85% of 177 reviews2017
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Gary Grigsby’s War in the West is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made.
Why similar: World War II 36% ★, Wargame 20.4%, War 14.3%, Simulation 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
- #33 Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe
77% matchVery Positive90% of 430 reviews2017
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe is a deeply immersive turn based strategy game covering the greatest conflict in modern history!
Why similar: World War II 44.3% ★, Strategy 36.6%, Turn-Based 19.1%
- #34 The Great War: Western Front™
74% matchMixed66% of 3,224 reviews2023
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Historical 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%
- #35 Making History II: The War of the World
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 397 reviews2010
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
What if Germany won the Battle of Britain? What if Moscow fell in 1942?You’re in charge. Anything can happen and history will never repeat itself in this classic WWII grand strategy game MAKING HISTORY II: The War of the World. Are you ready to battle for global dominance?
Why similar: World War II 32.4% ★, Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Turn-Based 11.8%, Historical 9.1%, Strategy 8.6%
- #36 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 225 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism is a (hi)story-driven turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period. It offers refined wargame mechanics, story-rich gameplay, and modern 3D graphics. Lead the USSR Armed forces staging the world Communist revolution. For Stalin! For the Motherland!
Why similar: World War II 27% ★, Wargame 23.6%, War 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Historical 10.5%
- #37 Hearts of Iron IV
72% matchVery Positive90% of 365,658 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 31.0 hrsMean: 296.4 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 32.3% ★, Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, War 14.5%, Historical 13%, Strategy 7.2%
- #38 Frontline: Western Front
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
A tactical scale strategy game that invites the players to take command of the Allied or German forces in an epic struggle for the control of Western Europe during World War Two.
Why similar: World War II 20.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Wargame 14.1%, Turn-Based 11.8%, War 9%
- #39 Revolution Under Siege Gold
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 170 reviews2015
Dev: Sep RedsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Make the Reds side triumph to save the Soviet Proletarian revolution, or, on the other side, lead the Whites side to victory in order to place the old regime back in power and protect the countries of Europe from the perils of the revolution. This is the biggest civil war game you will ever play!
Why similar: Wargame 22.3%, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Historical 12.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based 11.1%
- #40 Tank Operations: European Campaign
72% matchVery Positive83% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Linked DimensionsPub: 2tainment GmbH
Windows
Tank Operation: European Campaign - is a turn-based, tactical war game with a dozen nerve-racking historical scenarios on the various battlefields of World War II. As an allied general you fight right on the frontline to defeat the Third Reich with all its destructive potential.
Why similar: World War II 28.7% ★, Wargame 14.1%, War 11.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
- #41 Regiments
71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,868 reviews2022
Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 40.4%, War 21.8%, Real Time Tactics 21%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 4.3%
- #42 Headquarters: World War II
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 668 reviews2024
Dev: Starni GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.
Why similar: World War II 23.1% ★, Wargame 17.7%, War 12%, Historical 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%
- #43 WarPlan
73% matchVery Positive82% of 222 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
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 20.5% ★, Grand Strategy 16% ★, Wargame 15.4%, Turn-Based 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
- #44 No Retreat! The Russian Front
69% matchVery Positive79% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: Cyril JarnotPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
This game is a Strategic game on the Eastern Front of World War II.It is a digital port from the famous and eponym boardgame, No Retreat!, designed by Carl Paradis.
Why similar: Wargame 25.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, War 15.4%, Historical 12.8%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 11.1% ★
- #45 WARNO
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 15,442 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 28.2%, War 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Historical 11.9%
- #46 Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
73% matchMixed69% of 286 reviews2016
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.
Why similar: World War II 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, War 14.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Historical 11.9%
- #47 Hearts of Iron III
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 6,058 reviews2009
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 20.4 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 34.5% ★, Grand Strategy 31.9% ★, Historical 11.7%, Strategy 6.2%, War 5.8%
- #48 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
69% matchVery Positive89% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific is a turn-based strategy game. It offers a comprehensive experience of the Pacific Theater, challenging you to achieve victory in one of history's greatest conflicts.
Why similar: Wargame 23.2%, World War II 22.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Historical 12.5%, War 9.9%
- #49 Warplan Pacific
70% matchVery Positive88% of 97 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 35.1% ★, Wargame 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Historical 11.1%, Strategy 9%
- #50 Making History: The Second World War
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 286 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 22.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9% ★, Turn-Based 11.8%, War 10.9%, Wargame 10.5%
- #51 Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 259 reviews2023
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Battle for Normandy faithfully recreates the experience of tactical land warfare in Western France during World War Two.
Why similar: World War II 48.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Strategy 14.7%, Multiplayer 6.4%, PvP 5.7%
- #52 Making History: The Great War
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 454 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, World War II 17.9% ★, War 11.5%, Historical 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #53 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
66% matchMixed61% of 7,835 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 16.1 hrsMean: 81.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Why similar: World War II 24.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Wargame 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, War 9.5%
- #54 Valor & Victory
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 191 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 26.1% ★, Wargame 17%, Turn-Based 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, War 9.7%
- #55 Second Front
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 656 reviews2023
Dev: HexdrawPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Second Front is a tactical WWII turn-based strategy game. Craft & share your own scenarios and maps or use your strategic prowess in 48 scenarios set in iconic locations. Command over 40 types of infantry and 216 tanks, vehicles and guns. An infinite tactical sandbox experience.
Why similar: World War II 29.5% ★, Wargame 18.5%, Turn-Based 15.1%, War 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
- #56 Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943
70% matchMixed68% of 230 reviews2010
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943, the historically accurate and detailed real-time tactical war game, welcomes military history fans to the battle which gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.
Why similar: World War II 57.1% ★, Strategy 24.6%, Simulation 18.4%
- #57 Close Combat: Cross of Iron
67% matchVery Positive82% of 163 reviews2020
Dev: Strategy 3 TacticsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
In Close Combat: Cross of Iron you start off as a junior officer leading your men into battle in real-time, focusing on the Eastern Front of World War II. Earn promotions as you deal with an unforgiving enemy. Fight and survive through the frozen winter, hot dusty summer and muddy autumn.
Why similar: World War II 32.1% ★, Wargame 24%, Real Time Tactics 14%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 9.2%
- #58 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
65% matchVery Positive91% of 128 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: World War II 19.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Historical 9.6%
- #59 Supreme Ruler 1936
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.
Why similar: World War II 23% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Wargame 14.9%, War 10.6%, Historical 10.5%
- #60 Men of War: Assault Squad
66% matchVery Positive87% of 5,140 reviews2011
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: World War II 43.7% ★, War 17.8%, Strategy 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 8.9%, Historical 8.4%