Games Like Civil War: Battle of Petersburg

Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: America 26.3% ★, Wargame 25.8%, Strategy 20.1%, Turn-Based 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the exact same engine and tactical focus as the seed game, providing a consistent experience for American Civil War enthusiasts.

For the first time in the series’ history, Strategic Command will be taking you to the 19th century battlefields of the American Civil War. You will control the armies, research, production and diplomatic policy of either the Union or the Confederacy during a time of innovation and dramatic battles.

Why similar: Wargame 36.6%, Historical 25%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Strategy 17.2%, Multiplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deeper, more comprehensive strategic look at the entire American Civil War while maintaining turn-based hex-grid gameplay.

Civil War: 1861 covers the opening battles of the American Civil War. The game covers both the small and large actions of that momentous year, starting with the battle at ‘Big Bethel’, on to the comparatively vast engagements at ‘Bull Run’ and ‘Wilson’s Creek’.

Why similar: America 24.1% ★, Wargame 20.4%, Strategy 15.6%, Historical 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: As part of the same series, it offers the same hex-grid turn-based mechanics applied to the earlier stages of the conflict.

Take command of the Union or the Confederacy. Prepare your nation for war, recruit and organize great armies and fleets under legendary commanders like Grant, Lee, Jackson or Farragut, plan cunning maneuvers on an epic campaign map and defeat your enemies in real-time battles!

Why similar: Historical 25.5%, Strategy 19.9%, War 18.9%, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Wargame 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly detailed grand strategy experience that allows players to manage the entire war effort with historical precision.

Victory and Glory: The American Civil War is a game of grand strategy and fast-play tactical battles where you take the role of either the Union or the Confederates and attempt to win.

Why similar: Wargame 29.9%, Strategy 26.2%, Turn-Based 22.7%, War 21.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a turn-based strategic map with tactical battles, capturing the feel of the conflict on a grander scale.

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: America 23.6% ★, Wargame 19.6%, War 14.6%, Grand Strategy 12.1% ★, Historical 10%

Why You'll Like It: While more real-time focused, it is the definitive tactical experience for Civil War battles, offering immense depth in unit management.

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: Hex Grid 24.6% ★, Wargame 17.9%, Turn-Based 14.3%, Historical 11.3%, Board Game 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A modern hex-grid wargame that offers deep tactical combat and a wide variety of historical scenarios.

Battleplan: American Civil War introduces you to fastplay wargaming, a new kind of strategy game experience. Take command of either Confederate or Union troops and fight your way through eleven of the American Civil War’s most famous battles.

Why similar: Strategy 53.2%, Historical 46.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the tactical planning of major battles, mirroring the specific combat focus of the seed game.

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: Hex Grid 19.4% ★, Wargame 14%, Turn-Based 11.9%, Grand Strategy 9% ★, War 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the gold standard for hex-grid wargaming, it provides the polished turn-based mechanics that fans of the genre will appreciate.

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: Wargame 23.6%, Turn-Based 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Historical 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in hex-grid tactical design, focusing on supply lines and unit positioning, which are crucial in the seed game.

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: Wargame 19.4%, Hex Grid 18.7% ★, Turn-Based 15.8%, Strategy 11.8%, War 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features excellent hex-grid movement and supply mechanics that reward careful tactical planning similar to the seed game.

WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.

Why similar: Turn-Based 26.5%, Strategy 24.4%, Board Game 24.3%, Historical 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This platform provides numerous historical scenarios in a turn-based format, sharing the same modular approach to wargaming.

It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.

Why similar: Turn-Based 21.3%, Historical 21%, Wargame 19.2%, Strategy 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique turn-based approach to counter-insurgency warfare that emphasizes logistics and area control.

Command a true operational structure. Can you balance and prioritize three different Theatres in order to achieve your objective?

Why similar: Strategy 29.4%, Wargame 27.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.4%, Hex Grid 15.9% ★, Multiplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep operational-level experience with complex hex-grid mechanics for those who want more challenge.

A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.

Why similar: Historical 27.6%, Wargame 26.7%, Strategy 14.8%, War 13.8%, Tactical 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A focused tactical simulation of the Battle of Gettysburg that remains a staple for Civil War strategy fans.

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 27.6%, Strategy 16.9%, Historical 16.4%, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, Turn-Based 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep, historical wargame experience focusing on the Russian Civil War with a similar turn-based structure.

Gettysburg: The Tide Turns is a hex-based wargame set in one of the most decisive and iconic battles of the Civil War. 150 years ago, brave soldiers fought across this idyllic battlefield, and, now, we put you in their shoes.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a distinct tactical take on the Battle of Gettysburg with a focus on historical unit movements.

Can you drive the Secessionist into the Fort Sumter trap that gave Lincoln his historic victory? Can you successfully use the issue of States Rights to divide Northern opinion? Fort Sumter let’s you explore this seminal moment in American history in a fast-playing, easy-to-learn card driven game.

Why similar: Board Game 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Wargame 15.8%, Historical 12.9%, War 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: An excellent board-game adaptation that focuses on the political and military tensions leading up to the Civil War.

The game recreates the campaigns and battles of Erwin ‘Desert Fox’ Rommel’s legendary Afrika Korps, in Libya between 1941 and 1942. Play the Axis forces to conquer the most valuable prize of all: the Suez Canal. Or command the 8th Army soldiers, the famous Desert Rats, to repel the invaders.

Why similar: Wargame 34.6%, Historical 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizing a similar turn-based engine to other SGS titles, it focuses on historical accuracy and tactical positioning in a desert theater.

Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.

Why similar: Wargame 30%, Turn-Based 21.5%, Historical 19%, Grand Strategy 13.1% ★, Strategy 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style turn-based strategy game that focuses on historical expansion and military control.

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 31%, War 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Historical 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is the pinnacle of operational wargaming, offering unparalleled depth for players who want to master every aspect of a historical conflict.

The game recreates the Taïping Rebellion (1851-64), the deadliest Chinese civil war, costing the lives of millions. Play the Taïping rebels and their allies, fighting to create their own state, or be the Qing Emperor and crush the revolt and its foreign devils allies before it topples your dynasty.

Why similar: Wargame 44.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Historical 15.2%, War 10.8%, Strategy 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based historical wargame that covers a complex 19th-century conflict with a focus on political and military simulation.

Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture.

Why similar: Turn-Based 15.6%, Grand Strategy 13.3% ★, Historical 12.9%, War 12.4%, Wargame 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: It blends grand strategy with tactical depth, providing a rich historical experience that rewards long-term planning.

Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.

Why similar: Hex Grid 21.3% ★, Wargame 20.3%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Grand Strategy 12.2% ★, War 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging turn-based wargame that applies classic hex-grid mechanics to a hypothetical Cold War scenario.

Take Command and Secure Victory in the Great War! Commander – The Great War features a Grand Campaign covering the whole war from the invasion of Belgium on August 5, 1914 to the Armistice on the 11th of November 1918 in addition to 16 different unit types including Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured Cars and Tanks, Artillery, and much more!

Why similar: Wargame 28.3%, Strategy 18.1%, Grand Strategy 15.3% ★, Historical 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based historical strategy game that focuses on the macro-management of armies during a major global conflict.

CARRIER BATTLES is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame covering the naval-air battles of the Pacific War, from 1942 to 1943. Find your opponent and strike at him before he sinks your precious carriers, while preventing them from invading or supporting your own amphibious operations.

Why similar: Wargame 22%, Hex Grid 20% ★, Historical 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Naval 8.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed historical wargame that focuses on naval combat mechanics in a turn-based environment.

Battle of the civil war ironclads. Take part in battles from USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia before battles between armored squadrons of steamships and other vessels. The flow of time is organized into rounds.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses specifically on the naval aspect of the American Civil War, providing a different tactical perspective on the same conflict.

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: Hex Grid 17.5% ★, Wargame 15.5%, Turn-Based 15%, Grand Strategy 10.2% ★, War 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel refines the hex-grid mechanics of the original, offering even more tactical depth and historical scenarios.

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 29.1%, Historical 16.9%, War 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Strategy 12.5%

American Revolution is a sandbox strategy game featuring the epic historical period during the rebellion of the American colonies against the British Empire.

Why similar: America 27.2% ★, Wargame 18.7%, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Historical 13.5%, War 12.6%

Panzer Strategy is a World War II wargame that combines classic turn-based strategy gameplay with modern looks. Command your armies and adapt your units to any objective using a huge selection of real-life military equipment and battle skills.

Why similar: Hex Grid 18.1% ★, Turn-Based 15.6%, Historical 11.9%, Board Game 10.7%, War 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A hex-grid tactical wargame that emphasizes unit customization and difficult, rewarding combat scenarios.

Take Boston or die for freedom!

Why similar: America 19.2% ★, Wargame 11.7%, War 11%, Hex Grid 10% ★, Historical 9.6%

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: Wargame 27%, War 16.9%, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, Historical 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%

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: Hex Grid 21% ★, Wargame 16.3%, Strategy 15%, War 14.2%, Historical 10.9%

A stand-alone turn-based war chess game with the theme of Chinese history. The core gameplay is territorial competition, and diplomacy, construction, combat and other gameplay will also revolve around territorial competition.

Why similar: Wargame 15.3%, War 13.9%, Historical 12.9%, Grand Strategy 11.7% ★, Turn-Based 10.9%

You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.

Why similar: Historical 21%, Wargame 17%, Strategy 15.2%, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, America 11.5% ★

Warring States : Tactics is a turn-based battle strategy game set during the Warring States period of Ancient China. The Warring States period is one of turmoil in China, where various feudal states struggle for control of all of China.

Why similar: Turn-Based 17.8%, Wargame 13.2%, Hex Grid 12.6% ★, Historical 11.9%, War 9.4%

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: Wargame 22.4%, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, War 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Strategy 11%

Battle Cry of Freedom brings brutal real-time first and third-person combat set in the 19th Century America, presenting players with the opportunity to re-fight the American Civil War as either the Union or the Confederates.

Why similar: America 37.3% ★, Historical 22.6%, War 20.9%, Tactical 8.3%, Strategy 7.9%

Engage in epic simultaneous turn-based combat in this fusion of cards and turn-based strategy. Assemble your regiment, claim your territory, and lead your forces to triumph!

Why similar: Hex Grid 24% ★, Turn-Based 16.4%, War 14.2%, Wargame 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 8%

Every war has its Generals. Take command of an army during World War II and lead them to victory. Strategize your way through many scenarios and real historical military campaigns of past generals.

Why similar: Hex Grid 26.3% ★, Wargame 14.8%, War 13%, Historical 12.9%, Board Game 8.6%

Defend America from an alternate-universe America using state-of-the-art 1980s military hardware in this intricate and tactical turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Hex Grid 24% ★, Wargame 18.2%, America 17.6% ★, War 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%

Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

Why similar: Historical 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★

Classic, old-school, turn-based battle in a satirical medieval world. Raise a Holy Army and stop the march of Evil.

Why similar: Hex Grid 25.8% ★, Wargame 17.5%, Turn-Based 15.8%, Board Game 10.3%, Strategy 9.3%

Forge your Kingdom amidst the Ruins of Rome in this turn-based 4X strategy game! As the world crumbles, rebuild civilization and shape your people’s destiny. Unleash your strategic prowess, conquer provinces, and crush all who stand in your way.

Why similar: Hex Grid 20.3% ★, Turn-Based 13.1%, War 11%, Historical 10.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%

Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Take command of the Allied forces and protect your homeland and the whole of Europe from totalitarian madness. Form armies. Win battles. Change history.

Why similar: Wargame 18.1%, Hex Grid 17.9% ★, War 13.3%, Historical 11.1%, Board Game 8.4%

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

Why similar: Hex Grid 16.8% ★, Turn-Based 15.1%, Grand Strategy 13.9% ★, War 13.2%, Historical 12.9%

Your quest for the true immersive Civil War battle experience ends here. Voted in PC Gamers list of Best 100 Games of All Time, Take Command is an RTCS "Real-Time Combat Simulator" and you've never played anything like it!

Why similar: Wargame 25.8%, War 18.1%, America 17.7% ★, Grand Strategy 13.9% ★, Historical 12.8%

Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.

Why similar: Wargame 17.3%, Turn-Based 13.4%, War 13.2%, Board Game 12.2%, Historical 10.7%

Attack at Dawn is a WWII strategy game that mixes the ease of real-time action with the depth of operational gameplay, all on beautifully crafted North Africa maps. Plan your strategy like Rommel or Montgomery and better the real history.

Why similar: Wargame 21.1%, Turn-Based 19.3%, Hex Grid 15.7% ★, Historical 15.3%, Grand Strategy 12.6% ★

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: America 24.3% ★, Wargame 20.4%, War 20%, Historical 18.6%, Tactical 9%

Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.

Why similar: Historical 22%, Grand Strategy 15.3% ★, War 13.6%, Strategy 13.5%, America 8.5% ★

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: Wargame 22.3%, Historical 12.8%, Local Co-Op 11.6%, Board Game 11.4%, War 10.3%

Blocks!: Julius Caesar is an epic two-player wargame that brings the drama of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BC) to life. Take control of the legions of Caesar or Pompey against AI or in online Multiplayer. Fight to determine the future of Rome: Republic or Empire.

Why similar: Wargame 26%, Strategy 24.1%, Board Game 20.1%, Historical 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%

The ultimate wargame set in the age of Pike and Shot is back. You are now in full charge of your nation’s armies, throughout a long campaign in the struggle for dominance.

Why similar: Wargame 26.8%, Turn-Based 20.3%, Historical 19.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%

A turn-based strategy war chess game. You will play a commander in the Roman period, and command the generals and troops to complete the specified mission objectives and occupy important strongholds in the level. Rome, Samnite, Epirus, Carthage. Different choices will open different histories!

Why similar: Wargame 24.3%, War 16.3%, Grand Strategy 11.9% ★, Board Game 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%

Reunite with Sergeant Cornelius M. Chesterfield and Corporal Blutch in this remastered game that combines turn-based strategy and real-time action. This new version will delight fans of the original game, initially released on the Amiga at the end of the 1980s!

Why similar: America 24.2% ★, Wargame 19.8%, War 14.4%, Board Game 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%

Politon: A turn-based strategy game that will push your strategic and management skills to the limit! Expand your territory, strengthen your economy, and outsmart your enemies by planning your strategy carefully.

Why similar: Hex Grid 28.1% ★, Wargame 18.9%, Grand Strategy 11% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.6%

Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.

Why similar: Hex Grid 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 13.3% ★, Historical 13%, Turn-Based 12.3%, War 10.9%

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: Wargame 22.5%, War 15.1%, Hex Grid 12.2% ★, Historical 10.7%, Board Game 8.8%