Games Like Civil War II

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: Strategy 28.8%, Historical 27.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Wargame 19.4%, Multiplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similar grand-strategy focus on the American Civil War with a deep, turn-based operational layer.

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: Strategy 24.9%, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Historical 16%, Simulation 13.5%, Wargame 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: Developed on the same AGEOD engine, it shares the exact same complex command and logistics systems as the seed game.

Ageod’s To End All Wars is a grand strategy game set during World War One. Players will take control over one of the major powers that so desperately fought for control over Europe and to end all wars.

Why similar: Strategy 37.3%, Grand Strategy 28% ★, Simulation 19.5%, Wargame 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: Another AGEOD engine title that perfectly replicates the deep, historical simulation and grand-strategy feel of the seed game.

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: Strategy 35.7%, Historical 29.9%, Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Wargame 9.8%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly detailed, grand-strategy perspective on the Civil War, focusing on logistics and army management.

Pride of Nations is a turn-based historical strategy game set in the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country and guides it through industrialization, military conquest, and colonization.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, Strategy 23.9%, Historical 18.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Also built on the AGEOD engine, this game offers a deep, historical grand-strategy experience focused on 19th-century geopolitics.

AGEod goes back to the Napoleonic era and delivers the most detailed and comprehensive strategy game ever created about a time of struggle and conquest that forged modern Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 32.8%, Historical 24.4%, Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes the proven AGEOD engine to provide a massive-scale, turn-based simulation of the Napoleonic Wars.

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 24.5% ★, Historical 18.1%, Wargame 17.2%, Strategy 13.1%, America 11.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: It offers a more tactical, real-time focus on the Civil War while maintaining a strong commitment to historical unit accuracy.

“ALEA JACTA EST” (The Die is Cast) is what Caesar said as he crossed the Rubicon River when he learned that the Senate had removed him from his command. Crossing that small Italian river was equivalent to disobeying Rome’s orders and entering into open rebellion in this historical turn-based strategy wargame .

Why similar: Strategy 31.8%, Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, Historical 23.7%, Simulation 16.1%, Multiplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: This AGEOD title brings the same meticulous historical detail and turn-based mechanics to the conflicts of the Roman Republic.

War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Strategy 20.7%, Wargame 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Simulation 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is a massive, highly complex wargame that matches the seed game's commitment to historical accuracy and logistical detail.

Rise of Prussia Gold is the new and improved version of AGEODs Seven Years War (1757-1763) game set in Europe. This hugely detailed strategy game was initially released by AGEOD in 2010 and the Gold version adds numerous improvements and additional scenarios that take the game to the next level.

Why similar: Strategy 22%, Historical 21.7%, Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic AGEOD wargame that captures the same operational depth and command structure as the seed game.

Thirty Years War is a new game designed by developer HQ covering one of the darkest ages of European history. The Thirty Years War is the series of conflicts between Catholics and Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire and its surroundings, between 1618 and 1648.

Why similar: Strategy 45%, Simulation 30.8%, Historical 24.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title leverages the AGEOD engine to simulate the complex military and political landscape of 17th-century Europe.

Ageod’s Wars of Succession is a new game designed to cover two major wars that consumed Europe at the eve of the 18th Century.

Why similar: Strategy 58.2%, Simulation 41.8%

Why You'll Like It: Another excellent AGEOD engine game that provides a deep, historically grounded wargaming experience.

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: Grand Strategy 23.8% ★, Strategy 21.9%, Historical 20.7%, Turn-Based 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deep grand-strategy game that focuses on the rise and fall of empires with a sophisticated, turn-based simulation layer.

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: Strategy 42.1%, Wargame 23.6%, Simulation 21.7%, Turn-Based 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the gold standard for deep, operational-level wargaming, it offers unparalleled historical simulation depth.

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

Why similar: Strategy 52.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 30.2%, Wargame 15.3%, Multiplayer 1.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines deep operational wargaming with political and logistical management, mirroring the seed game's complexity.

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: Strategy 27.7%, Historical 26.3%, Wargame 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Turn-Based 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a detailed, turn-based look at early modern warfare with a strong emphasis on historical accuracy.

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: Simulation 46.1%, Wargame 21.6%, Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%

Why You'll Like It: Like its eastern counterpart, this title provides an incredibly deep simulation of WWII operations that will appeal to fans of complex wargames.

Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.6% ★, Wargame 17%, Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: While set in a sci-fi universe, its deep logistics, supply chains, and operational command systems are a perfect match for fans of the AGEOD engine.

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: Strategy 30.5%, Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, Historical 15.8%, Wargame 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a grand-strategy look at WWI with a focus on logistics and military leadership similar to the seed game.

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

Why similar: Historical 29.5%, Strategy 27.5%, Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Turn-Based 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a grand-strategy campaign map combined with tactical battles, capturing the scope of 18th-century warfare.

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: Strategy 21.1%, Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, Historical 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Wargame 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic, highly polished turn-based wargame that focuses on operational movement and unit management.

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: Strategy 21.4%, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Wargame 13.3%, Historical 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at simulating the operational challenges of supply lines and movement, which are central to the seed game's experience.

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: Grand Strategy 35.3% ★, Historical 28.3%, Strategy 25.7%, Simulation 6.9%, Multiplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more modern, its focus on military production, logistics, and front-line management makes it a strong choice for grand-strategy fans.

Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.

Why similar: Strategy 27.1%, Historical 21.4%, Simulation 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Wargame 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep, turn-based tactical simulation that captures the feel of ancient warfare with great precision.

Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.

Why similar: Wargame 29.9%, Strategy 23.6%, Simulation 18%, Historical 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers an incredibly deep, simulation-heavy experience focused on naval logistics and design, perfect for fans of complex strategy.

Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.6% ★, Historical 31.2%, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Multiplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep, simulation-heavy approach to 19th-century politics and economics that complements the seed game's era.

Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun is a turn-based tactical and strategic game set during the Sengoku era; primarily focusing on the Japanese Warring States period and Japanese Invasion of Korea.

Why similar: Strategy 31.8%, Historical 27.9%, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar tactical and operational depth to the seed game, set in the turbulent Sengoku period of Japan.

A mix of deep gameplay and rich historical flavor, Aggressors: Ancient Rome lets you relive history as the ruler of one of the mighty civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean. Choose one of twenty available factions and conquer the world.

Why similar: Historical 28.5%, Strategy 25.7%, Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Turn-Based 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A grand-strategy game that emphasizes logistics, supply, and historical management in the ancient world.

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: Strategy 33.6%, Simulation 26.4%, Wargame 23.3%, Historical 16.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed simulation of WWII combat that will appeal to players who enjoy the granular control found in the seed game.

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 36.6%, Strategy 29.9%, Wargame 17.2%, Simulation 12.1%, America 2.2% ★

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: Strategy 44%, Simulation 29.5%, Wargame 16%, Turn-Based 10.5%

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: Strategy 46.2%, Wargame 18.9%, Turn-Based 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, America 10.7% ★

Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.7% ★, Wargame 20.1%, Historical 16.2%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 10.3%

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: Strategy 24.9%, Historical 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Turn-Based 7.8%

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: Strategy 35.3%, Historical 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Wargame 14.7%, America 9.7% ★

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: Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Historical 23.3%, Wargame 15.6%, Strategy 15.2%, America 12.6% ★

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: Grand Strategy 40.8% ★, Historical 24.1%, Strategy 21.1%, Simulation 7.3%, Wargame 4.7%

Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.3% ★, Strategy 30.9%, Historical 17.1%, Simulation 14.8%, Multiplayer 2.4%

Crush the Confederates near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Bring peace to a nation divided.

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

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: Strategy 29.5%, Historical 27.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Wargame 12.1%, Turn-Based 11.6%

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: Historical 27.1%, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Strategy 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based 7%

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: Strategy 22.6%, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Historical 19.8%, Wargame 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%

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: Strategy 51.9%, Grand Strategy 17% ★, Turn-Based 17%, Wargame 14.1%

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 49.3%, Historical 28.5%, Simulation 22.2%

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: Historical 35.1%, Strategy 21.9%, Wargame 18.6%, America 12.3% ★, Simulation 10.7%

Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...

Why similar: Grand Strategy 42.7% ★, Historical 28.5%, Strategy 19.1%, Simulation 7.7%, Multiplayer 1.5%

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.1% ★, Historical 22.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based 10%

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: Strategy 29.4%, Historical 26%, Wargame 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Multiplayer 2.1%

Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, Historical 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based 10%

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 27.8% ★, Historical 20.6%, Strategy 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 11.1%

Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.

Why similar: Historical 32.4%, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Strategy 24.7%, Wargame 15.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%

War of Rights is a first person multiplayer game featuring massive 400 player battles with a focus on historical authenticity, teamplay and immersion. It is set during the perilous days of the American Civil War, in the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862.

Why similar: Historical 53.8%, Strategy 16.1%, Simulation 14.7%, America 7.6% ★, Multiplayer 7.3%

Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 43.5% ★, Wargame 30.8%, Strategy 24.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%

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: Strategy 40.4%, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Historical 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based 6.3%

Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.

Why similar: Historical 25.9%, Strategy 22.8%, Grand Strategy 18% ★, Simulation 12.5%, Turn-Based 12.3%

Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.

Why similar: Strategy 27.1%, Historical 25.1%, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based 5%

A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.3% ★, Historical 30.2%, Strategy 18.5%, Simulation 12%, Multiplayer 4.9%

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: Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Historical 21%, Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Wargame 10.2%