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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 81% — of 162 reviews
Released: 2020-07-23
Developer: Strategy 3 Tactics
Publisher: Matrix Games
Genres: Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive82% of 94 reviews2020
    Dev: Strategy 3 TacticsPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Close Combat is a pausable real-time wargame series, heavily focused on historical accuracy and realistic soldier psychological profiles. In Close Combat: The Longest Day take command of either the Allied Expeditionary Force or Germany’s Wehrmacht.

    Why similar: Strategy 26.5%, Simulation 26.5%, World War II 16.4%, RTS 11.9%, Wargame 11.2%

  2. #2 Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein
    96% matchVery Positive85% of 78 reviews2020
    Dev: Strategy 3 TacticsPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Close Combat is a pausable real-time wargame series, heavily focused on historical accuracy and realistic soldier psychological profiles. Team management is crucial as every man in your team matter.

    Why similar: Strategy 32.1%, Simulation 31.8%, World War II 13.3%, Wargame 8.5%, RTS 8.4%

  3. #3 Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
    96% matchMostly Positive70% of 487 reviews2014
    Dev: Matrix Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Close Combat: Gateway to Caen is a great release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series. Gateway to Caen focuses on the largest, concentrated British offensive since the Normandy landings in an attempt to penetrate the German lines west of Caen and cross the Odon River to get the stalled advance moving again.

    Why similar: World War II 35.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Wargame 16%, Simulation 12%, RTS 10.8%

  4. #4 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
    95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,099 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 30.5%, Wargame 15.5%, Simulation 14.9%, Strategy 13.3%, RTS 11.1%

  5. #5 Steel Division 2
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,441 reviews2019
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows
    Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.6 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 26.9%, RTS 20.6%, Military 12.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Wargame 12%

  6. #6 Steel Division: Normandy 44
    94% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,291 reviews2017
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.7 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 32.9%, RTS 21.1%, Strategy 11%, Military 10.3%, Wargame 6.6%

  7. #7 Close Combat: The Bloody First
    93% matchMixed53% of 457 reviews2019
    Dev: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Close Combat: The Bloody First is the latest release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series, and the first using the new 3D Archon engine. With this Close Combat: The Bloody First combines classic Close Combat tactical gameplay with battles fought across a wide variety of diverse 3D landscapes including craggy ridgelines, narrow...

    Why similar: World War II 21.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Wargame 15.3%, Military 12.2%, Strategy 11.1%

  8. #8 Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem
    92% matchVery Positive82% of 141 reviews2018
    Dev: Black Hand StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows

    Close Combat – Last Stand Arnhem is part of Close Combat series. Its design is based on the critically acclaimed Close Combat – A Bridge Too Far, originally developed by Atomic Games, as well as the more recent Close Combat: The Longest Day.

    Why similar: Strategy 20.5%, Simulation 20.1%, World War II 19.7%, Wargame 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%

  9. #9 Close Combat - Panthers in the Fog
    91% matchMostly Positive72% of 200 reviews2015
    Dev: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog details the desperate German counter-attack at Mortain, the last chance of the Wehrmacht to stave off defeat in Normandy. Can you match the tenacity of the American defenders of Hill 314? Or can you succeed where the Panzers failed, driving through to the sea and changing history?

    Why similar: World War II 32.2%, Strategy 22.8%, Simulation 20.7%, Wargame 15.3%, Tactical 6.5%

  10. #10 Faces of War
    91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,189 reviews2014
    Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Faces of War puts you in the heart of World War II – not as a distant commander, but as the leader on the ground. Combining the tactical depth of real-time strategy with the immediacy of direct control, it lets you issue precise orders or jump straight into battle as one of your soldiers.

    Why similar: World War II 44.1%, Strategy 21.4%, RTS 20.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Multiplayer 3%

  11. #11 Regiments
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 2,812 reviews2022
    Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.

    Why similar: Wargame 21.3%, Real Time Tactics 20.4%, RTS 20.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Military 10.1%

  12. #12 Firefight
    90% matchVery Positive86% of 328 reviews2016
    Dev: Sean O'Connor
    Windows

    Firefight is a World War II real-time simulation game similar in style to the old Close Combat series but brought up to date with better AI, individual soldier modelling, a faster frame rate to give more intense and realistic combat and an easy to use command interface.

    Why similar: World War II 22.2%, Wargame 14.8%, RTS 14.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Military 7.8%

  13. #13 Men of War: Assault Squad
    89% matchVery Positive88% of 5,101 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 30.4%, Strategy 17.4%, RTS 16.1%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, Military 10.4%

  14. #14 Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943
    88% matchVery Positive83% of 413 reviews2017
    Dev: Graviteam
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943 - tactical battalion level combat simulation. During the Tunisian Campaign in winter 1943 German Panzer battlegroups launch a counteroffensive against the Allied forces to drive them out of Eastern Dorsal.

    Why similar: World War II 39.9%, Strategy 23.6%, Simulation 22.6%, Military 8.7%, Tactical 5.2%

  15. #15 Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg
    86% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2024
    Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg (CMFB) follows the Western Allies through the battles along Germany's border and into the heart of the Reich itself.

    Why similar: RTS 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Wargame 15.3%, World War II 13.6%, Strategy 9.7%

  16. #16 Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition
    87% matchVery Positive86% of 1,068 reviews2014
    Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    The first installment in the real-time tactics series that would become known as Men of War, now refreshed and enhanced! Take command of American, British, Soviet, or German forces and fight on the battlefields of World War II in 32 single-player missions or with others in PvP and co-op sessions.

    Why similar: World War II 25.8%, RTS 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Wargame 12.5%, Strategy 9.3%

  17. #17 Combat Mission Fortress Italy
    84% matchVery Positive85% of 98 reviews2023
    Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Combat Mission Fortress Italy brings wargamers to the "soft underbelly of Europe", a place that was anything but.

    Why similar: Wargame 17.2%, World War II 16.7%, RTS 13.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%

  18. #18 Blitzkrieg 3
    86% matchMixed54% of 7,303 reviews2017
    Dev: Nival
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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

    Why similar: World War II 26.3%, RTS 17.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Military 11.6%, Strategy 9.8%

  19. #19 Men of War™
    85% matchVery Positive90% of 3,795 reviews2009
    Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Men of War is a stunning Real-Time Strategy game that takes place during the height of World War II. Intense battles span Europe and North Africa as gamers play as Soviet, Allied or German forces across 19 massive single-player missions.

    Why similar: World War II 30.8%, Strategy 18.9%, RTS 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 11%, Military 8.7%

  20. #20 Armored Brigade
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 359 reviews2019
    Dev: Veitikka StudiosPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Simulation 27%, Strategy 25.4%, Wargame 18.7%, RTS 13.3%, Tactical 8%

  21. #21 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
    82% matchVery Positive85% of 30,868 reviews2021
    Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
    Windows
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 72.7 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 31.4%, Real Time Tactics 19.7%, RTS 19.4%, Military 11.4%, Strategy 10.1%

  22. #22 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 46,011 reviews2014
    Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 63.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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

    Why similar: World War II 29.4%, RTS 17.6%, Strategy 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%, Military 9.4%

  23. #23 Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
    83% matchVery Positive83% of 452 reviews2014
    Dev: Graviteam
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star is a sequel to Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943. It’s an Eastern Front war game with solid graphics and sprawling battlefields that really emphasizes the scope of WWII tank combat.Want to step into the role of a commander in the very heart of Kharkov’s defense?

    Why similar: World War II 28.5%, Strategy 18.2%, Wargame 17.4%, RTS 12.4%, Simulation 6.7%

  24. #24 Men of War II
    78% matchMixed61% of 7,210 reviews2024
    Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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

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  25. #25 War Room
    81% matchMixed53% of 686 reviews2020
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    Windows

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

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  26. #26 Command Ops 2 Core Game
    80% matchVery Positive83% of 413 reviews2017
    Dev: Panther Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    Command Ops 2 is a wargame engine that lets you assess, plan, order and react at the operational level just like a real Corps, Division and Brigade commander. What sets Command Ops 2 apart from the competition is the most advanced and realistic model of command decision-making.

    Why similar: World War II 37.3%, Wargame 21.7%, Strategy 17.4%, Simulation 14.1%, Military 9.6%

  27. #27 Iron Front: Digital War Edition
    81% matchMixed59% of 865 reviews2012
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    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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    Why similar: World War II 38.1%, Military 19%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 12.6%, Tactical 12%

  28. #28 Easy Red 2
    77% matchVery Positive90% of 12,483 reviews2022
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.2 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 47.6%, Wargame 20.1%, Simulation 13.7%, Strategy 12.4%, Multiplayer 5.1%

  29. #29 Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 1,179 reviews2007
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    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    The next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns for honor and country. Players lead the tenacious British 2nd Army during the heroic World War II liberation of Caen, France, and command the German Panzer Elite as they struggle...

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  30. #30 Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
    78% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 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.

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  31. #31 Codename: Panzers, Phase Two
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 278 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%

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  32. #32 Command: Modern Operations
    76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,564 reviews2019
    Dev: Command Development TeamPub: Matrix Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 33.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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  33. #33 Master of Command
    71% matchVery Positive92% of 3,127 reviews2025
    Dev: Armchair Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    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: RTS 20.5%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Wargame 16%, Military 14.4%, Strategy 11.2%

  34. #34 Men of War: Condemned Heroes
    77% matchMostly Positive71% of 753 reviews2012
    Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    Command a Soviet penal battalion in this standalone real-time tactics game from the Men of War series. Based on true events, Condemned Heroes delivers brutal, story-driven missions across the Eastern Front – where every order, bullet, and life matters.

    Why similar: World War II 48.3%, Strategy 29.7%, RTS 22%

  35. #35 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
    75% matchVery Positive81% of 846 reviews2020
    Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 70.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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  36. #36 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
    75% matchVery Positive81% of 2,701 reviews2014
    Dev: Game-Labs
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Why similar: RTS 25.4%, Strategy 21.6%, Wargame 20.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Tactical 10.1%

  37. #37 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
    74% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,032 reviews2019
    Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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.

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  38. #38 Hex of Steel
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 801 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 34.7%, Wargame 22.8%, Military 17%, Strategy 12.2%, PvP 6.2%

  39. #39 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
    74% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
    Dev: XR Studio
    Windows

    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: World War II 23.1%, Wargame 16.1%, RTS 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Military 11.5%

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    73% matchVery Positive84% of 558 reviews2021
    Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  41. #41 Theatre of War
    76% matchMixed61% of 364 reviews2010
    Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%

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    Why similar: World War II 49.8%, Strategy 26.8%, RTS 21.2%, Multiplayer 2.2%

  42. #42 The Great War: Western Front™
    72% matchMixed66% of 3,181 reviews2023
    Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
    Windows
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  43. #43 Clash of Irons
    73% matchMixed67% of 75 reviews2022
    Dev: HQ Games
    Windows

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    Why similar: World War II 23.4%, Wargame 17.4%, RTS 16.5%, Military 12.4%, Strategy 9.4%

  44. #44 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
    72% 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 37.2%, Wargame 26.9%, Strategy 19.5%, Simulation 14.4%, Multiplayer 1.6%

  45. #45 Syrian Warfare
    71% matchVery Positive87% of 5,412 reviews2017
    Dev: Cats Who Play
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  46. #46 Carrier Command 2
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 3,658 reviews2021
    Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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

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  47. #47 Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 7,201 reviews2007
    Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: SEGA
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. This legacy version also grants access to the latest version of COH, just called "Company of Heroes".

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  48. #48 Skirmish Line
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 361 reviews2019
    Dev: The Snarktopus
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Experience the brutality and randomness of war as an Allied tactical commander in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Train, equip, and command a squad of soldiers as you fight against the fanatical Imperial Japanese Empire.

    Why similar: World War II 47.3%, Strategy 16%, RTS 14.7%, Simulation 12.9%, Tactical 7.4%

  49. #49 Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,518 reviews2006
    Dev: Tripwire Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    Fight in the theatre of war that changed the world forever. Battle alongside your compatriots on some of the most inhospitable environments of the Eastern Front in Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. Red Orchestra places you in the most realistic WWII first-person multi-player combat to date on the PC, allowing the player to fight through...

    Why similar: World War II 63.4%, Military 13%, Tactical 8.4%, Simulation 6.4%, Multiplayer 4.7%

  50. #50 Combat Mission: Red Thunder
    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 143 reviews2023
    Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Combat Mission Red Thunder focuses on the hard fought Eastern Front battles of Bagration and Poland, from the swamps of Belarus to the gates of Warsaw during the summer of 1944.

    Why similar: Wargame 41.7%, Strategy 40.5%, PvP 11%, Multiplayer 5.7%, Singleplayer 1%

  51. #51 Stalingrad
    70% matchVery Positive87% of 462 reviews2015
    Dev: DTF gamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    Stalingrad is a real-time strategy title that places gamers in the middle of the most dramatic periods of World War II, covering major events from June 1942 till January 1943.

    Why similar: World War II 36.7%, Strategy 33.2%, RTS 30.1%

  52. #52 Combat Mission Cold War
    69% matchMixed67% of 229 reviews2021
    Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

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

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  53. #53 Call to Arms: Panzer Elite
    65% matchMixed70% of 1,425 reviews2025
    Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Digitalmindsoft Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Lead a platoon of WWII tanks in this immersive TPP and FPP game. Engage in realistic, tactical combat across historic battlefields. Play through campaign or challenge yourself in skirmish mode as either German or US forces.

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  54. #54 WARNO
    65% matchVery Positive81% of 14,911 reviews2024
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows
    Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 69.2 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 20.4%, RTS 19.4%, Real Time Tactics 18.7%, Military 14.3%, Strategy 8.8%

  55. #55 Sherman Commander
    65% matchMixed69% of 116 reviews2026
    Dev: Iron Wolf Studio S.A.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows

    Command a platoon of Sherman tanks over the most famous theaters of WWII. Take the commander’s seat and give specific orders to your crew, or open the tactical map to coordinate your actions with accompanying units.

    Why similar: World War II 26.6%, RTS 17.8%, Wargame 16.4%, Military 13.1%, Tactical 8.8%

  56. #56 Armoured Commander II
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 581 reviews2021
    Dev: Gregory Adam Scott
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    In this roguelike wargame, take command of a tank and its crew in the Second World War, joining one of over 50 campaigns across Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. Fight against over 1300 historically-based unit types, where each day is a struggle for survival.

    Why similar: World War II 37.7%, Wargame 18.2%, Military 15.1%, Strategy 12.1%, Tactical 7.1%

  57. #57 Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 3,945 reviews2007
    Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 33%

    Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers. Send them behind enemy lines on a series of hazardous missions, and bring them back alive.

    Why similar: World War II 36.6%, Strategy 17.3%, RTS 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Tactical 12%

  58. #58 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 428 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: World War II 27.9%, Wargame 27.2%, Strategy 20.1%, Simulation 19.2%, 2D 2.6%

  59. #59 Blitzkrieg Anthology
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,520 reviews2014
    Dev: Nival
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    March into the real-time strategy legend, Blitzkrieg, and prepare for war. This legendary WWII RTS blends unprecedented realism and accuracy to form immersive 3D backgrounds and a game where brute force often takes a back seat to strategy and wits.

    Why similar: World War II 36.1%, RTS 18.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Military 10.2%

  60. #60 On The Western Front
    64% matchVery Positive84% of 85 reviews2025
    Dev: Aggroblakh
    Windows · Mac

    January, 1915. The Race to the Sea is over. The Great War has just begun. You are the commander of a single division in the meat grinder that is the Western Front. Lead your men over the top as you attempt to break the stalemate that is to claim the lives of millions over the course of years.

    Why similar: Strategy 25.8%, Simulation 25%, Wargame 20%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Military 12.4%

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