- #1 Close Combat: The Longest Day
97% matchVery Positive81% of 99 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%, Simulation 24.7%, World War II 16.3% ★, RTS 13%, Wargame 12.5%
- #2 Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein
96% matchVery Positive83% of 84 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 31.6%, Simulation 30.2%, World War II 13.5% ★, Wargame 9.6%, RTS 9.3%
- #3 Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 496 reviews2014
Dev: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 35.2% ★, Wargame 16.6%, Strategy 16.1%, RTS 11.4%, Simulation 11.3%
- #4 Steel Division: Normandy 44
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,323 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 33.2% ★, RTS 21.6%, Strategy 10.7%, Military 10.2%, Wargame 6.9%
- #5 Steel Division 2
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,602 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 52.3 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 21%, Wargame 12.7%, Military 12.2%, Strategy 11.9%
- #6 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,137 reviews2016
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 30.2% ★, Wargame 16.9%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 13.2%, RTS 11.1%
- #7 Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far
93% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Atomic GamesPub: SNEG
Windows
Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far challenges you to take control of five strategic bridges in the most dramatic battle of World War II. From war-room strategy to gritty trench combat, battlefields come to life as you command Allied or Axis powers. It's a fight where every second counts.
Why similar: World War II 29.8% ★, Wargame 22.1%, Strategy 16.4%, RTS 9.3%, Simulation 9%
- #8 Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943
91% matchVery Positive84% of 422 reviews2017
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 40.8% ★, Strategy 23.2%, Simulation 22%, Military 8.8%, Tactical 5.2%
- #9 Close Combat: The Bloody First
91% matchMixed53% of 459 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 21.7% ★, Wargame 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Military 12.3%, Strategy 10.9%
- #10 Men of War: Assault Squad
90% matchVery Positive87% of 5,179 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 31% ★, Strategy 17.1%, RTS 16.6%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%, Military 10.4%
- #11 Close Combat - Panthers in the Fog
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 206 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 32.4% ★, Strategy 22.5%, Simulation 19.7%, Wargame 16.7%, Tactical 5.9%
- #12 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
87% matchVery Positive85% of 34,499 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 78.6 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 32.1% ★, RTS 19.7%, Real Time Tactics 18.8%, Military 11.3%, Strategy 9.9%
- #13 Regiments
86% matchVery Positive88% of 2,949 reviews2022
Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 10.6 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 22.6%, RTS 20.3%, Real Time Tactics 19.7%, Strategy 11%, Military 9.9%
- #14 Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem
88% matchVery Positive81% of 146 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 20.3%, World War II 20.2% ★, Simulation 19.5%, Wargame 12.3%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%
- #15 Firefight
86% matchVery Positive85% of 372 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 22.5% ★, Wargame 15.5%, RTS 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.5%, Military 7.7%
- #16 Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 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 18.8%, Wargame 16.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, World War II 13.7% ★, Strategy 9.5%
- #17 Combat Mission Fortress Italy
84% matchVery Positive86% of 105 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 18%, World War II 16.9% ★, RTS 13.7%, Strategy 12%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%
- #18 Battlefield Commander WWII
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Sword of SteelPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical game where you lead the soldiers and vehicles that battled across the globe during this time in history. Play hundreds of unique units across multiple game modes.
Why similar: World War II 23.4% ★, RTS 17.6%, Wargame 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Strategy 8.9%
- #19 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
82% matchVery Positive91% of 46,715 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 64.4 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 29.9% ★, RTS 18.2%, Strategy 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%, Military 9.4%
- #20 Men of War: Condemned Heroes
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 793 reviews2012
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.3 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 49.6% ★, Strategy 28.7%, RTS 21.7%
- #21 Codename: Panzers, Phase Two
81% matchVery Positive92% of 288 reviews2016
Dev: StormregionPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Fight alongside your troops in the sweltering desert heat of the Sahara or in the blustery heights of the Italian Alps. Wield your strategic prowess to gain the upper hand by the light of day and exploit the dark shroud of night to launch surprise attacks. Tanks, planes, troops, weapons - the resources are at your command.
Why similar: World War II 39.1% ★, Strategy 22.3%, Simulation 16.7%, RTS 15.8%, Multiplayer 5.1%
- #22 Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 270 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 54.6% ★, Strategy 32.8%, PvP 6.9%, Multiplayer 4.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #23 Master of Command
76% matchVery Positive92% of 4,017 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 21.2%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Wargame 16.8%, Military 14.4%, Strategy 11%
- #24 Blitzkrieg 3
80% matchMixed54% of 7,326 reviews2017
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.3 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 26.7% ★, RTS 17.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Military 11.7%, Strategy 9.6%
- #25 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
79% 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 22% ★, Wargame 15.9%, RTS 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Military 10.8%
- #26 Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - Cold War
81% matchMostly Negative26% of 1,287 reviews2019
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The legendary Men of War RTS series has reached the cold war era. Take command of U.S. or Soviet soldiers, controlling vast armies with the military decisions down to you. Claim victory in dynamic singleplayer and co-op campaigns or challenge fellow strategists in online multiplayer!
Why similar: Strategy 31.2%, Simulation 28.7%, RTS 20.4%, World War II 19.8% ★
- #27 Command Ops 2 Core Game
78% matchVery Positive83% of 423 reviews2017
Dev: Panther Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.4 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 36.9% ★, Wargame 22.8%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 13.5%, Military 9.7%
- #28 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
78% matchVery Positive80% of 2,709 reviews2014
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: RTS 25.9%, Wargame 21.8%, Strategy 21%, Simulation 11.9%, Tactical 9.8%
- #29 Hex of Steel
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 912 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 34.5% ★, Wargame 23.6%, Military 16.7%, Strategy 11.8%, PvP 6.2%
- #30 Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
77% matchVery Positive83% of 452 reviews2014
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 28.8% ★, Wargame 18.1%, Strategy 17.7%, RTS 12.7%, Simulation 6.4%
- #31 Theatre of War
77% matchMixed61% of 377 reviews2010
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Command a special task force composed of different kinds of units, including tanks, APCs, field guns, mortars, various infantry regiments and will also have an opportunity to call for artillery and air support.
Why similar: World War II 49.2% ★, Strategy 26.1%, RTS 22.4%, Multiplayer 2.2%
- #32 Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
75% matchVery Positive92% of 1,210 reviews2007
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: SEGA
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...
Why similar: World War II 31.7% ★, RTS 30.1%, Strategy 23.5%, Military 8.1%, Tactical 3.9%
- #33 Easy Red 2
72% matchVery Positive90% of 15,222 reviews2022
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 46.5% ★, Military 21.3%, Tactical 13.3%, Simulation 12.5%, Multiplayer 5.3%
- #34 Radio General
74% matchVery Positive83% of 554 reviews2020
Dev: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
It's WWII. You're a general sitting in a tent. All you have is a map, and a radio. Can you win the battle? Radio General is a unique strategy game where you interact with your units over the radio using speech recognition. Test your mettle and relive famous battles as a WWII general.
Why similar: World War II 27.7% ★, RTS 18.1%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 13%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%
- #35 WARNO
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 16,164 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 72.6 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 21.6%, RTS 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 18%, Military 14.3%, Strategy 8.6%
- #36 Iron Front: Digital War Edition
76% matchMixed59% of 870 reviews2012
Dev: X1 SoftwarePub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.
Why similar: World War II 38.8% ★, Military 19%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Tactical 11.8%
- #37 Command: Modern Operations
73% matchVery Positive85% of 1,645 reviews2019
Dev: Command Development TeamPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.
Why similar: Military 23.6%, Simulation 22.7%, Wargame 22%, RTS 18.7%, Strategy 12.6%
- #38 Clash of Irons
74% matchMixed67% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: HQ Games
Windows
Real-time tank RPG+SLG game. It recreates the classic tanks of World War II and restores the shocking war scenes with fantasy World War II plots. Command your futuristic tanks across history and rekindle your war spirit with the will of iron and blood.
Why similar: World War II 23.5% ★, Wargame 18.1%, RTS 16.8%, Military 12.3%, Strategy 9.1%
- #39 Men of War II
72% matchMixed60% of 7,482 reviews2024
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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.
Why similar: World War II 23.2% ★, RTS 17%, Wargame 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Military 9.5%
- #40 Armored Brigade
73% matchVery Positive89% of 363 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 25.5%, Strategy 24.5%, Wargame 20.1%, RTS 14.2%, Military 8.1%
- #41 Sudden Strike 5
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 823 reviews2026
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.
Why similar: World War II 26.3% ★, RTS 20.1%, Wargame 14.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Strategy 10%
- #42 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,072 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.
Why similar: Wargame 20.2%, RTS 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, Military 12.8%, Simulation 10.9%
- #43 Syrian Warfare
71% matchVery Positive87% of 5,600 reviews2017
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Why similar: RTS 23.5%, Real Time Tactics 20.9%, Wargame 20.4%, Military 15%, Strategy 8.6%
- #44 Combat Mission: Red Thunder
70% matchVery Positive79% of 152 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 43.1%, Strategy 38.9%, PvP 11.1%, Multiplayer 5.8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #45 Sherman Commander
68% matchMixed67% of 143 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 25.3% ★, RTS 17.1%, Wargame 16.2%, Military 12.2%, Tactical 8.1%
- #46 Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,544 reviews2006
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 13.5 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 64% ★, Military 12.9%, Tactical 8.2%, Simulation 6.1%, Multiplayer 4.7%
- #47 Combat Mission Black Sea
69% matchVery Positive83% of 576 reviews2021
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 30.6%, Military 17.6%, Simulation 16.7%, Strategy 16.3%, Tactical 9.6%
- #48 Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition
69% matchVery Positive93% of 7,301 reviews2007
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.2 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".
Why similar: World War II 36.5% ★, RTS 26.7%, Strategy 14.9%, Military 10.5%, Tactical 6.3%
- #49 Armoured Commander II
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 605 reviews2021
Dev: Gregory Adam Scott
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 29.8 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 38.1% ★, Wargame 19.1%, Military 14.9%, Strategy 11.7%, Tactical 6.9%
- #50 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
69% matchVery Positive81% of 870 reviews2020
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.
Why similar: RTS 23.2%, Wargame 21.3%, Military 12.8%, Simulation 11.9%, Strategy 11.7%
- #51 War Room
70% matchMixed52% of 694 reviews2020
Dev: Binge Gaming OU
Windows
War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.
Why similar: RTS 22.3%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Military 14.9%, Wargame 13.8%, Simulation 11.2%
- #52 Call to Arms: Panzer Elite
65% matchMixed70% of 2,063 reviews2025
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Digitalmindsoft Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.6 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.
Why similar: World War II 33.6% ★, Wargame 21.4%, Real Time Tactics 19.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Military 11.4%
- #53 Blitzkrieg Anthology
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,562 reviews2014
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 25.5 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 36.5% ★, RTS 18.9%, Strategy 17%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, Military 10.2%
- #54 Stalingrad
68% matchVery Positive87% of 472 reviews2015
Dev: DTF gamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 37.3% ★, Strategy 31.8%, RTS 30.9%
- #55 The Great War: Western Front™
66% matchMixed66% of 3,308 reviews2023
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.0 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: RTS 26.4%, Strategy 18%, Real Time Tactics 16.9%, Wargame 14.5%, Military 12.3%
- #56 Headquarters: World War II
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 687 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 30.1% ★, Wargame 22.3%, Military 14.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 9.8%
- #57 Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
66% matchVery Positive90% of 4,056 reviews2007
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.6 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 37.5% ★, Strategy 16.9%, RTS 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Tactical 11.7%