Games Like Codename: Panzers, Phase One

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 28.2% ★, War 14.6%, Strategy 14.3%, Classic 12.7% ★, RTS 10%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel continues the tactical tank-focused gameplay with expanded campaigns and new units.

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. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.

Why similar: World War II 40.1% ★, RTS 24.8%, War 13.1%, Strategy 12.9%, Classic 4.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: This title is the gold standard for tactical WWII RTS gameplay, emphasizing cover, flanking, and unit preservation.

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 40.7% ★, RTS 23.3%, War 18.5%, Strategy 11%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-fidelity tactical experience with a strong focus on historical realism and armored warfare.

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 35.6% ★, RTS 16.8%, Strategy 14.3%, War 11.6%, Classic 10.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: A classic tactical RTS that shares the same focus on unit management and historical accuracy as the Panzers series.

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 32.6% ★, RTS 18.1%, War 16%, Strategy 14.8%, Tanks 5.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep tactical control over individual units and vehicles, mirroring the granular combat of Panzers.

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 42% ★, RTS 18.2%, Strategy 17.1%, War 13.1%, Simulation 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers squad-based tactical gameplay that feels very similar to the infantry and vehicle coordination in Panzers.

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 42.5% ★, RTS 25.2%, Strategy 11.9%, War 10.8%, Simulation 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features large-scale tactical combat with a heavy emphasis on historical unit stats and combined-arms tactics.

Return to the bloody battlefields of World War II in this epic sequel. Blitzkrieg 2 returns you to the gritty realism of WWII battles while pushing your focus into new, strategic opportunities during global war!

Why similar: World War II 35.9% ★, RTS 19.4%, Strategy 12.2%, Classic 11.9% ★, War 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Refines the tactical gameplay of the original with more complex mission structures and historical campaigns.

Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!

Why similar: World War II 33.6% ★, RTS 23.7%, Strategy 15.9%, War 15.8%, Tanks 7.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: A modern iteration of the classic tactical WWII RTS formula with a focus on mission-based objectives.

Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.

Why similar: Strategy 39.9%, World War II 28.8% ★, RTS 17.9%, War 6.9%, Multiplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: Refines the tactical combat of the original with expanded winter mechanics and deeper unit variety.

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: RTS 34.7%, War 25.8%, Strategy 17.4%, Tanks 14.2% ★, Simulation 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A modern tactical RTS that excels at unit preservation and complex combined-arms maneuvers.

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 43.8% ★, Strategy 19.8%, RTS 17.2%, War 9.6%, Tanks 6.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical simulation that captures the brutal nature of WWII armored combat.

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 39.3% ★, Strategy 21.1%, RTS 15.8%, Tanks 11.6% ★, War 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deeply realistic tactical simulation of armored warfare for players who want maximum historical accuracy.

Tempelhof, Berlin, dawn of 8th April 1949.A major armed conflict is brewing between the Western powers and the Soviet bloc. The Red Army has been growing ever stronger since the end of World War II. With the growth of their army the Soviets realize that they hold the advantage, and are only waiting for the right moment to attack.

Why similar: RTS 33.2%, War 18.4%, Strategy 18.1%, Classic 11.4% ★, Simulation 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: The spiritual successor to the series, bringing the same tactical engine into a new historical era.

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 32.8% ★, Strategy 25%, RTS 24.9%, War 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS that focuses on the intense and claustrophobic urban combat of the Eastern Front.

Set in World War 2, Sudden Strike offers revolutionary real-time-strategy gameplay. Command Russian, German, French, American and British armies in large scale battles including urban warfare, beach landings and aerial invasions. Whichever tactics you choose, you will find it in Sudden Strike!

Why similar: World War II 27.6% ★, Strategy 24.8%, RTS 24.7%, Classic 23% ★

Why You'll Like It: The classic tactical RTS experience that defined the genre's focus on unit preservation.

Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.

Why similar: World War II 37.9% ★, War 19.1%, Strategy 16.7%, Tanks 13.4% ★, Simulation 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A more sandbox-oriented take on WWII tank combat that allows for massive, chaotic battles.

The ultimate edition of Panzer Corps, containing hundreds of scenarios and all its expansions. Panzer Corps Gold is the culmination of the wargame that has enthralled millions of fans all around the globe, and now it’s your chance to fully experience a real classic.

Why similar: World War II 62.5% ★, Strategy 21.7%, Tanks 8% ★, War 5.5%, Multiplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based alternative that captures the same historical depth and unit variety as the Panzers series.

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 38.4% ★, RTS 25.6%, Strategy 13.6%, War 9.3%, Tanks 4.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: The original tactical experience that set the stage for modern WWII RTS games.

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 33% ★, War 20.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Tanks 10.4% ★, Great Soundtrack 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on squad-level tactical combat with a realistic approach to unit morale and positioning.

Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

Why similar: RTS 49.7%, War 25.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Multiplayer 3.1%, Simulation 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that shares the same emphasis on unit preservation and tactical depth as the Panzers series.

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 34% ★, RTS 29.4%, Strategy 21.9%, War 7%, Tanks 3.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: A standalone expansion that adds significant tactical variety and new factions to the base game.

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 30.2%, World War II 22.2% ★, Simulation 19.5%, RTS 14.9%, Classic 13.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, simulation-heavy approach to WWII battles with a focus on infantry and armor coordination.

Panzer War delivers intense tank combat, featuring a realistic damage system where every hit counts. Skip the grind—access all tanks instantly and dive into battle. Unleash your creativity with the Tank and Map Designer, crafting custom scenarios for endless gameplay possibilities.

Why similar: World War II 45.3% ★, War 19.3%, Tanks 18.8% ★, Simulation 15.6%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: Simulation-heavy tank combat that emphasizes historical accuracy and detailed vehicle models.

The most devastating mechanized armor to ever roll onto a battlefield is brought to life in Iron Warriors: T72-Tank Command. This epic combat simulator allows the player to command an entire platoon of tanks and ALL associated support units, or assume the role of ANY member in a complete tank crew!

Why similar: Tanks 30.5% ★, Strategy 22.2%, War 16.6%, Simulation 15.1%, Classic 12.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the tank simulation aspect of the Panzers experience for a more immersive perspective.

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: RTS 33.4%, War 24.9%, Tanks 16.2% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 6.8%

WORLD WAR II: PANZER CLAWS [aka Frontline Attack: War over Europe] pushes back the boundaries of real-time strategy gaming!Take control of the Allied, German, or the Russian in the harsh reality of the battlefields of World War II.

Why similar: Strategy 72.4%, World War II 17.5% ★, RTS 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Classic RTS gameplay that centers on armored vehicle combat and historical mission objectives.

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 37.3%, Simulation 23.9%, World War II 18.5% ★, RTS 10.7%, Classic 9.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that focuses on the strategic challenges of the Battle of the Bulge.

Immerse yourself in a world of armored tank battles. Choose from a wide range of famous tanks of the major combatants. Pick the best tank and blast your way across the battlefield. Defeat your enemies with force and strategic decisions! And lead your team on a glorious road to victory!

Why similar: World War II 44.5% ★, War 20.9%, Simulation 17.3%, Tanks 17.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: Action-oriented tank combat that captures the intensity and chaos of armored warfare.

Experience the hit World War 2 real-time strategy game for the first time in full 3D glory, expanding on all strategic and tactical options. Command joint operations of naval, land-based and airborne units on the largest maps in the series.

Why similar: World War II 44.7% ★, Strategy 30%, RTS 25.3%

Why You'll Like It: Expands the tactical scope of the series with larger maps and more complex unit interactions.

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 36% ★, RTS 17.6%, Strategy 17.3%, War 16.5%, Tanks 5.2% ★

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 35.3% ★, RTS 24.9%, War 15.9%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 4.8%

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 33.1% ★, RTS 20.3%, War 16%, Strategy 10.3%, Tanks 10.3% ★

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 34.3% ★, RTS 21.2%, War 17.6%, Tanks 12.7% ★, Strategy 7.4%

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 39.7% ★, RTS 21.2%, Strategy 20.5%, War 11.2%, Multiplayer 4.4%

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 32% ★, RTS 21.1%, War 14.8%, Tanks 11.9% ★, Strategy 9.7%

Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?

Why similar: World War II 36.5% ★, RTS 28.4%, Strategy 15.3%, War 10.7%, Multiplayer 6.8%

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 49.5% ★, War 22.7%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 7.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Lead a German panzer platoon through the chaos of World War II in this intense, anime-inspired tank simulation. Assemble an elite crew, deploy legendary tanks, and survive fierce engagements where cunning and skill will decide victory or defeat.

Why similar: World War II 46.9% ★, War 25.1%, Tanks 20.3% ★, Simulation 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%

At the height of World War 2, take command of German, Russian, British, American and Imperial Japanese armies on battelfields across the globe. Sudden Strike 2 expands on all aspects of the classic RTS game with new units, maps and epic campaigns.

Why similar: World War II 36% ★, RTS 25.3%, Strategy 20.5%, Classic 18.3% ★

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 49.2% ★, Tanks 20.8% ★, War 18.4%, Simulation 9.7%, Singleplayer 2%

Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!

Why similar: RTS 45.9%, Strategy 25.6%, War 22%, Great Soundtrack 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%

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 60.5% ★, War 15.5%, Classic 8.4% ★, Multiplayer 6.2%, Simulation 3.3%

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 46.5% ★, Strategy 24%, RTS 19.6%, War 10%

Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.

Why similar: World War II 37.8% ★, War 21.6%, Tanks 15.4% ★, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 6.9%

Be the Ultimate Modern Warfare General

Why similar: RTS 41%, Strategy 34.9%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Classic 8.1% ★, Singleplayer 2.9%

Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

Why similar: RTS 33.5%, Strategy 26.8%, War 23.6%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Simulation 6.2%

Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943, the historically accurate and detailed real-time tactical war game, welcomes military history fans to the battle which gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.

Why similar: World War II 34.3% ★, Strategy 27.5%, Simulation 16.1%, RTS 11.5%, Tanks 10.7% ★

Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War. Each mission showcases the era’s most devastating weaponry — sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery, and mobile infantry. BoE delivers the full WWI experience.

Why similar: War 28.4%, RTS 26.8%, Strategy 18.8%, World War II 14% ★, Multiplayer 5.9%

Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.

Why similar: World War II 50.5% ★, Strategy 21.8%, War 18.2%, Multiplayer 4.5%, Simulation 4%

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 37.2%, War 33.8%, Strategy 18.4%, Simulation 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%

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 39.7% ★, RTS 26.5%, Tanks 13.5% ★, Strategy 11.4%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.

Why similar: RTS 32.5%, Classic 19.8% ★, Strategy 15.8%, War 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%

Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour brings you closer to the enemy than ever before. Engage opposing forces at hot spots around the globe as you match strategies and arsenals against the new masterminds of modern war.

Why similar: RTS 36.9%, War 29.2%, Strategy 14.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Classic 7.2% ★

Tank Operation: European Campaign - is a turn-based, tactical war game with a dozen nerve-racking historical scenarios on the various battlefields of World War II. As an allied general you fight right on the frontline to defeat the Third Reich with all its destructive potential.

Why similar: World War II 42.1% ★, Strategy 28.1%, War 18.6%, Tanks 11.3% ★

Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.

Why similar: World War II 40.9% ★, Strategy 15%, RTS 13.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Tanks 10.4% ★

Strategists to the frontline!The HD remake of the Nintendo DS classic.Are you the strategist that the world has been waiting for?

Why similar: World War II 59.6% ★, Strategy 26.4%, Simulation 13.9%

Experience one war through two epic sagas where you will be a part of history or change it. Feel the power of the historically authentic and decisive battles of the Pacific War. Relive some of the grandest and most critical naval battles of recent history and for the first time, choose to lead your fleet to a completely different ending...

Why similar: World War II 56.9% ★, RTS 15.1%, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 5.4%, War 4.9%

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 40.4%, Strategy 26.2%, War 19%, Tanks 7.3% ★, Multiplayer 5.6%