
The first in the award-winning series, Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord lets you command German or Allied forces from Normandy to Germany in WWII. Battle through towns, woods, and fields in deep, immersive, turn-based and real-time tactical combat.
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The first in the award-winning series, Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord lets you command German or Allied forces from Normandy to Germany in WWII. Battle through towns, woods, and fields in deep, immersive, turn-based and real-time tactical combat.

Close Combat - Panthers in the Fog
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?

Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
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.
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: Strategy 24.9%, Simulation 23.7%, World War II 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Wargame 10.4%
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 27.8% ★, Strategy 20.8%, Simulation 15.9%, Wargame 12.7%, Tactical 11.1%
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 24.1%, Turn-Based 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Wargame 16.2%, Historical 10.9%
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 26.8% ★, Strategy 26.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, 3D 6%
A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.
Why similar: World War II 24.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.8%, Strategy 20%, Turn-Based 18.2%, Wargame 14.4%
You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.
Why similar: Strategy 27.7%, Simulation 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Historical 12%, Wargame 10.3%
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 27.5%, Simulation 22.3%, Wargame 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based 10.9%
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 40.2%, World War II 23.5% ★, Wargame 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Strategy 10.7%
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: Turn-Based Strategy 20.3%, Simulation 19.7%, Strategy 19.7%, World War II 17.1% ★, Wargame 16.7%
Advanced Tactics: Gold offers a unique and infinitely replayable wargaming experience for any strategy fan. Building off of the enormous success of Advanced Tactics: World War II, the Gold edition gives players a more powerful game editor, much improved random game engine, many new features and abilities, and more.
Why similar: Strategy 21.5%, Turn-Based 17.1%, Wargame 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, World War II 13.9% ★
Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris is the first in an innovative series of operational World War II wargames that also include a strategic element. The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris simulates Germany’s military successes in Poland and France in 1939 and 1940 .
Why similar: Strategy 23.1%, Simulation 22.2%, World War II 20.8% ★, Turn-Based 11.7%, Wargame 11.4%
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 28.6%, Simulation 22%, World War II 16.9% ★, Wargame 16.9%, Turn-Based 15.5%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: World War II 22.2% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Wargame 16%, Simulation 14.4%
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: Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Wargame 16.1%, Simulation 15.9%, Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%
Combat Mission Fortress Italy brings wargamers to the "soft underbelly of Europe", a place that was anything but.
Why similar: Strategy 17%, Wargame 14.8%, World War II 14.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 13.2%
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.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Simulation 16.9%, Wargame 15.7%, Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%
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: Simulation 42.2%, Strategy 40.5%, World War II 10.5% ★, Wargame 6.7%
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 27.3% ★, Strategy 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Simulation 19.8%, Wargame 8.2%
Second Front is a tactical WWII turn-based strategy game. Craft & share your own scenarios and maps or use your strategic prowess in 48 scenarios set in iconic locations. Command over 40 types of infantry and 216 tanks, vehicles and guns. An infinite tactical sandbox experience.
Why similar: World War II 17.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based 12.5%, Wargame 10.4%, Tactical 10%
Battle of the Bulge is a fast-paced WW2 game where precise movement and detailed planning make the difference between a vain attempt and a brave operation.
Why similar: World War II 23.1% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Wargame 10.9%
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: Simulation 31.2%, Strategy 30.4%, World War II 18.3% ★, Wargame 10.7%, Tactical 7.9%
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: Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 12.7%, Wargame 12.6%, World War II 11.2% ★
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: Simulation 38.9%, Strategy 37%, World War II 14.3% ★, Wargame 9.8%
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 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.5%, Turn-Based 19.7%, Historical 12.2%, Wargame 11.9%
Order of Battle: World War II is a breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players.
Why similar: World War II 22.4% ★, Strategy 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Wargame 10.6%
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: World War II 22.2% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Wargame 10.2%
A tactical scale strategy game that invites the players to take command of the URSS forces in an epic struggle for the control of Russia during World War Two.
Why similar: Simulation 22%, Strategy 21.2%, World War II 14.5% ★, Turn-Based 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
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 38.4%, Strategy 34.4%, Wargame 15.9%, Tactical 11.3%
WarPlan Pacific is an operational level wargame which covers all the nations at war in the Pacific theatre from December 1941 to 1945 on a massive game scale.
Why similar: World War II 23.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Strategy 19.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Wargame 12.5%
Command a true operational structure. Can you balance and prioritize three different Theatres in order to achieve your objective?
Why similar: Strategy 31.3%, World War II 30.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 27.5%, Wargame 9.6%, Singleplayer 1%
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 26.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.8%, Strategy 17.5%, Wargame 11.7%, Turn-Based 11.7%
Sequel to its successful predecessor, Battle Academy 2 moves the action east – to the bloodied plains of Mother Russia. When a gritty new look, great new features, and random mission generation meet battle-proven gameplay you can be sure of a turn-based strategy classic!
Why similar: Strategy 29.4%, World War II 25.3% ★, Turn-Based 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Wargame 9.2%
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 19.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based 12.8%, Wargame 10.1%
Command epic WWII battles on the Eastern Front in Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin. Fight from Moscow to Berlin across 125+ scenarios, or create your own with the editor. Experience tactical warfare at its most intense!
Why similar: World War II 18% ★, Strategy 17%, Simulation 16.2%, Wargame 11.1%, Turn-Based 8.7%
Lock 'n Load Tactical is fast and Furious tactical combat that is fast to learn. In LnLT you get squads, weapon teams, armored vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, and, in the modern-era games, helicopters. Individuals such as Leaders, Medics, Snipers, Chaplains, Advisors, and, of course, Heroes.
Why similar: Wargame 20.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Strategy 15.3%, Simulation 12.7%, World War II 12.3% ★
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 38.6%, World War II 27.3% ★, Turn-Based 23%, Wargame 11.1%
The Empire of the Machines is threatening the entire universe. The other factions have banded together to defend the galaxy from the invader. Battles are raging in the corridors of the Machines underground production facilities!
Why similar: Strategy 30.5%, Turn-Based 21.1%, Wargame 14.5%, Tactical 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%
WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database
Why similar: World War II 19.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Wargame 14.1%, Turn-Based 13.9%, Simulation 12%
Unity of Command is an innovative and refreshing operational-level wargame that covers the entire 1942/43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.
Why similar: World War II 24% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Strategy 19.7%, Turn-Based 14.9%, Wargame 12.5%
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: Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Simulation 15.5%, Wargame 15.2%, Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%
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: Turn-Based Strategy 32.2%, Strategy 30.6%, Wargame 21.7%, Historical 13.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue simulates the German drive to Stalingrad and into the Caucasus of the summer of 1942, as well as its May preludes (2nd Kharkov offensive, Operation Trappenjagd) and also the Soviet winter counter-offensive (Operation Uranus) that ended with the encirclement of 6th Army in Stalingrad.
Why similar: Strategy 45.6%, Simulation 44.5%, Wargame 9.9%
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: Simulation 44.9%, Strategy 43.9%, Historical 11.2%
Drive on Moscow: War in the Snow, a strategy game from the award-winning makers of Battle of the Bulge, invites you to take command of the pivotal battle of World War II! Defend the homeland as the Soviets, or lead a bold push to seize the Soviet capital as the Axis.
Why similar: Strategy 30.1%, World War II 26% ★, Turn-Based 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%
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 22%, Simulation 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Wargame 10.8%, Turn-Based 8.4%
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: Strategy 30.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 30.1%, Wargame 20%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
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: Strategy 28.4%, World War II 27.8% ★, Wargame 17%, Simulation 10.9%, Tactical 9.2%
Making History Gold Edition is the expanded and updated version of the original WWII grand strategy game Making History: Calm & the Storm. Command your nation and change the course of history.
Why similar: Strategy 35.2%, Simulation 34.3%, World War II 30.5% ★
Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps throws you into the heat of the most dramatic battles of World War II. Lead the invasion of Crete in May 1941, engage the enemy in the African desert from 1940 to 1942 and land in the middle of the fierce defensive battles for Italy and Sicily.
Why similar: Strategy 22.7%, Simulation 21.7%, World War II 16.7% ★, Wargame 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%
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 30.1% ★, Simulation 24.6%, Strategy 21%, Wargame 15.3%, Historical 4.8%
Pacific General explores the Pacific front of the Second World War. Taking control of Axis or Allied forces, you must strategically battle your way through the Eastern and Western front of the Pacific war, using a wide array of land, air and naval forces.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Wargame 17.3%, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, World War II 13.4% ★
The game recreates the campaigns and battles of Erwin ‘Desert Fox’ Rommel’s legendary Afrika Korps, in Libya between 1941 and 1942. Play the Axis forces to conquer the most valuable prize of all: the Suez Canal. Or command the 8th Army soldiers, the famous Desert Rats, to repel the invaders.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.3%, World War II 19.4% ★, Wargame 16.7%, Strategy 16.7%, Simulation 15.9%
The Troop is a turn-based, platoon-level tactical game set in WW2. From the early hours of D-Day to Falaise, play as British and Canadian or German forces in desperate fighting across Normandy.
Why similar: World War II 25.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Wargame 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Strategy 9.3%
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 32.1% ★, Simulation 30.6%, Strategy 30.3%, Tactical 7%
Valor & Victory is a fast-playing, easy to learn World War II squad-level game system. Based on the original Valor & Victory board game, the digital edition provides you with an accessible and deep challenge, developed for classic tabletop game lovers.
Why similar: World War II 19.9% ★, Turn-Based 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Wargame 12.2%, Strategy 11.1%
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: Strategy 29.5%, Simulation 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, Turn-Based 19%, Historical 10.7%
Face the global war on terror in this engaging 2 player strategy game. Set against recent world events, Labyrinth portrays the U.S. efforts to counter extremists’ use of terrorist tactics, as well as the wider ideological struggle – guerrilla warfare, fundamentalist rule, regime change and more.
Why similar: Strategy 37.9%, Simulation 37.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Wargame 11.9%
A fan of WW2 strategy war games? Like to think about your next move rather than having quick reaction times? Battle Series Eastern Front - Kursk - Battle at Prochorovka is the game for you. Battle Series Eastern Front - Kursk - Battle at Prochorovka, covers one of largest single tank battle in the history of warfare.
Why similar: Strategy 33.2%, World War II 19.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based 13.2%, Wargame 10.7%