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  1. #1 Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
    97% 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.

    Why similar: Strategy 30.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.1%, PvP 9.6%, Multiplayer 6.1%

  2. #2 Combat Mission Black Sea
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 558 reviews2021
    Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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 30.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.2%, Strategy 16.7%, PvP 5.9%

  3. #3 Combat Mission Fortress Italy
    96% 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 29.2%, Strategy 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, PvP 12.3%

  4. #4 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
    95% matchVery Positive81% of 846 reviews2020
    Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 70.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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: Wargame 29.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.6%, Strategy 16.7%, PvP 8%

  5. #5 Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg
    94% 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: Wargame 29.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.4%, Strategy 18.1%, PvP 4.3%

  6. #6 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
    94% 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: Wargame 53.9%, Strategy 44.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  7. #7 Steel Division 2
    93% 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: Wargame 33.4%, Strategy 32.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 22%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%

  8. #8 Combat Mission Cold War
    92% 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.

    Why similar: Wargame 28.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 22%, Strategy 16.9%, PvP 7.2%

  9. #9 Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm Player's Edition
    91% matchVery Positive88% of 255 reviews2014
    Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    You are the commander of either NATO or Soviet forces locked in battle on the ground in 1980’s Central Europe. As commander, it is your task to provide the battle plan orders to your units. You need to know your mission objectives, strength and weakness of both your forces and you enemy, lay of the land, weather, and time of day in order...

    Why similar: Wargame 40.9%, Strategy 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Multiplayer 4.7%

  10. #10 Men of War™
    91% 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: Strategy 82.3%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  11. #11 Steel Division: Normandy 44
    90% 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: Strategy 52.2%, Wargame 32.6%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  12. #12 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
    89% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,012 reviews2012
    Dev: 2x2 Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    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: Wargame 32%, Strategy 30.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 29.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%

  13. #13 Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm
    87% matchVery Positive89% of 115 reviews2023
    Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm is a grand tactical wargame set at the height of the Cold War, with the action centered on the year 1989.

    Why similar: Strategy 25%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.4%, Wargame 11.2%, PvP 10.1%

  14. #14 Blitzkrieg 3
    89% 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: Strategy 47.3%, PvP 29.8%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Singleplayer 3.6%

  15. #15 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
    88% 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: Wargame 41.4%, Strategy 29.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.1%, Multiplayer 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%

  16. #16 Easy Red 2
    86% matchVery Positive90% of 12,483 reviews2022
    Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
    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: Wargame 48.9%, Strategy 29.2%, Multiplayer 18%, Singleplayer 3.9%

  17. #17 Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
    86% matchVery Positive88% of 240 reviews2016
    Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 34.3%, Wargame 20.9%, Multiplayer 2.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  18. #18 WARNO
    83% 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 41.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.1%, Strategy 17.3%, PvP 12.5%, Multiplayer 5.7%

  19. #19 Wargame: Red Dragon
    85% matchVery Positive89% of 19,617 reviews2014
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 52.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

    Why similar: Strategy 45.4%, Wargame 44.1%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  20. #20 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
    84% 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: Wargame 38.8%, Strategy 27.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.2%, Multiplayer 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  21. #21 Men of War: Assault Squad
    84% 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: Strategy 80%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  22. #22 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: Strategy 45.2%, PvP 31.1%, Multiplayer 19.6%, Singleplayer 4.1%

  23. #23 Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology
    81% matchVery Positive85% of 1,270 reviews2014
    Dev: Nival
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    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: Strategy 89.1%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%

  24. #24 Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943
    82% matchMixed68% of 229 reviews2010
    Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    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: Strategy 100%

  25. #25 Regiments
    78% 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 64.7%, Strategy 32.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%

  26. #26 Master of Command
    75% 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: Wargame 57.5%, Strategy 39%, Singleplayer 3.6%

  27. #27 Close Combat: Cross of Iron
    79% matchVery Positive81% of 162 reviews2020
    Dev: Strategy 3 TacticsPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    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.

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

  28. #28 Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
    81% 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: Wargame 42.5%, Strategy 42.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Multiplayer 4.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  29. #29 Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943
    79% 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: Strategy 100%

  30. #30 Theatre of War
    80% matchMixed61% of 364 reviews2010
    Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    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: Strategy 88.9%, Multiplayer 11.1%

  31. #31 Men of War II
    75% 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.

    Why similar: Wargame 44.4%, Strategy 23.1%, PvP 16.6%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%

  32. #32 Men of War: Condemned Heroes
    78% 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: Strategy 100%

  33. #33 Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
    77% 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: Strategy 49.8%, Wargame 49.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  34. #34 Stalingrad
    77% 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: Strategy 100%

  35. #35 Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 239 reviews2014
    Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    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 45.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.1%, Wargame 23.6%, Multiplayer 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  36. #36 Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
    76% 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: Multiplayer 61%, Strategy 27.3%, Singleplayer 11.7%

  37. #37 War on the Sea
    73% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,150 reviews2021
    Dev: Killerfish Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.

    Why similar: Strategy 61.4%, Wargame 35%, Singleplayer 3.6%

  38. #38 Blitzkrieg Anthology
    74% 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: Strategy 87.7%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Singleplayer 3.7%

  39. #39 Command: Modern Operations
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 1,564 reviews2019
    Dev: Command Development TeamPub: Matrix Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 33.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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: Wargame 62.2%, Strategy 36.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  40. #40 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
    72% 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: Strategy 81.7%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%

  41. #41 Armored Brigade
    72% 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: Strategy 56.7%, Wargame 43.3%

  42. #42 Men of War: Vietnam
    74% matchMixed64% of 1,312 reviews2011
    Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968. Experience the chaos of the Vietnam War through two story-driven campaigns that reveal both sides of the conflict.

    Why similar: Strategy 85%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%

  43. #43 Close Combat: The Longest Day
    71% 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 69.6%, Wargame 30.4%

  44. #44 Iron Front: Digital War Edition
    73% matchMixed59% of 865 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: Strategy 60.5%, Multiplayer 33.3%, Singleplayer 6.3%

  45. #45 Silent Storm Gold Edition
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,061 reviews2013
    Dev: NivalPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...

    Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 47.6%, Strategy 29%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.4%, Singleplayer 1%

  46. #46 Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 424 reviews2017
    Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe is a deeply immersive turn based strategy game covering the greatest conflict in modern history!

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  47. #47 Strategic Command WWII: World at War
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 595 reviews2018
    Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    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 67.9%, Wargame 32.1%

  48. #48 Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 1,179 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: Strategy 86.2%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%

  49. #49 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 505 reviews2020
    Dev: Starni Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!

    Why similar: Wargame 35%, Turn-Based Tactics 26.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Strategy 15.5%

  50. #50 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
    69% matchVery Positive91% of 179 reviews2020
    Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Cauldrons of War Barbarossa is the turn-based strategic wargame you will launch whenever you want your WW2 shot but don't have time for a monster strategy game.From June 1941 until the Battle of Moscow, play the USSR or the Axis forces in one of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.

    Why similar: Wargame 37.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.4%, Strategy 16.9%, PvP 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.7%

  51. #51 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
    66% matchVery Positive88% of 113 reviews2024
    Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific is a turn-based strategy game. It offers a comprehensive experience of the Pacific Theater, challenging you to achieve victory in one of history's greatest conflicts.

    Why similar: Wargame 30.9%, Strategy 24.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, PvP 6.7%

  52. #52 Warplan Pacific
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 94 reviews2022
    Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    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: Turn-Based Strategy 24.7%, Wargame 22.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.5%, Strategy 21.9%, Multiplayer 6.9%

  53. #53 Codename: Panzers - Cold War
    71% matchMixed66% of 278 reviews2009
    Dev: InnoGlow
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    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: Strategy 80.3%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%

  54. #54 The Great War: Western Front™
    67% matchMixed66% of 3,181 reviews2023
    Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
    Windows
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.0 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: Strategy 32.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.8%, Wargame 24.5%, Multiplayer 6.4%, PvP 5.9%

  55. #55 No Retreat! The Russian Front
    65% matchVery Positive82% of 64 reviews2025
    Dev: Cyril JarnotPub: Avalon Digital
    Windows · Mac

    This game is a Strategic game on the Eastern Front of World War II.It is a digital port from the famous and eponym boardgame, No Retreat!, designed by Carl Paradis.

    Why similar: Wargame 31.3%, Strategy 26%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Multiplayer 3.9%

  56. #56 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 223 reviews2020
    Dev: Starni Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism is a (hi)story-driven turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period. It offers refined wargame mechanics, story-rich gameplay, and modern 3D graphics. Lead the USSR Armed forces staging the world Communist revolution. For Stalin! For the Motherland!

    Why similar: Wargame 36.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 28.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.1%, Strategy 13.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

  57. #57 Close Combat - Panthers in the Fog
    69% 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: Strategy 44.2%, Wargame 30.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  58. #58 Broken Arrow
    63% matchMixed55% of 28,972 reviews2025
    Dev: Steel BalalaikaPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 35.5 hrsMean: 77.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.

    Why similar: Wargame 52.4%, Strategy 29.3%, PvP 11.3%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  59. #59 Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 130 reviews2015
    Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    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 42.4%, Wargame 34.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Multiplayer 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  60. #60 Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War
    62% matchVery Positive99% of 138 reviews2025
    Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Master grand tactical combat as a Cold War force commander in this data-rich simulation. Plan and issue orders in asynchronous WEGO turns, leveraging real-world maps and complex features like Electronic Warfare and Air Assaults to outthink your enemy.

    Why similar: Wargame 45.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.5%, Strategy 26.4%, Singleplayer 1%

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