- #1 Combat Mission Black Sea
97% matchVery Positive83% of 563 reviews2021
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 35.2 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 20.1%, Military 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, War 7.1%
- #2 Command: Modern Operations
96% matchVery Positive85% of 1,597 reviews2019
Dev: Command Development TeamPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 28.2%, Wargame 24.2%, RTS 18.9%, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 8.8%
- #3 Syrian Warfare
96% matchVery Positive87% of 5,490 reviews2017
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Why similar: RTS 23%, Wargame 21.7%, Military 17.3%, Historical 12.8%, Tactical 9%
- #4 WARNO
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 15,442 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 70.4 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 17.8%, RTS 15.3%, Tanks 13.2% ★, Military 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%
- #5 Steel Division 2
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,492 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 52.2 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: RTS 21.8%, Military 15%, Wargame 14.2%, Historical 9.3%, War 9.2%
- #6 Combat Mission Fortress Italy
94% matchVery Positive85% of 100 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 19.1%, RTS 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%, Strategy 8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.9%
- #7 Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 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 16.9%, Wargame 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%, Military 9.6%
- #8 Combat Mission Cold War
92% matchMixed67% of 232 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 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Military 12.6%, Simulation 7.6%
- #9 Wargame: Red Dragon
91% matchVery Positive89% of 19,654 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: RTS 28%, Wargame 18%, Military 17.9%, Strategy 11.1%, Tactical 6.9%
- #10 Regiments
91% matchVery Positive88% of 2,868 reviews2022
Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.7 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 19.8%, RTS 16.9%, Alternate History 13.2%, Tanks 12.5% ★, Military 9.7%
- #11 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
90% matchVery Positive89% of 1,116 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 21.6%, Tanks 18.3% ★, RTS 13.4%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 10.6%
- #12 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
89% matchVery Positive80% of 2,706 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 20.7%, Wargame 18.9%, Historical 17.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Tactical 9%
- #13 Steel Division: Normandy 44
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,296 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: RTS 30.4%, Military 16.8%, Wargame 10.6%, Strategy 10.2%, War 8.5%
- #14 Wargame: Airland Battle
88% matchVery Positive87% of 4,447 reviews2013
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.
Why similar: RTS 27%, Military 20.1%, Wargame 16%, Strategy 11.4%, Tactical 6.8%
- #15 Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 259 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: Turn-Based Strategy 29%, Turn-Based Tactics 26.8%, Strategy 23.6%, PvP 8.4%, 3D 6.6%
- #16 Armored Brigade II
86% matchVery Positive89% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: Veitikka StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Armored Brigade II revolutionizes real-time tactical warfare in 3D, focusing on the intense combined arms combat of the Cold War era, from 1965 to 1991. Boasting a meticulously researched database and huge real-world terrain maps, this game offers an unparalleled combat simulation experience.
Why similar: Wargame 23%, RTS 22.5%, Tanks 17% ★, Military 9.2%, War 8.3%
- #17 Men of War II
86% matchMixed61% of 7,342 reviews2024
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 21.5 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: RTS 18.4%, Wargame 17.8%, Tanks 16.9% ★, Military 12.2%, Historical 10.9%
- #18 Panzer Corps 2
85% matchVery Positive85% of 4,120 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 58.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Wargame 16.9%, Military 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Historical 9.4%
- #19 Broken Arrow
83% matchMixed56% of 30,742 reviews2025
Dev: Steel BalalaikaPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 35.8 hrsMean: 83.7 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 26.2%, RTS 20.9%, War 9.2%, Strategy 8.8%, Military 7.7%
- #20 Armored Brigade
84% matchVery Positive89% of 360 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: Wargame 24.4%, Simulation 20.2%, Strategy 19.2%, RTS 15.6%, Military 10.3%
- #21 Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
84% 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: Wargame 22%, Tanks 18.8% ★, RTS 14.2%, Strategy 13.4%, Military 8.2%
- #22 The Great War: Western Front™
81% matchMixed66% of 3,224 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: RTS 20.7%, Wargame 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Military 11.2%, Historical 11.1%
- #23 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 225 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 19.2 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 16%, Tanks 15.6% ★, Military 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Alternate History 9.4%
- #24 Carrier Command 2
80% matchVery Positive82% of 3,688 reviews2021
Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!
Why similar: RTS 23%, Wargame 22.2%, Military 14.4%, War 13.1%, Strategy 8%
- #25 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
77% matchVery Positive90% of 5,749 reviews2024
Dev: Triassic GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 38.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.
Why similar: Military 30.5%, War 18.7%, RTS 16.9%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 13.9%
- #26 Blitzkrieg 3
81% matchMixed54% of 7,316 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: RTS 19.1%, Tanks 17.7% ★, Military 14.6%, Historical 10.7%, War 9.9%
- #27 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
78% matchVery Positive91% of 46,269 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 64.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: RTS 22.3%, Military 13.5%, War 13%, Strategy 13%, Tanks 12.7% ★
- #28 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
79% matchVery Positive85% of 507 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Tanks 15.2% ★, Wargame 14.7%, Military 11%, Alternate History 10.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%
- #29 War Room
79% matchMixed53% of 690 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 23.9%, Military 18.7%, Wargame 16%, War 12.2%, Tactical 10.8%
- #30 Combat Mission: Red Thunder
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 146 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 29.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.5%, Strategy 16.7%, PvP 8%
- #31 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,016 reviews2025
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
Why similar: Military 27.1%, RTS 23.9%, Tactical 19.8%, War 14.9%, Strategy 9.5%
- #32 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
75% matchVery Positive85% of 32,016 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 73.9 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: RTS 27%, Historical 19.6%, Military 18.2%, War 14.2%, Strategy 9.1%
- #33 Ultimate General: Civil War
76% matchVery Positive89% of 8,464 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.
Why similar: Wargame 22.8%, RTS 19.8%, War 12%, Historical 10.7%, Military 9.1%
- #34 Steel Armor: Blaze of War
78% matchVery Positive84% of 351 reviews2015
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Steel Armor: Blaze of War is realistic tank simulator with tactical elements. The game models Soviet T-62 tank and US M60A1 tank in detail. Each tank has interactive cockpit with crew. Player controls a tank, and commands a tank platoon and attached forces in 4 large scale dynamic campaigns.
Why similar: Tanks 38.3% ★, Military 16.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Historical 8.5%
- #35 Master of Command
72% matchVery Positive92% of 3,361 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 18.9%, Wargame 16.4%, Military 15.2%, Historical 13.8%, War 11.3%
- #36 Wargame: European Escalation
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,391 reviews2012
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
Why similar: RTS 24.1%, Wargame 17.1%, Military 15.9%, Strategy 11.2%, Alternate History 10.6%
- #37 Company of Heroes 3
73% matchMixed57% of 38,606 reviews2023
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 76.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Wargame 21%, RTS 19.8%, Military 9.9%, Historical 8.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%
- #38 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,250 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 50.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!
Why similar: Wargame 19.4%, RTS 19.1%, Military 15.3%, Alternate History 11.1%, Tactical 9.7%
- #39 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
72% matchVery Positive92% of 445 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 30.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 12.3%, Historical 9.6%
- #40 Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943
74% matchVery Positive84% of 418 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: Tanks 34.4% ★, Strategy 22%, Simulation 20.9%, Military 14.4%, Tactical 8.3%
- #41 Sherman Commander
70% matchMixed68% of 131 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: Tanks 16.8% ★, Wargame 15.7%, RTS 15.4%, Military 12.9%, Historical 11.1%
- #42 Second Front
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 656 reviews2023
Dev: HexdrawPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
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: Wargame 17.5%, Tanks 16.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Tactical 9.9%
- #43 Close Combat: The Bloody First
74% matchMixed53% of 457 reviews2019
Dev: Matrix Games
Windows
Close Combat: The Bloody First is the latest release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series, and the first using the new 3D Archon engine. With this Close Combat: The Bloody First combines classic Close Combat tactical gameplay with battles fought across a wide variety of diverse 3D landscapes including craggy ridgelines, narrow...
Why similar: Wargame 16.4%, Military 13.5%, Tanks 12.7% ★, Historical 10.4%, War 9%
- #44 Call to Arms
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 23,955 reviews2018
Dev: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 27.2%, Military 24.8%, Strategy 15.4%, War 12.5%, Tactical 9.6%
- #45 Men of War: Vietnam
73% matchMixed64% of 1,319 reviews2011
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.0 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: RTS 25.2%, Strategy 19.8%, War 14.6%, Historical 13.4%, Tactical 12.1%
- #46 Sudden Strike 5
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 553 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: RTS 24.5%, Wargame 18.6%, Military 13.1%, Historical 12.3%, Tanks 9.8% ★
- #47 Arma Reforger
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 50,709 reviews2023
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 20.6 hrsMean: 89.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.
Why similar: Military 36.2%, War 16%, Tactical 13%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 9.9%
- #48 Battlefield Commander WWII
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 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: RTS 18.9%, Wargame 18.5%, Tanks 13.2% ★, Military 10.9%, Historical 10.6%
- #49 Men of War: Assault Squad
71% matchVery Positive87% of 5,140 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: RTS 20.6%, Military 15.3%, Strategy 14.4%, War 12.8%, Tactical 11.2%
- #50 Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
70% matchVery Positive88% of 157 reviews2021
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Take command of the Allied forces and protect your homeland and the whole of Europe from totalitarian madness. Form armies. Win battles. Change history.
Why similar: Tanks 14.4% ★, Wargame 13.9%, Alternate History 10.5%, Military 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%
- #51 Men of War™
69% matchVery Positive90% of 3,818 reviews2009
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 13.9 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: RTS 28.6%, Strategy 19.6%, Military 15.9%, Tactical 11.7%, War 9.9%
- #52 Armoured Commander II
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 584 reviews2021
Dev: Gregory Adam Scott
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 30.3 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: Tanks 21.8% ★, Wargame 13.6%, Historical 11.9%, Military 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #53 Headquarters: World War II
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 668 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: Tanks 15.3% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Military 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%, Historical 9.1%
- #54 Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
67% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Prove to have a true Strategic Mind! Spirit of Liberty will put your strategic planning skills to the test. It’s a hardcore, turn-based, historically accurate strategy game set in WWII. Lead Finnish forces against an overwhelming threat through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War.
Why similar: Tanks 15.5% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Military 11.1%, Alternate History 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%
- #55 Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,187 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: RTS 38.8%, Strategy 20.5%, Military 12.3%, Tanks 9.2% ★, War 6%
- #56 Invasion Machine
68% matchMixed66% of 624 reviews2020
Dev: Pixel Machine
Windows
Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.
Why similar: Military 23.2%, RTS 21%, Wargame 18.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 9.2%
- #57 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
66% matchMixed70% of 995 reviews2024
Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!
Why similar: Tanks 23.6% ★, Wargame 19.5%, Military 12.9%, Historical 12.6%, War 10.5%
- #58 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
66% matchVery Positive81% of 3,880 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: RTS 17.8%, Alternate History 17.2%, Military 15.6%, Historical 12.9%, War 11.2%
- #59 Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943
70% matchMixed68% of 230 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: Tanks 28.5% ★, Strategy 27.5%, Simulation 24.8%, RTS 19.1%