Games Like Cossacks: Art of War

Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!

Why similar: RTS 37.8%, Historical 21.1%, Base Building 18.1%, Strategy 12.3%, Economy 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This modern remake stays true to the original mechanics while updating the graphics and performance for modern systems.

This game is devoted to the key events of the XVII–XVIII centuries.

Why similar: RTS 39%, Strategy 36.2%, Historical 24.8%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational entry in the series that established the core RTS gameplay and historical scope.

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.

Why similar: RTS 46.5%, Strategy 27.7%, Historical 25.8%

Why You'll Like It: A direct sequel that shifts the focus to the Napoleonic era while maintaining the series' signature large-scale army management.

The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

Why similar: Real-Time 36% ★, Base Building 19.5%, RTS 16.9%, Historical 10.5%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS that emphasizes castle building and large-scale unit management in a historical setting.

In American Conquest, Players set sail from Europe to discover new world and conquer its innumerable riches.

Why similar: RTS 50.3%, Historical 28.5%, Strategy 21.3%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team using the same engine, this game offers an identical feel and scale to the Cossacks series.

Lead powerful civilizations across the globe, master strategies and tactics, and relive history in co op battles—now remastered in stunning 4K and modernized gameplay.

Why similar: RTS 41.1%, Base Building 26.7%, Historical 18.2%, Strategy 14%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar historical timeframe and base-building mechanics with a focus on colonial-era warfare.

Rise of Nations is back! Play the updated classic with full Steamworks integration and enhanced features!

Why similar: RTS 45.6%, Real-Time 17.7% ★, Historical 16.1%, Strategy 14.6%, Base Building 6%

Why You'll Like It: Blends classic RTS mechanics with grand strategy elements, allowing for massive historical campaigns.

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: Wargame 44.2%, Historical 26.5%, Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that perfectly captures the military doctrine and unit types of the 17th-century period.

It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to forge himself a name to be remembered throughout all eternity. This is your moment.

Why similar: RTS 47.8%, Historical 30.2%, Strategy 22%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a mix of turn-based strategy and real-time tactical battles set during the Napoleonic era.

Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.4% ★, RTS 31.1%, Strategy 13.9%, Historical 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep grand strategy experience with real-time battles that feel grand in scale.

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: RTS 52.3%, Historical 18.8%, Strategy 17.6%, Difficult 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS that prioritizes historical unit accuracy and tactical positioning on the battlefield.

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 27.2%, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, RTS 21.2%, Historical 11.6%, Strategy RPG 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical management of massive armies and realistic unit behavior during historical conflicts.

Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.

Why similar: Wargame 31.8%, Grand Strategy 28.9% ★, RTS 21.9%, Economy 8.7%, Strategy 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that allows for deep control over historical progression and military expansion.

Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail is a tactical wargame from the creators of the Ultimate General series set amidst the epic naval campaigns in the period of the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Why similar: Historical 23.1%, Strategy 22.4%, Difficult 18.9%, RTS 18.2%, Wargame 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features tactical combat and strategic management set in the 18th and 19th centuries, emphasizing historical naval and land warfare.

XIII Century Gold Edition combines the highly successful strategy game XIII Century: Death or Glory with the follow-up sequel, XIII Century: Blood of Europe.XIII Century: Death or Glory is an RTS game which immerses players in the Middle Ages.

Why similar: Strategy 56.6%, RTS 43.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on real-time tactical combat with a high degree of historical accuracy for medieval warfare.

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 52.8%, RTS 47.2%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical RTS that demands careful unit management and understanding of historical military tactics.

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: Grand Strategy 47.3% ★, Historical 27.1%, Economy 15.5%, Strategy 10%

Why You'll Like It: Combines 4X strategy with character-driven gameplay and historical depth, appealing to fans of grand strategy.

Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.3% ★, Wargame 18.9%, Historical 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 16%, Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that captures the complexity and scale of historical military expansion.

Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun is a turn-based tactical and strategic game set during the Sengoku era; primarily focusing on the Japanese Warring States period and Japanese Invasion of Korea.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 45.2% ★, Historical 32.7%, Strategy 22.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical wargame that mirrors the unit-based combat and historical focus of the Cossacks series.

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 49.9%, Strategy 15%, Historical 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%, Top-Down 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex wargame for players who appreciate the high-level strategic difficulty found in the Cossacks series.

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: Wargame 56.2%, Strategy 43.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that emphasizes unit positioning, terrain, and historical military scenarios.

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: Wargame 70.1%, Strategy 29.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-level wargame that offers immense strategic depth for players interested in historical military operations.

Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 46.9% ★, Historical 17.9%, Strategy 16.1%, RTS 15.4%, 2D 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that emphasizes map control and military expansion in a historical context.

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 25.1%, Wargame 23.9%, Historical 18.3%, Strategy RPG 17.1%, Procedural Generation 8.8%

Real Warfare: 1242, is a realistic real-time strategy game based on authentic historic events.

Why similar: RTS 58%, Strategy 42%

Why You'll Like It: A historical RTS that focuses on large-scale medieval combat and realistic unit formations.

Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.

Why similar: Wargame 41.1%, Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, Historical 21.7%, Strategy 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic wargame set in the era of global expansion that requires careful resource and military management.

A turn-based strategy war chess game. You will play a commander in the Roman period, and command the generals and troops to complete the specified mission objectives and occupy important strongholds in the level. Rome, Samnite, Epirus, Carthage. Different choices will open different histories!

Why similar: Wargame 26.5%, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Strategy RPG 14.1%, Historical 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that focuses on historical military campaigns and unit-based combat.

Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 43.5% ★, Strategy 29.5%, Historical 27.1%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of tactical wargames that provides a variety of historical scenarios and strategic challenges.

AGEod goes back to the Napoleonic era and delivers the most detailed and comprehensive strategy game ever created about a time of struggle and conquest that forged modern Europe.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 40.2% ★, Historical 33.2%, Strategy 26.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that captures the grand scale and political complexity of the Napoleonic era.

Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.2% ★, Wargame 27.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Historical 10.1%

Cossacks: Back to War contains all of the gameplay features of Cossacks: European Wars and Cossacks: The Art of War, this is a complete care package for all current and future Cossacks fans. This add-on contains two new nations: Switzerland and Hungary.

Why similar: RTS 54.8%, Strategy 25.3%, Historical 20%

Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is a standalone add-on for "Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars" presenting new nations with the possibility to wage multiplayer battles.

Why similar: RTS 41.7%, Strategy 30.3%, Historical 28.1%

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: RTS 45%, Historical 22.6%, Strategy 20.8%, Difficult 11.7%

Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era, offering both single-player and multiplayer experiences where you can control every unit in character mode. Build your castle, lead your army, and dominate the map. Eyes of War invites you to epic battles of the medieval era!

Why similar: Wargame 30.1%, RTS 27.3%, Base Building 11%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Historical 8.8%

New Real Time Strategy Game based on medieval times, where you will control powerful factions and empires, with large-scale epic battles, asymmetric civilizations, unit customization system with RPG elements, dynamic AI, 8K support and much more.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, Wargame 21.3%, RTS 20.1%, Strategy RPG 15.3%, Historical 11.2%

In this real-time grand strategy game, command armies, build cities, and manage a dynamic economy. Establish automated supply routes within your territory to streamline production. Fortify your defenses and brace for intense battles. Can you lead your empire to dominance?

Why similar: Wargame 29.8%, Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, RTS 22.4%, Economy 10%, Procedural Generation 8.3%

As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 34% ★, RTS 25.6%, Strategy 15.1%, Historical 13.8%, Real-Time 11.5% ★

Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades is the next installment in this series of realistic real-time strategy games covering various periods in the development of the present day civilization – from the Middle Ages to today.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

American Conquest: Fight Back is the sequel to American Conquest. The most significant events of that glorious time have found their way into this title.

Why similar: RTS 54.6%, Historical 24.5%, Strategy 20.9%

Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

Why similar: Real-Time 37.5% ★, RTS 19.5%, Base Building 11.9%, Historical 11.3%, Economy 9.3%

This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?

Why similar: Wargame 21.4%, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, RTS 17.2%, Historical 14.4%, Strategy RPG 13.7%

Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.

Why similar: Real-Time 37.6% ★, RTS 31.4%, Historical 15.7%, Strategy 11.6%, Base Building 3.7%

This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.

Why similar: Wargame 28.1%, Grand Strategy 23.8% ★, RTS 23.3%, Historical 11.5%, Strategy 5.2%

Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.

Why similar: Wargame 42.1%, RTS 33.7%, Historical 17.2%, Strategy 7%

Attack at Dawn is a WWII strategy game that mixes the ease of real-time action with the depth of operational gameplay, all on beautifully crafted North Africa maps. Plan your strategy like Rommel or Montgomery and better the real history.

Why similar: Real-Time 23.9% ★, Wargame 19%, RTS 18.2%, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Historical 11.5%

Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.

Why similar: RTS 32.6%, Base Building 19.5%, Historical 17.7%, Economy 14.3%, Strategy 12%

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 49%, Strategy 25.5%, Real-Time 14.7% ★, Historical 10.8%

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 51.6%, Strategy 22.8%, Historical 16.7%, Difficult 8.9%

The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Wargame 21.3%, RTS 18.5%, Historical 11.4%, Base Building 9.7%

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 40.7%, RTS 23.7%, Strategy 17.1%, Historical 12.1%, Difficult 6.3%

WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.

Why similar: Wargame 39.3%, Historical 30.1%, Strategy 27%, 2D 3.5%

Experience the sequel to the Role-playing Real Time Strategy Hit!

Why similar: RTS 47.4%, Strategy 27.1%, RPG 25.5%

Commandos 2: Men of Courage is a tactical action/strategy game set against the backdrop of World War II. Take control of an elite group of commandos who must venture deep into enemy territory and utilize their combined expertise to complete a series of mission-based objectives.

Why similar: RTS 42.6%, Strategy 41.9%, Difficult 15.4%

Field of Glory II Medieval is a turn-based tactical game set in the High Middle Ages from 1040 AD to 1270 AD. Developed by legendary designer Richard Bodley Scott it brings the best from the tabletop world into the best digital framework.

Why similar: Wargame 34.5%, Strategy RPG 23.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Turn-Based Combat 6.2%

In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords，develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements

Why similar: Grand Strategy 25% ★, CRPG 17%, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Historical 13.4%, Wargame 13.3%

A real-time strategy+team competition game, in 189, the Han Dynasty launched a mutual attack and expansion of territories, operating their own forces, and seizing generals and resources until the world was unified.

Why similar: Wargame 25.3%, Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, RTS 20.1%, Base Building 9.1%, Historical 8.3%

A turn-based strategy game based off the Napoleonic Wars! Lead, attack, buy, and communicate. Learn how to play difficult 4x grand strategy games by starting with simple strategy. *Disclaimer, this game is made by a teenager for a school project*

Why similar: Wargame 28.2%, Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 18%, Historical 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 7.3%

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 34.9%, Grand Strategy 31.2% ★, Historical 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 7.8%, Strategy 6.5%

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 31.7%, Wargame 23%, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Historical 13.6%, Strategy 9.3%

Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 36.8% ★, Historical 19.5%, RTS 19%, Strategy 10.2%, Economy 7.7%