- #1 Tyrannis: Co-Prosperity
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: cGh ONE
Windows
Tyrannis: Co-Prosperity is sequel to our first game Tyrannis, and it brings back the accessible turn-based asymmetric gameplay as you fight a massive megacorporation along the Pacific Rim. Battle the Kirihara Group's Security Division across 40 new maps and a brand new campaign mode!
Why similar: Wargame 37.2%, Strategy 29.5%, Alternate History 27.2%, Combat 6.1%
- #2 山海长歌
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: 南京指尖互娱数字科技有限公司
Windows
Shan Hai Chang Ge is a war strategy tower defense game based on the battle of the deer. The Chiyou army is about to attack your city, you need to continuously improve the army lineup, use the recruitment order reasonably, and help the Yellow Emperor defeat Chiyou.
Why similar: Wargame 43.2%, Strategy 34.7%, Top-Down 14.4%, Combat 7.7%
- #3 Spread Out! Hold Naar' Havok
96% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Paul Lahmy
Windows
Easy and deep wargame. Choose your army (the Elves or the Orcs), win the war by controlling 5 of the 9 territories or by killing the enemy king. Deploy reinforcements.
Why similar: Wargame 44.9%, Strategy 35.7%, Top-Down 12%, Combat 7.4%
- #4 Project R
95% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Yannick GuerinPub: Yannick Guérin
Windows
A tactical turn-based strategy game. Fight your enemies, or be destroy.
Why similar: Wargame 48.5%, Strategy 39.6%, Combat 11.9%
- #5 Maneuver Warfare 2: BTG
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decisive Action Games
Windows
A simulation of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War where the player maneuvers battalion tactical groups on a map and controls assets such as aircraft, special forces teams, satellites, field hospitals, and repair facilities to support these. The player can play single battles or a campaign game.
Why similar: Wargame 46.8%, Strategy 33.5%, Top-Down 11.8%, Combat 8%
- #6 Theater Commander: The Coming Wars, Modern War Game
94% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Sand Table Software
Windows
A real-time modern warfare simulation game on campaign and battle level, Theater Commander features more than a dozen scenarios covering hypothetical conflicts around the globe involving current air, naval and land force from 17 countries.
Why similar: Wargame 55.3%, Strategy 44.7%
- #7 HOLD THE LINE
92% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: Art Equilibrium
Windows
HOLD THE LINE is a dark 3D tower defense about humanity’s last stand against the Ashen horde. Build and upgrade turrets, use mines, artillery, and napalm, manage scarce resources, and hold the defense through relentless waves.
Why similar: Wargame 46.4%, Strategy 36.4%, Top-Down 15.7%, Indie 1.5%
- #8 Armor Blitz
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Red Wolves StudiosPub: Lost Mesa Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Armor Blitz is a perfect couch game with friends or go online to battle in various multiplayer modes. Destroy other tanks, grab boosts and navigate through dozens of maps in single player or co-op campaigns; fight other players in PVP or teams mode in this game that hearkens back to the classics.
Why similar: Wargame 44.9%, Strategy 33.3%, Top-Down 13.8%, Combat 8.1%
- #9 Keep of the knights
91% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: -drakula-747
Windows
Keep of the Knights is a battle simulator game where you can battle hordes of barbarians and other monsters. Upgrade your armor and weapons, hire allies, and, of course defend your keep!!!
Why similar: Wargame 44.6%, Strategy 28.9%, Top-Down 18.5%, Combat 6%, Indie 2%
- #10 Doodle Empires
89% matchVery Positive92% of 982 reviews2025
Dev: Turtle Stack Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Doodle Empires is an alternate history sandbox game all about drawing your own nations with your own histories and stories in a variety of maps. Watch your world take shape and evolve over time, and decide which nations will rise and which nations will fall.
Why similar: Alternate History 39.2%, Wargame 24.1%, Strategy 21.2%, Top-Down 7.8%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #11 King
91% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: ZhangGuanRu
Windows
This is a game that combines strategy, tactics and role-playing. You travel to a magical world and become a king. You will manage your own country and conquer the world through diplomacy and war.
Why similar: Wargame 42.3%, Strategy 26.2%, Alternate History 22.1%, Top-Down 9.3%
- #12 Armageddon Empires
90% matchPositive92% of 48 reviews2021
Dev: Cryptic Comet Games
Windows
Armageddon Empires is a computer turn based strategy game that takes the best elements of collectable card games, board games, and computer games and brings them all together to provide a unique interactive strategy war game experience.
Why similar: Wargame 47%, Strategy 36.1%, Top-Down 17%
- #13 SGS Sealion
87% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Game SudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Operation Sealion is Germany's code name for the planned invasion of Britain in 1940. It could have happened after a victory of the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Find out in this game how in could have unfolded.
Why similar: Wargame 44.5%, Strategy 32.8%, Alternate History 22.7%
- #14 Waronoi
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: MFCPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Command modern military armies by zooming out and issuing orders to large formations, or zooming in to issue orders to individual squads and vehicles. Waronoi is the real-time strategy war game.
Why similar: Wargame 43.3%, Strategy 32.1%, Top-Down 15.7%, Combat 7.5%, Indie 1.3%
- #15 The Campaign Series: Fall Weiss
89% matchMixed47% of 122 reviews2014
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Set during the early events of World War 2, Fall Weiss is a new successor to the Panzer General
Why similar: Strategy 55%, Wargame 39.1%, Indie 5.9%
- #16 Reposition Defense
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: HugePixel
Windows
A tactical Tower Defense with the ability to reposition your troops! Deploy your available warriors to hold back the forces of darkness engulfing the kingdom.
Why similar: Wargame 45.7%, Strategy 34.3%, Top-Down 13%, Combat 7%
- #17 Napoleon in Russia
86% matchPositive75% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Napoleons Invasion of Russia began on 24 June 1812 when the Grande Armée crossed the Neman River to engage and attempt to defeat the Russian army.
Why similar: Strategy 78.4%, Wargame 21.6%
- #18 Defense Builder
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: Aries
Windows
Defense Builder is a sci-fi tower defense game. Players can build various defense towers to resist enemy attacks. There are as many as 36 types of available units, and it features a highly free economic system and defense system.
Why similar: Wargame 41%, Strategy 38.4%, Top-Down 12.3%, Combat 8.3%
- #19 WEGO World War II: Stalingrad
84% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Brian KellyPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WEGO World War II: Stalingrad is a hex-based wargame depicting the German offensive to seize Stalingrad in 1942. With historical scenarios and dynamic campaigns, players command forces in one of WWII’s most pivotal battles.
Why similar: Wargame 50.3%, Strategy 39.5%, Combat 10.1%
- #20 Command & Control: Spec Ops (Remastered)
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: C&C Game Studio
Windows
Tower Defence about the war against the Syndicate.
Why similar: Wargame 46.9%, Strategy 36.3%, Top-Down 16.8%
- #21 Simple Sanguo
82% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: clip_on
Windows · Mac
连角色头像都没有,谁会想玩吗?你别说,汉字就是有这样的魔力。有的人,你只要看到了他的姓名,就愿意舍命追随!恰好,刘备就是这样的人!如果你也厌倦了武力、智力的争吵,简易三国志同样是你不该错过的游戏!在《刘备篇》里跟随刘备纵横天下,然后在无尽挑战中验证自己的操作吧!!
Why similar: Wargame 34.2%, Alternate History 31.7%, Strategy 19.3%, Top-Down 11.3%, Combat 3.5%
- #22 Close Combat: Modern Tactics
83% matchMostly Negative40% of 30 reviews2021
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. Close Combat - Modern Tactics was originally released in 2007, and re-released on Steam in 2021.
Why similar: Wargame 45.6%, Strategy 34.9%, Top-Down 12.7%, Combat 6.8%
- #23 Colonial Conquest
82% matchMixed62% of 262 reviews2015
Dev: Argonauts InteractivePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 49.9%, Strategy 28.3%, Alternate History 19.8%, Indie 2.1%
- #24 Vietnam '66
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Every Single Soldier
Windows
The successor to the critically acclaimed Vietnam '65!
Why similar: Wargame 55.1%, Strategy 44.9%
- #25 INVESTMENT HERO
81% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: SexyPolygonGames
Windows
In INVESTMENT HERO you will learn investing and increasing your capital in a beautiful, minimalistic way. Work hard, trade stocks or create a business with real estate - but do not go bankrupt!
Why similar: Strategy 73.5%, Top-Down 23.1%, Indie 3.3%
- #26 Archipelago Luminary
78% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Gove
Windows
《Archipelago: Luminary》 is a minimalist 2D tower defense game, where players must strategically plan the construction of turrets and manage resources to fend off waves of enemy attacks. Across 14 levels, players fight back continuously—from the last sanctuary to former territories.
Why similar: Wargame 56.3%, Strategy 20.4%, Top-Down 16%, Combat 5.9%, Indie 1.3%
- #27 Little Heroes
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: 超级大发喵
Windows
A real-time strategy game where you build your own army to consolidate your territory.
Why similar: Wargame 66.5%, Strategy 24.9%, Combat 7.4%, Indie 1.3%
- #28 TEAM SIX - Armored Troops
78% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Devmaru Inc.
Windows
A squad-based strategic action game where you command six types of special units to complete missions. It offers a variety of gameplay options, including large-scale battles, infiltration, sniping, and armored warfare.
Why similar: Wargame 53.2%, Top-Down 20.3%, Strategy 13.9%, Combat 10.7%, Indie 1.9%
- #29 Fleet Craft
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aries
Windows
"Fleet Craft" is a real-time strategy game with a science fiction theme. Players can build land fleets composed of large tanks, robots and other units. You can customize the weapons on the unit to achieve different functions.
Why similar: Strategy 42.8%, Wargame 35.9%, Top-Down 13.3%, Combat 8%
- #30 Bargain ssp Wargame
80% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Mark AinsworthPub: (Mark Ainsworth)
Windows
Naval Grid Based , turn based Hard core Wargame. A.I. can control any ship so no need to micromanage , it has a live database to find targets. there is a supply mechanic, all ships need supplies fuel and repair and rearming , transport ships and major base's supply everything.
Why similar: Wargame 65.5%, Strategy 34.5%
- #31 Civil War: 1863
79% matchMixed58% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Strategy 55.9%, Wargame 44.1%
- #32 Within the Range
76% matchMixed56% of 241 reviews2021
Dev: Aries
Windows
This game is no longer updated, do not buy!! RTS with physical details. Formulate strategies based on terrain and unit characteristics
Why similar: Wargame 58%, Strategy 32.4%, Combat 8.1%, Indie 1.6%
- #33 War of Dots
71% matchVery Positive82% of 4,056 reviews2026
Dev: TeaAndPython
Windows
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: Wargame 36.6%, Strategy 33.1%, Alternate History 16.4%, Top-Down 12.8%, Indie 1.1%
- #34 Frontline : Road to Moscow
77% matchMixed59% of 66 reviews2014
Dev: 88mmPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Take command of the German army through some of the most famous battles of the war, leading the mighty Wehrmacht on towards Moscow. The variety of maps and battle situations is what makes Frontline so different and engaging: players are confronted with blitzkriegs, trench wars and dog fights, but also unusual situation such as missions...
Why similar: Strategy 66.5%, Wargame 33.5%
- #35 SGS Battle For: Dien Bien Phu
73% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The emblematic siege battle of Dien Bien Phu that ended French rule over Indochina in 1954. Fight for the defense of the fortified camp or try to storm it, in order to reach the upcoming Geneva Peace Conference in a position of force.
Why similar: Wargame 51.9%, Strategy 39%, Combat 9%
- #36 Chariots of War
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Chariots of War is an operational real-time game where you can play one of 58 different nations on a huge historically accurate and beautiful map covering the entire Middle East! Build up your cities and keep their inhabitants happy.
Why similar: Wargame 57.2%, Strategy 42.8%
- #37 SUPROTYV
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SM_SALT
Windows
SUPROTYV is a survival game set in controlled regions of Ukraine, where every step matters. Gather resources, interact with civilians, and make smart choices to survive. Dynamic weather, day-night cycles, and detailed locations create tension and immersion in a world full of unseen threats.
Why similar: Wargame 60.9%, Alternate History 37.7%, Indie 1.4%
- #38 Power Struggle
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: PSSPub: MIRROR Soft
Windows · Linux
Power Struggle is a game of world domination. It is not intended to be a high brow simulation of any past, present or future world situation, but a game of fun based on strategy and tactics.
Why similar: Strategy 74.1%, Wargame 25.9%
- #39 Insect Wars
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MauricePub: The Chair Studios
Windows
Insect Wars is a real-time strategy game where you lead an army of insects. Collect resources, build your colony, and destroy the enemy's to win. Scout the enemy, master different unit types and technologies, and face off in 1v1 or team-up against the AI.
Why similar: Wargame 49.8%, Strategy 40.6%, Combat 9.6%
- #40 SGS Operation Hawaii
73% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On December 7th, 1941, the Empire of Japan struck a surprise blow against unsuspecting American forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaï. In the ensuing confusion and panic, the USA feared a Japanese invasion of Oahu island, but it fortunately did not materialize. But what would have happened if it had?
Why similar: Wargame 45.2%, Strategy 33.1%, Alternate History 21.7%
- #41 Occupy
70% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: BananaDogGames
Windows
Accumulate soldiers and capture cities. Choose the optimal attack routes and timing. Formulate strategies to adapt to the ever-changing battlefield and assemble your forces wisely. Defeat enemies, upgrade your troops, and take on even greater challenges.
Why similar: Wargame 60%, Strategy 33%, Combat 7.1%
- #42 Allied Ambush
76% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Merlin Pieters
Windows
Defend your city from the onslaught of the dark army. A game of skill and strategy. Deploy machine gunners, snipers and towers. move your men into towers to increase their shooting range. Three challenging levels to conquer.
Why similar: Wargame 43.8%, Strategy 33.3%, Top-Down 15.4%, Combat 6.2%, Indie 1.3%
- #43 Waterloo
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Turcan Research SystemsPub: MIRROR Soft
Windows · Linux
The DOS classic now available on Steam. Fight the most famous battle in history from a whole new perspective!
Why similar: Strategy 60.1%, Wargame 39.9%
- #44 Crowd Medieval City War
71% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Mete DenizPub: MPARSDENIZ
Windows · Linux
Fight with medieval soldiers in a fantastic city.
Why similar: Wargame 56.3%, Strategy 43.7%
- #45 Austerlitz
72% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Turcan Research SystemsPub: MIRROR Soft
Windows · Linux
Get ready relive the DOS classic and to experience the Horror and Glory that was the battle of Austerlitz!
Why similar: Strategy 60.1%, Wargame 39.9%
- #46 1000 Missiles: Defense of Tornwa
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Dancing Dots
Windows
Missile Defense Game: Protect Your Country The enemy will employ various strategies to breach your defenses. Stay adaptable to survive. Defend Your Nation: Use strategic placement and upgrades of your AA systems to fend off relentless missile attacks and protect your country.
Why similar: Wargame 57.2%, Strategy 22.3%, Top-Down 18.6%, Indie 1.9%
- #47 Ratten Reich
70% matchMixed45% of 659 reviews2025
Dev: METALLADLERSTUDIO
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Ratten Reich is an RTS focusing on realistic combat in a unique, steampunk/dieselpunk world ripped apart by an ongoing war between rats, mice, cockroaches, and lizards.
Why similar: Wargame 37.1%, Alternate History 26%, Strategy 18%, Top-Down 12.9%, Combat 6%
- #48 Kriegsspiel ~ 7 Years' War
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: La Forge du Code
Windows
Play as a 7 Years' War general in Kriegsspiel ~ 7 Years' War, a real-time wargame. You command huge armies, but depend on couriers to send orders to your troops, and to be aware of the situation on the battlefield. Think strategically, and send the right orders to win every of your battle!
Why similar: Wargame 56.8%, Strategy 29.1%, Top-Down 9.3%, Combat 4.8%
- #49 king of the hill
69% matchMostly Negative33% of 42 reviews2025
Dev: BananaDogGames
Windows
King of the Hill is a 2D cartoon RTS. Start small, expand your forces, and capture cities to control the battlefield. With 80+ levels, 20+ upgradeable unit types, and 15+ rune combos, battles mix simple controls with deep strategy. Easy to play, hard to master
Why similar: Wargame 51.2%, Strategy 40.2%, Combat 8.6%
- #50 Field of Glory: Kingdoms
68% matchVery Positive83% of 317 reviews2024
Dev: AGEODPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Politics, religion, war. They are nothing without a legacy that can stand the test of time. Lead any nation, and turn it into a mighty kingdom in one of the most compelling grand strategy games ever created.
Why similar: Wargame 53.9%, Strategy 46.1%
- #51 Project R2
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Yannick Guérin
Windows
Build, fight and destroy. Command a squads of customizable combat robots in strategic battles across diverse environments.
Why similar: Wargame 49.9%, Strategy 39.8%, Combat 10.2%
- #52 Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War
66% 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 55.6%, Strategy 29.2%, Top-Down 15.2%
- #53 三国阵
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Fuzhou Gaochang
Windows
《三国阵》is a unique 2D confrontation game. The simple and easy-to-understand way of deploying troops on the battlefield frees up your hands. You just need to send out troops, and the soldiers will keep fighting to help you defeat the enemies.
Why similar: Wargame 43.8%, Strategy 35.8%, Top-Down 13.5%, Combat 6.9%
- #54 Operation HOPE - Tower Defense
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Azman Games
Windows
A comic-style tower defense game where The HOPE is humanity’s last weapon. Defend the cure against waves of unique zombies in this stylized top-down zombie survival experience.
Why similar: Wargame 49.7%, Strategy 37%, Top-Down 13.3%
- #55 Retaliation Path of Kingdoms
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: MNZ SoftwarePub: Xteam Software Solutions srl
Windows
Path of Kingdoms is a strategy game where the player must defeat all the factions of the kingdom to reach the goal, each faction has a story that evolves as it conquers territories.
Why similar: Wargame 49.9%, Strategy 39.2%, Combat 9.2%, Indie 1.6%
- #56 Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far
67% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Atomic GamesPub: SNEG
Windows
Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far challenges you to take control of five strategic bridges in the most dramatic battle of World War II. From war-room strategy to gritty trench combat, battlefields come to life as you command Allied or Axis powers. It's a fight where every second counts.
Why similar: Wargame 46.8%, Strategy 32.4%, Top-Down 11.6%, Combat 9.2%
- #57 Rebel Fury
65% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Hexes of WarPub: GMT Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebel Fury is a digital implementation of the wargame published by GMT Games and designed by Mark Herman.
Why similar: Wargame 54%, Strategy 44.2%, Indie 1.8%
- #58 Flocking Wars
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: eoin tolster
Windows · Linux
Command armies of flocking creatures in this fast-paced RTS. Battle for control of strategic nodes, utilize terrain advantages, and dominate the continent in the single-player campaign.
Why similar: Wargame 50.5%, Strategy 38.3%, Combat 9.6%, Indie 1.7%
- #59 The Finnish War
67% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: AcroGames
Windows
In a time when the Napoleonic Wars were raging in Europe, another minor theatre took place in the far north. In the lands of the Kingdom of Sweden, in modern-day Finland, the Finnish War was a conflict in a dangerous land that saw stories, battles, and heroes unlike anywhere else in the continent.
Why similar: Wargame 64.5%, Strategy 35.5%
- #60 闪耀战争
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 瞬息万变
Windows
一款回合制策略游戏
Why similar: Wargame 53.4%, Strategy 31.3%, Top-Down 13.8%, Indie 1.5%