- #1 Panzer Corps 2
97% matchVery Positive85% of 4,207 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 59.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Hex Grid 18.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based 10.9%, Wargame 10.9%, Military 10.8%
- #2 Panzer Corps Gold
96% matchVery Positive92% of 2,739 reviews2014
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 56.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The ultimate edition of Panzer Corps, containing hundreds of scenarios and all its expansions. Panzer Corps Gold is the culmination of the wargame that has enthralled millions of fans all around the globe, and now it’s your chance to fully experience a real classic.
Why similar: Hex Grid 18.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Wargame 16.1%, Turn-Based 12.8%, Strategy 8.7%
- #3 WarPlan
96% matchVery Positive82% of 232 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken Studios
Windows
WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database
Why similar: Hex Grid 18.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8%, Wargame 13.3%, Military 11.7%, Turn-Based 10.2%
- #4 Hex of Steel
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 912 reviews2020
Dev: War Frogs Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
Why similar: Hex Grid 21.8% ★, Wargame 13.3%, Military 12.6%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #5 Second Front
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 673 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: Hex Grid 22.1% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Turn-Based 12.2%, Tanks 9.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
- #6 World War 2: Strategy Simulator
94% matchMostly Negative36% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: joynowstudio
Windows
★Tactics & Collocations 30+ Historical Campaigns: Normandy Landing, Operation Market Garden 2 Warfare Conflict Camps: Allies faction and ally Axis 30+ large battlefield maps are provide in this strategy games Omni-directional combat space: naval battle, air combat, land battle.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.6%, Wargame 15.4%, Military 13.5%, Tanks 11.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #7 Millennia
93% matchMixed67% of 3,788 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.3%, Hex Grid 13.6% ★, Turn-Based 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Military 9.4%
- #8 Panzer Strategy
92% matchMixed65% of 471 reviews2018
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Panzer Strategy is a World War II wargame that combines classic turn-based strategy gameplay with modern looks. Command your armies and adapt your units to any objective using a huge selection of real-life military equipment and battle skills.
Why similar: Hex Grid 18.1% ★, Turn-Based 15.4%, Military 12.3%, Tanks 11.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
- #9 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 20.4 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 16.1%, Military 14.3%, Tanks 12.2% ★, Hex Grid 10.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #10 Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
91% matchVery Positive88% of 161 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: Hex Grid 15.6% ★, Wargame 13.2%, Military 12.4%, Tanks 10.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #11 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
90% matchVery Positive90% of 586 reviews2015
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30%, Wargame 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Turn-Based 8.9%
- #12 Warplan Pacific
89% matchVery Positive88% of 100 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 18.8%, Wargame 18.7%, Military 14.8%, Hex Grid 14% ★, Strategy 9.5%
- #13 Tank Operations: European Campaign
89% matchVery Positive82% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Linked DimensionsPub: 2tainment GmbH
Windows
Tank Operation: European Campaign - is a turn-based, tactical war game with a dozen nerve-racking historical scenarios on the various battlefields of World War II. As an allied general you fight right on the frontline to defeat the Third Reich with all its destructive potential.
Why similar: Hex Grid 17.8% ★, Military 11.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Wargame 11.6%, Tanks 9.3% ★
- #14 Total Tank Generals
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 325 reviews2023
Dev: Noobz From PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Every war has its Generals. Take command of an army during World War II and lead them to victory. Strategize your way through many scenarios and real historical military campaigns of past generals.
Why similar: Hex Grid 27.3% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Military 11.4%, War 9%
- #15 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence
88% matchVery Positive84% of 622 reviews2015
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Become a Daimyo of the Warring States period of Japanese history in NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION, a historical simulation game of conquest and domination. It is the 30th anniversary of this series and this current release, NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence, is the crown of the series.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.4%, Wargame 17%, Military 13.2%, War 10.5%, Alternate History 9.4%
- #16 Pacific General
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Strategic SimulationsPub: SNEG
Windows
Pacific General explores the Pacific front of the Second World War. Taking control of Axis or Allied forces, you must strategically battle your way through the Eastern and Western front of the Pacific war, using a wide array of land, air and naval forces.
Why similar: Wargame 21.6%, Hex Grid 16.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Military 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%
- #17 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,255 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 51.1 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: Grand Strategy 28.2%, Wargame 18.1%, Military 17.7%, Alternate History 8.9%, Tactical 7.4%
- #18 The Operational Art of War IV
85% matchVery Positive81% of 381 reviews2018
Dev: TrickeySoft LLCPub: Matrix Games
Windows
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 34.3%, Turn-Based 25.1%, Strategy 21.3%, Simulation 12%, War 7.2%
- #19 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
84% matchVery Positive92% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.3%, Hex Grid 19.9% ★, Wargame 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 7.9%
- #20 Imperial Ambitions
82% matchVery Positive81% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: aoiti
Windows · Mac
Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.5%, Hex Grid 18.1% ★, Wargame 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Alternate History 9.7%
- #21 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
82% matchVery Positive86% of 770 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.6%, Wargame 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, War 13.6%, Strategy 7.6%
- #22 Advanced Tactics Gold
84% matchVery Positive84% of 178 reviews2014
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Advanced Tactics: Gold offers a unique and infinitely replayable wargaming experience for any strategy fan. Building off of the enormous success of Advanced Tactics: World War II, the Gold edition gives players a more powerful game editor, much improved random game engine, many new features and abilities, and more.
Why similar: Hex Grid 34% ★, Wargame 22%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Strategy 10.1%
- #23 Strategic Command WWII: World at War
83% matchVery Positive84% of 620 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: Turn-Based 25%, Hex Grid 22.5% ★, Strategy 19.4%, Grand Strategy 18%, Wargame 15.1%
- #24 Tactical Annihilation
80% matchVery Positive98% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: B.G. Game Studio
Windows
Experience turn-based strategy with free-form base building, multi-unit control, colossal units, and powerful battle skills. It captures the depth of an RTS in turn-based form, like Advanced Wars with massive super units!
Why similar: Hex Grid 27.3% ★, Wargame 17.2%, Grand Strategy 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Military 9.1%
- #25 Armored Brigade II
79% matchVery Positive89% of 252 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: Grand Strategy 28.1%, Wargame 21.6%, Tanks 12.5% ★, Military 10.8%, War 8.8%
- #26 TINY METAL
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 290 reviews2017
Dev: AREA 35, Inc.Pub: Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. / UNTIES
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Craft unique strategies and outmaneuver your foes in TINY METAL, a turn-based Japanese wargame! With new tactical options, you will command over 16 tactically diverse units, flank, assault, deploy heroes from orbital dropships, and focus the firepower of multiple units to even out otherwise disastrous odds.
Why similar: Wargame 17.7%, Turn-Based 17.6%, Military 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, War 9.4%
- #27 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
79% matchVery Positive91% of 474 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 26.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Hex Grid 11.8% ★, Strategy 11.6%, War 9.3%
- #28 Supreme Ruler 1936
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 309 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.5%, Wargame 14.7%, Hex Grid 13.9% ★, Military 12.7%, Turn-Based 9.6%
- #29 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,749 reviews2022
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 20.4 hrsMean: 71.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Conquer Warring States Japan under one banner
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.9%, Wargame 23.2%, Alternate History 12.4%, Military 11.5%, Historical 8.1%
- #30 Age of History 3
74% matchVery Positive85% of 18,912 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Grand Strategy 33.2%, Wargame 25.8%, Alternate History 14.8%, War 9.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #31 ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE
77% matchMixed50% of 3,959 reviews2024
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Theater of war, infinite drama. A masterpiece of historical simulation "ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8" is revived after 20 years. Enjoy the greatest military drama in the Three Kingdoms series, with the largest number of officers and scenarios!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.8%, Wargame 19.6%, Military 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Alternate History 8.2%
- #32 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
76% matchVery Positive89% of 122 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 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Military 15.2%, Strategy 11.6%, War 9.2%
- #33 TINY METAL: FULL METAL RUMBLE
78% matchVery Positive81% of 188 reviews2019
Dev: AREA 35, Inc.Pub: AREA 34, Inc.
Windows
The world of TINY METAL expands! Command Wolfram & the White Fangs against the mysterious Dinoldan forces. 77 skirmish maps, 21+ diverse units, 39 challenging campaigns. Stop the ancient tech excavation. Turn-based Japanese storytelling meets intense tactical warfare. All skill levels welcome.
Why similar: Wargame 15.2%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Military 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Tanks 11.1% ★
- #34 Old World
75% matchVery Positive82% of 6,919 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 22.9%, Turn-Based 14.4%, Military 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, War 9.3%
- #35 NationWar2:Chronicle
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 430 reviews2024
Dev: Yiming
Windows
NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.1%, Turn-Based 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Military 11.9%, Wargame 10.3%
- #36 1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact
76% matchMixed49% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.
Why similar: Hex Grid 18.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.1%, Wargame 14.5%, Turn-Based 13.1%, Military 10.3%
- #37 Civil War: Battle of Petersburg
77% matchVery Positive82% of 246 reviews2017
Dev: Cult Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Command Union or Confederate forces near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Fight for a nation divided. Massively updated in 2026 with online multiplayer, 3D battlefield units, improved AI, and a powerful Scenario Editor for creating and sharing your own battles.
Why similar: Hex Grid 22.7% ★, Wargame 15.6%, Turn-Based 12.3%, Grand Strategy 11.8%, War 9.1%
- #38 Super Robot Wars 30
73% matchVery Positive86% of 6,515 reviews2021
Dev: Bandai Namco Forge Digitals Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 55.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 33.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.7%, Turn-Based 11.4%, Simulation 10.5%
- #39 Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
74% matchVery Positive84% of 82 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: Wargame 15%, Military 13.9%, Tanks 12.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Hex Grid 9.6% ★
- #40 Three Kingdoms Classic
70% matchVery Positive89% of 131 reviews2026
Dev: SEEAT
Windows · Mac
Lead a Three Kingdoms warlord in a turn-based grand strategy simulation focused on logistics, diplomacy, officer management, and large-scale warfare.
Why similar: Wargame 21.7%, Military 17.9%, War 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%
- #41 ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV
73% matchMixed63% of 16,294 reviews2020
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 20.7 hrsMean: 102.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Triumph over the land, take charge of the fate of China! Conquer territories and fly your colors!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.1%, Wargame 15.5%, Military 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Alternate History 9.7%
- #42 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
72% matchVery Positive85% of 512 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 15.0 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: Wargame 14.4%, Military 13.4%, Turn-Based 13%, Tanks 11.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
- #43 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
72% matchVery Positive81% of 870 reviews2020
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 17.2%, Military 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Alternate History 10.3%, Tanks 9.9% ★
- #44 Making History: The Second World War
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 291 reviews2018
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose a nation and prepare for the greatest conflict in human history, World War II. Build your military and industrial power, form alliances and race to achieve the advanced technologies that will bring total victory in this global-wide turn-based Grand Strategy struggle.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.4%, Turn-Based 13.2%, Military 12.1%, Wargame 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%
- #45 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
70% matchMixed61% of 8,005 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 81.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.6%, Wargame 20.1%, Military 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, War 9.4%
- #46 Armoured Commander II
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 605 reviews2021
Dev: Gregory Adam Scott
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 29.8 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 18.8% ★, Military 15.7%, Wargame 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Historical 8.2%
- #47 Wars Across The World
71% matchVery Positive82% of 224 reviews2017
Dev: StrategiaePub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Strategy 21.9%, Wargame 21.9%, Turn-Based 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Historical 11.7%
- #48 Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War
67% matchVery Positive99% of 160 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 44.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.3%, Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Combat 6.6%, Top-Down 4.9%
- #49 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
71% matchVery Positive80% of 2,709 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: Wargame 26.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Historical 15.9%, Military 12.6%, War 10.9%
- #50 Unity of Command II
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,215 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
Why similar: Hex Grid 15.5% ★, Grand Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based 13.1%, Wargame 11.5%, Military 8.1%
- #51 Shadow Empire
69% matchVery Positive84% of 1,961 reviews2020
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 77.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
Why similar: Hex Grid 21.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4%, Wargame 13.7%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #52 Strategos
66% matchVery Positive87% of 254 reviews2026
Dev: Strategos GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command of historical ones.
Why similar: Wargame 23.2%, Military 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, War 11.8%, Historical 9.3%
- #53 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Taishi
71% matchMixed50% of 998 reviews2017
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
"Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi" is the 15th entry in the historical simulation game series Nobunaga's Ambition. Where a warrior's resolve exceeds their ambition. We offer the grandest warring states experience to all the fans out there!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.4%, Wargame 18.3%, Military 16.3%, Alternate History 11.1%, War 10.7%
- #54 Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe
68% matchVery Positive90% of 443 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 66.6%, Turn-Based 33.4%
- #55 Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII
69% matchMixed58% of 7,626 reviews2016
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 115.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
"The ultimate depiction of the Three Kingdom. A heroic drama of a gathering of Legends. "With this as the concept behind Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13, we have compiled an experience that will immerse you even deeper into the world of the Three Kingdoms, with "human drama," seen through the interactions of the...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20%, Wargame 15.6%, Military 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Alternate History 9.5%
- #56 Fantasy General II
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,984 reviews2019
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The fantasy wargaming classic is back! Lead powerful heroes and mighty armies into battle in this critically acclaimed turn-based strategy milestone. Level up and train your units and guide them through a gripping story campaign to decide the fate of a world on the brink of destruction.
Why similar: Hex Grid 17.4% ★, Turn-Based 13%, Grand Strategy 12.8%, Wargame 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%
- #57 WARNO
64% matchMostly Positive80% of 16,164 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 72.6 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 23.3%, Military 20.8%, Tanks 13.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, War 10.7%
- #58 Order of Battle: World War II
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,179 reviews2015
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Order of Battle: World War II is a breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players.
Why similar: Hex Grid 20.1% ★, Wargame 17.5%, Turn-Based 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Strategy 11.5%
- #59 States of Power
62% matchVery Positive89% of 403 reviews2026
Dev: Sarunas
Windows
Command your nation's armies, economy, and diplomacy in this WWII Grand Strategy Wargame. Easy to start, hard to master and a full match fits in one session. Play singleplayer and multiplayer, or create, play and share your own custom scenarios with the built-in Scenario Editor.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.8%, Wargame 18.9%, Alternate History 13%, Military 12.4%, War 9.3%
- #60 Civil War II
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 355 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Wargame 14.9%, Strategy 14.6%, Historical 10.8%