- #1 Victory and Glory: Napoleon
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 155 reviews2016
Dev: Electric GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
From acclaimed boardgame designer Glenn Drover, a grand strategy game where you take the role of Napoleon Bonaparte and attempt to dominate the entire continent of Europe.
Why similar: Wargame 25.7%, Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, Board Game 19.6%, Historical 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #2 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
96% matchVery Positive92% of 134 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: Wargame 25.3%, Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, World War II 12.5% ★, Historical 8.5%
- #3 WarPlan
96% matchVery Positive82% of 230 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: Wargame 24.5%, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, World War II 15.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Historical 9.5%
- #4 Revolution Under Siege Gold
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 171 reviews2015
Dev: Sep RedsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Make the Reds side triumph to save the Soviet Proletarian revolution, or, on the other side, lead the Whites side to victory in order to place the old regime back in power and protect the countries of Europe from the perils of the revolution. This is the biggest civil war game you will ever play!
Why similar: Wargame 31.6%, Grand Strategy 27.6% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Historical 11.6%
- #5 Pavlov's House
94% matchVery Positive94% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: Bookmark Games
Windows · Mac
Take control of the valiant defenders of a Soviet strongpoint in Stalingrad as they hold out against constant German attacks for almost two months. Can you rise to the challenge of mounting odds and hold Pavlov’s House?
Why similar: Wargame 34.3%, Board Game 31.3%, World War II 20.3% ★, Strategy 11.7%, 2D 1.7%
- #6 Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game
94% matchVery Positive83% of 582 reviews2020
Dev: Lock 'n Load Publishing
Windows · Mac
Lock 'n Load Tactical is fast and Furious tactical combat that is fast to learn. In LnLT you get squads, weapon teams, armored vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, and, in the modern-era games, helicopters. Individuals such as Leaders, Medics, Snipers, Chaplains, Advisors, and, of course, Heroes.
Why similar: Wargame 37.1%, Board Game 29.7%, World War II 10.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%, Strategy 6.6%
- #7 Civil War II
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 351 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 28.8% ★, Wargame 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Historical 16.6%, Strategy 13.8%
- #8 Blocks!: Richard III
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Richard the Third is an epic two-player wargame that recreates the bloody dynastic struggle in the 15th century between the royal houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England.
Why similar: Board Game 34.7%, Wargame 26.8%, Strategy 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Historical 10.7%
- #9 Warplan Pacific
91% 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: Wargame 28.7%, World War II 23% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Historical 11.1%, Strategy 9.4%
- #10 Strategic Command: American Civil War
91% matchVery Positive85% of 249 reviews2022
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
For the first time in the series’ history, Strategic Command will be taking you to the 19th century battlefields of the American Civil War. You will control the armies, research, production and diplomatic policy of either the Union or the Confederacy during a time of innovation and dramatic battles.
Why similar: Wargame 40.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.4%, Historical 16.8%, Strategy 13.3%, Multiplayer 3.7%
- #11 Reiner Knizia Yellow & Yangtze
90% matchVery Positive91% of 120 reviews2019
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Lead your dynasty to victory in the new digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Board Game 21.1%, Wargame 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, War 8.1%
- #12 Fleet Commander: Pacific
89% matchMixed65% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: SEP FCOMPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Fleet Commander: Pacific is a grand strategic simulation of the naval war in the Pacific from 1941 to 1945. All major surface combat ships of the Japanese and Allied navies are present in this streamlined reproduction of the biggest maritime war ever.
Why similar: Wargame 26.4%, Board Game 23.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, World War II 13% ★, Historical 9.9%
- #13 SGS Afrika Korps
89% matchVery Positive82% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The game recreates the campaigns and battles of Erwin ‘Desert Fox’ Rommel’s legendary Afrika Korps, in Libya between 1941 and 1942. Play the Axis forces to conquer the most valuable prize of all: the Suez Canal. Or command the 8th Army soldiers, the famous Desert Rats, to repel the invaders.
Why similar: Wargame 35.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, World War II 18.3% ★, Historical 13.4%, Strategy 8.4%
- #14 Valor & Victory
88% matchMostly Positive70% of 193 reviews2021
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Valor & Victory is a fast-playing, easy to learn World War II squad-level game system. Based on the original Valor & Victory board game, the digital edition provides you with an accessible and deep challenge, developed for classic tabletop game lovers.
Why similar: Wargame 24%, Board Game 21%, World War II 17.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Historical 9%
- #15 Tank Operations: European Campaign
86% 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: Wargame 21.9%, World War II 20.8% ★, Strategy 14.1%, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%
- #16 Battle For Korsun
87% matchMostly Negative28% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
January 1944. The German Army had their last toehold on the Dneiper River. The Soviet player must coordinate the offensives of his Fronts to encircle the Germans quickly, before the Germans powerful reinforcements arrive.
Why similar: Wargame 35.8%, World War II 20% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Historical 11.3%, Strategy 10%
- #17 Attack at Dawn: North Africa
86% matchVery Positive88% of 103 reviews2022
Dev: Panzer Division Games
Windows
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: Wargame 24.7%, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, World War II 18.9% ★, Historical 11%, Board Game 8.6%
- #18 SGS Battle of the Bulge
84% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On 16 December 1944, under appalling weather conditions, the Germans launch their last major offensive in the West. Their goal: cut off the Allies from their sources of supply by taking Antwerp. To do so, they must break through the Ardennes salient, starting the battle of the Bulge…
Why similar: Wargame 32.7%, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Historical 9.1%, Strategy 7.1%
- #19 Firefight
85% matchVery Positive85% of 361 reviews2016
Dev: Sean O'Connor
Windows
Firefight is a World War II real-time simulation game similar in style to the old Close Combat series but brought up to date with better AI, individual soldier modelling, a faster frame rate to give more intense and realistic combat and an easy to use command interface.
Why similar: Wargame 28.7%, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, World War II 18.9% ★, Historical 8.8%, War 8.5%
- #20 Hex of Steel
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 897 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: Wargame 26.3%, Board Game 20.3%, World War II 17.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Historical 10.2%
- #21 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
83% matchVery Positive90% of 583 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 28.9% ★, Wargame 28.5%, World War II 17.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #22 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
82% matchVery Positive86% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the ‘Stalingrad on the Yangze’, as was sometimes called the Battle for Shanghai in 1937. Play as the Chinese willing to reclaim the whole city or as the Imperial Japanese forces in their counter-attack.
Why similar: Wargame 27.3%, Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Historical 8.9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #23 Commander: The Great War
82% matchVery Positive80% of 296 reviews2014
Dev: The Lordz Games StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Take Command and Secure Victory in the Great War! Commander – The Great War features a Grand Campaign covering the whole war from the invasion of Belgium on August 5, 1914 to the Armistice on the 11th of November 1918 in addition to 16 different unit types including Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured Cars and Tanks, Artillery, and much more!
Why similar: Wargame 31%, Grand Strategy 26.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Strategy 14%, Historical 9.6%
- #24 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
80% matchVery Positive87% of 762 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 29.3% ★, Wargame 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, War 9.1%, Historical 8.4%
- #25 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 154 reviews2023
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.
Why similar: Wargame 29.2%, Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Historical 10%, War 7.8%
- #26 Kursk - Battle at Prochorovka
81% matchMixed45% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
A fan of WW2 strategy war games? Like to think about your next move rather than having quick reaction times? Battle Series Eastern Front - Kursk - Battle at Prochorovka is the game for you. Battle Series Eastern Front - Kursk - Battle at Prochorovka, covers one of largest single tank battle in the history of warfare.
Why similar: Wargame 25.8%, World War II 21.1% ★, Strategy 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Historical 10.1%
- #27 SGS Battle For: Fort Donelson
79% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the first decisive battle of the U.S. Civil War. Lead the Union force as General Grant to seize the key forts on the Cumberland, or play the Confederate defenders to maintain the gate to the South closed.
Why similar: Wargame 29%, Grand Strategy 26.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Historical 8.8%
- #28 Industrial War
79% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Yocone
Windows · Mac
Explore the world In the 1920s, with more than 800 cities and 200 mines. Know your industrial chain and plan the role of each city; know your nation's unique polity structure and adjust your overall strategy. Resist the restlessness of your neighbors, acquire resources, and develop your industry.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.9% ★, Wargame 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Strategy 8.9%, World War II 8.4% ★
- #29 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
78% matchVery Positive90% of 141 reviews2021
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac
Cauldrons of War Stalingrad 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 May 1942 to November 1942 play the USSR or the Axis forces in some of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.4% ★, Wargame 24.5%, World War II 17.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Historical 8.6%
- #30 Total Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Kraken Studios
Windows
The ultimate turn-based World War 2 grand strategy game wargamers have been yearning for decades. The best ideas born from players and from wargames so huge they overtook your dining room table, and your wife’s patience. From the developer of the WarPlan series.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.3% ★, Wargame 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, World War II 9.1% ★, Strategy 7.7%
- #31 SGS Sealion
76% match8 user reviews89% of 8 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 39%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Historical 9.2%, War 7.6%
- #32 Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
76% 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 26.1%, Board Game 22.2%, World War II 15.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Historical 9.7%
- #33 Pacific General
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 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 38.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, World War II 13.3% ★, Historical 10.4%, Strategy 8.9%
- #34 WEGO World War II: Stalingrad
75% 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 40.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.1%, Strategy 13.4%, War 11.1%, Combat 3.7%
- #35 WarDoom ssp Wargame
77% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Mark AinsworthPub: (Mark Ainsworth)
Windows
2D Hard core, Hex & Chit, Turn Based Wargame with A.I. or Hotseat. Move units or stacks around, attack using all the info from live database and unit breakdowns. set your battle objectives in the battle report. A detailed Editor effect live game systems
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37% ★, Wargame 30.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 11.7%, 2D 2.5%
- #36 WEGO World War II: Overlord
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Brian KellyPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WEGO World War II: Overlord is an operational-level, ground-centric WEGOWW2 game system. This hex-based wargame recreates the Allied invasion of Western Europe. Includes 14 historical scenarios, from the landing at Omaha beach to a huge 135-turn campaign that covers the entire Normandy campaign.
Why similar: Wargame 35.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.5%, World War II 14.4% ★, Strategy 12.3%, War 7.8%
- #37 Pike and Shot : Campaigns
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 402 reviews2015
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 42.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Historical 18.8%, Strategy 15%, Multiplayer 3.3%
- #38 Caracol - Wars of Religion in the 17th Century
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Emanuele Romagnoli
Windows
Lead your nation through the chaos of the Thirty Years’ War. Recruit historical generals, manage pike-and-shot armies, and keep faith and gold in balance.
Why similar: Wargame 31.2%, Grand Strategy 29.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Historical 8.2%, Economy 5.7%
- #39 World War 2: WW2 Strategy Games
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joynow Studio
Windows
A World War II themed turn-based war chess game. You will play a commander during World War II, directing your troops to complete various tasks. You have the opportunity to reproduce every historical battle, command the ace generals and elite troops in history to win the victory!
Why similar: Wargame 23.5%, Grand Strategy 21.7% ★, Board Game 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, World War II 11.1% ★
- #40 Mother Of All Battles
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sean O'Connor
Windows
Conquer the world starting from your home city. Explore your island by building tanks or airplanes, then build transports to take your tanks to invade the other islands, and protect them with destroyers, submarines and battleships. But there are five enemy factions somewhere out there!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Board Game 23.6%, Wargame 23.1%, World War II 8.6% ★, Strategy 8.5%
- #41 Silesian Wars
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: GenuiTX Bittner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule Silesia through a thousand years of history. Wage war, forge alliances and build duchies on a map of real provinces, against cunning historical AI leaders or your friends online — from pagan tribes to the modern day.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.8% ★, Wargame 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Historical 8.9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #42 1941 - Operation Barbarossa
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Antti Suni
Windows
PC conversion of a turn-based hex-strategy board war game.
Why similar: Wargame 26.8%, Board Game 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, World War II 12.4% ★, Historical 9.9%
- #43 SGS Pacific D-Day
72% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
One game, five great battles where the US Marines gained even more glory, at the price of terrible losses. Relive bloody assaults on Saipan, Tinian, Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Peleliu in this recreation of epic land battles of the Pacific War. Both sides are playable, each with their own challenge
Why similar: Wargame 31.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Historical 14.3%, Strategy 12.1%, World War II 11.7% ★
- #44 逐鹿汉末:三国
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 33 reviews2026
Dev: VOWZIN GAME
Windows
这款游戏邀请您来到精彩刺激且充满变革的东汉末年三国时代,以前所未见的自由、深度及历史真实性,进行称霸天下一统中原的征程。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.7% ★, Wargame 34%, Historical 13.3%, Strategy 12.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #45 SGS Glory Recalled
71% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Relive the Battle of Hong Kong (8–26 December 1941), one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II.
Why similar: Wargame 33%, World War II 23.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Historical 12.8%, Strategy 5.9%
- #46 Rise of Prussia Gold
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 46 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Rise of Prussia Gold is the new and improved version of AGEODs Seven Years War (1757-1763) game set in Europe. This hugely detailed strategy game was initially released by AGEOD in 2010 and the Gold version adds numerous improvements and additional scenarios that take the game to the next level.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.9% ★, Wargame 30.1%, Historical 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Strategy 10.3%
- #47 Lorenzo il Magnifico
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 95 reviews2020
Dev: Studio ClangorePub: Cranio Creations
Windows · Mac
Florence, the cradle of Italian Renaissance. The city is experiencing an unprecedented economic and cultural flourishing: will your family prevail and control the city?
Why similar: Board Game 27%, Grand Strategy 24.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Economy 11.4%, Historical 11.4%
- #48 SGS Okinawa
70% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
A standalone epic rendering of the 1945 bloody fighting on Okinawa, the last great battle of the Pacific War. The game is part of the Pacific D-Day collection. Both sides are playable, each with their own challenge.
Why similar: Wargame 33.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, World War II 14.3% ★, Historical 10.8%, Strategy 10.1%
- #49 Visigothic Kingdom: Conquest of Hispania
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MMF Games
Windows
Forge the Visigothic Kingdom, unite Hispania, and face the Muslim invasion in this historical strategy game combining kingdom management, conquest, and tactical battles.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.7% ★, Wargame 26.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Economy 6.8%
- #50 Total Tank Generals
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 323 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: World War II 22.1% ★, Wargame 20.4%, Board Game 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Historical 11%
- #51 SGS Overlord
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The largest amphibious operation of WW2, and a two-month campaign in the hell of the Norman bocage. Will you manage to make the decisive breakthrough before the Germans recover? Or will you succeed, as Rommel wanted, in crushing the Allied landing as close to the beaches as possible?
Why similar: Wargame 36.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Historical 11.8%, Strategy 10.9%, War 8.2%
- #52 Ultimate General: Civil War
68% matchVery Positive89% of 8,574 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 27.3%, Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, Board Game 12.9%, War 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
- #53 Schwerpunkt
69% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Anonymoose Games
Windows
Schwerpunkt is a World War 2 military simulation game. Take control of hundreds of units over a large frontline, making daring manoeuvres to push your enemy back. Fight in one of the scenarios given or make your own in the map maker.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29% ★, Wargame 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, World War II 12% ★, Historical 7.1%
- #54 SGS Battle for: Gettysburg
67% match8 user reviews78% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
SGS' Battle for: Gettysburg recreates the 3 days of the most iconic and deadliest battle of the American Civil War. July 1 to 3, 1863, in Pennsylvania, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, under Robert E. Lee, attempted to outflank and destroy the Army of the Potomac, led by General Meade.
Why similar: Wargame 43.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Historical 12.7%, Strategy 10.5%, War 5%
- #55 SGS Avalanche
67% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the whole Italian campaign of World War II, from Husky landings of July 1943 till the final capitulation of 1945. Struggle your way up the boot as the Allies, or defend every inch of the peninsula as the Axis.
Why similar: Wargame 37.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Historical 11.5%, Strategy 11.4%, War 6.9%
- #56 SGS Operation Downfall
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Project Manhattan failed! Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands is set in motion. Start with Operation Olympic to capture Kyushu, and move on with Coronet, the landing near Tokyo. Force Japan surrender with the largest amphibious operation in history.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Wargame 17.9%, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Historical 12.7%, World War II 12% ★
- #57 RBM Studio's Gettysburg
67% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Hexes of War
Windows · Mac · Linux
A historical hexagonal turn-based strategy wargame using markers to represent units designed by the legendary Mark Herman. Throwback to the great hex-based wargames of the 70's and 80's. Solo and online multiplayer modes are supported.
Why similar: Wargame 34.5%, Board Game 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 21%, Historical 7.1%, Strategy 6.4%
- #58 Wars Across The World
69% matchVery Positive82% of 221 reviews2017
Dev: StrategiaePub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Board Game 25.4%, Wargame 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Strategy 13.8%, Historical 12%
- #59 SGS Battle For: Madrid
67% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
With Battle for Madrid, relive the Nationalists most determined attempt to take the Republican capital of spain from November 1936 to February 1937.
Why similar: Wargame 35.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 21%, World War II 11.2% ★, Strategy 10.6%, Historical 10.5%
- #60 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
66% matchVery Positive90% of 184 reviews2020
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cauldrons of War Barbarossa is the turn-based strategic wargame you will launch whenever you want your WW2 shot but don't have time for a monster strategy game.From June 1941 until the Battle of Moscow, play the USSR or the Axis forces in one of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
Why similar: Wargame 24.4%, Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, World War II 14.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Historical 8.4%