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Games Like DSS 2: War Industry

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Simulation, Grand Strategy, Singleplayer.

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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?

Reviews: Very Positive — 86% — of 146 reviews
Released: 2025-10-28
Developer: vikingfabian
Genres: Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    Dev: vikingfabian
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    A real-time grand strategy game set in a low fantasy world. Recruit vast armies to conquer the world. Dominate through strategic resource management and production chains.

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  2. #2 Songs of Syx
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,777 reviews2020
    Dev: Gamatron AB
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
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    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.

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  4. #4 Eyes of War
    95% matchMostly Positive79% of 321 reviews2025
    Dev: Good Mood Games
    Windows · Linux

    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!

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    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,602 reviews2019
    Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…

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    Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    92% matchMostly Positive72% of 792 reviews2025
    Dev: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.

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  9. #9 ICBM: Escalation
    91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,253 reviews2024
    Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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  10. #10 Kingdoms Reborn
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 9,531 reviews2020
    Dev: Earthshine
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  11. #11 Age of History 3
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac
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    89% matchVery Positive85% of 11,517 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    90% matchMixed58% of 1,108 reviews2018
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    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%

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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,403 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  33. #33 Renaissance Kingdom Wars
    76% matchMostly Positive73% of 161 reviews2024
    Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    73% matchVery Positive82% of 85 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    75% matchMixed65% of 171 reviews2017
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    Windows

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    74% matchVery Positive82% of 552 reviews2015
    Dev: Longbow Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    Windows
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    73% matchMixed66% of 148 reviews2022
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    72% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
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    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  44. #44 Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare
    73% matchMixed65% of 12,384 reviews2019
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    71% matchVery Positive81% of 3,819 reviews2022
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    Windows
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    70% matchMixed67% of 198 reviews2025
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    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,660 reviews2019
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    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2024
    Dev: Sillylas
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    69% matchMixed61% of 418 reviews2024
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    72% matchMixed49% of 863 reviews2015
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    Why similar: City Builder 34.2%, RTS 23.6%, Economy 20.6%, Strategy 8.3%, Simulation 5.6%

  55. #55 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
    67% matchMixed61% of 436 reviews2025
    Dev: Zugalu EntertainmentPub: PlaySide
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.6%, City Builder 21.8%, RTS 17.3%, Medieval 13.4%, Resource Management 6.2%

  56. #56 Blacksmith Master
    65% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
    Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

    Why similar: City Builder 35.4%, Economy 26%, Open World 12.1%, Resource Management 11.7%, Strategy 8.2%

  57. #57 Executive Assault 2
    66% matchVery Positive83% of 1,726 reviews2023
    Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.

    Why similar: RTS 66.6%, Strategy 14.7%, Co-op 10.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%

  58. #58 Territory: Farming and Warfare
    64% matchVery Positive86% of 690 reviews2026
    Dev: Wit Studio
    Windows

    From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

    Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, RTS 25.6%, Resource Management 11%, Medieval 10.4%, Strategy 8.1%

  59. #59 Bellfortis
    64% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2025
    Dev: Rake in Grass
    Windows

    Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.5%, RTS 22.1%, Medieval 19.7%, Tactical 8.2%, Strategy 7.2%

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