- #1 Rising Front
96% matchVery Positive88% of 3,874 reviews2026
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!
Why similar: Sandbox 16.9%, Wargame 14.8%, War 14.3%, FPS 12.6%, Simulation 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar single-player sandbox experience set in the trenches of World War we with a focus on large-scale tactical movement.
- #2 Rise of Liberty
97% matchVery Positive84% of 1,869 reviews2019
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Rise of Liberty is a FPS single-player massive Revolutionary War battle simulator. Fire deafening cannons into the thick of the battle, stand in line formation and fire devastating volleys into the enemy. Gather your men for these monumental battles and defeat the enemy!
Why similar: FPS 19.1%, Sandbox 19.1%, War 17.7%, Military 16.4%, Shooter 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a very similar sandbox experience focused specifically on the American Revolutionary War with large-scale infantry combat.
- #3 Ravenfield
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 77,990 reviews2017
Dev: SteelRaven7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 61.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Why similar: FPS 19.1%, War 17.4%, Sandbox 17.1%, Military 15.8%, Shooter 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for single-player sandbox FPS combat with a focus on massive, chaotic battles.
- #4 Battle Cry of Freedom
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,500 reviews2022
Dev: Flying Squirrel Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Battle Cry of Freedom brings brutal real-time first and third-person combat set in the 19th Century America, presenting players with the opportunity to re-fight the American Civil War as either the Union or the Confederates.
Why similar: Shooter 16%, FPS 14.4%, Historical 13.4%, Military 13.1%, War 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific tactical feel of American Civil War combat with a focus on line infantry and formations.
- #5 War of Rights
94% matchVery Positive88% of 14,527 reviews2018
Dev: Campfire Games
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 90.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
War of Rights is a first person multiplayer game featuring massive 400 player battles with a focus on historical authenticity, teamplay and immersion. It is set during the perilous days of the American Civil War, in the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862.
Why similar: Historical 21.8%, War 19.8%, Military 15%, FPS 13.6%, Simulation 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: While multiplayer-focused, it provides the most authentic and realistic representation of American Civil War combat available.
- #6 Easy Red 2
93% matchVery Positive90% of 12,483 reviews2022
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!
Why similar: Wargame 16.4%, FPS 15.7%, Sandbox 14.4%, War 13%, Simulation 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a massive sandbox environment with tactical FPS gameplay that emphasizes historical accuracy and large-scale warfare.
- #7 Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare
94% matchMixed65% of 12,384 reviews2019
Dev: KK Game Studio
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.
Why similar: FPS 21.5%, Shooter 20.5%, Sandbox 17.2%, War 10.1%, Military 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly blends first-person shooter mechanics with grand strategy, allowing you to command armies while fighting on the front lines.
- #8 Holdfast: Nations At War
92% matchVery Positive90% of 27,937 reviews2020
Dev: Anvil Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!
Why similar: Wargame 17.7%, FPS 14.2%, Military 13.2%, War 13.1%, Historical 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive experience for Napoleonic-era line infantry combat with a strong emphasis on historical atmosphere.
- #9 Ancient Warfare 3
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,746 reviews2024
Dev: JNI Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into a sandbox full of action and customization! Choose from different game modes like deathmatch, conquest, king of the hill, zombie survival and many more. Create your own scenarios and content in the easy to use in-game editors or use one of the 50k+ workshop items from other players...
Why similar: Sandbox 26.5%, Simulation 16.7%, War 14%, FPS 11.7%, Shooter 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is a highly customizable sandbox game that allows you to simulate massive battles across various historical eras.
- #10 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
91% matchVery Positive81% of 2,701 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 27.1%, Historical 24.7%, Simulation 16.5%, War 11.2%, Strategy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides deep tactical command over historical Civil War battles, perfect for those who enjoy the strategic side of Field of Honor.
- #11 Call to Arms
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 23,876 reviews2018
Dev: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.
Why similar: Military 23.5%, War 15.9%, Shooter 12.7%, FPS 11.8%, Simulation 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique hybrid of real-time strategy and direct-control FPS gameplay in a modern military setting.
- #12 Operation: Harsh Doorstop
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,731 reviews2023
Dev: Drakeling Labs
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by ex-developers of Squad, Red Orchestra, and Insurgency.
Why similar: Military 20.3%, FPS 19.5%, Shooter 12.9%, War 12.1%, Wargame 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It is a community-driven, sandbox-focused tactical shooter that emphasizes large-scale military engagements.
- #13 Arma Reforger
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 47,450 reviews2023
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 85.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.
Why similar: Military 19.4%, FPS 15.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Simulation 14.4%, Shooter 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly realistic military sandbox experience that focuses on tactical coordination and large-scale operations.
- #14 Toy Soldiers
89% matchVery Positive89% of 1,485 reviews2012
Dev: Signal Studios
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.
Why similar: Simulation 35.2%, Casual 25.4%, Strategy 20.2%, Historical 18.2%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the charm of historical warfare through a unique tower-defense and action-hybrid perspective.
- #15 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 147,242 reviews2021
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.5%, Simulation 18.5%, War 17.9%, Wargame 14.9%, Historical 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a physics-based sandbox experience that captures the chaotic fun of massive historical battles.
- #16 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
86% matchVery Positive88% of 286,599 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.2 hrsMean: 152.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.8%, War 28.8%, Simulation 13.7%, Historical 11.8%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This modern successor offers even larger battles and more refined command mechanics for the ultimate historical sandbox experience.
- #17 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
88% matchMixed69% of 2,101 reviews2015
Dev: Great War TeamPub: Best Way Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War. Each mission showcases the era’s most devastating weaponry — sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery, and mobile infantry. BoE delivers the full WWI experience.
Why similar: War 27.3%, Historical 23.5%, Simulation 13%, Strategy 10%, Sandbox 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep tactical experience focused on the specific challenges of World War we warfare.
- #18 Prime & Load : 1776
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 387 reviews2020
Dev: Radio Silence Entertainment
Windows
Set in the American Revolution, Prime & Load : 1776 lets command and control your very own regiment.
Why similar: Wargame 20.2%, War 16.9%, FPS 14.5%, Shooter 12.5%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses specifically on the musketry and tactical combat of the American Revolutionary War era.
- #19 Verdun
84% matchVery Positive86% of 37,603 reviews2015
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.
Why similar: Wargame 18.6%, Shooter 16.7%, FPS 12.7%, Historical 11.6%, Military 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a dedicated WWI shooter that focuses on the brutal reality of trench warfare and tactical positioning.
- #20 Tannenberg
84% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2017
Dev: Blackmill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front. Grab your rifle, ready your sabre and keep your gas mask close as you prepare to play a part in one of the most significant conflicts in history!
Why similar: Wargame 19.3%, FPS 14%, Historical 12.3%, War 12%, Shooter 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It expands on the WWI experience with larger maps and a focus on maneuver warfare on the Eastern Front.
- #21 Mount & Blade: Warband
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 170,226 reviews2010
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 120.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
Why similar: Sandbox 37.1%, Military 22.4%, Historical 13.4%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the quintessential sandbox game for leading armies into battle from a third-person perspective in a historical-inspired setting.
- #22 Isonzo
82% matchVery Positive83% of 16,613 reviews2022
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ferocious Alpine warfare will test your tactical skills in this authentic WW1 FPS. Battle among the scenic peaks, rugged valleys and idyllic towns of northern Italy. The Great War on the Italian Front is brought to life and elevated to unexpected heights!
Why similar: Wargame 24.5%, Military 15.5%, Simulation 13.2%, FPS 10.8%, War 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It brings the tactical intensity of WWI to the Italian front with a focus on authentic mountain warfare.
- #23 Squad
81% matchVery Positive81% of 234,054 reviews2020
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 110.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.
Why similar: Wargame 22.2%, Military 20.9%, FPS 17.9%, Shooter 12.5%, War 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes communication and tactical teamwork in large-scale, realistic military engagements.
- #24 Steel Division 2
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,441 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Wargame 20.2%, Military 18.1%, War 14.8%, Sandbox 13%, Historical 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a massive-scale tactical experience that focuses on historical accuracy and complex unit management.
- #25 Foxhole
80% matchVery Positive82% of 50,251 reviews2022
Dev: Siege Camp
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 76.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where thousands of players shape the outcome of a persistent online war. Every individual soldier is a player that contributes to the war effort through logistics, base building, reconnaissance, combat, and more.
Why similar: Wargame 30.5%, Sandbox 19.4%, Military 18.9%, War 15.9%, Shooter 11%
Why You'll Like It: This persistent war game allows players to participate in a massive, ongoing conflict where logistics and frontline combat are equally important.
- #26 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
81% matchVery Positive91% of 46,011 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 63.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: War 27.8%, Simulation 22.4%, Military 21.6%, Strategy 14.2%, Historical 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers unparalleled tactical control over individual units and vehicles in a variety of historical combat scenarios.
- #27 Hell Let Loose
79% matchVery Positive82% of 145,932 reviews2021
Dev: Expression GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 72.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.
Why similar: FPS 20%, War 16.9%, Shooter 16.8%, Military 15.8%, Historical 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides an intense, large-scale tactical experience that focuses on the gritty reality of World War II combat.
- #28 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
79% matchMixed61% of 7,751 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 81.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Why similar: Wargame 28.3%, Military 17.3%, Sandbox 14.7%, Historical 14%, War 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep simulation of naval warfare that captures the strategic complexity of historical military technology.
- #29 Master of Command
76% matchVery Positive92% of 3,127 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Wargame 21.8%, Historical 17.6%, Military 17.2%, War 17.2%, Simulation 10.9%
- #30 Plastic Battlegrounds
77% matchVery Positive89% of 253 reviews2025
Dev: Simulated Minds
Windows
Set up the battlefield with an ever growing list of units, vehicles, and emplacements! Then either join the battle as a plastic soldier or be life sized and tower over the chaos.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.4%, War 17.4%, Military 17.3%, Shooter 14.7%, Simulation 13%
- #31 RUNNING WITH RIFLES
78% matchVery Positive88% of 16,550 reviews2015
Dev: Osumia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.
Why similar: Wargame 34.2%, Sandbox 25.6%, Military 23.1%, Shooter 15.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a top-down, open-world tactical shooter experience where you are just one soldier in a massive, ongoing war.
- #32 Vietnam War
75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,437 reviews2025
Dev: Thorium Game Lab
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Open world single-player FPS. Command your squad in battle across jungles, hills and villages of Vietnam. Fight as U.S or Vietcong. Vast arsenal of weapons and 50+ vehicles
Why similar: Wargame 23.1%, FPS 17.3%, Historical 14.7%, Shooter 11.8%, War 11.3%
- #33 Black One Blood Brothers
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,359 reviews2022
Dev: Helios Studio
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.
Why similar: Military 16.7%, FPS 15.5%, Simulation 13.8%, Sandbox 13%, Wargame 12.8%
- #34 Duckoleon
74% matchVery Positive96% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: Pumancz
Windows
Experience (mildly) accurate historical battles from the Napoleonic era, but from the perspective of DUCKS! Duckoleon is a multiplayer FPS/TPS with strategic elements. Exciting combat with units ranging from line infantry to cavalry and artillery, historical uniforms, cute ducks and much more!
Why similar: Wargame 26.5%, FPS 18.1%, Shooter 13.2%, Historical 12.4%, Military 8.7%
- #35 Victory and Glory: The American Civil War
76% matchMixed65% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Forced March GamesPub: Lock 'n Load Publishing
Windows
Victory and Glory: The American Civil War is a game of grand strategy and fast-play tactical battles where you take the role of either the Union or the Confederates and attempt to win.
Why similar: Simulation 35.4%, Wargame 22.3%, War 12.6%, Strategy 12.3%, Military 12.1%
- #36 Voor De Kroon
73% matchVery Positive89% of 547 reviews2022
Dev: Future Minimalism
Windows
Fight for control during the Friso-Hollandic Wars. Set in the medieval 13th century, the game features a strategy campaign and historical battles. Fight alongside your army in 3rd person battles and command your troops in this strategy-action game.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.7%, War 25.8%, Historical 21.5%, Simulation 17.7%, Strategy 5.1%
- #37 Battle of Vukovar: Rain of Steel
75% matchMixed56% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Cro Game Developers
Windows
Join the historic battle for Vukovar at the end of the 20th century through multiplayer combat. Play in teams choosing one of the five modes or outside the team in a free for all mode. Accomplish your goals using real weapons from the war while moving through an accurate simulation of the city map
Why similar: Wargame 22.6%, FPS 14.7%, Military 13.3%, War 13.2%, Shooter 9.9%
- #38 Good Kill!
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: gamegine
Windows
Good Kill is an immersive FPS game where players take control of a door gunner in a military helicopter during wartime. Engage in intense combat across destructible environments, complete missions, and upgrade your helicopter and weapons to dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: War 13.9%, FPS 13.5%, Wargame 12.8%, Shooter 12.3%, Military 11.2%
- #39 Dagger Directive
71% matchVery Positive85% of 588 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Alpacas LLCPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Dagger Directive is a tactical FPS that allows you to approach each mission in your own way. Select equipment, decide the time of day, then move methodically to complete your mission. Enjoy the modern mechanics and old school graphics as you fight across a variety of missions and environments.
Why similar: Wargame 23.5%, FPS 16%, Military 13.2%, Simulation 13%, Shooter 12.9%
- #40 Warbox Sandbox
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 289 reviews2022
Dev: Madar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Create intense battles across time periods, join the battle, rewrite history, and become a legend.
Why similar: FPS 21.8%, Simulation 18.6%, Shooter 18%, Historical 13.5%, Stylized 8.1%
- #41 Fire & Maneuver
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,756 reviews2023
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.
Why similar: Historical 28.8%, Military 22.5%, War 18.6%, Stylized 10.3%, Strategy 8.1%
- #42 Fog of War
74% matchMixed48% of 799 reviews2018
Dev: Monkeys Lab.Pub: Neokosmos Technologies Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tactical Multiplayer FPS shooter with a story based on the events of the World War II. Strategic battles with a variety of vehicles, including artillery. Multiple game modes. Ranks, titles, awards, career.
Why similar: FPS 22.6%, Simulation 17.9%, Military 16.4%, War 14.6%, Shooter 14.2%
- #43 Call to Arms: Panzer Elite
69% matchMixed70% of 1,425 reviews2025
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Digitalmindsoft Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead a platoon of WWII tanks in this immersive TPP and FPP game. Engage in realistic, tactical combat across historic battlefields. Play through campaign or challenge yourself in skirmish mode as either German or US forces.
Why similar: Wargame 27.5%, Simulation 16.6%, Military 13.4%, Historical 12.9%, War 12.2%
- #44 Faces of War
72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,189 reviews2014
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Faces of War puts you in the heart of World War II – not as a distant commander, but as the leader on the ground. Combining the tactical depth of real-time strategy with the immediacy of direct control, it lets you issue precise orders or jump straight into battle as one of your soldiers.
Why similar: Simulation 39%, War 35.3%, Strategy 25.6%
- #45 Land of War - The Beginning
72% matchMixed52% of 741 reviews2021
Dev: MS GAMESPub: MS GAMES SP. Z O.O.
Windows
Assume duties of a soldier involved in numerous battles and skirmishes with fast advancing German war machine. Go to battle on foot, driving armored vehicles, or flying an airplane. Use weapons not featured in any other game and feel a good, nostalgic climate of the production like MOHAA or COD.
Why similar: Wargame 21.2%, FPS 18.3%, Shooter 15.8%, Historical 12.8%, War 9.5%
- #46 Polygon Fantasy Battle Simulator
70% matchVery Positive89% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: Aerilon Studios
Windows
Welcome to Polygon Fantasy Battle Simulator, the most colorful medieval fantasy battle simulator in existence! Throw tens of thousands of soldiers into battle, enjoy the show, or take direct control of one of them to prove your valor!
Why similar: Sandbox 25.5%, Simulation 22.9%, Casual 13.4%, War 12.8%, Historical 10.8%
- #47 Ultimate General: Civil War
70% matchVery Positive89% of 8,396 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 46.4 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 34.3%, War 20.4%, Historical 15.4%, Military 11.5%, Simulation 8.9%
- #48 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
70% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: XR Studio
Windows
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 21.2%, Sandbox 15.4%, Historical 15.2%, Military 13.2%, War 12.5%
- #49 FPV Kamikaze Drone
67% matchVery Positive88% of 11,630 reviews2023
Dev: HFM Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
FPV Kamikaze Drone is a tactical game focused on FPV drones in modern warfare. Control drones in first-person in single-player and co-op, and in multiplayer play as a third-person soldier who finds and uses FPV drones during combat.
Why similar: Simulation 32.8%, War 28%, Shooter 18.2%, First-Person 9.8%, Combat 5.3%
- #50 Total Tank Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,576 reviews2020
Dev: Noobz from PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.5%, Simulation 26.7%, War 19.4%, Strategy 9.3%, FPS 7.6%
- #51 Shieldwall
66% matchVery Positive87% of 6,910 reviews2023
Dev: Nezon Production
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shieldwall is a funny third-person tactical battle simulator with strategy elements. It allows you to feel like a squad leader right on the battlefield.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.3%, War 21.3%, Simulation 18.7%, Historical 16.6%, Casual 6.7%
- #52 Brass Brigade
68% matchVery Positive92% of 553 reviews2019
Dev: Henry Kucab
Windows
Brass Brigade combines the aesthetic of Battlefield Heroes/Battlefield 1942 with highly customizable bot matches. Fight WWII's most iconic battles with as many bots as your PC can handle!
Why similar: FPS 35.8%, Sandbox 28.9%, War 24%, Indie 9.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #53 Eve of Destruction - REDUX VIETNAM
71% matchMixed60% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: Lotte|EoDPub: Agger Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Eve of Destruction is a First-Person-Shooter for PC about the Vietnam War era.
Why similar: Simulation 40.3%, Casual 23.2%, FPS 16.7%, Strategy 13.4%, Indie 6.3%
- #54 Operation Valor
66% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: One Dawn Studios, LLC.
Windows
Operation Valor is a tactical top-down multiplayer shooter that provides large scale combined-arms combat through base building and teamwork.
Why similar: Military 26%, War 25.5%, Shooter 22.5%, Casual 11%, Strategy 6.3%
- #55 Eyes of War
65% 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!
Why similar: Wargame 46%, Military 15.9%, Historical 14.3%, Stylized 11.9%, Strategy 9.1%
- #56 Supreme Ruler 1936
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.5 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: Wargame 21.5%, Sandbox 15.1%, Historical 14.4%, War 13.4%, Simulation 12.9%
- #57 Six Days in Fallujah
65% matchVery Positive80% of 15,977 reviews2023
Dev: Highwire GamesPub: Victura
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Six Days in Fallujah is an intensely realistic first-person tactical shooter based on true stories from one of this century’s toughest urban battles.
Why similar: Wargame 17.9%, Military 15.9%, FPS 15.6%, War 12.8%, Shooter 10.9%
- #58 Strategos
63% matchVery Positive87% of 205 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 29.1%, Historical 17.7%, War 14.7%, Military 14.4%, Simulation 13.1%
- #59 Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,088 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Simulation 40.5%, Historical 19.7%, Strategy 15.2%, Wargame 12.9%, War 6.1%