- #1 To End All Wars
97% matchMixed63% of 191 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Ageod’s To End All Wars is a grand strategy game set during World War One. Players will take control over one of the major powers that so desperately fought for control over Europe and to end all wars.
Why similar: World War I 44.3% ★, Strategy 23.7%, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Simulation 10.2%
- #2 On The Western Front
96% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Aggroblakh
Windows · Mac
January, 1915. The Race to the Sea is over. The Great War has just begun. You are the commander of a single division in the meat grinder that is the Western Front. Lead your men over the top as you attempt to break the stalemate that is to claim the lives of millions over the course of years.
Why similar: World War I 46.1% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Grand Strategy 12.5% ★, Simulation 8.6%, Real Time Tactics 7.7%
- #3 The Great War: Western Front™
96% matchMixed66% of 3,251 reviews2023
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.
Why similar: World War I 43.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18% ★, Strategy 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Historical 6.4%
- #4 Commander: The Great War
95% matchVery Positive81% of 293 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: World War I 49.6% ★, Strategy 25.3%, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Historical 5.8%
- #5 Tactics of World War I
94% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Headless Horseman Games
Windows
Tactics of World War I is a real time tactics (RTT) game that puts you in the role of a military leader in the First World War. It requires you to plan your actions thoroughly and make smart tactical decisions in the blink of an eye.
Why similar: World War I 38.9% ★, Real-Time 19% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Strategy 10.7%, War 8.1%
- #6 Spirit of War
94% matchMixed59% of 81 reviews2015
Dev: G-OLDPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Spirit of War: The Great War is a turn-based strategy game set during World War I. Drawing inspiration from board games classics, Spirit Of War is a unique arcade/strategy experience.
Why similar: World War I 59.6% ★, Strategy 40.4%
- #7 The Entente Gold
93% matchMixed47% of 675 reviews2014
Dev: Lesta StudioPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In the game you become not only a witness to history, but a powerful and cunning army commander as well. You will lead forces of one of the following European countries: Russia, France, Germany, Austrian Empire and Britain through five campaigns which vary due to the real historical role of each participant.
Why similar: World War I 63.5% ★, Strategy 30.9%, Historical 5.7%
- #8 Strategic Command Classic: WWI
92% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command World War I: The Great War is a grand strategy game in the series from award winning game designer Hubert Cater. It is more than just another addition to the Strategic Command series - it is an entire game engine at your fingertips!
Why similar: Strategy 39.8%, World War I 37% ★, Simulation 23.2%
- #9 Making History: The Great War
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 454 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.
Why similar: World War I 43.6% ★, Grand Strategy 23.8% ★, Strategy 13.1%, War 6.7%, Simulation 6.5%
- #10 Supremacy: 1914
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,300 reviews2019
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 40.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 1 in the biggest WW1 strategy game of all time. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time on persistent maps. Build experimental weapons of World War 1 and become the one true superpower!
Why similar: World War I 39% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Strategy 16.9%, War 10%, Historical 8%
- #11 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
90% matchMixed69% of 2,101 reviews2015
Dev: Great War TeamPub: Best Way Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 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: World War I 58.9% ★, Strategy 16.9%, War 10.6%, Historical 8.3%, Simulation 4.3%
- #12 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
89% matchVery Positive90% of 2,087 reviews2011
Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.
Why similar: World War I 34.3% ★, Grand Strategy 32.5% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Historical 7.8%, Simulation 4.1%
- #13 World War I
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 265 reviews2015
Dev: Dark FoxPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
World War I is a real-time strategy based on the modified version of the well-known Blitzkrieg engine.
Why similar: World War I 63.6% ★, Strategy 36.4%
- #14 Slizer Battle Management System
88% matchVery Positive82% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: slizer88
Windows
Single player, sci-fi, minimalist Real Time Tactics game. Strategy without the stress: complex movement, damage, and detection replaces intense micro and economy management. Units are selected and outfitted before battle. Emphasises tactical choices over mechanical skill.
Why similar: Strategy 34%, Real-Time 28.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.8%, Simulation 17.8%
- #15 The Modern Century
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trenchfoot
Windows
You're put at the helm of your nation during Europe's most violent century. You'll have to sacrifice everything your country values for a chance to emerge triumphant. Whether you rise or fall there's a price to pay.
Why similar: World War I 34.9% ★, Grand Strategy 33.4% ★, Strategy 19%, Historical 7.9%, War 4.8%
- #16 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,365 reviews2021
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take command of the Union or the Confederacy. Prepare your nation for war, recruit and organize great armies and fleets under legendary commanders like Grant, Lee, Jackson or Farragut, plan cunning maneuvers on an epic campaign map and defeat your enemies in real-time battles!
Why similar: Strategy 33.9%, Grand Strategy 28.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Historical 12.7%, War 9.2%
- #17 Commands & Colors: The Great War
86% matchMixed46% of 102 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The Great War allow players to portray important engagements throughout WWI history. The battles focus on the historical deployment of forces and important terrain features of trench fighting in scale with the game system.
Why similar: World War I 62.8% ★, Strategy 37.2%
- #18 Armageddon War:Old Era Wreckers / 大鏖战:旧时代的残党
85% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: freeflyfish
Windows
This is a turn-based historical chess simulation game Players will experience major battles between 1840 and 1920 The game consists of four conquest scripts, each with three different modes and 60 free conquest years to choose from, where the player takes on the role of a commander
Why similar: World War I 48.8% ★, Grand Strategy 34.2% ★, War 7.3%, Strategy 6.9%, Historical 2.8%
- #19 Of Crowns & Chains
82% matchMixed67% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: BlueJayAvis
Windows · Mac · Linux
A solo-developed grand-strategy sandbox where you lead a nation in a dynamic, historically-inspired world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.7% ★, World War I 25.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Historical 5.8%
- #20 Aggression: Europe Under Fire
84% matchMixed56% of 121 reviews2014
Dev: Lesta StudioPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Aggression is a military real-time strategy game set within a historic context featuring role-playing elements. Play the role of a political leader of Russia, Great Britain, France or Germany. It is up to you to take firm decisions at the crucial period of the European history – the World Wars ages covering 1914 – 1945.
Why similar: Strategy 55.6%, World War I 44.4% ★
- #21 Milky Animals
84% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: JangMunHoPub: UrbanMix
Windows
Battle of cute animals and cute monsters Evolve into a cuter and more powerful animal with an evolution potion animal strategy game A game that anyone can enjoy
Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.4% ★, Strategy 32.2%, Real Time Tactics 26.4%
- #22 March of the Eagles
83% matchMixed68% of 389 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
“he Who Fears Being Conquered Is Sure Of Defeat.”The war-game March of the Eagles focuses on the dramatic conflicts of Europe during 1805 to 1820. Explore one of the defining periods in European history with this experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy, Paradox Development Studio.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 43.8% ★, Strategy 32.2%, Simulation 13.3%, Historical 10.7%
- #23 Toy Soldiers
82% matchVery Positive89% of 1,491 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: World War I 59.3% ★, Strategy 25.2%, Simulation 8.5%, Historical 4.8%, Action 2.2%
- #24 Dangerous line
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Gamesforgames
Windows
You are a hero who faces waves of enemies who are trying to get into your kingdom and seize power in it.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.7% ★, Strategy 30.2%, Real Time Tactics 22.9%, War 8.5%, Simulation 5.8%
- #25 Sengoku
81% matchMixed61% of 477 reviews2011
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Use your power as a Feudal Lord to unite the land of the Rising Sun under your iron fist.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 42% ★, Strategy 30.9%, Historical 13.6%, Simulation 13.5%
- #26 Grand Tactician: Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815)
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Fight the campaigns and battles of Napoleon from the French Revolutionary Wars all the way to Waterloo’s muddy, crimson fields.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.3% ★, Strategy 24.8%, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, Historical 11.9%, War 7.9%
- #27 Strategic Command: World War I
78% matchVery Positive92% of 479 reviews2019
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command: World War I is a new chapter in the Strategic Command Franchise. Relive this momentous conflict from the opening shots of 1914 to the final offensives. Strategic Command: World War I covers all the main aspects and theatres of the war.
Why similar: World War I 51.8% ★, Strategy 48.2%
- #28 Making History: The First World War
79% matchMixed67% of 114 reviews2021
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Linux
A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.
Why similar: World War I 44.8% ★, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Strategy 12.8%, Historical 7.9%, Simulation 7%
- #29 Rising Front
75% matchVery Positive88% of 4,105 reviews2026
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.5 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: World War I 49.5% ★, War 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Historical 7.4%
- #30 Countryballs Conquest
76% matchVery Positive86% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Indenial Games
Windows
Lead your country through the Victorian age, expand your empire as you go head to head with the great powers of the world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 36% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Strategy 17.5%, War 12.4%, Simulation 9.5%
- #31 Acceptable Losses
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zann Archive
Windows · Mac
Acceptable Losses is a phase based WWI command and management game. Lead squads through a brutal 20 day campaign, balancing morale, fatigue, cohesion, and the paperwork of war. Perform well enough and you may be ordered Over the Top, where success leads to a second act holding captured ground.
Why similar: World War I 65.4% ★, Strategy 10.8%, Historical 10.6%, Simulation 8.5%, War 4.7%
- #32 Steel Rain
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ronis Vision entertainment
Windows
Steel Rain is dynamic and realistic real time strategy, based in World War II era. Developed with passion as the ultimate wargaming sandbox with unlimited modding possibilties. Features unparalleled combination of gameplay fun and realism, with focus on community and modding.
Why similar: Strategy 38.8%, Simulation 22.6%, Real-Time 22.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Action 4.1%
- #33 Castles II: Siege & Conquest
77% matchPositive86% of 35 reviews2017
Dev: Quicksilver SoftwarePub: Interplay
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this game of medieval diplomacy, treachery & power. To win you must survive. To survive you must scout the surrounding territories, defeat the local militias, subjugate the land with castles, feed the people, forge diplomatic alliances, appease the church and unite the land under your iron fist.
Why similar: Strategy 39%, Real-Time 34% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Historical 9.5%
- #34 Great Naval Battles: The Final Fury
75% matchPositive83% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: IO Design GroupPub: SNEG
Windows
Battlestations! All hands prepare for the naval conflict on a truly grand scale! GREAT NAVAL BATTLES: THE FINAL FURY is loaded with enough historical and hypothetical naval conflict to keep players - from casual to connoisseur - busy for hours and hours!
Why similar: World War I 39.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 7.2%
- #35 Artillery Tycoon
73% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Awful Waffle Studio
Windows
Build and manage an artillery factory in the WWI era. Research authentic weapon components, engineer deadly firepower, test prototypes on your firing range, and compete for lucrative government contracts. From the French 75 to the German 7.7, your designs will decide the fate of nations.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Strategy 24.5%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Simulation 15.3%, Historical 11.9%
- #36 Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind
76% matchPositive80% of 45 reviews2011
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
The 4th expansion of the classic historical strategy game Europa Universalis III enhances every aspect of the game to create a deeper experience.
Why similar: Strategy 62.4%, Grand Strategy 37.6% ★
- #37 War Room
74% matchMixed53% of 694 reviews2020
Dev: Binge Gaming OU
Windows
War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.
Why similar: Real-Time 28.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Strategy 14.7%, War 10.3%
- #38 Defensive Attacks
72% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Bronzare Games
Windows
Every tower is a decision. Every enemy is a test. Build your defense line and survive with your tactical intelligence.
Why similar: World War I 39.5% ★, Strategy 31.7%, Simulation 16.7%, War 8.9%, Action 3.3%
- #39 Crusader Kings Complete
74% matchMixed61% of 243 reviews2012
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Europe is in turmoil. The lands are fragmented into petty fiefs and the Emperor struggles with the Pope. At this very moment the Pope has declared that those who go to liberate the Holy Land will be freed of all sins. Gather prestige and piety and the world will whisper your name in awe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 50.2% ★, Strategy 41.4%, Historical 8.4%
- #40 Navy Strike
73% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Rowan SoftwarePub: Strategy First
Windows
Navy Strike is an ambitious flight simulation from Rowan that tries to add elements of strategy in typical flight sim gameplay. The result is an uneven game that will appeal only to veteran flight sim and strategy gamers.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.8% ★, Strategy 29.6%, Real Time Tactics 16.9%, Simulation 16.4%, Action 3.4%
- #41 Astra Exodus
73% matchMixed45% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Atomic KaiserPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Astra Exodus is a single player turn based Sci-fi 4X strategy game inspired by the classics, with a multiple choice narrative driven epic campaign, top down real time tactical battles and an extensive semi-randomized research grid.
Why similar: Strategy 44.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, Real-Time 17.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, War 4.8%
- #42 Maximilian Spee
70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: EUGENE LOPATIN
Windows
A World War I strategy game where you command fleets, manage trade and logistics, and fight for dominance across 50 colonial ports.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.7% ★, Strategy 22.9%, Simulation 14.6%, Real-Time 13.7% ★, Historical 7.8%
- #43 All Quiet in the Trenches
70% matchVery Positive90% of 909 reviews2024
Dev: Totally Not Aliens
Windows · Linux
All Quiet in the Trenches is a narrative turn-based strategy RPG set in World War I. Get to know your soldiers, take care of their needs and lead them in battle, trying to strike a precarious balance between the ambitions of your superiors and the survival of your men.
Why similar: World War I 57.9% ★, Strategy 15%, War 12.7%, Historical 7.9%, Simulation 6.6%
- #44 Divided Empire: SENGOKU
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Composition GS
Windows
Lead your clan through Japan's turbulent Sengoku period. Craft wise strategies to expand your domain and use cunning tactics to defeat your enemies on the battlefield. Emerge victorious, restore order, and claim the title of Shogun!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.5% ★, Strategy 24.6%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Historical 11.7%, War 10.2%
- #45 Colony
72% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: eugeniy_kh
Windows · Mac · Linux
There are 2 colonies on the playing field, one of which you control. You have to improve it, develop it technologically and defeat the enemy.
Why similar: Strategy 39.1%, Real-Time 37.4% ★, Simulation 23.5%
- #46 Age of History II
69% matchVery Positive90% of 49,789 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 62.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30% ★, Strategy 20.7%, World War I 20.3% ★, Historical 12.1%, War 12.1%
- #47 Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
69% matchVery Positive92% of 27,286 reviews2010
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release
Why similar: Strategy 30.8%, Grand Strategy 29.8% ★, Historical 16.3%, War 10.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.2%
- #48 Dig In
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vitar Games
Windows
A WW1 trench warfare colony sim where you build an evolving trench network with layered defenses, manage soldiers under pressure while holding a fragile sector of the front in real-time tactical battles.
Why similar: World War I 45.1% ★, Strategy 19%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Simulation 11.6%, War 5.3%
- #49 Seven Nations
71% matchMixed45% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
The leaders of the seven nations failed to reach a peace agreement. All kingdoms are now at war.
Why similar: Real-Time 30.5% ★, Strategy 28.1%, Simulation 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, War 7.6%
- #50 11-11 Memories Retold
69% matchVery Positive86% of 2,099 reviews2018
Dev: Aardman AnimationsPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones.
Why similar: World War I 81.4% ★, Historical 11%, War 7.5%
- #51 Pride of Nations
71% matchMixed49% of 137 reviews2011
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Pride of Nations is a turn-based historical strategy game set in the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country and guides it through industrialization, military conquest, and colonization.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 42.9% ★, Strategy 33.2%, Simulation 12.6%, Historical 11.3%
- #52 Front Frontiers
67% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: baus96
Windows
The World is on the brink of irreversible Tragedy. Global tensions are rising, alliances are falling apart and states are preparing to decide their fate in the shadow of a massive war. Front Frontiers invites you to fight a massive war, offering an in-depth strategy experience.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, World War I 15.6% ★, Strategy 14.8%, War 10%
- #53 Countryball: World 1930
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Lead your countryball to glory in a WWII-inspired turn-based grand strategy!
Why similar: World War I 43.1% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, Strategy 9.2%, Historical 8%
- #54 Victoria II
67% matchVery Positive92% of 19,958 reviews2010
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.9% ★, World War I 23.1% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Historical 10.1%, Simulation 5.1%
- #55 Squirrel Forest
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Squadrant Games
Windows
Deforestation is an apocalypse for squirrels. Only a few trees are left standing. Squirrels are put in danger and forced to act. Two brothers Zen and Ven decide to restore harmony in the forest by uniting fellow survivors and embarking on a journey to replant the forest. They need you to help them!
Why similar: Strategy 45.8%, Simulation 27.1%, Real-Time 27.1% ★
- #56 Polaris Sector
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 473 reviews2016
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.
Why similar: Real-Time 30.4% ★, Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Strategy 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, Simulation 10.3%
- #57 Knights of Honor
67% matchVery Positive93% of 2,378 reviews2009
Dev: Black Sea Studios LtdPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.3% ★, Strategy 36%, Real-Time 9.4% ★, Historical 8.7%, War 8.6%
- #58 Countryballs at War
64% matchVery Positive91% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.7% ★, Strategy 25.9%, Real Time Tactics 22.4%, War 7.4%, Historical 6.6%
- #59 Warfare Legacy Collection
63% matchVery Positive93% of 1,023 reviews2025
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Warfare 1917 and 1944 return, fully remastered with enhanced visuals, full-screen support, and custom battles. Warfare Legacy Collection also Includes the Battle of the Bulge, a brand-new campaign set during WWII’s final offensive with all-new missions, snowy maps, and intense front-line action.
Why similar: World War I 51.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 16%, Strategy 13.2%, War 9.5%, Historical 8.7%