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  1. #1 Clad in Iron: War of The Pacific 1879
    97% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
    Windows

    CLAD in IRON: War of the Pacific 1879 is a War of the Pacific history naval game in which a turned-based digital board strategy and a real-time simulation are combined.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 34%, Wargame 16.3%, Simulation 10.7%, Strategy 9.1%, Historical 8.8%

  2. #2 Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal - Pacific War Naval Warfare
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 306 reviews2020
    Dev: Cyril Jarnot
    Windows · Mac

    CARRIER BATTLES is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame covering the naval-air battles of the Pacific War, from 1942 to 1943. Find your opponent and strike at him before he sinks your precious carriers, while preventing them from invading or supporting your own amphibious operations.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 25.4%, Wargame 17.5%, Naval 11.7%, Historical 11.4%, Hex Grid 7.8%

  3. #3 Battle Fleet 2
    96% matchMostly Positive75% of 372 reviews2014
    Dev: Mythical City Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    Welcome Admiral! Select your fleet, assign weapons, and sink the enemy fleet by controlling each of your ships down to setting the aim and range of each weapon's shot. Features include full open world Pacific & Atlantic campaigns, cross-platform multiplayer and awesome turn-based naval battles.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 34.8%, Naval 20.8%, Wargame 15.4%, Military 9.9%, Strategy 6.8%

  4. #4 Battleships Simulator
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hard Shark Games
    Windows

    Battleships Simulator puts you in command of mighty ships—strike, sink your opponent, and claim victory! Feel the thrill of naval battles and outsmart your foe in intense, turn-based war action!

    Why similar: Naval Combat 39%, Wargame 21.9%, Naval 11.2%, Strategy 7.4%, Simulation 7.2%

  5. #5 Rule the Waves 3
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,014 reviews2023
    Dev: Naval Warfare SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 58.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 27.9%, Wargame 20.7%, Naval 17.9%, Military 13.6%, Simulation 5.6%

  6. #6 Battleships and Carriers - Pacific War
    94% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2019
    Dev: Light Strategy SeriesPub: SLS
    Windows

    Casual turn-based WW2 Pacific naval strategy: move, search & destroy, build units and technologies. Clear and simple combat and move. 2D, retro style, WW2. Easy to learn - hard to master.More than 90 missions and campaigns from Pearl Harbor and Midway to the Iwo Jima and Leyte battles.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 29.5%, Wargame 16.1%, Naval 15.8%, Historical 9.3%, Military 6.2%

  7. #7 Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
    93% 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: Naval Combat 48.7%, Naval 13.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Historical 10.2%, Simulation 10.1%

  8. #8 Midway 1981
    92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: David RigglePub: Sea Onion Software
    Windows

    Wargame like it's 1981!

    Why similar: Naval Combat 33.7%, Wargame 18.3%, Historical 13.2%, Naval 9.7%, Military 9.1%

  9. #9 Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945
    91% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
    Dev: SLS
    Windows

    Casual WW2 naval turn-based strategy: attack/defend, search & destroy, build ships, subs and aircraft. Clear & simple combat and move. Fast, re-playable board game style strategy, with 70 unit types. More than 40 missions, death-matches & campaigns (Destroy, Conquer, Defend, Escort, Kill-Them-All).

    Why similar: Naval Combat 29.3%, Wargame 17.5%, Naval 15.8%, Military 11.6%, Historical 7.2%

  10. #10 Legacy of Sail
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hydran Software
    Windows

    As a 17th Century Admiral, send your squadrons out to capture enemy towns and sink their ships. Force boarding actions to capture their prized Ships of the Line all while balancing the need for supplies, repairs and upgrading your crew in this throwback real time tactics naval combat game

    Why similar: Naval Combat 38.6%, Naval 19%, Wargame 11%, Historical 8.7%, Strategy 6.7%

  11. #11 Sword & Siege Crusades: Book I
    90% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Wargame Design Studio
    Windows

    Fight through the 1st and 2nd Crusades and the conflicts between them in Crusades: Book I, a tactical medieval wargame of sieges, field battles, and frontier warfare. Command Crusader armies or Islamic alliances across 74 scenarios and two branching campaigns.

    Why similar: Wargame 19.4%, Military 16.7%, Historical 15.2%, Hex Grid 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%

  12. #12 Sword & Siege Crusades: Book II
    89% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Wargame Design Studio
    Windows

    Continue the struggle for the Holy Land in Crusades: Book II, a tactical medieval wargame covering the Third and Fourth Crusades between 1149 and 1204. Command the Crusader Alliance or the Anti-Crusader Alliance across 102 historically accurate scenarios and four branching campaigns.

    Why similar: Wargame 20.7%, Military 16.3%, Historical 15.1%, Hex Grid 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%

  13. #13 复古:航海大时代
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Navigation Studio
    Windows

    The Age of Navigation game has a brand new sailing world to experience. All dynamic events can be challenged, and different camps can be found to fight against each other. You can experience different experience points in the wonderful sailing world.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 36.9%, Wargame 21.8%, Naval 14.7%, Strategy 9.4%, Military 6.1%

  14. #14 Fleet Command
    88% matchVery Positive88% of 475 reviews2006
    Dev: SonalystsPub: Strategy First
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%

    International waterways become theaters of war when the world's most formidable maritime powers exchange their fatal blows. With entire fleets at your command, you must strategically deploy vessels from every class - frigate to aircraft to nuclear submarine - to maintain the precarious balance of naval power and gain position for the...

    Why similar: Naval Combat 36.9%, Wargame 34.2%, Naval 10.4%, Military 9.8%, Strategy 5.2%

  15. #15 Carrier Deck
    87% matchVery Positive89% of 1,069 reviews2017
    Dev: Every Single Soldier
    Windows
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Carrier Deck is a fast paced time management game where you play as the Air Boss on board the CVN-76 in the midst of active war.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 65.9%, Naval 11.7%, Military 8.8%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 2.3%

  16. #16 Pirates. Naval battle
    86% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
    Dev: AlekseyPub: AlekseyN
    Windows

    This is a hardcore game, and it's not the easiest control. But if you can acquire combat skills, then exciting battles with pirate ships are waiting for you.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 44.4%, Wargame 21.6%, Military 16.8%, Historical 9.3%, Simulation 6.3%

  17. #17 Spee
    84% match3 user reviews33% of 3 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: Wargame 24%, Naval Combat 23%, Naval 15.6%, Historical 12.4%, Simulation 11.9%

  18. #18 Carrier Commander
    86% matchMostly Negative31% of 13 reviews2022
    Dev: ss
    Windows · Mac

    Carrier Commander is a real-time strategy game which allows you choose the intensity of gameplay. You can manage your Carrier Operations against incoming attacks or intensify your game play by directly engaging the enemy controlling your own Jets, Destroyer's, Helicopter's and more...

    Why similar: Naval Combat 35.4%, Naval 19%, Military 14.3%, Wargame 13.9%, Strategy 5.2%

  19. #19 Battleships and Carriers - WW2 Battleship Game
    85% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2018
    Dev: Light Strategy SeriesPub: SLS
    Windows

    Search, move, destroy and build ships/subs/aircraft: casual turn-based naval strategy battleship game. More than 80 missions, Death-Match and Free Hunt scenarios and campaigns from Pearl Harbor and Lamansh to the Overlord and Okinawa battles, with over 50 ship and aircraft types.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 36.4%, Wargame 21.5%, Naval 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%, Turn-Based Combat 5.5%

  20. #20 XR22-SEAGUARD
    84% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
    Dev: Jean-Francois
    Windows

    XR22-SEAGUARD is a PC and VR game that reimagines the classic grid-based game of Battleship. This immersive PC and VR game puts you in the heart of a dynamic 3D industrial environment, where you'll strategically place and sink ships using state-of-the-art weapons and defenses.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 31.5%, Wargame 21.2%, Military 15%, Naval 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%

  21. #21 WWII Squad Level Land Battles ssp
    82% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
    Dev: Mark AinsworthPub: (Mark Ainsworth)
    Windows

    A Wargame for Grognards, its a little bit complicated for the average user. it is chits representing the units . the combat is decided by dice rolls and modifiers. It is 2D topdown. with a fantastic A.I.

    Why similar: Wargame 38.6%, Military 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Grid-Based Movement 10.6%

  22. #22 Battleship Command
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BracerPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows

    Command the mighty Scharnhorst in this immersive WWII naval simulation. Walk her decks in first-person, control gunnery, radar, and navigation, and lead your fleet through the Atlantic, Arctic, and Mediterranean. Battle convoys, outwit enemies, and survive the stormy seas of war.

    Why similar: Wargame 24.5%, Naval Combat 23.7%, Naval 18.6%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 10.6%

  23. #23 SGS Operation Hawaii
    82% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2021
    Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
    Windows · Mac

    On December 7th, 1941, the Empire of Japan struck a surprise blow against unsuspecting American forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaï. In the ensuing confusion and panic, the USA feared a Japanese invasion of Oahu island, but it fortunately did not materialize. But what would have happened if it had?

    Why similar: Wargame 29.5%, Historical 13.8%, Military 12.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%

  24. #24 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
    79% matchVery Positive88% of 113 reviews2024
    Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific is a turn-based strategy game. It offers a comprehensive experience of the Pacific Theater, challenging you to achieve victory in one of history's greatest conflicts.

    Why similar: Wargame 30.7%, Historical 17.2%, Military 13.6%, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%

  25. #25 纸上谈兵模拟器
    81% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2021
    Dev: 犟游社
    Windows

    一款简单易上手的兵团战争游戏。 扮演战国七雄,搭配自己的将领,统一天下。

    Why similar: Wargame 27.9%, Simulation 16.1%, Military 15.2%, Strategy 13.9%, Historical 13.9%

  26. #26 太平洋之嵐6 ~ 史上最大的激戰諾曼第攻防戰! Pacific Storm 6 - Battle for Normandy
    81% matchMixed62% of 34 reviews2018
    Dev: SystemSoft Alpha CooperationPub: 英特衛多媒體股份有限公司
    Windows

    " Pacific Storm” series is a war simulation game. It is a scene of historical facts, and it has been praised by many historical war fans.

    Why similar: Wargame 20.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Military 12.8%, Historical 12.7%

  27. #27 Steam & Iron. Battle of Port Arthur
    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Goydalka Games
    Windows

    Steam & Iron: Battle of Port Arthur is a tactical real-time naval simulator focusing on the combat of early 20th-century steamships. Squadrons of battleships, cruisers, and torpedo boats from two empires await your command to clash in epic naval battles.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 33.3%, Wargame 20.4%, Naval 16.3%, Military 8.8%, Simulation 6.4%

  28. #28 Pacific General
    78% matchMostly Positive77% of 48 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 31.7%, Historical 13.9%, Military 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Strategy 9.7%

  29. #29 Ibboran
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ian C PookPub: Paphian Games
    Windows

    The Empire is aflame! Lead your fantastical troops through a 15-battle, turn-based strategy campaign. Build your army by achieving objectives to fill your Treasury. Recruit mercenaries to tilt the battle in your favor and use your General to improve your units or blast the enemy. To war!

    Why similar: Wargame 31.1%, Military 14.1%, Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Hex Grid 9.8%

  30. #30 Britannia
    77% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 reviews2024
    Dev: Avalon DigitalPub: PID Games
    Windows · Mac

    Relive over a thousand years of Great Britain's history in this epic game of conquest and domination. From Roman legions to the Norman Conquest led by William the Conqueror, explore the fate of numerous nations and fight to become king.

    Why similar: Wargame 29.9%, Simulation 14.4%, Historical 13.6%, Strategy 12.4%, Military 12.2%

  31. #31 Gunboat
    78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
    Dev: Accolade, Inc.Pub: Ziggurat
    Windows

    For decades, the U.S. Navy has deployed the river patrol boat (PBR) in the most hostile and claustrophobic type of war: riverine combat. The classic action sim Gunboat lets you fight from all perspectives of your boat's four-man crew in over 20 missions across 3 sweltering combat zones.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 48.4%, Naval 23.1%, Military 17%, Simulation 7.4%, War 3.9%

  32. #32 SGS Avalanche
    75% match6 user reviews83% of 6 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 35.1%, Strategy 15.4%, Historical 15.2%, Military 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%

  33. #33 Crash Dive
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 193 reviews2015
    Dev: Panic Ensues Software
    Windows

    WWII tactical submarine combat! Take command of a U-boat prowling the Atlantic in search of enemy convoys to sink. Sneak past the escorts and torpedo the transports. Or surface and use your deck gun in a daring night attack.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 32.2%, Naval 16.4%, Wargame 15.1%, Historical 11.5%, Military 9.9%

  34. #34 War on the Sea
    76% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,150 reviews2021
    Dev: Killerfish Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 39.3%, Naval 27%, Wargame 9.4%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 8.4%

  35. #35 SGS Battle For: Madrid
    75% match7 user reviews86% of 7 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 33.7%, Strategy 14.5%, Historical 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Military 12.8%

  36. #36 Clad in Iron: Philippines 1898
    76% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2017
    Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
    Windows

    Manage your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, amphibious assaults, struggle for dominance over the seas.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 37.7%, Naval 28.5%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 16.3%

  37. #37 Midway:Sink the Japanese Aircraft Carriers
    74% match2 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
    Dev: KL Game Studio
    Windows

    This is a Battle of Midway simulation game. You need to fly a dive bomber, dodge Japanese anti-aircraft fire, drop bombs and destroy the carrier. The Japanese gunfire is extremely fierce, please be careful. I hope war only exists in games and I support Ukraine.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 36.8%, Wargame 20.2%, Naval 19.1%, Military 13.1%, Historical 8.2%

  38. #38 英雄竞起:三国
    73% matchMixed61% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: 自在工作室
    Windows

    The world is in chaos, heroes are rising, and the public is a high-ranking official. We must take the collection of heroes as our heart, and we can help the Han dynasty and save the people.

    Why similar: Wargame 30.1%, Strategy 14.3%, Military 14.2%, Historical 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%

  39. #39 Gettysburg: Fields of Valor
    74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
    Dev: Demetrios GlinosPub: Advanced Text Analytics, LLC
    Windows · Mac

    An advanced historical war game that simulates the pivotal three-day battle at Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The game models every brigade, battery, and leader who participated in the largest battle ever fought on the North American continent.

    Why similar: Wargame 34.1%, Hex Grid 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Historical 9.3%

  40. #40 Fleet Hunters
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Gnarly Labs SRL
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Turn-based naval battles of strategy and suspense. Place your ships, fire your shots, and claim the seas.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 28.7%, Wargame 22.8%, Naval 19%, Military 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%

  41. #41 SGS Okinawa
    72% 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 32.2%, Historical 15.1%, Strategy 14.2%, Military 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%

  42. #42 Saratoga
    68% matchPositive98% of 42 reviews2025
    Dev: Hexes of WarPub: GMT Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Saratoga is a digital implementation of the Saratoga, Volume I of the Great Battles of the American Revolution wargame published by GMT Games and designed by Mark Miklos.

    Why similar: Wargame 32.1%, Hex Grid 14.6%, Historical 12.7%, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%

  43. #43 Clad in Iron: Gulf of Mexico 1864
    71% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2017
    Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
    Windows

    Manage your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, amphibious assaults, struggle for dominance over the seas in turned-based strategic mode.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 35.6%, Naval 28.7%, Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 17.5%

  44. #44 Battleline: Pacific
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Gronstedt Group
    Windows

    The Pacific is at war! Take command of an Arleigh Burke destroyer, hunt submarines, guard the U.S. carrier group, & master anti‑submarine warfare. Free Early Access proof of concept, tested & positively evaluated at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School; your feedback will shape the fleet’s future.

    Why similar: Wargame 28.5%, Naval 21.1%, Naval Combat 18.6%, Military 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%

  45. #45 Clad in Iron: Sakhalin 1904
    70% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2018
    Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
    Windows

    Manage your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, amphibious assaults, struggle for dominance over the seas.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 35%, Naval 29.2%, Simulation 18.5%, Strategy 17.3%

  46. #46 Rebel Fury
    67% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2025
    Dev: Hexes of WarPub: GMT Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Rebel Fury is a digital implementation of the wargame published by GMT Games and designed by Mark Herman.

    Why similar: Wargame 36.1%, Historical 21.7%, Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 7.7%

  47. #47 Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare
    69% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
    Dev: MicroprosePub: Atari
    Windows

    First published in 1993 by Microprose, Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare lets players manage an entire air campaign - from mission planning to dogfightitng.

    Why similar: Wargame 35.2%, Historical 20.6%, Simulation 17.8%, Military 16.2%, Strategy 9.8%

  48. #48 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
    69% 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: Naval Combat 31.6%, Wargame 17.8%, Naval 17.1%, Military 11.5%, Historical 9.6%

  49. #49 Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic
    72% matchMixed45% of 2,525 reviews2010
    Dev: Ubisoft RomaniaPub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Step behind the periscope of a German U-boat and take on the Allied Forces in famous battles across the vast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The best-selling submarine series of all time continues with the highly anticipated Silent Hunter: Battle of the Atlantic.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 52.2%, Naval 16.3%, Military 10.5%, Historical 9.8%, Simulation 9.1%

  50. #50 Marvatten
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Impact Unified AB
    Windows

    Design your warship and take it to battle! In Marvatten you’re a warship architect and commander. It’s not just about size, but smart design. Your design choices directly impact combat performance. Ready to conquer the seas? Join Marvatten now!

    Why similar: Naval Combat 37.5%, Naval 20.5%, Wargame 18.4%, Military 13.9%, Simulation 5.2%

  51. #51 Global Conflict Blue: Horizon
    67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Wardstone Games
    Windows

    Global Conflict Blue: Horizon simulates warfare in real time across air and naval domains. Build scenarios, customize tactics, and experience immersive strategy at both the tactical and operational levels.

    Why similar: Wargame 31%, Military 22.5%, Naval Combat 16.4%, Simulation 13.8%, Strategy 10.8%

  52. #52 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 428 reviews2021
    Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    War in the East 2 is the most comprehensive, most realistic, and most advanced wargame modeling Eastern Front warfare in World War Two.

    Why similar: Wargame 34.8%, Simulation 13%, Strategy 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Historical 11.6%

  53. #53 Strategic Mind: The Pacific
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 620 reviews2019
    Dev: Starni Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 25%, Wargame 18.1%, Naval 15.5%, Military 11.9%, Historical 10.8%

  54. #54 Ironclads 2: American Civil War
    70% matchMostly Positive75% of 56 reviews2015
    Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Create your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, struggle for dominance over the seas! Command a battle formation and experience the power of iron and steam!

    Why similar: Naval Combat 75.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 12%

  55. #55 海战前线-0.1版本
    67% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2024
    Dev: 海战前线
    Windows

    《海战前线》是一款策略海战游戏,玩家在游戏中将化身海军司令官,组建属于自己的无敌舰队,以敏锐的洞察和高明的战术,改变海洋势力格局。游戏中不仅有超多知名战舰等待玩家收集,还有丰富的系统玩法保证游戏乐趣,更有全新0.1版本,不肝不氪,福利满满!

    Why similar: Naval Combat 50.1%, Military 20.6%, Wargame 13.5%, Strategy 7.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.3%

  56. #56 Harpoon Classic '97
    66% matchVery Positive82% of 56 reviews2025
    Dev: Alliance InteractivePub: MicroProse Software
    Windows

    Harpoon Classic 97 a naval warfare simulation game that builds on the legacy of the original Harpoon®. Command naval forces, including ships, submarines, and aircraft, across global theaters like the Nth Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and Mediterranean, a realistic modern naval combat.

    Why similar: Wargame 30.9%, Naval Combat 23.9%, Military 15.1%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 9.9%

  57. #57 Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
    66% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,195 reviews2023
    Dev: Iron Wolf Studio S.A.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter brings you an authentic and historically accurate destroyer simulation along with gripping anti-submarine warfare set in the turmoils of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 33.5%, Naval 16%, Wargame 14.5%, Military 13.5%, Historical 10.1%

  58. #58 Naval Hurricane
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 94 reviews2022
    Dev: Efril
    Windows

    Turn based tactical game about war at sea between British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy during World War I. Command powerful dreadnoughts, fast destroyers and stealthy submarines, conduct artillery battles, torpedo attacks and fight for the survivability of damaged ships.

    Why similar: Naval Combat 38.1%, Naval 18.2%, Historical 17.3%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 7%

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