- #1 Twilight Struggle
97% matchVery Positive86% of 2,980 reviews2016
Dev: Playdek, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.
Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 17.8% ★, Board Game 17.5%, Tabletop 15.4%, Card Game 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
- #2 Ultimate General: Civil War
96% matchVery Positive89% of 8,579 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.
Why similar: Tabletop 28.9%, Board Game 19.1%, Wargame 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, War 9.3%
- #3 Victory and Glory: The American Civil War
95% 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 29.7%, Strategy 28.8%, Wargame 21.9%, War 15.4%, Indie 4.1%
- #4 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
94% matchVery Positive80% of 2,709 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: Historical 31.2%, Wargame 22.1%, Strategy 18.4%, Simulation 11.5%, War 11.4%
- #5 Strategic Command: American Civil War
94% matchVery Positive85% of 249 reviews2022
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
For the first time in the series’ history, Strategic Command will be taking you to the 19th century battlefields of the American Civil War. You will control the armies, research, production and diplomatic policy of either the Union or the Confederacy during a time of innovation and dramatic battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 38.2%, Wargame 20.6%, Historical 19.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Multiplayer 5.2%
- #6 Root
93% matchVery Positive90% of 5,521 reviews2020
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!
Why similar: Board Game 20.7%, Tabletop 17.8%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 17.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Card Game 9.5%
- #7 Axis & Allies 1942 Online
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,097 reviews2021
Dev: Beamdog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 48.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Play the classic board game, Axis & Allies 1942 2nd Edition! Act as WWII powers in a turn-based strategy game that fits your screen and schedule— get notified on your turn and command armies at your own pace! Team up with friends, challenge the world’s top players, or go solo vs. A.I.
Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 20.3% ★, Board Game 20.3%, Tabletop 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Wargame 7.9%
- #8 Through the Ages
91% matchVery Positive91% of 2,341 reviews2018
Dev: CGE Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil
Why similar: Board Game 20.1%, Tabletop 18.4%, Card Game 14.3%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 13.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%
- #9 Civil War: Battle of Petersburg
91% matchVery Positive82% of 244 reviews2017
Dev: Cult Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Crush the Confederates near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Bring peace to a nation divided.
Why similar: Board Game 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Wargame 15.8%, Historical 13%, War 11.4%
- #10 Mr. President
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: Exia Labs
Windows · Mac
Can you face the challenges of the Oval Office? Find out in Mr. President, a sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency. Pursue your legislative agenda. Compete with rivals Russia and China. Deal with crises from 9/11 to COVID-19; and direct the U.S. military against terror groups and rogue states.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.3% ★, Board Game 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Tabletop 9.9%, Alternate History 7.4%
- #11 Gettysburg: The Tide Turns
90% matchMixed67% of 69 reviews2017
Dev: Shenandoah StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Gettysburg: The Tide Turns is a hex-based wargame set in one of the most decisive and iconic battles of the Civil War. 150 years ago, brave soldiers fought across this idyllic battlefield, and, now, we put you in their shoes.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #12 Civil War II
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 352 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 29.4%, Historical 22%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 13.9%, Wargame 13%
- #13 Reiner Knizia Yellow & Yangtze
87% matchVery Positive91% of 120 reviews2019
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Lead your dynasty to victory in the new digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!
Why similar: Diplomacy 25% ★, Board Game 19.4%, Tabletop 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Wargame 6.1%
- #14 KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
86% matchMixed68% of 50,949 reviews2020
Dev: 1939 Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
Why similar: Card Game 23.9%, Board Game 23.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Wargame 9.8%, PvP 7.4%
- #15 Battleplan: American Civil War
88% matchMixed47% of 302 reviews2014
Dev: The Mustard CorporationPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Battleplan: American Civil War introduces you to fastplay wargaming, a new kind of strategy game experience. Take command of either Confederate or Union troops and fight your way through eleven of the American Civil War’s most famous battles.
Why similar: Strategy 35.2%, Historical 28.1%, Simulation 24.5%, Casual 12.2%
- #16 Hexarchy
84% matchVery Positive82% of 1,640 reviews2023
Dev: Main Tank SoftwarePub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Card Game 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Historical 11.6%, PvP 9.8%, War 9.6%
- #17 Civil War: 1863
86% matchMixed59% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Strategy 35.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 34.1%, Wargame 30.3%
- #18 American Patriots: Boston Tea Party
85% matchVery Positive88% of 109 reviews2017
Dev: Cult Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Take Boston or die for freedom!
Why similar: Board Game 34.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Historical 12%, Wargame 10.7%, War 9.9%
- #19 Lux Alliance
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: Sillysoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lux Alliance is a synchronized-turns strategy war game, inspired by the classic boardgames RISK, Diplomacy and Axis & Allies. Marshall your troops, collaborate with your allies, anticipate your opponents, and capture all the enemy HQs to win!
Why similar: Diplomacy 31.8% ★, Board Game 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 9%, Historical 7.2%
- #20 Eight-Minute Empire
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 128 reviews2017
Dev: Acram Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Eight-Minute Empire is the super-quick area control game requiring tough decisions. It’s easy to learn and perfect for when you only have a few minutes. ⏱
Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 27.2% ★, Board Game 24%, Tabletop 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Wargame 6.3%
- #21 Unmatched: Digital Edition
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 285 reviews2023
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Unmatched: Digital Edition is a fast-paced tactical dueling game where legendary heroes face off in battles across the ages. Each player controls a hero, their sidekick(s), and a unique deck of cards built around that character’s fighting style and abilities.
Why similar: Board Game 19.3%, Tabletop 17.6%, Alternate History 16%, Card Game 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
- #22 Third Front: WWII
82% matchMixed61% of 360 reviews2018
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Are you ready to rewrite history and take on the role of ruler of the nation? Show your knowledge of tactics and strategy, become the commander-in-chief of a huge army! Lead the troops of one of the three nations - the USSR, Germany and the Allies - and pave your way for each of them!
Why similar: Card Game 27.6%, Alternate History 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Strategy 12.7%, War 8.6%
- #23 Card Blitz: WWII
82% matchMixed59% of 92 reviews2020
Dev: HocWar
Windows
WWII card game - simple but deep, challenging but friendly. If you are into military history, collecting and fast game sessions then Card Blitz is perfect for you!
Why similar: Card Game 23.3%, Tabletop 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Historical 9%, War 7.6%
- #24 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,396 reviews2021
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 97.6 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: Historical 34%, Strategy 29.3%, War 18.3%, Wargame 16.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #25 Blocks!: Julius Caesar
81% matchMixed53% of 73 reviews2019
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Blocks!: Julius Caesar is an epic two-player wargame that brings the drama of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BC) to life. Take control of the legions of Caesar or Pompey against AI or in online Multiplayer. Fight to determine the future of Rome: Republic or Empire.
Why similar: Board Game 37%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Wargame 9.5%
- #26 Making History: The Calm & the Storm
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 632 reviews2007
Dev: Muzzy LanePub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Making History® delivers the open-ended gameplay of strategy-game classics, but with compelling new economic, military, and diplomatic systems and deep research that lets you play with real historical challenges.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 52.2%, Strategy 30.3%, Historical 17.5%
- #27 1775: Rebellion
80% matchMixed57% of 126 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Command the armies of the British Redcoats, English Loyalists, German Hessians, American Regulars, Patriots, French Regulars and Native Americans to decide the fate of the Americas!
Why similar: Board Game 72.6%, Strategy 27.4%
- #28 Precipice
78% matchVery Positive80% of 325 reviews2019
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.
Why similar: Diplomacy 30.3% ★, Alternate History 20.2%, Board Game 11.2%, Strategy 6.9%, Historical 6.8%
- #29 Raiders of the North Sea
77% matchVery Positive86% of 265 reviews2019
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
It's Raiding Season! Plunder your way to Viking adventure in the digital adaptation of the award-winning worker-placement board game!
Why similar: Board Game 22.4%, Tabletop 19.3%, Card Game 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Wargame 5.9%
- #30 Ironclad Tactics
78% matchMixed69% of 625 reviews2013
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Ironclad Tactics is a fast-paced, card-based tactics game set in an alternate history Civil War - with steam-powered military robots!
Why similar: Card Game 52.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.8%, Strategy 13.7%, Casual 6.1%, Indie 1.8%
- #31 The Political Machine 2024
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 267 reviews2024
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Win the hearts and minds of America’s voters and run for President in this political strategy game. Choose a candidate or create your own and run against the opposing party’s candidate or up to 4 primary candidates controlled by the computer or other players online.
Why similar: Alternate History 27.6%, Card Game 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, PvP 10.5%, Historical 9.5%
- #32 Bombagun
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 142 reviews2022
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A deceptively simple, post-apocalyptic style card game that you can play both online and offline!
Why similar: Board Game 31.1%, Tabletop 25.2%, Card Game 23.8%, Casual 5.4%, Strategy 5.3%
- #33 The Art of War: Card Game
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Brightdawn Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead one of four factions of your choice and defeat all your opponents in fierce card battles with real players from all around the world. Destroy your enemies, reinforce the power of your empire, and comprehend “The Art of War”!
Why similar: Tabletop 37.3%, Card Game 31%, Board Game 10.7%, Strategy 6.9%, Casual 3.9%
- #34 Scythe: Digital Edition
75% matchVery Positive89% of 3,814 reviews2018
Dev: The Knights of Unity
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Scythe transports you to an alternate reality in 1920s Europa, one ravaged by the First World War. Take up the role of leader by assuming command of one of 5 factions, and set out to conquer the coveted "Factory". Lead your mechs to war and your people to victory!
Why similar: Board Game 27.2%, Alternate History 20.5%, Tabletop 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Historical 5.6%
- #35 Valor & Victory
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 193 reviews2021
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Valor & Victory is a fast-playing, easy to learn World War II squad-level game system. Based on the original Valor & Victory board game, the digital edition provides you with an accessible and deep challenge, developed for classic tabletop game lovers.
Why similar: Board Game 25.6%, Tabletop 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Wargame 9.3%, Historical 7.8%
- #36 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
74% matchVery Positive88% of 121 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: Turn-Based Strategy 29.6%, Wargame 17.7%, Historical 14%, Strategy 11.4%, War 8.2%
- #37 Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
74% matchVery Positive84% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Prove to have a true Strategic Mind! Spirit of Liberty will put your strategic planning skills to the test. It’s a hardcore, turn-based, historically accurate strategy game set in WWII. Lead Finnish forces against an overwhelming threat through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War.
Why similar: Board Game 25.7%, Alternate History 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Wargame 9.6%, Historical 7.9%
- #38 Armchair Commander
73% matchVery Positive89% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: Zack SimaPub: Indie War Games
Windows · Mac
A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.
Why similar: Diplomacy 29.7% ★, Alternate History 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Wargame 9.4%, Historical 8.8%
- #39 Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
73% matchVery Positive88% of 250 reviews2016
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Command a true operational structure. Can you balance and prioritize three different Theatres in order to achieve your objective?
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 55%, Strategy 25.2%, Wargame 15.5%, Multiplayer 2.4%, Singleplayer 2%
- #40 Age of History II
68% matchVery Positive90% of 49,951 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 62.6 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: Diplomacy 24.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Historical 14.8%, Alternate History 14.6%, War 10.9%
- #41 Headquarters: World War II
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 684 reviews2024
Dev: Starni GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.
Why similar: Board Game 20.7%, Tabletop 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, PvP 9.3%, Wargame 8.3%
- #42 Civil War: 1861
73% matchMixed67% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Civil War: 1861 covers the opening battles of the American Civil War. The game covers both the small and large actions of that momentous year, starting with the battle at ‘Big Bethel’, on to the comparatively vast engagements at ‘Bull Run’ and ‘Wilson’s Creek’.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 43%, Strategy 20.5%, Wargame 17.9%, Historical 16.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #43 Making History: The First World War
71% matchMixed66% of 115 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: Alternate History 26.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Wargame 14.8%, Historical 13.5%, War 7.8%
- #44 Labyrinth: The War on Terror
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 187 reviews2022
Dev: Playdek, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Face the global war on terror in this engaging 2 player strategy game. Set against recent world events, Labyrinth portrays the U.S. efforts to counter extremists’ use of terrorist tactics, as well as the wider ideological struggle – guerrilla warfare, fundamentalist rule, regime change and more.
Why similar: Board Game 35.9%, Simulation 16.6%, Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Wargame 10.2%
- #45 Three Kingdoms:BOND
66% matchVery Positive84% of 417 reviews2026
Dev: Get Wrapped Up Inc.
Windows · Mac
Gather your warlords. Take the realm. One-time purchase, no gacha, no pay-to-win. Unlock 100+ warlords just by playing. Build your army from random picks each match, then win through positioning and smart reads. Fast-paced PvP strategy battles, finished in just 10 minutes.
Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 35.3% ★, Historical 23.7%, PvP 14%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 7.6%
- #46 Revolution Under Siege Gold
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 171 reviews2015
Dev: Sep RedsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Make the Reds side triumph to save the Soviet Proletarian revolution, or, on the other side, lead the Whites side to victory in order to place the old regime back in power and protect the countries of Europe from the perils of the revolution. This is the biggest civil war game you will ever play!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.3%, Wargame 20.1%, Strategy 18.5%, Historical 16.4%, Simulation 15.4%
- #47 Millennia
68% matchMixed67% of 3,777 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: Diplomacy 29.8% ★, Alternate History 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Historical 8.3%, War 6.2%
- #48 Making History: The Great War
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 455 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.4 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: Alternate History 26.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.4%, Historical 14.4%, War 11%, Strategy 9.5%
- #49 SGS Taipings
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 230 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The game recreates the Taïping Rebellion (1851-64), the deadliest Chinese civil war, costing the lives of millions. Play the Taïping rebels and their allies, fighting to create their own state, or be the Qing Emperor and crush the revolt and its foreign devils allies before it topples your dynasty.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 31.9%, Wargame 22.7%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 15.5% ★, Historical 11.9%, Strategy 7.7%
- #50 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,252 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 51.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!
Why similar: Alternate History 34.4%, Wargame 19.9%, Historical 10.6%, War 9.4%, Simulation 7.5%
- #51 Ancestory
72% matchMixed57% of 63 reviews2015
Dev: Kajak Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Turn-based strategy meets card game! Outwit your opponent on multiple different battlefields with cunning strategies. Build your own decks made of underworldly minions and powerful spells!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 34.7%, Card Game 31.4%, Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Multiplayer 6.2%
- #52 Terminal Conflict
71% matchMixed68% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: Strategy Mill
Windows · Mac · Linux
Touch the world with your fingertips! Your retro terminal awaits your command, for the balance of power, in this definitive Cold War strategy game. Here you belong; assert your leadership through turn based strategic tit-for-tat, on the brink of mutually assured destruction. Don't let it slip away!
Why similar: Board Game 31%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Wargame 11.1%, Immersive 7.8% ★, Simulation 6.3%
- #53 Fire & Maneuver
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,771 reviews2023
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 21.1 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: Turn-Based Strategy 32.9%, Historical 19.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, War 10.3%, PvP 9.6%
- #54 Lux Delux
70% matchVery Positive82% of 383 reviews2015
Dev: Sillysoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lux Delux is a fast-paced turn-based-strategy game of risk and world domination, with so much more! Highly moddable, Lux has over 900 maps, diverse random map generators, a biohazard mode, an AI SDK, and an online multi-player league.
Why similar: Board Game 33.1%, Diplomacy 19.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Historical 5.4%
- #55 Vox Populi: Brazil 2022
67% matchVery Positive94% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Velsin
Windows
Play as an existing or fully customized political figure, and campaign for many alternative Brazilian elections! In "Vox Populi: Brazil 2022", you and the characters around you must promote your ideas and your popularity throughout the country to claim victory!
Why similar: Tabletop 34.5%, Card Game 33.7%, Historical 14.5%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 3.6%
- #56 Battle Cry of Freedom
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,516 reviews2022
Dev: Flying Squirrel Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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: Historical 34.9%, War 23.4%, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 13.3%, Multiplayer 11.5%
- #57 Hex of Steel
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 898 reviews2020
Dev: War Frogs Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
Why similar: Board Game 23.4%, Tabletop 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Wargame 9.6%, Historical 8.3%
- #58 Social Democracy: An Alternate History
64% matchNo user reviews95% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: Red Autumn Games
Windows · Linux
You are the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1928. Can you stop the Nazis from taking power?
Why similar: Alternate History 57.6%, Historical 13.5%, Simulation 12.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Casual 2.7%