- #1 Twilight Struggle
97% matchVery Positive87% of 2,936 reviews2016
Dev: Playdek, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 14.4 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 18.1% ★, Board Game 17.3%, Tabletop 15.3%, Card Game 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
- #2 Mr. President
96% matchVery Positive80% of 86 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 22.9% ★, Board Game 16.3%, Political 13.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Tabletop 8.7%
- #3 Ultimate General: Civil War
95% 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: Tabletop 29.1%, Board Game 19.2%, Wargame 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, War 9.3%
- #4 Through the Ages
94% matchVery Positive91% of 2,310 reviews2018
Dev: CGE Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil
Why similar: Board Game 20.4%, Tabletop 18.9%, Card Game 15%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 14% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
- #5 Root
94% matchVery Positive90% of 5,196 reviews2020
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.1 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 20.3%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 18% ★, Tabletop 17.9%, Card Game 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #6 Civil War: Battle of Petersburg
93% matchVery Positive82% of 243 reviews2017
Dev: Cult Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Crush the Confederates near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Bring peace to a nation divided.
Why similar: Board Game 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Wargame 15.8%, Historical 12.9%, War 11.3%
- #7 Strategic Command: American Civil War
92% matchVery Positive85% of 233 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 38.6%, Wargame 20.4%, Historical 19%, Strategy 14.7%, Multiplayer 5.2%
- #8 Age of History II
90% matchVery Positive90% of 49,233 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 61.4 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: Diplomacy 20.7% ★, Political 17.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Historical 12.1%, Alternate History 11.9%
- #9 Civil War II
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 345 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 29.6%, Historical 21.7%, Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 14%, Wargame 12.8%
- #10 Victory and Glory: The American Civil War
91% 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 31.3%, Strategy 30.3%, Wargame 22.5%, War 15.8%
- #11 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
89% 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: Historical 31.3%, Wargame 22.2%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 11.8%, War 11.4%
- #12 Axis & Allies 1942 Online
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,970 reviews2021
Dev: Beamdog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 49.6 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 20.6% ★, Board Game 20%, Tabletop 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Wargame 7.7%
- #13 Gettysburg: The Tide Turns
89% matchMixed67% of 66 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%
- #14 Reiner Knizia Yellow & Yangtze
87% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2019
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Lead your dynasty to victory in the new digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!
Why similar: Diplomacy 25.2% ★, Board Game 19.4%, Tabletop 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Wargame 6.1%
- #15 KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
84% matchMixed69% of 47,196 reviews2020
Dev: 1939 Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 46.7 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 24.3%, Board Game 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Wargame 9.6%, PvP 7.5%
- #16 American Patriots: Boston Tea Party
86% matchVery Positive88% of 104 reviews2017
Dev: Cult Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Take Boston or die for freedom!
Why similar: Board Game 34.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Historical 12%, Wargame 10.7%, War 9.9%
- #17 Hexarchy
84% matchVery Positive82% of 1,534 reviews2023
Dev: Main Tank SoftwarePub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 23.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Historical 11.3%, PvP 9.8%, War 9.3%
- #18 Battleplan: American Civil War
86% matchMixed47% of 300 reviews2014
Dev: The Mustard CorporationPub: KPL
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 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 35.5%, Historical 27.7%, Simulation 24.7%, Casual 12.1%
- #19 Civil War: 1863
85% matchMixed58% of 50 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 35.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 34.4%, Wargame 29.9%
- #20 The Political Machine 2024
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 256 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: Political 26.5% ★, Alternate History 19.8%, Card Game 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, PvP 7.7%
- #21 Making History: The Calm & the Storm
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 624 reviews2007
Dev: Muzzy LanePub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 10.0 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 52.4%, Strategy 30.4%, Historical 17.1%
- #22 Lux Alliance
82% 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 32.3% ★, Board Game 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Strategy 9.2%, Historical 7.3%
- #23 Terminal Conflict
81% matchMixed70% of 69 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: Political 30.2% ★, Board Game 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Wargame 7.8%, Immersive 5.4% ★
- #24 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,322 reviews2021
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 83.3 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 33.8%, Strategy 29.8%, War 18.1%, Wargame 16.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #25 Precipice
79% matchVery Positive80% of 323 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 30.7% ★, Alternate History 20.1%, Board Game 11.3%, Strategy 7%, Historical 6.8%
- #26 Eight-Minute Empire
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 125 reviews2017
Dev: Acram Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 27.7% ★, Board Game 23.9%, Tabletop 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Wargame 6.2%
- #27 1775: Rebellion
81% matchMixed57% of 126 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
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 71.2%, Strategy 28.8%
- #28 Millennia
77% matchMixed67% of 3,746 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 34.4 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 25.7% ★, Alternate History 19.8%, Political 17.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Historical 7.1%
- #29 Scythe: Digital Edition
76% matchVery Positive90% of 3,763 reviews2018
Dev: The Knights of Unity
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 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%, Tabletop 20.2%, Alternate History 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Historical 5.6%
- #30 Third Front: WWII
78% 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 28.6%, Alternate History 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Strategy 12.9%, War 8.6%
- #31 Blocks!: Julius Caesar
78% matchMixed52% of 71 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 37.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 13.6%, Wargame 9.5%
- #32 SGS Taipings
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 226 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 31.3%, Wargame 22.2%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 17.7% ★, Historical 10.3%, Strategy 7.5%
- #33 Revolution Under Siege Gold
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 167 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 24.5%, Wargame 19.8%, Strategy 18.6%, Historical 16.1%, Simulation 15.6%
- #34 Unmatched: Digital Edition
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 257 reviews2023
Dev: Acram Digital
Windows · Mac
Unmatched: Digital Edition is a highly asymmetrical game of card-driven battles between epic heroes from story and myth. ⚔️ Witness clashes you've never seen before in duels or team fights. 💥 In battle, there are no equals! 💥
Why similar: Board Game 19.1%, Tabletop 17.6%, Alternate History 15.7%, Card Game 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
- #35 Armchair Commander
74% matchVery Positive89% of 98 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 29.8% ★, Alternate History 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Wargame 9.3%, Historical 8.7%
- #36 Card Blitz: WWII
76% matchMixed58% of 89 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 23.8%, Tabletop 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Historical 8.8%, War 7.5%
- #37 Bombagun
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 142 reviews2022
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A deceptively simple, post-apocalyptic style card game that you can play both online and offline!
Why similar: Board Game 30.9%, Tabletop 25.2%, Card Game 24.4%, Strategy 5.3%, Casual 5.3%
- #38 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
72% 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: Turn-Based Strategy 29.9%, Wargame 17.5%, Historical 13.8%, Strategy 11.6%, War 8.1%
- #39 Labyrinth: The War on Terror
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 176 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 35.6%, Simulation 16.8%, Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Wargame 10%
- #40 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,248 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 50.2 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 36.3%, Wargame 21.1%, Historical 11.3%, War 10%, Simulation 8.1%
- #41 Battle For The Hill
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Supercid87Pub: Benevolent Games
Windows
Will YOU control Congress, the Supreme Court, or the Presidency? In Battle for the Hill, a real-time multiplayer political strategy game, you’ll pass laws, shape the economy, and fight for power. Build alliances, manipulate the system, or dominate the market—every decision changes history.
Why similar: Political 34.3% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 33.3% ★, Alternate History 17.6%, PvP 6.8%, Simulation 5%
- #42 Vox Populi: Brazil 2022
70% matchVery Positive95% of 93 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 34.5%, Historical 14.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 3.6%
- #43 Just Go
69% matchVery Positive93% of 3,207 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Amateur
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
You will experience from absolute Novice to Top Go player, and show your talents in major Go leagues! The game also includes notable Go matches in history for you to explore. The full-dubbing tutorial for beginners will let you appreciate the charm of Go!
Why similar: Board Game 29.5%, Card Game 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Tabletop 14.3%, Simulation 5.4%
- #44 Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
71% matchVery Positive85% of 80 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 25.8%, Alternate History 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Wargame 9.5%, Historical 7.9%
- #45 Dune: Imperium
67% matchVery Positive94% of 3,969 reviews2024
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The award-winning board game of strategy and intrigue in the iconic universe of Dune. The Spice must flow.
Why similar: Board Game 28.5%, Tabletop 22.4%, Political 20.5% ★, Card Game 19.8%, Strategy 4.5%
- #46 The Art of War: Card Game
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 80 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 37.1%, Card Game 31.5%, Board Game 10.5%, Strategy 6.9%, Casual 3.8%
- #47 Dictator Simulator: Gradnar
68% matchVery Positive97% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: GortagonGame
Windows
Become the Dictator of Gradnar! Rule the nation, choose between democracy and tyranny, wage wars with a unique card-based mechanic, and expand your empire. A political dystopia packed with satire and humor!
Why similar: Diplomacy 30.2% ★, Political 24.4% ★, Card Game 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, War 4.8%
- #48 Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
71% matchVery Positive88% of 240 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 55.2%, Strategy 25.3%, Wargame 15.2%, Multiplayer 2.3%, Singleplayer 2%
- #49 Civil War: 1861
73% matchMixed66% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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 43.3%, Strategy 20.7%, Wargame 17.6%, Historical 15.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #50 The Conquest of Go
66% matchVery Positive94% of 531 reviews2025
Dev: Wolfey Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Learn and play Go, the classic board game that has been played for thousands of years, and compete in the race to conquer the most land in the in-game world, or compete online against opponents around the real world.
Why similar: Board Game 23.1%, Tabletop 21.4%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 16.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Wargame 6.9%
- #51 Ironclad Tactics
72% matchMixed69% of 621 reviews2013
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 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 53.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Casual 6.1%
- #52 Headquarters: World War II
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 654 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 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, PvP 9.4%, Wargame 8.2%
- #53 Age of History 3
65% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: Diplomacy 41.6% ★, Alternate History 28.8%, Wargame 14.3%, War 6.3%, Strategy 5.6%
- #54 Valor & Victory
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 190 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 24.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Wargame 9.2%, Historical 7.7%
- #55 Raiders of the North Sea
69% matchVery Positive87% of 259 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 22.3%, Tabletop 19.3%, Card Game 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Wargame 5.9%
- #56 Nexus 5X
65% matchVery Positive91% of 917 reviews2024
Dev: Whatboy GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.2% ★, Board Game 23%, Tabletop 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, PvP 5.2%
- #57 Alea Jacta Est
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 137 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
“ALEA JACTA EST” (The Die is Cast) is what Caesar said as he crossed the Rubicon River when he learned that the Senate had removed him from his command. Crossing that small Italian river was equivalent to disobeying Rome’s orders and entering into open rebellion in this historical turn-based strategy wargame .
Why similar: Historical 33.5%, Strategy 33.3%, Simulation 26%, Multiplayer 4.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #58 Vox Populi: Poland 2023
65% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Velsin
Windows
Play as an existing or fully customisable political figure, and campaign for or many alternative Polish elections!! In "Vox Populi: Poland 2023", you and the characters around you must promote your ideas and your popularity throughout the country to claim victory!
Why similar: Card Game 36.9%, Tabletop 26.4%, Historical 14.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 7.6%
- #59 Fate of the World
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 448 reviews2011
Dev: Red RedemptionPub: Soothsayer Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Fate of the World is a dramatic global strategy game that puts all our futures in your hands. The game features a dramatic set of scenarios based on the latest science covering the next two centuries. You must manage a balancing act of protecting the Earth’s resources and climate versus the needs of an ever-growing world population, who...
Why similar: Political 52.7% ★, Card Game 14.6%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 13.8%, Casual 3.2%