- #1 Saratoga
97% matchPositive95% of 43 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 26.9%, Hex Grid 19.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%
- #2 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
96% matchVery Positive91% of 457 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 29.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 13.3%, Hex Grid 8.8% ★, Simulation 8.7%
- #3 Panzers on the Steppe
96% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Demetrios GlinosPub: Advanced Text Analytics, LLC
Windows · Mac
A fast-paced WWII Eastern Front campaign game that simulates the titanic clashes of armor and armies across the Russian steppe from Finland to the Caucasus mountains. The game does all the logistics so you can focus on strategy and tactics.
Why similar: Hex Grid 30.4% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Historical 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 7.2% ★
- #4 War of the Austrian Succession
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight across Europe during the War of the Austrian Succession in a tactical wargame of dynastic conflict, continental campaigns, cavalry charges, and rebellions. Command Austrian, Prussian, French, British, Bavarian, Spanish, Sardinian, Jacobite and allied forces across 85 scenarios and 3 campaigns.
Why similar: Wargame 19.9%, Hex Grid 19.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Strategy 13.8%, Simulation 8.8%
- #5 American Revolutionary War
94% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight through the American War of Independence in a tactical wargame of field battles, frontier warfare, fortified positions, and campaigns for control of the colonies. Command American, British, Loyalist, German, Native allied, and French forces across 148 scenarios and four campaigns.
Why similar: Wargame 19.8%, Hex Grid 19.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Historical 8.2%
- #6 Sword & Siege Crusades: Book I
94% matchPositive100% of 41 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: Hex Grid 21.2% ★, Wargame 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Historical 7.8%
- #7 RBM Studio's Gettysburg
93% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Hexes of War
Windows · Mac · Linux
A historical hexagonal turn-based strategy wargame using markers to represent units designed by the legendary Mark Herman. Throwback to the great hex-based wargames of the 70's and 80's. Solo and online multiplayer modes are supported.
Why similar: Wargame 32.2%, Hex Grid 26% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, Strategy 9.6%, Historical 5.1%
- #8 Rebel Fury
92% matchPositive90% of 39 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 33.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 21%, Strategy 19%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Historical 9.9%
- #9 Sword & Siege Age of Longbow: Volume I
91% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight through the Hundred Years War in Age of Longbow: Volume I, a tactical medieval wargame of longbow battles, sieges, and shifting campaigns. Command English and French forces across 94 scenarios and an expansive campaign system spanning the war's major phases.
Why similar: Wargame 19.7%, Hex Grid 19.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Strategy 14%, Historical 8.1%
- #10 Arete
91% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Molotov Cockatiel Games
Windows · Mac
Arete: The Battles of Alexander the Great is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame where you'll relive the Macedonian king's most epic battles, from fighting alongside his father in Greece to climactic clashes with Darius in Persia to battling warlords at the extreme fringe of the empire.
Why similar: Hex Grid 25.9% ★, Wargame 24.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Strategy 8%, Turn-Based Combat 7.4%
- #11 Sword & Siege Crusades: Book II
90% matchPositive100% of 15 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: Hex Grid 22.8% ★, Wargame 22.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Historical 7.9%
- #12 Clash of Command: Campaign of 1863
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mutant Entertainment Studios
Windows
There is no “taking turns” in war! Play with or against your friends, devise your tactics and watch your plans unfold simultaneously, but remember “No plan survives contact with the Enemy.” Enlist Today!
Why similar: Wargame 19.9%, Hex Grid 19.8% ★, Asynchronous Multiplayer 18.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Strategy 7.3%
- #13 Trickery&Strategy
89% matchPositive79% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Ian Young
Windows
This is a war chess strategy game with the historical background of the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period. The game contains sociological knowledge, military knowledge, and conspiracy knowledge. Some knowledge reserve and cognitive ability may be required.
Why similar: Wargame 31.2%, Hex Grid 21.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Strategy 17.4%, Historical 7.2%
- #14 Advanced Tactics Gold
88% matchVery Positive84% of 176 reviews2014
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Advanced Tactics: Gold offers a unique and infinitely replayable wargaming experience for any strategy fan. Building off of the enormous success of Advanced Tactics: World War II, the Gold edition gives players a more powerful game editor, much improved random game engine, many new features and abilities, and more.
Why similar: Hex Grid 32.4% ★, Wargame 31.8%, Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 6.2%
- #15 Mini Army Tactics Medieval
87% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: John Caruso
Windows
Casual turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy Medieval era. Strategically command your troops on the battlefield to crush your opponent in combat. Use your troops abilities carefully to turn the tide of battle in your favor. Do you have what it takes to win the war?
Why similar: Wargame 30.3%, Hex Grid 21.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%
- #16 Red Reconquest
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lozack Gaming
Windows
Red Reconquest is a turn-based hex strategy game set on Mars in 2247. Command Earth Coalition Forces through 8 campaigns to liberate New Olympus from the MLC. Classic hex wargame inspired by Panzer General.
Why similar: Wargame 42.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Strategy 16.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Simulation 4.1%
- #17 SGS Vietnam War
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The Vietnam War remains one of the most emblematic conflicts of the Cold War era. Relive, on each side, the epic fight for dominance in this key Southeast Asia conflict from US intervention in 1965 till the Fall of Saigon in 1975.
Why similar: Wargame 32.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Strategy 16.9%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 10.7% ★, War 8.3%
- #18 Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War
84% matchVery Positive99% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Master grand tactical combat as a Cold War force commander in this data-rich simulation. Plan and issue orders in asynchronous WEGO turns, leveraging real-world maps and complex features like Electronic Warfare and Air Assaults to outthink your enemy.
Why similar: Wargame 36.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 16.1% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12%
- #19 SGS Pacific D-Day
85% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
One game, five great battles where the US Marines gained even more glory, at the price of terrible losses. Relive bloody assaults on Saipan, Tinian, Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Peleliu in this recreation of epic land battles of the Pacific War. Both sides are playable, each with their own challenge
Why similar: Wargame 20.4%, Strategy 18%, Simulation 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
- #20 Desert War WWII
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Build your army and enter into combat with your enemy in the desert battles of WWII.
Why similar: Wargame 29.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Hex Grid 16.2% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Historical 8.1%
- #21 No Retreat! The Russian Front
83% matchVery Positive79% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Cyril JarnotPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
This game is a Strategic game on the Eastern Front of World War II.It is a digital port from the famous and eponym boardgame, No Retreat!, designed by Carl Paradis.
Why similar: Wargame 32.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, Strategy 16.5%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 11% ★, War 8.2%
- #22 SGS Battle For: Madrid
82% 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 34.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.7%, Strategy 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%, Historical 6.9%
- #23 RBM Studio's Baetis Campaign
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hexes of War
Windows · Mac · Linux
A historical hexagonal turn-based strategy wargame using markers to represent units designed by John Fournie and originally published in C3i magazine. Throwback to the great hex-based wargames of the 70's and 80's. Solo and online multiplayer modes are supported.
Why similar: Wargame 38.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.5%, Strategy 21.6%, Historical 10.4%, Multiplayer 2.9%
- #24 Ibboran
81% matchNo user reviews2027
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 32.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Strategy 16.6%, Hex Grid 16.4% ★, Turn-Based Combat 6.9%
- #25 Pacific General
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 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 32.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Hex Grid 16% ★, Strategy 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%
- #26 Civil War: Battle of Petersburg
80% matchVery Positive82% of 244 reviews2017
Dev: Cult Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Crush the Confederates near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Bring peace to a nation divided.
Why similar: Wargame 27.4%, Hex Grid 26.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10%, Strategy 8.7%
- #27 Strategic Command: American Civil War
79% matchVery Positive85% of 242 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: Wargame 38.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.5%, Strategy 20.4%, Historical 12.4%, Multiplayer 3.5%
- #28 Field of Glory II
79% matchVery Positive82% of 1,234 reviews2017
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.
Why similar: Wargame 23.3%, Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 11% ★, Simulation 10.2%
- #29 SGS Battle For: Hue
78% matchMixed70% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The battle of Hué is an epic fight during the audacious 1968 Tết offensive launched by the Communists during the Vietnam War. Relive one of the longest, bloodiest battles the Americans would fight against VC in that emblematic conflict.
Why similar: Wargame 37.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.5%, Strategy 19.7%, Historical 7.9%, War 7.7%
- #30 1941 - Operation Barbarossa
78% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Antti Suni
Windows
PC conversion of a turn-based hex-strategy board war game.
Why similar: Wargame 29.3%, Hex Grid 20.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Strategy 15.1%, Historical 8.3%
- #31 Strategic Surge
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: K-71
Windows
Modern hexagonal wargaming meets a gritty political narrative. Lead the Federation’s campaign to retake lost territories. Prove your tactical mastery as global chaos looms. Juggle brutal orders against your conscience, command trust, and world opinion. Every choice defines the cost of victory.
Why similar: Wargame 29%, Hex Grid 26.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Combat 7.1%
- #32 龙骑战歌
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Chengdu UUO Technology Co., Ltd
Windows
This is a classic Hexagon War Chess game for senior player.This game is not a fast-food game, IQ matters.You need to focus on battlefield strategy.Every map is an IQ battle, and every player can be the creator or the challenger.
Why similar: Hex Grid 30.4% ★, Wargame 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 8%
- #33 SGS Battle For: Dien Bien Phu
75% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The emblematic siege battle of Dien Bien Phu that ended French rule over Indochina in 1954. Fight for the defense of the fortified camp or try to storm it, in order to reach the upcoming Geneva Peace Conference in a position of force.
Why similar: Wargame 37.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Strategy 19.4%, Historical 8.2%, War 7.6%
- #34 Gates of Troy
76% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2022
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Designed by wargaming world champion Iain McNeil, Gates Of Troy™ is the Slitherine's critically acclaimed series of historically-detailed strategy games. Gates Of Troy™ offers both strategic campaigns and tactical battles.
Why similar: Wargame 37.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Strategy 20.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15.5%, Multiplayer 2.7%
- #35 Wizards and Knights
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Jon FabrisPub: JAF Productions
Windows · Mac
Wizards and Knights is turn-based fantasy strategy game featuring randomly generated maps for an infinite variety of games. The goal of the game is to battle five other AI controlled teams to conquer the world.
Why similar: Wargame 32.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Strategy 18.4%, Hex Grid 17.6% ★, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
- #36 SGS Battle of the Bulge
75% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On 16 December 1944, under appalling weather conditions, the Germans launch their last major offensive in the West. Their goal: cut off the Allies from their sources of supply by taking Antwerp. To do so, they must break through the Ardennes salient, starting the battle of the Bulge…
Why similar: Wargame 39%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Strategy 13.7%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 11.2% ★, Historical 7.5%
- #37 Hispania
74% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
HISPANIA is the computer adaptation of a famous historical board game that broadly depicts the two thousand years of history of the Hispanian Peninsula.
Why similar: Wargame 36.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 22%, Strategy 17.6%, Historical 8.9%, War 8.2%
- #38 SGS Overlord
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The largest amphibious operation of WW2, and a two-month campaign in the hell of the Norman bocage. Will you manage to make the decisive breakthrough before the Germans recover? Or will you succeed, as Rommel wanted, in crushing the Allied landing as close to the beaches as possible?
Why similar: Wargame 36.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Strategy 19.1%, War 9.3%, Historical 8.4%
- #39 SGS Avalanche
73% match8 user reviews88% of 8 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 37.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Strategy 19.8%, Historical 7.9%, War 7.7%
- #40 Encroached
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: polygnomial
Windows
A turn-based strategy game about losing territory, being increasingly cornered, optimizing choices, building a defence, and surviving.
Why similar: Wargame 31.8%, Hex Grid 22.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Strategy 11.1%, War 6.1%
- #41 SGS Operation Hawaii
73% matchMixed52% of 21 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 32.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, Strategy 16.6%, War 8.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.1%
- #42 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
72% matchVery Positive90% of 181 reviews2020
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cauldrons of War Barbarossa is the turn-based strategic wargame you will launch whenever you want your WW2 shot but don't have time for a monster strategy game.From June 1941 until the Battle of Moscow, play the USSR or the Axis forces in one of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
Why similar: Wargame 25.6%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 16.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Combat 7.8%, Local Multiplayer 7.2%
- #43 Columbia Games' EastFront
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Foible GamesPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Columbia Game’s EastFront details the conflict between Germany and the Soviet Union during WWII, using the famous Columbia Games Blocks system.
Why similar: Wargame 38%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.4%, Strategy 19.6%, Historical 7.8%, War 7.6%
- #44 Shadow Empire
71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,919 reviews2020
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 74.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
Why similar: Hex Grid 21.9% ★, Wargame 21.1%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 16.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%
- #45 Blocks!: Hammer of the Scots
72% matchMixed59% of 29 reviews2020
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Hammer of the Scots brings both the rebellion of the Braveheart, William Wallace, and the uprising of Robert the Bruce, the Bandit King, to life. As English, you seek to pacify Scotland by controlling all important nobles. The Scots also seeks their allegiance to support the struggle for freedom.
Why similar: Wargame 36.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Historical 12.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%
- #46 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
71% matchVery Positive92% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level.
Why similar: Wargame 30.3%, Hex Grid 22.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Strategy 14%, Historical 7.9%
- #47 Fealty
70% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: ToddMakesGames
Windows · Mac
A turn-based war game where you must fight for the throne! Use tactics, strategy and magic to wage war. Destroy your enemies with steel and fireballs, or force them to bend the knee, and you will be king of the island!
Why similar: Hex Grid 26% ★, Wargame 21.4%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 17.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 7.3%
- #48 Britannia
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 101 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 33.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Strategy 16.5%, Simulation 12.4%, Historical 7.3%
- #49 WEGO World War II: Stalingrad
69% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Brian KellyPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WEGO World War II: Stalingrad is a hex-based wargame depicting the German offensive to seize Stalingrad in 1942. With historical scenarios and dynamic campaigns, players command forces in one of WWII’s most pivotal battles.
Why similar: Wargame 39.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.5%, Strategy 20.9%, War 9.6%, 2D 2.7%
- #50 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
70% 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 22.8%, Hex Grid 22.2% ★, Strategy 17.3%, Simulation 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%
- #51 Total Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Studios
Windows
The ultimate turn-based World War 2 grand strategy game wargamers have been yearning for decades. The best ideas born from players and from wargames so huge they overtook your dining room table, and your wife’s patience. From the developer of the WarPlan series.
Why similar: Wargame 28%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Hex Grid 14.5% ★, Historical 6.7%
- #52 Ogre
70% matchMixed66% of 265 reviews2017
Dev: Auroch Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The official adaptation of the legendary wargame from Steve Jackson Games. Engage in futuristic warfare with armored hovercraft, superheavy tanks, infantry, and giant cybernetic war machines called "Ogres".
Why similar: Hex Grid 25.4% ★, Wargame 21.7%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 16.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Turn-Based Combat 7.4%
- #53 SGS Okinawa
68% 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 35%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.1%, Strategy 18.5%, War 8.8%, Historical 8%
- #54 Armageddon Empires
68% matchPositive92% of 49 reviews2021
Dev: Cryptic Comet Games
Windows
Armageddon Empires is a computer turn based strategy game that takes the best elements of collectable card games, board games, and computer games and brings them all together to provide a unique interactive strategy war game experience.
Why similar: Wargame 38.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Strategy 20.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Top-Down 6.1%
- #55 Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm Player's Edition
68% matchVery Positive88% of 259 reviews2014
Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
You are the commander of either NATO or Soviet forces locked in battle on the ground in 1980’s Central Europe. As commander, it is your task to provide the battle plan orders to your units. You need to know your mission objectives, strength and weakness of both your forces and you enemy, lay of the land, weather, and time of day in order...
Why similar: Wargame 40.1%, Hex Grid 27.2% ★, Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 4.1%
- #56 Battle Kittens
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Gabriele Picchianti
Windows
Turn-based strategy game, a war simulation with cats.
Why similar: Wargame 34.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Strategy 17.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 9.3% ★
- #57 Order of Battle: World War II
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,155 reviews2015
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Order of Battle: World War II is a breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players.
Why similar: Wargame 25.7%, Hex Grid 19.4% ★, Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Simulation 5.6%
- #58 Battle for Iwo Jima
67% matchMixed68% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: Yobowargames
Windows
Battle for Iwo Jima simulates the WWII Invasion and desperate fighting for the island that took place in 1945. Take command of the US Marines, manage your tanks, infantry, and HQ communication in a day and night furious battle against the Japanese garrison.
Why similar: Strategy 34.1%, Wargame 16.7%, Hex Grid 16.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 7.6%
- #59 Civil War: 1861
67% matchMixed66% 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: Wargame 27.4%, Strategy 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Turn-Based Combat 17.6%, Historical 8.5%
- #60 英雄竞起:三国
65% matchMixed61% of 80 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 33.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 22%, Strategy 19.3%, Turn-Based Combat 7.9%, Historical 7.1%