Games Like Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)

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: Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, RTS 14.7%, Historical 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, War 13%

Why You'll Like It: This is the most direct thematic and mechanical sibling to the seed game, focusing heavily on American Civil War battles and campaign progression.

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 31.1%, Strategy 27.3%, RTS 19.6%, Wargame 12.3%, War 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A focused tactical experience that serves as the foundation for the series' approach to real-time unit maneuvering and historical accuracy.

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: Strategy 41.2%, Historical 36.5%, Wargame 21.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deep, turn-based grand strategy experience that captures the logistical and political challenges of the American Civil War.

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: Strategy 35.5%, Historical 30%, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Wargame 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers an incredibly deep, turn-based simulation of the American Civil War that excels in historical detail and grand strategy mechanics.

Your quest for the true immersive Civil War battle experience ends here. Voted in PC Gamers list of Best 100 Games of All Time, Take Command is an RTCS "Real-Time Combat Simulator" and you've never played anything like it!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Historical 15.2%, RTS 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, War 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the command-and-control aspect of historical battles, requiring players to manage units in real-time with a focus on historical realism.

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

Why similar: Strategy 20.4%, Grand Strategy 19% ★, RTS 17.3%, Historical 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game successfully blends turn-based strategic planning with real-time tactical combat, mirroring the core gameplay loop of the seed game.

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: Strategy 48.6%, Historical 27.6%, RTS 11.2%, Wargame 6.5%, War 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, it applies the same tactical and strategic philosophy to naval warfare during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.

Why similar: Strategy 27%, Historical 26.9%, Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, War 10.2%, RTS 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar blend of turn-based campaign management and real-time tactical battles, set in a period of evolving gunpowder warfare.

Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 44.7% ★, Historical 34.3%, Strategy 20.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: While broader in scope, it provides the deep economic and political grand strategy simulation that underpins the campaign layer of the seed game.

Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.

Why similar: RTS 21.1%, Strategy 20.5%, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Historical 16.6%, War 13%

Why You'll Like It: While set in WWII, its focus on realistic unit behavior and large-scale tactical combat makes it a strong choice for fans of the seed game's battles.

American Revolution is a sandbox strategy game featuring the epic historical period during the rebellion of the American colonies against the British Empire.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, Historical 19.3%, RTS 15.8%, Strategy 13.6%, War 11%

Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the series, offering a fresh take on the logistical and tactical challenges of early American warfare.

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: Strategy 38.7%, Wargame 24.4%, Historical 20.6%, War 15.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: For players who crave the extreme logistical and operational depth of the seed game, this is the gold standard for hardcore wargaming.

Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.4% ★, Historical 22.5%, Strategy 22.1%, War 15.7%, RTS 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This grand strategy title offers unparalleled depth in military logistics, production, and front-line management on a global scale.

Command armies, manage resources, and build an empire in this real-time strategy wargame from Longbow Games. Will Rome fulfil its destiny to rule the ancient world or will history be rewritten to forge a new Etruscan, Gallic, or Greek hegemony!

Why similar: Strategy 23%, Historical 22.8%, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, RTS 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 11%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique real-time grand strategy map that emphasizes supply lines and unit movement in a historical setting.

Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Strategy 26.1%, Historical 22.9%, War 13.5%, Wargame 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a complex strategic layer that forces players to manage the long-term health and logistics of their nation during wartime.

The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.

Why similar: Strategy 21.3%, Historical 20.6%, RTS 20.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.2%, War 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines tactical combat with the management of a moving logistical base, echoing the resource-heavy nature of the seed game.

Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.

Why similar: Strategy 33.1%, Wargame 18.2%, RTS 16.4%, Historical 14.4%, War 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a hardcore tactical simulation that rewards players who understand terrain, line-of-sight, and unit morale.

“he Who Fears Being Conquered Is Sure Of Defeat.”The war-game March of the Eagles focuses on the dramatic conflicts of Europe during 1805 to 1820. Explore one of the defining periods in European history with this experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy, Paradox Development Studio.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.7% ★, Strategy 35.6%, Historical 24.7%

Why You'll Like It: A focused grand strategy game that centers on the military and diplomatic maneuvering of the Napoleonic era.

AGEod goes back to the Napoleonic era and delivers the most detailed and comprehensive strategy game ever created about a time of struggle and conquest that forged modern Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, Historical 30.5%, Grand Strategy 25.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: Utilizing the AGEOD engine, this game offers a deep, historically accurate simulation of grand-scale military campaigns.

Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.

Why similar: Strategy 29.4%, Grand Strategy 27.6% ★, Historical 16.4%, Wargame 14.2%, War 12%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at teaching the importance of supply lines and logistics, which are critical components of the seed game's campaign.

Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.

Why similar: Strategy 28.2%, Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, Historical 20.2%, Wargame 13.5%, War 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A polished tactical wargame that focuses on unit composition and battlefield positioning, essential skills for any grand tactician.

Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

Why similar: Historical 24.1%, RTS 18.1%, Strategy 16.2%, War 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 49.6%, Historical 25.4%, RTS 25%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feel of 19th-century line infantry combat with a focus on large-scale tactical maneuvers.

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: Strategy 37.4%, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Historical 22.2%, Wargame 15.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: Another excellent AGEOD title that focuses on the logistical and political struggles of the Russian Civil War.

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

Why similar: Strategy 38.7%, Wargame 38.4%, Historical 21.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the design, production, and strategic deployment of military assets, mirroring the logistical depth of the seed game.

Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.7% ★, Strategy 29.8%, RTS 20.2%, Historical 16%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: While set in the medieval period, it offers a seamless blend of real-time strategy and grand campaign management.

In American Conquest, Players set sail from Europe to discover new world and conquer its innumerable riches.

Why similar: Strategy 40.7%, Historical 30%, RTS 28.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic historical RTS that covers American conflicts with a focus on large-scale army management.

Take Command and Secure Victory in the Great War! Commander – The Great War features a Grand Campaign covering the whole war from the invasion of Belgium on August 5, 1914 to the Armistice on the 11th of November 1918 in addition to 16 different unit types including Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured Cars and Tanks, Artillery, and much more!

Why similar: Strategy 40.1%, Grand Strategy 25% ★, Historical 19.3%, Wargame 15.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based grand strategy game that captures the attrition-based warfare of the early 20th century.

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: Grand Strategy 30.3% ★, RTS 19.6%, Wargame 13.7%, Strategy 13.5%, Historical 13%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive, modern-day grand strategy experience with a heavy emphasis on military and economic management.

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 33.8%, Real Time Tactics 27.9%, Strategy 19.2%, War 19.1%

Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.3% ★, Historical 20.1%, Wargame 14.5%, RTS 14%, War 12.8%

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, RTS 18.3%, Strategy 16.2%, War 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%

Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968. Experience the chaos of the Vietnam War through two story-driven campaigns that reveal both sides of the conflict.

Why similar: Strategy 35.9%, RTS 18%, Historical 17.5%, War 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%

Lead your nation through the trials of the first world war in history! Play huge campaigns with 5 playable nations or fight historic realtime battles. Beside of beating the enemy on the battlefield you now have to set up a working economy to supply your troops and your people!

Why similar: Strategy 34.5%, RTS 23.9%, Historical 21.8%, War 19.8%

Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.4% ★, Strategy 23.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Historical 12.7%, Wargame 11.6%

Conquer Warring States Japan under one banner

Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Historical 19.8%, RTS 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Wargame 13.5%

Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.

Why similar: Historical 24.5%, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Strategy 20.1%, RTS 16.3%, Wargame 10.1%

Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 40.6% ★, Historical 22.4%, Strategy 21%, War 6.9%, RTS 5.2%

Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.1% ★, Historical 21.3%, Strategy 14.4%, RTS 14.3%, War 11.6%

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 65.1%, Historical 34.9%

Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion, colonization and social upheaval, to emerge as one of the great world powers by the dawn of the 20th century in Victoria Complete.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 41% ★, Strategy 39.5%, Historical 19.5%

Conquer the ancient Greek world in Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece, an epic strategy wargame that expands and refines the award-winning Hegemony: Philip of Macedon with brand new content and features.

Why similar: Strategy 34.5%, Historical 31.1%, RTS 17.8%, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★

Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.8% ★, Historical 23.1%, RTS 17.3%, War 15.9%, Strategy 15.3%

It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to forge himself a name to be remembered throughout all eternity. This is your moment.

Why similar: Strategy 37.9%, Historical 28.6%, RTS 24.7%, War 8.5%, Singleplayer 0.2%

As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence.

Why similar: Strategy 31.5%, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, RTS 16%, Historical 15.8%, War 9.7%

Lead your country through the Victorian age, expand your empire as you go head to head with the great powers of the world.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 31% ★, Strategy 18.3%, War 17%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Historical 9.6%

Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

Why similar: Historical 21.9%, RTS 21.4%, Real Time Tactics 18.4%, Wargame 13.9%, Strategy 13.5%

Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.

Why similar: Strategy 40.9%, Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, Historical 20.7%, War 15.6%

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

Why similar: Strategy 50.9%, War 19.4%, RTS 14.8%, Wargame 13.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.

Why similar: RTS 22.9%, Real Time Tactics 20.9%, Strategy 20.7%, Wargame 18.5%, War 16.4%

Politics, religion, war. They are nothing without a legacy that can stand the test of time. Lead any nation, and turn it into a mighty kingdom in one of the most compelling grand strategy games ever created.

Why similar: Strategy 39.1%, Historical 31.8%, Wargame 18.5%, Grand Strategy 10.6% ★

Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command of historical ones.

Why similar: Historical 22.7%, Strategy 17.8%, RTS 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Wargame 13.4%

Armored Brigade II revolutionizes real-time tactical warfare in 3D, focusing on the intense combined arms combat of the Cold War era, from 1965 to 1991. Boasting a meticulously researched database and huge real-world terrain maps, this game offers an unparalleled combat simulation experience.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.7% ★, RTS 22%, Strategy 19.9%, Wargame 15.5%, War 11.9%

Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 25% ★, Historical 20.4%, RTS 15.7%, Strategy 14.7%, War 12.8%

It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.

Why similar: Strategy 41.3%, Historical 35.6%, Wargame 13.2%, War 9.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, Historical 18.5%, RTS 15.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%

Welcome to Scourge of War, a real-time 3D computer game/simulation developed by NorbSoftDev, the company headed by renowned game designer Norb Timpko, designer of Mad Minute Games' acclaimed Take Command series. Scourge of War is the epitome of historical command simulations.

Why similar: Historical 21.6%, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, RTS 15.2%, Strategy 13.8%

Leave No One Behind is tactical real time strategy war game. Experience some of the hardest battles fought during the Vietnam War in 1965 between US Army and the Army of the Northern Vietnam for landing zones X-Ray and Albany and for Plei Me special forces camp.

Why similar: RTS 22.4%, Strategy 19.8%, Historical 19.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, Wargame 15%

Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.

Why similar: RTS 33.9%, Strategy 28.8%, War 13.9%, Historical 8.7%, Wargame 8.1%