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Carefully balance mobility, firepower and armour in a dedicated tank designer. Then uncarefully put them to the test in a series of combat scenarios progressing through the ages of the tank. Here, your limit is what you can fit inside your hull and turret while still being able to move forwards.

Why similar: Cold War 21.9% ★, Vehicular Combat 21.8% ★, Military 17.7%, Tanks 16.8% ★, Wargame 12%

Why You'll Like It: It offers unparalleled depth in tank design and physics, allowing you to test your creations in realistic combat scenarios.

Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.

Why similar: Cold War 25.1% ★, Tanks 22% ★, Military 16.1%, Wargame 12.8%, Historical 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Set in the same Cold War era, this game provides the strategic, large-scale tactical context that complements the granular tank combat of GHPC.

Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.

Why similar: Military 27.7%, Cold War 17.6% ★, Realistic 12.7%, FPS 9.3%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a high-fidelity military simulation experience set during the Cold War, emphasizing realistic movement and vehicular interaction.

Steel Armor: Blaze of War is realistic tank simulator with tactical elements. The game models Soviet T-62 tank and US M60A1 tank in detail. Each tank has interactive cockpit with crew. Player controls a tank, and commands a tank platoon and attached forces in 4 large scale dynamic campaigns.

Why similar: Tanks 41.8% ★, Cold War 19.4% ★, Military 13.9%, Simulation 8.6%, Realistic 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is the closest experience to GHPC, offering a highly realistic tank simulation with a focus on crew management and authentic Cold War combat.

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: Cold War 26.4% ★, Tanks 16.9% ★, Wargame 11.8%, Military 9.9%, 1980s 9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that captures the Cold War aesthetic and military doctrine with a focus on real-time unit management.

From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.

Why similar: Cold War 51.3% ★, Military 27.6%, Simulation 10.1%, Realistic 6.8%, Wargame 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by veterans of the genre, it brings the same level of Cold War-era simulation and tactical depth to naval warfare.

Tiny Combat Arena is an approachable combat flight simulator sporting a stylized look and various game modes. Dogfight your way in the Arena and in Quick Action or craft your own scenarios and take part in a vast war with objectives and friendly armies to support.

Why similar: Cold War 34.9% ★, Vehicular Combat 15.5% ★, Military 14.3%, Wargame 13.4%, 1980s 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the 1980s Cold War flight experience with a focus on accessible yet authentic vehicular combat mechanics.

Rain hell on the enemy from 12,000 feet in an AC-130 Gunship. Project Gunship provides an authentic and historical simulation of combat in all gunship variants from Vietnam to present day.

Why similar: Military 26.2%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Realistic 13%, Modern 10.8%, Historical 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the immersive simulation of operating complex military hardware in a realistic combat environment.

Lead a platoon of WWII tanks in this immersive TPP and FPP game. Engage in realistic, tactical combat across historic battlefields. Play through campaign or challenge yourself in skirmish mode as either German or US forces.

Why similar: Tanks 33.8% ★, Wargame 12.2%, Military 12.1%, Historical 8.6%, Realistic 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated tank combat expansion that emphasizes third-person vehicular action and realistic damage modeling.

Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics on intense battlefields, facing land, air and sea threats. Wage war against AI or other players with an array of potent weapons. Wield tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, capable of annihilating anything in their path.

Why similar: Military 31.1%, Wargame 21.9%, Destruction 14.7%, Realistic 11.1%, Simulation 10%

Why You'll Like It: This modern flight simulator features realistic weapon systems and high-stakes combat that mirrors the intensity of GHPC's tank engagements.

UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.

Why similar: Military 35.6%, Historical 22.3%, Realistic 17.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Shooter 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on submarines, it shares the deep crew management and technical simulation aspects that make GHPC so immersive.

Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!

Why similar: Tanks 26.7% ★, Cold War 13.4% ★, Vehicular Combat 12.4% ★, Military 11.1%, Wargame 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Allows players to manage the development and deployment of tanks, providing a deeper look at the engineering side of armored warfare.

From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.

Why similar: Military 39.5%, Realistic 24.2%, FPS 14.8%, Shooter 9.5%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical, realistic side of military operations with an emphasis on authentic weapon handling.

Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!

Why similar: Wargame 18.3%, Historical 15.4%, FPS 14.5%, Realistic 13.9%, Immersive Sim 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a gritty, realistic infantry and vehicular combat experience with a focus on historical accuracy.

Six Days in Fallujah is an intensely realistic first-person tactical shooter based on true stories from one of this century’s toughest urban battles.

Why similar: Military 27.5%, Wargame 15.2%, Realistic 14.2%, Historical 13.6%, FPS 11%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deeply realistic and tactical military experience that emphasizes the tension of modern combat.

Team up and join the frontline in Squad 44, the most authentic tactical WW2 shooter. Experience ruthless realism with an immense arsenal of faithfully recreated weapons and vehicles across massive WW2 battlefields.

Why similar: Military 33.3%, Realistic 15.7%, FPS 14.5%, Historical 12.2%, Simulation 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore military simulation that demands high levels of coordination and realism, similar to the tactical requirements of GHPC.

Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by ex-developers of Squad, Red Orchestra, and Insurgency.

Why similar: Military 30.3%, Realistic 15%, Cold War 14.8% ★, FPS 11.8%, Wargame 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play military simulator that prioritizes realistic combat mechanics and large-scale team coordination.

Tank Squad is a tactical-combat action game. Take part in big tank battles during World War II. Play single-player or coop (4 players). Repair your tanks, replenish supplies, manage the crew and get back to the action!

Why similar: Tanks 28.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 19.4% ★, Military 13.5%, Historical 7.3%, Immersive Sim 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative tank simulation that emphasizes teamwork and the technical aspects of operating armored vehicles.

Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.

Why similar: Tanks 60.2% ★, Simulation 16.2%, Realistic 8.5%, Action 5.1%, FPS 5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a sandbox-style approach to tank warfare, allowing for massive, chaotic battles with a focus on physics.

Armored Battle Crew is a Tank and Crew Management Simulation game, where your skills as a Tank commander is tested. Customize your tank carefully and make strategic battle choices to achieve mission success! The fate of your crew lies in your hands!

Why similar: Tanks 44.3% ★, Military 20.7%, Historical 11.2%, Destruction 8.4%, Simulation 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the internal management of a tank crew, mirroring the crew-centric gameplay of GHPC.

Renovate & build II World War tanks. Experience highly detailed & realistic simulation game. Take tanks fully apart by using different tools. Transform them from rusty and ruined to fully working. Check them on the training ground, sell or put into your own museum.

Why similar: Tanks 63.6% ★, Realistic 17%, Simulation 10%, First-Person 6.2%, Action 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a detailed look at the maintenance and restoration of historical tanks, appealing to those who love the technical side of armor.

CLEARED HOT is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield, and pick up almost anything with your rope and magnet.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 34.9% ★, Military 21.1%, 1980s 19.7%, Wargame 13.9%, Shooter 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on 1980s-era vehicular combat with a focus on flight and tactical mission execution.

Dagger Directive is a tactical FPS that allows you to approach each mission in your own way. Select equipment, decide the time of day, then move methodically to complete your mission. Enjoy the modern mechanics and old school graphics as you fight across a variety of missions and environments.

Why similar: Military 22.5%, Wargame 19.7%, Modern 17.9%, FPS 11.1%, Shooter 9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-simulation hybrid that focuses on the intensity of modern military combat.

Join a Tank as a Driver, Gunner or Commander and team up with and against other Tanks in Tank Vs Tank combat where tactics and communication is key

Why similar: Tanks 39.6% ★, Vehicular Combat 23.7% ★, Military 13.1%, Wargame 12.4%, Simulation 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused tank simulation that provides a unique, immersive perspective on operating armored vehicles.

Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.

Why similar: Tanks 32.7% ★, Military 17.7%, Historical 11.9%, Realistic 9.3%, FPS 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tactical military simulation that features authentic tank combat and historical military operations.

Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

Why similar: Military 41%, Modern 14.9%, Shooter 9%, FPS 8.4%, Realistic 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines real-time strategy with direct-control tank combat, offering a versatile military experience.

Heroic Armored Company is a modern tank warfare game with advanced graphics technology, realistic battlefield environment and huge scenario map, which can bring players an exciting battlefield experience. The game is currently divided into story mode and mission mode.

Why similar: Tanks 25.2% ★, Vehicular Combat 17.4% ★, Military 13.2%, Wargame 9.9%, Modern 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A wargame that focuses on the tactical deployment of armored units in a variety of combat scenarios.

Multi Turret Academy is a top-down tank action game with roguelike elements. Select your vehicle from a growing list of historical models, then equip dozens of weapons and upgrades to lead your local tank club to victory!

Why similar: Tanks 39.6% ★, Vehicular Combat 23.6% ★, Wargame 12.3%, Historical 8.8%, Alternate History 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the action-oriented side of tank combat with unique multi-turret mechanics.

A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!

Why similar: Wargame 20.7%, Historical 19.9%, FPS 14.6%, Shooter 11%, Realistic 10.9%

Lead a German panzer platoon through the chaos of World War II in this intense, anime-inspired tank simulation. Assemble an elite crew, deploy legendary tanks, and survive fierce engagements where cunning and skill will decide victory or defeat.

Why similar: Tanks 39.5% ★, Vehicular Combat 20.8% ★, Wargame 12%, Military 10.8%, Shooter 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A more arcade-focused tank combat game that still captures the essence of commanding armored units in historical settings.

Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!

Why similar: Military 41%, FPS 20.1%, Shooter 14.8%, First-Person 7.2%, Simulation 6.3%

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: Tanks 24.9% ★, Cold War 22.3% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Vehicular Combat 10.9% ★, Military 10.1%

Good Kill is an immersive FPS game where players take control of a door gunner in a military helicopter during wartime. Engage in intense combat across destructible environments, complete missions, and upgrade your helicopter and weapons to dominate the battlefield.

Why similar: Military 16.1%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Destruction 11.7%, Historical 10.6%, Realistic 10.6%

Open world single-player FPS. Command your squad in battle across jungles, hills and villages of Vietnam. Fight as U.S or Vietcong. Vast arsenal of weapons and 50+ vehicles

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 18.9% ★, Cold War 18% ★, Tanks 12.9% ★, Wargame 10.4%, Military 10.1%

Wage war against players from around the world with an unstoppable arsenal of 300+ powerful armored combat vehicles. Compete in PvP tank combat, complete co-op missions, and crush your enemies on breathtaking maps, from scorching deserts to neon-drenched urban jungles.

Why similar: Tanks 23.6% ★, Vehicular Combat 16.5% ★, Military 12%, Modern 11.4%, Alternate History 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features modern tank combat with a focus on vehicular progression and online cooperative play.

Total Conflict: Resistance is a unique symbiosis of global strategy, tactics and first-person action. Realistic mass battles, many types of armored vehicles, weapons, uniforms, unique mechanics, immersive free gameplay. Lead any state and bring it to greatness!

Why similar: Military 28.5%, Wargame 22.8%, Realistic 17.4%, FPS 13.4%, Shooter 7.5%

In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.

Why similar: Realistic 29.9%, FPS 20.5%, Shooter 18.5%, Simulation 15.4%, First-Person 9.6%

Set in the muddy trenches of WW1, Beyond The Wire is a 50v50 multiplayer FPS that immerses players in the desperate & brutal circumstances of the Great War. Featuring an arsenal of historic weapons, ten massive maps, ten playable factions, era-specific tanks, & a brutal melee combat system.

Why similar: Tanks 34.4% ★, Military 20.1%, Historical 13%, FPS 8.7%, Realistic 7.4%

Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.

Why similar: Cold War 54.2% ★, Military 22.7%, Simulation 12.1%, Realistic 5.1%, Historical 4.5%

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?

Why similar: Military 32.8%, Historical 29.5%, Realistic 17.4%, Shooter 10.3%, Third Person 9.9%

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is the continuation of the legendary IL-2 Sturmovik series that has set the standard for PC combat flight games for more than ten years. This new entry into the series will offer virtual pilots an even more accurate simulation of the most famous air battles.

Why similar: Tanks 27.3% ★, Realistic 18.1%, Military 13.8%, Historical 11.4%, Wargame 11.1%

Become a Gunsmith and unveil the great pleasure of working in your own workshop! Repair, restore and personalize guns to make unique pieces that every firearm lover will appreciate.

Why similar: Military 35.4%, Realistic 19.6%, Simulation 12.5%, FPS 11.9%, Shooter 10.9%

Command a platoon of Sherman tanks over the most famous theaters of WWII. Take the commander’s seat and give specific orders to your crew, or open the tactical map to coordinate your actions with accompanying units.

Why similar: Tanks 25.8% ★, Vehicular Combat 19.8% ★, Military 15.1%, Historical 10.9%, Wargame 10.7%

Design your own warships, equip them with a variety of armament, and bring them out to the ocean!

Why similar: Tanks 41% ★, Military 23.1%, Wargame 21.4%, Shooter 8.7%, Simulation 5.8%

Do you like hot dogs? How about horseshoes? Hand grenades? (everyone likes hand grenades) Anyway, we've got all that, and guns. SO MANY GUNS. So if you like ordnance, meat, and far too many groan-worthy puns, this is the VR sandbox game for you.

Why similar: FPS 22.3%, Shooter 18.6%, Realistic 17.1%, Simulation 15.5%, Destruction 15.1%

Join 200-player battles in Over The Top: WWI - an intense shooter set in the gritty backdrop of World War I. Pick your class, choose from a vast arsenal, including rifles, artillery, airplanes and powerful tanks, and experience the chaos of fully destructible battlefields.

Why similar: Historical 21.3%, Realistic 14%, Destruction 14%, FPS 13.4%, Shooter 10.6%

Project Wingman is a flight action game that lets you take the seat of advanced fighter jets and become a true ace. Fight in various missions and gamemodes ranging from intense aerial dogfights to large scale ground assault in an alternate scorched earth setting.

Why similar: Military 51.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Shooter 10.1%, Realistic 7.9%, Action 7.5%

Join the historic battle for Vukovar at the end of the 20th century through multiplayer combat. Play in teams choosing one of the five modes or outside the team in a free for all mode. Accomplish your goals using real weapons from the war while moving through an accurate simulation of the city map

Why similar: Tanks 30.1% ★, Military 17%, Wargame 14.2%, Historical 8%, FPS 7.7%

Feel the excitement of flying the Su-25T "Frogfoot" attack jet and the TF-51D "Mustang" in the free-to-play Digital Combat Simulator World!

Why similar: Military 35.8%, Tanks 19.4% ★, Simulation 16.2%, Realistic 16%, Shooter 4.8%

Helicopter Gunship DEX aims to replicate the brilliance of 90s helicopter simulators using modern technology. Employ realistic helicopter tactics during missions generated by a sophisticated procedural random mission system giving you an almost unlimited amount of re-playability.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 21.7% ★, Wargame 21.4%, Military 16.2%, Realistic 16.1%, Simulation 9.9%

Rotary-wing aviation and helicopter combat with a dynamic battlefield and the support of ground forces. Appreciated for MMO elements and an addictive gameplay loop. Use tactics and make strategic decisions or fly around and shoot in historically accurate maps.

Why similar: Military 49.2%, Realistic 21.5%, Simulation 12.1%, Shooter 7.3%, Third Person 5.5%

The most devastating mechanized armor to ever roll onto a battlefield is brought to life in Iron Warriors: T72-Tank Command. This epic combat simulator allows the player to command an entire platoon of tanks and ALL associated support units, or assume the role of ANY member in a complete tank crew!

Why similar: Tanks 30.2% ★, Cold War 26.2% ★, Military 15.8%, Wargame 8%, Realistic 7.1%

Panzer War delivers intense tank combat, featuring a realistic damage system where every hit counts. Skip the grind—access all tanks instantly and dive into battle. Unleash your creativity with the Tank and Map Designer, crafting custom scenarios for endless gameplay possibilities.

Why similar: Tanks 74.2% ★, Simulation 21.8%, Action 4%

The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

Why similar: Cold War 33.8% ★, Military 28.4%, Wargame 16.5%, Realistic 11.4%, Alternate History 5.1%

A crew of players experience the tense atmosphere of a WW2 U-boat, manning the stations in this realistic co-op simulation game. Several crews may play together in a wolfpack, completing missions based on iconic events during the different stages of German U-boat warfare. Solo play included.

Why similar: Simulation 36.2%, Military 22.6%, Realistic 19.8%, Historical 14.7%, First-Person 5.1%

Defend the fortified beach during D-day against invading forces in this WW2 FPS game as the enemy attacks you with troops, tanks, planes and more! Use the iconic WWII weapons such as MG42, Flak88 and Panzers, prepare your defenses with mines, explosives and bonuses!

Why similar: Tanks 30.2% ★, Military 17.6%, Historical 12%, Destruction 9.6%, Realistic 9.3%

VTOL VR is a near-futuristic combat flight game built for Virtual Reality. Pilot advanced multi-role jets, using your hands to flip switches, press buttons, and manipulate the virtual flight controls.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 34.8% ★, Military 31.9%, Realistic 15.9%, Simulation 10.2%, First-Person 4%

The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.

Why similar: Tanks 28.7% ★, Military 19.4%, Wargame 17.3%, Historical 12.7%, Alternate History 11.1%

War of Rights is a first person multiplayer game featuring massive 400 player battles with a focus on historical authenticity, teamplay and immersion. It is set during the perilous days of the American Civil War, in the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862.

Why similar: Historical 28.1%, Military 26.3%, Realistic 15%, FPS 9.7%, Simulation 7.9%

Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

Why similar: Military 90.3%, Action 9.7%