- #1 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
97% matchVery Positive86% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the ‘Stalingrad on the Yangze’, as was sometimes called the Battle for Shanghai in 1937. Play as the Chinese willing to reclaim the whole city or as the Imperial Japanese forces in their counter-attack.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, Wargame 15.2%, Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%
- #2 SGS Battle For: Fort Donelson
96% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the first decisive battle of the U.S. Civil War. Lead the Union force as General Grant to seize the key forts on the Cumberland, or play the Confederate defenders to maintain the gate to the South closed.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.4% ★, Wargame 16.3%, Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%
- #3 Schwerpunkt
96% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Anonymoose Games
Windows
Schwerpunkt is a World War 2 military simulation game. Take control of hundreds of units over a large frontline, making daring manoeuvres to push your enemy back. Fight in one of the scenarios given or make your own in the map maker.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, Wargame 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%, Strategy 9.9%
- #4 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Wargame 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Strategy 13.9%, Historical 9.4%
- #5 SGS Battle of the Bulge
94% 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: Grand Strategy 28.1% ★, Wargame 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 13.4%, Historical 7.8%
- #6 Countryballs at War
94% matchPositive85% of 40 reviews2025
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
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 28.8% ★, Wargame 14.6%, Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%
- #7 Ashen Destiny
93% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Arrow & Blade Games
Windows
Invade rival provinces with your armies, command powerful generals, and unite a fractured ancient land through strategy and conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, Wargame 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Strategy 8.2%
- #8 Total Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945
92% 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: Grand Strategy 28.7% ★, Wargame 15.6%, Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, World War II 7.8% ★
- #9 Pacific Fire
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wirraway Software
Windows
Pacific Fire is a turn-based strategic wargame set in the Pacific Theater of World War II using a node-based map, rather than hexes. Take command of US, Japanese, British, Australian, New Zealand, Chinese and Dutch forces in the Pacific and Southeast Asia from 1941-1945.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Wargame 15.3%, World War II 13% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Historical 9.3%
- #10 SGS Operation Downfall
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Project Manhattan failed! Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands is set in motion. Start with Operation Olympic to capture Kyushu, and move on with Coronet, the landing near Tokyo. Force Japan surrender with the largest amphibious operation in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Historical 11.4%, Wargame 11.2%
- #11 WarDoom ssp Wargame
91% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Mark AinsworthPub: (Mark Ainsworth)
Windows
2D Hard core, Hex & Chit, Turn Based Wargame with A.I. or Hotseat. Move units or stacks around, attack using all the info from live database and unit breakdowns. set your battle objectives in the battle report. A detailed Editor effect live game systems
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.8% ★, Strategy 22%, Wargame 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, 2D 2.5%
- #12 三国記II
89% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: lufy
Windows · Mac
《三国记II》是三国记系列的第2部作品,是一款正统的历史模拟策略游戏。以中国东汉末年的三国时期为总体背景,围绕着争夺大陆霸权,展开了一系列的故事。 《三国记II》采取直接在大地图上进行游戏和战斗,让玩家体验征战四方的快感。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, Strategy 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Wargame 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%
- #13 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
88% matchVery Positive92% of 125 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: Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Wargame 18%, Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, World War II 11.6% ★
- #14 Rhodesia '72
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Every Single Soldier
Windows
The first strategy game to capture the essence of the entire Rhodesian Bush War, from Llewellyn Barracks to BMAT (Jul '64 - Dec '79)
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21%, Strategy 19.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Military 12%
- #15 Mobile Soldiers: Plastic Army
87% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Ecliptec Mobile Ltd.
Windows
Get ready to embark on a thrilling journey down memory lane, with Mobile Soldiers: Plastic Army, bringing the beloved childhood table-top game to life in a new 3D experience that fits in your pocket. Brace yourself for fun that combines nostalgia with the excitement of mobile gaming!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.1% ★, Wargame 19.7%, Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%
- #16 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
86% 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: Wargame 20.3%, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, World War II 11.9% ★, Historical 10.4%
- #17 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
86% matchVery Positive90% of 579 reviews2015
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.2% ★, Wargame 20.4%, World War II 16.2% ★, Strategy 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%
- #18 War of Resistance
85% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: chenjd
Windows
In this turn-based strategy game simulating the Second Sino-Japanese War, players will take on the role of the Communist forces, fighting against the Japanese army in the upcoming War of Resistance, and later, battling the Republic of China to win the Civil War.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.5% ★, Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Wargame 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%
- #19 Frontline: World At War
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Victory awaits those who can adapt and seize the upper hand in this thrilling war game. Can you reshape history and lead your forces to glory?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.4% ★, Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Wargame 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%
- #20 Germany at War - Soviet Dawn
84% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Phobetor
Windows
Germany At War: Soviet Dawn is a turn-based operational wargame, with a strong historical focus. You command either the German forces through a branching historical campaign covering the entire 1941 campaign as well as part of the 1942 one or the Soviets from 1941 to the revenge of 1944/45.
Why similar: Wargame 20.8%, Strategy 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, World War II 14.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10%
- #21 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
83% matchVery Positive89% of 132 reviews2021
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac
Cauldrons of War Stalingrad 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 May 1942 to November 1942 play the USSR or the Axis forces in some of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.8% ★, Wargame 17.6%, World War II 16.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Strategy 10.9%
- #22 逐鹿汉末
82% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: VOWZIN GAME
Windows
这款游戏邀请您来到精彩刺激且充满变革的东汉末年三国时代,以前所未见的自由、深度及历史真实性,进行称霸天下一统中原的征程。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 40.5% ★, Wargame 23%, Strategy 22.9%, Historical 12.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #23 Destiny of the World
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Fiddlyware
Windows · Linux
WWII grand strategy game where planning and logistics are foundations of successful campaigns: simultaneous weekly turns, convoy warfare, production, trade, research, espionage and command from 1939 to 1945. Control a single major power, or the entire Axis or Allied command.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.8% ★, Wargame 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 9%, World War II 8.3% ★
- #24 Warplan Pacific
81% matchVery Positive88% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WarPlan Pacific is an operational level wargame which covers all the nations at war in the Pacific theatre from December 1941 to 1945 on a massive game scale.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, World War II 17.4% ★, Strategy 16.6%, Wargame 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%
- #25 Panzer Corps 2
80% matchVery Positive85% of 4,064 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 58.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, World War II 14% ★, Strategy 13.1%, Wargame 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%
- #26 Making History: The Calm & the Storm
81% 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: Grand Strategy 36.5% ★, Strategy 24.5%, World War II 16.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Historical 7%
- #27 SGS Okinawa
79% 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 21.5%, Strategy 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, World War II 10.6% ★, War 9.4%
- #28 Pacific General
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 48 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 21.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 13.9%, World War II 9.6% ★
- #29 Rise of Prussia Gold
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 46 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Rise of Prussia Gold is the new and improved version of AGEODs Seven Years War (1757-1763) game set in Europe. This hugely detailed strategy game was initially released by AGEOD in 2010 and the Gold version adds numerous improvements and additional scenarios that take the game to the next level.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.6% ★, Wargame 21.1%, Strategy 20%, Historical 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%
- #30 WarPlan
78% matchVery Positive81% of 220 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Wargame 15.8%, World War II 12.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Military 9.1%
- #31 H.I.v.C.A.: Human Intelligence vs Computer Algorithm
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Tavlykaev Rinat
Windows
"H.I.v.C.A." is a strategic game where every choice matters. Gather resources, develop technologies, and strategically place your forces to ensure victory over opponents. There is no room for a draw in this game - only one can become the absolute ruler of the new world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.6% ★, Wargame 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Strategy 10.9%
- #32 Unity of Command II
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,102 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, World War II 17.2% ★, Wargame 13.8%, Strategy 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #33 No Retreat! The Russian Front
75% matchVery Positive82% of 64 reviews2025
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 21.8%, Strategy 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Historical 10.3%, War 9.6%
- #34 大戦略SSB2
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Systemsoft beta, Inc.
Windows
Wield over 300 modern weapons, from jets to tanks, and outmaneuver rival forces with your strategy. From small islands to massive total-war maps, turn-based battles let both newcomers and veterans play at their own pace.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.8% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Wargame 14.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%
- #35 中华三国志 the Three Kingdoms of China
75% matchVery Positive86% of 1,375 reviews2019
Dev: 中三之家
Windows
Three Kingdoms of China is a free, open-source single-machine strategy three-country game developed by the domestic folk team. The game does not have any commercial nature, hoping to create a dream of Three Kingdoms for the fans of the three kingdoms.
Why similar: Strategy 22.8%, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Historical 13.1%, Wargame 11.3%, War 9%
- #36 Crimson Banner: War of Liberation
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 赤旗制作组
Windows · Mac
Are you ready, comrades? You will command the People's Liberation Army, strike a heavy blow against the aggressive Nationalist reactionaries in the War of Liberation, and win the liberation of all of China!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Wargame 16%, World War II 13.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #37 魔物警戒
77% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: pp
Windows
魔物警戒是一款策略回合制游戏. 玩家需要建造建筑,设施,购买战斗单位来抵御敌人的进攻.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Strategy 19.2%, Wargame 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%
- #38 英雄竞起:三国
73% matchMixed61% of 79 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: Strategy 20.7%, Wargame 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Military 8.8%
- #39 Global Chess
72% match9 user reviews60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Joseph Kinsella
Windows
A chess-based global conquest game
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.7% ★, Wargame 22.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Strategy 13.3%
- #40 WEGO World War II: Overlord
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Brian KellyPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WEGO World War II: Overlord is an operational-level, ground-centric WEGOWW2 game system. This hex-based wargame recreates the Allied invasion of Western Europe. Includes 14 historical scenarios, from the landing at Omaha beach to a huge 135-turn campaign that covers the entire Normandy campaign.
Why similar: Wargame 21.6%, Strategy 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.5%, World War II 11.3% ★
- #41 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,012 reviews2012
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Unity of Command is an innovative and refreshing operational-level wargame that covers the entire 1942/43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.
Why similar: World War II 19.6% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Wargame 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Grand Strategy 9.7% ★
- #42 SGS Battle For: Madrid
72% 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 23.5%, Strategy 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Historical 8.9%, Military 8.1%
- #43 Bomber Command
73% matchMostly Negative38% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Silent S Studios, LLC
Windows
Take command of what would become the greatest air armada in history! Build, plan, coordinate, and command your forces into a mighty aerial armada against a smart German economy that adapts to your attacks, researches tech, and smartly reacts to your moves. Take over the Bomber Command.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Wargame 14.5%, World War II 13.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Strategy 9.8%
- #44 World War 2: Strategy Simulator
73% matchMostly Negative37% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: joynowstudio
Windows
★Tactics & Collocations 30+ Historical Campaigns: Normandy Landing, Operation Market Garden 2 Warfare Conflict Camps: Allies faction and ally Axis 30+ large battlefield maps are provide in this strategy games Omni-directional combat space: naval battle, air combat, land battle.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Wargame 14.9%, World War II 12.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
- #45 Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
71% matchVery Positive91% of 37,274 reviews2009
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.2% ★, Strategy 21.1%, Historical 15.6%, Military 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
- #46 SGS Overlord
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 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 24.1%, Strategy 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, War 10.5%, Historical 10.3%
- #47 Napoleon 1813
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Empire Interactive EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
In an enormous strategic area stretching from Paris to Breslau, from Hamburg to Vienna, control everything from major strategic territorial decisions to tactical battle manoeuvres.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.7% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Military 7.5%
- #48 SGS Glory Recalled
70% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Relive the Battle of Hong Kong (8–26 December 1941), one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II.
Why similar: Wargame 20.1%, World War II 18.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Historical 11.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%
- #49 Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker
71% matchMixed66% of 351 reviews2015
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 50.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker" celebrates the 30th anniversary of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series. It has been realized through a collaboration between the creators of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series, Koei Tecmo Games, and the creators of the "TSUKURU" series, KADOKAWA.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, Wargame 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Historical 9.6%
- #50 Maneuver Warfare 2: BTG
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decisive Action Games
Windows
A simulation of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War where the player maneuvers battalion tactical groups on a map and controls assets such as aircraft, special forces teams, satellites, field hospitals, and repair facilities to support these. The player can play single battles or a campaign game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.5% ★, Wargame 25.2%, Strategy 21.7%, Military 14.7%, War 6.2%
- #51 Tank Operations: European Campaign
68% matchVery Positive83% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Linked DimensionsPub: 2tainment GmbH
Windows
Tank Operation: European Campaign - is a turn-based, tactical war game with a dozen nerve-racking historical scenarios on the various battlefields of World War II. As an allied general you fight right on the frontline to defeat the Third Reich with all its destructive potential.
Why similar: Strategy 23.6%, World War II 16.3% ★, Wargame 13.1%, Grand Strategy 12% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%
- #52 Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 197 reviews2016
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun is a turn-based tactical and strategic game set during the Sengoku era; primarily focusing on the Japanese Warring States period and Japanese Invasion of Korea.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.6% ★, Strategy 23.2%, Military 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Historical 14%
- #53 大戦略SSB
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Systemsoft beta, Inc.
Windows
"Daisenryaku SSB" is a simulation game in which you command and fight troops such as tanks and fighters on a battlefield separated by hexes. Since the birth of the "Daisenryaku" series, AI has been tough, and it has been evaluated as a simple game but deep game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.5% ★, Strategy 17%, Wargame 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%
- #54 SGS Operation Hawaii
68% matchMixed50% of 20 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 21.6%, Strategy 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, World War II 11.2% ★, War 9.3%
- #55 Romance of the Three Kingdoms X with Power Up Kit
68% matchVery Positive82% of 714 reviews2017
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅹ with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅹ," which was released in 2004 as the 10th game in the series. In this release, the all-officer playable advances.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Wargame 16.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Military 10%
- #56 SGS Avalanche
65% match6 user reviews83% of 6 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 25%, Strategy 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.3%, Historical 9.9%, Military 9.1%
- #57 SGS Battle For: Dien Bien Phu
65% matchPositive91% of 11 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 25.1%, Strategy 22.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Historical 10.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%
- #58 Conquer: Napoleonic Wars
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Estuego Games
Windows
A turn-based strategy game based off the Napoleonic Wars! Lead, attack, buy, and communicate. Learn how to play difficult 4x grand strategy games by starting with simple strategy. *Disclaimer, this game is made by a teenager for a school project*
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Wargame 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Strategy 9%
- #59 Frontline: Western Front
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
A tactical scale strategy game that invites the players to take command of the Allied or German forces in an epic struggle for the control of Western Europe during World War Two.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Wargame 13.3%, Strategy 12.9%, World War II 11.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #60 Rise and Fall: Bronze Age
66% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Ludwig LoreKhan
Windows
Rise & Fall: Bronze Age is a Grand Strategy game set in the Bronze Age between 3400BC and 1150BC. Expand your power by diplomacy and war and manage your troublesome elites. Feed your people, build temples for your gods and tombs for your rulers. How high can you rise before your empire falls ?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Strategy 14.2%, Historical 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.9%