60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, War, Simulation, Cold War.
A sardonic take on nationalism and the Cold War though a minimalist and fast paced RTS. Scheme your way through a highly replayable campaign, or conduct some "diplomacy" on your "friends" in multiplayer.
Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.
First Strike
FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.
Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.
Why similar: Cold War 23.8% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Diplomacy 19% ★, Political Sim 11% ★, 1980s 9.5%
FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.
Why similar: Cold War 23.7% ★, Diplomacy 22.3% ★, Wargame 16%, RTS 15.8%, Tactical 7.2%
A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.
Why similar: Cold War 29% ★, Diplomacy 26.6% ★, Political Sim 12.9% ★, Tactical 7.9%, Wargame 7%
Geopolitical management game with real-time shifting borders and a streamlined gameplay, designed to minimize all burdensome chores while allowing an absolute strategic control, from military recruitment and deployment, to diplomatic and economic management.
Why similar: Diplomacy 30.7% ★, Grand Strategy 27.9% ★, RTS 16.6%, Military 6.2%, Political Sim 6.2% ★
Touch the world with your fingertips! Your retro terminal awaits your command, for the balance of power, in this definitive Cold War strategy game. Here you belong; assert your leadership through turn based strategic tit-for-tat, on the brink of mutually assured destruction. Don't let it slip away!
Why similar: Cold War 27.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Wargame 16.5%, Political Sim 10.2% ★, Retro 7.2%
Become the Dictator of Gradnar! Rule the nation, choose between democracy and tyranny, wage wars with a unique card-based mechanic, and expand your empire. A political dystopia packed with satire and humor!
Why similar: Diplomacy 34.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Dystopian 13%, 1980s 12%, Simulation 5.6%
Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.
Why similar: Cold War 24.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24.6% ★, Wargame 22.7%, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, Military 4.9%
As the leader of a nation, dispatch and control your team of characters all around the world to destabilize your enemies and establish your supremacy. All methods are fair game: hacking, sabotage, political interference, military strikes, corruption, treachery, assassinations, data theft…
Why similar: Diplomacy 29.5% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Wargame 18%, RTS 16.7%, Political Sim 8.6% ★
ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Wargame 23.8%, RTS 19.7%, Cold War 19.6% ★, Military 3.9%
Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
Why similar: Cold War 25.4% ★, Diplomacy 21.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.6% ★, Political Sim 14.4% ★, Strategy 6.9%
Lead the CIA or KGB in a turn-based global strategy. Influence nations, run covert ops, and win the Cold War without firing a shot.
Why similar: Cold War 33.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Diplomacy 17.3% ★, Wargame 13.1%, Strategy 7.9%
Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!
Why similar: Diplomacy 45.2% ★, Grand Strategy 27.3% ★, Political Sim 14.5% ★, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 2.8%
Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.
Why similar: Cold War 26.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21.8% ★, Wargame 21.2%, Political Sim 14% ★, Military 6.3%
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.7% ★, Cold War 22.9% ★, Wargame 16.1%, RTS 14.1%, Tactical 12.5%
What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?
Why similar: Wargame 27.9%, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Cold War 20.9% ★, Political Sim 13.3% ★, Strategy 5.2%
A love letter to old-school browser-based RTS MMOs – with charming nostalgic pixel graphics, a dash of political satire, and tonnes of strategic tension. Build your empire, face off against other players, and take what’s yours in true British imperial style: by dominating the map.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Wargame 22%, Diplomacy 18.6% ★, RTS 18.5%, Political Sim 9.2% ★
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 25.6% ★, Wargame 23.6%, RTS 18.8%, 1980s 7.6%, Tactical 7.1%
3 Days War is a unique multiplayer strategy war game. Integrating the mechanics of RTS+4X, it allows dozens of players to engage in a three-day real-time strategy competitionon. Commanders, use your skills, strategies, games and even deception to become the ultimate winner!
Why similar: Cold War 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Wargame 17.4%, RTS 17.1%, Political Sim 10% ★
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 23.6% ★, Wargame 17.5%, RTS 16.1%, Cold War 11.8% ★, Tactical 9.4%
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 27.6% ★, Wargame 21.9%, RTS 17.4%, 1980s 9.7%, Tactical 8.9%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: Diplomacy 23.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.3% ★, Wargame 19.1%, RTS 13.6%, Cold War 9.2% ★
This Long Term Strategy Game lets you take control of the armed forces of your nation. Become responsible for its military expansion, technological research and economic development. Form alliances and wage total war for global dominance on the battlefields of World War 3.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.2% ★, Diplomacy 24.7% ★, Wargame 23.8%, RTS 14.2%, Strategy 6.3%
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: Cold War 45.7% ★, Wargame 44.1%, Strategy 10.1%
AfterWar is a strategy about the world in 2028
Why similar: Diplomacy 31.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, RTS 17.8%, Political Sim 12.1% ★, Simulation 4.7%
Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game combined with a global turn-based tactical mode, thrusting gamers into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962.
Rise to power as any modern day country in a realistic military, political and economic simulation. Command your country's diplomacy, espionage, and resource management to strengthen your position. Use real-time tactical control of your military to fortify your place as the Supreme Ruler.
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 21.1% ★, Wargame 17.2%, RTS 15.6%, Tactical 9.3%
Politon: A turn-based strategy game that will push your strategic and management skills to the limit! Expand your territory, strengthen your economy, and outsmart your enemies by planning your strategy carefully.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.5% ★, Wargame 36.8%, Tactical 12.7%, Strategy 9.1%, 2D 2.9%
Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.
Why similar: Cold War 33.2% ★, Wargame 24.7%, Diplomacy 13.5% ★, Political Sim 10.9% ★, Tactical 6%
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: Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Diplomacy 19.9% ★, RTS 19%, Wargame 18.3%, Political Sim 9% ★
Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. An "Iron Curtain" divides the Western Powers gathered together under the NATO banner from the Soviet Union
Why similar: Wargame 23.4%, Cold War 21.1% ★, Simulation 15.1%, RTS 13.9%, Strategy 12.1%
Lead your empire in turn based strategy war game. Select your country and start to play.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.6% ★, Wargame 24%, Political Sim 13.6% ★, 1980s 8.5%, Simulation 5.9%
ICBM is a real-time strategy game of nuclear destruction. Research new technologies, build up your nuclear stockpile and use a combination of ships, planes and missiles to strike at the heart of your opponents’ cities while keeping your population safe from harm.
Why similar: Cold War 41% ★, RTS 27.7%, Tactical 12.1%, Military 8.6%, Strategy 5.3%
A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.7% ★, Political Sim 26.9% ★, Tactical 13.2%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 6%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Diplomacy 31.8% ★, Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, RTS 14.2%, Tactical 10.1%, Military 5.4%
The latest expansion of the ultra-realistic world simulator, where you play as the head of state or the opposition! New Features: tourism simulator, party strategies with regime censures, personal wealth management, a European army, AI and robotics.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.8% ★, Wargame 20.7%, RTS 18.8%, Political Sim 13% ★, Simulation 8.4%
Defend America from an alternate-universe America using state-of-the-art 1980s military hardware in this intricate and tactical turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Cold War 32.8% ★, Wargame 24.5%, 1980s 13.1%, Tactical 10.2%, Military 7.4%
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: Diplomacy 29.5% ★, Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, RTS 16.6%, Tactical 10.1%, Military 5.9%
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 51.4% ★, Tactical 16.2%, Simulation 8.3%, Military 8.1%, Strategy 7.6%
A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Wargame 36.9%, RTS 29.1%, Tactical 9.5%, Military 8%, Simulation 6.5%
This game is a global strategy, which is primarily focused on Ukraine after leaving the Soviet occupation. Here you will be given control of Ukraine with the opportunity to change history and intervene in the events of that time.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 36.7% ★, Political Sim 17.8% ★, Wargame 14.4%, RTS 14.1%, Strategy 9.8%
Asymmetric space empire builder where you feel like the Emperor, not a logistics officer. No micromanagement, grand scale, fast paced, audiences, assassins, imperial court, disloyal admirals.
Why similar: Diplomacy 33.8% ★, Grand Strategy 33.6% ★, Cold War 22.8% ★, Strategy 4.8%, Simulation 4.3%
Command modern military armies by zooming out and issuing orders to large formations, or zooming in to issue orders to individual squads and vehicles. Waronoi is the real-time strategy war game.
Why similar: Wargame 37.7%, RTS 36.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Military 9.2%, War 4.8%
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: RTS 32.6%, Wargame 32.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Tactical 10.4%, Military 6.3%
Command the sky in a tense real-time strategy simulation where you manage a nation's air defenses. Analyze radar contacts, scramble interceptor jets, and make split-second decisions to protect your airspace from hostile threats.
Why similar: Cold War 40.6% ★, Wargame 26.2%, RTS 17.5%, Strategy 5.4%, Retro 4.8%
Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).
Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.
Why similar: Cold War 31.4% ★, Wargame 25%, RTS 19.8%, Simulation 6.5%, Military 6.5%
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, RTS 14.7%, Wargame 14.7%, Political Sim 8.5% ★
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 40% ★, Diplomacy 18.2% ★, RTS 11.7%, Simulation 7.6%, Military 7.3%
Can you face the challenges of the Oval Office? Find out in Mr. President, a sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency. Pursue your legislative agenda. Compete with rivals Russia and China. Deal with crises from 9/11 to COVID-19; and direct the U.S. military against terror groups and rogue states.
Why similar: Diplomacy 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25% ★, Wargame 18.1%, Political Sim 11.7% ★, Simulation 5.1%
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 32.5% ★, Wargame 23.3%, RTS 21.5%, Simulation 6.2%, Military 6.2%
Nuclear war simulator is a detailed realistic simulation and visualization of large-scale nuclear conflicts with a focus on humanitarian consequences. It lets you design conflict scenarios and estimate the consequences using a population density map and realistic weapons effects.
Why similar: Wargame 37.8%, RTS 33.7%, Simulation 15.8%, Military 9.1%, Strategy 3.6%
Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 42.8% ★, Wargame 18.3%, Cold War 11.6% ★, RTS 9.3%, Strategy 8.6%
A turn-based grand strategy game, simple for newbies yet challenging for masters. As the leader of a nation, you will conquer territories and advance in military, technology, culture, or politics. Choose from historical scenarios or create your own with an editor.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.4% ★, Diplomacy 37.2% ★, Simulation 8%, Military 7%, Strategy 5.6%
Take charge of the most deadly modern-day submarines in the world - three distinct submarines across two unique and challenging campaigns. Utilize cutting-edge sensor and weapon technology to locate, track and destroy the enemy - even deliver Tomahawk missiles to inland targets.
Why similar: Cold War 35.5% ★, Wargame 29.1%, Military 8.8%, Retro 8.2%, Simulation 7.8%
Fast-paced tactical battles where every move can turn the tide. Outsmart your opponent, adapt on the fly, and turn the battle in seconds. Inspired by classic strategy games, reimagined for faster, more modern play. Play the solo campaign or challenge players worldwide in online multiplayer.
Why similar: Wargame 38.8%, Tactical 23.9%, Retro 11.4%, Military 10.1%, Strategy 9%
An unique long-term strategy game with week-long matches with up to 101 players, set in the alternate reality of 1919.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.9% ★, RTS 19.9%, Wargame 19%, Political Sim 11.9% ★, Simulation 5.6%
A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.
Why similar: Diplomacy 32.5% ★, Cold War 29.7% ★, Wargame 24.3%, Military 6.2%, Strategy 5.2%
CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.
Why similar: Wargame 39%, Cold War 13.5% ★, Tactical 13.1%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 9%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: Diplomacy 35.1% ★, Grand Strategy 33.1% ★, Tactical 10.1%, Simulation 5.8%, Strategy 5.7%
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.5% ★, Diplomacy 26.5% ★, Political Sim 12.6% ★, Strategy 9.7%, War 7.2%
