Games Like King's Orders

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: Military 15.9%, RTS 14.4%, Grand Strategy 12.3% ★, War 10.1%, Wargame 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a high-fidelity tactical experience that rewards careful planning and understanding of historical military units.

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 17.6% ★, Military 14.1%, RTS 14%, Wargame 13.8%, War 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes indirect control and the logistical management of remote units, mirroring the tactical distance found in King's Orders.

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 22.2% ★, Military 15.9%, War 13.7%, Historical 11.8%, Diplomacy 11% ★

Why You'll Like It: As a deep grand-strategy title, it offers the complex military and political management that fans of historical war games crave.

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15% ★, Military 11%, War 9.7%, Historical 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It blends grand strategy with character-driven political management, emphasizing the human element of leadership.

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 20.3% ★, Wargame 16.3%, Military 14.9%, War 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on supply lines and the logistical realities of warfare, which are crucial to successful military strategy.

Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.

Why similar: Military 33.5%, Wargame 18.2%, RTS 13.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Grand Strategy 9.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: It provides an unparalleled level of military simulation and information management for those who enjoy the realistic aspects of command.

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 32.3% ★, RTS 20%, Medieval 15.2%, Historical 11.2%, Strategy 11%

Why You'll Like It: It combines grand strategy with real-time elements, allowing for a balanced experience of kingdom management and war.

Strategic Command WWII: World At War is your chance to re-fight the 20th century’s greatest conflict, from Poland to China, Normandy to the Pacific, on a map encompassing the globe.

Why similar: Strategy 35.8%, Grand Strategy 33.7% ★, Wargame 30.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic grand-strategy experience that focuses on the macro-management of global military operations.

Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!

Why similar: Medieval 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.5%, Tactical 20.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Sandbox 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval strategy game that incorporates board-game mechanics to add a unique flavor to its tactical combat.

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: Political Sim 19.3% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2% ★, Diplomacy 16.4% ★, Historical 10.5%, Economy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep dive into the political and economic simulation aspects that underpin military power.

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: Wargame 17.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, RTS 14.8%, Military 13.6%, War 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical real-time game that emphasizes the importance of unit positioning and command in a modern combat environment.

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 19.4%, RTS 17.6%, Wargame 16.4%, Tactical 12.3%, Military 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical game that focuses on the historical accuracy and command challenges of a single, pivotal battle.

Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.

Why similar: Wargame 21.9%, RTS 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, War 12.6%, Military 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a modern, detailed tactical experience that focuses on the complexities of contemporary warfare.

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 17% ★, Military 14.7%, Political Sim 13.4% ★, Wargame 11.8%, RTS 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a comprehensive geopolitical simulation that allows players to control a nation from the Cold War to the near future.

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 21.4% ★, Military 14%, Historical 12.3%, War 12.1%, Tactical 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a sophisticated look at managing the growth and decline of ancient civilizations through strategic decision-making.

War in the East 2 is the most comprehensive, most realistic, and most advanced wargame modeling Eastern Front warfare in World War Two.

Why similar: Wargame 30.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, War 15.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Historical 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for deep, historical military simulation, perfect for players who want to manage every detail of a campaign.

Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…

Why similar: Diplomacy 17.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, RTS 11.5%, Wargame 10.7%, Real Time Tactics 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends real-time strategy with grand-strategy elements, focusing on the survival and growth of a medieval realm.

Great Houses of Calderia is a Feudal Grand Strategy game focusing on family dynamics & stories. Use your family strengths to compete against rivals to rise in the ranks of Calderia - produce, trade, scheme, bribe, and battle to build your legacy of power!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.7% ★, Diplomacy 13.4% ★, Military 13%, Economy 8.6%, War 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game highlights the dynastic and political management aspects of ruling a territory.

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 16.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Military 14.5%, RTS 9.6%, Political Sim 8.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet intense grand-strategy game that simplifies complex mechanics into a fast-paced experience.

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

Why similar: Military 17.7%, RTS 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Wargame 14.1%, Historical 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic real-time tactics game that emphasizes the harsh realities of modern urban combat.

The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy.

Why similar: Diplomacy 15.2% ★, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, Military 10.8%, Wargame 10%, RTS 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a mix of base building and grand strategy set during the turbulent Renaissance period.

Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 16.3% ★, Historical 12.2%, Medieval 12.1%, War 10.3%, RTS 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic title that excels at combining turn-based empire management with real-time tactical battles.

Espiocracy is an espionage grand strategy game where you lead the intelligence agency of one of 74 playable countries. Rewrite history from the shadows as you influence ideologies, stage coups, and wage proxy wars. Subterfuge takes center stage as you establish a new world order.

Why similar: Diplomacy 17.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Military 14.1%, War 10.7%, RTS 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the intelligence and political maneuvering that often dictates the success of military campaigns.

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 20% ★, War 15.2%, Political Sim 15.1% ★, Historical 14.8%, Diplomacy 12.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward grand-strategy game that allows for extensive control over historical borders and diplomacy.

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: Military 16.7%, War 13.1%, RTS 13%, Historical 12.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%

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 15% ★, Political Sim 12.5% ★, Grand Strategy 11.4% ★, Military 9%, RTS 9%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes diplomacy and real-time tactical decisions in a global strategy context.

Lead your people to glory and write a new chapter of history in Realpolitiks II, a real-time grand strategy game where you lead any contemporary nation in an attempt to secure world dominance.

Why similar: Political Sim 34.1% ★, Grand Strategy 33.9% ★, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 10.5%, Realistic 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the modern political landscape, requiring players to balance diplomacy, espionage, and military force.

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 19.7% ★, Military 11.7%, Historical 10.7%, RTS 10.3%, War 9.6%

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 18.6% ★, Diplomacy 16% ★, Military 12.8%, Sandbox 10.6%, Economy 8.5%

Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Political Sim 18.7% ★, Wargame 12.9%, War 9.9%, Historical 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style grand-strategy game that gives players significant freedom in how they develop their kingdom.

Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!

Why similar: Political Sim 14.9% ★, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, Diplomacy 12.7% ★, Military 10.1%, RTS 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the intersection of political simulation and military strategy in a modern setting.

"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 16.7% ★, Political Sim 13.9% ★, RTS 11.6%, Military 10.9%, Wargame 10.5%

Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, RTS 14.4%, Diplomacy 13.6% ★, Wargame 12.5%, Sandbox 8.9%

Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR

Why similar: Political Sim 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 13.1% ★, Diplomacy 12.4% ★, Military 10.7%, Historical 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A political simulation that captures the tension and strategic maneuvering of the Cold War era.

In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords，develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Political Sim 15.9% ★, Historical 11.2%, Medieval 9.5%, Wargame 8%

Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.

Why similar: Military 15.9%, Wargame 13.7%, RTS 11.9%, Grand Strategy 11.3% ★, Historical 10.9%

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Historical 17.6%, Medieval 13.6%, Diplomacy 11.2% ★, Economy 6.5%

Lead a Three Kingdoms warlord in a turn-based grand strategy simulation focused on logistics, diplomacy, officer management, and large-scale warfare.

Why similar: Political Sim 24.8% ★, Military 18.4%, Wargame 17.6%, War 12.9%, Historical 7.1%

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 16.9% ★, Grand Strategy 16.9% ★, Wargame 14.2%, RTS 10.6%, Education 7.5%

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 15.6% ★, Wargame 13.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, War 11.3%, RTS 11.1%

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: Military 17.1%, Wargame 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, RTS 13.1%, War 12.5%

The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.

Why similar: Diplomacy 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Wargame 12.4%, Historical 10.6%, War 10.1%

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 17.7% ★, Political Sim 15.1% ★, Historical 14.3%, RTS 13.7%, Diplomacy 13.3% ★

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: Grand Strategy 12% ★, Diplomacy 11.1% ★, Military 10.4%, Wargame 9.2%, War 9%

A medieval sandbox. Serve a king, rule your own fief, or raise a claimant to the throne. Marry, scheme, rebel, claim a crown, or just watch. Every NPC in this world lives by the same rules you do, driving it toward collapse. Stopping it is your task; the higher you rise, the more ways you have.

Why similar: Political Sim 20.5% ★, Diplomacy 18.3% ★, War 12.5%, Historical 12%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%

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 16.2% ★, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, Military 11.7%, War 9.4%, Historical 8.6%

Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

Why similar: Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Grand Strategy 13.8% ★, Military 10.4%, War 9%, Historical 8.1%

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: Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Military 11.5%, War 9.8%, Historical 9.5%

It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 14% ★, Diplomacy 12.6% ★, RTS 9.9%, Wargame 9.8%, Military 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 19.9% ★, Military 14.2%, War 13%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, Diplomacy 8.2% ★

This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Wargame 15.7%, RTS 14.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Military 9.7%

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: Grand Strategy 27.7% ★, Medieval 17.8%, RTS 17.3%, Strategy 12.6%, War 12.1%

A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, Political Sim 14.6% ★, Diplomacy 13.2% ★, Wargame 10%, Military 9.7%

AfterWar is a simple yet feature-rich strategy game for everyone.

Why similar: Political Sim 15.5% ★, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, Grand Strategy 14.2% ★, RTS 9.4%, War 8.9%

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: Wargame 13%, Military 12%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, RTS 10.9%, Historical 10.2%

It's WWII. You're a general sitting in a tent. All you have is a map, and a radio. Can you win the battle? Radio General is a unique strategy game where you interact with your units over the radio using speech recognition. Test your mettle and relive famous battles as a WWII general.

Why similar: Military 17.6%, RTS 17.1%, War 16.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Historical 11.4%

What will be the strategy game if you throw out all the grind from it, all the boring annoying actions and leave only strategy and tactics? It became interesting to us and as a result we received Generals & Rulers. Try it now!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Military 15.6%, War 11.3%, Historical 9.1%, Tactical 8.1%

Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 14.8% ★, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, Political Sim 12.6% ★, War 9.2%, Historical 8.4%

Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.

Why similar: Wargame 16.5%, RTS 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, War 13.2%, Historical 11.9%

Factions, countries and empires that have truly existed in the real history await you. The only difference is that it is in your hand to rewrite their history. Become the ruler of any country you want and lead your nation from small village to the way to be the magnificent empire!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Military 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Historical 9.3%, Tactical 8.8%