- #1 Battle For Korsun
97% matchMostly Negative28% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
January 1944. The German Army had their last toehold on the Dneiper River. The Soviet player must coordinate the offensives of his Fronts to encircle the Germans quickly, before the Germans powerful reinforcements arrive.
Why similar: World War II 19.3% ★, Strategy 16.4%, Tanks 12.5% ★, Wargame 11.7%, Turn-Based 9.9%
- #2 Tank On Tank Digital - West Front
96% matchMixed57% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Lock 'n Load Publishing
Windows · Mac
Tank on Tank Digital brings World War II tactical ground combat on Western Front 1944.
Why similar: World War II 27.2% ★, Strategy 20.9%, Tanks 15.4% ★, Turn-Based 14.3%, War 9.7%
- #3 Drive on Moscow
96% matchVery Positive81% of 103 reviews2016
Dev: Shenandoah StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Drive on Moscow: War in the Snow, a strategy game from the award-winning makers of Battle of the Bulge, invites you to take command of the pivotal battle of World War II! Defend the homeland as the Soviets, or lead a bold push to seize the Soviet capital as the Axis.
Why similar: Strategy 33.1%, World War II 31.5% ★, Turn-Based 12.2%, Wargame 8%, War 5.6%
- #4 Valor & Victory
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 193 reviews2021
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Valor & Victory is a fast-playing, easy to learn World War II squad-level game system. Based on the original Valor & Victory board game, the digital edition provides you with an accessible and deep challenge, developed for classic tabletop game lovers.
Why similar: World War II 23.5% ★, Tanks 13.6% ★, Turn-Based 12.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Wargame 11.1%
- #5 Tank Operations: European Campaign
93% matchVery Positive82% of 93 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 28.4%, World War II 24.6% ★, Tanks 12.2% ★, Wargame 8.8%, War 7.3%
- #6 Frontline: The Great Patriotic War
94% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2019
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
A tactical scale strategy game that invites the players to take command of the URSS forces in an epic struggle for the control of Russia during World War Two.
Why similar: Strategy 28.5%, World War II 21.4% ★, Turn-Based 10.5%, Indie 9.7%, Wargame 9.5%
- #7 Battle Academy
91% matchVery Positive85% of 371 reviews2014
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.
Why similar: World War II 31.8% ★, Strategy 24.2%, Turn-Based 16.3%, Wargame 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%
- #8 Strategic Command WWII: World at War
90% matchVery Positive84% of 620 reviews2018
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
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 40.6%, World War II 31.8% ★, Turn-Based 17.7%, Wargame 9.9%
- #9 Battle of the Bulge
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 170 reviews2015
Dev: Shenandoah StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Battle of the Bulge is a fast-paced WW2 game where precise movement and detailed planning make the difference between a vain attempt and a brave operation.
Why similar: World War II 31.2% ★, Strategy 22.4%, Turn-Based 14.1%, Wargame 11.4%, War 10.4%
- #10 Warplan Pacific
89% matchVery Positive88% of 100 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: World War II 33.5% ★, Strategy 23.1%, Wargame 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Historical 9.5%
- #11 Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe
89% matchVery Positive90% of 443 reviews2017
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe is a deeply immersive turn based strategy game covering the greatest conflict in modern history!
Why similar: Strategy 61.9%, World War II 27.6% ★, Turn-Based 10.5%
- #12 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
88% matchVery Positive92% of 135 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: World War II 25.1% ★, Strategy 25%, Wargame 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Historical 10.1%
- #13 Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
87% matchVery Positive83% of 452 reviews2014
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star is a sequel to Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943. It’s an Eastern Front war game with solid graphics and sprawling battlefields that really emphasizes the scope of WWII tank combat.Want to step into the role of a commander in the very heart of Kharkov’s defense?
Why similar: World War II 30.8% ★, Strategy 28.5%, Tanks 16.8% ★, Wargame 14.5%, Historical 5.5%
- #14 Frontline: Western Front
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 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: World War II 20.2% ★, Strategy 17.8%, Tanks 14.2% ★, Turn-Based 10.8%, Wargame 10.2%
- #15 SGS Afrika Korps
86% matchVery Positive82% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The game recreates the campaigns and battles of Erwin ‘Desert Fox’ Rommel’s legendary Afrika Korps, in Libya between 1941 and 1942. Play the Axis forces to conquer the most valuable prize of all: the Suez Canal. Or command the 8th Army soldiers, the famous Desert Rats, to repel the invaders.
Why similar: World War II 26.7% ★, Strategy 20.7%, Wargame 17.6%, Historical 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
- #16 Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front
85% matchVery Positive92% of 243 reviews2014
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sequel to its successful predecessor, Battle Academy 2 moves the action east – to the bloodied plains of Mother Russia. When a gritty new look, great new features, and random mission generation meet battle-proven gameplay you can be sure of a turn-based strategy classic!
Why similar: Strategy 34.1%, World War II 31.4% ★, Turn-Based 15.9%, Wargame 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
- #17 The Operational Art of War IV
84% matchVery Positive81% of 381 reviews2018
Dev: TrickeySoft LLCPub: Matrix Games
Windows
The Operational Art of War IV is the new generation of operational wargames. With more flexibility than before and with a new array of exciting features, it will make you relive the most iconic battles from the dawn of the 20th Century to modern day, including the ones that never occurred!
Why similar: Strategy 36.9%, World War II 25.2% ★, Wargame 18.5%, Turn-Based 14.7%, War 4.7%
- #18 Astra Exodus
84% matchMixed45% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Atomic KaiserPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Astra Exodus is a single player turn based Sci-fi 4X strategy game inspired by the classics, with a multiple choice narrative driven epic campaign, top down real time tactical battles and an extensive semi-randomized research grid.
Why similar: Strategy 49.8%, Indie 19.7%, Turn-Based 8.7%, Wargame 6.9%, War 5.1%
- #19 WarPlan
82% matchVery Positive82% of 232 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken Studios
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: World War II 26.8% ★, Wargame 14.5%, Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%
- #20 Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
82% matchVery Positive88% of 250 reviews2016
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Command a true operational structure. Can you balance and prioritize three different Theatres in order to achieve your objective?
Why similar: World War II 39.3% ★, Strategy 36.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Wargame 9.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #21 Russian Front
83% matchMostly Negative21% of 38 reviews2015
Dev: Electric RunePub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Experience grand strategy across the entire theatre of the Eastern Front; the military conflict that many consider to be the iconic attacker/defender scenario. Command massive armies in this fully 3D turn-based simulation of one of the largest military campaigns in history, playable as both Germans and Russians.
Why similar: Strategy 56.6%, World War II 43.4% ★
- #22 Pike and Shot : Campaigns
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 403 reviews2015
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The ultimate wargame set in the age of Pike and Shot is back. You are now in full charge of your nation’s armies, throughout a long campaign in the struggle for dominance.
Why similar: Strategy 34.3%, Wargame 19.6%, Turn-Based 19%, Historical 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
- #23 Frontline : Road to Moscow
81% matchMixed59% of 66 reviews2014
Dev: 88mmPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Take command of the German army through some of the most famous battles of the war, leading the mighty Wehrmacht on towards Moscow. The variety of maps and battle situations is what makes Frontline so different and engaging: players are confronted with blitzkriegs, trench wars and dog fights, but also unusual situation such as missions...
Why similar: Strategy 54%, World War II 33.4% ★, Wargame 12.6%
- #24 Victory and Glory: The American Civil War
79% matchMixed65% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Forced March GamesPub: Lock 'n Load Publishing
Windows
Victory and Glory: The American Civil War is a game of grand strategy and fast-play tactical battles where you take the role of either the Union or the Confederates and attempt to win.
Why similar: Strategy 44.5%, Indie 17%, Wargame 14.5%, Turn-Based 14.1%, War 9.9%
- #25 Panzer Tactics HD
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 246 reviews2014
Dev: SproingPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Strategists to the frontline!The HD remake of the Nintendo DS classic.Are you the strategist that the world has been waiting for?
Why similar: World War II 43.1% ★, Strategy 32.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Wargame 10%
- #26 Advanced Tactics Gold
79% matchVery Positive84% of 178 reviews2014
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Advanced Tactics: Gold offers a unique and infinitely replayable wargaming experience for any strategy fan. Building off of the enormous success of Advanced Tactics: World War II, the Gold edition gives players a more powerful game editor, much improved random game engine, many new features and abilities, and more.
Why similar: Strategy 30.1%, World War II 21.4% ★, Wargame 20.3%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
- #27 Second Front
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 673 reviews2023
Dev: HexdrawPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Second Front is a tactical WWII turn-based strategy game. Craft & share your own scenarios and maps or use your strategic prowess in 48 scenarios set in iconic locations. Command over 40 types of infantry and 216 tanks, vehicles and guns. An infinite tactical sandbox experience.
Why similar: World War II 25.8% ★, Tanks 15.1% ★, Strategy 12.1%, Turn-Based 12.1%, Wargame 11.7%
- #28 Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 496 reviews2014
Dev: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Close Combat: Gateway to Caen is a great release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series. Gateway to Caen focuses on the largest, concentrated British offensive since the Normandy landings in an attempt to penetrate the German lines west of Caen and cross the Odon River to get the stalled advance moving again.
Why similar: World War II 43.4% ★, Strategy 29.7%, Wargame 15.3%, Historical 8%, Turn-Based Strategy 3.1%
- #29 Strategic Command: American Civil War
74% matchVery Positive85% of 255 reviews2022
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
For the first time in the series’ history, Strategic Command will be taking you to the 19th century battlefields of the American Civil War. You will control the armies, research, production and diplomatic policy of either the Union or the Confederacy during a time of innovation and dramatic battles.
Why similar: Strategy 39.3%, Wargame 23.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Historical 17.2%, Singleplayer 1%
- #30 Command Ops 2 Core Game
77% matchVery Positive83% of 423 reviews2017
Dev: Panther Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Command Ops 2 is a wargame engine that lets you assess, plan, order and react at the operational level just like a real Corps, Division and Brigade commander. What sets Command Ops 2 apart from the competition is the most advanced and realistic model of command decision-making.
Why similar: World War II 40% ★, Strategy 27.8%, Wargame 18.4%, War 7.6%, Indie 6.2%
- #31 Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris
77% matchVery Positive90% of 135 reviews2015
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris is the first in an innovative series of operational World War II wargames that also include a strategic element. The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris simulates Germany’s military successes in Poland and France in 1939 and 1940 .
Why similar: Strategy 33.4%, World War II 33.2% ★, Wargame 14%, Turn-Based 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.5%
- #32 Goblin Storm
78% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: Nemeton Singularity Simulations
Windows
Command the armies of Men, Goblins and the Dead as they battle for supremacy on battlefields across the lands of Arcwellion. Will you build a mighty kingdom and lead the armies of men to stand against the storm? Or will you command the invading hordes on the path to conquest?
Why similar: Strategy 71.4%, Indie 28.6%
- #33 Hex of Steel
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 912 reviews2020
Dev: War Frogs Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
Why similar: World War II 26% ★, Tanks 14.7% ★, Turn-Based 13.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Wargame 13.2%
- #34 Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 270 reviews2023
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Battle for Normandy faithfully recreates the experience of tactical land warfare in Western France during World War Two.
Why similar: World War II 43.2% ★, Strategy 39%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #35 Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943
75% matchVery Positive84% of 422 reviews2017
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943 - tactical battalion level combat simulation. During the Tunisian Campaign in winter 1943 German Panzer battlegroups launch a counteroffensive against the Allied forces to drive them out of Eastern Dorsal.
Why similar: World War II 41.4% ★, Strategy 35.3%, Tanks 23.3% ★
- #36 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,137 reviews2016
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.
Why similar: World War II 35.1% ★, Strategy 23.1%, Tanks 16.5% ★, Wargame 14.6%, Historical 5.1%
- #37 SGS Fall Weiss
71% matchPositive88% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The Second World War began with the invasion of Poland by German forces on 1 September 1939. It is represented in this strategy game, a fully-fledged turn-based wargame.
Why similar: Strategy 20.8%, Wargame 19.3%, World War II 18.9% ★, Tanks 12.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
- #38 Lightning: D-Day
76% matchMixed50% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
This 1 on 1 card game recreates the drama of the day Allied soldiers went ashore in occupied France, 6 June 1944.
Why similar: Strategy 32.6%, World War II 24.7% ★, Turn-Based 10.3%, Wargame 9%, Historical 8.5%
- #39 Close Combat - Panthers in the Fog
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 206 reviews2015
Dev: Matrix Games
Windows
Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog details the desperate German counter-attack at Mortain, the last chance of the Wehrmacht to stave off defeat in Normandy. Can you match the tenacity of the American defenders of Hill 314? Or can you succeed where the Panzers failed, driving through to the sea and changing history?
Why similar: Strategy 39.6%, World War II 38% ★, Wargame 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #40 Armoured Commander II
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 605 reviews2021
Dev: Gregory Adam Scott
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In this roguelike wargame, take command of a tank and its crew in the Second World War, joining one of over 50 campaigns across Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. Fight against over 1300 historically-based unit types, where each day is a struggle for survival.
Why similar: World War II 26.9% ★, Tanks 21.8% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Wargame 10.1%, Historical 10%
- #41 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,020 reviews2012
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.5 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 29.5% ★, Strategy 22%, Turn-Based 12.2%, Wargame 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
- #42 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
70% matchVery Positive90% of 185 reviews2020
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cauldrons of War Barbarossa 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 June 1941 until the Battle of Moscow, play the USSR or the Axis forces in one of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
Why similar: World War II 25.2% ★, Wargame 14.1%, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%
- #43 WEGO World War II: Overlord
65% match6 user reviews83% of 6 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: Strategy 33.1%, World War II 22.9% ★, Wargame 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, War 9.3%
- #44 Panzer Corps Gold
71% matchVery Positive92% of 2,739 reviews2014
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 56.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The ultimate edition of Panzer Corps, containing hundreds of scenarios and all its expansions. Panzer Corps Gold is the culmination of the wargame that has enthralled millions of fans all around the globe, and now it’s your chance to fully experience a real classic.
Why similar: World War II 32.7% ★, Strategy 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Wargame 11.2%, Turn-Based 9.7%
- #45 Victory and Glory: Napoleon
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 156 reviews2016
Dev: Electric GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
From acclaimed boardgame designer Glenn Drover, a grand strategy game where you take the role of Napoleon Bonaparte and attempt to dominate the entire continent of Europe.
Why similar: Strategy 35.4%, Wargame 21.2%, Turn-Based 16.5%, Historical 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
- #46 Desert War WWII
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Build your army and enter into combat with your enemy in the desert battles of WWII.
Why similar: Strategy 24%, World War II 15.7% ★, Wargame 14.3%, Tanks 14.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
- #47 SGS Pacific D-Day
68% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
One game, five great battles where the US Marines gained even more glory, at the price of terrible losses. Relive bloody assaults on Saipan, Tinian, Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Peleliu in this recreation of epic land battles of the Pacific War. Both sides are playable, each with their own challenge
Why similar: Strategy 29.3%, World War II 16.7% ★, Wargame 15.4%, Historical 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
- #48 Strategic War in Europe
73% matchMixed50% of 223 reviews2014
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Set during the events of WW2, Strategic War in Europe is a classic turn-based strategy game that combines a deep strategic layer with accessibility and ease-of-use.
Why similar: World War II 30.4% ★, Strategy 26.8%, Wargame 11.5%, Turn-Based 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #49 Battle for Iwo Jima
69% matchMixed68% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: Yobowargames
Windows
Battle for Iwo Jima simulates the WWII Invasion and desperate fighting for the island that took place in 1945. Take command of the US Marines, manage your tanks, infantry, and HQ communication in a day and night furious battle against the Japanese garrison.
Why similar: Strategy 46.4%, World War II 14.8% ★, Wargame 7.2%, Turn-Based 7%, Historical 6.3%
- #50 Afghanistan '11
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 407 reviews2017
Dev: Every Single SoldierPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Afghanistan '11 is the sequel to the highly praised and innovative Vietnam '65. It enhances and builds on it: Afghanistan '11 changes the paradigm of wargaming and manages to bring Counter-Insurgency and guerrilla warfare to your screen, properly represented thanks to a revolutionary gameplay formula!
Why similar: Strategy 40.5%, Turn-Based 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, War 13.2%, Indie 10.9%
- #51 Legions of Ashworld
71% matchMixed67% of 49 reviews2014
Dev: JugilusPub: Wastelands Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Legions of Ashworld is a turn-based war-game, which brings a sense of adventure to strategic war-gaming with its first-person view of an open world environment.
Why similar: Strategy 56.7%, Turn-Based 25.6%, Indie 17.7%
- #52 Wars Across The World
69% matchVery Positive82% of 224 reviews2017
Dev: StrategiaePub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.
Why similar: Strategy 33.5%, World War II 14.8% ★, Turn-Based 11%, Indie 10.4%, Wargame 10.4%
- #53 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
68% matchVery Positive90% of 586 reviews2015
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: World War II 33.1% ★, Strategy 25.1%, Wargame 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based 8%
- #54 Pacific General
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 53 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: Strategy 23.2%, World War II 20.5% ★, Wargame 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Historical 9.5%
- #55 Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin
61% matchPositive86% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Battlefront.comPub: SNEG
Windows
Command epic WWII battles on the Eastern Front in Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin. Fight from Moscow to Berlin across 125+ scenarios, or create your own with the editor. Experience tactical warfare at its most intense!
Why similar: World War II 32.1% ★, Strategy 27.4%, Wargame 15.2%, Turn-Based 10.3%, Historical 8.5%
- #56 Order of Battle: World War II
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,179 reviews2015
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Order of Battle: World War II is a breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players.
Why similar: World War II 31.7% ★, Strategy 24.7%, Turn-Based 12.1%, Wargame 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%
- #57 Unity of Command II
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,215 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: World War II 30% ★, Strategy 18.8%, Turn-Based 13.2%, Wargame 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%
- #58 Revolution Under Siege Gold
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 171 reviews2015
Dev: Sep RedsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Make the Reds side triumph to save the Soviet Proletarian revolution, or, on the other side, lead the Whites side to victory in order to place the old regime back in power and protect the countries of Europe from the perils of the revolution. This is the biggest civil war game you will ever play!
Why similar: Strategy 43.3%, Wargame 20.1%, Historical 12.7%, Turn-Based 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%