Games Like Last Train Home

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Why similar: War 24.7%, Survival 24.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Base Building 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same desperate struggle for survival and moral decision-making within a war-torn environment.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: Strategy 25.4%, Survival 24.7%, RTS 16%, Base Building 12.3%, Management 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the same high-stakes resource management and difficult ethical choices required to keep a group alive in a hostile world.

Take charge of a WW1 field hospital on the Western Front, and make all the decisions necessary to help the soldiers recover and to support the war effort. In this narrative management game, you are the last bastion of humanity.

Why similar: RTS 23.6%, Historical 18.3%, Wargame 14.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Base Building 9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management of personnel and resources during wartime, emphasizing the human cost of conflict similar to the crew management in Last Train Home.

In Pandemic Train you are in charge of the crew aboard a train roaming the postapocalyptic wasteland, ravaged by both war and a deadly plague. Your goal is to survive long enough to discover the cure… or die trying. Humanity’s fate is in your hands! Start your journey now!

Why similar: Trains 44.8% ★, War 13.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Survival 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core premise of managing a train as a mobile base while surviving a harsh, post-apocalyptic environment.

All Quiet in the Trenches is a narrative turn-based strategy RPG set in World War I. Get to know your soldiers, take care of their needs and lead them in battle, trying to strike a precarious balance between the ambitions of your superiors and the survival of your men.

Why similar: World War I 37.5% ★, War 16.2%, Historical 12.8%, Strategy 9.5%, Survival 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Set in the same WWI era, this game emphasizes the narrative-driven survival and morale management of individual soldiers.

Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game with stealth elements, set on the eastern front of WW II. As an army commander behind enemy lines you gather a group of Partisans to wage guerilla warfare against the German occupants.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 37.8%, Strategy 16.6%, Historical 12.2%, War 10.9%, Tactical 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines squad-based tactical combat with base management and stealth, set during the Eastern Front of WWII.

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

Why similar: Strategy 46.8%, Tactical 29.5%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Atmospheric 4.8%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the 'journey' aspect of the seed game, focusing on managing a caravan of people through dangerous lands with tactical combat and branching narrative choices.

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Strategy 35%, Choices Matter 29.6%, Tactical 28.5%, Singleplayer 7%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique 'moving base' mechanic where you manage a fleet of ships through hostile territory, balancing fuel, repairs, and tactical combat.

Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 24%, RTS 22.4%, Wargame 15.5%, War 12.2%, Strategy 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on real-time tactical combat with a heavy emphasis on unit management and logistics during a Cold War scenario.

Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead.

Why similar: War 30.3%, Historical 23.3%, Wargame 17.2%, Strategy 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a tactical combat experience where your choices directly influence the morale and survival of your squad during a fictionalized war.

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: RTS 33.2%, World War I 30.6% ★, War 13.4%, Strategy 11.6%, Base Building 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features squad-based tactical combat in an alternate-history WWI setting, focusing on unit preservation and base building.

Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?

Why similar: RTS 24.4%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Wargame 15.2%, Historical 11.7%, Strategy 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a more traditional RTS experience but maintains the gritty, tactical feel of WWII combat and unit preservation.

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

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25.9%, RTS 24.3%, Historical 19.4%, War 14.1%, Strategy 10%

Why You'll Like It: This provides a highly realistic tactical combat experience that emphasizes the importance of unit positioning and resource management.

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: RTS 31.2%, Strategy 14.8%, Historical 14.8%, War 14.6%, Wargame 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is a deep wargame that focuses on large-scale tactical maneuvers and historical accuracy during the Eastern Front.

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Why similar: Strategy 51%, Tactical 21.5%, Survival 20.6%, Singleplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for managing a crew and a moving vehicle under constant threat, requiring careful resource allocation and tactical decision-making.

Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?

Why similar: Historical 33.6%, Strategy 27.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Tactical 12.3%, 3D 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends historical strategy with deep squad management and narrative choices that impact the outcome of your campaign.

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

Why similar: World War I 29.5% ★, RTS 18.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Historical 11%, Strategy 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep strategic look at the WWI conflict, focusing on the logistical and tactical challenges of the era.

The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

Why similar: Strategy 45.7%, Tactical 30.2%, Isometric 16.7%, 3D 4.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep, turn-based tactical experience with a focus on managing a diverse squad of mercenaries in a hostile region.

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

Why similar: RTS 26%, Historical 24%, War 22.1%, Management 9.8%, Realistic 8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an intense crew-management simulation where you must keep your vessel and men functioning under extreme wartime pressure.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Strategy 79.2%, Atmospheric 12.8%, Singleplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: It features a mobile base traveling through a dangerous wasteland, requiring tactical combat and resource management to survive the journey.

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

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 22.4%, RTS 22.2%, Historical 13.7%, Wargame 12.4%, War 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is a realistic real-time tactics game that emphasizes the importance of keeping your veteran units alive throughout a campaign.

ALARM! You have been selected for a mission which will shape the fate of the entire world. Witness the very beginning of the legendary elite WWII force in Commandos: Origins. The long-awaited sequel to the Commandos series brings you right back to the foundation of the real-time tactics genre.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 23.7%, RTS 21.6%, Wargame 12.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Historical 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on small-squad tactical infiltration and survival, requiring precise movement and management of limited resources.

Take command of the Union or the Confederacy. Prepare your nation for war, recruit and organize great armies and fleets under legendary commanders like Grant, Lee, Jackson or Farragut, plan cunning maneuvers on an epic campaign map and defeat your enemies in real-time battles!

Why similar: Strategy 21.5%, Historical 20.6%, RTS 20.2%, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, War 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a grand strategy experience with tactical battles that requires managing armies and logistics over a long campaign.

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: Real Time Tactics 23%, RTS 21.8%, Wargame 14.7%, War 14.6%, Historical 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the management of your army over a long campaign, where the survival and experience of your units are paramount.

Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War. Each mission showcases the era’s most devastating weaponry — sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery, and mobile infantry. BoE delivers the full WWI experience.

Why similar: World War I 39.4% ★, RTS 18.1%, Historical 14%, War 14%, Strategy 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a dedicated WWI strategy game that focuses on the tactical realities of trench warfare and infantry management.

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: RTS 19.9%, Real Time Tactics 18.8%, Historical 15.9%, War 13.2%, Wargame 10.1%

Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.

Why similar: RTS 57.5%, Strategy 20.8%, Base Building 7.9%, War 4.9%, Isometric 3.4%

A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.

Why similar: Historical 17.7%, War 17.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Isometric 11.4%, Strategy 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the survival of a small group of people trapped in a besieged city, requiring careful resource management and stealth.

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: Real Time Tactics 21.7%, RTS 19.8%, Historical 13.8%, Wargame 13.7%, War 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique tactical perspective where you manage units through radio commands, emphasizing the difficulty of wartime communication and survival.

Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.

Why similar: RTS 28.5%, Real Time Tactics 28.3%, Wargame 17.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Management 7.5%

A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.

Why similar: RTS 65.6%, Strategy 29.2%, Atmospheric 2.4%, Tactical 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features a massive land-based carrier that serves as your mobile base, requiring tactical protection and resource management.

Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

Why similar: Strategy 58.2%, Tactical 41.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is a turn-based tactical game that focuses on a journey through dangerous historical locations, emphasizing resource management and squad survival.

January, 1915. The Race to the Sea is over. The Great War has just begun. You are the commander of a single division in the meat grinder that is the Western Front. Lead your men over the top as you attempt to break the stalemate that is to claim the lives of millions over the course of years.

Why similar: World War I 41.9% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, Historical 10.4%, War 9.5%

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: Strategy 30.9%, Survival 20.4%, Base Building 17.9%, War 11%, Management 7.8%

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Historical 26.9%, RTS 19.2%, Base Building 14.8%, War 12%, Isometric 7.3%

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: Real Time Tactics 22.5%, RTS 22%, Wargame 15.1%, Historical 12%, War 12%

The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

Why similar: Strategy 29.1%, RTS 24.3%, Base Building 23.1%, Survival 12.6%, Management 4.5%

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Why similar: RTS 26.8%, War 15%, Base Building 11.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Isometric 9.4%

Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!

Why similar: RTS 26.3%, Historical 18.1%, War 15%, Base Building 13.6%, Strategy 13.6%

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: Strategy 23.1%, Survival 19.7%, Base Building 18.3%, RTS 15.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%

Miner's Mettle is a artillery-based real-time strategy game. Control a fleet of artillery-trains on an isolated and lawless mining planet. You'll need accurate shooting and tactical prowess to return safely with precious resources!

Why similar: Trains 34.2% ★, RTS 20.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Strategy 8.1%, Base Building 7%

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Why similar: Strategy 35.9%, Survival 29.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Management 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.3%

War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.

Why similar: RTS 24.7%, Real Time Tactics 20.5%, War 14.1%, Strategy 10%, Wargame 9.8%

Coming of age as a part of the first generation born free, WWII stripped me of my family, home, and future. Now I'm left with only one choice: to get my revenge and independence, or die trying. The odds are against us: will our tactics, stealth and teamwork be enough?

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 23.3%, RTS 22%, Historical 13.5%, War 9.6%, Strategy 9.1%

Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

Why similar: RTS 31.7%, Base Building 22%, Strategy 16.6%, Management 11.5%, Survival 10.8%

Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

Why similar: Historical 33.2%, Strategy 19.7%, Base Building 18.8%, Management 14.8%, Survival 11.2%

Ratten Reich is an RTS focusing on realistic combat in a unique, steampunk/dieselpunk world ripped apart by an ongoing war between rats, mice, cockroaches, and lizards.

Why similar: RTS 26.4%, Real Time Tactics 23.8%, Wargame 16.1%, War 11.3%, Strategy 11%

Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.

Why similar: Trains 39.7% ★, RTS 18.3%, Historical 11.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Management 7.7%

Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!

Why similar: RTS 41.5%, Strategy 20.3%, War 14.5%, Wargame 10.3%, Tactical 8.1%

Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!

Why similar: Base Building 27.5%, Strategy 23.3%, Management 22.2%, Isometric 21.2%, Singleplayer 5.8%

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

Why similar: World War I 41.8% ★, War 14%, Historical 13.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Management 7.1%

Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

Why similar: RTS 29.4%, Historical 22.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Strategy 12%, Management 9.2%

Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

Why similar: Trains 54.5% ★, Historical 19.5%, Strategy 13.5%, Management 10.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%

When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.

Why similar: War 22.6%, Strategy 16.5%, Survival 13.1%, Base Building 13%, Management 11.8%

New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.

Why similar: Strategy 22.5%, Base Building 21.1%, Survival 19.2%, Management 14.6%, Realistic 12.5%

A tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by events and stories of forgotten and unsung heroes of WW2. Unique and new-to-genre features offer immersion and deeper protagonists to lead and care for. Lead the resistance against the Axis Forces.

Why similar: Historical 24.3%, Strategy 14.6%, War 14.2%, Isometric 13.2%, Tactical 9.3%

War Mongrels is an isometric real-time tactics game that takes place on the eastern front of World War II. Dynamic and tactical gameplay with stealth elements, tightly packed into a dark, fascinating story! Play on your own or in online co-op (PC).

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 22%, RTS 21.1%, Historical 14.1%, War 10.6%, Strategy 8.6%

RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

Why similar: Trains 54% ★, RTS 15.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Management 8.3%, Base Building 6.1%

Create, customize and command your battle wagon to conquer crazed enemy factions and save innocent survivors scattered throughout the lawless Badlands in the aftermath of a devastating apocalypse. Do you have what it takes to Build, Evolve and Fight to survive?

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 44.7%, Wargame 30.4%, Strategy 21.8%, Singleplayer 3%

Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.

Why similar: RTS 30.1%, Real Time Tactics 27.6%, Strategy 16%, Tactical 11.2%, Survival 5.7%