
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.
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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.

Supreme Ruler Ultimate
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!

Terminal Conflict
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!
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: Political Sim 17.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Wargame 13.9%, Military 13.4%, Cold War 11.2% ★
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 23% ★, Political Sim 19.8% ★, Grand Strategy 13.8% ★, Wargame 11.5%, Military 8.9%
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: Political Sim 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Historical 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Sandbox 7.5%
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 27.2% ★, Wargame 20.9%, Military 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Historical 7.9%
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: Grand Strategy 24.4% ★, Military 19.2%, Alternate History 14%, Historical 13.4%, Sandbox 12.7%
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: Political Sim 27.3% ★, Cold War 25.4% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Alternate History 11.7%, Historical 9.6%
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 28.6% ★, Political Sim 21.6% ★, Wargame 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Historical 10%
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Why similar: Wargame 19.8%, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Military 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Historical 10.3%
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: Military 35.4%, Historical 28.7%, PvP 16.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Multiplayer 8%
Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.
Why similar: Cold War 24.5% ★, Wargame 18.5%, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Military 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
Why similar: Political Sim 29.4% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Wargame 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Historical 8.3%
SuperPower 2 is the only global geopolitical simulation game which allows players to control entire countries. Players control countries in 3 major areas: political, economic and military, but this time, in a beautiful real-time 3D environment.
Why similar: Political Sim 39.3% ★, Politics 31.3% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, Simulation 5.5%, Strategy 4.4%
Ages of Conflict is a versatile Map Simulation game where you create and observe custom AI nations battle it out across an infinite number of worlds. Paint beautiful maps and scenarios, and command nations to change history into your liking!
Why similar: Political Sim 31% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Alternate History 13.8%, Sandbox 12.9%, Historical 9.5%
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: Politics 23.2% ★, Political Sim 22% ★, Cold War 21.3% ★, Alternate History 7.2%, Historical 5.4%
Fantasy Map Simulator: Create and watch imaginary worlds evolve over centuries. Design maps, simulate nations and their politics, and control destinies. See empires rise and fall on your desktop wallpaper. A unique simulation for history buffs and creative minds.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.4% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, Alternate History 12.8%, Wargame 12.5%, Sandbox 12.2%
The grand strategy classic returns with improved gameplay, a massive 13,892 province map, expanded diplomacy and wartime capitulation, new civilizations and scenarios, atomic weapons, smarter AI, enhanced visuals, UI upgrades, and major performance improvements.
Why similar: Political Sim 29.4% ★, Wargame 16.8%, Grand Strategy 12.1% ★, Sandbox 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.
Why similar: Cold War 23.3% ★, Wargame 15.9%, Military 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Alternate History 10.6%
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: Wargame 34.2%, Grand Strategy 33.5% ★, Alternate History 19.4%, Strategy 6.6%, 2D 2.9%
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 21.4% ★, Political 16.7% ★, Politics 11.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Grand Strategy 8.2% ★
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 20.9% ★, Wargame 20.5%, Military 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Historical 8.1%
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 46.1% ★, Political Sim 27.9% ★, Historical 10.5%, Sandbox 5.7%, Strategy 4.3%
AfterWar is a simple yet feature-rich strategy game for everyone.
Why similar: Political Sim 37.2% ★, Grand Strategy 25.5% ★, Alternate History 12%, Historical 8.7%, Simulation 6.4%
Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.
Why similar: Cold War 51.7% ★, Military 22.6%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 7.1%, Historical 4.1%
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.
Why similar: Cold War 26.4% ★, Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Wargame 21.3%, Political Sim 13.7% ★, Military 6.4%
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 37.7% ★, Wargame 30.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Strategy 7.2%, Top-Down 6.4%
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.6% ★, Grand Strategy 33% ★, Historical 13.3%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 7%
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 22.7% ★, Sandbox 17.8%, Military 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Historical 8.2%
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: Political Sim 21.1% ★, Political 15.8% ★, Grand Strategy 14% ★, Wargame 11.5%, Military 7.7%
Making History® delivers the open-ended gameplay of strategy-game classics, but with compelling new economic, military, and diplomatic systems and deep research that lets you play with real historical challenges.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 45% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 25.2%, Strategy 17.3%, Historical 12.6%
NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.9% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, Military 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Wargame 10.1%
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: Wargame 21.5%, Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Military 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Historical 11.5%
Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
Why similar: Political Sim 29.9% ★, Cold War 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 13.5% ★, Military 10.4%, Historical 7.1%
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 33.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Historical 9.8%
Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 40.6% ★, Military 15.2%, Historical 14.6%, Strategy 7.3%, Wargame 6.8%
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 23.7% ★, Politics 23.2% ★, Wargame 15.3%, Military 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%
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: Political Sim 41.8% ★, Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Sandbox 11.3%, Top-Down 4.2%
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 23.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Alternate History 14.9%, Military 14.9%, Historical 11.8%
Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, Wargame 17.1%, Cold War 15.8% ★, Military 13.9%, Sandbox 10.9%
Armored Brigade II revolutionizes real-time tactical warfare in 3D, focusing on the intense combined arms combat of the Cold War era, from 1965 to 1991. Boasting a meticulously researched database and huge real-world terrain maps, this game offers an unparalleled combat simulation experience.
Why similar: Cold War 24.5% ★, Wargame 23.8%, Grand Strategy 23.6% ★, Military 11.8%, Simulation 8.1%
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: Wargame 35.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Strategy 15.7%, Simulation 10.2%, Historical 9.5%
"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: Politics 20.6% ★, Political Sim 18% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Wargame 12.3%, Military 10%
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 25.1% ★, Politics 24.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Political 18.2% ★, Simulation 7.7%
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, Wargame 16.5%, Military 15.3%, Historical 12.1%, Alternate History 12%
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: Wargame 22.8%, Military 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Historical 12.3%, PvP 9.3%
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: Wargame 30.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.6%, Strategy 12%, Historical 11.9%, Grand Strategy 11.1% ★
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 30.2% ★, Military 20.5%, Historical 14.5%, Alternate History 13.3%, Strategy 7.6%
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: Wargame 27.4%, Military 19.7%, Strategy 11%, Alternate History 9.6%, Historical 8.7%
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 21.3%, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Wargame 16.6%, Historical 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
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: Cold War 32.7% ★, Wargame 19%, Military 18.3%, PvP 12.5%, Top-Down 5.9%
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.2% ★, Political Sim 28.7% ★, Historical 12.1%, Military 9.4%, Sandbox 4.9%
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: Wargame 54%, Simulation 23.1%, Strategy 22.8%
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 26.3%, Military 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Cold War 11% ★, Simulation 9.3%
Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.
Why similar: Military 36%, Cold War 21% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Simulation 9.8%, PvP 7.4%
The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.
Why similar: Wargame 22.4%, Military 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Alternate History 13.3%, Historical 10.6%
Guide your very own civilization's destiny in this abstract strategy sim. Master a complex node system, overcome unique challenges, and evolve your society from humble beginnings to the mastery of the atom. Can your civilization *really* withstand the test of time?
Why similar: Politics 29.6% ★, Political Sim 23.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, Historical 12.4%, Simulation 5.6%
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: Wargame 38%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.1%, Strategy 18.8%, Historical 17.1%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.9% ★, Wargame 29.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 8.3%
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 25% ★, Political Sim 23.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Military 10.1%
The latest edition of the ultrarealistic world simulator where you play as the Head of State or as the opposition! New Additions: dive deeper into the war in the Ukraine with artillery, trenches, mines, troop morale, etc; detailed immigration management; the justice system; and children.
Why similar: Politics 38.1% ★, Political Sim 34.4% ★, Wargame 18.7%, Simulation 2.9%, Top-Down 2.9%