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Games Like Making History: The First World War

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Grand Strategy, Historical, World War I.

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A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.

Reviews: Mixed — 66% — of 115 reviews
Released: 2021-03-05
Developer: Factus Games
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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  1. #1 Making History: The Great War
    97% matchMostly Positive76% of 455 reviews2015
    Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.

    Why similar: World War I 30.6% ★, Grand Strategy 14.4%, Historical 8.3%, 4X 6.9% ★, Turn-Based 5.7%

  2. #2 Making History: The Second World War
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 291 reviews2018
    Dev: Factus Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Choose a nation and prepare for the greatest conflict in human history, World War II. Build your military and industrial power, form alliances and race to achieve the advanced technologies that will bring total victory in this global-wide turn-based Grand Strategy struggle.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 14.3%, 4X 10.8% ★, Turn-Based 10.6%, Historical 10.2%, Wargame 9.1%

  3. #3 The Great War: Western Front™
    96% matchMixed66% of 3,308 reviews2023
    Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
    Windows
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 38.9% ★, Grand Strategy 13.9%, Historical 10.5%, Wargame 9.7%, Strategy 7.4%

  4. #4 Age of History II
    95% matchVery Positive90% of 50,416 reviews2018
    Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 60.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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 19.6%, Historical 16.8%, World War I 15.3% ★, War 11.2%, Turn-Based 9.8%

  5. #5 Old World
    94% matchVery Positive82% of 6,919 reviews2022
    Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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: 4X 16% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based 10.9%, Historical 10.7%, Alternate History 7.7%

  6. #6 To End All Wars
    94% matchMixed63% of 191 reviews2014
    Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows

    Ageod’s To End All Wars is a grand strategy game set during World War One. Players will take control over one of the major powers that so desperately fought for control over Europe and to end all wars.

    Why similar: World War I 45.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.1%, Wargame 14.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 8.4%

  7. #7 Age of History 3
    92% matchVery Positive85% of 18,912 reviews2024
    Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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: World War I 31.5% ★, Wargame 19.2%, Grand Strategy 19.2%, Alternate History 11.3%, War 6.3%

  8. #8 Supremacy: 1914
    93% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,355 reviews2019
    Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 40.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 1 in the biggest WW1 strategy game of all time. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time on persistent maps. Build experimental weapons of World War 1 and become the one true superpower!

    Why similar: World War I 30.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.1%, Historical 11.4%, War 9.5%, Wargame 8.5%

  9. #9 Millennia
    91% matchMixed67% of 3,788 reviews2024
    Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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: 4X 16.7% ★, Grand Strategy 15%, Turn-Based 10.6%, Alternate History 9.6%, Historical 9.6%

  10. #10 On The Western Front
    91% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2025
    Dev: Aggroblakh
    Windows · Mac

    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 42.4% ★, Grand Strategy 9.9%, Wargame 9.8%, Historical 7.7%, Strategy 7.3%

  11. #11 KAISERPUNK
    89% matchMostly Positive71% of 935 reviews2025
    Dev: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.

    Why similar: World War I 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 13.8%, Wargame 11.3%, Alternate History 10.2%, Historical 9%

  12. #12 Warnament
    88% matchVery Positive85% of 506 reviews2025
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An approachable turn-based grand strategy sandbox. Lead a nation, forge alliances, wage wars and rewrite history. Play solo or with friends, create your own maps and scenarios, and explore community mods on Steam Workshop.

    Why similar: World War I 24.1% ★, Grand Strategy 17.5%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Historical 8.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%

  13. #13 All Quiet in the Trenches
    87% matchVery Positive90% of 938 reviews2024
    Dev: Totally Not Aliens
    Windows · Linux

    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 45.8% ★, Turn-Based 12.9%, War 12.3%, Historical 11.3%, Strategy 6.1%

  14. #14 Commander: The Great War
    89% matchVery Positive80% of 296 reviews2014
    Dev: The Lordz Games StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows

    Take Command and Secure Victory in the Great War! Commander – The Great War features a Grand Campaign covering the whole war from the invasion of Belgium on August 5, 1914 to the Armistice on the 11th of November 1918 in addition to 16 different unit types including Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured Cars and Tanks, Artillery, and much more!

    Why similar: World War I 39.1% ★, Wargame 15%, Grand Strategy 13.1%, Strategy 10.4%, Historical 8.5%

  15. #15 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
    86% matchMixed61% of 8,005 reviews2023
    Dev: Game-Labs
    Windows
    Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 81.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!

    Why similar: World War I 33.4% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1%, Wargame 14.6%, Historical 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.8%

  16. #16 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,255 reviews2014
    Dev: BattleGoat Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 51.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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 21.8%, Wargame 18.1%, World War I 17.6% ★, Military 9.1%, Alternate History 9.1%

  17. #17 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
    84% matchVery Positive86% of 770 reviews2023
    Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    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: 4X 18.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.3%, Wargame 12.2%, World War I 11.4% ★, Historical 8.3%

  18. #18 Strategic Command: World War I
    85% matchVery Positive92% of 490 reviews2019
    Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Strategic Command: World War I is a new chapter in the Strategic Command Franchise. Relive this momentous conflict from the opening shots of 1914 to the final offensives. Strategic Command: World War I covers all the main aspects and theatres of the war.

    Why similar: World War I 44.2% ★, Strategy 21.4%, Wargame 18.1%, Military 8.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%

  19. #19 Acceptable Losses
    82% matchVery Positive80% of 153 reviews2026
    Dev: Zann Archive
    Windows · Mac

    Acceptable Losses is a short, replayable WWI command and management game. Lead squads through a brutal 20 day campaign, balancing morale, fatigue, cohesion, and the paperwork of war. Perform well enough and you may be ordered Over the Top, where success leads to a second act holding captured ground.

    Why similar: World War I 45.8% ★, Wargame 17%, Historical 13.5%, Simulation 4.7%, Strategy 4.1%

  20. #20 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
    84% matchMixed69% of 2,103 reviews2015
    Dev: Great War TeamPub: Best Way Soft
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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 55.7% ★, Historical 14.4%, War 12.2%, Strategy 8.3%, Simulation 3.3%

  21. #21 Imperial Ambitions
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 108 reviews2026
    Dev: aoiti
    Windows · Mac

    Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 16%, 4X 14.4% ★, Wargame 12.6%, Historical 11.1%, Alternate History 9.5%

  22. #22 Making History II: The War of the World
    83% matchMostly Positive80% of 399 reviews2010
    Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    What if Germany won the Battle of Britain? What if Moscow fell in 1942?You’re in charge. Anything can happen and history will never repeat itself in this classic WWII grand strategy game MAKING HISTORY II: The War of the World. Are you ready to battle for global dominance?

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.9%, Turn-Based 16.8%, Historical 15.2%, Strategy 15%, Simulation 10.2%

  23. #23 Victoria 3
    79% matchMostly Positive70% of 61,281 reviews2022
    Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 120.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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: World War I 23.6% ★, Grand Strategy 20.9%, Historical 13.1%, Alternate History 8.6%, Economy 7.4%

  24. #24 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
    81% matchVery Positive87% of 2,159 reviews2011
    Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.

    Why similar: World War I 30.8% ★, Grand Strategy 25.1%, Historical 12.8%, Wargame 12%, Strategy 8.5%

  25. #25 Making History: The Calm & the Storm
    82% matchMostly Positive79% of 633 reviews2007
    Dev: Muzzy LanePub: Strategy First
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    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 43.2%, Strategy 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Historical 15.5%

  26. #26 Europa Universalis V
    78% matchMixed67% of 30,806 reviews2025
    Dev: Paradox TintoPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 53.1 hrsMean: 124.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.7%, 4X 15.7% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Historical 12.3%, Alternate History 10.4%

  27. #27 Imperiums: Greek Wars
    80% matchVery Positive85% of 548 reviews2020
    Dev: Kube Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!

    Why similar: 4X 18.8% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1%, Historical 11.8%, Alternate History 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%

  28. #28 ENDLESS Legend™ 2
    77% matchVery Positive83% of 3,878 reviews2026
    Dev: AMPLITUDE StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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: 4X 15.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.9%, Turn-Based 11%, Historical 10.3%, Alternate History 8.2%

  29. #29 Europa Universalis IV
    79% matchVery Positive88% of 137,440 reviews2013
    Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 284.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 18.6%, 4X 15.8% ★, Wargame 13.5%, Historical 12.9%, Alternate History 10.1%

  30. #30 Victoria II
    77% matchVery Positive88% of 20,842 reviews2010
    Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 49.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 30.5%, World War I 19.4% ★, Historical 15.7%, Strategy 6.7%, Economy 6.3%

  31. #31 Naval Hurricane
    76% matchVery Positive91% of 101 reviews2022
    Dev: Efril
    Windows

    Turn based tactical game about war at sea between British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy during World War I. Command powerful dreadnoughts, fast destroyers and stealthy submarines, conduct artillery battles, torpedo attacks and fight for the survivability of damaged ships.

    Why similar: World War I 50% ★, Historical 17.7%, War 10.5%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 7.2%

  32. #32 Supreme Ruler 1936
    78% matchMostly Positive73% of 309 reviews2014
    Dev: BattleGoat Studios
    Windows
    Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.1%, Wargame 17.8%, Historical 15%, Turn-Based 10.3%, War 10.2%

  33. #33 The Emperor and State
    76% matchMixed58% of 345 reviews2024
    Dev: 涂途Pub: Hawthorn Games
    Windows

    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: Grand Strategy 18.8%, Wargame 15.8%, Historical 13.1%, Alternate History 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%

  34. #34 Countryballs at War
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 94 reviews2025
    Dev: SHN Games
    Windows

    Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.7%, Wargame 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Strategy 10.6%, Historical 9.6%

  35. #35 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
    74% matchMixed69% of 2,301 reviews2024
    Dev: Oxide GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.

    Why similar: 4X 23.2% ★, Grand Strategy 21%, Alternate History 13.7%, Historical 12.7%, Strategy 6.3%

  36. #36 Sid Meier's Civilization VII
    72% matchMixed47% of 62,332 reviews2025
    Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 50.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Lead empires that evolve or endure through the Ages. Build something you believe in with Sid Meier's Civilization® VII.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.1%, 4X 18.6% ★, Historical 12.6%, Alternate History 9.4%, War 8.3%

  37. #37 Steam Squad
    75% matchMixed65% of 89 reviews2016
    Dev: Bretwalda Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Steam Squad - a classical tactical wargame with honest physics simulation of battles set in an alternative universe during the First World War. Players acting for the 3 of the superpowers - the Holy Roman, British and Tianxian Empires complete 30 missions with squads of up to 8 units.

    Why similar: World War I 47.5% ★, Turn-Based 19.1%, Alternate History 10.7%, Wargame 10.1%, Strategy 9.7%

  38. #38 Frontline: Western Front
    74% 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: Grand Strategy 16.6%, Wargame 15.9%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Historical 11.9%, Strategy 8.5%

  39. #39 Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 22,960 reviews2026
    Dev: UnfrozenPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.

    Why similar: 4X 16.6% ★, Grand Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based 10.9%, Historical 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%

  40. #40 Realpolitiks II
    75% matchMixed46% of 668 reviews2021
    Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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: Grand Strategy 50.1%, Strategy 23%, Simulation 19.1%, Indie 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%

  41. #41 Field of Glory: Empires
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 869 reviews2019
    Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    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 16.4%, 4X 14.6% ★, Turn-Based 12.5%, Historical 10.9%, Wargame 9%

  42. #42 Tannenberg
    72% matchVery Positive86% of 9,808 reviews2017
    Dev: Blackmill Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front. Grab your rifle, ready your sabre and keep your gas mask close as you prepare to play a part in one of the most significant conflicts in history!

    Why similar: World War I 43.9% ★, Wargame 16.5%, Historical 13.2%, War 9.4%, Military 6.3%

  43. #43 Master of Command
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 4,017 reviews2025
    Dev: Armchair Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    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: Historical 23.3%, Wargame 22.5%, War 16.3%, Military 13.3%, Strategy 9.1%

  44. #44 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
    71% matchMixed66% of 1,090 reviews2024
    Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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 21%, Wargame 19.7%, Historical 15.5%, War 11%, Alternate History 9.2%

  45. #45 Oriental Empires
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 3,010 reviews2017
    Dev: Shining Pixel StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.

    Why similar: 4X 21.5% ★, Turn-Based 16%, Historical 14.7%, Grand Strategy 13.5%, Strategy 8.3%

  46. #46 Colonial Conquest
    73% matchMixed62% of 264 reviews2015
    Dev: Argonauts InteractivePub: Plug In Digital
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.

    Why similar: Wargame 23.2%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Historical 16.4%, Grand Strategy 16.3%, Strategy 8.8%

  47. #47 Nations
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 148 reviews2025
    Dev: Krzysztof SteinerPub: Krzysztof Steiner Games
    Windows

    Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.7%, Historical 23.2%, Wargame 20.9%, Alternate History 11.2%, Strategy 11.2%

  48. #48 World Warfare & Economics
    70% matchMixed59% of 688 reviews2023
    Dev: Okron Studio
    Windows · Mac

    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: Grand Strategy 25.7%, 4X 25% ★, War 10.8%, Military 9.5%, Economy 8.5%

  49. #49 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
    67% matchVery Positive81% of 737 reviews2025
    Dev: Nostalgames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 33.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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: Grand Strategy 25.6%, Historical 20.3%, Alternate History 19.7%, Economy 10.3%, Strategy 8.2%

  50. #50 States of Power
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 403 reviews2026
    Dev: Sarunas
    Windows

    Command your nation's armies, economy, and diplomacy in this WWII Grand Strategy Wargame. Easy to start, hard to master and a full match fits in one session. Play singleplayer and multiplayer, or create, play and share your own custom scenarios with the built-in Scenario Editor.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.7%, Wargame 20.4%, Alternate History 14.5%, Historical 12.2%, War 9.3%

  51. #51 Hearts of Iron III
    70% matchMostly Positive71% of 6,478 reviews2009
    Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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 40.2%, Historical 18.5%, Strategy 10.3%, Military 7.6%, Wargame 6.6%

  52. #52 From Village to Empire
    71% matchMostly Positive70% of 57 reviews2018
    Dev: Witch Laboratory
    Windows · Linux

    From Village to Empire is an indie turn based strategy game with a historical setting. Build cities, research technologies, and train units to discover new lands and conquer the world!

    Why similar: 4X 22.6% ★, Turn-Based 14.7%, Historical 13.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%

  53. #53 Civil War II
    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 355 reviews2014
    Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows

    You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.

    Why similar: Historical 20.5%, Grand Strategy 19.9%, Wargame 14.8%, Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%

  54. #54 Rising Front
    64% matchVery Positive88% of 4,248 reviews2026
    Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!

    Why similar: World War I 46% ★, Wargame 15.9%, War 14.5%, Historical 12.6%, Simulation 5.3%

  55. #55 HUMANKIND™
    67% matchMixed69% of 28,852 reviews2021
    Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.

    Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8%, Historical 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Strategy 10%

  56. #56 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
    68% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
    Dev: XR Studio
    Windows

    This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?

    Why similar: Wargame 22.7%, Grand Strategy 22.3%, Historical 20.5%, War 12.2%, Military 10.6%

  57. #57 Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 184 reviews2015
    Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
    Windows

    Making History Gold Edition is the expanded and updated version of the original WWII grand strategy game Making History: Calm & the Storm. Command your nation and change the course of history.

    Why similar: Strategy 54.5%, Simulation 45.5%

  58. #58 Terra Invicta
    63% matchVery Positive80% of 9,948 reviews2026
    Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 53.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

    Why similar: 4X 16% ★, Grand Strategy 15.4%, Historical 10.5%, Turn-Based 9.3%, Alternate History 9.1%

  59. #59 Mandate Order
    64% matchVery Positive81% of 1,304 reviews2026
    Dev: Digital Sky
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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: Wargame 19.3%, Historical 15.1%, Grand Strategy 13.2%, Military 9.1%, 4X 7.8% ★

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