
Defend America from an alternate-universe America using state-of-the-art 1980s military hardware in this intricate and tactical turn-based strategy game.
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Defend America from an alternate-universe America using state-of-the-art 1980s military hardware in this intricate and tactical turn-based strategy game.

Xenonauts
Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.

Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism is a (hi)story-driven turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period. It offers refined wargame mechanics, story-rich gameplay, and modern 3D graphics. Lead the USSR Armed forces staging the world Communist revolution. For Stalin! For the Motherland!
Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.
Why similar: Cold War 30.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Tactical 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism is a (hi)story-driven turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period. It offers refined wargame mechanics, story-rich gameplay, and modern 3D graphics. Lead the USSR Armed forces staging the world Communist revolution. For Stalin! For the Motherland!
Why similar: Tanks 15% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Military 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Alternate History 9.8%
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Take command of the Allied forces and protect your homeland and the whole of Europe from totalitarian madness. Form armies. Win battles. Change history.
Why similar: Tanks 13.4% ★, Hex Grid 13.4% ★, Wargame 12.4%, Military 11.5%, Alternate History 10.5%
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: Hex Grid 22.3% ★, Wargame 14.3%, Tanks 14.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, War 9.7%
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: Cold War 25% ★, Wargame 15.3%, Alternate History 11.4%, Tanks 10% ★, Military 9.1%
Prove to have a true Strategic Mind! Spirit of Liberty will put your strategic planning skills to the test. It’s a hardcore, turn-based, historically accurate strategy game set in WWII. Lead Finnish forces against an overwhelming threat through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War.
Why similar: Tanks 15.4% ★, Wargame 14.2%, Military 13%, Alternate History 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%
A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.
Why similar: Cold War 19.8% ★, Hex Grid 14.8% ★, Wargame 12.5%, Tanks 12.2% ★, Alternate History 11.1%
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!
Why similar: Tanks 16.3% ★, Wargame 15.1%, Military 13.9%, Alternate History 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Lead the scarce Finnish forces through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War. Save your country’s very existence from the Red Menace. Niet Molotoff!
Why similar: Hex Grid 15.5% ★, Tanks 13.8% ★, Wargame 12.7%, Military 11.6%, Alternate History 10.8%
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: Wargame 22.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Hex Grid 15.1% ★, Military 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 30.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.1%, Tactical 11.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%
Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.
Why similar: Cold War 25.8% ★, Hex Grid 20.7% ★, Wargame 18.1%, Military 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
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: Tanks 16.4% ★, Wargame 15.4%, Military 13.7%, Hex Grid 12.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%
Panzer Strategy is a World War II wargame that combines classic turn-based strategy gameplay with modern looks. Command your armies and adapt your units to any objective using a huge selection of real-life military equipment and battle skills.
Why similar: Hex Grid 19.2% ★, Tanks 17.8% ★, Military 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, War 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 32.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Hex Grid 11.8% ★, Strategy 11.6%, Military 8.9%
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: Hex Grid 21.8% ★, Tanks 16.6% ★, Military 15.7%, Wargame 15.6%, War 12.7%
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: War 34%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.6%, Tactical 21.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 6.3%
Craft unique strategies and outmaneuver your foes in TINY METAL, a turn-based Japanese wargame! With new tactical options, you will command over 16 tactically diverse units, flank, assault, deploy heroes from orbital dropships, and focus the firepower of multiple units to even out otherwise disastrous odds.
Why similar: Wargame 19.2%, Military 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, War 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.
Why similar: Tanks 21.2% ★, Military 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 17%, Tactical 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
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 41.8% ★, Wargame 31.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%, Strategy 6.7%
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 20.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Military 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, War 9.6%
Tank on Tank Digital brings World War II tactical ground combat on Western Front 1944.
Why similar: Hex Grid 27.1% ★, Tanks 19.9% ★, War 15.9%, Tactical 12.2%, Wargame 7.1%
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 23%, Tactical 19.5%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Strategy 13.3%
You are the commander of either NATO or Soviet forces locked in battle on the ground in 1980’s Central Europe. As commander, it is your task to provide the battle plan orders to your units. You need to know your mission objectives, strength and weakness of both your forces and you enemy, lay of the land, weather, and time of day in order...
Why similar: Cold War 30.5% ★, Wargame 22.9%, Hex Grid 21.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 7%, Tactical 6.2%
Fast-paced tactical battles where every move can turn the tide. Outsmart your opponent, adapt on the fly, and turn the battle in seconds. Inspired by classic strategy games, reimagined for faster, more modern play. Play the solo campaign or challenge players worldwide in online multiplayer.
Why similar: Wargame 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Tanks 12.9% ★, Military 12.7%, War 9.5%
MAINFRAME DEFENDERS - Turn-based tactics centered around gear and unit customization. It offers simple combat, high replayability, and tons of loot. Items don't just provide stats boost, but also offer distinct mechanics that can be combined into powerful builds.
Why similar: Military 40.4%, 1980s 30.5%, Turn-Based Combat 17.9%, Strategy 8.3%, 2D 2.8%
Human Tanks - ALTeR is the much-awaited second installment of the War of the Human Tanks series, and sequel to War of the Human Tanks. This time you assume command of the enemy of the first game, the Royal Army, and fight back for all you hold dear!
Why similar: Hex Grid 17.1% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Tanks 13.9% ★, Alternate History 10.8%, Military 10.5%
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 39.1% ★, Wargame 18.3%, Military 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, War 8.4%
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: Hex Grid 26.6% ★, Wargame 17.8%, Military 16.8%, Tanks 15.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%
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: Cold War 38.7% ★, Alternate History 16.1%, War 11.3%, Tactical 8.1%, Wargame 7.2%
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: Cold War 36.2% ★, Wargame 22.2%, Military 18.7%, War 14.3%, Simulation 3.8%
Every war has its Generals. Take command of an army during World War II and lead them to victory. Strategize your way through many scenarios and real historical military campaigns of past generals.
Why similar: Hex Grid 27.7% ★, Wargame 14.3%, Military 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, War 11.8%
Recon Control is a turn-based strategy and 2D platformer hybrid focused on combat. Lead your special operations squad through a set of challenging and deadly missions.
Why similar: Military 17.3%, Wargame 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, War 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%
The Troop is a turn-based, platoon-level tactical game set in WW2. From the early hours of D-Day to Falaise, play as British and Canadian or German forces in desperate fighting across Normandy.
Why similar: Hex Grid 18.5% ★, Tanks 17% ★, Wargame 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Military 10.6%
Turn the tide of the war with nuanced strategies in One-inch Tactics, introducing players to a unique turn-based strategy experience.
Why similar: Wargame 26.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 21%, Tactical 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Sci-fi 8.7%
War of the Human Tanks is a story driven strategy game with a gameplay reminiscent of Battleship and Chess, featuring a story of war, loyalty, sacrifice and human shaped tanks.
Why similar: Hex Grid 21.5% ★, Tanks 18% ★, Alternate History 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Military 12.4%
Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg (CMFB) follows the Western Allies through the battles along Germany's border and into the heart of the Reich itself.
Why similar: Wargame 22.3%, Military 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, War 10.8%
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 38.2% ★, Wargame 20.6%, Military 19.9%, Tactical 15.9%, Strategy 4%
Welcome to Warside, the fast-paced turn-based tactics game. With a single-player story campaign, multiplayer support, and a built-in map editor, the fight for victory never ends. Choose your Commander, assemble your forces, and battle your way to victory.
Why similar: Wargame 19.6%, Tanks 15.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Military 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.6%, Tactical 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%, Sci-fi 12.3%
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: Cold War 23.9% ★, Wargame 16.9%, Military 15%, Tanks 13.1% ★, War 9.4%
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 16.7%, Military 13.3%, Alternate History 13.1%, Tanks 12.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%
Dive into a top-down, turn-based strategy game with 80's sci-fi flair. Command elite soldiers in multiplayer duels on 24 maps, local hot-seat mode, or a thrilling singleplayer campaign. Master teleportation and gridless movement on the mysterious planet Anthracite.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.6%, 1980s 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Tactical 13.2%, Sci-fi 12.2%
Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion - a turn-based strategy where you command SOF forces against an alien threat. Investigate disappearances, fight the invaders, and uncover the mystery. Every decision affects the fate of humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 30.6%, Military 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%, Strategy 8.2%
Command the sky in a tense real-time strategy simulation where you manage a nation's air defenses. Analyze radar contacts, scramble interceptor jets, and make split-second decisions to protect your airspace from hostile threats.
Why similar: Cold War 58.6% ★, Wargame 29.2%, Strategy 5.7%, Simulation 2.7%, Combat 2.6%
What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?
Why similar: Wargame 27.6%, Cold War 26.9% ★, Alternate History 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Military 9.2%
Molten Armor is an action tower defense game with a non-linear story in sci-fi setting! Command defenses and stop hordes of enemies! Fight on land, sea and in the skies!Decisions taken in the heat of battle will change the course of the war.
Why similar: Wargame 42.1%, War 21.4%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Story Rich 9%
The world of TINY METAL expands! Command Wolfram & the White Fangs against the mysterious Dinoldan forces. 77 skirmish maps, 21+ diverse units, 39 challenging campaigns. Stop the ancient tech excavation. Turn-based Japanese storytelling meets intense tactical warfare. All skill levels welcome.
Why similar: Wargame 15.8%, Tanks 15.4% ★, Military 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, War 10.6%
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 25.3% ★, Wargame 23.3%, Tanks 17.9% ★, Military 11.4%, War 11.2%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: Alternate History 27.4%, Military 27.3%, War 21.3%, Tactical 14.3%, Strategy 5.5%
Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. An "Iron Curtain" divides the Western Powers gathered together under the NATO banner from the Soviet Union
Why similar: Cold War 29% ★, Wargame 24.7%, Military 12.8%, Strategy 12%, Tactical 11.1%
Set in an alternate history timeline where World War I never ends, you are the commander of allied forces fighting right up to the year 2114.
Why similar: Tanks 53.1% ★, Strategy 27.6%, Simulation 19.3%
North Africa 1943. Lead your forces to victory in the most intense WW2 battle!
Why similar: Hex Grid 33.2% ★, Military 16.8%, War 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Tactical 9.9%
Kriegsfront Tactics - Prologue is the proof of concept for the upcoming procedural turn-based mecha tactics RPG set in alternate 1970s Southeast Asia. In this prologue chapter, you'll get to experience combat, exploration, and the opening story of the game.
Why similar: Cold War 36.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Alternate History 14.7%, Military 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
Why similar: Cold War 47.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 25.5%, Tactical 8.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%, Strategy 5.7%
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: Alternate History 19.9%, Hex Grid 19.8% ★, Military 15%, War 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
This is a turn-based strategy game. You'll assume the role of the Special Investigations Division Chief at the Bureau of Crisis Response (BCR), leading agents deep into Bleak Mountains City, a metropolis steeped in retro 1980s charm, to investigate and contain various supernatural “Visions”.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.5%, Alternate History 19.5%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Tactical 9.5%
The official adaptation of the legendary wargame from Steve Jackson Games. Engage in futuristic warfare with armored hovercraft, superheavy tanks, infantry, and giant cybernetic war machines called "Ogres".
Why similar: Hex Grid 26.7% ★, Tanks 18.9% ★, Wargame 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Tactical 5.9%
Play out a Kaiju movie as the (hopelessly) outclassed military in this stylish 2D turn-based strategy game. Construct buildings and defend your city with cannon-fodder tanks, jets and more as the devastating kaiju grow in power with every attack.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.4%, Wargame 19.1%, Tactical 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%