- #1 1630 - The Thirty Years' War
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Conquista GamesPub: Button Down Studios
Windows
A thrilling and immersive real-time strategy game. Experience one of the most tumultuous periods in European history, using your strategic skills to navigate the complex political landscape of the time and making key decisions that will determine the war's outcome.
Why similar: War 22.6%, Historical 21.8%, RTS 13.5%, Medieval 11.9%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #2 Hunyadi Strategy
96% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: 8 Continents Ltd.
Windows
Hunyadi is a hexagonal strategy game based on a historical character John Hunyadi from the 15th Century. He was one of the greatest military mind of his age. He lead military campaigns mostly against the rising Ottoman empire.
Why similar: Historical 24.4%, Alternate History 19.6%, Medieval 18.3%, War 10.4%, Linear 9.3%
- #3 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 14,798 reviews2018
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical flashpoint in history. Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans and Viking settlers clash for control. What Kingdom will you build?
Why similar: Historical 30.5%, War 19.3%, Medieval 16.4%, RTS 15%, Strategy 12.4%
- #4 Ancestors Legacy
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,615 reviews2018
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.
Why similar: Historical 21.3%, Medieval 21%, RTS 17.4%, War 15.6%, Strategy 12.7%
- #5 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 36,032 reviews2006
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.
Why similar: Historical 24.8%, Medieval 23.5%, War 20.1%, Strategy 12.7%, RTS 10.8%
- #6 Kuroba: Oghuz
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Ancyra Studio
Windows · Mac
Kuroba is a historical RTS set in the brutal frontier of 13th-century Anatolia. Build settlements, manage logistics, and command armies in grounded, realistic combat. No magic, no heroes—only economy, strategy, and leadership determine who endures.
Why similar: War 26.1%, RTS 18.9%, Historical 16.6%, Medieval 11.2%, Strategy 10.9%
- #7 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
92% matchVery Positive84% of 1,674 reviews2023
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.
Why similar: War 27.6%, Historical 19.3%, Medieval 14.7%, Dark 11.8%, Difficult 10.6%
- #8 The Stone of Madness
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 269 reviews2025
Dev: The Game KitchenPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The Stone of Madness is a real-time tactical stealth game set in an 18th-century Spanish Monastery. Five prisoners pool their skills and resources to face their phobias, stave off insanity, uncover the mysteries of the Monastery, and find a way to escape.
Why similar: Historical 20.3%, Isometric 13.4%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Medieval 12.4%, Difficult 11.2%
- #9 Total War: ATTILA
91% matchVery Positive82% of 37,441 reviews2015
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 81.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...
Why similar: Historical 29.2%, War 28.2%, Strategy 12.5%, RTS 11.5%, Tactical 7.7%
- #10 Letters of War
90% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Wood Cabin Games
Windows
Letters of War is an adventure war drama inspired by real events and a spiritual successor to the legendary Valiant Hearts: The Great War. Help a simple British carpenter not lose touch with his little daughter during World War II. Connect their destinies with the help of letters.
Why similar: War 35.2%, Historical 27.5%, Story Rich 12.2%, Linear 12%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #11 Tabletop Tavern
88% matchVery Positive90% of 1,624 reviews2026
Dev: TJPub: Frostbloom
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.
Why similar: War 20.9%, Historical 19.8%, RTS 13.4%, Isometric 13.3%, Medieval 12%
- #12 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
89% matchVery Positive80% of 2,707 reviews2014
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.
Why similar: Historical 36.5%, War 17.7%, RTS 17.3%, Strategy 14.3%, Tactical 11.4%
- #13 Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
89% matchVery Positive82% of 93,176 reviews2019
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 89.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Unite Ancient China under your rule through a thrilling blend of turn-based empire building and real-time battles. Use the Guanxi System and diplomacy to forge alliances, and build powerful armies with hundreds of unique infantry, cavalry and war machine units.
Why similar: Historical 36.9%, War 30.8%, Strategy 13.6%, RTS 11.8%, Tactical 6%
- #14 Chapters 1-3 Little Kingdoms
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2023
Windows
Little Kingdoms: Chapters 1-3 is a prologue to Little Kingdoms, a medieval RTS point-and-click game with stylistic low-poly graphics and relaxing music. Outmaneuver other lords and ladies and conquer their land!
Why similar: Medieval 25.3%, War 22.7%, RTS 19.9%, Tactical 10.5%, Strategy 8.9%
- #15 First Crusader
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ferhat
Windows
Determine the fate of the Crusaders in this history-based visual novel game. Be the leader of the Christians or the leader of the Turks. Choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. You will change the history of this Crusade.
Why similar: Historical 26.9%, Alternate History 21.5%, War 19.6%, Medieval 13.6%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #16 Knights of Honor
86% matchVery Positive93% of 2,378 reviews2009
Dev: Black Sea Studios LtdPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige. War, diplomacy and a burgeoning economy are the means by which you increase your power and expand your influence.
Why similar: Medieval 28.1%, Historical 19.6%, War 19%, Strategy 17.3%, RTS 14.9%
- #17 Simple Sanguo
84% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: clip_on
Windows · Mac
连角色头像都没有,谁会想玩吗?你别说,汉字就是有这样的魔力。有的人,你只要看到了他的姓名,就愿意舍命追随!恰好,刘备就是这样的人!如果你也厌倦了武力、智力的争吵,简易三国志同样是你不该错过的游戏!在《刘备篇》里跟随刘备纵横天下,然后在无尽挑战中验证自己的操作吧!!
Why similar: Historical 25%, War 23.4%, Alternate History 22.2%, Tactical 9.6%, Strategy 8.3%
- #18 Perang Laut - Maritime Warfare
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Sengkala Dev
Windows
Perang Laut Maritime Warfare is a historical real time strategy set on early modern age(15th-18th century) in Indonesia archipelago. Lot of kingdoms rise as spices trading booming and this is your chance to establish your maritime power by use diplomacy, influence, and war!
Why similar: Historical 24.2%, War 20.1%, RTS 16.5%, Medieval 15.3%, Tactical 9.3%
- #19 SanGuo223
82% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: DuanWeibo
Windows
This is a RTS game, a war game about Three Kingdoms.Focus on the era of the Three Kingdoms when Zhuge Liang , and Cao Pi and Sun Quan.This game has a series of magical events, to tell the story of that era.
Why similar: Historical 38.1%, War 21.9%, RTS 18.6%, Strategy 14%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #20 Four Hundred Catapults
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ehskybox
Windows
A large-scale survival strategy game with up to 3000 units on the battlefield. Build and manage your settlement, produce resources, research weapons and technologies, and recruit your army to survive in the war against the Half Dead Legions.
Why similar: War 20%, Medieval 18.5%, Historical 17.7%, RTS 16.2%, Difficult 12.4%
- #21 The Seven Years War (1756-1763)
83% matchMixed64% of 135 reviews2015
Dev: Oliver Keppelmüller
Windows
Lead your nation through the trials of the first world war in history! Play huge campaigns with 5 playable nations or fight historic realtime battles. Beside of beating the enemy on the battlefield you now have to set up a working economy to supply your troops and your people!
Why similar: War 36.3%, Historical 25.2%, RTS 20.8%, Strategy 17.8%
- #22 Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs
81% matchVery Positive85% of 247 reviews2024
Dev: Object SoftwarePub: Strategy First
Windows
An epic real-time strategy game set in chaotic Ancient China. Control the kingdoms of Liu Bei, Sun Quan, or Cao Cao, warlords who played a pivotal role in Ancient China. Lead your kingdom, innovate tech, forge alliances, build a formidable army to unite the nation.
Why similar: War 24.2%, Historical 22.4%, Isometric 17%, Alternate History 14.8%, RTS 13.5%
- #23 最后的巫后:众王纷争的年代 Witch Queen
81% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: 安格法
Windows
Individual independent development Witch Queen is a lightweight storyline oriented rts game that is based the dark ages of the fantasy world of Isefaia. In here, Build countries, explore the continent, witness the endings of the Wizards, and learn the truth behind the story.
Why similar: War 22.3%, RTS 17.7%, Medieval 16.2%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Tactical 9.4%
- #24 GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
79% matchVery Positive89% of 2,856 reviews2020
Dev: Game in a Bottle
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 15.9%, Medieval 15.9%, RTS 15.6%, Difficult 15.6%, Tactical 9.4%
- #25 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
78% matchVery Positive86% of 94,109 reviews2021
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
Why similar: War 26.4%, RTS 21.4%, Historical 17%, Medieval 15.6%, Strategy 13.1%
- #26 Men of War: Vietnam
80% matchMixed64% of 1,322 reviews2011
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968. Experience the chaos of the Vietnam War through two story-driven campaigns that reveal both sides of the conflict.
Why similar: War 29.3%, Historical 21.2%, Strategy 19.4%, RTS 16.3%, Tactical 11.9%
- #27 Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
79% matchVery Positive92% of 27,286 reviews2010
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release
Why similar: Historical 38.9%, War 24.4%, Strategy 15.6%, RTS 11.8%, Tactical 7.9%
- #28 Dilemma
77% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: DrAxelStudio
Windows
You don't cure patients; you decide their fate. In this grim medical sim, review records and face impossible bioethical dilemmas. Consult the Medical Bible and choose who gets the bed. Every signature impacts your Ethics, Reputation, and Legal Risk. In a broken system, mercy is a dangerous luxury.
Why similar: Medical Sim 42.3% ★, Hand-drawn 15.6%, Emotional 12.9%, Dark 10.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #29 The Hearth and Harbour
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Transform a run-down restaurant and build a new life for yourself in this management RPG. Decide what kind of restaurant you want to create and what kind of person you want to be. As a storm brews outside, every choice you make has consequences.
Why similar: Historical 18.2%, Alternate History 18%, War 17.3%, Emotional 13.6%, Isometric 12.4%
- #30 Chickamauga Battles
78% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Refight one of the most significant battles of the American Civil War 'the Battle of Chickamauga'.
Why similar: War 44%, Historical 32.3%, Strategy 20.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #31 Drawing out Demons
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dewlent Designs
Windows
A devilish drawing challenge! Free possessed souls by finding and correctly drawing the right sigils in this medieval adventure game.
Why similar: Historical 27.5%, Medieval 26.2%, Hand-drawn 22.2%, Dark 14.9%, Strategy 3.9%
- #32 Empires Apart
76% matchMixed68% of 2,483 reviews2018
Dev: DESTINYbitPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.
Why similar: RTS 23.5%, War 22%, Historical 20.3%, Strategy 13.7%, Medieval 9.6%
- #33 Great Battles of Carolus XII
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖉𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖎 𝕾𝖙𝖚𝖉𝖎𝖔𝖘 (ᚴᛘᛋ)Pub: 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖉𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖎 𝕾𝖙𝖚𝖉𝖎𝖔𝖘 (ᚴᛘᛋ)
Windows
GBOCXII is a simple, hexagon-based strategy game about the Great Northern War. Lead the Swedish army against the powerful enemies of the empire: Denmark, Poland-Saxony and Russia. With the Carolean gå-på spirit, you shall perform great deeds and overcome almost impossible odds!
Why similar: Historical 32.2%, Alternate History 26.7%, War 24.5%, Strategy 8.4%, Tactical 5.5%
- #34 山海:传承
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 薮羽制作组
Windows
在这款幻想题材的4X类型游戏中,您将扮演真龙天子,上承天命,下安黎民。打造一个四方来朝的盛世王朝。您将在此过程中体验朝代的更迭与传承,体验或真实或奇妙的事件,经受住时代的考验。每一次风云变幻都将让您感受到独特的民族魅力与文化。谨记,帝国只有一位真龙。
Why similar: Historical 24.6%, War 20.8%, RTS 15.8%, Hand-drawn 14.8%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #35 A Plague Tale: Requiem
73% matchVery Positive91% of 25,496 reviews2022
Dev: Asobo StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Embark on a heartrending journey into a brutal, breathtaking world, and discover the cost of saving those you love in a desperate struggle for survival. Strike from the shadows or unleash hell with a variety of weapons, tools and unearthly powers.
Why similar: Alternate History 21.1%, Historical 19.6%, Emotional 16.6%, Medieval 16.2%, Dark 11.6%
- #36 Beautiful in Death
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: A.W. Watkinson & Co
Windows
A first-person game with a focus on dialogue and historical accuracy, set in the Victorian Era. You will step into the shoes of a photographer with a stern mustache who specializes in post-mortem photography. The game is emotionally heavy, melancholic, and full of skeletons in the closet.
Why similar: Historical 26.3%, Alternate History 25.9%, Dark 16%, Emotional 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #37 Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
75% matchMixed70% of 289 reviews2016
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.
Why similar: War 28.1%, Historical 23.7%, Strategy 20.9%, Alternate History 15.3%, Tactical 10.8%
- #38 Medic: Pacific War
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 128 reviews2026
Dev: Hypnotic AntsPub: IZilla Games
Windows
Become a Medic - a true war hero. Survive the brutality of the Pacific Front as bombs rain from above and bullets shred the air. You’re the last chance for your wounded allies. Every decision you make could turn the tide of battle - but none will be easy.
Why similar: Medical Sim 41.8% ★, Historical 23.1%, War 22%, Tactical 6.9%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #39 Oriental Dynasty - Silk Road defense war
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 621 reviews2023
Dev: 星环游戏
Windows
Experience the perfect combination of tower defense and the historical plot of the Silk Road, so as to bring an amazing epic game adventure experience! You will follow our protagonists in a strategic battle on the Eurasian continent! Come on, buddy, this epic fantasy adventure needs your help!
Why similar: Historical 22.1%, War 20.5%, Medieval 15.5%, RTS 14.9%, Hand-drawn 12.5%
- #40 Imperial Glory
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,338 reviews2014
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to forge himself a name to be remembered throughout all eternity. This is your moment.
Why similar: Historical 36.5%, RTS 23.7%, Strategy 21.5%, War 17.2%, Singleplayer 1%
- #41 Of Moons and Mania
72% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: Absurd Walls
Windows · Mac
Of Moons and Mania is an interactive psychotic break, based on lived experience. It uses elements of its design to explain the struggles of psychosis, and tells a personal story about mental illness.
Why similar: Emotional 35.7%, Dark 16.6%, Story Rich 15.4%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Linear 12.5%
- #42 Divided Empire: SENGOKU
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Composition GS
Windows
Lead your clan through Japan's turbulent Sengoku period. Craft wise strategies to expand your domain and use cunning tactics to defeat your enemies on the battlefield. Emerge victorious, restore order, and claim the title of Shogun!
Why similar: Historical 28.8%, War 24.6%, RTS 15.8%, Strategy 12.9%, Medieval 11%
- #43 PSY in Apocalypse
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quantum Strawberry
Windows
PSY in Apocalypse는 사실적인 2D 정신과 어드벤처 게임입니다. 여러분은 게임 속에서 정신과 의사가 되어 환자들을 직접 치료하게 됩니다. 포스트 아포칼립스 세계를 의사의 관점이라는 다소 새로운 시각으로 이야기를 풀어나가게 됩니다.
Why similar: Medical Sim 59.1% ★, Story Rich 12.2%, Linear 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%, 2D 3.4%
- #44 Bring Death
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rasmus Agergaard
Windows
Revenge your loved ones - No matter what it takes, and no matter how much suffering you have to inflict!
Why similar: War 22.5%, Isometric 20.3%, Medieval 18.4%, Dark 13.2%, Tactical 10.3%
- #45 The Mystery Mist
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WolfSmokeStudiosPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
In this world, deadly toxic mist is everywhere. The protagonist, Yaqing, becomes an apprentice to a physician skilled in using insects to save his sister, who has been poisoned by the mist. As the story progresses, he finds himself entangled in a tense racial conflict…
Why similar: Alternate History 26.7%, Emotional 22.7%, Historical 20.2%, Hand-drawn 15.9%, Story Rich 11.8%
- #46 Panzer Strike
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ISAK Team
Windows
Authentic RTS gameplay straight out of the 2000s. Command your troops, develop strategies, and win World War II battles. Huge maps, thousands of units, long-range firepower, and no building mechanics!
Why similar: War 26.5%, Historical 21.6%, RTS 15.8%, Isometric 12.9%, Tactical 10%
- #47 Double
70% matchVery Positive82% of 227 reviews2019
Dev: Tomato Fantasy Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Double is an action-quest game telling about a fight with a mental disorder by immersing in dreams. Choose your way and find out how this mystical story ends.
Why similar: War 24.9%, Historical 19.8%, Hand-drawn 17.7%, Dark 11.6%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #48 Radio Commander: Pacific '41
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Squadron StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Command operations in the Pacific War by analyzing reports, issuing radio orders, and making strategic decisions. This new title in the Radio Commander series enhances realism, focusing on situational awareness built through radio communications.
Why similar: War 22.5%, Historical 20.1%, Alternate History 15.9%, RTS 12.6%, Difficult 12.2%
- #49 Mushroots
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Ducklings Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
New RTS for everyone!
Why similar: War 24.8%, Isometric 19.8%, RTS 17.4%, Tactical 10.2%, Dark 8.6%
- #50 Imperium Warbands
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jhulyan Studio
Windows
Conquer an ancient world that comes alive every match. Command 18 civilizations across procedural maps of dynamic biomes, hostile wildlife and a day/night cycle. Seize settlements, lead legendary heroes, claim relics, siege fortresses, and wage war by land and sea.
Why similar: War 21.8%, Historical 20.8%, Medieval 14.1%, RTS 13.3%, Isometric 13.2%
- #51 First Blood : Persian Legends
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Wiseman Studio
Windows
First Blood : Persian Legends is a linear story-driven real-time-tactic strategy game based on ancient Persia, Sassanid Empire. Our story is heavily inspired by true events. Can you help saving the Sassanid Empire from within?
Why similar: Historical 28.5%, Isometric 17.6%, RTS 15.4%, Linear 10.4%, Strategy 8.8%
- #52 Feyght
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tom Stephenson
Windows
A small Real-Time Strategy game with a cute drawn style. Your villages are under attack! Collect resources, build up towns, defences and prepare small armies to survive.
Why similar: Alternate History 18.9%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, RTS 16.9%, War 16.2%, Strategy 8.5%
- #53 Bellfortis
66% matchVery Positive91% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Bellfortis is a strategy game from the early Middle Ages. Expand your kingdom, use politics and power. Strategic planning on the map alternates with realtime battles of armies. Play as a grand strategy or on smaller local maps, build, recruit armies and fight!
Why similar: Historical 25.4%, War 21.9%, Medieval 19.2%, RTS 12.8%, Tactical 8.6%
- #54 Heads Will Roll: Downfall
67% matchMixed68% of 418 reviews2022
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Heads Will Roll: Downfall is a combination of a tactical role-playing game and visual novel, in which you will assume the role of a medieval soldier.
Why similar: War 24.6%, Historical 24.2%, Medieval 14.9%, Difficult 13.2%, Dark 10.8%
- #55 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,365 reviews2021
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 97.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Historical 36.3%, War 26%, Strategy 20.8%, RTS 16%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #56 Daimyo Reign
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: koichark
Windows
Unify Medieval Japan in this real-time tactical grand strategy game. Build your domain, recruit armies, plan your attack, and fracture your enemies with rebellions to win!
Why similar: Historical 24%, Alternate History 18.7%, Medieval 15.1%, RTS 14.3%, Tactical 10.1%
- #57 Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 630 reviews2007
Dev: The Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms is the official expansion to last year's award-winning Medieval II: Total War, presenting players with all-new territories to explore, troops to command, and enemies to conquer.
Why similar: Medieval 29.8%, Historical 29.7%, Strategy 18.1%, War 10.4%, RTS 9.9%
- #58 乾坤盘
66% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: 华亭鹤唳
Windows
《乾坤盘》的故事发生于一次突如其来的战争当中,你将扮演一位隐居山野的修行者,通过刻画符阵的方式,拦截北方游牧民族踏入中原的铁蹄。游戏采用经典的棋盘式塔防设计,你在“乾坤盘”画下的每一笔,都将演化为战场上的符阵,抵挡以纸人形象呈现在“乾坤盘”上的北朝军队。
Why similar: War 24.5%, Historical 23.9%, Alternate History 22.3%, Hand-drawn 10.3%, Strategy 7.7%