- #1 Destiny of the World
97% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Fiddlyware
Windows · Linux
WWII grand strategy game where planning and logistics are foundations of successful campaigns: simultaneous weekly turns, convoy warfare, production, trade, research, espionage and command from 1939 to 1945. Control a single major power, or the entire Axis or Allied command.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Board Game 23.6%, Wargame 23%, Strategy 8.5%, World War II 8.5% ★
- #2 World War 2: WW2 Strategy Games
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joynow Studio
Windows
A World War II themed turn-based war chess game. You will play a commander during World War II, directing your troops to complete various tasks. You have the opportunity to reproduce every historical battle, command the ace generals and elite troops in history to win the victory!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Board Game 17.7%, Wargame 16.6%, World War II 10.4% ★, Tanks 9.2% ★
- #3 World War 2: Strategy Simulator
96% matchMostly Negative37% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: joynowstudio
Windows
★Tactics & Collocations 30+ Historical Campaigns: Normandy Landing, Operation Market Garden 2 Warfare Conflict Camps: Allies faction and ally Axis 30+ large battlefield maps are provide in this strategy games Omni-directional combat space: naval battle, air combat, land battle.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Wargame 14.7%, Tanks 14.3% ★, World War II 12.2% ★, Naval Combat 9.2% ★
- #4 Maneuver Warfare 2: BTG
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Decisive Action Games
Windows · Mac
A simulation of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War where the player maneuvers battalion tactical groups on a map and controls assets such as aircraft, special forces teams, satellites, field hospitals, and repair facilities to support these. The player can play single battles or a campaign game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.3% ★, Wargame 24.8%, Strategy 19.8%, Military 15.4%, War 6.1%
- #5 Industrial War
94% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Yocone
Windows · Mac
Explore the world In the 1920s, with more than 800 cities and 200 mines. Know your industrial chain and plan the role of each city; know your nation's unique polity structure and adjust your overall strategy. Resist the restlessness of your neighbors, acquire resources, and develop your industry.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.1% ★, Strategy 17.9%, Wargame 17.7%, World War II 8.6% ★, Military 8%
- #6 World War 2 Operation Husky
94% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Hubert CachatPub: HC
Windows · Mac
A light wargame with simple rules tailored to run smooth battles. Recommended to introduce new players to wargames basic concepts and for fast multiplayer matches.
Why similar: Wargame 16.5%, Tanks 16.2% ★, Board Game 13.7%, World War II 13.5% ★, Military 10.2%
- #7 Schwerpunkt
93% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Anonymoose Games
Windows
Schwerpunkt is a World War 2 military simulation game. Take control of hundreds of units over a large frontline, making daring manoeuvres to push your enemy back. Fight in one of the scenarios given or make your own in the map maker.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.9% ★, Wargame 17.4%, Strategy 11.5%, World War II 11.5% ★, Military 10.1%
- #8 Frontline: World War II
92% matchVery Positive84% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Immerse yourself in the captivating atmosphere of World War II, as you meticulously plan your moves and adapt to the ever-changing battlefield. With a wide array of units and tactical options at your disposal, success is determined by your strategic prowess and adaptability.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Board Game 14.9%, Wargame 13.6%, World War II 12.8% ★, Military 8.8%
- #9 Frontline: Panzer Blitzkrieg!
91% matchVery Positive88% of 109 reviews2020
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Fight your way through 35 Unique WW2 battles - Aim your targets carefully, counter-attack, and strategically coordinate your Squads. The study of enemy tactics and the use of Special abilities will lead to victory!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Board Game 13.8%, Wargame 12.9%, Tanks 12.6% ★, World War II 8.3% ★
- #10 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
91% matchVery Positive86% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the ‘Stalingrad on the Yangze’, as was sometimes called the Battle for Shanghai in 1937. Play as the Chinese willing to reclaim the whole city or as the Imperial Japanese forces in their counter-attack.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.2% ★, Wargame 20.5%, Strategy 18.3%, Military 7.9%, War 7.6%
- #11 北宋风云
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: 石家庄龙游科技有限公司
Windows
A real-time strategy game based on the history of the Northern Song Dynasty. The player can experience the fun of conquering cities, directing the country, and ultimately uniting the world through their own efforts in the simulated historical background of the game!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Wargame 19.5%, Board Game 17.8%, Military 12%, War 9.1%
- #12 Home Before Winter (HBW)
89% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Core Reaction Studios
Windows
A World War I inspired turn-based global domination strategy game where players conquer territories and command armies. Play solo or with up to 10 players in tactical multiplayer matches.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24% ★, Board Game 21%, Wargame 14.9%, Strategy 10%, Military 7.5%
- #13 King
89% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: ZhangGuanRu
Windows
This is a game that combines strategy, tactics and role-playing. You travel to a magical world and become a king. You will manage your own country and conquer the world through diplomacy and war.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.3% ★, Wargame 23.4%, Strategy 16.1%, War 10.3%, Top-Down 4.3%
- #14 Conquest
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Sean O'Connor
Windows
Conquest is a strategy board game where you fight against up to 7 computer or human controlled opponents to take over the world before you are eliminated by your enemies. The results of combat are calculated using dice throws for attackers and defenders.
Why similar: Board Game 32.7%, Wargame 26.8%, Strategy 24%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.1%, PvP 4.8%
- #15 War in Asia
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bufo Studio
Windows
Take command of any faction in the East Asian theater of World War II (1937–1945). Govern your nation’s military, economy, and transportation through realistic simulation systems, and direct your forces via a structured chain of command across a 7 km-scale map to conduct operations.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.3% ★, Board Game 19.6%, Wargame 14.4%, Strategy 13.9%, World War II 8.3% ★
- #16 Tank Operations: European Campaign
86% matchVery Positive83% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Linked DimensionsPub: 2tainment GmbH
Windows
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: Strategy 23.5%, World War II 17.7% ★, Tanks 14.6% ★, Wargame 14.1%, Grand Strategy 11.8% ★
- #17 Total Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kraken Studios
Windows
The ultimate turn-based World War 2 grand strategy game wargamers have been yearning for decades. The best ideas born from players and from wargames so huge they overtook your dining room table, and your wife’s patience. From the developer of the WarPlan series.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.2% ★, Wargame 19.4%, Strategy 16.4%, World War II 9.9% ★, Military 8.5%
- #18 Pavlov's House
85% matchVery Positive94% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Bookmark Games
Windows · Mac
Take control of the valiant defenders of a Soviet strongpoint in Stalingrad as they hold out against constant German attacks for almost two months. Can you rise to the challenge of mounting odds and hold Pavlov’s House?
Why similar: Board Game 29.9%, Wargame 24%, Strategy 20.7%, World War II 18.7% ★, Top-Down 4.6%
- #19 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31% ★, Wargame 25.2%, Strategy 16.7%, Military 10.5%, War 10.4%
- #20 World At War 85 Digital: Core Game
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lock 'n Load Publishing
Windows · Mac
World At War 85 Digital is a dynamic platoon-level combat computer game based on the award-winning board games of the same series name. World At War 85 Digital series centered on armor, artillery, and infantry combat during 1985 World War 3.
Why similar: Board Game 21.1%, Wargame 20.8%, World War II 16.2% ★, War 10.2%, Strategy 9.2%
- #21 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 224 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Wargame 18.2%, Tanks 17.8% ★, Board Game 15.6%, World War II 12.8% ★, Military 11.2%
- #22 Crimson Banner: War of Liberation
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 赤旗制作组
Windows · Mac
Are you ready, comrades? You will command the People's Liberation Army, strike a heavy blow against the aggressive Nationalist reactionaries in the War of Liberation, and win the liberation of all of China!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19% ★, Wargame 17.9%, Board Game 14.9%, World War II 14.8% ★, Military 11.1%
- #23 战争与和平
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 我爱云云
Windows
不局限于经典沙盘战略框架的传统玩法:AI开始具备闪电战,大纵深战术的指挥能力;步炮/步坦等不同部队可以协同作战;海军可直接炮击沿岸陆军,空军战略轰炸机可以持续削弱未交战区;更真实的数值、多剧本随机事件驱动剧情等玩法下的大兵团即时战略游戏。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.9% ★, Wargame 23.7%, Strategy 21.6%, World War II 16.5% ★, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #24 Victory and Glory: Napoleon
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Electric GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
From acclaimed boardgame designer Glenn Drover, a grand strategy game where you take the role of Napoleon Bonaparte and attempt to dominate the entire continent of Europe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.3% ★, Board Game 24.5%, Wargame 23.5%, Strategy 20.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #25 Supremacy: Call of War 1942
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 6,243 reviews2017
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 2 in this persisting long-term strategy game. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time. Research top secret weapons of World War 2 and become the one true superpower!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.1% ★, World War II 16.8% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Military 10.5%, Board Game 10.5%
- #26 Pacific Fire
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wirraway Software
Windows
Pacific Fire is a turn-based strategic wargame set in the Pacific Theater of World War II using a node-based map, rather than hexes. Take command of US, Japanese, British, Australian, New Zealand, Chinese and Dutch forces in the Pacific and Southeast Asia from 1941-1945.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20% ★, Wargame 19.1%, World War II 16.3% ★, Military 10.9%, Strategy 9.7%
- #27 Clash of Irons
79% matchMixed67% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: HQ Games
Windows
Real-time tank RPG+SLG game. It recreates the classic tanks of World War II and restores the shocking war scenes with fantasy World War II plots. Command your futuristic tanks across history and rekindle your war spirit with the will of iron and blood.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Tanks 18.5% ★, Wargame 17.9%, World War II 13.9% ★, Military 11.3%
- #28 War Ghost
79% match4 user reviews60% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Luiz Felipe Da Silva MarianPub: Mushroom Angels Games
Windows
Inspired by the adventure and imagination we love in classic such as " Age of Empires ", WAR GHOST Presents a fictional and peculiar story that reminds us of the great battles that took place in history. of humanity.The main story of the game is set in a chaotic universe of constant conflict.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Wargame 19.2%, Board Game 16.9%, Military 10.2%, War 8.3%
- #29 Ashen Destiny
77% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Arrow & Blade Games
Windows
Invade rival provinces with your armies, command powerful generals, and unite a fractured ancient land through strategy and conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.4% ★, Wargame 24.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%, Military 8.7%
- #30 Frontline: Panzers & Generals Vol. I
78% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Experience the thrill of commanding your army to victory in this exciting Table-top World War II Hex-strategy game. Strategize your way to success by conquering objectives and outsmarting your opponents!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Board Game 20.6%, Wargame 16.1%, Strategy 9.6%, Tanks 8.2% ★
- #31 Battle 3D - Strategy game
77% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: MobileGamesPro
Windows
Control the military units from above or handle whichever one you want.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, Strategy 17.2%, Wargame 15.9%, Tanks 12.1% ★, Military 7.9%
- #32 Cold War Battles
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kudos Games
Windows
Lead Cold War formations in quick, turn based, hex‑and‑counter battles spanning 5 decades of real and hypothetical conflicts. With over 250 units, more than a dozen factions and varied theatres - from Africa to the Golan Heights, Europe and more, Cold War Battles await.
Why similar: Board Game 23.4%, Wargame 22.1%, Tanks 14.6% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%
- #33 Spread Out! Hold Naar' Havok
76% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Paul Lahmy
Windows
Easy and deep wargame. Choose your army (the Elves or the Orcs), win the war by controlling 5 of the 9 territories or by killing the enemy king. Deploy reinforcements.
Why similar: Board Game 34.7%, Wargame 28.4%, Strategy 25.2%, Top-Down 6.3%, 2D 3.6%
- #34 SGS Battle of the Bulge
76% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On 16 December 1944, under appalling weather conditions, the Germans launch their last major offensive in the West. Their goal: cut off the Allies from their sources of supply by taking Antwerp. To do so, they must break through the Ardennes salient, starting the battle of the Bulge…
Why similar: Grand Strategy 34% ★, Wargame 28.9%, Strategy 16.5%, Military 9.4%, War 6.8%
- #35 1941 - Operation Barbarossa
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Antti Suni
Windows
PC conversion of a turn-based hex-strategy board war game.
Why similar: Board Game 26.1%, Wargame 22.1%, Strategy 18.4%, World War II 13.5% ★, Military 10.1%
- #36 Toon Troops Strategy
74% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: New Angle Digital
Windows
Toon Troops Strategy, where strategic thinking meets cartoon mayhem! Engage in tactical battles, outwit your opponents, and lead your colorful cast of characters to victory in this charming adaptation of the classic capture the flag style game.
Why similar: Board Game 21.7%, Wargame 20.3%, Tanks 17.2% ★, Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.3%
- #37 Real-Time General
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michael LongPub: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows
Take command and join 400 players in a massive WW2 strategy game lasting TWO-MONTHS in real-time. Queue up commands and watch them play out over the day. Collaborate, strategize and relive D-Day like never before.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Wargame 19.8%, World War II 16.5% ★, Strategy 8.8%, Military 7.9%
- #38 Section Gamma
73% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Default Company
Windows · Mac
Section Gamma is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world for 1-4 players. It combines classic RTS elements with the strategic depth of chess. Play an exciting single-player campaign or fight alongside friends in multiplayer matches.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.3% ★, Wargame 14.5%, Military 12.5%, War 9.7%, Tanks 9.3% ★
- #39 Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
73% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
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: Board Game 19.6%, Tanks 17.7% ★, Wargame 16.8%, World War II 13.4% ★, Military 10.8%
- #40 Battleships: Command of the Sea
74% matchMixed59% of 41 reviews2022
Dev: Ancient GamesPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Take on the role of one of the historical commanders of the US or Japanese navy and use their special skills inspired by their character or military accomplishments.
Why similar: Board Game 23.8%, Wargame 22.5%, World War II 12.1% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%
- #41 SmashOff
72% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Mastarezma
Windows · Mac
Tabletop-inspired turn-based tactics. Perfect information, shared board, and explosive 1v1 strategy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.7% ★, Board Game 24.1%, Strategy 16.3%, Wargame 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.2%
- #42 Project Monster
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: LevelUpStudio
Windows
Project Monster is a tower defense game with Roguelite elements. Summon monsters and defeat them to fight off incoming enemies. Evolve monsters with loot and gain items to strengthen them.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.3% ★, Wargame 23.7%, Strategy 20.7%, War 7%, Top-Down 6.1%
- #43 SGS Battle For: Fort Donelson
71% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the first decisive battle of the U.S. Civil War. Lead the Union force as General Grant to seize the key forts on the Cumberland, or play the Confederate defenders to maintain the gate to the South closed.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 36.8% ★, Wargame 23.2%, Strategy 21%, War 7.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.4%
- #44 Frontline: Western Front
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 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 21.1% ★, Tanks 15.5% ★, Wargame 15%, Strategy 13.4%, World War II 13.2% ★
- #45 大戦略SSB2
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: Systemsoft beta, Inc.
Windows
Wield over 300 modern weapons, from jets to tanks, and outmaneuver rival forces with your strategy. From small islands to massive total-war maps, turn-based battles let both newcomers and veterans play at their own pace.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31% ★, Strategy 17.1%, Wargame 16.9%, Tanks 12% ★, Military 9.3%
- #46 Domination - War of Nations
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: André FacchinettiPub: Beonin Studios
Windows
This is an online turn-based board game in which each player will need to eliminate their opponents in order to conquer territories and clear the way to win the game.
Why similar: Board Game 23.8%, Wargame 20.4%, World War II 13.7% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Military 8.9%
- #47 Perfect Chess
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Reis
Windows
Chess Designed Specially for GAMERS! Integrated with the XZ Tutorial, which teaches you everything to play a competitive and successful game Have a LESS Boring and More Dynamic and Competitive Game Awaken the "Grand Master" in you today!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.1% ★, Board Game 19.6%, Wargame 17.2%, Strategy 7.5%, Military 7.5%
- #48 WarDoom ssp Wargame
72% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Mark AinsworthPub: (Mark Ainsworth)
Windows
2D Hard core, Hex & Chit, Turn Based Wargame with A.I. or Hotseat. Move units or stacks around, attack using all the info from live database and unit breakdowns. set your battle objectives in the battle report. A detailed Editor effect live game systems
Why similar: Grand Strategy 44.1% ★, Wargame 26.6%, Strategy 26.1%, 2D 3.2%
- #49 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
70% matchVery Positive90% of 579 reviews2015
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.3% ★, Wargame 25.4%, World War II 20.3% ★, Strategy 17.8%, Multiplayer 1%
- #50 逐鹿汉末:三国
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: VOWZIN GAME
Windows
这款游戏邀请您来到精彩刺激且充满变革的东汉末年三国时代,以前所未见的自由、深度及历史真实性,进行称霸天下一统中原的征程。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 45.3% ★, Wargame 28.2%, Strategy 26%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #51 Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game
71% matchVery Positive85% of 389 reviews2010
Dev: BL-LogicPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Taking place from 1936-64, Arsenal of Democracy lets you play as any nation during the era of WW2, complete with detailed models for economics, diplomacy, research, and intelligence. Warfare is also fully represented with all three branches of operations: land, sea, and air.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 47.6% ★, Strategy 34.5%, World War II 17.9% ★
- #52 Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game
69% matchVery Positive84% of 576 reviews2020
Dev: Lock 'n Load Publishing
Windows · Mac
Lock 'n Load Tactical is fast and Furious tactical combat that is fast to learn. In LnLT you get squads, weapon teams, armored vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, and, in the modern-era games, helicopters. Individuals such as Leaders, Medics, Snipers, Chaplains, Advisors, and, of course, Heroes.
Why similar: Board Game 30.1%, Wargame 27.6%, Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%, World War II 9.7% ★
- #53 War of Resistance
68% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: chenjd
Windows
In this turn-based strategy game simulating the Second Sino-Japanese War, players will take on the role of the Communist forces, fighting against the Japanese army in the upcoming War of Resistance, and later, battling the Republic of China to win the Civil War.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 33.6% ★, Strategy 19.1%, Wargame 17.3%, World War II 10.5% ★, Military 7.2%
- #54 Unending War: Grand-Strategy Chess
69% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: GSC
Windows
Chess. The Unending War. But why are these battles being fought? And what really happens when two knights do battle? Enter the world of Chess. Where Seven Gods vie for power and worship in a never-ending war!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.4% ★, Board Game 24.9%, Wargame 17.6%, Strategy 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.4%
- #55 Iron Dice
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Steady State Scientific Computing
Windows
A grand strategy game you can actually finish. Choose from 30+ kingdoms in a fractured medieval world, build your economy, raise armies, outmaneuver rivals. Real-time with pause. Built by one developer for players who love the genre but not the 400-hour commitment.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 44% ★, Wargame 27.7%, Strategy 24.5%, 2D 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #56 SGS Fall Weiss
67% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The Second World War began with the invasion of Poland by German forces on 1 September 1939. It is represented in this strategy game, a fully-fledged turn-based wargame.
Why similar: Wargame 30%, Tanks 17.5% ★, Strategy 17.1%, World War II 10.7% ★, Military 9%
- #57 H.I.v.C.A.: Human Intelligence vs Computer Algorithm
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Tavlykaev Rinat
Windows
"H.I.v.C.A." is a strategic game where every choice matters. Gather resources, develop technologies, and strategically place your forces to ensure victory over opponents. There is no room for a draw in this game - only one can become the absolute ruler of the new world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.4% ★, Wargame 20.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Military 11.1%, War 8.3%
- #58 Countryballs at War
65% matchVery Positive90% of 59 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 36.5% ★, Wargame 20.3%, Strategy 18.7%, Military 9.4%, War 6.9%
- #59 SGS Operation Downfall
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Project Manhattan failed! Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands is set in motion. Start with Operation Olympic to capture Kyushu, and move on with Coronet, the landing near Tokyo. Force Japan surrender with the largest amphibious operation in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Strategy 17.9%, Wargame 14.6%, Military 14.5%, World War II 12.9% ★
- #60 KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
66% matchMixed69% of 48,233 reviews2020
Dev: 1939 Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 47.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
Why similar: World War II 17.9% ★, Board Game 17.9%, Wargame 17.1%, Tanks 13% ★, Strategy 7.9%