- #1 Victory and Glory: Napoleon
97% 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: Wargame 27.2%, Grand Strategy 26.1% ★, Historical 17.4%, Strategy 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential board-game style strategy title that perfectly captures the grand scale of the Napoleonic Wars.
- #2 Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
96% matchVery Positive92% of 26,827 reviews2010
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 32.3 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 22.7%, Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Strategy 17.5%, War 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive blend of turn-based grand strategy and real-time tactical battles set during the Napoleonic period.
- #3 Wars of Napoleon
96% matchMixed53% of 118 reviews2016
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
AGEod goes back to the Napoleonic era and delivers the most detailed and comprehensive strategy game ever created about a time of struggle and conquest that forged modern Europe.
Why similar: Strategy 24.1%, Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Historical 19.4%, Military 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex grand strategy game that offers the most comprehensive simulation of the Napoleonic era on PC.
- #4 Pike and Shot : Campaigns
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 384 reviews2015
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The ultimate wargame set in the age of Pike and Shot is back. You are now in full charge of your nation’s armies, throughout a long campaign in the struggle for dominance.
Why similar: Wargame 33.4%, Historical 22.3%, Strategy 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Multiplayer 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a tactical engine that feels very similar to tabletop wargaming with a focus on historical unit formations.
- #5 1812: Napoleon Wars
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: First Games Interactive
Windows · Mac
A strategic game about the war of Napoleon and the Russian Empire.
Why similar: Strategy 53.8%, War 42.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A direct digital adaptation of a classic board game that focuses on area control and historical accuracy.
- #6 Field of Glory: Empires
93% matchVery Positive83% of 858 reviews2019
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 23.6% ★, Historical 13.6%, Wargame 13.3%, Strategy 13.2%, War 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep grand strategy mechanics that reward careful planning and historical military management.
- #7 March of the Eagles
92% matchMixed67% of 382 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
“he Who Fears Being Conquered Is Sure Of Defeat.”The war-game March of the Eagles focuses on the dramatic conflicts of Europe during 1805 to 1820. Explore one of the defining periods in European history with this experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy, Paradox Development Studio.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 50.5% ★, Strategy 27.8%, Historical 21.8%
Why You'll Like It: A Paradox grand strategy title specifically designed to simulate the political and military landscape of the Napoleonic era.
- #8 Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
91% matchMixed58% of 642 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.
Why similar: Strategy 62.6%, Historical 37.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic real-time strategy game that emphasizes the unique line infantry tactics of the 19th century.
- #9 Conquer: Napoleonic Wars
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: Estuego Games
Windows
A turn-based strategy game based off the Napoleonic Wars! Lead, attack, buy, and communicate. Learn how to play difficult 4x grand strategy games by starting with simple strategy. *Disclaimer, this game is made by a teenager for a school project*
Why similar: Wargame 24.1%, Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Historical 11.8%, Military 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that focuses on the tactical maneuvering of armies across a hex-based map.
- #10 Civil War II
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 345 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: Grand Strategy 23% ★, Strategy 20.6%, Historical 20.4%, Wargame 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%
Why You'll Like It: Built on the same engine as Wars of Napoleon, this title offers a similar depth of historical simulation for the American Civil War.
- #11 Axis & Allies 1942 Online
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,970 reviews2021
Dev: Beamdog
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 49.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Play the classic board game, Axis & Allies 1942 2nd Edition! Act as WWII powers in a turn-based strategy game that fits your screen and schedule— get notified on your turn and command armies at your own pace! Team up with friends, challenge the world’s top players, or go solo vs. A.I.
Why similar: Wargame 28.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Historical 15.1%, War 11.3%, Military 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic board game adaptation that emphasizes the same turn-based, multi-front strategic planning found in Napoleon's Eagles.
- #12 Blocks!: Julius Caesar
89% matchMixed52% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Blocks!: Julius Caesar is an epic two-player wargame that brings the drama of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BC) to life. Take control of the legions of Caesar or Pompey against AI or in online Multiplayer. Fight to determine the future of Rome: Republic or Empire.
Why similar: Strategy 34.6%, Wargame 28.7%, Historical 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fantastic digital board game adaptation that uses block-based mechanics to simulate fog of war and unit strength.
- #13 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,322 reviews2021
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 83.3 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: Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Strategy 23.1%, Historical 21.1%, Wargame 15.4%, War 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines grand strategy and real-time battles in a way that mirrors the scale of Napoleonic-era conflicts.
- #14 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
87% 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 30.4% ★, Wargame 30.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 15.3%, Historical 6%
Why You'll Like It: For players who want the absolute maximum level of historical detail and complexity in their wargames.
- #15 Britannia
85% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Avalon DigitalPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac
Relive over a thousand years of Great Britain's history in this epic game of conquest and domination. From Roman legions to the Norman Conquest led by William the Conqueror, explore the fate of numerous nations and fight to become king.
Why similar: Wargame 26.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Strategy 15.3%, War 12.2%, Historical 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A digital board game that focuses on historical conquest and area control mechanics.
- #16 Hex of Steel
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 801 reviews2020
Dev: War Frogs Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
Why similar: Wargame 27.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Historical 15.9%, Military 15.8%, Strategy 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A modern, accessible wargame that focuses on hex-based tactical combat and unit variety.
- #17 Commands & Colors: The Great War
86% matchMixed46% of 102 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The Great War allow players to portray important engagements throughout WWI history. The battles focus on the historical deployment of forces and important terrain features of trench fighting in scale with the game system.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
Why You'll Like It: A faithful adaptation of the popular board game system, focusing on tactical card-driven combat.
- #18 To End All Wars
86% matchMixed63% of 189 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: Grand Strategy 38.1% ★, Strategy 31.1%, Wargame 30.7%
Why You'll Like It: An Ageod-developed grand strategy game that provides a rigorous historical experience similar to the best Napoleonic simulations.
- #19 Age of Conquest IV
84% matchVery Positive82% of 2,804 reviews2016
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.4%, War 19.7%, Strategy 13.9%, Historical 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward turn-based strategy game that focuses on global conquest and military management.
- #20 Strategic Command: World War I
82% matchVery Positive92% of 464 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: Strategy 40.6%, Wargame 28.4%, Military 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same accessible yet deep turn-based wargame DNA found in the best Napoleonic strategy titles.
- #21 Panzer Corps 2
82% matchVery Positive85% of 4,064 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 58.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Why similar: Wargame 18.7%, Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Strategy 12.7%, Military 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern hex-based wargaming, offering a polished experience for fans of turn-based strategy.
- #22 Wars Across The World
83% matchVery Positive82% of 221 reviews2017
Dev: StrategiaePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.
Why similar: Strategy 53.6%, Historical 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.8%
Why You'll Like It: A modular wargame platform that features numerous historical scenarios in a board-game style interface.
- #23 Unity of Command II
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,102 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22% ★, Wargame 21.5%, Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, War 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in turn-based wargame design that focuses on supply lines and tactical movement.
- #24 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
80% 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 23.4% ★, Wargame 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 12.9%, War 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep turn-based wargame that utilizes a card-driven system similar to many tabletop strategy games.
- #25 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
81% matchVery Positive91% of 179 reviews2020
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cauldrons of War Barbarossa is the turn-based strategic wargame you will launch whenever you want your WW2 shot but don't have time for a monster strategy game.From June 1941 until the Battle of Moscow, play the USSR or the Axis forces in one of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
Why similar: Wargame 23%, Grand Strategy 21.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, War 13.1%, Historical 12%
Why You'll Like It: A unique wargame that emphasizes the operational level of war with a focus on historical outcomes.
- #26 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
78% matchVery Positive88% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific is a turn-based strategy game. It offers a comprehensive experience of the Pacific Theater, challenging you to achieve victory in one of history's greatest conflicts.
Why similar: Wargame 26.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Strategy 14.7%, Historical 14.1%, War 10.6%
- #27 WarPlan
79% matchVery Positive81% of 220 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database
Why similar: Wargame 21%, Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Historical 12.6%, War 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive wargame that offers a deep strategic experience for players who enjoy managing complex military fronts.
- #28 No Retreat! The Russian Front
76% matchVery Positive82% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Cyril JarnotPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
This game is a Strategic game on the Eastern Front of World War II.It is a digital port from the famous and eponym boardgame, No Retreat!, designed by Carl Paradis.
Why similar: Wargame 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Strategy 15.1%, War 14.4%, Historical 12.6%
- #29 Warplan Pacific
77% matchVery Positive88% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WarPlan Pacific is an operational level wargame which covers all the nations at war in the Pacific theatre from December 1941 to 1945 on a massive game scale.
Why similar: Wargame 26%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Strategy 17.8%, Historical 14.5%, Military 11.5%
- #30 Making History: The Great War
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 453 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.5 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: Grand Strategy 29.9% ★, Historical 14.7%, War 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Strategy 12.3%
- #31 Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
77% matchMixed69% of 284 reviews2016
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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: Strategy 28.2%, Grand Strategy 25.6% ★, War 19%, Historical 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #32 Age of History II
73% matchVery Positive90% of 49,233 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 61.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 27.9% ★, Historical 20.5%, War 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Strategy 14.3%
- #33 Field of Glory II
75% matchVery Positive82% of 1,224 reviews2017
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.
Why similar: Wargame 25%, Strategy 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Historical 18.8%, War 10.4%
- #34 Panzer Corps Gold
75% matchVery Positive92% of 2,690 reviews2014
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 56.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The ultimate edition of Panzer Corps, containing hundreds of scenarios and all its expansions. Panzer Corps Gold is the culmination of the wargame that has enthralled millions of fans all around the globe, and now it’s your chance to fully experience a real classic.
Why similar: Wargame 27.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.8%, Strategy 17.8%, Historical 11%, Grand Strategy 6.5% ★
- #35 Fire & Maneuver
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,756 reviews2023
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.
Why similar: Historical 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.8%, War 15.4%, Military 15.4%, Strategy 12.8%
- #36 Grand War: Rome
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Joynow Studio
Windows
A turn-based strategy war chess game. You will play a commander in the Roman period, and command the generals and troops to complete the specified mission objectives and occupy important strongholds in the level. Rome, Samnite, Epirus, Carthage. Different choices will open different histories!
Why similar: Wargame 24.5%, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, War 14.1%, Military 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%
- #37 Pride of Nations
76% matchMixed49% of 136 reviews2011
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Pride of Nations is a turn-based historical strategy game set in the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country and guides it through industrialization, military conquest, and colonization.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 38.1% ★, Strategy 22.1%, Historical 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Multiplayer 4.9%
- #38 Total Tank Generals
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 320 reviews2023
Dev: Noobz From PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
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: Wargame 23%, Historical 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, War 17.4%, Military 12.4%
- #39 Colonial Conquest
74% matchMixed62% of 262 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 33.2%, Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Historical 19.5%, Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%
- #40 Imperial Glory
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,323 reviews2014
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.2 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: Strategy 32.1%, Historical 28.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, War 12.8%, Multiplayer 4.9%
- #41 Revolution Under Siege Gold
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 167 reviews2015
Dev: Sep RedsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Make the Reds side triumph to save the Soviet Proletarian revolution, or, on the other side, lead the Whites side to victory in order to place the old regime back in power and protect the countries of Europe from the perils of the revolution. This is the biggest civil war game you will ever play!
Why similar: Wargame 26.3%, Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Strategy 20.9%, Historical 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%
- #42 Strategic Command: American Civil War
71% matchVery Positive85% of 233 reviews2022
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
For the first time in the series’ history, Strategic Command will be taking you to the 19th century battlefields of the American Civil War. You will control the armies, research, production and diplomatic policy of either the Union or the Confederacy during a time of innovation and dramatic battles.
Why similar: Wargame 31.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Historical 20.2%, Strategy 19.5%, Multiplayer 5.3%
- #43 The Great War: Western Front™
70% matchMixed66% of 3,181 reviews2023
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.0 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: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, Wargame 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Strategy 13.7%, Historical 13.5%
- #44 Nations At War Digital Core Game
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 105 reviews2020
Dev: Lock 'n Load Publishing
Windows · Mac
Nations At War series is a dynamic platoon-level combat computer game based on the award-winning board games of the same series name. Nations At War series centered on armor, artillery and infantry combat during World War 2.
Why similar: Wargame 36.4%, War 23%, Military 18.8%, Strategy 10.1%, PvP 6.8%
- #45 Nations
68% matchVery Positive87% of 95 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 27.4% ★, Wargame 23.9%, Historical 22%, Strategy 15.5%, War 9.7%
- #46 Tank Operations: European Campaign
69% 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 22%, Wargame 18.4%, War 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Historical 11.4%
- #47 Age of History 3
66% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: Wargame 36.2%, Grand Strategy 34.6% ★, War 13.9%, Strategy 12.1%, 2D 2.6%
- #48 World Empire 2027
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your empire in turn based strategy war game. Select your country and start to play.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, Wargame 21.3%, War 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Military 9.5%
- #49 Strategic Mind: The Pacific
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 620 reviews2019
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.
Why similar: Wargame 27%, War 17.7%, Historical 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Military 14.9%
- #50 Supreme Ruler 1936
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.5 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 25.3% ★, Wargame 21%, Historical 14.8%, War 14.1%, Military 11.1%
- #51 Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Imugi
Windows
1789, Paris. Take Napoleon’s place in an alternate history as Céline or César Bonaparte in this ideology driven, turn-based strategy journey. Defend, reform or oppose the monarchy and write your own alternative history by combining cunning political skills and tactical military prowess.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Wargame 19.2%, Historical 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, War 12.8%
- #52 Wings of Glory
69% matchVery Positive80% of 102 reviews2022
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Rule the skies in strategy dogfights in the digital adaptation of the classic tabletop board game!
Why similar: Wargame 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Historical 17.1%, Military 15.5%, Strategy 11.9%
- #53 SGS Taipings
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 226 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The game recreates the Taïping Rebellion (1851-64), the deadliest Chinese civil war, costing the lives of millions. Play the Taïping rebels and their allies, fighting to create their own state, or be the Qing Emperor and crush the revolt and its foreign devils allies before it topples your dynasty.
Why similar: Wargame 37.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Historical 11.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Military 7.9%
- #54 Viking Chess: Hnefatafl
69% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2020
Dev: Diamond Sky GamesPub: Rain Games
Windows · Mac
Play the ancient game of "Hnefatafl" in style on your PC, in Singleplayer mode against the AI or Multiplayer over the internet. "Hnefatafl" is a strategic, chess-like boardgame with assumed origins all the way back to the Viking era.
Why similar: Strategy 37.8%, Historical 27.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.6%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #55 Ultimate General: Civil War
67% matchVery Positive89% of 8,396 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 46.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.
Why similar: Wargame 24.3%, Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, War 15.6%, Historical 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #56 SGS NATO's Nightmare
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
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 28.3%, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Strategy 9.6%, Historical 8.9%
- #57 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
68% matchVery Positive81% of 2,701 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: Wargame 28.5%, Historical 27.3%, Strategy 20.6%, War 12.7%, Military 8.3%
- #58 Headquarters: World War II
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 654 reviews2024
Dev: Starni GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.
Why similar: Wargame 23.5%, War 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Historical 14.6%, Military 12.4%