Games Like NEBULOUS: Fleet Command

From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.

Why similar: Military 32%, War 25%, RTS 14.2%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is the closest thematic and mechanical match, focusing on modern naval tactical simulation, radar, and electronic warfare.

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

Why similar: World War II 21.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3%, Military 12.7%, Historical 9.6%, Strategy RPG 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep naval design and combat simulation experience that mirrors the ship-customization focus of Nebulous.

The most scientifically accurate space warfare simulator ever made. Now with Steam Workshop!

Why similar: Simulation 38.8%, Strategy 38.2%, Sandbox 19%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: An uncompromising hard sci-fi space combat simulator that shares the realistic physics and weapon systems found in Nebulous.

Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.

Why similar: Military 34.9%, RTS 18.6%, Simulation 13.5%, Grand Strategy 12.4%, Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern tactical and strategic warfare simulation, offering unparalleled depth in sensor management and electronic warfare.

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Diplomacy 32.8% ★, Military 19.6%, Strategy RPG 16.9%, Tactical 14%, Strategy 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense tactical combat, radar management, and high-stakes decision-making in a unique, atmospheric setting.

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: Military 21.7%, RTS 20.2%, War 15.9%, Historical 12.8%, Tactical 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time tactical wargame that emphasizes modern military equipment, positioning, and realistic combat simulation.

Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.

Why similar: Military 25.8%, War 17.8%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 10.8%, Tactical 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on submarine warfare with a heavy emphasis on stealth, sonar, and realistic weapon engagement protocols.

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.1%, RTS 21.4%, War 20%, Military 17.1%, Strategy 7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical simulation that requires managing fleet assets, sensors, and electronic warfare in a real-time environment.

Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.

Why similar: Military 27.9%, World War II 23.7% ★, Alternate History 22.7%, Historical 8.4%, Simulation 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep naval design and strategic-tactical simulation experience for those who enjoy complex fleet management.

Experience the thrill of leading American aircraft carriers to victory in this innovative full 3D command simulation wargame set in the Pacific in 1942. First-person or God’s eye, you lead your fleet and planes right from the center of the battle.

Why similar: World War II 21.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7%, Military 15.1%, RTS 13.7%, Historical 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed naval tactical simulation that focuses on the complexities of carrier-based fleet operations.

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

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 16.2% ★, Diplomacy 15.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.4%, Alternate History 10%, Military 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A hard sci-fi grand strategy game that features realistic orbital mechanics and detailed fleet management.

Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.

Why similar: RTS 22.7%, Military 21.2%, War 20.1%, Sandbox 14.9%, Multiplayer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Allows for extremely complex vehicle design and physics-based naval combat that rewards technical knowledge.

Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.

Why similar: RTS 37.3%, Tactical 18.5%, Co-op 15.6%, Strategy 13.4%, Multiplayer 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides large-scale space combat with a focus on tactical fleet management and unit synergy.

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game that portrays the epic space battles of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Why similar: RTS 49.5%, Strategy 19.9%, Co-op 9.6%, War 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical space combat game that captures the feel of large-scale ship-to-ship engagements in a sci-fi setting.

Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.

Why similar: World War II 51.6% ★, War 11.8%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 8.9%, RTS 8%

Why You'll Like It: A naval tactical simulation that focuses on fleet maneuvers and historical naval engagement mechanics.

Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.

Why similar: RTS 38.7%, Tactical 17.5%, Co-op 15.1%, Multiplayer 11%, Strategy 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D space RTS that focuses on tactical fleet movement and positioning in a three-dimensional environment.

Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 50%, Real-Time with Pause 19% ★, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game with a deep simulation of space fleet logistics and autonomous unit behavior.

Victory at Sea Pacific is the exciting game of naval RTS combat set during World War II. Bringing an epic approach to real time strategy war gaming, search and destroy enemy fleets across an open world sandbox in a desperate attempt to change the course of history.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 20.1% ★, World War II 17.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.7%, RTS 11.3%, Alternate History 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A naval combat simulation that focuses on fleet tactics and large-scale maritime warfare.

Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics across dynamic battlefields, facing land, air, and sea threats. Wage war against AI or rival pilots using an array of advanced weaponry, including tactical and strategic nuclear weapons capable of annihilating anything in your path.

Why similar: Military 34.7%, War 31.7%, Sandbox 19%, Simulation 9.4%, Action 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A modern military simulation that focuses on realistic weapon systems and high-stakes tactical combat.

Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.

Why similar: World War II 17.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 13.2% ★, RTS 11.7%, Grand Strategy 10.3%, Military 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical real-time strategy game with a strong focus on historical military simulation and unit-level detail.

Experience one war through two epic sagas where you will be a part of history or change it. Feel the power of the historically authentic and decisive battles of the Pacific War. Relive some of the grandest and most critical naval battles of recent history and for the first time, choose to lead your fleet to a completely different ending...

Why similar: World War II 45.1% ★, RTS 11.1%, Military 9.7%, Strategy 7%, Historical 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical naval combat with a mix of simulation and action, focusing on fleet-level decision-making.

Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 61.6% ★, Multiplayer 14.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 8.6%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features intricate ship design and tactical combat mechanics that appeal to the engineering side of fleet command.

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: Alternate History 21.5%, RTS 21.1%, War 17.1%, Military 15.3%, Tactical 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical real-time strategy game that emphasizes unit positioning, support, and realistic military engagement.

Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 17.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.1%, World War II 12.1% ★, Military 9.9%, RTS 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A complex military simulation that offers deep tactical layers and modern warfare mechanics.

Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.

Why similar: World War II 16.1% ★, Grand Strategy 14.3%, Real-Time with Pause 8.6% ★, War 8.2%, Military 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deep military strategy game that focuses on logistics, production, and the complexities of global warfare.

BattleGroupVR is a first person real-time space strategy where you lead a fleet of powerful warships into battle from the bridge of your own flagship. Assemble your fleet, upgrade your load-outs, train your captains, engage the enemy and secure the sector. Try not to go down with the ship.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.3% ★, RTS 19.3%, War 13.1%, Co-op 11.9%, Tactical 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive space combat experience that allows for direct tactical fleet control in a virtual reality environment.

Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.

Why similar: World War II 38.7% ★, RTS 12%, Military 10.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Known for its extreme tactical realism and simulation depth, perfect for players who enjoy granular control over units.

In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.2%, Real-Time with Pause 21.4% ★, Military 13.8%, Alternate History 12.6%, War 10.5%

Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

Why similar: Military 15.7%, RTS 15.6%, War 15.2%, Historical 15.1%, Strategy RPG 11.1%

Two teams of players control their capital ship in an epic battle. Customize your ship, control its movement, weapons, and energy distribution or go to one of the hangars to join the battle in a smaller fighter!

Why similar: RTS 42.6%, Multiplayer 20.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 11.7%, Action 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical space combat game that focuses on managing ship systems and crew during intense engagements.

Start with your Command Center and expand it into a colossal modular flagship, module by module. Design custom warships from the ground up, grow a thriving civilization, and command powerful fleets across the Solar System in tactical real-time battles.

Why similar: RTS 45.1%, Sandbox 25.9%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Strategy 12.4%, Singleplayer 3%

International waterways become theaters of war when the world's most formidable maritime powers exchange their fatal blows. With entire fleets at your command, you must strategically deploy vessels from every class - frigate to aircraft to nuclear submarine - to maintain the precarious balance of naval power and gain position for the...

Why similar: RTS 46.4%, Military 24%, War 17%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic naval tactical simulation that shares the core DNA of modern fleet management and sensor-based warfare.

Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

Why similar: Diplomacy 24.4% ★, Grand Strategy 19.2%, RTS 13.3%, Military 13.2%, Sandbox 7.8%

Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.6%, War 12.2%, Historical 11.9%, Diplomacy 11.6% ★, Military 11.6%

Command the mighty Scharnhorst in this immersive WWII naval simulation. Walk her decks in first-person, control gunnery, radar, and navigation, and lead your fleet through the Atlantic, Arctic, and Mediterranean. Battle convoys, outwit enemies, and survive the stormy seas of war.

Why similar: World War II 34.6% ★, War 18.6%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 12.9%, Historical 10.9%

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

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 16.2% ★, World War II 13.4% ★, Grand Strategy 12.5%, Diplomacy 10% ★, Alternate History 9.8%

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

Why similar: World War II 17.2% ★, Grand Strategy 14.2%, Historical 11.3%, Military 10.6%, RTS 10.1%

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: World War II 17.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.6%, Real-Time with Pause 14.5% ★, RTS 9.9%, Historical 9.2%

Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.

Why similar: World War II 32.7% ★, RTS 18%, Military 12.6%, War 8.3%, Tactical 6.3%

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 27.5%, Historical 22.8%, RTS 18.4%, War 15.9%, Strategy 14.9%

Turn based tactical and strategic naval combat. Atlantic Fleet puts you in command of the Allies or Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in the longest military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic.Take command of surface ships, submarines as well as carrier and land based aircraft in the deadly struggle for control of Atlantic shipping...

Why similar: World War II 53.4% ★, War 15.4%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 10%, Historical 8.7%

Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 33%, Diplomacy 32% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Strategy 6.3%

Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.

Why similar: Sandbox 36.2%, Simulation 24.9%, Strategy 18.6%, Open World 10.7%, Action 9.6%

Design your own warships, equip them with a variety of armament, and bring them out to the ocean!

Why similar: World War II 31.9% ★, Military 20.8%, Sandbox 19.1%, War 17.6%, Strategy 5.8%

Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical game where you lead the soldiers and vehicles that battled across the globe during this time in history. Play hundreds of unique units across multiple game modes.

Why similar: World War II 27.3% ★, RTS 17.4%, Historical 13.1%, Military 12.7%, War 9.9%

Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.2%, Diplomacy 16.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 15% ★, RTS 11%, Military 10%

The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!

Why similar: Sandbox 32.9%, Open World 25.3%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Co-op 8.2%, Simulation 6.3%

Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

Why similar: RTS 54.6%, Strategy 17%, Tactical 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Simulation 5%

Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.

Why similar: World War II 21.6% ★, Real-Time with Pause 15.7% ★, RTS 12.3%, Military 11.9%, War 10.4%

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.

Why similar: RTS 35.2%, War 26.7%, Tactical 18.2%, Strategy 11%, Action 6.9%

Rise to power as any modern day country in a realistic military, political and economic simulation. Command your country's diplomacy, espionage, and resource management to strengthen your position. Use real-time tactical control of your military to fortify your place as the Supreme Ruler.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 15.8%, Real-Time with Pause 14.4% ★, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, War 11.1%, RTS 11.1%

Total Conflict: Resistance is a unique symbiosis of global strategy, tactics and first-person action. Realistic mass battles, many types of armored vehicles, weapons, uniforms, unique mechanics, immersive free gameplay. Lead any state and bring it to greatness!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.7%, RTS 16.9%, War 16.2%, Military 15.8%, Tactical 10.9%

Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail is a tactical wargame from the creators of the Ultimate General series set amidst the epic naval campaigns in the period of the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Why similar: Historical 28.2%, Strategy 24.8%, Simulation 20.3%, RTS 16.2%, War 8.9%

Command your crew in Boat Crew, a gripping action-strategy experience amidst the Pacific War. Take charge of a PT boat against Imperial Japan, skillfully managing resources and personnel by any means necessary to ensure victory in this high-stakes conflict.

Why similar: World War II 37.1% ★, War 19.1%, Strategy RPG 16.4%, Tactical 12.2%, Strategy 6.7%

Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.9%, Strategy RPG 19%, Open World 17.4%, Sandbox 14.7%, Strategy 8.9%

True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.

Why similar: RTS 33%, Military 29.7%, Tactical 20.6%, Strategy 9.4%, Action 4.7%

Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.

Why similar: World War II 24.2% ★, Grand Strategy 24.2%, Real-Time with Pause 14% ★, Historical 9.7%, Military 7.3%

Victory At Sea Atlantic transports you to the cold, unforgiving waters of the Atlantic Theatre in WWII. With a vast array of ships, planes, and subs, engage in epic sea battles & secure your place in history. Victory At Sea Atlantic is the ultimate naval warfare experience.

Why similar: World War II 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 22.3%, RTS 15.8%, Historical 10%, War 6.9%

Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 34.6%, Real-Time with Pause 24.5% ★, RTS 13.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 7.3%