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Games Like On The Western Front

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Historical, War, Wargame.

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January, 1915. The Race to the Sea is over. The Great War has just begun. You are the commander of a single division in the meat grinder that is the Western Front. Lead your men over the top as you attempt to break the stalemate that is to claim the lives of millions over the course of years.

Reviews: Very Positive — 84% — of 85 reviews
Released: 2025-08-07
Developer: Aggroblakh
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    97% 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: World War I 48.1%, Strategy 11%, Grand Strategy 9.9%, Historical 7.4%, Real Time Tactics 6.4%

  2. #2 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
    96% matchMixed69% of 2,101 reviews2015
    Dev: Great War TeamPub: Best Way Soft
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War. Each mission showcases the era’s most devastating weaponry — sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery, and mobile infantry. BoE delivers the full WWI experience.

    Why similar: World War I 60.5%, War 11.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Historical 8.9%, Simulation 4.4%

  3. #3 Commander: The Great War
    96% matchVery Positive80% of 292 reviews2014
    Dev: The Lordz Games StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows

    Take Command and Secure Victory in the Great War! Commander – The Great War features a Grand Campaign covering the whole war from the invasion of Belgium on August 5, 1914 to the Armistice on the 11th of November 1918 in addition to 16 different unit types including Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured Cars and Tanks, Artillery, and much more!

    Why similar: World War I 54.2%, Strategy 17.4%, Wargame 11.3%, Grand Strategy 10.6%, Historical 6.6%

  4. #4 To End All Wars
    95% 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: World War I 50.2%, Strategy 16.8%, Grand Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Wargame 9%

  5. #5 Making History: The Great War
    94% 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: World War I 46.5%, Grand Strategy 12.7%, Strategy 8.8%, War 7.3%, Historical 7.1%

  6. #6 Steel Division 2
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,441 reviews2019
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows
    Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    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: Real-Time with Pause 16.6%, Strategy 14.9%, Grand Strategy 13.3%, War 11.9%, Military 11.8%

  7. #7 Strategic Command: World War I
    93% 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: World War I 50.9%, Strategy 29.8%, Wargame 11.3%, Military 8%

  8. #8 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
    92% matchMixed61% of 7,751 reviews2023
    Dev: Game-Labs
    Windows
    Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 81.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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

    Why similar: World War I 45.2%, Grand Strategy 12.6%, Wargame 10.7%, Military 7.6%, War 7.1%

  9. #9 Master of Command
    90% matchVery Positive92% of 3,127 reviews2025
    Dev: Armchair Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    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: War 15.7%, Historical 15%, Wargame 14.1%, Military 12.9%, Strategy 12.7%

  10. #10 Rising Front
    89% matchVery Positive88% of 3,874 reviews2026
    Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!

    Why similar: World War I 50.3%, War 12.8%, Wargame 9.4%, Historical 8%, Simulation 7.1%

  11. #11 Making History: The First World War
    91% matchMixed67% of 114 reviews2021
    Dev: Factus Games
    Windows · Linux

    A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.

    Why similar: World War I 41.8%, Grand Strategy 9.9%, Wargame 9.8%, Historical 7.7%, Strategy 7.5%

  12. #12 Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator
    91% matchMostly Negative34% of 653 reviews2019
    Dev: Gattai Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Armored Battle Crew is a Tank and Crew Management Simulation game, where your skills as a Tank commander is tested. Customize your tank carefully and make strategic battle choices to achieve mission success! The fate of your crew lies in your hands!

    Why similar: World War I 52.7%, War 9.2%, Military 8.4%, Strategy 7.4%, Historical 7%

  13. #13 Ultimate General: Civil War
    89% 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: Grand Strategy 19.1%, Wargame 17.9%, War 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Historical 10.7%

  14. #14 Regiments
    88% matchVery Positive87% of 2,812 reviews2022
    Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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: Wargame 24.9%, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, War 16.7%, Strategy 16.7%, Military 11.9%

  15. #15 All Quiet in the Trenches
    87% matchVery Positive90% of 855 reviews2024
    Dev: Totally Not Aliens
    Windows · Linux

    All Quiet in the Trenches is a narrative turn-based strategy RPG set in World War I. Get to know your soldiers, take care of their needs and lead them in battle, trying to strike a precarious balance between the ambitions of your superiors and the survival of your men.

    Why similar: World War I 57.3%, War 12.8%, Strategy 9.3%, Historical 8.1%, Simulation 6.5%

  16. #16 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
    86% matchVery Positive90% of 2,069 reviews2011
    Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.

    Why similar: World War I 38.9%, Grand Strategy 18.4%, Strategy 13%, Historical 9.2%, Wargame 8.2%

  17. #17 Verdun
    85% matchVery Positive86% of 37,603 reviews2015
    Dev: BlackMill Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.

    Why similar: World War I 50.7%, Wargame 10.7%, War 9%, Historical 8.9%, Military 7.6%

  18. #18 Frontline: Western Front
    86% 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: Strategy 16.8%, Grand Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 15.7%, Wargame 14.1%, War 11.3%

  19. #19 War on the Sea
    84% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,150 reviews2021
    Dev: Killerfish Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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

    Why similar: Strategy 32.1%, Simulation 27.4%, War 15.4%, Wargame 13.7%, Military 7.8%

  20. #20 Last Train Home
    82% matchVery Positive87% of 5,205 reviews2023
    Dev: Ashborne GamesPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.

    Why similar: World War I 41.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, Historical 10.4%, War 9.5%

  21. #21 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
    84% 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: Strategy 24.5%, Historical 22.1%, Wargame 18.4%, Simulation 13.2%, War 10.8%

  22. #22 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
    83% 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: Strategy 29%, Grand Strategy 19.3%, Historical 17.9%, War 12.9%, Wargame 10.4%

  23. #23 Skies above the Great War
    82% matchMostly Positive75% of 129 reviews2024
    Dev: Puntigames
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Skies above the Great War is a hybrid of action and grand strategy sandbox game set on the Western Front during the First World War. Manage your air forces or take control of any plane yourself in real time.

    Why similar: World War I 55.3%, Wargame 11.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Historical 7.1%, War 6.8%

  24. #24 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
    81% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,032 reviews2019
    Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.

    Why similar: Wargame 17.7%, War 13.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Historical 12.1%

  25. #25 Supremacy: 1914
    80% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,236 reviews2019
    Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 1 in the biggest WW1 strategy game of all time. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time on persistent maps. Build experimental weapons of World War 1 and become the one true superpower!

    Why similar: World War I 40.5%, Strategy 10.9%, Grand Strategy 10.9%, War 10.7%, Historical 8.6%

  26. #26 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
    81% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,248 reviews2014
    Dev: BattleGoat Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 50.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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: World War I 21.1%, Real-Time with Pause 18%, Grand Strategy 15.2%, Wargame 11.7%, Military 9.2%

  27. #27 Stickman Trenches
    77% matchVery Positive80% of 1,695 reviews2023
    Dev: Big Play Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Stickman Trenches is a Real Time Strategy game in which you need to manage your men and weapons and build up your defenses in the brutal trenches of Stick World War 1.

    Why similar: World War I 64.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Wargame 9.7%, War 7.4%, Military 6.3%

  28. #28 Isonzo
    75% matchVery Positive83% of 16,613 reviews2022
    Dev: BlackMill Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Ferocious Alpine warfare will test your tactical skills in this authentic WW1 FPS. Battle among the scenic peaks, rugged valleys and idyllic towns of northern Italy. The Great War on the Italian Front is brought to life and elevated to unexpected heights!

    Why similar: World War I 43.1%, Wargame 15%, Military 11%, Simulation 9.5%, War 9.3%

  29. #29 Atlantic Fleet
    78% matchVery Positive86% of 1,541 reviews2016
    Dev: Killerfish Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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: Strategy 35.9%, Simulation 32.2%, War 20.6%, Historical 11.2%

  30. #30 Tannenberg
    77% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2017
    Dev: Blackmill Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front. Grab your rifle, ready your sabre and keep your gas mask close as you prepare to play a part in one of the most significant conflicts in history!

    Why similar: World War I 52.2%, Wargame 10.6%, War 9.4%, Historical 8.9%, Military 6.2%

  31. #31 Iron Front: Digital War Edition
    79% matchMixed59% of 865 reviews2012
    Dev: X1 SoftwarePub: Deep Silver
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.

    Why similar: War 24.2%, Historical 21.5%, Military 20.6%, Strategy 17.3%, Simulation 16.4%

  32. #32 Invasion Machine
    76% matchMixed66% of 624 reviews2020
    Dev: Pixel Machine
    Windows

    Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.

    Why similar: Strategy 20.8%, Military 18.9%, Simulation 15.7%, Wargame 15%, War 12.1%

  33. #33 Gratuitous Tank Battles
    78% matchMixed52% of 104 reviews2012
    Dev: Positech Games
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 35%

    Set in an alternate history timeline where World War I never ends, you are the commander of allied forces fighting right up to the year 2114.

    Why similar: Strategy 46.1%, Simulation 36.7%, Indie 17.2%

  34. #34 Naval Hurricane
    74% matchVery Positive90% of 94 reviews2022
    Dev: Efril
    Windows

    Turn based tactical game about war at sea between British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy during World War I. Command powerful dreadnoughts, fast destroyers and stealthy submarines, conduct artillery battles, torpedo attacks and fight for the survivability of damaged ships.

    Why similar: World War I 56.2%, Historical 11.2%, Simulation 10.2%, War 9.9%, Strategy 9.8%

  35. #35 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
    73% matchMostly Positive72% of 970 reviews2024
    Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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 19.8%, Wargame 17.3%, War 15.1%, Historical 14.2%, Simulation 12.7%

  36. #36 Over The Top: WWI
    70% matchVery Positive87% of 5,053 reviews2026
    Dev: Flying Squirrel EntertainmentPub: GG Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Join 200-player battles in Over The Top: WWI - an intense shooter set in the gritty backdrop of World War I. Pick your class, choose from a vast arsenal, including rifles, artillery, airplanes and powerful tanks, and experience the chaos of fully destructible battlefields.

    Why similar: World War I 70.2%, Historical 12.1%, Simulation 8.9%, War 8.7%

  37. #37 Toy Soldiers
    75% matchVery Positive89% of 1,485 reviews2012
    Dev: Signal Studios
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.

    Why similar: World War I 66.9%, Strategy 17.9%, Simulation 9.7%, Historical 5.6%

  38. #38 Armored Brigade
    74% matchVery Positive89% of 359 reviews2019
    Dev: Veitikka StudiosPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. An "Iron Curtain" divides the Western Powers gathered together under the NATO banner from the Soviet Union

    Why similar: Strategy 35.7%, Simulation 35.3%, Wargame 20.5%, Military 8.5%

  39. #39 World War I
    76% matchMostly Positive73% of 265 reviews2015
    Dev: Dark FoxPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%

    World War I is a real-time strategy based on the modified version of the well-known Blitzkrieg engine.

    Why similar: World War I 72.8%, Strategy 27.2%

  40. #40 Close Combat: Cross of Iron
    73% matchVery Positive81% of 162 reviews2020
    Dev: Strategy 3 TacticsPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    In Close Combat: Cross of Iron you start off as a junior officer leading your men into battle in real-time, focusing on the Eastern Front of World War II. Earn promotions as you deal with an unforgiving enemy. Fight and survive through the frozen winter, hot dusty summer and muddy autumn.

    Why similar: Strategy 25.8%, Simulation 25%, Wargame 20%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Military 12.4%

  41. #41 Beyond The Wire
    71% matchMixed63% of 7,522 reviews2022
    Dev: Redstone InteractivePub: Offworld
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Set in the muddy trenches of WW1, Beyond The Wire is a 50v50 multiplayer FPS that immerses players in the desperate & brutal circumstances of the Great War. Featuring an arsenal of historic weapons, ten massive maps, ten playable factions, era-specific tanks, & a brutal melee combat system.

    Why similar: World War I 54.4%, War 11.6%, Historical 9.7%, Military 9.7%, Strategy 7.6%

  42. #42 Toy Soldiers: HD
    73% matchMixed63% of 162 reviews2021
    Dev: Signal StudiosPub: Accelerate Games
    Windows

    Command antique WWI Toy Soldiers in the trench-filled battlefields of Europe. Deploy an exciting arsenal of guns, artillery, flamethrowers, tanks and planes to defend your WWI toy dioramas. Take direct control of individual units or command the entire battlefield from above.

    Why similar: World War I 46.5%, Wargame 16.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Historical 7.7%, Military 5.9%

  43. #43 The Operational Art of War IV
    72% matchVery Positive81% of 363 reviews2018
    Dev: TrickeySoft LLCPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    The Operational Art of War IV is the new generation of operational wargames. With more flexibility than before and with a new array of exciting features, it will make you relive the most iconic battles from the dawn of the 20th Century to modern day, including the ones that never occurred!

    Why similar: World War I 36.6%, Strategy 24.1%, Wargame 17.6%, Simulation 16.4%, War 5.3%

  44. #44 Radio General
    71% matchVery Positive83% of 539 reviews2020
    Dev: Foolish Mortals Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    Why similar: Strategy 21.7%, Simulation 19.4%, War 17.3%, Historical 12.5%, Military 11.4%

  45. #45 Skirmish Line
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 361 reviews2019
    Dev: The Snarktopus
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Experience the brutality and randomness of war as an Allied tactical commander in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Train, equip, and command a squad of soldiers as you fight against the fanatical Imperial Japanese Empire.

    Why similar: Strategy 26.7%, Real-Time with Pause 26.2%, Simulation 20%, War 17.4%, Indie 9.8%

  46. #46 War Hospital
    68% matchMixed60% of 1,201 reviews2024
    Dev: Brave Lamb Studio S.A.Pub: Nacon
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Take charge of a WW1 field hospital on the Western Front, and make all the decisions necessary to help the soldiers recover and to support the war effort. In this narrative management game, you are the last bastion of humanity.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.3%, Wargame 19.7%, Historical 16.7%, Military 15.6%, Strategy 13.6%

  47. #47 Spirit of War
    72% matchMixed59% of 80 reviews2015
    Dev: G-OLDPub: Plug In Digital
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Spirit of War: The Great War is a turn-based strategy game set during World War I. Drawing inspiration from board games classics, Spirit Of War is a unique arcade/strategy experience.

    Why similar: World War I 70.2%, Strategy 29.8%

  48. #48 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,012 reviews2012
    Dev: 2x2 Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Unity of Command is an innovative and refreshing operational-level wargame that covers the entire 1942/43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.

    Why similar: Strategy 31.5%, Wargame 24.9%, Historical 13.1%, Grand Strategy 9.9%, Indie 7.9%

  49. #49 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 17%, Real-Time with Pause 15.7%, Wargame 12.7%, Historical 11.3%, War 11.3%

  50. #50 Steel Division: Normandy 44
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,291 reviews2017
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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: Strategy 25.1%, Military 18.5%, War 15.3%, Simulation 13.9%, Wargame 11.8%

  51. #51 Combat Mission Cold War
    68% matchMixed67% of 229 reviews2021
    Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.

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  52. #52 Syrian Warfare
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 5,412 reviews2017
    Dev: Cats Who Play
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

    Why similar: Wargame 20.9%, Real Time Tactics 17.7%, Military 16.3%, Historical 15.7%, Strategy 12.1%

  53. #53 Command: Modern Operations
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,564 reviews2019
    Dev: Command Development TeamPub: Matrix Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 33.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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: Simulation 27.5%, Military 22.9%, Wargame 20.1%, Strategy 15.8%, Grand Strategy 8.6%

  54. #54 WARNO
    63% matchVery Positive81% of 14,911 reviews2024
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows
    Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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: Wargame 21.8%, Military 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, War 14.8%, Strategy 12.1%

  55. #55 Terra Invicta
    62% matchVery Positive81% of 9,023 reviews2026
    Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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 20.1%, Grand Strategy 17.8%, War 12.8%, Historical 12.1%, Strategy 10.2%

  56. #56 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
    65% matchVery Positive85% of 30,868 reviews2021
    Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
    Windows
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 72.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?

    Why similar: Historical 22.9%, Real Time Tactics 21.2%, War 21%, Strategy 18.4%, Military 16.5%

  57. #57 Countryballs Conquest
    64% matchVery Positive88% of 85 reviews2025
    Dev: Indenial Games
    Windows

    Lead your country through the Victorian age, expand your empire as you go head to head with the great powers of the world.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.5%, War 15.2%, Strategy 13.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, Simulation 11.4%

  58. #58 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,099 reviews2016
    Dev: Graviteam
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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: Simulation 23.9%, Strategy 23%, Wargame 20.7%, Military 9.4%, War 9.1%

  59. #59 Sherman Commander
    64% matchMixed69% of 116 reviews2026
    Dev: Iron Wolf Studio S.A.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows

    Command a platoon of Sherman tanks over the most famous theaters of WWII. Take the commander’s seat and give specific orders to your crew, or open the tactical map to coordinate your actions with accompanying units.

    Why similar: Wargame 20.3%, Historical 18.2%, War 17.5%, Military 16.4%, Simulation 12.7%

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