- #1 The Great War: Western Front™
97% matchMixed66% of 3,224 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 47.7% ★, Strategy 11%, Grand Strategy 10% ★, Historical 7.4%, Real Time Tactics 6.3%
- #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 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 17.3%, Wargame 11.3%, Grand Strategy 10.6% ★, Historical 6.6%
- #4 Steel Division 2
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,492 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 52.2 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 16.7% ★, Strategy 14.8%, Grand Strategy 13.3% ★, Military 11.9%, War 11.9%
- #5 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 12.4% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Wargame 9%
- #6 Making History: The Great War
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 454 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 12.8% ★, Strategy 8.7%, War 7.3%, Historical 7.1%
- #7 Strategic Command: World War I
93% matchVery Positive91% of 470 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 51% ★, Strategy 29.6%, Wargame 11.3%, Military 8.1%
- #8 Ultimate General: Civil War
92% matchVery Positive89% of 8,464 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 45.9 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 18%, War 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Historical 10.7%
- #9 Master of Command
90% matchVery Positive92% of 3,361 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 15.8%, Historical 15.1%, Wargame 14.2%, Military 12.9%, Strategy 12.7%
- #10 Rising Front
89% matchVery Positive88% of 4,015 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 50.1% ★, War 13%, Wargame 9.4%, Historical 7.9%, Simulation 7.1%
- #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 10% ★, Wargame 9.9%, Historical 7.7%, Strategy 7.5%
- #12 Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator
91% matchMostly Negative34% of 656 reviews2019
Dev: Gattai Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
89% matchMixed61% of 7,835 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 16.1 hrsMean: 81.4 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 45.1% ★, Grand Strategy 12.6% ★, Wargame 10.7%, Military 7.6%, War 7.1%
- #14 Regiments
88% matchVery Positive88% of 2,868 reviews2022
Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 25%, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, War 16.8%, Strategy 16.6%, Military 12%
- #15 All Quiet in the Trenches
87% matchVery Positive90% of 888 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 12.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Historical 8.1%, Simulation 6.5%
- #16 Last Train Home
86% matchVery Positive87% of 5,291 reviews2023
Dev: Ashborne GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.4 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 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, Historical 10.4%, War 9.6%
- #17 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
86% matchVery Positive90% of 2,078 reviews2011
Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 26.9 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 38.8% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Strategy 12.9%, Historical 9.2%, Wargame 8.2%
- #18 War on the Sea
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,185 reviews2021
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.
Why similar: Strategy 31.6%, Simulation 27.4%, War 15.4%, Wargame 14.3%, Military 7.8%
- #19 Frontline: Western Front
85% 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 16.7%, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Simulation 15.6%, Wargame 14.2%, War 11.3%
- #20 Verdun
83% matchVery Positive86% of 37,637 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 50.6% ★, Wargame 10.8%, War 9.1%, Historical 8.9%, Military 7.6%
- #21 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
84% matchVery Positive80% of 2,706 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 24.4%, Historical 22.2%, Wargame 18.5%, Simulation 13.1%, War 10.9%
- #22 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,338 reviews2021
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 94.6 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 28.9%, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Historical 18%, War 13%, Wargame 10.5%
- #23 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,042 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 17.8%, War 13.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Simulation 12.3%, Historical 12.2%
- #24 Supremacy: 1914
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,285 reviews2019
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 40.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 40.4% ★, Grand Strategy 11% ★, Strategy 10.9%, War 10.7%, Historical 8.6%
- #25 Stickman Trenches
78% matchVery Positive81% of 1,810 reviews2023
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 64.2% ★, Strategy 10.6%, Wargame 9.6%, War 7.5%, Military 6.4%
- #26 Skies above the Great War
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Puntigames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 58.3% ★, Wargame 13.4%, Historical 10.7%, Grand Strategy 7.8% ★, Strategy 6.9%
- #27 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,250 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 50.6 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% ★, Real-Time with Pause 18.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, Wargame 11.8%, Military 9.2%
- #28 Isonzo
76% matchVery Positive83% of 16,855 reviews2022
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 22.9 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 43.2% ★, Wargame 15%, Military 11.1%, Simulation 9.4%, War 9.3%
- #29 Tannenberg
77% matchVery Positive86% of 9,754 reviews2017
Dev: Blackmill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 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 52.1% ★, Wargame 10.7%, War 9.4%, Historical 8.9%, Military 6.3%
- #30 Gratuitous Tank Battles
80% 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 36.8%, Indie 17.1%
- #31 Iron Front: Digital War Edition
79% matchMixed59% of 866 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 24.3%, Historical 21.5%, Military 20.7%, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 16.3%
- #32 Atlantic Fleet
77% matchVery Positive86% of 1,548 reviews2016
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 35.8%, Simulation 32.1%, War 20.7%, Historical 11.3%
- #33 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 20.7%, Military 19%, Simulation 15.6%, Wargame 15.1%, War 12.1%
- #34 Naval Hurricane
74% matchVery Positive91% of 95 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 56.3% ★, Historical 11.3%, Simulation 10.2%, War 9.9%, Strategy 9.7%
- #35 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
73% matchMixed70% of 995 reviews2024
Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 18.0 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 17.4%, War 15.1%, Historical 14.2%, Simulation 12.6%
- #36 Toy Soldiers
75% matchVery Positive89% of 1,488 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 17.8%, Simulation 9.6%, Historical 5.6%
- #37 Close Combat: Cross of Iron
74% matchVery Positive82% of 163 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 25.5%, Simulation 24.7%, Wargame 20.5%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Military 12.5%
- #38 World War I
75% 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 72.9% ★, Strategy 27.1%
- #39 Over The Top: WWI
68% matchVery Positive85% of 6,218 reviews2026
Dev: Flying Squirrel EntertainmentPub: GG Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.9 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 67.2% ★, Historical 12.3%, War 11.6%, Simulation 9%
- #40 Toy Soldiers: HD
73% matchMixed64% of 165 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 12.4%, Historical 7.7%, Military 5.9%
- #41 Armored Brigade
73% matchVery Positive89% of 360 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 35.6%, Simulation 35.2%, Wargame 20.6%, Military 8.6%
- #42 Radio General
72% matchVery Positive83% of 543 reviews2020
Dev: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
It's WWII. You're a general sitting in a tent. All you have is a map, and a radio. Can you win the battle? Radio General is a unique strategy game where you interact with your units over the radio using speech recognition. Test your mettle and relive famous battles as a WWII general.
Why similar: Strategy 21.6%, Simulation 19.3%, War 17.4%, Historical 12.6%, Military 11.5%
- #43 Beyond The Wire
71% matchMixed63% of 7,531 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 9.8%, Military 9.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #44 The Operational Art of War IV
71% matchVery Positive81% of 365 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%, Wargame 17.7%, Simulation 16.3%, War 5.3%
- #45 Supreme Ruler 1936
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 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 15.9% ★, Wargame 12.7%, War 11.3%, Historical 11.3%
- #46 Steel Division: Normandy 44
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,296 reviews2017
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.0 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%, Military 18.6%, War 15.4%, Simulation 13.8%, Wargame 11.8%
- #47 War Hospital
69% matchMixed60% of 1,228 reviews2024
Dev: Brave Lamb Studio S.A.Pub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 10.0 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 23.4% ★, Wargame 19.8%, Historical 16.7%, Military 15.6%, Strategy 13.5%
- #48 Combat Mission Cold War
70% matchMixed67% of 232 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.
Why similar: Wargame 27%, Strategy 21%, Simulation 20.5%, Military 16.3%, War 15.3%
- #49 Gary Grigsby's War in the West
69% matchVery Positive85% of 177 reviews2017
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Gary Grigsby’s War in the West is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made.
Why similar: Simulation 46.1%, Wargame 21%, War 18.4%, Strategy 14.6%
- #50 Spirit of War
71% 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 70.3% ★, Strategy 29.7%
- #51 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,116 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 23.8%, Strategy 23%, Wargame 21.3%, Military 9.3%, War 8.9%
- #52 Command: Modern Operations
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,597 reviews2019
Dev: Command Development TeamPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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%, Military 23%, Wargame 20%, Strategy 16%, Grand Strategy 8.8% ★
- #53 Sherman Commander
65% matchMixed68% of 131 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 19.3%, Historical 17.2%, War 16.6%, Military 15.6%, Simulation 12%
- #54 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,013 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 31.4%, Wargame 25%, Historical 13.2%, Grand Strategy 9.9% ★, Indie 7.8%
- #55 Commands & Colors: The Great War
70% 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: World War I 73% ★, Strategy 27%
- #56 Countryballs Conquest
64% matchVery Positive87% of 86 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 21.6% ★, War 15.3%, Strategy 13%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, Simulation 11.3%
- #57 WARNO
63% matchMostly Positive80% of 15,442 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 70.4 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 21.9%, Military 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, War 14.8%, Strategy 12.1%
- #58 Syrian Warfare
66% matchVery Positive87% of 5,490 reviews2017
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.1 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 17.8%, Military 16.4%, Historical 15.6%, Strategy 12.1%
- #59 Skirmish Line
66% matchVery Positive88% of 363 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 26.5%, Real-Time with Pause 26.5% ★, Simulation 19.8%, War 17.5%, Indie 9.7%