- #1 Unity of Command II
97% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,199 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: World War II 26.1% ★, Wargame 11.7%, Grand Strategy 10.1% ★, Turn-Based 9.4%, Military 7%
- #2 Panzer Corps 2
96% matchVery Positive85% of 4,181 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 59.7 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: World War II 22.4% ★, Wargame 11.3%, Grand Strategy 9.4% ★, Military 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #3 Schwerpunkt
96% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Anonymoose Games
Windows
Schwerpunkt is a World War 2 military simulation game. Take control of hundreds of units over a large frontline, making daring manoeuvres to push your enemy back. Fight in one of the scenarios given or make your own in the map maker.
Why similar: World War II 16.7% ★, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Wargame 14.3%, Military 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #4 WarPlan
95% matchVery Positive82% of 230 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken Studios
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: World War II 20.9% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Grand Strategy 11.6% ★, Military 10.6%, Historical 10.4%
- #5 SGS Operation Downfall
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Project Manhattan failed! Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands is set in motion. Start with Operation Olympic to capture Kyushu, and move on with Coronet, the landing near Tokyo. Force Japan surrender with the largest amphibious operation in history.
Why similar: World War II 16.8% ★, Historical 14.2%, Military 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Wargame 10.8%
- #6 Frontline: Western Front
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 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: World War II 17.8% ★, Wargame 11.4%, Grand Strategy 9.8% ★, Historical 8.8%, Military 8.6%
- #7 Industrial War
93% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Yocone
Windows · Mac
Explore the world In the 1920s, with more than 800 cities and 200 mines. Know your industrial chain and plan the role of each city; know your nation's unique polity structure and adjust your overall strategy. Resist the restlessness of your neighbors, acquire resources, and develop your industry.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Wargame 15.3%, World War II 13.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Historical 9.3%
- #8 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
92% matchVery Positive88% of 121 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: World War II 19.9% ★, Wargame 19.1%, Historical 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Military 9.8%
- #9 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
91% matchVery Positive86% of 91 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: Wargame 19.1%, Grand Strategy 15.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Historical 11.6%, Strategy 8.3%
- #10 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,018 reviews2012
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.5 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: World War II 31% ★, Wargame 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Turn-Based 10.4%, Historical 8.2%
- #11 SGS Glory Recalled
90% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Relive the Battle of Hong Kong (8–26 December 1941), one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II.
Why similar: World War II 29.8% ★, Wargame 18.2%, Historical 13.2%, Military 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
- #12 World War 2: Strategy Simulator
89% matchMostly Negative37% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: joynowstudio
Windows
★Tactics & Collocations 30+ Historical Campaigns: Normandy Landing, Operation Market Garden 2 Warfare Conflict Camps: Allies faction and ally Axis 30+ large battlefield maps are provide in this strategy games Omni-directional combat space: naval battle, air combat, land battle.
Why similar: World War II 19.7% ★, Wargame 13.5%, Grand Strategy 10.4% ★, Military 9.9%, Historical 8.5%
- #13 World War 2 Operation Husky
89% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Hubert CachatPub: HC
Windows · Mac
A light wargame with simple rules tailored to run smooth battles. Recommended to introduce new players to wargames basic concepts and for fast multiplayer matches.
Why similar: World War II 21% ★, Wargame 14.5%, Military 10.9%, War 9.9%, Turn-Based 8.3%
- #14 SGS Okinawa
88% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
A standalone epic rendering of the 1945 bloody fighting on Okinawa, the last great battle of the Pacific War. The game is part of the Pacific D-Day collection. Both sides are playable, each with their own challenge.
Why similar: World War II 21.2% ★, Wargame 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Historical 12.8%, War 9.8%
- #15 Tank Operations: European Campaign
87% matchVery Positive82% of 93 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: World War II 26% ★, Wargame 11.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Military 10.1%, War 9.2%
- #16 Warplan Pacific
86% matchVery Positive88% of 100 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: World War II 27.6% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Historical 10.7%, Military 9.8%
- #17 Pacific General
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Strategic SimulationsPub: SNEG
Windows
Pacific General explores the Pacific front of the Second World War. Taking control of Axis or Allied forces, you must strategically battle your way through the Eastern and Western front of the Pacific war, using a wide array of land, air and naval forces.
Why similar: Wargame 20.5%, World War II 16.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Historical 10.4%
- #18 Panzer Corps Gold
85% matchVery Positive92% of 2,731 reviews2014
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 56.6 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: World War II 34.2% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Turn-Based 8.2%, Historical 7.3%
- #19 Battle For Korsun
84% matchMostly Negative28% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
January 1944. The German Army had their last toehold on the Dneiper River. The Soviet player must coordinate the offensives of his Fronts to encircle the Germans quickly, before the Germans powerful reinforcements arrive.
Why similar: World War II 24.2% ★, Wargame 18.7%, Historical 11%, Turn-Based 10.1%, War 9.5%
- #20 SGS Operation Hawaii
84% matchMixed52% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On December 7th, 1941, the Empire of Japan struck a surprise blow against unsuspecting American forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaï. In the ensuing confusion and panic, the USA feared a Japanese invasion of Oahu island, but it fortunately did not materialize. But what would have happened if it had?
Why similar: Wargame 19.8%, World War II 18.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, War 11.4%, Historical 11%
- #21 Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin
82% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Battlefront.comPub: SNEG
Windows
Command epic WWII battles on the Eastern Front in Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin. Fight from Moscow to Berlin across 125+ scenarios, or create your own with the editor. Experience tactical warfare at its most intense!
Why similar: World War II 30.2% ★, Wargame 18.2%, Historical 10.9%, Strategy 9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%
- #22 Germany at War - Soviet Dawn
83% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Phobetor
Windows
Germany At War: Soviet Dawn is a turn-based operational wargame, with a strong historical focus. You command either the German forces through a branching historical campaign covering the entire 1941 campaign as well as part of the 1942 one or the Soviets from 1941 to the revenge of 1944/45.
Why similar: World War II 25.7% ★, Wargame 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Historical 9.7%, Strategy 8.8%
- #23 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
82% matchVery Positive90% of 184 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: World War II 21.8% ★, Wargame 15.5%, Grand Strategy 12.5% ★, Historical 9.9%, War 9.3%
- #24 Total Victory: World Conflict 1939-1945
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Kraken Studios
Windows
The ultimate turn-based World War 2 grand strategy game wargamers have been yearning for decades. The best ideas born from players and from wargames so huge they overtook your dining room table, and your wife’s patience. From the developer of the WarPlan series.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Wargame 16.7%, World War II 15.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Historical 9.7%
- #25 SGS Fall Weiss
80% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The Second World War began with the invasion of Poland by German forces on 1 September 1939. It is represented in this strategy game, a fully-fledged turn-based wargame.
Why similar: Wargame 23.7%, World War II 18.3% ★, Historical 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Military 10.3%
- #26 Order of Battle: World War II
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,165 reviews2015
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Order of Battle: World War II is a breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players.
Why similar: World War II 32.5% ★, Wargame 15.2%, Turn-Based 10.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
- #27 SGS Battle For: Madrid
79% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
With Battle for Madrid, relive the Nationalists most determined attempt to take the Republican capital of spain from November 1936 to February 1937.
Why similar: Wargame 23%, World War II 16.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Historical 12.7%, Strategy 9.5%
- #28 The Troop
78% matchVery Positive83% of 828 reviews2023
Dev: Giant FlamePub: PLA Studios
Windows · Mac
The Troop is a turn-based, platoon-level tactical game set in WW2. From the early hours of D-Day to Falaise, play as British and Canadian or German forces in desperate fighting across Normandy.
Why similar: World War II 27.2% ★, Wargame 13%, Historical 8.9%, Military 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
- #29 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
79% matchVery Positive90% of 583 reviews2015
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: World War II 28.8% ★, Wargame 20.7%, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #30 Making History: The Second World War
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 290 reviews2018
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose a nation and prepare for the greatest conflict in human history, World War II. Build your military and industrial power, form alliances and race to achieve the advanced technologies that will bring total victory in this global-wide turn-based Grand Strategy struggle.
Why similar: World War II 22.5% ★, Grand Strategy 12.1% ★, Historical 10.8%, War 9.7%, Wargame 9.4%
- #31 SGS Battle of the Bulge
77% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On 16 December 1944, under appalling weather conditions, the Germans launch their last major offensive in the West. Their goal: cut off the Allies from their sources of supply by taking Antwerp. To do so, they must break through the Ardennes salient, starting the battle of the Bulge…
Why similar: Wargame 25.5%, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Historical 13.3%, Military 8.4%
- #32 War Pawns
75% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: SOKILL
Windows
Fast-paced WWII turn-based tactics with team-based multiplayer, objective-driven battles, and a built-in map editor to create and share custom battlefields.
Why similar: World War II 26.4% ★, Wargame 13.1%, Historical 11.3%, Military 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%
- #33 SGS Winter War
76% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Winter War is the story of the Soviet onslaught on tiny Finland from November 1939 to March 1940, at the beginning of WW2. Can the Finns hold beyond the reasonable and receive the long awaited Allied intervention? Or will the Russian bear crush them and force them to lose their border lands?
Why similar: World War II 39.6% ★, Wargame 12.4%, Historical 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.6%, Strategy 6.6%
- #34 Crimson Banner: War of Liberation
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 赤旗制作组
Windows · Mac
Ready, comrades? In 'Crimson Banner: War of Liberation', command the PLA, strike the Kuomintang reactionaries, and liberate all China! Turn-based hex wargame, experience every battle!
Why similar: World War II 22.5% ★, Wargame 15.4%, Military 11.5%, Grand Strategy 10% ★, War 9.2%
- #35 中华三国志 the Three Kingdoms of China
75% matchVery Positive86% of 1,387 reviews2019
Dev: 中三之家
Windows
Three Kingdoms of China is a free, open-source single-machine strategy three-country game developed by the domestic folk team. The game does not have any commercial nature, hoping to create a dream of Three Kingdoms for the fans of the three kingdoms.
Why similar: Historical 16.5%, War 11.7%, Wargame 11%, Strategy 11%, Grand Strategy 10.6% ★
- #36 Command Doctrine
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ByteFlow
Windows
Describe a battle and AI builds it. Describe a war and get a whole campaign. Command Doctrine is a turn-based wargame with endless generated scenarios. Command armies across seven eras and outthink your enemy with supply, morale and terrain. Will your doctrine hold?
Why similar: Wargame 17.5%, World War II 14.1% ★, Military 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%
- #37 SGS Battle For: Stalingrad
74% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The terrible "rat fights" (Rattenkrieg) fought out in the urban area of Stalingrad end of 1942, on a battalion scale and two days per turn scales. Relive one of the fiercest and deadliest battles in history, a ‘Hell in a Small Place’.
Why similar: Wargame 21.5%, World War II 18.6% ★, Historical 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%
- #38 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
73% matchVery Positive92% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level.
Why similar: World War II 21.9% ★, Wargame 19%, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Historical 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
- #39 逐鹿
74% matchMixed57% of 538 reviews2023
Dev: TKG Inc
Windows · Mac
A stand-alone turn-based war chess game with the theme of Chinese history. The core gameplay is territorial competition, and diplomacy, construction, combat and other gameplay will also revolve around territorial competition.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 13.5% ★, Wargame 13.3%, Historical 12.8%, Military 11.5%, War 10.9%
- #40 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
73% matchVery Positive90% of 141 reviews2021
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac
Cauldrons of War Stalingrad 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 May 1942 to November 1942 play the USSR or the Axis forces in some of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
Why similar: World War II 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Wargame 18.1%, Historical 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
- #41 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
72% matchVery Positive91% of 466 reviews2021
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
War in the East 2 is the most comprehensive, most realistic, and most advanced wargame modeling Eastern Front warfare in World War Two.
Why similar: World War II 24.1% ★, Wargame 22.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, War 9.2%, Historical 9%
- #42 Armoured Commander II
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 599 reviews2021
Dev: Gregory Adam Scott
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In this roguelike wargame, take command of a tank and its crew in the Second World War, joining one of over 50 campaigns across Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. Fight against over 1300 historically-based unit types, where each day is a struggle for survival.
Why similar: World War II 24.6% ★, Historical 12.7%, Wargame 11.7%, Military 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
- #43 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 154 reviews2023
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.
Why similar: Wargame 22.4%, Grand Strategy 16.9% ★, Historical 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, War 12.4%
- #44 WWⅡ英雄列伝 泥の中の虎 オットー・カリウス
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Flying Panjandrum / ふらいんぐパンジャンドラム
Windows
戦車150両以上を撃破した稀代のエース、オットー・カリウスの軍歴を描く、伝記的戦術SLG。 体が小さく体力もなかった少年は、幾多の困難を乗り越え歴史に残る大エースとなる。 ポーランドでの軍事訓練から、ルール包囲網で降伏するまでの軍歴を史実解説を交えて丁寧に描く。
Why similar: World War II 22.8% ★, Historical 12.2%, Military 12%, War 10.6%, Turn-Based 10.3%
- #45 Ashen Destiny
70% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Arrow & Blade Games
Windows
Invade rival provinces with your armies, command powerful generals, and unite a fractured ancient land through strategy and conquest.
Why similar: Wargame 21.7%, Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Military 9.2%
- #46 Valor & Victory
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 193 reviews2021
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Valor & Victory is a fast-playing, easy to learn World War II squad-level game system. Based on the original Valor & Victory board game, the digital edition provides you with an accessible and deep challenge, developed for classic tabletop game lovers.
Why similar: World War II 23.2% ★, Wargame 13.9%, Turn-Based 9.8%, Historical 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #47 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism is a (hi)story-driven turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period. It offers refined wargame mechanics, story-rich gameplay, and modern 3D graphics. Lead the USSR Armed forces staging the world Communist revolution. For Stalin! For the Motherland!
Why similar: World War II 20.1% ★, Wargame 16.1%, Military 12%, War 9.8%, Historical 8.8%
- #48 Second Front
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 669 reviews2023
Dev: HexdrawPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Second Front is a tactical WWII turn-based strategy game. Craft & share your own scenarios and maps or use your strategic prowess in 48 scenarios set in iconic locations. Command over 40 types of infantry and 216 tanks, vehicles and guns. An infinite tactical sandbox experience.
Why similar: World War II 24.4% ★, Wargame 14%, Turn-Based 9.3%, War 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%
- #49 Silesian Wars
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: GenuiTX Bittner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule Silesia through a thousand years of history. Wage war, forge alliances and build duchies on a map of real provinces, against cunning historical AI leaders or your friends online — from pagan tribes to the modern day.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Historical 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Military 10.3%
- #50 Frontline: Assault Corps WW2
68% matchPositive85% of 46 reviews2025
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
A World War II Turn-based Tactical Wargame crafted with passion and care for history and strategy enthusiasts alike.
Why similar: World War II 20.9% ★, Wargame 15.7%, Military 12%, War 9.9%, Historical 8.2%
- #51 Radio Commander: Battle of Britain ’40
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Command the battle you cannot see. Take charge of RAF Fighter Command in a pausable RTS set during the Battle of Britain. Manage radar intelligence, delayed communications, and squadron deployments through the Dowding System to intercept Luftwaffe raids and defend Britain.
Why similar: World War II 28.6% ★, Wargame 18.1%, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, War 10.7%, Historical 9.2%
- #52 卢沟桥事变
69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: 文墨
Windows
The game begins on July 7, 1937. You can choose either of the two major forces located in Nanjing and Yan'an at that time, or operate the regular army to fight frontally, or develop guerrillas to attack the enemy's rear and save the precarious country!
Why similar: World War II 26.1% ★, Wargame 21.4%, Military 12.7%, Grand Strategy 11% ★, War 10.3%
- #53 Bomber Command
69% matchMixed45% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Silent S Studios, LLC
Windows
Take command of what would become the greatest air armada in history! Build, plan, coordinate, and command your forces into a mighty aerial armada against a smart German economy that adapts to your attacks, researches tech, and smartly reacts to your moves. Take over the Bomber Command.
Why similar: World War II 24.2% ★, Grand Strategy 15.2% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Historical 11.6%, Military 10.3%
- #54 Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945
68% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: SLS
Windows
Casual WW2 naval turn-based strategy: attack/defend, search & destroy, build ships, subs and aircraft. Clear & simple combat and move. Fast, re-playable board game style strategy, with 70 unit types. More than 40 missions, death-matches & campaigns (Destroy, Conquer, Defend, Escort, Kill-Them-All).
Why similar: World War II 18.8% ★, Wargame 13.8%, Military 10.6%, Grand Strategy 9.6% ★, War 8.9%
- #55 SGS Battle For: Fort Donelson
67% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the first decisive battle of the U.S. Civil War. Lead the Union force as General Grant to seize the key forts on the Cumberland, or play the Confederate defenders to maintain the gate to the South closed.
Why similar: Wargame 22.6%, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Historical 12.8%, Strategy 9.9%
- #56 Air War General - WW2 Air Force Wargame
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Panzer AirlinesPub: SLS
Windows
WW2 turn-based aircraft war game that puts you in the USAAF/USAF, RAF or Luftwaffe air operations HQs. Build your squadrons, wings, air bases & pilots. Engage in bombing missions, dogfights & interceptions over Britain, N. Africa & Europe. Historical & what-if fighter/bomber airplane game scenarios
Why similar: World War II 28.4% ★, Wargame 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%, Historical 6.9%
- #57 Combined Arms Operations Series
67% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Nemeton Singularity Simulations
Windows
The Combined Arms Operations Series simulates hypothetical battles between World War II armies. Assemble your forces, out plan, and outfight your enemies to master the art of combined arms warfare in chaotic simultaneous turns where commanders must adapt quickly to an evolving battlefield.
Why similar: World War II 23.9% ★, Wargame 15.8%, Historical 11.5%, Military 10.4%, War 10.1%
- #58 SGS Avalanche
66% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the whole Italian campaign of World War II, from Husky landings of July 1943 till the final capitulation of 1945. Struggle your way up the boot as the Allies, or defend every inch of the peninsula as the Axis.
Why similar: Wargame 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Historical 15%, Strategy 10.9%, War 10%
- #59 Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
66% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2021
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Take command of the Allied forces and protect your homeland and the whole of Europe from totalitarian madness. Form armies. Win battles. Change history.
Why similar: World War II 20% ★, Wargame 14.2%, Military 11.1%, Historical 10%, War 9.4%
- #60 Warlord Atlas: Global Naval War
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Warlord Atlas ProjectPub: Martin Consulting
Windows
A WW2 naval grand strategy played from the command level. Coordinate task forces, land-based air, ground armies, forward bases, logistics, research, and diplomacy. Fleet battles are only the beginning. Secure sea control.
Why similar: World War II 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Wargame 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%