- #1 Field of Glory II
97% matchVery Positive82% of 1,228 reviews2017
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.
Why similar: Strategy 23.3%, Wargame 19.9%, Historical 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team using a similar engine, this is the definitive tactical experience for ancient and medieval warfare.
- #2 Field of Glory: Empires
96% matchVery Positive82% of 862 reviews2019
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.6%, Strategy 18.7%, Historical 18.6%, Wargame 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the grand strategy layer that complements the tactical battles of the Field of Glory series.
- #3 Field of Glory: Kingdoms
95% matchVery Positive83% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: AGEODPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Politics, religion, war. They are nothing without a legacy that can stand the test of time. Lead any nation, and turn it into a mighty kingdom in one of the most compelling grand strategy games ever created.
Why similar: Wargame 30.5%, Strategy 27.8%, Historical 25.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10%, Multiplayer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: The latest evolution in the series, offering a deep blend of grand strategy and tactical combat.
- #4 Wars of Napoleon
96% matchMixed53% of 118 reviews2016
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
AGEod goes back to the Napoleonic era and delivers the most detailed and comprehensive strategy game ever created about a time of struggle and conquest that forged modern Europe.
Why similar: Strategy 32.9%, Historical 25.7%, Turn-Based 23.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Multiplayer 6%
Why You'll Like It: A complex, turn-based historical wargame that captures the scale and logistical challenges of Napoleonic warfare.
- #5 Strategic Command: American Civil War
94% matchVery Positive85% of 240 reviews2022
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
For the first time in the series’ history, Strategic Command will be taking you to the 19th century battlefields of the American Civil War. You will control the armies, research, production and diplomatic policy of either the Union or the Confederacy during a time of innovation and dramatic battles.
Why similar: Wargame 28.9%, Historical 23.6%, Strategy 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Multiplayer 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep, hex-based strategic gameplay with a focus on historical accuracy and military logistics.
- #6 Panzer Corps 2
94% matchVery Positive85% of 4,120 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 58.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Why similar: Wargame 20.3%, Turn-Based 19.8%, Strategy 18.3%, Historical 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for turn-based tactical wargaming, offering a polished experience similar to the Pike and Shot tactical flow.
- #7 Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 197 reviews2016
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun is a turn-based tactical and strategic game set during the Sengoku era; primarily focusing on the Japanese Warring States period and Japanese Invasion of Korea.
Why similar: Strategy 40.8%, Historical 37.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.5%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes the same core engine as Pike and Shot to provide an authentic tactical experience set in the Japanese Warring States period.
- #8 Ultimate General: Civil War
91% 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: Wargame 39%, Historical 23.8%, Strategy 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Tactical 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on formation management and tactical positioning on the battlefield, mirroring the feel of Pike and Shot.
- #9 Civil War II
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 349 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.
Why similar: Strategy 27.6%, Historical 26.4%, Wargame 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Turn-Based 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A grand-strategy wargame that captures the scope and difficulty of the American Civil War.
- #10 Unity of Command II
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,137 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.0 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: Turn-Based 25.3%, Wargame 22.4%, Strategy 19.9%, Historical 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Refines the hex-based tactical wargame genre with a focus on supply lines and maneuver warfare.
- #11 Order of Battle: World War II
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,142 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: Strategy 23.9%, Wargame 23%, Turn-Based 21.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Historical 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet deep hex-based wargame that emphasizes unit specialization and tactical positioning.
- #12 Revolution Under Siege Gold
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 170 reviews2015
Dev: Sep RedsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Make the Reds side triumph to save the Soviet Proletarian revolution, or, on the other side, lead the Whites side to victory in order to place the old regime back in power and protect the countries of Europe from the perils of the revolution. This is the biggest civil war game you will ever play!
Why similar: Strategy 27.2%, Wargame 25.7%, Historical 18.3%, Turn-Based 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed historical wargame that focuses on the complexities of the Russian Civil War.
- #13 Commander: The Great War
89% 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: Strategy 29.9%, Wargame 27.1%, Historical 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Turn-Based 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that captures the strategic and tactical challenges of World War we.
- #14 Victory and Glory: Napoleon
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Electric GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
From acclaimed boardgame designer Glenn Drover, a grand strategy game where you take the role of Napoleon Bonaparte and attempt to dominate the entire continent of Europe.
Why similar: Wargame 26.2%, Strategy 21.6%, Historical 21.6%, Turn-Based 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a strategic map with tactical battles in a way that feels very similar to the campaign structure of Pike and Shot.
- #15 Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front
87% matchVery Positive92% of 239 reviews2014
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sequel to its successful predecessor, Battle Academy 2 moves the action east – to the bloodied plains of Mother Russia. When a gritty new look, great new features, and random mission generation meet battle-proven gameplay you can be sure of a turn-based strategy classic!
Why similar: Strategy 34.3%, Turn-Based 29%, Wargame 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Multiplayer 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that prioritizes unit interaction and terrain usage in a turn-based environment.
- #16 Panzer Corps Gold
86% matchVery Positive92% of 2,713 reviews2014
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 56.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The ultimate edition of Panzer Corps, containing hundreds of scenarios and all its expansions. Panzer Corps Gold is the culmination of the wargame that has enthralled millions of fans all around the globe, and now it’s your chance to fully experience a real classic.
Why similar: Wargame 24%, Strategy 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Turn-Based 18.5%, Historical 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: The classic foundation for modern turn-based tactical wargames.
- #17 Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,815 reviews2006
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.
Why similar: Strategy 29.5%, Historical 28.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based 13.2%, Tactical 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers large-scale tactical battles where formation management and morale are key to victory.
- #18 Fire & Maneuver
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,757 reviews2023
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.
Why similar: Historical 33.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Strategy 18.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Multiplayer 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based game that focuses on the evolution of warfare in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- #19 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
84% matchVery Positive92% of 445 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: Wargame 36.5%, Strategy 24.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Historical 15%, Multiplayer 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate simulation for players who want the deepest possible historical wargame experience.
- #20 Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm
82% matchVery Positive88% of 116 reviews2023
Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm is a grand tactical wargame set at the height of the Cold War, with the action centered on the year 1989.
Why similar: Strategy 35.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.1%, Wargame 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-fidelity tactical wargame that rewards careful planning and unit positioning.
- #21 Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
84% matchVery Positive88% of 243 reviews2016
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Command a true operational structure. Can you balance and prioritize three different Theatres in order to achieve your objective?
Why similar: Strategy 44.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.4%, Wargame 23.9%, Multiplayer 2.9%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed wargame that emphasizes the logistical and political challenges of historical campaigns.
- #22 Vietnam ‘65
83% matchVery Positive83% of 433 reviews2015
Dev: Every Single Soldier
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.
Why similar: Strategy 22.8%, Historical 22.2%, Turn-Based 21.6%, Wargame 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique turn-based wargame that focuses on counter-insurgency and logistics in a historical setting.
- #23 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,572 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
Why similar: Strategy 56.2%, Historical 34.1%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends grand strategy with real-time tactical battles, offering a deep historical experience.
- #24 Aggressors: Ancient Rome
82% matchVery Positive83% of 280 reviews2018
Dev: Kubat SoftwarePub: Kube Games
Windows
A mix of deep gameplay and rich historical flavor, Aggressors: Ancient Rome lets you relive history as the ruler of one of the mighty civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean. Choose one of twenty available factions and conquer the world.
Why similar: Historical 31.1%, Strategy 26.6%, Turn-Based 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Tactical 8%
Why You'll Like It: A hex-based strategy game that focuses on the economic and military management of ancient empires.
- #25 Wars Across The World
81% matchVery Positive82% of 221 reviews2017
Dev: StrategiaePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.
Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Turn-Based 29.9%, Historical 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A modular wargame system that allows players to experience a wide variety of historical conflicts.
- #26 Imperial Glory
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,330 reviews2014
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to forge himself a name to be remembered throughout all eternity. This is your moment.
Why similar: Strategy 41.1%, Historical 35.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Multiplayer 5.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A historical strategy game that balances empire management with tactical battlefield control.
- #27 The Operational Art of War IV
79% 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: Wargame 37.1%, Strategy 36.5%, Turn-Based 26.4%
Why You'll Like It: A legendary wargame engine that provides unparalleled depth for historical military simulations.
- #28 Master of Command
73% 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: Historical 34.8%, Wargame 31.8%, Strategy 20.6%, Tactical 10.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #29 Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
77% matchVery Positive91% of 37,554 reviews2009
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
Why similar: Historical 34.4%, Strategy 30.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based 10.3%, Tactical 5.1%
- #30 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
77% 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: Historical 34.3%, Wargame 27.8%, Strategy 26.7%, Tactical 7.9%, Multiplayer 2.5%
- #31 Pride of Nations
79% matchMixed49% of 137 reviews2011
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Pride of Nations is a turn-based historical strategy game set in the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country and guides it through industrialization, military conquest, and colonization.
Why similar: Strategy 29.8%, Turn-Based 25.6%, Historical 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deep grand-strategy game that focuses on the diplomatic and economic aspects of the 19th century.
- #32 Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
78% matchMixed57% of 648 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.
Why similar: Strategy 63.3%, Historical 36.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical importance of formations and morale during the Napoleonic era.
- #33 Fantasy General II
75% matchVery Positive81% of 1,944 reviews2019
Dev: Owned by GravityPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The fantasy wargaming classic is back! Lead powerful heroes and mighty armies into battle in this critically acclaimed turn-based strategy milestone. Level up and train your units and guide them through a gripping story campaign to decide the fate of a world on the brink of destruction.
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.4%, Wargame 21.8%, Strategy 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%
- #34 Civil War: 1863
78% matchMixed59% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Strategy 37.5%, Wargame 27.8%, Turn-Based 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, tactical wargame that emphasizes unit types and terrain advantages.
- #35 Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
75% matchVery Positive92% of 27,098 reviews2010
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release
Why similar: Historical 35.9%, Strategy 28.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based 10%, Tactical 5.4%
- #36 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
76% 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: Wargame 42.6%, Historical 19.9%, Strategy 18.1%, Tactical 12.7%, Multiplayer 5.6%
- #37 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 147 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 33.8%, Historical 22.6%, Strategy 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Multiplayer 4.7%
- #38 Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
76% matchMixed69% of 286 reviews2016
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.
Why similar: Strategy 42%, Historical 24.1%, Turn-Based 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Tactical 8.1%
- #39 The Great War: Western Front™
72% 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: Strategy 25.9%, Historical 24.5%, Wargame 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Tactical 6.2%
- #40 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
74% 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: Wargame 24.3%, Turn-Based 22.3%, Strategy 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Historical 13.1%
- #41 Europa Universalis V
68% matchMixed69% of 28,382 reviews2025
Dev: Paradox TintoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 50.7 hrsMean: 103.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.
Why similar: Wargame 38.2%, Historical 33.9%, Strategy 19.2%, Multiplayer 7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #42 Wargame: Airland Battle
73% matchVery Positive87% of 4,447 reviews2013
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.
Why similar: Strategy 41%, Wargame 36.3%, Tactical 9.2%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Historical 6.2%
- #43 Cossacks 3
72% matchVery Positive82% of 15,892 reviews2016
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 50.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!
Why similar: Historical 42.9%, Strategy 40.3%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Singleplayer 3%
- #44 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
71% 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 41.7%, Historical 36.8%, Wargame 20.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #45 Wargame: Red Dragon
71% matchVery Positive89% of 19,654 reviews2014
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 52.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Why similar: Wargame 41.1%, Strategy 40.3%, Tactical 9.4%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #46 Colonial Conquest
73% matchMixed62% of 264 reviews2015
Dev: Argonauts InteractivePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Why similar: Wargame 29.6%, Turn-Based 24.4%, Historical 22.4%, Strategy 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 5%
- #47 Strategic Command: World War I
70% 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: Strategy 56.6%, Wargame 29.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%
- #48 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
70% 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: Wargame 46.4%, Historical 31.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.3%
- #49 Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,115 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Strategy 50.5%, Historical 32.4%, Wargame 15.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #50 Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War
65% matchVery Positive99% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Master grand tactical combat as a Cold War force commander in this data-rich simulation. Plan and issue orders in asynchronous WEGO turns, leveraging real-world maps and complex features like Electronic Warfare and Air Assaults to outthink your enemy.
Why similar: Wargame 49.7%, Strategy 27.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #51 Making History: The Great War
71% 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: Historical 27.2%, Strategy 23.5%, Turn-Based 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Multiplayer 7%
- #52 Total War: ROME REMASTERED
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,374 reviews2021
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Total War: ROME REMASTERED lets you relive the legacy that defined the award-winning strategy game series. Remastered to 4K with multiple improvements to visuals as well as refinements to gameplay, it’s time to revisit a true classic. Not everyone gets a second chance to conquer the Roman Empire.
Why similar: Wargame 27.2%, Historical 21.6%, Strategy 21.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Tactical 5.7%
- #53 Cossacks II: Battle for Europe
70% matchVery Positive81% of 1,199 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is a standalone add-on for "Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars" presenting new nations with the possibility to wage multiplayer battles.
Why similar: Strategy 63.3%, Historical 36.7%
- #54 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
69% matchVery Positive90% of 579 reviews2015
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: Wargame 35.2%, Strategy 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Historical 9%
- #55 Dawn of Ages
67% matchMixed55% of 205 reviews2025
Dev: Stratosphere GamesPub: BoomBit
Windows
Experience authentic medieval warfare. Command vast armies in brutal mass battles, utilizing diverse weapons and tactics. Embark on historical campaigns against rival kingdoms or challenge real opponents in epic PvP wars.
Why similar: Historical 39.5%, Strategy 33.6%, Tactical 12.1%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #56 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 38.2%, Historical 20.7%, Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Tactical 6.3%
- #57 Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 259 reviews2023
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Battle for Normandy faithfully recreates the experience of tactical land warfare in Western France during World War Two.
Why similar: Strategy 44.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 29.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #58 Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm Player's Edition
68% matchVery Positive88% of 255 reviews2014
Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
You are the commander of either NATO or Soviet forces locked in battle on the ground in 1980’s Central Europe. As commander, it is your task to provide the battle plan orders to your units. You need to know your mission objectives, strength and weakness of both your forces and you enemy, lay of the land, weather, and time of day in order...
Why similar: Wargame 43.8%, Strategy 28.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Tactical 6.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.6%
- #59 To End All Wars
69% 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: Strategy 57.4%, Wargame 42.6%
- #60 Age of History 3
62% matchVery Positive85% of 17,831 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: Wargame 60%, Strategy 26.9%, Tactical 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%