- #1 Project Wunderwaffe: Prologue
97% matchMixed67% of 332 reviews2022
Dev: Weasel Games
Windows
Project Wunderwaffe: Prologue is some part of the full version of the game. The gameplay starts in the realities of World War II, the Soviets and Allies are coming. Your task in the game is to keep enemy troops as far away from your base as possible. Fight and survive!
Why similar: World War II 21% ★, Wargame 13.5%, Underground 11.3% ★, Military 10.4%, Base Building 9.9%
- #2 Aircraft Carrier Survival
96% matchMixed60% of 1,198 reviews2022
Dev: Gambit Games StudioPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.
Why similar: World War II 30.8% ★, War 12.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Management 9.5%, Survival 8%
- #3 WW2 Rebuilder
96% matchVery Positive86% of 1,545 reviews2023
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: World War II 40.5% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Building 13.9%, Management 11.5%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #4 UBOAT
95% matchVery Positive84% of 26,468 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Water StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 51.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
Why similar: World War II 33.8% ★, Military 15.9%, War 13%, Historical 11%, Management 8.4%
- #5 Ground of Aces
94% matchVery Positive85% of 1,407 reviews2025
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!
Why similar: World War II 25.9% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Military 10.7%, Building 9.5%, War 8.5%
- #6 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
94% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: XR Studio
Windows
This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?
Why similar: World War II 21.4% ★, Wargame 14.3%, Military 11.1%, Base Building 10.4%, Historical 10.4%
- #7 Plane Mechanic Simulator
93% matchMixed57% of 1,676 reviews2024
Dev: Cobble GamesPub: Ultimate Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
England, 1940. The Luftwaffe is preparing for the invasion of Britain and the RAF need every man to stop it. They need you. Join the ground crews as they struggle to keep the aircraft flying. Repair engine, patch bullet holes, rearm machine guns and more.
Why similar: World War II 36.2% ★, Building 12.6%, Historical 9.6%, War 9.4%, Simulation 8.6%
- #8 Tank Mechanic Simulator
92% matchVery Positive88% of 9,095 reviews2020
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Renovate & build II World War tanks. Experience highly detailed & realistic simulation game. Take tanks fully apart by using different tools. Transform them from rusty and ruined to fully working. Check them on the training ground, sell or put into your own museum.
Why similar: World War II 52.4% ★, Building 19.5%, Management 14.6%, Simulation 6.2%, Action 3%
- #9 The Last Haven
91% matchMixed61% of 1,529 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Base Building 37.4%, Strategy 17.6%, Building 13.2%, Survival 12.8%, Management 6.4%
- #10 KAISERPUNK
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 821 reviews2025
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.
Why similar: World War II 20.7% ★, Wargame 13%, Military 11.5%, War 10.4%, Building 9.2%
- #11 WW2: Bunker Simulator
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 403 reviews2022
Dev: BEPLAYERPub: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
During WWII you are an American soldier who captured the german bunker in Normandy. You must defend it at all costs and survive this World War II. Complete missions, cook & shoot, search the bodies for medicines, ammo, and food to survive. WW2: Bunker Simulator is a mix of fps and simulator.
Why similar: World War II 27% ★, Wargame 15.5%, Military 12.9%, War 11.1%, Historical 9.2%
- #12 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 II 28.6% ★, Wargame 18.5%, Military 14.1%, Building 11.3%, War 9.7%
- #13 Making History: The Second World War
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 286 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 28.3% ★, War 11.9%, Military 11.8%, Wargame 11.6%, Historical 10.4%
- #14 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
86% matchVery Positive91% of 25,891 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 73.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, Building 16.8%, Historical 16.8%, Management 14.1%, Strategy 8.6%
- #15 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
87% matchVery Positive85% of 507 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!
Why similar: World War II 25.3% ★, Wargame 17.4%, Military 13.8%, War 11.4%, Historical 9.3%
- #16 WW2 Rebuilder: Germany Prologue
86% matchVery Positive85% of 415 reviews2022
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Visit a part of war-torn Hamburg in the FREE Germany Prologue! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: World War II 38.6% ★, Building 16.4%, Base Building 13.6%, War 13.3%, Historical 7.8%
- #17 National Machine
88% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Eric Sun
Windows
You are a munitions manufacturer in 1930s. Help your nation for arms race. Before war break, you need to produce enough aircraft, tanks and guns.
Why similar: World War II 29.1% ★, Building 12.6%, War 11.9%, Historical 11.4%, Strategy 10.3%
- #18 Last Train Home
84% 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: Wargame 16%, Historical 14.8%, War 13.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Strategy 10.5%
- #19 Mr. Prepper
85% matchVery Positive80% of 5,365 reviews2021
Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.
Why similar: Base Building 29%, Underground 25.3% ★, Survival 17%, Management 15.7%, Simulation 6.8%
- #20 Classified: France '44
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 964 reviews2024
Dev: Absolutely GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?
Why similar: World War II 36.4% ★, Military 15.4%, Historical 13.5%, War 13.1%, Tactical 9.8%
- #21 Through the Darkest of Times
83% matchVery Positive84% of 1,139 reviews2020
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.
Why similar: World War II 40.5% ★, Historical 15.8%, Strategy 14.3%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 8.6%
- #22 Gunsmith
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,038 reviews2018
Dev: SCT
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money.
Why similar: Base Building 24%, Military 23.5%, Management 17.1%, Building 12%, Strategy 7.6%
- #23 Total Tank Simulator
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,653 reviews2020
Dev: Noobz from PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.
Why similar: World War II 43.5% ★, War 17.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 7.2%
- #24 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
81% 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: Wargame 19.3%, World War II 13.7% ★, Military 13.5%, War 13.2%, Historical 12.2%
- #25 Cliff Empire
81% matchVery Positive87% of 4,350 reviews2019
Dev: Lion's Shade
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!
Why similar: Base Building 19.7%, Building 18%, Management 15.9%, Difficult 13.3%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #26 ArmaCulture
80% matchVery Positive89% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: RageForDragons
Windows
ArmaCulture is an indie factory-builder RPG set in the midst of a bitter, industrialized war between two nations in a fictional world similar to our own. The game combines illustrated character art with stylized pixel art to create a unique and dark historic atmosphere.
Why similar: World War II 32.3% ★, Wargame 18.8%, War 17.6%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 8.7%
- #27 Victory at Sea Atlantic - World War II Naval Warfare
78% matchMixed66% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Twin Artworks
Windows
Victory At Sea Atlantic transports you to the cold, unforgiving waters of the Atlantic Theatre in WWII. With a vast array of ships, planes, and subs, engage in epic sea battles & secure your place in history. Victory At Sea Atlantic is the ultimate naval warfare experience.
Why similar: World War II 28.2% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Historical 9.3%, War 6.7%, Base Building 6.6%
- #28 Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
79% matchVery Positive88% of 157 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 26.1% ★, Wargame 18.2%, Military 14.4%, War 11.9%, Historical 10%
- #29 One Military Camp
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 727 reviews2023
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!
Why similar: Base Building 28%, Building 21%, Management 18.9%, Sandbox 14.4%, Strategy 9%
- #30 Land of War - The Beginning
79% matchMixed52% of 746 reviews2021
Dev: MS GAMESPub: MS GAMES SP. Z O.O.
Windows
Assume duties of a soldier involved in numerous battles and skirmishes with fast advancing German war machine. Go to battle on foot, driving armored vehicles, or flying an airplane. Use weapons not featured in any other game and feel a good, nostalgic climate of the production like MOHAA or COD.
Why similar: World War II 37.6% ★, Wargame 18.9%, Historical 11.6%, Military 10.1%, War 9.4%
- #31 Stickman Trenches
76% 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: Wargame 29.1%, Military 20.9%, War 17.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Base Building 8.5%
- #32 Foxhole
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 51,891 reviews2022
Dev: Siege Camp
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 76.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where thousands of players shape the outcome of a persistent online war. Every individual soldier is a player that contributes to the war effort through logistics, base building, reconnaissance, combat, and more.
Why similar: World War II 24.3% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Military 14.4%, Base Building 13.3%, War 10.8%
- #33 Blitzkrieg 3
78% matchMixed54% of 7,316 reviews2017
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.
Why similar: World War II 34.4% ★, Military 15.9%, War 13%, Historical 10.8%, Tactical 8.2%
- #34 Empires of the Undergrowth
72% matchVery Positive94% of 17,871 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Base Building 20.6%, Building 16.1%, Historical 15.8%, Management 13.6%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #35 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
77% 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 II 24.1% ★, Wargame 19.9%, Military 16.6%, Tactical 9.4%, War 8.4%
- #36 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 225 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 19.2 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 26.5% ★, Wargame 20.9%, Military 15.9%, War 12.5%, Historical 8.9%
- #37 Partisans 1941
74% matchVery Positive82% of 8,647 reviews2020
Dev: Alter GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game with stealth elements, set on the eastern front of WW II. As an army commander behind enemy lines you gather a group of Partisans to wage guerilla warfare against the German occupants.
Why similar: World War II 49.2% ★, Tactical 10.9%, War 10.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Historical 9.2%
- #38 Steel Division 2
73% 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: World War II 30.7% ★, Military 14.8%, Wargame 13.3%, War 10.8%, Historical 8.5%
- #39 Total Tank Generals
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 322 reviews2023
Dev: Noobz From PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Every war has its Generals. Take command of an army during World War II and lead them to victory. Strategize your way through many scenarios and real historical military campaigns of past generals.
Why similar: World War II 36.2% ★, Wargame 14.1%, War 11.1%, Historical 11.1%, Military 10.7%
- #40 Frontline: Western Front
74% 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: World War II 23.9% ★, Wargame 15%, Military 11.5%, War 9.4%, Historical 9%
- #41 Commandos: Origins
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,353 reviews2025
Dev: Claymore Game StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
ALARM! You have been selected for a mission which will shape the fate of the entire world. Witness the very beginning of the legendary elite WWII force in Commandos: Origins. The long-awaited sequel to the Commandos series brings you right back to the foundation of the real-time tactics genre.
Why similar: World War II 28.6% ★, Wargame 24.4%, Military 14.9%, Strategy 9.2%, Historical 8.9%
- #42 Surviving the Aftermath
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,528 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: Base Building 22.7%, Survival 16.3%, Strategy 14.7%, Building 11.8%, Simulation 8.6%
- #43 Dieselpunk Wars
73% matchMixed63% of 157 reviews2021
Dev: Image Power S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Dieselpunk Wars is a vehicle building game, focused on combat with advanced physics and damage simulation. Use over 300 elements to build a war machine of your dreams. Construct vehicles that ride on the ground, soar through the skies, or dive underwater. Prepare for combat and test your skills!
Why similar: Building 25.4%, War 24.4%, Military 24.2%, Sandbox 17.5%, Simulation 6.6%
- #44 Panzer Knights
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,966 reviews2021
Dev: 樂磚Joy BrickPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Lead a German panzer platoon through the chaos of World War II in this intense, anime-inspired tank simulation. Assemble an elite crew, deploy legendary tanks, and survive fierce engagements where cunning and skill will decide victory or defeat.
Why similar: World War II 41.4% ★, Wargame 21%, War 17.3%, Military 11.6%, Simulation 3.5%
- #45 Until the Last Plane
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: CarloC
Windows · Mac
Until the Last Plane is an airfield management game during WW2. Send pilots on mission. Craft spare parts. Repair your planes. Face your enemy and resist.
Why similar: World War II 32.2% ★, Military 14.9%, Management 13.4%, Historical 12.1%, War 11.5%
- #46 War Hospital
70% 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: Wargame 20.2%, Military 17.1%, Base Building 14.4%, Historical 13.1%, Building 11.6%
- #47 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
68% matchVery Positive85% of 32,016 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 73.9 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: World War II 43.6% ★, Military 16.4%, Historical 16.3%, War 15.3%, Strategy 7.2%
- #48 This War of Mine
69% matchVery Positive94% of 97,008 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Survival 24.1%, War 21.9%, Base Building 16.7%, Wargame 12.7%, Management 8.9%
- #49 First Feudal
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 634 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Base Building 25.9%, Building 19.8%, Management 13.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival 8.9%
- #50 TrenchesWIP
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,625 reviews2019
Dev: Big OOF Games PTY LTDPub: -
Windows
Multiplayer combined-arms first-person shooter set in an alternate history. Build and upgrade bases, harvest resources, construct defenses, purchase weapons and vehicles to overcome the enemy!
Why similar: World War II 45% ★, Wargame 20.4%, War 15.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 5.2%
- #51 Builders of Egypt
70% matchMostly Negative35% of 470 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Labs
Windows
Builders of Egypt is a city-building economic strategy taking place in the Nile Valley. Immerse yourself in a world full of pyramids, where you will become a part of the ancient world. Create history, be history!
Why similar: Historical 16.1%, Building 15.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Management 11.1%, War 10%
- #52 Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,208 reviews2023
Dev: Iron Wolf Studio S.A.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter brings you an authentic and historically accurate destroyer simulation along with gripping anti-submarine warfare set in the turmoils of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.
Why similar: World War II 31.8% ★, Military 16.1%, Wargame 14.6%, War 11.7%, Historical 9.5%
- #53 Warlord: Britannia
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,858 reviews2022
Dev: Darkmatter Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Lead a Roman expeditionary force into the heart of Ancient Britain! Recruit, promote, and upgrade your legionaries while constructing a series of fortified marching camps. Use Roman tactics and strategies to conquer the entire island and become Warlord!
Why similar: Base Building 36%, Historical 27%, Strategy 14%, Sandbox 11.2%, Action 4%
- #54 Infection Free Zone
65% matchVery Positive81% of 17,669 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Base Building 38.8%, Management 16.9%, Survival 12.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Strategy 11%
- #55 Castle Craft
63% matchVery Positive82% of 464 reviews2026
Dev: Twin EarthPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Will your castle survive the relentless onslaught, or collapse under pressure? Build, manage resources, and outsmart your foes in a world where everything can be destroyed. Use strategy and creativity to turn the chaos into your greatest advantage!
Why similar: Wargame 23.4%, Base Building 19.5%, Survival 15.7%, Building 15.2%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #56 Skirmish Line
67% 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: World War II 50.8% ★, Difficult 13.7%, War 10.9%, Strategy 8.9%, Tactical 7.1%
- #57 Sherman Commander
64% 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: World War II 28.1% ★, Wargame 16.6%, Military 14.4%, Historical 11.5%, War 11.3%
- #58 Frontline: World War II
67% matchVery Positive84% of 58 reviews2021
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Immerse yourself in the captivating atmosphere of World War II, as you meticulously plan your moves and adapt to the ever-changing battlefield. With a wide array of units and tactical options at your disposal, success is determined by your strategic prowess and adaptability.
Why similar: World War II 34.3% ★, Wargame 20.1%, Military 16%, War 11.8%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #59 Undying Symphony
64% matchVery Positive84% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Siberian Koala
Windows
«Undying Symphony» tells a story about challenges that Leningrad people faced during the Siege and shows us one of the most tragic episodes of Leningrad history
Why similar: World War II 49.8% ★, Historical 18.6%, Military 17.2%, Story Rich 5.3%, 3D 3%