Games Like Radio Commander: Vietnam '64

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: RTS 19.3%, War 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.6%, Military 15.4%, Historical 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact core mechanic of managing a battlefield through radio reports and map-based tactical commands.

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: Cold War 27% ★, Wargame 17.6%, Real Time Tactics 15%, RTS 12.7%, War 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A highly focused real-time tactical wargame that emphasizes unit management and the flow of battle in a Cold War setting.

War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.

Why similar: RTS 18.5%, Military 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, War 14.8%, Wargame 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: It places you in a command center where you must process information and issue orders to units in a realistic, high-pressure environment.

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: Wargame 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.6%, RTS 15.5%, War 13.9%, Military 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: You manage a complex military vehicle entirely through terminals and map interfaces, mirroring the immersive 'command tent' feel.

King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.

Why similar: Military 17%, Wargame 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, RTS 13.1%, War 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the difficulty of command, where you must issue orders that take time to reach your units, mirroring the communication delays in Radio Commander.

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: Cold War 21.9% ★, Wargame 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Military 12.9%, RTS 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, realistic tactical experience with a focus on modern military doctrine and unit coordination.

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: Real Time Tactics 20.3%, RTS 18.7%, Historical 12.8%, Wargame 12.7%, War 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven strategy game forces you to make difficult choices while managing your units' survival in a harsh historical setting.

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: Military 28.5%, Wargame 23.1%, RTS 15.3%, Simulation 14.5%, Difficult 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is the ultimate simulation of a modern command center, requiring deep analysis of data to manage complex military operations.

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: Cold War 21% ★, RTS 19.9%, Military 15.9%, Wargame 15%, Real Time Tactics 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic of the genre that provides a massive scale of Cold War conflict with a focus on realistic unit interactions.

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Strategy RPG 35.9%, Military 35.6%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 11.6%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique, tactile interface for managing a fleet and making tactical decisions under extreme pressure in a hostile environment.

Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.

Why similar: Cold War 46.8% ★, Military 17.5%, War 11.7%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: You must interpret sonar and radio data to make life-or-death tactical decisions, capturing the same 'blind' command experience.

Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.

Why similar: Wargame 25.9%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, RTS 17.6%, War 12.1%, Military 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A modern tactical wargame that emphasizes realistic unit variety and the complexities of contemporary combat.

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

Why similar: Wargame 19.4%, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, RTS 17.5%, Military 16.4%, Historical 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic tactical RTS that emphasizes unit preservation and the harsh realities of modern asymmetric combat.

From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.

Why similar: Cold War 32.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Military 15.7%, War 12%, RTS 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It requires careful tactical planning and data interpretation to succeed in tense naval engagements.

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 17.3%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, Tabletop 13.3%, RTS 12.7%, War 12%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the tactical challenges of commanding brigades and managing morale on a historical battlefield.

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: RTS 22.3%, Military 19.1%, Wargame 17.1%, War 14.7%, Historical 12%

Why You'll Like It: A historical wargame that focuses on the front-line management and tactical positioning of large-scale military forces.

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: Historical 20.9%, RTS 18%, Real Time Tactics 16.9%, War 14.9%, Wargame 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: This grand strategy title captures the logistical and command challenges of historical warfare with a focus on realistic decision-making.

Leave No One Behind is tactical real time strategy war game. Experience some of the hardest battles fought during the Vietnam War in 1965 between US Army and the Army of the Northern Vietnam for landing zones X-Ray and Albany and for Plei Me special forces camp.

Why similar: Wargame 20.2%, RTS 17.6%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Historical 10.2%, Military 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Thematically tied to the Vietnam War, this game focuses on the tactical challenges of small-unit infantry combat.

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: Military 22.8%, Wargame 16.8%, RTS 16.5%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, War 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical difficulties of asymmetric warfare and managing a military presence in a hostile territory.

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: Historical 26.4%, Wargame 24.6%, Cold War 19.4% ★, Strategy 16.2%, War 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that perfectly captures the unique counter-insurgency challenges of the Vietnam War.

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: Wargame 24.6%, RTS 12.7%, Simulation 12.5%, Military 11.3%, Strategy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: An extremely realistic tactical simulation that captures the brutal nature of front-line combat.

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

Why similar: RTS 20.6%, War 18.8%, Military 15.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Strategy 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides granular, detailed control over individual units, allowing for precise tactical maneuvers.

The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.

Why similar: Wargame 20.8%, RTS 17.9%, Military 14.4%, Historical 11.3%, War 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical wargame that emphasizes realistic military doctrine and the fog of war.

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: Military 23.2%, War 19.8%, Historical 17.3%, RTS 16.5%, Management 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that requires constant attention to crew needs and tactical data in a claustrophobic environment.

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 20.4%, Top-Down 18.1%, RTS 17.7%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical planning and execution in a top-down environment, emphasizing preparation and unit control.

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: Real Time Tactics 13%, Wargame 12.9%, Military 12.7%, RTS 12.7%, War 11.8%

ICBM is a real-time strategy game of nuclear destruction. Research new technologies, build up your nuclear stockpile and use a combination of ships, planes and missiles to strike at the heart of your opponents’ cities while keeping your population safe from harm.

Why similar: Cold War 30.2% ★, RTS 15.3%, Military 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, War 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic wargame that focuses on global command and control, requiring long-term planning and tactical execution.

Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.

Why similar: Cold War 24.8% ★, Wargame 14.2%, Military 11.9%, RTS 11.4%, Strategy RPG 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategic simulation that focuses on the 'command center' experience of global thermonuclear war.

Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

Why similar: Management 24%, War 20.3%, Simulation 15.5%, Difficult 13.7%, Strategy 11%

Why You'll Like It: A management simulation where effective communication and crew survival are essential to completing missions.

Command the sky in a tense real-time strategy simulation where you manage a nation's air defenses. Analyze radar contacts, scramble interceptor jets, and make split-second decisions to protect your airspace from hostile threats.

Why similar: Cold War 34.4% ★, Wargame 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, RTS 11.4%, Historical 7.6%

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: Wargame 29.5%, Military 18.1%, War 15.3%, Historical 13.4%, Strategy 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that emphasizes the importance of supply lines and unit positioning in achieving victory.

Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.

Why similar: Wargame 23.1%, Real Time Tactics 19.5%, RTS 17.4%, Military 11.9%, Historical 11.1%

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 19.6%, Military 17%, RTS 16.3%, Historical 14.7%, War 13.9%

A tactical immersive sim. You are underground with nothing but missiles. Design ballistic weapons, hunt billion-dollar radars with 20,000-dollar drones, flood the enemy with cruise missiles, or reach hypersonic technology. Welcome to asymmetric war.

Why similar: Cold War 25% ★, Wargame 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Military 13.5%, War 10.7%

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 21.5%, Wargame 21.4%, RTS 20%, War 10.4%, Strategy 10%

Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical game where you lead the soldiers and vehicles that battled across the globe during this time in history. Play hundreds of unique units across multiple game modes.

Why similar: Wargame 19.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, RTS 16.6%, Military 11.9%, Historical 11.7%

Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.

Why similar: Wargame 19.6%, RTS 18.7%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Military 11.8%, Strategy 8.8%

Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.

Why similar: Wargame 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, RTS 15.3%, Tabletop 13.8%, War 12.1%

Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968. Experience the chaos of the Vietnam War through two story-driven campaigns that reveal both sides of the conflict.

Why similar: RTS 17.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, War 15.8%, Cold War 15.7% ★, Strategy 12.5%

Armored Brigade II revolutionizes real-time tactical warfare in 3D, focusing on the intense combined arms combat of the Cold War era, from 1965 to 1991. Boasting a meticulously researched database and huge real-world terrain maps, this game offers an unparalleled combat simulation experience.

Why similar: Cold War 21.8% ★, Wargame 21.2%, RTS 17.7%, War 10.1%, Military 9%

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: Wargame 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Historical 12.5%, Military 12.4%, RTS 12%

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 19.5%, Cold War 18.3% ★, War 14.1%, Military 13.8%, Historical 13.4%

Your quest for the true immersive Civil War battle experience ends here. Voted in PC Gamers list of Best 100 Games of All Time, Take Command is an RTCS "Real-Time Combat Simulator" and you've never played anything like it!

Why similar: Wargame 20.3%, Real Time Tactics 17%, Artificial Intelligence 14.6%, RTS 14.1%, War 13.4%

Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

Why similar: Military 29.4%, RTS 25.9%, War 18.7%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 5.8%

Command modern military armies by zooming out and issuing orders to large formations, or zooming in to issue orders to individual squads and vehicles. Waronoi is the real-time strategy war game.

Why similar: Wargame 26.6%, RTS 23.3%, Military 18.3%, War 12.2%, Strategy 10.3%

Open world single-player FPS. Command your squad in battle across jungles, hills and villages of Vietnam. Fight as U.S or Vietcong. Vast arsenal of weapons and 50+ vehicles

Why similar: Cold War 27% ★, Wargame 22.8%, Historical 16.1%, Military 13.7%, War 13.1%

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: Real Time Tactics 22.8%, RTS 19.4%, Historical 17.5%, Military 16.4%, War 16%

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: Real Time Tactics 38.3%, War 14.4%, Historical 12.8%, Strategy RPG 11.7%, Strategy 11.4%

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: Cold War 24.4% ★, Wargame 22.2%, Simulation 17.7%, Strategy 13.6%, RTS 12.1%

The legendary Men of War RTS series has reached the cold war era. Take command of U.S. or Soviet soldiers, controlling vast armies with the military decisions down to you. Claim victory in dynamic singleplayer and co-op campaigns or challenge fellow strategists in online multiplayer!

Why similar: Cold War 33.4% ★, Simulation 18.8%, RTS 17.8%, Strategy 16.5%, War 13.5%

Upon discovering the location of the Al-Qaeda leader in exile, the US Army sends their best commandos to northern Pakistan. Take control of these commandos, send them behind enemy territories on a hazardous mission, and bring them back alive.

Why similar: RTS 21.7%, Real Time Tactics 21.5%, Military 18.1%, War 12%, Difficult 11.5%

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: Cold War 45.7% ★, Wargame 35.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Top-Down 8.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%

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: Wargame 15.4%, Tabletop 15.3%, Strategy RPG 13.2%, Historical 13.1%, War 12.7%

Game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. Answer incoming calls and react properly - give first aid instructions, advise, dispatch correct number of firemen / police / ambulances, or sometimes - just ignore the call. Play on ANY CITY in the world!

Why similar: Management 31%, Simulation 24.7%, Real Time Tactics 19.4%, Strategy 18%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command of historical ones.

Why similar: Wargame 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, RTS 12.5%, Historical 11.4%, Tabletop 10.8%

Nuclear war simulator is a detailed realistic simulation and visualization of large-scale nuclear conflicts with a focus on humanitarian consequences. It lets you design conflict scenarios and estimate the consequences using a population density map and realistic weapons effects.

Why similar: Wargame 26.3%, RTS 21.4%, Military 17.7%, Simulation 13.5%, Management 9.3%

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 18.4%, Military 15.7%, RTS 14.9%, Strategy RPG 14.3%, Historical 13.1%

ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.

Why similar: Cold War 22.9% ★, Wargame 22.8%, RTS 17.2%, Military 10.6%, War 9.2%

Steel Armor: Blaze of War is realistic tank simulator with tactical elements. The game models Soviet T-62 tank and US M60A1 tank in detail. Each tank has interactive cockpit with crew. Player controls a tank, and commands a tank platoon and attached forces in 4 large scale dynamic campaigns.

Why similar: Cold War 28.4% ★, Military 18.9%, Simulation 13.6%, War 11.3%, Historical 9.6%

Commander, your strike team is to dive deep into the contaminated city of Sun Stone and get some answers before the mysterious deadly plague spreads . Good luck Commander!

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 23.2%, Military 18.3%, Wargame 16.1%, RTS 15.8%, Top-Down 9%