- #1 Civil War II
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 345 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 24.9%, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Historical 16%, Simulation 13.5%, Wargame 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: Built on the same engine as the seed game, this title offers the most similar experience by focusing on the American Civil War with deep historical detail.
- #2 To End All Wars
96% 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 34.8%, Grand Strategy 25.3% ★, Wargame 20.8%, Simulation 19.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a comprehensive simulation of the First World War using the same complex, turn-based engine found in the seed game.
- #3 Alea Jacta Est
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 137 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
“ALEA JACTA EST” (The Die is Cast) is what Caesar said as he crossed the Rubicon River when he learned that the Senate had removed him from his command. Crossing that small Italian river was equivalent to disobeying Rome’s orders and entering into open rebellion in this historical turn-based strategy wargame .
Why similar: Strategy 34.1%, Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, Simulation 18.1%, Historical 17.9%, Multiplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, historically rich grand strategy game focused on the Roman Civil Wars that shares the seed game's core mechanics.
- #4 Strategic Command: American Civil War
94% matchVery Positive85% of 233 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: Strategy 29.5%, Wargame 29.2%, Historical 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Multiplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly regarded turn-based wargame that balances grand strategy and tactical combat with a similar focus on historical accuracy.
- #5 Wars of Napoleon
95% 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 35.4%, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Historical 18.5%, Turn-Based 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Another excellent AGEOD title that captures the grand scale and logistical challenges of the Napoleonic era.
- #6 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
94% matchVery Positive87% of 741 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.3% ★, Wargame 21.5%, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Historical 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A complex political and military simulation set in the Chinese Warlord era that captures the same chaotic, multi-faction struggle as the seed game.
- #7 SGS Taipings
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 226 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The game recreates the Taïping Rebellion (1851-64), the deadliest Chinese civil war, costing the lives of millions. Play the Taïping rebels and their allies, fighting to create their own state, or be the Qing Emperor and crush the revolt and its foreign devils allies before it topples your dynasty.
Why similar: Wargame 43.7%, Strategy 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Historical 14.8%, Multiplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team behind many similar wargames, this title focuses on the Taiping Rebellion with a similar engine and historical depth.
- #8 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
92% matchVery Positive92% of 428 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 29.8%, Strategy 25.2%, Simulation 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Historical 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for deep, operational-level wargaming, perfect for players who appreciate the intense simulation of the seed game.
- #9 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
91% matchVery Positive86% of 86 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: Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, Strategy 24.4%, Wargame 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Historical 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that utilizes a similar engine to the seed game to simulate intense, localized historical conflicts.
- #10 Strategic Command: World War I
91% matchVery Positive92% of 464 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 62.4%, Wargame 26.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep, hex-based strategic experience that mirrors the scale and complexity of the seed game's civil war simulation.
- #11 Gary Grigsby's War in the West
89% matchVery Positive86% of 175 reviews2017
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Gary Grigsby’s War in the West is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made.
Why similar: Simulation 44.3%, Wargame 28.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly detailed look at the Western Front of WWII, appealing to fans of the seed game's complex logistical management.
- #12 Pride of Nations
90% matchMixed49% of 136 reviews2011
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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: Grand Strategy 25.7% ★, Strategy 25.2%, Historical 13.6%, Simulation 12.1%, Turn-Based 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: An AGEOD grand strategy game that focuses on the complexities of 19th-century diplomacy and colonial expansion.
- #13 Field of Glory: Empires
88% matchVery Positive83% of 858 reviews2019
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 30.4 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: Grand Strategy 23.5% ★, Strategy 22.2%, Historical 14.8%, Wargame 13.5%, Turn-Based 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that combines deep historical simulation with a focus on managing the rise and fall of empires.
- #14 Pike and Shot : Campaigns
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 384 reviews2015
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The ultimate wargame set in the age of Pike and Shot is back. You are now in full charge of your nation’s armies, throughout a long campaign in the struggle for dominance.
Why similar: Strategy 27.4%, Wargame 25.6%, Historical 18.3%, Turn-Based 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based historical wargame that captures the tactical and strategic nuances of early modern warfare.
- #15 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,322 reviews2021
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 83.3 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 37.5%, Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Historical 22.2%, Wargame 15.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed historical simulation that allows players to manage the American Civil War with a focus on both strategy and real-time tactical battles.
- #16 Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
86% matchVery Positive88% of 240 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 51.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Wargame 22.2%, Multiplayer 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed operational wargame that forces players to manage complex supply lines and political decisions.
- #17 Shadow Empire
85% matchVery Positive85% of 1,723 reviews2020
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
Why similar: Wargame 23%, Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep simulation of logistics, military command, and procedural history that will satisfy fans of complex wargames.
- #18 Advanced Tactics Gold
86% matchVery Positive84% of 176 reviews2014
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Advanced Tactics: Gold offers a unique and infinitely replayable wargaming experience for any strategy fan. Building off of the enormous success of Advanced Tactics: World War II, the Gold edition gives players a more powerful game editor, much improved random game engine, many new features and abilities, and more.
Why similar: Wargame 30.8%, Strategy 27.8%, Turn-Based 15.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, hex-based wargame that offers immense replayability and complex military simulation.
- #19 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
84% matchVery Positive91% of 179 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: Wargame 22.2%, Grand Strategy 20.7% ★, Historical 12.4%, Strategy 11.8%, Turn-Based 11%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the operational level of the Eastern Front, providing a tight, historically focused wargaming experience.
- #20 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,248 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 50.2 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: Grand Strategy 32.2% ★, Wargame 28.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Historical 11%, Simulation 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A massive grand strategy simulation that covers modern history with a focus on military and economic management.
- #21 Panzer Corps 2
82% matchVery Positive85% of 4,064 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 58.1 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: Strategy 21%, Wargame 18.7%, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Turn-Based 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic hex-based wargame that offers deep strategic gameplay and a high level of historical polish.
- #22 Victory and Glory: The American Civil War
83% matchMixed65% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Forced March GamesPub: Lock 'n Load Publishing
Windows
Victory and Glory: The American Civil War is a game of grand strategy and fast-play tactical battles where you take the role of either the Union or the Confederates and attempt to win.
Why similar: Strategy 39.5%, Simulation 27.8%, Wargame 21%, Turn-Based 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that blends historical events with a focus on military campaign management.
- #23 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
82% matchVery Positive89% of 132 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: Grand Strategy 29.3% ★, Wargame 25.4%, Strategy 17.3%, Historical 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A companion to the Barbarossa title that maintains the same focus on intense, turn-based operational combat.
- #24 Unity of Command II
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,102 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Strategy 20.8%, Wargame 19%, Grand Strategy 19% ★, Turn-Based 13.5%, Simulation 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the critical importance of supply lines and operational movement, mirroring the core challenges of the seed game.
- #25 Rebel Inc: Escalation
79% matchVery Positive82% of 7,070 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.2% ★, Historical 23.2%, Strategy 20.1%, Simulation 13.7%, Multiplayer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: While more modern, it captures the intense political and military balancing act required to stabilize a region in conflict.
- #26 Commander: The Great War
81% 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 30.6%, Wargame 22.3%, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Historical 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that simplifies the complexities of WWI into an accessible but deep grand strategy experience.
- #27 Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition
81% matchVery Positive87% of 179 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows
Making History Gold Edition is the expanded and updated version of the original WWII grand strategy game Making History: Calm & the Storm. Command your nation and change the course of history.
Why similar: Strategy 59.4%, Simulation 40.6%
Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that covers the lead-up to and duration of WWII with a focus on historical simulation.
- #28 Blocks!: Julius Caesar
79% matchMixed52% of 71 reviews2019
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Blocks!: Julius Caesar is an epic two-player wargame that brings the drama of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BC) to life. Take control of the legions of Caesar or Pompey against AI or in online Multiplayer. Fight to determine the future of Rome: Republic or Empire.
Why similar: Strategy 35.5%, Simulation 25.6%, Wargame 17.9%, Historical 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A digital adaptation of a board game that captures the strategic tension of historical warfare in a turn-based format.
- #29 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 223 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 19.4 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: Wargame 39.7%, Historical 18.8%, Strategy 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven, turn-based wargame that focuses on the Soviet perspective during World War II.
- #30 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
77% 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 23.9%, Grand Strategy 23.3% ★, Strategy 19.8%, Simulation 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%
- #31 Ultimate General: Civil War
76% matchVery Positive89% of 8,396 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 46.4 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 28.4%, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Strategy 14.8%, Historical 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%
- #32 For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 171 reviews2009
Dev: Crystal Empire GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.1% ★, Historical 20.8%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 14.3%, Wargame 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic grand strategy title that offers deep historical simulation and complex political management.
- #33 Panzer Corps Gold
76% matchVery Positive92% of 2,690 reviews2014
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 56.4 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: Strategy 26.7%, Wargame 24.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Turn-Based 12.3%, Historical 10.7%
- #34 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
77% matchVery Positive81% of 2,701 reviews2014
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.
Why similar: Strategy 31.2%, Historical 26.9%, Wargame 26.2%, Simulation 13.3%, Multiplayer 1.8%
- #35 Age of History II
74% matchVery Positive90% of 49,233 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 61.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.1% ★, Strategy 22.6%, Historical 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based 9.6%
- #36 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
70% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 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: Grand Strategy 35.7% ★, Historical 23.7%, Strategy 22.7%, Simulation 16.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #37 Old World
72% matchVery Positive82% of 6,135 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.1% ★, Historical 17.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Turn-Based 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%
- #38 Age of History 3
70% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 39.8%, Grand Strategy 37.3% ★, Strategy 21.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #39 Making History: The Great War
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 453 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: Grand Strategy 28.8% ★, Strategy 20.1%, Historical 15.6%, Simulation 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #40 Sudden Strike Gold
73% matchVery Positive88% of 488 reviews2017
Dev: FireglowPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Set in World War 2, Sudden Strike offers revolutionary real-time-strategy gameplay. Command Russian, German, French, American and British armies in large scale battles including urban warfare, beach landings and aerial invasions. Whichever tactics you choose, you will find it in Sudden Strike!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #41 Sengoku
75% matchMixed62% of 473 reviews2011
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Use your power as a Feudal Lord to unite the land of the Rising Sun under your iron fist.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.3% ★, Strategy 30.1%, Historical 20.9%, Simulation 16.7%
- #42 Crisis in the Kremlin
72% matchVery Positive84% of 1,444 reviews2017
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
Why similar: Strategy 45.4%, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Historical 15.1%, Simulation 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
- #43 Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm Player's Edition
73% 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 43.2%, Strategy 34.6%, Simulation 8.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Multiplayer 3.6%
- #44 Wargame: Red Dragon
71% matchVery Positive89% of 19,617 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: Strategy 45.9%, Wargame 37.7%, Simulation 9.9%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #45 Aggression: Europe Under Fire
73% matchMixed55% of 118 reviews2014
Dev: Lesta StudioPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Aggression is a military real-time strategy game set within a historic context featuring role-playing elements. Play the role of a political leader of Russia, Great Britain, France or Germany. It is up to you to take firm decisions at the crucial period of the European history – the World Wars ages covering 1914 – 1945.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #46 Hearts of Iron III
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 6,046 reviews2009
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.8% ★, Strategy 22.3%, Historical 18%, Simulation 8.1%, Wargame 7.2%
- #47 Strategic Command WWII: World at War
70% matchVery Positive84% of 595 reviews2018
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: World At War is your chance to re-fight the 20th century’s greatest conflict, from Poland to China, Normandy to the Pacific, on a map encompassing the globe.
Why similar: Strategy 47%, Turn-Based 19.3%, Wargame 18.8%, Grand Strategy 14.9% ★
- #48 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,012 reviews2012
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Unity of Command is an innovative and refreshing operational-level wargame that covers the entire 1942/43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.
Why similar: Strategy 27.4%, Wargame 24.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based 14.3%, Historical 10.9%
- #49 SGS NATO's Nightmare
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?
Why similar: Wargame 31.3%, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Historical 10.5%
- #50 Field of Glory: Kingdoms
66% matchVery Positive83% of 317 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: Strategy 34.5%, Wargame 30.5%, Historical 21.2%, Grand Strategy 9% ★, Multiplayer 4.8%
- #51 Europa Universalis IV
67% matchVery Positive88% of 135,916 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 279.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.9% ★, Wargame 22.2%, Historical 18.9%, Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 11.2%
- #52 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,461 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.0 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: Grand Strategy 34.9% ★, Strategy 32.4%, Simulation 16.4%, Historical 12.7%, Multiplayer 2.9%
- #53 Twilight Struggle
67% matchVery Positive87% of 2,936 reviews2016
Dev: Playdek, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.
Why similar: Wargame 29.3%, Historical 19.4%, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Simulation 11.5%
- #54 Making History II: The War of the World
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 397 reviews2010
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
What if Germany won the Battle of Britain? What if Moscow fell in 1942?You’re in charge. Anything can happen and history will never repeat itself in this classic WWII grand strategy game MAKING HISTORY II: The War of the World. Are you ready to battle for global dominance?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.4% ★, Strategy 26.8%, Simulation 15%, Historical 12.2%, Turn-Based 10.6%
- #55 Power & Revolution
69% matchMixed56% of 1,294 reviews2016
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
In Power & Revolution, become a Head of State of one or several countries of your choice and extend your influence on the world, or play as a legal or illegal opposition leader and get ready for the conquest to power!
Why similar: Strategy 42.8%, Simulation 30.6%, Grand Strategy 26.6% ★
- #56 Imperial Glory
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,323 reviews2014
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.2 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 50.4%, Historical 28.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Multiplayer 4.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #57 Silent Storm Gold Edition
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,061 reviews2013
Dev: NivalPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...
Why similar: Strategy 42%, Turn-Based 39.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #58 Making History: The Calm & the Storm
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 624 reviews2007
Dev: Muzzy LanePub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Making History® delivers the open-ended gameplay of strategy-game classics, but with compelling new economic, military, and diplomatic systems and deep research that lets you play with real historical challenges.
Why similar: Strategy 39.7%, Grand Strategy 34.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Historical 11.6%
- #59 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 144 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 26.3%, Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Strategy 20.9%, Historical 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%