- #1 Peninsular War Battles
97% matchMixed48% of 31 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Peninsular War Battles places you at the forefront of Napoleon’s campaign to conquer Portugal and Spain. Play is possible as the British, French or Spanish across 5 campaigns with a total of 40 missions.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #2 Hold the Line: The American Revolution
96% matchMixed45% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
Hold the Line covers battles fought during the American Revolution. This game is a careful conversion of the board game of the same name developed by Worthington Publishing. Jump in and take command of the American or British forces during this pivotal moment in the history of nations!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #3 Battles of the Ancient World
96% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
The ‘Battles of the Ancient World’ game system is a tactical simulation of some of the greatest and most important battles from 1457 B.C. to 378 A.D.. Each scenario features one of these great battles and players may play as either side. The game has been designed to ensure maximum playability and historical accuracy, in that order.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #4 Tank Battle: 1945
95% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
The end is near for the Third Reich, masters of Europe for too long! In Tank Battle: 1945 you will fight some missions as the German Army, in its last efforts to prevent the Allied advance.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #5 Tank Battle: Blitzkrieg
94% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
‘Tank Battle: Blitzkrieg!’ recreates the first battles of World War II. On 1st September 1939 the German army marched into Poland, two weeks later the Soviets also invaded and the Polish army was crushed by 6th October. Over the coming months the Germans expanded their grip on Europe with further invasions of Denmark and Norway.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #6 Tank Battle: Normandy
94% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Land your troops on the beaches of northern France, lay bridges to cross flooded enemy defences, avoid tanktraps, clear the area of dangerous minefields, overcome the enemy and claim the beachhead for the Allies!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #7 Tank Battle: Pacific
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Capture the experience of being a tank commander in the Pacific Theatre in World War Two. Fight battles between Japan, France, China, Russia, British Commonwealth and The United States of America. The game has a wide range of features from the tank battles of Northern Manchuria to the battlefields of Burma and the landings on the Pacific...
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #8 Tank Battle: East Front
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Use hex based tactical combat to dominate foes on the Russian front of the Second World War. Fight as the Germans or the Soviets in a series of ever more complex missions.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #9 Civil War: Gettysburg
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought from 1st to 3rd July 1863, in Pennsylvania. The battle resulted the largest number of casualties in any battle of the entire war, and was the turning point of the American Civil War. Over three days General George Meade’s Army of the Potomac defeated the Confederate army of General Robert E.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #10 Civil War: 1864
91% matchMixed62% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Civil War: 1864 is the latest addition to our Civil War strategy series, bringing you the ferocious battles from 1864. Experience the American Civil War like never before with with over 40 missions; including 20 detailed historical battles.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #11 Civil War: 1862
90% matchMixed56% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
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 100%
- #12 Civil War: Bull Run 1861
89% matchMixed48% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Bull Run recreates the first major battle of the American Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies. Take command of an Union army of Northeast Virginia or the Confederate army of Potomac and Shenandoah and engage in the largest battle fought on American soil to date.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #13 Civil War: 1865
89% matchMixed52% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
After Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina, fell to the Union, in early 1865, Jefferson Davis belatedly handed over the supreme command or the army to General Lee. This could not stop the Union armies pressing on through North Carolina, capturing Fayetteville, Bentonville, Goldsboro and Raleigh by mid-April.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #14 Battle Academy
86% matchVery Positive85% of 362 reviews2014
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.
Why similar: World War II 59.5% ★, Strategy 40.5%
- #15 Frontline : Road to Moscow
87% matchMixed59% of 66 reviews2014
Dev: 88mmPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Take command of the German army through some of the most famous battles of the war, leading the mighty Wehrmacht on towards Moscow. The variety of maps and battle situations is what makes Frontline so different and engaging: players are confronted with blitzkriegs, trench wars and dog fights, but also unusual situation such as missions...
Why similar: Strategy 59.5%, World War II 40.5% ★
- #16 CHEXS
86% matchMixed47% of 15 reviews2016
Dev: Turnopia
Windows · Mac
CHEXS is an evolution of chess, a new take on the old classic. It is a strategy game played on a hexagonal board where both sides move all of its pieces within a single turn, then all movements are solved simultaneusly.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #17 Lightning: D-Day
85% matchMixed48% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
This 1 on 1 card game recreates the drama of the day Allied soldiers went ashore in occupied France, 6 June 1944.
Why similar: Strategy 54.6%, World War II 45.4% ★
- #18 Drive on Moscow
84% matchVery Positive80% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Shenandoah StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Drive on Moscow: War in the Snow, a strategy game from the award-winning makers of Battle of the Bulge, invites you to take command of the pivotal battle of World War II! Defend the homeland as the Soviets, or lead a bold push to seize the Soviet capital as the Axis.
Why similar: World War II 51.1% ★, Strategy 48.9%
- #19 Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition
82% 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: World War II 51.2% ★, Strategy 48.8%
- #20 Frontline : Longest Day
84% matchMostly Negative32% of 19 reviews2014
Dev: 88mmPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
In Frontline: The Longest Day, players command the Allied forces through some of the most famous battles of the war, freeing Europe from the hands of the German Army. The game takes place over five massive, engaging and challenging missions, all inspired by historical missions which took place during operation Overlord: Utah, Omaha,...
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #21 Across the Rhine
83% matchMixed59% of 32 reviews2014
Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Armoured combat from D-day to the end of the war in Europe!
Why similar: World War II 51.3% ★, Strategy 48.7%
- #22 Morps
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Random developers
Windows
Morps game is 2D pixel art strategy with simple principies of fight and defense. Use your king to control Morp´s world. The future of little creatures and end tyranny of king Gark is in your hands.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #23 1942: The Pacific Air War
82% matchMixed56% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
They were desperate, daring and deadly! For the past 50 years, only the courageous veteran pilots of World War II knew the real risks of fighting the legendary Pacific air wars. Now it's your turn!
Why similar: World War II 51.1% ★, Strategy 48.9%
- #24 Medieval Battle: Europe
79% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Fight various battles across Europe throughout the medieval ages.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #25 Panzer Tactics HD
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 239 reviews2014
Dev: SproingPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Strategists to the frontline!The HD remake of the Nintendo DS classic.Are you the strategist that the world has been waiting for?
Why similar: World War II 59% ★, Strategy 41%
- #26 Close Combat - Panthers in the Fog
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 200 reviews2015
Dev: Matrix Games
Windows
Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog details the desperate German counter-attack at Mortain, the last chance of the Wehrmacht to stave off defeat in Normandy. Can you match the tenacity of the American defenders of Hill 314? Or can you succeed where the Panzers failed, driving through to the sea and changing history?
Why similar: World War II 51.7% ★, Strategy 48.3%
- #27 Ancient Battle: Hannibal
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows · Mac
Ancient Battle: Hannibal is the newest edition to the Ancient Battles series. Experience the magnificence of the Punic Wars!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #28 Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe
76% matchVery Positive91% of 424 reviews2017
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe is a deeply immersive turn based strategy game covering the greatest conflict in modern history!
Why similar: Strategy 68.8%, World War II 31.2% ★
- #29 The Few
79% matchMixed52% of 203 reviews2014
Dev: BlackMoon DesignPub: BlackMoon Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Take command over RAF during the WW2 history turning point, the Battle of Britain! The goal of the game is to defend Great Britain against German bombing raids.
Why similar: Strategy 56.5%, World War II 43.5% ★
- #30 Kursk - Battle at Prochorovka
77% matchMixed45% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
A fan of WW2 strategy war games? Like to think about your next move rather than having quick reaction times? Battle Series Eastern Front - Kursk - Battle at Prochorovka is the game for you. Battle Series Eastern Front - Kursk - Battle at Prochorovka, covers one of largest single tank battle in the history of warfare.
Why similar: Strategy 57.9%, World War II 42.1% ★
- #31 Forward Line
75% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Dreamreason
Windows
Forward Line is a war strategy game with a focus on combined arms, logistics and military science.
Why similar: Strategy 56.3%, World War II 43.7% ★
- #32 Pirates vs Corsairs: Davy Jones's Gold
78% matchMixed59% of 34 reviews2015
Dev: Little World StudioPub: M.INDIE
Windows · Mac
Davy Jones' gold has been lying at the bottom of the sea for years... ... it's time to bring it to the surface!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #33 CoH 2 - The Western Front Armies: Oberkommando West
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 403 reviews2014
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
This individual army for COH2 allows you to access all existing COH2 maps in auto-match, and play against all other existing factions in multiplayer. It can also be obtained at a discount by acquiring The Western Front Armies multiplayer standalone, where it is bundled with the USF army.
Why similar: Strategy 57.9%, World War II 42.1% ★
- #34 Sudden Strike 3
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 219 reviews2017
Dev: FireglowPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Experience the hit World War 2 real-time strategy game for the first time in full 3D glory, expanding on all strategic and tactical options. Command joint operations of naval, land-based and airborne units on the largest maps in the series.
Why similar: Strategy 51.4%, World War II 48.6% ★
- #35 Aggression: Europe Under Fire
77% 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%
- #36 Hidden & Dangerous: Action Pack
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 182 reviews2017
Dev: Illusion SoftworksPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
The year is 1941. Your special forces team has been shot down deep inside enemy territory and it's now reliant on your cunning and tactical thinking to get them safely across the border. The odds are stacked against you. Have you got what it takes?
Why similar: Strategy 52.4%, World War II 47.6% ★
- #37 IWO: Bloodbath in the Bonins
75% matchMixed43% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: Guerilla Tea GamesPub: HexWar Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Iwo Jima was a critical point on the flight path of US bombers from their Saipan bases to their Japanese targets. The island would be a refuge for malfunctioning or damaged bombers coming or going. An obvious target for a US amphibious assault, the Japanese had reinforced the garrison and dug miles of tunnels the length and breadth of...
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #38 King and Assassins
74% matchMostly Negative32% of 93 reviews2018
Dev: PlaysoftPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Discover the digital adaptation of this renowned two-player game. Can you safeguard the King all the way to his castle? Danger abounds in an angry mob controlled by your opponent. Three assassins are planning to murder the monarch! Get ready for a fight – the hunt is on!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #39 Company of Heroes 2
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 112,211 reviews2013
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 57.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.
Why similar: Strategy 68.5%, World War II 31.5% ★
- #40 Tank Battle: North Africa
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 38 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Take command as the British Commonwealth and U.S. forces fight the Germans in the North African theatre and lead your battalion to victory in challenging tactical battles.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #41 Nuts!: The Battle of the Bulge
73% matchMostly Negative36% of 47 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Nuts!: The Battle of the Bulge is a Decision Games card game that recreates the famous World War Two battle (16-31 Dec 1944) in which the German Army mounted a surprise attack on the thin U.S. forces deployed in the Ardennes region.
Why similar: World War II 55.5% ★, Strategy 44.5%
- #42 Tank Operations: European Campaign
60% matchVery Positive83% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Linked DimensionsPub: 2tainment GmbH
Windows
Tank Operation: European Campaign - is a turn-based, tactical war game with a dozen nerve-racking historical scenarios on the various battlefields of World War II. As an allied general you fight right on the frontline to defeat the Third Reich with all its destructive potential.
Why similar: Strategy 51.2%, World War II 48.8% ★
- #43 Rush for Berlin Gold
72% matchVery Positive87% of 186 reviews2009
Dev: StormregionPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
By the creators of Codename Panzers: Stormregion; this real-time strategy title will once more take you onto the European battlefields of the Second World War. 1944–1945: In a race for the German capital Berlin, you take command of American, British, French and Soviet Red Army forces.
Why similar: Strategy 62.1%, World War II 37.9% ★
- #44 Theatre of War
73% matchMixed61% of 364 reviews2010
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Command a special task force composed of different kinds of units, including tanks, APCs, field guns, mortars, various infantry regiments and will also have an opportunity to call for artillery and air support.
Why similar: World War II 58.5% ★, Strategy 41.5%
- #45 COH 2 - The Western Front Armies: US Forces
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 412 reviews2014
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
This individual army for COH2 allows you to access all existing COH2 maps in auto-match, and play against all other existing factions in multiplayer. It can also be obtained at a discount by acquiring The Western Front Armies multiplayer standalone, where it is bundled with the OKW army.
Why similar: World War II 51.3% ★, Strategy 48.7%
- #46 100 Years’ War
68% matchMostly Positive64% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Fight the various battles of the 100 Years Was throughout the Medieval ages.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #47 The Base
69% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: GMGame
Windows
PC only tower defence inspired by oldschool RTS games. Build up your defence in realtime under the constant pressure of creeps.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #48 Klotzen! Panzer Battles
63% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2022
Dev: Maxim Games
Windows
World War 2 turn based strategy with massive branching campaign, challenging difficulty and aggressive counterattacking AI. Change history by delaying Barbarossa by one year to deal with the UK, fight in Normandy and beyond in 1943, fight off UK invasion of Spain, invade USA and more.
Why similar: World War II 58.7% ★, Strategy 41.3%
- #49 Men of War: Condemned Heroes
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 753 reviews2012
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Command a Soviet penal battalion in this standalone real-time tactics game from the Men of War series. Based on true events, Condemned Heroes delivers brutal, story-driven missions across the Eastern Front – where every order, bullet, and life matters.
Why similar: World War II 55.2% ★, Strategy 44.8%
- #50 Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
60% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 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: World War II 54.9% ★, Strategy 45.1%
- #51 ASCII Wars
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James Oliver
Windows
Protect the servers. Locate the vulnerabilities. Exterminate the viruses. This fast paced strategy game lets you enter terminal commands from a VR interface to defeat the viruses before you become overrun.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #52 Stalingrad
68% matchVery Positive87% of 462 reviews2015
Dev: DTF gamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Stalingrad is a real-time strategy title that places gamers in the middle of the most dramatic periods of World War II, covering major events from June 1942 till January 1943.
Why similar: Strategy 54.4%, World War II 45.6% ★
- #53 Order of War™
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 670 reviews2009
Dev: Wargaming.netPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
October 22, 2009 - Update has released free Downloadable Content for Order of War. The DLC will download automatically the next time you launch the game. This DLC contains all the formerly exclusive pre-order items which include: Heavy Bomber Squadrons - Addition of German Arado and Allied B-24 Marauder heavy bomber units to air support...
Why similar: World War II 50.2% ★, Strategy 49.8%
- #54 Clash of Magic
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Narvalous Inc
Windows
On the United Island of Magic, there is an Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Students with magic powers, regardless of their ethnicity and background, can apply to this university. The acceptance rate is lower than Harvard.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #55 Rebels & Redcoats
67% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Rebels and Redcoats recreates the battlefields of the American Revolutionary War. The war began in 1775 when the American colonies rebelled against the British Empire, declaring their independence in 1776.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #56 Heart in the Cell: Rebirth
53% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Team Gingerbread Man
Windows
“Heart in the Cell: Rebirth” is a real-time strategy (RTS) game which integrates the UI itself into the combat system. Players will act as rebels and explore the secrets beneath the vast wings of Oniros Corporation in a world Of highly advanced artificial intelligence.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #57 Darkwinds
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MEGO GamesPub: Mego Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this new online card game, you must sail the dangerous seas of Thard, infested with ferocious pirates, dark spells and terrible creatures that will seek to sink you into the depths of oblivion. To survive, you must choose your crew wisely and create a powerful deck to defeat your opponents in order to become the most respected pirate...
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #58 Great Battles of the American Civil War
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Great Battles of the American Civil War is based on the ‘Great Battles of the American Civil War’ board games, which started with the classic game ‘Terrible Swift Sword’. This game recreates the significant battles of the American Civil War.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #59 Ancient Battle: Alexander
66% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Ancient Battle: Alexander delivers a unique wargaming experience on PC and Mac.
Why similar: Strategy 100%