- #1 Scourge Of War - Remastered
97% matchVery Positive89% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: Norb Software Development LLC
Windows
Welcome to Scourge of War, a real-time 3D computer game/simulation developed by NorbSoftDev, the company headed by renowned game designer Norb Timpko, designer of Mad Minute Games' acclaimed Take Command series. Scourge of War is the epitome of historical command simulations.
Why similar: Wargame 15.4%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Grand Strategy 11.3% ★, Military 11.2%, RTS 8.8%
- #2 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
96% 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: Historical 23.6%, Wargame 20.8%, RTS 17.8%, Strategy 10.4%, Tactical 9%
- #3 Ultimate General: Civil War
95% 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: America 17.7% ★, Wargame 16.1%, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, RTS 10.9%
- #4 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
94% 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: Historical 21.6%, Grand Strategy 20.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, RTS 15.1%, Strategy 13.9%
- #5 Master of Command
93% matchVery Positive92% of 3,127 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: America 14.9% ★, Historical 13.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Wargame 13.7%, Military 13.5%
- #6 Take Command - 2nd Manassas
94% matchVery Positive94% of 85 reviews2016
Dev: MadMinute GamesPub: Norb Software Development LLC
Windows
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 16%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Grand Strategy 12.7% ★, Artificial Intelligence 10.2%, RTS 10.2%
- #7 WARNO
91% matchVery Positive81% of 14,911 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.
Why similar: Wargame 19.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Military 15.1%, RTS 13.2%, Historical 10.1%
- #8 Syrian Warfare
92% matchVery Positive87% of 5,412 reviews2017
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Why similar: Wargame 18.9%, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, Military 15.8%, RTS 15.6%, Historical 13.4%
- #9 Battle Cry of Freedom
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,500 reviews2022
Dev: Flying Squirrel Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Battle Cry of Freedom brings brutal real-time first and third-person combat set in the 19th Century America, presenting players with the opportunity to re-fight the American Civil War as either the Union or the Confederates.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 18.9%, America 18.9% ★, Historical 13.9%, Military 13.5%, Moddable 12.5% ★
- #10 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
90% matchVery Positive81% of 846 reviews2020
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 70.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 21.2%, RTS 16.7%, Military 14.6%, Historical 13%, Artificial Intelligence 8.5%
- #11 Ultimate General: American Revolution
89% matchMixed54% of 1,053 reviews2024
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
American Revolution is a sandbox strategy game featuring the epic historical period during the rebellion of the American colonies against the British Empire.
Why similar: America 19.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18.2% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Historical 11.8%, RTS 11.5%
- #12 Steel Division 2
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,441 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.6 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: RTS 16.8%, Military 15.6%, Wargame 14%, Grand Strategy 13.9% ★, Historical 11.2%
- #13 Men of War II
87% matchMixed61% of 7,210 reviews2024
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience warfare like never before! Men of War II, the anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed RTS franchise is here with all-new units, locations, campaigns, game modes and true trademarks of the series: historical fidelity and action-filled gameplay on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WWII.
Why similar: Wargame 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Moddable 12.5% ★, RTS 11.9%, Historical 10.9%
- #14 Civil War II
88% 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: Historical 24.6%, Grand Strategy 22% ★, Wargame 18%, Strategy 14.6%, America 11.1% ★
- #15 War of Rights
86% matchVery Positive88% of 14,527 reviews2018
Dev: Campfire Games
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 90.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
War of Rights is a first person multiplayer game featuring massive 400 player battles with a focus on historical authenticity, teamplay and immersion. It is set during the perilous days of the American Civil War, in the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862.
Why similar: Historical 35.4%, Military 24.3%, America 15.4% ★, Multiplayer 7%, Strategy 5.7%
- #16 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
86% 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 21.7% ★, Wargame 19.7%, Military 16.5%, RTS 15.2%, Tactical 9%
- #17 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
84% matchVery Positive85% of 30,868 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 72.7 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: Real Time Tactics 19%, Historical 16.9%, RTS 15.1%, Moddable 15% ★, Military 13.7%
- #18 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence
84% matchVery Positive83% of 614 reviews2015
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Become a Daimyo of the Warring States period of Japanese history in NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION, a historical simulation game of conquest and domination. It is the 30th anniversary of this series and this current release, NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence, is the crown of the series.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Wargame 15.1%, Historical 13.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, RTS 11.9%
- #19 Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943
85% matchMixed68% of 229 reviews2010
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943, the historically accurate and detailed real-time tactical war game, welcomes military history fans to the battle which gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.
Why similar: Strategy 45.5%, Simulation 29.4%, RTS 25.2%
- #20 Combat Mission Fortress Italy
82% matchVery Positive85% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Fortress Italy brings wargamers to the "soft underbelly of Europe", a place that was anything but.
Why similar: Wargame 21.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, RTS 12%, Historical 9.3%, Military 9%
- #21 Steel Division: Normandy 44
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,291 reviews2017
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
Why similar: RTS 27.2%, Military 20.4%, Wargame 12.1%, Strategy 9.7%, Tactical 8.2%
- #22 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,610 reviews2022
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 68.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Conquer Warring States Japan under one banner
Why similar: Wargame 18.3%, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Historical 12.1%, RTS 11.7%
- #23 Field of Glory II: Medieval
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 929 reviews2021
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Field of Glory II Medieval is a turn-based tactical game set in the High Middle Ages from 1040 AD to 1270 AD. Developed by legendary designer Richard Bodley Scott it brings the best from the tabletop world into the best digital framework.
Why similar: Wargame 31.2%, Military 21.3%, Tactical 10.4%, PvP 9.1%, Strategy 8.7%
- #24 Blitzkrieg 3
82% matchMixed54% of 7,303 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: Military 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 18%, RTS 17.6%, Historical 15.2%, Tactical 8.9%
- #25 The Great War: Western Front™
79% matchMixed66% of 3,181 reviews2023
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.
Why similar: RTS 15.9%, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Historical 13.2%, Wargame 11.7%
- #26 Regiments
78% matchVery Positive87% of 2,812 reviews2022
Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Wargame 25.7%, Real Time Tactics 21.6%, RTS 17%, Military 13.2%, Tactical 8.8%
- #27 Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg
78% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg (CMFB) follows the Western Allies through the battles along Germany's border and into the heart of the Reich itself.
Why similar: Wargame 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 17%, RTS 15.3%, Historical 12.2%, Military 11.8%
- #28 Armored Brigade II
77% matchVery Positive90% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: Veitikka StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
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: Wargame 26.9%, Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, RTS 20.6%, Military 11.2%, Strategy 7.8%
- #29 Eyes of War
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 321 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era, offering both single-player and multiplayer experiences where you can control every unit in character mode. Build your castle, lead your army, and dominate the map. Eyes of War invites you to epic battles of the medieval era!
Why similar: Wargame 25.1%, RTS 19.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Military 10.8%, Historical 9.8%
- #30 Leave No One Behind: Ia Drang
80% matchMixed42% of 299 reviews2022
Dev: Gaming 301
Windows
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 19.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, RTS 15.8%, America 14.7% ★, Historical 11.3%
- #31 Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
79% matchVery Positive82% of 552 reviews2015
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Command armies, manage resources, and build an empire in this real-time strategy wargame from Longbow Games. Will Rome fulfil its destiny to rule the ancient world or will history be rewritten to forge a new Etruscan, Gallic, or Greek hegemony!
Why similar: Historical 19.4%, Wargame 17.7%, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, RTS 14.9%
- #32 Strategos
74% matchVery Positive87% of 205 reviews2026
Dev: Strategos GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
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 21.3%, Real Time Tactics 19%, Historical 16.2%, RTS 14.3%, Military 13.2%
- #33 Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
76% matchMixed59% of 973 reviews2024
Dev: 瞬息万变工作室Pub: Moment HK
Windows
This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.
Why similar: Wargame 20.8%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Grand Strategy 17.6% ★, RTS 14.9%, Historical 11.2%
- #34 Command: Modern Operations
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,564 reviews2019
Dev: Command Development TeamPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 33.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 31.3%, Wargame 25.6%, RTS 16.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Grand Strategy 9.3% ★
- #35 Total Conflict: Resistance
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,969 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Total Conflict: Resistance is a unique symbiosis of global strategy, tactics and first-person action. Realistic mass battles, many types of armored vehicles, weapons, uniforms, unique mechanics, immersive free gameplay. Lead any state and bring it to greatness!
Why similar: Wargame 19.1%, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, RTS 14.8%, Military 14.6%
- #36 Company of Heroes 3
73% matchMixed57% of 37,648 reviews2023
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 73.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
Why similar: Wargame 21.8%, RTS 16%, Real Time Tactics 15.6%, Military 10.9%, Historical 10.8%
- #37 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,032 reviews2019
Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.
Why similar: Wargame 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Military 14.2%, RTS 13%, Historical 12.7%
- #38 Supreme Ruler 1936
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22% ★, Wargame 19.4%, Historical 16.3%, RTS 15%, Military 14.3%
- #39 NationWar:Annals
73% matchMixed68% of 168 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17% ★, Wargame 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, RTS 14%, Military 11.8%
- #40 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
73% matchVery Positive90% of 2,069 reviews2011
Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31% ★, Historical 17.2%, Wargame 16.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Military 8.8%
- #41 Unity of Command II
71% 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: Wargame 24.9%, Grand Strategy 23.9% ★, Military 15.3%, Historical 12.8%, Strategy 11.5%
- #42 Battle Academy
72% 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: Wargame 66.1%, Strategy 27.9%, Multiplayer 6%
- #43 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,099 reviews2016
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 28.2%, RTS 14.2%, Military 13.8%, Strategy 11.8%, Historical 10.5%
- #44 Faces of War
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,189 reviews2014
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Faces of War puts you in the heart of World War II – not as a distant commander, but as the leader on the ground. Combining the tactical depth of real-time strategy with the immediacy of direct control, it lets you issue precise orders or jump straight into battle as one of your soldiers.
Why similar: RTS 43.2%, Strategy 30.8%, Simulation 11.1%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Action 5.9%
- #45 Close Combat: The Bloody First
72% matchMixed53% of 457 reviews2019
Dev: Matrix Games
Windows
Close Combat: The Bloody First is the latest release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series, and the first using the new 3D Archon engine. With this Close Combat: The Bloody First combines classic Close Combat tactical gameplay with battles fought across a wide variety of diverse 3D landscapes including craggy ridgelines, narrow...
Why similar: Wargame 19.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, Military 16.7%, Historical 14.7%, Artificial Intelligence 10.3%
- #46 Waronoi
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: MFCPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
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 26.3%, RTS 21.1%, Military 18%, Strategy 10.9%, Old School 7.1%
- #47 Strategic Command: American Civil War
68% 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: Wargame 42.9%, Historical 32.3%, Strategy 18.3%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #48 Rebel Inc: Escalation
67% 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 23.6% ★, Military 18.4%, Historical 17.9%, RTS 15.3%, Tactical 9.2%
- #49 Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe
69% 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 100%
- #50 War Room
70% matchMixed53% of 686 reviews2020
Dev: Binge Gaming OU
Windows
War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.
Why similar: Military 17.9%, RTS 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Wargame 14.5%, Grand Strategy 13.3% ★
- #51 Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes
64% matchNo user reviews91% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
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: Real Time Tactics 22.4%, RTS 20.2%, Military 18.9%, Wargame 12.4%, Historical 10%
- #52 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
70% matchMixed69% of 2,101 reviews2015
Dev: Great War TeamPub: Best Way Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War. Each mission showcases the era’s most devastating weaponry — sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery, and mobile infantry. BoE delivers the full WWI experience.
Why similar: Historical 31.8%, RTS 29.3%, Strategy 15.5%, Military 9.2%, Multiplayer 6.2%
- #53 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
67% 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 45.8%, Historical 17.4%, Strategy 16.4%, Simulation 11.1%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #54 Imperivm RTC - HD Edition "Great Battles of Rome"
68% matchMixed69% of 1,232 reviews2021
Dev: Dinamic Software
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Lead the battles that forged the greatest Empire of all time. Seven civilizations fighting for glory or freedom: Rome, Aegyptus, Britannia, Germania, Gallia, Hispania, and Carthago. Enjoy the fast-paced RTC “Real-Time Conquest” gameplay, an Old School RTS oriented to military conquest.
Why similar: Wargame 24.6%, RTS 19%, Historical 17.6%, Military 13%, Strategy 10.4%
- #55 Commandos: Origins
64% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,206 reviews2025
Dev: Claymore Game StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Real Time Tactics 22.3%, Wargame 21.5%, RTS 17.2%, Military 13.1%, Historical 9.7%
- #56 Gettysburg: The Tide Turns
69% matchMixed67% of 66 reviews2017
Dev: Shenandoah StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Gettysburg: The Tide Turns is a hex-based wargame set in one of the most decisive and iconic battles of the Civil War. 150 years ago, brave soldiers fought across this idyllic battlefield, and, now, we put you in their shoes.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #57 Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
68% matchVery Positive83% of 452 reviews2014
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star is a sequel to Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943. It’s an Eastern Front war game with solid graphics and sprawling battlefields that really emphasizes the scope of WWII tank combat.Want to step into the role of a commander in the very heart of Kharkov’s defense?
Why similar: Wargame 29%, Strategy 14.7%, RTS 14.6%, Historical 11.5%, Military 11.4%
- #58 Firefight
67% matchVery Positive86% of 328 reviews2016
Dev: Sean O'Connor
Windows
Firefight is a World War II real-time simulation game similar in style to the old Close Combat series but brought up to date with better AI, individual soldier modelling, a faster frame rate to give more intense and realistic combat and an easy to use command interface.
Why similar: Wargame 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Grand Strategy 12.6% ★, RTS 11.9%, Military 9.9%
- #59 Blitzkrieg Anthology
66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,520 reviews2014
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
March into the real-time strategy legend, Blitzkrieg, and prepare for war. This legendary WWII RTS blends unprecedented realism and accuracy to form immersive 3D backgrounds and a game where brute force often takes a back seat to strategy and wits.
Why similar: RTS 22.4%, Military 19.2%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Historical 17.3%, Strategy 14.5%