- #1 Commander: The Great War
97% 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: World War I 47% ★, Wargame 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Historical 10.4%, Strategy 10.1%
- #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: World War I 62.5% ★, Wargame 21.2%, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 2.2%
- #3 Strategic Command: World War I
96% matchVery Positive91% of 470 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: World War I 43.6% ★, Wargame 18.2%, Strategy 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Military 9.9%
- #4 Pacific General
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Strategic SimulationsPub: SNEG
Windows
Pacific General explores the Pacific front of the Second World War. Taking control of Axis or Allied forces, you must strategically battle your way through the Eastern and Western front of the Pacific war, using a wide array of land, air and naval forces.
Why similar: Wargame 33%, Turn-Based Strategy 21%, Historical 16.4%, Military 10.1%, Strategy 9.3%
- #5 Pike and Shot : Campaigns
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 390 reviews2015
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.5 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: Wargame 33.9%, Historical 27.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Multiplayer 4.1%
- #6 Civil War II
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 349 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 31.6%, Wargame 22.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 2.7%
- #7 On The Western Front
92% matchVery Positive83% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Aggroblakh
Windows · Mac
January, 1915. The Race to the Sea is over. The Great War has just begun. You are the commander of a single division in the meat grinder that is the Western Front. Lead your men over the top as you attempt to break the stalemate that is to claim the lives of millions over the course of years.
Why similar: World War I 58.6% ★, Wargame 13.9%, Historical 10.9%, Strategy 8.2%, Military 6.7%
- #8 Revolution Under Siege Gold
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 170 reviews2015
Dev: Sep RedsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Make the Reds side triumph to save the Soviet Proletarian revolution, or, on the other side, lead the Whites side to victory in order to place the old regime back in power and protect the countries of Europe from the perils of the revolution. This is the biggest civil war game you will ever play!
Why similar: Wargame 34.3%, Historical 22.9%, Strategy 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Multiplayer 3.2%
- #9 Wings of Glory
91% matchVery Positive81% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Rule the skies in strategy dogfights in the digital adaptation of the classic tabletop board game!
Why similar: World War I 39.5% ★, Wargame 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Historical 11.9%, Military 8.9%
- #10 Strategic Command: American Civil War
91% matchVery Positive85% of 240 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 32%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.4%, Historical 24.4%, Strategy 12.9%, Multiplayer 4.5%
- #11 World War I
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 265 reviews2015
Dev: Dark FoxPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
World War I is a real-time strategy based on the modified version of the well-known Blitzkrieg engine.
Why similar: World War I 79.9% ★, Strategy 20.1%
- #12 Acceptable Losses
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zann Archive
Windows · Mac
Acceptable Losses is a phase based WWI command and management game. Lead squads through a brutal 20 day campaign, balancing morale, fatigue, cohesion, and the paperwork of war. Perform well enough and you may be ordered Over the Top, where success leads to a second act holding captured ground.
Why similar: World War I 50.1% ★, Wargame 19%, Historical 15.3%, Military 4.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.9%
- #13 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
89% matchVery Positive90% of 139 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: Wargame 34.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.2%, Historical 22.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Turn-Based Combat 7.9%
- #14 SGS Afrika Korps
88% matchVery Positive82% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The game recreates the campaigns and battles of Erwin ‘Desert Fox’ Rommel’s legendary Afrika Korps, in Libya between 1941 and 1942. Play the Axis forces to conquer the most valuable prize of all: the Suez Canal. Or command the 8th Army soldiers, the famous Desert Rats, to repel the invaders.
Why similar: Wargame 31.9%, Historical 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Strategy 9.1%, Turn-Based Combat 7.9%
- #15 Wargame Construction Set II: Tanks!
87% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Strategic SimulationsPub: SNEG
Windows
Welcome to TANK HEAVEN! SSI's classic tactical warfare lets you command tanks from 1918 to 1991. Craft unique battles with the random scenario generator or take control with the custom editor. Endless possibilities await in this armored clash of eras - create or conquer!
Why similar: World War I 27.3% ★, Wargame 24.1%, Historical 13.7%, Strategy 12.7%, Grid-Based Movement 12.6%
- #16 SGS Battle For: Dien Bien Phu
85% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The emblematic siege battle of Dien Bien Phu that ended French rule over Indochina in 1954. Fight for the defense of the fortified camp or try to storm it, in order to reach the upcoming Geneva Peace Conference in a position of force.
Why similar: Wargame 35.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.4%, Historical 18.1%, Strategy 13.9%, 2D 3.3%
- #17 Frontline: Panzer Blitzkrieg!
86% matchVery Positive88% of 109 reviews2020
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Fight your way through 35 Unique WW2 battles - Aim your targets carefully, counter-attack, and strategically coordinate your Squads. The study of enemy tactics and the use of Special abilities will lead to victory!
Why similar: World War I 42.9% ★, Wargame 22.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Military 10%, Turn-Based Combat 6.3%
- #18 SGS Glory Recalled
84% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Relive the Battle of Hong Kong (8–26 December 1941), one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II.
Why similar: Wargame 28%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.4%, Historical 19.8%, Military 13.4%, Strategy 6.1%
- #19 The Great War: Western Front™
84% matchMixed66% of 3,224 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: World War I 45.9% ★, Historical 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Wargame 11.4%, Military 7.9%
- #20 WarPlan
83% matchVery Positive82% of 222 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database
Why similar: Wargame 29.7%, Historical 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Military 15.8%, Strategy 7.1%
- #21 Comrades and Barons: Gates of Freedom
82% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Māris Ozols
Windows
After the Great War, the Red Army advanced westward to ignite revolution in Europe. In this turn-based hex wargame, you will experience the key events of the Latvian War of Independence during this exciting and turbulent era.
Why similar: World War I 44.2% ★, Wargame 18.8%, Historical 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 4.9%
- #22 Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare
82% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: MicroprosePub: Atari
Windows
First published in 1993 by Microprose, Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare lets players manage an entire air campaign - from mission planning to dogfightitng.
Why similar: Wargame 41.1%, Historical 27.9%, Military 15.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 3.7%
- #23 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
81% matchVery Positive81% of 852 reviews2020
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 70.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 29.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, Historical 18.3%, Military 14.4%, Strategy 7.9%
- #24 Wargame Construction Set
80% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Strategic SimulationsPub: SNEG
Windows
Ever dreamed of crafting your own wargames, from maps to soldiers? Design simple or complex battles, from man-to-man combat to large-scale campaigns. Build maps, customize units, and choose from historical, modern, fantasy, or sci-fi settings. Play ready-to-go games or unleash your creativity.
Why similar: Wargame 30.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Historical 19.7%, Military 13.3%, Strategy 8.8%
- #25 SGS Halls of Montezuma
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 41 reviews2021
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Halls of Montezuma recreates the Mexican-American war of 1846-1848. Play the USA and conquer Mexico City before Whig opposition in Congress forces a negotiated peace. As Mexico, hold desperately against the enemy’s onslaught, to gain enough time for America's internal politics to end the war.
Why similar: Wargame 27.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Historical 18.8%, Military 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
- #26 Rebel Fury
79% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Hexes of WarPub: GMT Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebel Fury is a digital implementation of the wargame published by GMT Games and designed by Mark Herman.
Why similar: Wargame 29.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Historical 20.5%, Strategy 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 7.3%
- #27 Vietnam ‘65
79% matchVery Positive83% of 433 reviews2015
Dev: Every Single Soldier
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 29.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.8%, Wargame 24.2%, Strategy 16.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #28 Making History: The First World War
78% matchMixed67% of 114 reviews2021
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Linux
A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.
Why similar: World War I 41.5% ★, Wargame 18.5%, Historical 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Military 5.7%
- #29 SGS Winter War
78% matchVery Positive88% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Winter War is the story of the Soviet onslaught on tiny Finland from November 1939 to March 1940, at the beginning of WW2. Can the Finns hold beyond the reasonable and receive the long awaited Allied intervention? Or will the Russian bear crush them and force them to lose their border lands?
Why similar: Wargame 25.8%, Historical 21.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Military 9.6%
- #30 SGS We The People
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The complete American Revolutionary War from July 1775 to April 1783, with all units, weapons and events included on a two week turn base. The most complete strategy game made on this conflict. Fight for your ideals, and take command of America!
Why similar: Wargame 32.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.9%, Historical 15.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Military 10.3%
- #31 Toy Soldiers: HD
77% matchMixed64% of 165 reviews2021
Dev: Signal StudiosPub: Accelerate Games
Windows
Command antique WWI Toy Soldiers in the trench-filled battlefields of Europe. Deploy an exciting arsenal of guns, artillery, flamethrowers, tanks and planes to defend your WWI toy dioramas. Take direct control of individual units or command the entire battlefield from above.
Why similar: World War I 41.6% ★, Wargame 27.7%, Historical 12.5%, Military 7.6%, Strategy 7.5%
- #32 Domination - War of Nations
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: André FacchinettiPub: Beonin Studios
Windows
This is an online turn-based board game in which each player will need to eliminate their opponents in order to conquer territories and clear the way to win the game.
Why similar: World War I 40.2% ★, Wargame 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Military 8.4%, Strategy 6.3%
- #33 Fantasy General
76% matchVery Positive95% of 125 reviews2021
Dev: Strategic SimulationsPub: SNEG
Windows
Fantasy General invites you to enter a world of heroes, swords, magic and beasts. You must lead your army into battle with the Shadowlord’s forces and defeat each of his lieutenants across varying terrain and battlefields.
Why similar: Wargame 33%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.4%, Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, 2D 2.7%
- #34 SGS Battle For: Madrid
75% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
With Battle for Madrid, relive the Nationalists most determined attempt to take the Republican capital of spain from November 1936 to February 1937.
Why similar: Wargame 30%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Historical 14.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Military 9.6%
- #35 Great Naval Battles: The Final Fury
74% matchPositive82% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: IO Design GroupPub: SNEG
Windows
Battlestations! All hands prepare for the naval conflict on a truly grand scale! GREAT NAVAL BATTLES: THE FINAL FURY is loaded with enough historical and hypothetical naval conflict to keep players - from casual to connoisseur - busy for hours and hours!
Why similar: World War I 48.7% ★, Wargame 24%, Historical 11.9%, Military 7.8%, Strategy 6.3%
- #36 SGS Operation Hawaii
75% matchMixed52% of 21 reviews2021
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On December 7th, 1941, the Empire of Japan struck a surprise blow against unsuspecting American forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaï. In the ensuing confusion and panic, the USA feared a Japanese invasion of Oahu island, but it fortunately did not materialize. But what would have happened if it had?
Why similar: Wargame 27.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.4%, Historical 14.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Military 9.9%
- #37 WWII Squad Level Land Battles ssp
74% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Mark AinsworthPub: (Mark Ainsworth)
Windows
A Wargame for Grognards, its a little bit complicated for the average user. it is chits representing the units . the combat is decided by dice rolls and modifiers. It is 2D topdown. with a fantastic A.I.
Why similar: Wargame 35.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Military 17.6%, Grid-Based Movement 14.6%, Strategy 9.3%
- #38 SGS Avalanche
72% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the whole Italian campaign of World War II, from Husky landings of July 1943 till the final capitulation of 1945. Struggle your way up the boot as the Allies, or defend every inch of the peninsula as the Axis.
Why similar: Wargame 31.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Historical 15.8%, Strategy 12.8%, Military 10.6%
- #39 War On Paper
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Carrot studio
Windows
Large map turn based mobile, arrange troops, occupy favorable resource points, and buy troops. The encounter of the two armies will trigger the battle scene. Each team has five kinds of forces. Choosing the appropriate strategy to annihilate the opponent can win.
Why similar: World War I 46.7% ★, Wargame 24.5%, Military 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Strategy 5.7%
- #40 Home Before Winter (HBW)
71% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Core Reaction Studios
Windows
A World War I inspired turn-based global domination strategy game where players conquer territories and command armies. Play solo or with up to 10 players in tactical multiplayer matches.
Why similar: World War I 42.1% ★, Wargame 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Military 8.1%, Strategy 5.8%
- #41 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
73% 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: World War I 66.3% ★, Historical 17.6%, Strategy 8.1%, Military 3.7%, Multiplayer 3.1%
- #42 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
71% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level.
Why similar: Wargame 35.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.3%, Historical 21.7%, Strategy 12.5%, 2D 2.9%
- #43 Columbia Games' EastFront
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Foible GamesPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Columbia Game’s EastFront details the conflict between Germany and the Soviet Union during WWII, using the famous Columbia Games Blocks system.
Why similar: Wargame 32%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.6%, Historical 15.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Military 10.5%
- #44 Victory and Glory: Napoleon
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Electric GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
From acclaimed boardgame designer Glenn Drover, a grand strategy game where you take the role of Napoleon Bonaparte and attempt to dominate the entire continent of Europe.
Why similar: Wargame 37.1%, Historical 28.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Strategy 15.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #45 Stickman Trenches
70% matchVery Positive81% of 1,810 reviews2023
Dev: Big Play Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Stickman Trenches is a Real Time Strategy game in which you need to manage your men and weapons and build up your defenses in the brutal trenches of Stick World War 1.
Why similar: World War I 61.7% ★, Wargame 17.3%, Military 8.8%, Strategy 6.9%, Historical 3.1%
- #46 Hangar 1914
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Become a hangar worker, your task is to repair and maintain aircraft during World War I. The fate of these sky machines and their pilots is in your hands - start your adventure on the front of World War I.
Why similar: World War I 53.2% ★, Historical 18%, Military 14.1%, Wargame 13.2%, Simulation 1.4%
- #47 No Retreat! The Russian Front
67% matchVery Positive79% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: Cyril JarnotPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
This game is a Strategic game on the Eastern Front of World War II.It is a digital port from the famous and eponym boardgame, No Retreat!, designed by Carl Paradis.
Why similar: Wargame 30%, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Historical 17.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Military 11.4%
- #48 Armageddon War:Old Era Wreckers / 大鏖战:旧时代的残党
69% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: freeflyfish
Windows
This is a turn-based historical chess simulation game Players will experience major battles between 1840 and 1920 The game consists of four conquest scripts, each with three different modes and 60 free conquest years to choose from, where the player takes on the role of a commander
Why similar: World War I 51.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Wargame 7%, Historical 5.5%, Military 4%
- #49 Great Pilots
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Keep Playing Games Inc.
Windows
Great Pilots is a fun 2D side scrolling retro airplane combat game set in WWI. Fly a wide array of historically authentic aircraft in missions that guide you through different scenarios of WWI. Earn more advanced planes as you test your skills against unique challenges!
Why similar: World War I 51.5% ★, Wargame 19.5%, Historical 17.9%, Military 9.8%, 2D 1.1%
- #50 Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol
70% matchMixed69% of 824 reviews2013
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Battle to Rule the Skies!The skies over Europe are a dangerous place, where ace pilots lead their squadrons to glorious victory or crushing defeat! Take control of dozens of the most famous fighter planes of WWI and head into the dogfight. Roll, slip, and loop to get the drop on enemy aces.
Why similar: World War I 58.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Historical 10%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #51 The Entente Gold
71% matchMixed47% of 671 reviews2014
Dev: Lesta StudioPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In the game you become not only a witness to history, but a powerful and cunning army commander as well. You will lead forces of one of the following European countries: Russia, France, Germany, Austrian Empire and Britain through five campaigns which vary due to the real historical role of each participant.
Why similar: World War I 72.4% ★, Strategy 14.9%, Historical 12.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #52 Small Wars: Mohicans
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows
Small Wars: Mohicans offers you a quick and fun to play experience of the French & Indian War (1754-1760) in the vast wilderness of 18th century North America. Play the French and their Indigenous Allies or Britain troops and colonials and gain control of the new world.
Why similar: Wargame 38.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.4%, Historical 15.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Military 8.7%
- #53 SGS Operation Downfall
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Project Manhattan failed! Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands is set in motion. Start with Operation Olympic to capture Kyushu, and move on with Coronet, the landing near Tokyo. Force Japan surrender with the largest amphibious operation in history.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Historical 21.5%, Wargame 16.7%, Military 14.5%, Strategy 9.7%
- #54 Gallipoli
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows
Land on the battlefields of the Ottoman Fronts of World War 1! Gallipoli brings the most authentic WW1 FPS battles yet, with desert warfare, beach landings, historical classes and realistic weaponry.
Why similar: World War I 61.3% ★, Historical 17.2%, Military 12.3%, Strategy 4.6%, Multiplayer 3.1%
- #55 SGS Vietnam War
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The Vietnam War remains one of the most emblematic conflicts of the Cold War era. Relive, on each side, the epic fight for dominance in this key Southeast Asia conflict from US intervention in 1965 till the Fall of Saigon in 1975.
Why similar: Wargame 30.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Historical 17%, Strategy 12.1%, Military 11.5%
- #56 Wars of Napoleon
69% 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: Historical 31.5%, Strategy 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Military 20.7%, Multiplayer 5.6%
- #57 SGS Okinawa
67% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
A standalone epic rendering of the 1945 bloody fighting on Okinawa, the last great battle of the Pacific War. The game is part of the Pacific D-Day collection. Both sides are playable, each with their own challenge.
Why similar: Wargame 30.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Historical 16.5%, Strategy 12.3%, Military 11.1%
- #58 SGS Sealion
65% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Game SudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Operation Sealion is Germany's code name for the planned invasion of Britain in 1940. It could have happened after a victory of the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Find out in this game how in could have unfolded.
Why similar: Wargame 31.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.5%, Historical 16.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Military 11.2%
- #59 11-11 Memories Retold
66% matchVery Positive86% of 2,099 reviews2018
Dev: Aardman AnimationsPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones.
Why similar: World War I 79% ★, Historical 20.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%