- #1 SGS NATO's Nightmare
97% 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: Political Sim 24% ★, Wargame 21.9%, Cold War 14.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the exact same engine and card-driven operational mechanics as the seed game but set in a Cold War gone hot scenario.
- #2 SGS Taipings
96% 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: Political Sim 32% ★, Wargame 25.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 8.8%, Historical 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes the same SGS engine to provide a deep, historical, and turn-based strategic experience focused on 19th-century warfare.
- #3 SGS Winter War
96% 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 23.4%, Strategy 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Historical 13%, War 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same studio, this title offers a similar focus on historical regional conflicts using the signature SGS turn-based system.
- #4 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
95% 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: Wargame 26.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.7%, Strategy 20.2%, War 10.3%, Historical 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar tactical and grand-strategy blend within the SGS framework, focusing on intense historical urban combat.
- #5 SGS Afrika Korps
94% matchVery Positive82% of 87 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 32.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Strategy 16.5%, Historical 14.6%, PvP 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Another entry in the SGS series that maintains the consistent interface and operational wargame feel of the seed game.
- #6 Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm
94% matchVery Positive89% of 115 reviews2023
Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm is a grand tactical wargame set at the height of the Cold War, with the action centered on the year 1989.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27.5%, Strategy 27%, Wargame 14.3%, Cold War 13.6% ★, PvP 7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-tier Cold War operational wargame that emphasizes the same tension and tactical decision-making found in the seed game.
- #7 Combat Mission Cold War
93% matchMixed67% of 229 reviews2021
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.
Why similar: Wargame 27.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Strategy 13.9%, Military 11.3%, War 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more granular tactical simulation of the Cold War era that complements the operational scope of the seed game.
- #8 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
91% matchVery Positive88% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific is a turn-based strategy game. It offers a comprehensive experience of the Pacific Theater, challenging you to achieve victory in one of history's greatest conflicts.
Why similar: Wargame 26.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Strategy 17.6%, Historical 11.5%, Military 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar hex-based grand strategy approach that balances military operations with political and economic management.
- #9 Terminal Conflict
92% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: Strategy Mill
Windows · Mac · Linux
Touch the world with your fingertips! Your retro terminal awaits your command, for the balance of power, in this definitive Cold War strategy game. Here you belong; assert your leadership through turn based strategic tit-for-tat, on the brink of mutually assured destruction. Don't let it slip away!
Why similar: Cold War 21.9% ★, Political Sim 21.9% ★, Wargame 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the political and strategic tension of the Cold War, matching the thematic atmosphere of the Korean War era.
- #10 Unity of Command II
91% 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 27.2%, Strategy 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, War 10.5%, Military 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A premier operational wargame that mirrors the hex-based movement and supply-chain management essential to the SGS experience.
- #11 Twilight Struggle
90% 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: Cold War 23.4% ★, Political Sim 20.5% ★, Wargame 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Historical 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive Cold War political simulation that captures the global power struggle through card-driven mechanics.
- #12 Regiments
88% 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: Cold War 32.6% ★, Wargame 30%, Strategy 12.8%, War 12.3%, Military 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a real-time tactical perspective on Cold War combat that complements the operational focus of the seed game.
- #13 Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
89% 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 39.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 34.6%, Wargame 23.7%, Multiplayer 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly detailed operational wargame experience that captures the complexity of historical military logistics and command.
- #14 Vietnam ‘65
89% 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: Strategy 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.4%, Wargame 19.7%, Historical 16.1%, Cold War 11.1% ★
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on asymmetric warfare and counter-insurgency in a similar historical setting, utilizing turn-based strategic movement.
- #15 Armored Brigade
87% matchVery Positive89% of 359 reviews2019
Dev: Veitikka StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. An "Iron Curtain" divides the Western Powers gathered together under the NATO banner from the Soviet Union
Why similar: Strategy 31.8%, Wargame 28.7%, Cold War 22.4% ★, Simulation 9.1%, Military 8%
Why You'll Like It: A deep tactical wargame that captures the specific military hardware and doctrine of the Cold War era.
- #16 1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact
86% matchMixed48% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.
Why similar: Wargame 24.6%, Cold War 23.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 11%, Military 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated Cold War wargame that focuses on the strategic possibilities of a hot conflict between superpowers.
- #17 Panzer Corps 2
85% 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: Wargame 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Strategy 18.8%, Military 12.6%, Historical 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic turn-based operational wargame that excels at historical scenario design and unit management.
- #18 Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War
82% matchVery Positive99% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Master grand tactical combat as a Cold War force commander in this data-rich simulation. Plan and issue orders in asynchronous WEGO turns, leveraging real-world maps and complex features like Electronic Warfare and Air Assaults to outthink your enemy.
Why similar: Wargame 33.9%, Cold War 30.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Strategy 16.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical and operational realities of Cold War combat with a strong emphasis on historical accuracy.
- #19 Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm Player's Edition
84% 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 34.7%, Cold War 31% ★, Strategy 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Multiplayer 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic operational wargame that captures the high-stakes military planning of the Cold War.
- #20 Combat Mission Black Sea
83% matchVery Positive84% of 558 reviews2021
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017
Why similar: Wargame 30.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Strategy 13.8%, Military 12.2%, War 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a modern tactical simulation that reflects the evolution of the wargaming concepts explored in the seed game.
- #21 Revolution Under Siege Gold
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 167 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 31.5%, Strategy 29.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Historical 14%, Simulation 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Built on the AGEOD engine, this game shares the deep historical simulation and operational complexity found in SGS titles.
- #22 Maestro's Cold War 2
80% matchVery Positive98% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.7% ★, Cold War 25.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Historical 8.8%, Wargame 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic simulation that explores the geopolitical tensions of the Cold War era through a turn-based lens.
- #23 Civil War II
82% 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 29.8%, Wargame 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Historical 20%, Simulation 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Another AGEOD title that provides a robust, turn-based historical wargame experience with a similar UI and depth.
- #24 First Strike
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,985 reviews2017
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.
Why similar: Cold War 29.4% ★, Wargame 22.9%, War 13.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Military 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced strategic game that captures the existential dread and military posturing of the Cold War.
- #25 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
81% 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 29.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, War 13.8%, Historical 12.4%, Strategy 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A streamlined but deep operational wargame that focuses on the movement of large formations in a historical context.
- #26 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
79% 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 32.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Strategy 19.4%, War 9.6%, Historical 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for deep, operational-level historical wargaming for players who want maximum complexity.
- #27 Shadow Empire
79% 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 34.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, War 17.6%, Strategy 15.2%, Multiplayer 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines complex hex-based wargaming with deep logistical and political simulation for a truly immersive experience.
- #28 WARNO
76% 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 23%, Cold War 21.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Military 11%, War 9.5%
- #29 Field of Glory: Empires
78% 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: Strategy 21.6%, Wargame 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Historical 15.1%, War 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic wargame that balances military conquest with nation-building and political management.
- #30 Age of History II
75% 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: Political Sim 25.5% ★, Strategy 18.3%, Historical 17.7%, War 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%
- #31 Espiocracy
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ex Vivo StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Espiocracy is an espionage grand strategy game where you lead the intelligence agency of one of 74 playable countries. Rewrite history from the shadows as you influence ideologies, stage coups, and wage proxy wars. Subterfuge takes center stage as you establish a new world order.
Why similar: War 23.7%, Historical 22.9%, Military 22%, Strategy 18.8%, Multiplayer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intelligence and political side of the Cold War, offering a unique perspective on the era's conflicts.
- #32 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
73% matchVery Positive82% of 645 reviews2025
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.
Why similar: Political Sim 37.3% ★, Cold War 30.3% ★, Historical 13.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 3.2%
- #33 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
76% 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: Political Sim 23.8% ★, Wargame 23.1%, Cold War 13.5% ★, Military 12.1%, Strategy 8.7%
- #34 Strategic Command: American Civil War
74% 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 32%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.3%, Strategy 23.1%, Historical 16.2%, Multiplayer 3.7%
- #35 Theatre of War 3: Korea
77% matchMixed46% of 201 reviews2011
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Replay the events of the first hot war of the Cold War era, the Korean War, also known as the Forgotten War. Players will be involved in two campaigns, both set in the 1950’s: the North Korean (June 25 – August 20) and the American (September 15 – October 8).
Why similar: Strategy 56.1%, Cold War 43.9% ★
- #36 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
74% 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: Cold War 26.5% ★, Wargame 24.3%, War 11.6%, Military 11.1%, Historical 10.6%
- #37 Arms Race - TCWE
75% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2017
Dev: Alina Digital
Windows
Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
Why similar: Political Sim 34.4% ★, Cold War 22.8% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Historical 8.6%, Military 7.8%
- #38 3 Days War
72% matchVery Positive84% of 707 reviews2023
Dev: 荆棘鸟工作室
Windows
3 Days War is a unique multiplayer strategy war game. Integrating the mechanics of RTS+4X, it allows dozens of players to engage in a three-day real-time strategy competitionon. Commanders, use your skills, strategies, games and even deception to become the ultimate winner!
Why similar: Political Sim 27.1% ★, Cold War 25% ★, Wargame 20.5%, War 7.7%, Military 7.6%
- #39 Crisis in the Kremlin
73% 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: Political Sim 55.8% ★, Strategy 16.8%, Cold War 14.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 6%, Historical 5.8%
- #40 US and THEM
77% matchMostly Negative34% of 109 reviews2014
Dev: Icehole GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead the CIA or KGB in a turn-based global strategy. Influence nations, run covert ops, and win the Cold War without firing a shot.
Why similar: Cold War 27.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Strategy 16.2%, Wargame 12.5%, Political Sim 9.6% ★
- #41 Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty
71% matchVery Positive80% of 1,843 reviews2023
Dev: 不秋草游戏工作室(Bamboo Games)Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty is a wargame demonstrating ancient warfare in China and combining elements of Big Strategy, RTS and RPG. You can learn little-known stories of heroes in ancient China by experiencing battles accommodating thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: Wargame 22.4%, Political Sim 21.8% ★, War 13.8%, Historical 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #42 Precipice
73% matchVery Positive80% of 323 reviews2019
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.2% ★, Cold War 23.9% ★, Strategy 13.8%, War 7.7%, Historical 7.3%
- #43 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
71% 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 27.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Strategy 13.1%, Military 11.7%, Historical 11.2%
- #44 Armored Brigade II
69% 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 32.4%, Cold War 23.7% ★, Strategy 16%, War 11.5%, Military 8.5%
- #45 Strategic Command: World War I
71% 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 45%, Wargame 26.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Military 12.8%
- #46 Cuban Missile Crisis
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 286 reviews2015
Dev: G5 SoftwarePub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game combined with a global turn-based tactical mode, thrusting gamers into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962.
Why similar: Strategy 60.9%, Cold War 39.1% ★
- #47 Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,375 reviews2019
Dev: Mi-Clos StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity.
Why similar: Political Sim 51.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.5%, War 12.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 2.5%
- #48 Kiloton
68% matchVery Positive97% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Jack MorehartPub: spacemann's games
Windows · Mac
A sardonic take on nationalism and the Cold War though a minimalist and fast paced RTS. Scheme your way through a highly replayable campaign, or conduct some "diplomacy" on your "friends" in multiplayer.
Why similar: Wargame 31.1%, Cold War 27.9% ★, Political Sim 16.5% ★, Strategy 9.8%, Military 5%
- #49 The Operational Art of War IV
70% matchVery Positive81% of 363 reviews2018
Dev: TrickeySoft LLCPub: Matrix Games
Windows
The Operational Art of War IV is the new generation of operational wargames. With more flexibility than before and with a new array of exciting features, it will make you relive the most iconic battles from the dawn of the 20th Century to modern day, including the ones that never occurred!
Why similar: Wargame 44.9%, Strategy 39.1%, War 8.3%, Simulation 7.7%
- #50 Strategic Command WWII: World at War
69% 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 64.1%, Wargame 35.9%
- #51 Making History: The Great War
70% 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: Strategy 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.3%, Historical 17.3%, War 17.1%, Military 14.2%
- #52 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
68% 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 31.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Military 14.9%, War 14.6%, Historical 11.1%
- #53 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
67% 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: Wargame 38%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.6%, Strategy 18.5%, Historical 16%, Singleplayer 1%
- #54 Syrian Warfare
67% 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 35.6%, Military 18.7%, Historical 17%, Strategy 13.2%, War 12.6%
- #55 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
62% matchVery Positive90% of 5,484 reviews2024
Dev: Triassic GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.
Why similar: Cold War 40.8% ★, Military 17.3%, Strategy 16.8%, War 15.7%, Simulation 4.7%
- #56 No Retreat! The Russian Front
65% matchVery Positive82% of 64 reviews2025
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 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Strategy 18.3%, War 12%, Historical 10.3%
- #57 To End All Wars
69% 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 49%, Wargame 41.1%, Simulation 9.8%
- #58 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
67% 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: Wargame 29.1%, Strategy 24.8%, Historical 22.3%, War 10.5%, Military 7.4%
- #59 China: Mao's legacy
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,038 reviews2019
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Year 1976, the stormy Cultural revolution has died down, hard times of hongweibing and public critics are coming to an end. Old and sick Mao Zedong will soon leave China to his comrades from CPC. The Cold War is coming into a new phase...
Why similar: Political Sim 40% ★, Cold War 30.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 3.1%