Games Like SGS Korean War

What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?

Why similar: Wargame 26.5%, Political Sim 19.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Cold War 11.9% ★, Strategy 8.2%

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.

The game recreates the Taïping Rebellion (1851-64), the deadliest Chinese civil war, costing the lives of millions. Play the Taïping rebels and their allies, fighting to create their own state, or be the Qing Emperor and crush the revolt and its foreign devils allies before it topples your dynasty.

Why similar: Wargame 28.9%, Political Sim 24.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Historical 9.1%

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.

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 24.2%, Strategy 18.5%, Historical 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, War 10%

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.

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 28.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.1%, Strategy 18%, Historical 12.5%, War 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar tactical and grand-strategy blend within the SGS framework, focusing on intense historical urban combat.

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 33.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Historical 16.7%, Strategy 15.5%, PvP 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Another entry in the SGS series that maintains the consistent interface and operational wargame feel of the seed game.

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 29.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.4%, Strategy 13.5%, War 11.4%, Military 9.9%

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.

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 29.4%, Strategy 27%, Wargame 15.7%, Cold War 12.2% ★, PvP 6.2%

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.

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 20.3% ★, Political Sim 19.3% ★, Wargame 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Strategy 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.

Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.

Why similar: Wargame 22.2%, Cold War 21.2% ★, Political Sim 17.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Historical 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive Cold War political simulation that captures the global power struggle through card-driven mechanics.

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 27.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Strategy 16.5%, Historical 13.1%, War 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar hex-based grand strategy approach that balances military operations with political and economic management.

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 28.1%, Strategy 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, War 11.9%, Historical 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A premier operational wargame that mirrors the hex-based movement and supply-chain management essential to the SGS experience.

Command a true operational structure. Can you balance and prioritize three different Theatres in order to achieve your objective?

Why similar: Strategy 37.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 35.4%, Wargame 25%, Multiplayer 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly detailed operational wargame experience that captures the complexity of historical military logistics and command.

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: Turn-Based Strategy 22.4%, Strategy 21.9%, Wargame 20.2%, Historical 18.2%, Cold War 9.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on asymmetric warfare and counter-insurgency in a similar historical setting, utilizing turn-based strategic movement.

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: Wargame 32.2%, Strategy 31.3%, Cold War 21% ★, Simulation 7.9%, Military 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A deep tactical wargame that captures the specific military hardware and doctrine of the Cold War era.

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 32.8%, Cold War 28.9% ★, War 14.7%, Strategy 12.7%, Military 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a real-time tactical perspective on Cold War combat that complements the operational focus of the seed game.

Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.

Why similar: Wargame 26.3%, Cold War 20.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Strategy 10.7%, War 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated Cold War wargame that focuses on the strategic possibilities of a hot conflict between superpowers.

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 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Strategy 17.7%, Historical 12.2%, War 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic turn-based operational wargame that excels at historical scenario design and unit management.

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 38.1%, Cold War 27.6% ★, Strategy 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Multiplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic operational wargame that captures the high-stakes military planning of the Cold War.

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 36.8%, Cold War 26.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Strategy 16.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical and operational realities of Cold War combat with a strong emphasis on historical accuracy.

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 31.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Strategy 13.1%, War 11.9%, Military 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a modern tactical simulation that reflects the evolution of the wargaming concepts explored in the seed game.

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 27.9%, Historical 22.7%, Wargame 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Simulation 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Another AGEOD title that provides a robust, turn-based historical wargame experience with a similar UI and depth.

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 22.1% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Cold War 16.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Military 8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic simulation that explores the geopolitical tensions of the Cold War era through a turn-based lens.

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 32.7%, Strategy 27.9%, Historical 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Built on the AGEOD engine, this game shares the deep historical simulation and operational complexity found in SGS titles.

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 26.4% ★, Wargame 25.5%, War 16.1%, Strategy 10.9%, Military 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced strategic game that captures the existential dread and military posturing of the Cold War.

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 30%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, War 15.3%, Historical 13.8%, Strategy 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A streamlined but deep operational wargame that focuses on the movement of large formations in a historical context.

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 32.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Strategy 18%, War 11%, Historical 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for deep, operational-level historical wargaming for players who want maximum complexity.

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 35.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.9%, War 19.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Multiplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines complex hex-based wargaming with deep logistical and political simulation for a truly immersive experience.

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 25.1%, Cold War 19.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, War 11.2%, Military 9.8%

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 20.1%, Wargame 19%, Historical 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, War 15.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic wargame that balances military conquest with nation-building and political management.

A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!

Why similar: Political Sim 24.2% ★, Wargame 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, War 14.4%, Strategy 10.7%

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 27%, Historical 26.3%, Military 18.6%, Strategy 17.7%, Multiplayer 5.2%

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.

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 32.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.1%, Strategy 21.4%, Historical 18.3%, Multiplayer 3%

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: Wargame 25.2%, Political Sim 20.4% ★, Cold War 12% ★, Military 10.8%, War 9.2%

Lead a Three Kingdoms warlord in a turn-based grand strategy simulation focused on logistics, diplomacy, officer management, and large-scale warfare.

Why similar: Political Sim 24.5% ★, Wargame 24.4%, War 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Strategy 9.4%

A world where officers hide their names and abilities. Can you spot Zhuge Liang? A hardcore turn-based strategy simulation for true Three Kingdoms devotees.

Why similar: Political Sim 23.2% ★, Wargame 22.4%, Historical 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, War 9.9%

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 26%, Cold War 23% ★, War 13.6%, Historical 12.5%, Military 9.7%

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 57.6%, Cold War 42.4% ★

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 28.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Historical 12.8%, Strategy 12.3%, War 11.1%

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 34% ★, Cold War 28.6% ★, Historical 17.7%, Strategy 12.5%, 2D 3.6%

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 43.8%, Wargame 28.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Military 11.3%

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 24.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Strategy 16%, Wargame 13.6%, Historical 10.3%

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 52.1% ★, Strategy 18.1%, Cold War 13.8% ★, Historical 7.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%

Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR

Why similar: Political Sim 31.1% ★, Cold War 21.4% ★, Strategy 16.1%, Historical 11%, War 9.2%

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 46.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, War 16.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 2.2%

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 61.8%, Cold War 38.2% ★

Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.

Why similar: Wargame 33.5%, War 18.9%, Historical 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Strategy 11.3%

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 34.8%, Cold War 25.4% ★, Political Sim 14.5% ★, Strategy 10%, War 5.1%

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 47%, Strategy 37.1%, War 9.5%, Simulation 6.4%

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 23.5%, Political Sim 18% ★, War 15.9%, Historical 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%

WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.

Why similar: Strategy 32%, Wargame 25.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.5%, Historical 18.9%, 2D 2.5%

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 25.1% ★, Cold War 22% ★, Strategy 14.2%, War 9.6%, Historical 9.2%

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 61.9%, Wargame 38.1%

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 34.8%, Cold War 20.9% ★, Strategy 15.5%, War 13.7%, Military 7.6%

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 31.9%, War 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Historical 12.5%, Military 12.4%

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 24.3% ★, Wargame 23.5%, Cold War 23.3% ★, War 9.7%, Military 7.1%

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 29.5%, Historical 25%, Strategy 22.8%, War 11.7%, Military 6.1%

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 37.7% ★, War 19.5%, Strategy 17.1%, Military 16%, Wargame 4.4%

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 38.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.1%, Historical 18%, Strategy 16.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%

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 47.7%, Wargame 44%, Simulation 8.4%