- #1 SGS Korean War
97% matchVery Positive84% of 129 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The first intense conflict of the Cold War, this war is very often forgotten, its very rapid and dynamic but unknown aspect obliterated by months of stagnation following the first year of operations in Korea. Can you make it remembered?
Why similar: Political Sim 24% ★, Wargame 21.9%, Cold War 14.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Strategy 8.8%
- #2 1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact
96% 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 25.1%, Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Cold War 20.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Strategy 6.7%
- #3 Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm Player's Edition
96% 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 42.3%, Cold War 31.7% ★, Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 1.9%
- #4 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
95% 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% ★, Wargame 21%, Political Sim 19.7% ★, Cold War 10.3% ★, Military 6.9%
- #5 Combat Mission Cold War
94% 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 35.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, Strategy 10.5%, Military 8.9%, Cold War 8.9% ★
- #6 SGS Taipings
94% 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 34.7% ★, Wargame 30.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 6.3%, Historical 5.9%
- #7 Terminal Conflict
93% 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: Political Sim 20.4% ★, Cold War 19% ★, Grand Strategy 16.1% ★, Wargame 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
- #8 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
91% 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 29.2% ★, Cold War 21.9% ★, Grand Strategy 18.6% ★, Alternate History 10.8%, Historical 9%
- #9 Crisis in the Kremlin
91% 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 51.9% ★, Cold War 12.3% ★, Strategy 10.3%, Grand Strategy 9.9% ★, Alternate History 5.3%
- #10 Combat Mission Black Sea
90% 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 38.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Strategy 10.6%, Military 9.9%, PvP 6.3%
- #11 Regiments
89% 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 33.4%, Cold War 30.5% ★, Alternate History 12.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Military 6.8%
- #12 Revolution Under Siege Gold
89% 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 31.3%, Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Historical 10.5%
- #13 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
88% 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 30.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Alternate History 11.7%, Historical 9.6%, Strategy 8.8%
- #14 Twilight Struggle
87% 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: Wargame 24.1%, Cold War 23.6% ★, Political Sim 22.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Historical 9%
- #15 Arms Race - TCWE
86% 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 31.6% ★, Cold War 19.4% ★, Grand Strategy 16% ★, Strategy 9.3%, Historical 6.6%
- #16 WARNO
82% 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 28.9%, Cold War 23.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Military 8.7%, Historical 7.5%
- #17 Precipice
85% 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 30.2% ★, Cold War 23.7% ★, Strategy 9.8%, Alternate History 8.5%, Wargame 7.9%
- #18 Age of History II
83% 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: Grand Strategy 25.4% ★, Political Sim 22.7% ★, Historical 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 10.7%
- #19 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
84% matchVery Positive90% of 579 reviews2015
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: Wargame 35.1%, Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Strategy 12.4%, Historical 4.2%
- #20 Armored Brigade
84% 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: Wargame 36.3%, Strategy 24%, Cold War 23.8% ★, Simulation 9.5%, Military 6.4%
- #21 Kiloton
82% 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 27.9%, Grand Strategy 24.2% ★, Cold War 21% ★, Political Sim 13.4% ★, Strategy 5.2%
- #22 US and THEM
86% 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 24.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Wargame 13.2%, Grand Strategy 13.1% ★, Strategy 10.2%
- #23 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.
Why similar: Wargame 28.3%, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Strategy 9.6%, Historical 8.9%
- #24 ICBM: Escalation
79% matchVery Positive88% of 1,253 reviews2024
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.
Why similar: Wargame 30%, Grand Strategy 25% ★, Cold War 18.1% ★, PvP 11%, Strategy 5.9%
- #25 Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm
80% 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 26.9%, Strategy 20.6%, Wargame 18.2%, Cold War 14.6% ★, PvP 14.1%
- #26 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
79% 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 26.6%, Grand Strategy 26.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 12%, Historical 7.3%
- #27 SGS Winter War
81% 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 27.6%, Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Historical 11.6%, Alternate History 10.4%
- #28 Rule the Waves 3
78% matchVery Positive89% of 1,014 reviews2023
Dev: Naval Warfare SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 58.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.
Why similar: Wargame 33.5%, Cold War 19.7% ★, Alternate History 10.6%, Military 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
- #29 Age of History 3
75% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.
Why similar: Wargame 33.5%, Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, Alternate History 12.3%, Cold War 11.7% ★, Strategy 7.9%
- #30 Solar Nations 2
77% matchVery Positive90% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Flomgus Games
Windows
In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, Political Sim 22.3% ★, Wargame 19.3%, Alternate History 7.5%, Military 6.5%
- #31 SGS Afrika Korps
78% 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 34.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Historical 11.8%, Alternate History 11.6%, Strategy 10.5%
- #32 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
77% 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 36.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Alternate History 11.7%, Military 10.9%, Historical 9.8%
- #33 Red Button
76% matchVery Positive87% of 198 reviews2021
Dev: Токуров Егор (WZRDQQ)
Windows
Get ready to take part in the world war! It depends only on your choice who you will be - a winner or a loser! It's time to press the red button!
Why similar: Political Sim 26.5% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Alternate History 11%, Military 7.2%
- #34 Mr. President
73% matchVery Positive80% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Exia Labs
Windows · Mac
Can you face the challenges of the Oval Office? Find out in Mr. President, a sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency. Pursue your legislative agenda. Compete with rivals Russia and China. Deal with crises from 9/11 to COVID-19; and direct the U.S. military against terror groups and rogue states.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Wargame 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Historical 8.2%
- #35 World Empire 2027
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your empire in turn based strategy war game. Select your country and start to play.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.2% ★, Wargame 21.3%, Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, War 6.5%
- #36 Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War
71% 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 40.4%, Cold War 30.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #37 Maestro's Cold War 2
72% 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 22.6% ★, Cold War 20.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Wargame 7.4%
- #38 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
73% 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 34.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Strategy 13.7%, Historical 11.3%, Military 7.2%
- #39 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
70% 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 48.6% ★, Military 15.4%, Strategy 14.2%, War 10.3%, Simulation 5.5%
- #40 Möbius Front '83
74% matchMixed69% of 496 reviews2020
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Defend America from an alternate-universe America using state-of-the-art 1980s military hardware in this intricate and tactical turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Wargame 27.8%, Cold War 27.1% ★, Alternate History 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Military 9.2%
- #41 Making History II: The War of the World
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 397 reviews2010
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
What if Germany won the Battle of Britain? What if Moscow fell in 1942?You’re in charge. Anything can happen and history will never repeat itself in this classic WWII grand strategy game MAKING HISTORY II: The War of the World. Are you ready to battle for global dominance?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 56.4% ★, Strategy 22.7%, Historical 13.7%, Simulation 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #42 Cuban Missile Crisis
74% 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 52.5%, Cold War 47.5% ★
- #43 Simulator of Ukraine 1991
71% matchVery Positive87% of 219 reviews2024
Dev: Almost Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This game is a global strategy, which is primarily focused on Ukraine after leaving the Soviet occupation. Here you will be given control of Ukraine with the opportunity to change history and intervene in the events of that time.
Why similar: Political Sim 33.6% ★, Grand Strategy 24.6% ★, Alternate History 13.8%, Wargame 13.3%, Strategy 11.5%
- #44 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
72% 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 29.2%, Grand Strategy 23.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Historical 9.2%, Strategy 6.6%
- #45 Civil War II
73% 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: Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Wargame 21.8%, Strategy 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Historical 15.2%
- #46 Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Imugi
Windows
1789, Paris. Take Napoleon’s place in an alternate history as Céline or César Bonaparte in this ideology driven, turn-based strategy journey. Defend, reform or oppose the monarchy and write your own alternative history by combining cunning political skills and tactical military prowess.
Why similar: Political Sim 22.9% ★, Wargame 17.6%, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Alternate History 9.1%
- #47 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
70% matchVery Positive85% of 505 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!
Why similar: Wargame 32.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Alternate History 13.2%, Historical 11.1%, Military 10.3%
- #48 Dictator Simulator: Gradnar
67% matchVery Positive97% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: GortagonGame
Windows
Become the Dictator of Gradnar! Rule the nation, choose between democracy and tyranny, wage wars with a unique card-based mechanic, and expand your empire. A political dystopia packed with satire and humor!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 43.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 24.2%, Strategy 13%, War 10%, Simulation 5.3%
- #49 Nations
67% matchVery Positive87% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Krzysztof SteinerPub: Krzysztof Steiner Games
Windows
Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.
Why similar: Political Sim 22.6% ★, Wargame 21.9%, Grand Strategy 21.5% ★, Historical 12.2%, Strategy 10%
- #50 Atlantic Fleet
70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,541 reviews2016
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Turn based tactical and strategic naval combat. Atlantic Fleet puts you in command of the Allies or Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in the longest military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic.Take command of surface ships, submarines as well as carrier and land based aircraft in the deadly struggle for control of Atlantic shipping...
Why similar: Strategy 45%, War 19.2%, Historical 17.9%, Simulation 16.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #51 Iron Order 1919
69% matchMixed69% of 432 reviews2022
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
An unique long-term strategy game with week-long matches with up to 101 players, set in the alternate reality of 1919.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.2% ★, Grand Strategy 20.2% ★, Wargame 18.5%, Alternate History 10.9%, Historical 6.1%
- #52 Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection
71% matchMixed69% of 284 reviews2016
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.8% ★, Strategy 26.2%, Historical 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Alternate History 11.1%
- #53 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
69% 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: Grand Strategy 31.9% ★, Wargame 31.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Historical 10%, Strategy 9.2%
- #54 Strategic Mind: The Pacific
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 620 reviews2019
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.
Why similar: Wargame 33.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Alternate History 13.4%, Historical 11.5%, Military 10.1%
- #55 Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
68% 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: Turn-Based Strategy 35.8%, Wargame 32%, Strategy 31.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #56 Armchair Commander
66% matchVery Positive89% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: Zack SimaPub: Indie War Games
Windows · Mac
A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.
Why similar: Wargame 25.8%, Cold War 22.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Alternate History 11.1%, Historical 10%
- #57 Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,398 reviews2023
Dev: JoySpark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Ages of Conflict is a versatile Map Simulation game where you create and observe custom AI nations battle it out across an infinite number of worlds. Paint beautiful maps and scenarios, and command nations to change history into your liking!
Why similar: Political Sim 36.7% ★, Wargame 28.9%, Alternate History 14.1%, Historical 9.9%, Strategy 6.9%
- #58 Tank Operations: European Campaign
65% matchVery Positive83% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Linked DimensionsPub: 2tainment GmbH
Windows
Tank Operation: European Campaign - is a turn-based, tactical war game with a dozen nerve-racking historical scenarios on the various battlefields of World War II. As an allied general you fight right on the frontline to defeat the Third Reich with all its destructive potential.
Why similar: Wargame 25.7%, Strategy 21.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Grand Strategy 13.2% ★, Historical 9.7%
- #59 Collapse: A Political Simulator
67% matchMixed65% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
is a grand strategy game that takes place in 1992-2004. You take lead of your own Party in the face of the total devastation of one of the fictional post-Soviet states in Europe. Try to realize your (or someone else's) political dreams in the shaky arena of this dilapidated situation.
Why similar: Political Sim 39.5% ★, Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Alternate History 13.2%, Historical 11.1%, Strategy 7.2%