- #1 SGS Afrika Korps
97% 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 23%, World War II 16.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 11.9%, Historical 11.3%
- #2 WarPlan
96% matchVery Positive82% of 230 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken Studios
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 20.8%, World War II 18.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Military 11.1%, Historical 10.5%
- #3 SGS Operation Downfall
96% 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 15.7%, Strategy 12.9%, Wargame 12.3%, World War II 11.7% ★, Historical 11.5%
- #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 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 13.1%, World War II 12.7% ★, Historical 9.2%
- #5 Strategic Command: American Civil War
94% matchVery Positive85% of 249 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 31.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.4%, Strategy 22.9%, Historical 17.3%, Multiplayer 3.3%
- #6 Warplan Pacific
94% matchVery Positive88% of 100 reviews2022
Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WarPlan Pacific is an operational level wargame which covers all the nations at war in the Pacific theatre from December 1941 to 1945 on a massive game scale.
Why similar: World War II 22.6% ★, Wargame 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Strategy 14.3%, Historical 10.1%
- #7 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
92% matchVery Positive92% of 134 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 24.9%, World War II 17.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Strategy 15.9%, Historical 11.1%
- #8 Battle For Korsun
93% matchMostly Negative28% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
January 1944. The German Army had their last toehold on the Dneiper River. The Soviet player must coordinate the offensives of his Fronts to encircle the Germans quickly, before the Germans powerful reinforcements arrive.
Why similar: Wargame 24.9%, World War II 19.7% ★, Strategy 15.3%, War 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
- #9 Kursk - Battle at Prochorovka
91% matchMixed45% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
A fan of WW2 strategy war games? Like to think about your next move rather than having quick reaction times? Battle Series Eastern Front - Kursk - Battle at Prochorovka is the game for you. Battle Series Eastern Front - Kursk - Battle at Prochorovka, covers one of largest single tank battle in the history of warfare.
Why similar: Strategy 26.7%, World War II 19.4% ★, Wargame 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, War 10.3%
- #10 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
90% matchVery Positive90% of 185 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 22.3%, World War II 19.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, War 13.1%, Historical 10.1%
- #11 SGS Glory Recalled
89% matchPositive88% of 25 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: World War II 22.7% ★, Wargame 22.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Historical 11.5%, Military 10.9%
- #12 SGS Fall Weiss
89% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The Second World War began with the invasion of Poland by German forces on 1 September 1939. It is represented in this strategy game, a fully-fledged turn-based wargame.
Why similar: Wargame 26.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Strategy 12.8%, World War II 12.7% ★, Historical 9.9%
- #13 Gary Grigsby's War in the West
88% matchVery Positive85% of 179 reviews2017
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Gary Grigsby’s War in the West is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made.
Why similar: World War II 27.3% ★, Wargame 23.2%, War 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Strategy 10.4%
- #14 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
87% matchVery Positive90% of 141 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: World War II 25.7% ★, Wargame 25.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Strategy 12.6%, Historical 11.8%
- #15 Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
86% matchVery Positive88% of 250 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: World War II 31.8% ★, Strategy 26.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.9%, Wargame 16%, Multiplayer 1%
- #16 SGS Battle For: Hue
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The battle of Hué is an epic fight during the audacious 1968 Tết offensive launched by the Communists during the Vietnam War. Relive one of the longest, bloodiest battles the Americans would fight against VC in that emblematic conflict.
Why similar: Wargame 29.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Strategy 19.8%, Historical 11.9%, War 11.1%
- #17 Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
85% matchVery Positive84% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Prove to have a true Strategic Mind! Spirit of Liberty will put your strategic planning skills to the test. It’s a hardcore, turn-based, historically accurate strategy game set in WWII. Lead Finnish forces against an overwhelming threat through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War.
Why similar: Wargame 19.4%, World War II 16.6% ★, War 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Military 10.9%
- #18 SGS Okinawa
84% 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 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Strategy 15.1%, World War II 13.9% ★, War 10.3%
- #19 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
83% matchVery Positive81% of 863 reviews2020
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 69.1 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 22.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Military 11.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Alternate History 10.8%
- #20 Pike and Shot : Campaigns
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 402 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 33.1%, Strategy 25.5%, Historical 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Multiplayer 3%
- #21 SGS Battle For: Madrid
82% match8 user reviews88% of 8 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 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Strategy 15.8%, World War II 10.7% ★, Historical 9.3%
- #22 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 154 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 26.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Strategy 15%, War 14.5%, Historical 12%
- #23 Frontline: The Great Patriotic War
82% matchPositive83% of 35 reviews2019
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
A tactical scale strategy game that invites the players to take command of the URSS forces in an epic struggle for the control of Russia during World War Two.
Why similar: Strategy 21.2%, World War II 17.5% ★, Wargame 16%, War 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #24 SGS Battle For: Dien Bien Phu
81% matchPositive83% of 12 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 29.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Strategy 19.6%, Historical 12.2%, War 11.1%
- #25 SGS Sealion
80% match8 user reviews89% of 8 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 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Strategy 15.8%, War 9.7%, Alternate History 9.2%
- #26 SGS Avalanche
79% match8 user reviews88% of 8 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 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Strategy 17.4%, Historical 10.5%, War 9.8%
- #27 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
79% matchVery Positive88% of 121 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 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Strategy 14.9%, World War II 14.3% ★, Historical 10.5%
- #28 WEGO World War II: Overlord
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Brian KellyPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WEGO World War II: Overlord is an operational-level, ground-centric WEGOWW2 game system. This hex-based wargame recreates the Allied invasion of Western Europe. Includes 14 historical scenarios, from the landing at Omaha beach to a huge 135-turn campaign that covers the entire Normandy campaign.
Why similar: Wargame 26.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Strategy 20.2%, World War II 15.3% ★, War 11.9%
- #29 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
77% matchVery Positive91% of 466 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 24.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, World War II 15.7% ★, Strategy 15.1%, War 9.6%
- #30 Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 494 reviews2014
Dev: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Close Combat: Gateway to Caen is a great release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series. Gateway to Caen focuses on the largest, concentrated British offensive since the Normandy landings in an attempt to penetrate the German lines west of Caen and cross the Odon River to get the stalled advance moving again.
Why similar: World War II 33.7% ★, Wargame 24.6%, Strategy 21.1%, Historical 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 5%
- #31 WEGO World War II: Stalingrad
74% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Brian KellyPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WEGO World War II: Stalingrad is a hex-based wargame depicting the German offensive to seize Stalingrad in 1942. With historical scenarios and dynamic campaigns, players command forces in one of WWII’s most pivotal battles.
Why similar: Wargame 30.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Strategy 22.4%, War 17%, 2D 4%
- #32 Revolution Under Siege Gold
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 171 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%, Strategy 29.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Historical 14.9%, Simulation 6.2%
- #33 SGS Battle for: Gettysburg
74% match7 user reviews78% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
SGS' Battle for: Gettysburg recreates the 3 days of the most iconic and deadliest battle of the American Civil War. July 1 to 3, 1863, in Pennsylvania, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, under Robert E. Lee, attempted to outflank and destroy the Army of the Potomac, led by General Meade.
Why similar: Wargame 33.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Strategy 17.9%, Historical 13%, War 7.8%
- #34 Germany at War - Soviet Dawn
76% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Phobetor
Windows
Germany At War: Soviet Dawn is a turn-based operational wargame, with a strong historical focus. You command either the German forces through a branching historical campaign covering the entire 1941 campaign as well as part of the 1942 one or the Soviets from 1941 to the revenge of 1944/45.
Why similar: Wargame 23.3%, World War II 17.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Strategy 16%, Historical 7.8%
- #35 Civil War II
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 352 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 29.4%, Wargame 21.2%, Historical 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Simulation 5.9%
- #36 Wargame Construction Set
75% 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 26.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Strategy 14%, Historical 12.5%, Military 11.7%
- #37 Battle Academy
75% matchVery Positive85% of 370 reviews2014
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.
Why similar: World War II 28.4% ★, Wargame 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Strategy 19.7%, Multiplayer 1.8%
- #38 SGS Overlord
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The largest amphibious operation of WW2, and a two-month campaign in the hell of the Norman bocage. Will you manage to make the decisive breakthrough before the Germans recover? Or will you succeed, as Rommel wanted, in crushing the Allied landing as close to the beaches as possible?
Why similar: Wargame 27%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Strategy 17.8%, War 12.4%, Historical 11.5%
- #39 SGS Vietnam War
73% 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 25.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Strategy 16.8%, War 15.3%, Historical 11%
- #40 SGS Afrika Korps: Tunisia
72% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
SGS Afrika Korps: Tunisia is a complete standalone game that covers the famous Tunisian campaign of November 1942 to June 1943. Hold Tunisia as the Axis, or expel your enemy from Africa and set the stage for the Allies invasion of Sicily.
Why similar: Wargame 21.2%, World War II 18.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Strategy 9.2%, Historical 8.9%
- #41 Columbia Games' EastFront
73% 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 26.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Strategy 18.9%, War 12.1%, Historical 9.4%
- #42 SGS Pacific D-Day
71% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
One game, five great battles where the US Marines gained even more glory, at the price of terrible losses. Relive bloody assaults on Saipan, Tinian, Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Peleliu in this recreation of epic land battles of the Pacific War. Both sides are playable, each with their own challenge
Why similar: Wargame 21.5%, Strategy 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Historical 12.7%, World War II 11.2% ★
- #43 No Retreat! The Russian Front
69% matchVery Positive76% of 85 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 24.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Strategy 17.4%, War 14.3%, Historical 10.6%
- #44 Valor & Victory
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 193 reviews2021
Dev: YobowargamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Valor & Victory is a fast-playing, easy to learn World War II squad-level game system. Based on the original Valor & Victory board game, the digital edition provides you with an accessible and deep challenge, developed for classic tabletop game lovers.
Why similar: World War II 22.2% ★, Wargame 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, War 12%, Historical 10.7%
- #45 Close Combat - Panthers in the Fog
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 205 reviews2015
Dev: Matrix Games
Windows
Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog details the desperate German counter-attack at Mortain, the last chance of the Wehrmacht to stave off defeat in Normandy. Can you match the tenacity of the American defenders of Hill 314? Or can you succeed where the Panzers failed, driving through to the sea and changing history?
Why similar: World War II 28.9% ★, Strategy 27.6%, Wargame 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 6.7%
- #46 SGS Halls of Montezuma
71% 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 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, War 13.5%, Historical 10.3%, Alternate History 10.3%
- #47 Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal - Pacific War Naval Warfare
70% matchVery Positive88% of 333 reviews2020
Dev: Cyril Jarnot
Windows · Mac
CARRIER BATTLES is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame covering the naval-air battles of the Pacific War, from 1942 to 1943. Find your opponent and strike at him before he sinks your precious carriers, while preventing them from invading or supporting your own amphibious operations.
Why similar: Wargame 23.8%, World War II 17.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Historical 13%, Strategy 12.6%
- #48 SGS Winter War
70% 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: World War II 28% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Historical 8.7%
- #49 Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
70% matchVery Positive83% of 452 reviews2014
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star is a sequel to Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943. It’s an Eastern Front war game with solid graphics and sprawling battlefields that really emphasizes the scope of WWII tank combat.Want to step into the role of a commander in the very heart of Kharkov’s defense?
Why similar: World War II 27.1% ★, Wargame 26.5%, Strategy 22.9%, Historical 7.6%, Military 7.4%
- #50 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
68% matchVery Positive86% of 91 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 24.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Strategy 17%, Historical 10.5%, War 9.5%
- #51 SGS We The People
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 43 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 28.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Strategy 18.1%, Historical 10.9%, War 10.2%
- #52 SGS Battle of the Bulge
68% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On 16 December 1944, under appalling weather conditions, the Germans launch their last major offensive in the West. Their goal: cut off the Allies from their sources of supply by taking Antwerp. To do so, they must break through the Ardennes salient, starting the battle of the Bulge…
Why similar: Wargame 30.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Strategy 14.6%, Historical 11.2%, War 8%
- #53 Rebel Fury
67% matchPositive90% of 40 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 28.5%, Strategy 22.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Historical 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 6.2%
- #54 The Last Days in Arnhem
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nicola GuidoniPub: Apuan Wargames
Windows
Turn-based 3D tactical wargame set during Operation Market Garden. Command Allied or German forces, use cover, line of sight, fire and assault, and fight for key objectives around Arnhem.
Why similar: World War II 23% ★, Wargame 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Historical 10.2%
- #55 SGS Battle For: Stalingrad
67% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The terrible "rat fights" (Rattenkrieg) fought out in the urban area of Stalingrad end of 1942, on a battalion scale and two days per turn scales. Relive one of the fiercest and deadliest battles in history, a ‘Hell in a Small Place’.
Why similar: Wargame 25.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Strategy 13.6%, World War II 13.4% ★, Historical 10.5%
- #56 About Frontlines
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luca Burgio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based strategy game built on total freedom. Design your own maps, forge your own units, and set your own rules of war. Build and play every era you can imagine. Quick, tense, tactical battles against AI, friends, or players worldwide.
Why similar: Wargame 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Strategy 16.7%, Alternate History 10%, Historical 9.2%
- #57 Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem
67% matchVery Positive81% of 146 reviews2018
Dev: Black Hand StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Close Combat – Last Stand Arnhem is part of Close Combat series. Its design is based on the critically acclaimed Close Combat – A Bridge Too Far, originally developed by Atomic Games, as well as the more recent Close Combat: The Longest Day.
Why similar: Strategy 28.7%, World War II 20.8% ★, Wargame 19.6%, War 13.3%, Military 9.3%
- #58 Classified: France '44
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,016 reviews2024
Dev: Absolutely GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?
Why similar: World War II 21.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, War 12.8%, Historical 12%, Military 10.8%
- #59 Combined Arms Operations Series
67% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: Nemeton Singularity Simulations
Windows
The Combined Arms Operations Series simulates hypothetical battles between World War II armies. Assemble your forces, out plan, and outfight your enemies to master the art of combined arms warfare in chaotic simultaneous turns where commanders must adapt quickly to an evolving battlefield.
Why similar: Wargame 18.2%, World War II 16.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, War 11.4%, Historical 9.2%