- #1 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
97% 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 35.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.3%, Strategy 13.4%, Historical 9.7%, Military 6.8%
- #2 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
96% matchVery Positive87% of 751 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 35.5% ★, Wargame 22.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Historical 7.9%, War 7.1%
- #3 Revolution Under Siege Gold
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 170 reviews2015
Dev: Sep RedsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Make the Reds side triumph to save the Soviet Proletarian revolution, or, on the other side, lead the Whites side to victory in order to place the old regime back in power and protect the countries of Europe from the perils of the revolution. This is the biggest civil war game you will ever play!
Why similar: Wargame 43.9%, Strategy 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Historical 14.8%, Multiplayer 2.3%
- #4 SGS NATO's Nightmare
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 117 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 34.5% ★, Wargame 31.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 6.2%, Historical 6%
- #5 Civil War II
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 349 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.
Why similar: Wargame 30.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.5%, Historical 21.8%, Strategy 21.3%, Multiplayer 2%
- #6 Oriental Empires
94% matchVery Positive80% of 2,991 reviews2017
Dev: Shining Pixel StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Why similar: Historical 28.6%, Strategy 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Military 18.1%, War 10.8%
- #7 Ultimate General: Civil War
93% matchVery Positive89% of 8,464 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 44.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Historical 12.9%, War 11.1%, Strategy 8.3%
- #8 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
92% matchVery Positive84% of 219 reviews2026
Dev: 古玩工作室
Windows
"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!
Why similar: Political Sim 35.3% ★, Wargame 28.8%, Historical 12.9%, Military 8.1%, Strategy 7.6%
- #9 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
91% matchVery Positive80% of 2,706 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 41.8%, Historical 24.4%, Strategy 17.8%, War 7.2%, Military 6.9%
- #10 Age of History II
90% matchVery Positive90% of 49,603 reviews2018
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 61.7 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 35.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Historical 18.8%, Strategy 12.7%, War 11.2%
- #11 Civil War: Battle of Petersburg
91% matchVery Positive82% of 244 reviews2017
Dev: Cult Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Crush the Confederates near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Bring peace to a nation divided.
Why similar: Wargame 44.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Historical 15.2%, War 10.8%, Strategy 9.8%
- #12 Rebel Inc: Escalation
89% matchVery Positive82% of 7,279 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
Why similar: Historical 31%, Military 23.4%, War 19.7%, Strategy 17%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #13 Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,034 reviews2023
Dev: 不秋草游戏工作室(Bamboo Games)Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 2.7 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 27.7%, Political Sim 27.4% ★, Historical 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Military 8.5%
- #14 Strategic Command: American Civil War
88% matchVery Positive85% of 240 reviews2022
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
For the first time in the series’ history, Strategic Command will be taking you to the 19th century battlefields of the American Civil War. You will control the armies, research, production and diplomatic policy of either the Union or the Confederacy during a time of innovation and dramatic battles.
Why similar: Wargame 40.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.2%, Historical 15.7%, Strategy 14.7%, Multiplayer 3.2%
- #15 SGS Korean War
87% matchVery Positive84% of 133 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 31.8% ★, Wargame 26%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Historical 6.6%
- #16 Millennia
86% matchMixed67% of 3,763 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 34.3%, Historical 21.1%, Military 14.1%, Strategy 13.4%, War 12.7%
- #17 Twilight Struggle
86% matchVery Positive86% of 2,951 reviews2016
Dev: Playdek, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 14.2 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: Political Sim 28.5% ★, Wargame 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Historical 10.4%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 9% ★
- #18 Countryballs at War
84% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.
Why similar: Wargame 35.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Strategy 13.9%, Historical 8.9%, Military 8.2%
- #19 逐鹿
85% matchMixed57% of 529 reviews2023
Dev: TKG Inc
Windows · Mac
A stand-alone turn-based war chess game with the theme of Chinese history. The core gameplay is territorial competition, and diplomacy, construction, combat and other gameplay will also revolve around territorial competition.
Why similar: Wargame 31.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Historical 15.1%, Military 11.3%, War 9.6%
- #20 ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV
84% matchMixed63% of 15,760 reviews2020
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 23.4 hrsMean: 109.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Triumph over the land, take charge of the fate of China! Conquer territories and fly your colors!
Why similar: Wargame 38.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Historical 13.5%, Military 12.1%, War 9.1%
- #21 NationWar2:Chronicle
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 420 reviews2024
Dev: Yiming
Windows
NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China.
Why similar: Political Sim 40% ★, Wargame 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Historical 9%, Military 7.7%
- #22 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 147 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 37.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Historical 12%, Strategy 10.6%, Military 7.8%
- #23 Reiner Knizia Yellow & Yangtze
82% matchVery Positive91% of 119 reviews2019
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Lead your dynasty to victory in the new digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!
Why similar: Political Sim 32.4% ★, Wargame 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Historical 7.7%, War 6.9%
- #24 Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord
81% matchMixed69% of 3,913 reviews2021
Dev: LongYou Game StudioPub: LongYou Tech Ltd
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Last Warlord is a Turn-based strategy game. The game is based on the famous Chinese historical novel. The Three Kingdoms (A.D. 190 – 280) was the tripartite division of China between the states of Wei, Shu, and Wu.
Why similar: Wargame 32.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.7%, Historical 14.5%, Military 10.4%, Strategy 8.2%
- #25 Age of History 3
78% matchVery Positive85% of 17,831 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 70.5%, Strategy 14%, War 10.5%, 2D 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #26 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
79% matchVery Positive89% of 115 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 36.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Historical 12.1%, Military 7.8%
- #27 Nations
78% matchVery Positive88% of 113 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 34.8% ★, Wargame 30.3%, Historical 17%, Strategy 11.6%, War 4.7%
- #28 Warring States
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 105 reviews2018
Dev: polynation games ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Warring States : Tactics is a turn-based battle strategy game set during the Warring States period of Ancient China. The Warring States period is one of turmoil in China, where various feudal states struggle for control of all of China.
Why similar: Wargame 35.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Historical 18%, Strategy 15.2%, War 8.4%
- #29 American Patriots: Boston Tea Party
80% matchVery Positive88% of 104 reviews2017
Dev: Cult Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Take Boston or die for freedom!
Why similar: Wargame 35.4%, Historical 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, War 11%, Military 8.5%
- #30 World Empire 2027
79% 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 33.9% ★, Wargame 25.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, War 8.1%, Military 6.5%
- #31 Iron Order 1919
77% matchMixed69% of 443 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 39.2% ★, Wargame 26.8%, Historical 8.8%, War 8.4%, Military 7.3%
- #32 Old World
75% matchVery Positive82% of 6,533 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30.2%, Historical 22.2%, Military 15%, War 13.9%, Strategy 12.2%
- #33 Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs
75% matchVery Positive85% of 241 reviews2024
Dev: Object SoftwarePub: Strategy First
Windows
An epic real-time strategy game set in chaotic Ancient China. Control the kingdoms of Liu Bei, Sun Quan, or Cao Cao, warlords who played a pivotal role in Ancient China. Lead your kingdom, innovate tech, forge alliances, build a formidable army to unite the nation.
Why similar: Historical 42.9%, War 28.1%, Strategy 20.6%, 2D 8.4%
- #34 SGS Afrika Korps
76% 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 44.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Historical 15.4%, Strategy 11.4%, 2D 2.9%
- #35 Making History: The Great War
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 454 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: Turn-Based Strategy 27%, Historical 21.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Military 15.1%, War 13.3%
- #36 Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 104 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 33.5% ★, Wargame 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Historical 10.3%, Military 6.5%
- #37 Britannia
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Avalon DigitalPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac
Relive over a thousand years of Great Britain's history in this epic game of conquest and domination. From Roman legions to the Norman Conquest led by William the Conqueror, explore the fate of numerous nations and fight to become king.
Why similar: Wargame 37%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Historical 9.9%, Military 7.2%
- #38 Three Kingdoms Mushouden
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,106 reviews2025
Dev: NanBei StudioPub: Paleo
Windows
Set on the eve of the Yellow Turban Rebellion (AD 182), you can play as an original character or a historical warlord, building forces and forging alliances. Whether you choose to be a lone wanderer or rally famous generals, use your knowledge and wisdom to reshape history!
Why similar: Wargame 44.4%, Historical 16.6%, Military 13.9%, War 10.5%, Strategy 10.1%
- #39 Colonial Conquest
76% matchMixed62% of 264 reviews2015
Dev: Argonauts InteractivePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Why similar: Wargame 55.1%, Historical 19.8%, Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #40 The Emperor and State
73% matchMixed57% of 327 reviews2024
Dev: 涂途Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.
Why similar: Wargame 39.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Historical 16.7%, War 9.2%, Strategy 8.8%
- #41 魔塔三国之群雄争霸
72% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: 赚大钱工作室
Windows
Players play one of the heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, conquer other forces and unify the world
Why similar: Wargame 53.5%, Strategy 20.4%, Military 12.5%, War 9%, 2D 4.1%
- #42 Blocks!: Julius Caesar
74% matchMixed53% of 73 reviews2019
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Blocks!: Julius Caesar is an epic two-player wargame that brings the drama of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BC) to life. Take control of the legions of Caesar or Pompey against AI or in online Multiplayer. Fight to determine the future of Rome: Republic or Empire.
Why similar: Wargame 37.6%, Strategy 26.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Historical 15%
- #43 逆乱封神之武王伐纣
71% matchVery Positive91% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: 赚大钱工作室
Windows
A turn based battle chess game called Fengshen Bang
Why similar: Wargame 37.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 24%, Historical 10.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Military 9.5%
- #44 Sanguo's Ambition 4 :Three Kingdoms
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: Youshen Interactive
Windows · Mac
A real-time strategy+team competition game, in 189, the Han Dynasty launched a mutual attack and expansion of territories, operating their own forces, and seizing generals and resources until the world was unified.
Why similar: Wargame 59.4%, Historical 13.2%, Military 10.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Multiplayer 4.4%
- #45 大三国时代
68% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: 大三国时代项目组
Windows
三国策略攻城游戏《大三国时代》火爆来袭,通过指令操作部队作战,让你体验运筹帷幄,决胜千里的感觉,全尺寸大地图,自由攻城掠地,策略兵种搭配,多样武将选择,快来和兄弟们一起开创属于你们的大三国时代!
Why similar: Historical 40.5%, War 26.8%, Strategy 25%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #46 Pike and Shot : Campaigns
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 390 reviews2015
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The ultimate wargame set in the age of Pike and Shot is back. You are now in full charge of your nation’s armies, throughout a long campaign in the struggle for dominance.
Why similar: Wargame 43.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Historical 17.6%, Strategy 16.5%, Multiplayer 2.9%
- #47 Strategos
68% matchVery Positive87% of 222 reviews2026
Dev: Strategos GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command of historical ones.
Why similar: Wargame 37.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Historical 14.6%, Strategy 9.4%, Military 9.4%
- #48 Kingdom's Life
71% matchMixed63% of 259 reviews2022
Dev: Strudio Company
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Kingdom's Life - Large turn-based global strategy game in pixel style. You have to create your own people and state. Can you lead the state to political, economic, technological and military triumph? It depends on you.
Why similar: Political Sim 41.2% ★, Wargame 30.8%, Historical 10.3%, Strategy 8%, War 6.8%
- #49 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
69% matchMixed70% of 2,225 reviews2024
Dev: Oxide GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.
Why similar: Historical 34.7%, Strategy 23.9%, Military 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Multiplayer 2.9%
- #50 Warplan Pacific
70% matchVery Positive88% of 97 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: Wargame 34.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.9%, Strategy 13.9%, Historical 11.7%, Military 8.6%
- #51 Monarch : Medieval Remastered
68% matchVery Positive81% of 377 reviews2025
Dev: Mr.Lordy
Windows
In the medieval era, assume the role of a lord and engage with other lords,develop fiefdoms, and employ strategies involving intrigue, warfare, and plunder. Expand your territory and strengthen your house lineage Or, be a god, manipulate the world? This game primarily strategic role-playing elements
Why similar: Political Sim 42.4% ★, Wargame 23.3%, Historical 16%, Strategy 9.7%, War 6.2%
- #52 Blocks!: Richard III
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Richard the Third is an epic two-player wargame that recreates the bloody dynastic struggle in the 15th century between the royal houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England.
Why similar: Wargame 40.8%, Strategy 26.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Historical 15%
- #53 Civil War: 1863
71% matchMixed59% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Wargame 50.6%, Strategy 30.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%
- #54 Making History: The First World War
69% matchMixed67% of 114 reviews2021
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Linux
A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.
Why similar: Wargame 40.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Historical 15.5%, Strategy 10%, Military 7.2%
- #55 RIOT: Civil Unrest
69% matchMixed68% of 1,910 reviews2019
Dev: Leonard MenchiariPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
As civil crisis deepens and inequality tears the very fabric of society the discontentment of the masses manifests itself in violent public disturbances and civil disorder. Play as the police or the angry horde as RIOT – Civil Unrest places you in some of the world’s most fractious disputes.
Why similar: Political Sim 70.9% ★, Strategy 16.4%, Historical 8.3%, 2D 2.4%, Multiplayer 1.8%
- #56 1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact
67% matchMixed49% of 189 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 41.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.8%, Military 10.1%, Strategy 9.2%, War 6.5%
- #57 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 225 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 19.2 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 40.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Military 12.5%, Historical 11%, War 9.1%
- #58 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
64% matchVery Positive81% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 30.2 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 64.9% ★, Historical 18.1%, Strategy 10.2%, 2D 3.4%, Atmospheric 2.7%
- #59 Field of Glory: Kingdoms
64% matchVery Positive83% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: AGEODPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Politics, religion, war. They are nothing without a legacy that can stand the test of time. Lead any nation, and turn it into a mighty kingdom in one of the most compelling grand strategy games ever created.
Why similar: Wargame 53.2%, Strategy 21.5%, Historical 21.1%, Multiplayer 4.2%
- #60 Precipice
67% 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 48.6% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Wargame 11.3%, Historical 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%