- #1 Winter War 1939
97% matchVery Positive90% of 148 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium Game Lab
Windows
Epic World War 2 battles. Finland vs the Soviet Union.
Why similar: World War II 59.1% ★, Wargame 16.7%, Historical 10.8%, War 6.2%, Military 3.7%
- #2 Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty - Prologue 1939
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Lead the scarce Finnish forces through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War. Save your country’s very existence from the Red Menace. Niet Molotoff!
Why similar: World War II 35.1% ★, Wargame 11.9%, Historical 9.1%, Alternate History 9%, Military 6.8%
- #3 SGS Afrika Korps
96% 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: World War II 30.1% ★, Wargame 12.1%, Epic 10.6% ★, Historical 9.3%, Strategy 7.8%
- #4 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
95% 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: World War II 34.7% ★, Wargame 13.4%, Historical 8%, Alternate History 7.8%, Military 7.4%
- #5 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
94% 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: World War II 40.2% ★, Wargame 13.7%, Historical 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%, War 6.7%
- #6 Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
94% matchVery Positive88% of 156 reviews2021
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Take command of the Allied forces and protect your homeland and the whole of Europe from totalitarian madness. Form armies. Win battles. Change history.
Why similar: World War II 33.8% ★, Wargame 11.5%, Historical 8.9%, Alternate History 8.7%, Military 6.6%
- #7 Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
93% matchVery Positive85% of 80 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: World War II 35.6% ★, Wargame 12.2%, Historical 9.2%, Alternate History 9%, Military 7%
- #8 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
92% 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: World War II 51.3% ★, Wargame 15%, Historical 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Strategy 9.2%
- #9 Hex of Steel
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 801 reviews2020
Dev: War Frogs Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
Why similar: World War II 41.6% ★, Wargame 12.8%, Historical 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%, Military 7.6%
- #10 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
91% 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: World War II 50.2% ★, Wargame 17.1%, Strategy 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 5.1%
- #11 Talvisota - Winter War
90% matchVery Positive88% of 1,106 reviews2020
Dev: Talvisota TeamPub: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Talvisota for Rising Storm 2 brings players from the steaming jungles of Vietnam to the frozen forests of Finland, during the Soviet-Finnish Winter War of the late 1930s.
Why similar: World War II 36.1% ★, Simulation 32.8%, War 12.5%, Military 11%, Strategy 7.7%
- #12 No Retreat! The Russian Front
89% matchVery Positive82% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Cyril JarnotPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
This game is a Strategic game on the Eastern Front of World War II.It is a digital port from the famous and eponym boardgame, No Retreat!, designed by Carl Paradis.
Why similar: Wargame 22.2%, Strategy 19.6%, Historical 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, War 10.8%
- #13 Battle of the Bulge
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 166 reviews2015
Dev: Shenandoah StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Battle of the Bulge is a fast-paced WW2 game where precise movement and detailed planning make the difference between a vain attempt and a brave operation.
Why similar: World War II 53.2% ★, Strategy 12.8%, Wargame 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, War 8.3%
- #14 Stalingrad
88% matchVery Positive87% of 462 reviews2015
Dev: DTF gamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Stalingrad is a real-time strategy title that places gamers in the middle of the most dramatic periods of World War II, covering major events from June 1942 till January 1943.
Why similar: World War II 62.3% ★, Strategy 27.3%, War 10.4%
- #15 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
86% 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: World War II 35.1% ★, Wargame 11.8%, Historical 8.8%, Alternate History 8.6%, Military 6.8%
- #16 Tank Operations: European Campaign
84% 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: World War II 45.5% ★, Strategy 17.5%, Wargame 9.9%, Historical 8.3%, War 6.4%
- #17 The Campaign Series: Fall Weiss
87% matchMixed47% of 122 reviews2014
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Set during the early events of World War 2, Fall Weiss is a new successor to the Panzer General
Why similar: World War II 54.7% ★, Strategy 26.7%, Wargame 16%, Indie 2.6%
- #18 Drive on Moscow
86% matchVery Positive80% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Shenandoah StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Drive on Moscow: War in the Snow, a strategy game from the award-winning makers of Battle of the Bulge, invites you to take command of the pivotal battle of World War II! Defend the homeland as the Soviets, or lead a bold push to seize the Soviet capital as the Axis.
Why similar: World War II 56% ★, Strategy 19.6%, Wargame 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.8%, War 4.6%
- #19 Frontline: Western Front
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
A tactical scale strategy game that invites the players to take command of the Allied or German forces in an epic struggle for the control of Western Europe during World War Two.
Why similar: World War II 37.3% ★, Wargame 11.5%, Strategy 10.9%, Historical 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.5%
- #20 SGS NATO's Nightmare
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?
Why similar: Wargame 27.6%, Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Historical 11.6%, Alternate History 10.4%
- #21 Pavlov's House
82% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: Bookmark Games
Windows · Mac
Take control of the valiant defenders of a Soviet strongpoint in Stalingrad as they hold out against constant German attacks for almost two months. Can you rise to the challenge of mounting odds and hold Pavlov’s House?
Why similar: World War II 58.5% ★, Wargame 20.4%, Strategy 18.8%, 2D 1.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #22 SGS Korean War
82% 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: Wargame 23.4%, Strategy 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Historical 13%, War 8.7%
- #23 Total Tank Generals
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 320 reviews2023
Dev: Noobz From PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Every war has its Generals. Take command of an army during World War II and lead them to victory. Strategize your way through many scenarios and real historical military campaigns of past generals.
Why similar: World War II 48.2% ★, Historical 10.1%, Wargame 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%, War 6%
- #24 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
80% 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 21.2%, Strategy 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Historical 12.9%, War 8.7%
- #25 Strategic War in Europe
83% matchMixed49% of 214 reviews2014
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Set during the events of WW2, Strategic War in Europe is a classic turn-based strategy game that combines a deep strategic layer with accessibility and ease-of-use.
Why similar: World War II 54.5% ★, Strategy 16%, Wargame 12.5%, Historical 8.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%
- #26 Making History II: The War of the World
81% 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: World War II 62.2% ★, Strategy 16.3%, Historical 10.4%, Simulation 6.8%, Multiplayer 2.7%
- #27 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
79% matchVery Positive90% of 2,069 reviews2011
Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.
Why similar: World War II 56% ★, Strategy 12.3%, Historical 11.6%, Wargame 9.7%, Military 3.8%
- #28 Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg
78% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg (CMFB) follows the Western Allies through the battles along Germany's border and into the heart of the Reich itself.
Why similar: World War II 27.5% ★, Wargame 14.6%, Historical 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Strategy 9.5%
- #29 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,012 reviews2012
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Unity of Command is an innovative and refreshing operational-level wargame that covers the entire 1942/43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.
Why similar: World War II 51.5% ★, Strategy 12.8%, Wargame 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Historical 7.2%
- #30 Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943
78% matchVery Positive83% of 413 reviews2017
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943 - tactical battalion level combat simulation. During the Tunisian Campaign in winter 1943 German Panzer battlegroups launch a counteroffensive against the Allied forces to drive them out of Eastern Dorsal.
Why similar: World War II 64.6% ★, Strategy 18.4%, Simulation 9.7%, Military 5.2%, Tactical 2.1%
- #31 Steel Division 2
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,441 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.
Why similar: World War II 44.1% ★, Strategy 9.7%, Wargame 9.3%, Historical 8.4%, Military 7.5%
- #32 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,099 reviews2016
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.
Why similar: World War II 53.9% ★, Wargame 12.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 7%, Historical 5.4%
- #33 Third Front: WWII
77% matchMixed61% of 360 reviews2018
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Are you ready to rewrite history and take on the role of ruler of the nation? Show your knowledge of tactics and strategy, become the commander-in-chief of a huge army! Lead the troops of one of the three nations - the USSR, Germany and the Allies - and pave your way for each of them!
Why similar: World War II 44.1% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Historical 7.2%, War 6.2%, Alternate History 6%
- #34 Warplan Pacific
75% matchVery Positive88% of 94 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 45.4% ★, Strategy 11.5%, Wargame 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Historical 8.5%
- #35 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
74% matchVery Positive92% of 428 reviews2021
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
War in the East 2 is the most comprehensive, most realistic, and most advanced wargame modeling Eastern Front warfare in World War Two.
Why similar: World War II 35.6% ★, Wargame 16.3%, Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Historical 7%
- #36 Combat Mission Fortress Italy
73% matchVery Positive85% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Fortress Italy brings wargamers to the "soft underbelly of Europe", a place that was anything but.
Why similar: World War II 30.8% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Strategy 11%, Historical 7.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%
- #37 Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
75% 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: World War II 59.6% ★, Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Wargame 8.8%, Multiplayer 1.4%
- #38 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
72% 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: World War II 32.7% ★, Wargame 15.1%, Strategy 12.5%, Historical 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #39 Theatre of War
76% matchMixed61% of 364 reviews2010
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Command a special task force composed of different kinds of units, including tanks, APCs, field guns, mortars, various infantry regiments and will also have an opportunity to call for artillery and air support.
Why similar: World War II 73.2% ★, Strategy 19.1%, War 5.1%, Multiplayer 2.7%
- #40 Second Front
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 653 reviews2023
Dev: HexdrawPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Second Front is a tactical WWII turn-based strategy game. Craft & share your own scenarios and maps or use your strategic prowess in 48 scenarios set in iconic locations. Command over 40 types of infantry and 216 tanks, vehicles and guns. An infinite tactical sandbox experience.
Why similar: World War II 46.4% ★, Wargame 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%, Strategy 7.2%, War 6.9%
- #41 Age of History II
70% 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: World War II 30.9% ★, Historical 19.1%, Strategy 14.7%, War 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #42 Making History: The Second World War
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 284 reviews2018
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Choose a nation and prepare for the greatest conflict in human history, World War II. Build your military and industrial power, form alliances and race to achieve the advanced technologies that will bring total victory in this global-wide turn-based Grand Strategy struggle.
Why similar: World War II 41.1% ★, Historical 10.4%, Wargame 8.3%, Strategy 7.2%, War 7%
- #43 Strategic Mind: The Pacific
71% 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: World War II 36.7% ★, Wargame 11.8%, Historical 9.1%, Alternate History 8.7%, War 6.7%
- #44 Close Combat: Cross of Iron
71% matchVery Positive81% of 162 reviews2020
Dev: Strategy 3 TacticsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
In Close Combat: Cross of Iron you start off as a junior officer leading your men into battle in real-time, focusing on the Eastern Front of World War II. Earn promotions as you deal with an unforgiving enemy. Fight and survive through the frozen winter, hot dusty summer and muddy autumn.
Why similar: World War II 44.8% ★, Strategy 14.8%, Wargame 14.4%, Simulation 8.5%, Military 7%
- #45 Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943
73% matchMixed68% of 278 reviews2010
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 covers the events of 1943 in Tunisia, North Africa. Recovering from their losses after the crushing defeat and subsequent retreat after the Second Battle of El-Alamein, the German Afrika Korps - reinforced and now supported by the Italian Army - prepare once more to put steel against steel with the Allies.
Why similar: World War II 58.4% ★, Strategy 28.9%, Simulation 12.7%
- #46 World War 2: Time of Wrath
73% matchMixed51% of 107 reviews2014
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Time of Wrath gives a fine piece of wargaming for every fan of WW2 era. This strategy allows players to take control over any country during World War 2 era in Europe and North Africa theater.
Why similar: World War II 79.9% ★, Strategy 18.4%, Indie 1.7%
- #47 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
69% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: XR Studio
Windows
This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?
Why similar: World War II 43.8% ★, Historical 14.5%, Wargame 14.4%, Military 8.1%, War 7.8%
- #48 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
70% 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: World War II 37.1% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Military 9.1%, Alternate History 8.6%, Historical 7.3%
- #49 Easy Red 2
65% matchVery Positive90% of 12,483 reviews2022
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!
Why similar: World War II 54.7% ★, Wargame 10.8%, Historical 8.7%, War 7.9%, Strategy 6.9%
- #50 Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 255 reviews2023
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Battle for Normandy faithfully recreates the experience of tactical land warfare in Western France during World War Two.
Why similar: World War II 57.5% ★, Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.6%, PvP 4.4%
- #51 Forgotten but Unbroken
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 254 reviews2024
Dev: Centurion DevelopmentsPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
A tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by events and stories of forgotten and unsung heroes of WW2. Unique and new-to-genre features offer immersion and deeper protagonists to lead and care for. Lead the resistance against the Axis Forces.
Why similar: World War II 39.1% ★, Historical 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Military 6.8%
- #52 Supremacy: Call of War 1942
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 6,188 reviews2017
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 2 in this persisting long-term strategy game. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time. Research top secret weapons of World War 2 and become the one true superpower!
Why similar: World War II 43.7% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Historical 8%, War 7.5%, Wargame 7.3%
- #53 Nations At War Digital Core Game
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 105 reviews2020
Dev: Lock 'n Load Publishing
Windows · Mac
Nations At War series is a dynamic platoon-level combat computer game based on the award-winning board games of the same series name. Nations At War series centered on armor, artillery and infantry combat during World War 2.
Why similar: World War II 44.9% ★, Wargame 15.5%, War 8.4%, Military 8.2%, Strategy 6.4%
- #54 Blitzkrieg 3
69% matchMixed54% of 7,303 reviews2017
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.
Why similar: World War II 49.2% ★, Historical 10.5%, Strategy 8.9%, Military 8.1%, War 7.5%
- #55 Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943
70% matchMixed68% of 229 reviews2010
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943, the historically accurate and detailed real-time tactical war game, welcomes military history fans to the battle which gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.
Why similar: World War II 59.1% ★, Strategy 27.3%, Simulation 13.6%
- #56 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
66% matchVery Positive92% of 125 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: World War II 39.3% ★, Wargame 16.4%, Strategy 13.1%, Historical 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%
- #57 Project Wunderwaffe: Prologue
66% matchMixed67% of 331 reviews2022
Dev: Weasel Games
Windows
Project Wunderwaffe: Prologue is some part of the full version of the game. The gameplay starts in the realities of World War II, the Soviets and Allies are coming. Your task in the game is to keep enemy troops as far away from your base as possible. Fight and survive!
Why similar: World War II 44.2% ★, Wargame 14%, Historical 10.1%, Alternate History 8.4%, Military 7.8%
- #58 World War 2: Strategy Simulator
68% matchMostly Negative37% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: joynowstudio
Windows
★Tactics & Collocations 30+ Historical Campaigns: Normandy Landing, Operation Market Garden 2 Warfare Conflict Camps: Allies faction and ally Axis 30+ large battlefield maps are provide in this strategy games Omni-directional combat space: naval battle, air combat, land battle.
Why similar: World War II 39.9% ★, Wargame 13.1%, Historical 9%, Military 7.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.8%
- #59 Making History: The Great War
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 453 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.
Why similar: World War II 33.1% ★, Historical 12.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Alternate History 8.2%, War 7.6%