- #1 Gunner, HEAT, PC!
97% matchVery Positive91% of 8,208 reviews2022
Dev: Radian Simulations LLC
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 21.6%, Cold War 21.4% ★, Military 17.9%, Tanks 17.9% ★, Wargame 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deeply authentic modern tank combat simulation experience that appeals to the same audience looking to test armored vehicles in realistic scenarios.
- #2 Flyout
96% matchVery Positive83% of 2,296 reviews2023
Dev: Stonext Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Build and fly realistic aircraft. Use free-form fuselage and wing editor tools and tune your engines to recreate aircraft from any era or design your own.
Why similar: Sandbox 31%, Military 26.3%, Building 25.8%, Physics 12.9%, 3D 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Sharing the same deep engineering-focused design philosophy, it lets you construct custom aircraft while meticulously balancing weight, propulsion, and aerodynamics.
- #3 From the Depths
96% matchVery Positive89% of 12,853 reviews2020
Dev: Brilliant Skies Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 22.4%, Military 15.4%, Building 14.8%, War 13.6%, Sandbox 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features intricate, block-by-block vehicle construction and custom weapon design, satisfying the same desire to engineer and test military machinery.
- #4 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
95% matchMixed66% of 1,090 reviews2024
Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!
Why similar: Tanks 13.9% ★, Wargame 12.6%, Vehicular Combat 12.2%, Military 11.4%, War 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tank design with business management, letting you research and build historical and custom armored fighting vehicles from the ground up.
- #5 Tank Mechanic Simulator
94% matchVery Positive88% of 9,446 reviews2020
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Renovate & build II World War tanks. Experience highly detailed & realistic simulation game. Take tanks fully apart by using different tools. Transform them from rusty and ruined to fully working. Check them on the training ground, sell or put into your own museum.
Why similar: World War II 44.8% ★, Tanks 31.6% ★, Building 21.8%, Action 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to get hands-on with historical tanks by repairing, restoring, and testing them in a detailed garage environment.
- #6 NavalArt
94% matchVery Positive91% of 2,473 reviews2018
Dev: RigidbodyPub: RZ Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 51.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Design your own warships, equip them with a variety of armament, and bring them out to the ocean!
Why similar: World War I 18.9% ★, World War II 13.7% ★, Wargame 11.9%, Sandbox 11.7%, Military 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on custom vessel construction and naval warfare where you design ships down to individual components and test them against enemy fleets.
- #7 GearBlocks
93% matchVery Positive91% of 802 reviews2023
Dev: SmashHammer Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a world of creative building, interactive machines, and gears - lots of gears. Build all things mechanical: cars, trucks, cranes, tanks, gearboxes, engines, clocks, anything you can think of. Test your creations to destruction in challenging scenarios, and share them in the workshop!
Why similar: Building 37.9%, Sandbox 31.9%, Physics 18.3%, Third Person 6.8%, 3D 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a physics-driven building sandbox focused on complex mechanical systems, gears, and structural integrity much like designing a tank's internal layout.
- #8 Brick Rigs
91% matchVery Positive95% of 59,870 reviews2023
Dev: Fluppisoft GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 78.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Do whatever you want in a physics sandbox full of chaotic destruction, endless player-made creations and unpredictable adventures. Build, destroy, roleplay and mess around solo or with friends!
Why similar: Sandbox 37.3%, Building 33.6%, Physics 15.6%, Gun Customization 12.2% ★, Action 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a sandbox vehicle-building experience with robust physics, allowing you to construct and drive fully interactive tanks and military hardware.
- #9 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
92% matchMixed61% of 8,005 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 81.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Why similar: World War I 26% ★, World War II 20% ★, Wargame 13.6%, Military 13.3%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Satisfies the urge to custom-design military vehicles by letting you draft, armor, and arm dreadnoughts before sending them into tactical battles.
- #10 Scrap Mechanic
90% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 41%, Sandbox 34%, Physics 17.2%, Third Person 6.3%, Action 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines mechanical creativity with survival and sandbox building, letting you rig up complex machinery and functional tank treads.
- #11 Total Tank Simulator
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,785 reviews2020
Dev: Noobz from PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.
Why similar: World War II 34.7% ★, Tanks 20.4% ★, War 18.6%, Sandbox 18.6%, Physics 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Lets you command and deploy customized tank battalions across massive, physics-driven World War II battlefields.
- #12 Trailmakers
89% matchVery Positive92% of 39,576 reviews2019
Dev: Flashbulb
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 38.2%, Building 23.5%, Sandbox 22.8%, Physics 12.3%, Action 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a modular vehicle-building sandbox where you can engineer and pilot custom armored cars and tanks across open worlds.
- #13 Besiege
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 53,310 reviews2020
Dev: Spiderling Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 26.5%, Wargame 19.8%, Building 17.5%, Sandbox 17.3%, Physics 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Challenges you to build medieval siege engines and mechanical contraptions using a robust physics-based building system.
- #14 Panzer War : Definitive Edition
89% matchVery Positive84% of 1,388 reviews2018
Dev: WindyVerse
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 66.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Panzer War delivers intense tank combat, featuring a realistic damage system where every hit counts. Skip the grind—access all tanks instantly and dive into battle. Unleash your creativity with the Tank and Map Designer, crafting custom scenarios for endless gameplay possibilities.
Why similar: World War I 36.2% ★, World War II 29.4% ★, Tanks 19.9% ★, War 13.3%, Action 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: Puts you directly into the seat of various historic tanks for tactical combat engagements.
- #15 SimplePlanes
87% matchVery Positive93% of 10,914 reviews2015
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build airplanes by snapping parts together, designing wing sections, and attaching engines. At any time, you can strap yourself into the cockpit and see how it flies with realistic physics. If you're not in the mood for building, over 100,000 airplanes are available to download for free.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 25.6%, Military 22.5%, Building 19%, Sandbox 18.8%, Physics 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on custom vehicle design and aerodynamic simulation, appealing to builders who love tweaking structural and functional constraints.
- #16 Nuclear Option
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,179 reviews2023
Dev: Shockfront Studios
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics across dynamic battlefields, facing land, air, and sea threats. Wage war against AI or rival pilots using an array of advanced weaponry, including tactical and strategic nuclear weapons capable of annihilating anything in your path.
Why similar: Military 22.9%, Wargame 21.7%, War 19.5%, Sandbox 15.7%, Physics 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers tactical military flight simulation with realistic physics and modern combat scenarios.
- #17 Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game
86% matchVery Positive94% of 18,050 reviews2015
Dev: Camshaft Software Ltd
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Make your dream cars a reality with Automation’s unparalleled car and engine design tools. Gain a competitive edge through smart engineering and business decisions to help you build an automotive empire. Will you become an industry leader, or just a footnote in automotive history?
Why similar: Building 48%, Sandbox 39.8%, Physics 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the deep engine and vehicle design aspect, allowing you to carefully configure mechanical parameters from scratch.
- #18 UBOAT
84% matchVery Positive84% of 27,344 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Water StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 52.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
Why similar: World War II 37% ★, Military 23.4%, War 19.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Physics 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an authentic simulation of submarine engineering, management, and warfare during World War II.
- #19 Tiny Combat Arena
84% matchVery Positive82% of 1,584 reviews2022
Dev: Why485Pub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Tiny Combat Arena is an approachable combat flight simulator sporting a stylized look and various game modes. Dogfight your way in the Arena and in Quick Action or craft your own scenarios and take part in a vast war with objectives and friendly armies to support.
Why similar: Cold War 29.4% ★, Wargame 20.1%, Vehicular Combat 17.8%, Military 17%, War 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers retro-styled tactical flight action with a focus on engaging combat mechanics.
- #20 Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator
86% matchMostly Negative34% of 660 reviews2019
Dev: Gattai Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Armored Battle Crew is a Tank and Crew Management Simulation game, where your skills as a Tank commander is tested. Customize your tank carefully and make strategic battle choices to achieve mission success! The fate of your crew lies in your hands!
Why similar: World War I 36.7% ★, Tanks 19.6% ★, Military 17.9%, War 14.4%, Sandbox 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the inner mechanics and crew operations of early armored warfare vehicles.
- #21 Juno: New Origins
83% matchVery Positive89% of 3,554 reviews2023
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
Why similar: Building 45.3%, Sandbox 35.5%, Physics 19.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep aerospace engineering and part-by-part construction, testing your ability to build functional craft within strict physical limitations.
- #22 Easy Red 2
82% matchVery Positive90% of 15,222 reviews2022
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 27.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 20.4%, Military 18.2%, War 14.9%, Sandbox 14%
Why You'll Like It: Offers tactical World War II combat with heavily interactive vehicle and infantry gameplay.
- #23 Steel Crew
82% matchVery Positive81% of 615 reviews2021
Dev: Magnus Ander
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Join a Tank as a Driver, Gunner or Commander and team up with and against other Tanks in Tank Vs Tank combat where tactics and communication is key
Why similar: World War II 25.2% ★, Vehicular Combat 20.3%, Tanks 18.1% ★, Wargame 13.9%, Military 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A VR tank simulation emphasizing cooperative crew operations inside historical armored vehicles.
- #24 Instruments of Destruction
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,574 reviews2024
Dev: RadiangamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Crash through walls and tear down buildings in Instruments of Destruction, a vehicle-action game featuring advanced physics-based demolition. Pilot 130+ unique vehicles across scores of challenge-packed missions or design your own contraptions and wreck highly-interactive sandbox worlds.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 38.6%, Tanks 21.8% ★, Third-Person Shooter 19.1%, Physics 14.3%, 3D 4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on advanced physics-based destruction and mechanical vehicle building to demolish structures.
- #25 Kerbal Space Program
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 147,368 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 66.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Why similar: Sandbox 45.8%, Building 31.5%, Physics 22.7%
Why You'll Like It: Tests your engineering and physics intuition through complex, modular rocket and vehicle construction.
- #26 WARNO
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 16,164 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 72.6 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: Cold War 24.7% ★, Wargame 22.8%, Military 22.3%, War 15.3%, Tanks 15% ★
Why You'll Like It: A grand tactical wargame that tests your strategic deployment of modern military units and armor.
- #27 World of Tanks
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 101,437 reviews2021
Dev: Wargaming Group Limited
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 61.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
World of Tanks is a tactical action game with very different gameplay depending on the vehicle type and role. Aside from regular PvP, there are competitive and clan-based modes, special PvE and PvPvE events, and much more. Whether you play to dominate or just enjoy the ride, you'll fit right in.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 17.8%, Tanks 16.8% ★, Military 13.9%, Wargame 13.5%, War 12%
Why You'll Like It: Provides classic multiplayer tank combat for players who enjoy pitting armored vehicles against each other.
- #28 IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,525 reviews2026
Dev: Nick Nieuwoudt
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?
Why similar: World War I 21.7% ★, Military 20.3%, World War II 16% ★, War 14.2%, Wargame 11.4%
- #29 Poly Bridge 3
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,176 reviews2023
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The best just got better! Rediscover your engineering creativity in this genre-defining bridge engineering and puzzle solving masterpiece.
Why similar: Building 61.4%, Physics 29.4%, 3D 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Tests your structural engineering and load-bearing logic under strict physical constraints.
- #30 Rising Front
76% matchVery Positive88% of 4,248 reviews2026
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!
Why similar: World War I 38.3% ★, War 23%, Sandbox 19.7%, Wargame 15.9%, 3D 1.8%
- #31 Call to Arms: Panzer Elite
77% matchMixed70% of 2,063 reviews2025
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Digitalmindsoft Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead a platoon of WWII tanks in this immersive TPP and FPP game. Engage in realistic, tactical combat across historic battlefields. Play through campaign or challenge yourself in skirmish mode as either German or US forces.
Why similar: World War II 28.6% ★, Tanks 19.7% ★, Wargame 17.8%, Military 13.9%, War 11.5%
- #32 Call to Arms
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 24,168 reviews2018
Dev: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.
Why similar: Military 51.1%, War 31.3%, Sandbox 11.3%, Third Person 3.5%, Action 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines strategic real-time tactics with direct-control vehicular and infantry combat.
- #33 Crossout
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 70,049 reviews2017
Dev: Targem GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 56.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Crossout - the postapocalyptic MMO action game where you can create a unique design for an armoured vehicle from dozens of parts and then drive it into multiplayer battles raging on land and in the skies alike.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 34.4%, Gun Customization 21.4% ★, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 14.7%, PvE 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A vehicular combat game where you construct custom armored combat vehicles from a massive array of parts.
- #34 Panzer Knights
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,017 reviews2021
Dev: 樂磚Joy BrickPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Lead a German panzer platoon through the chaos of World War II in this intense, anime-inspired tank simulation. Assemble an elite crew, deploy legendary tanks, and survive fierce engagements where cunning and skill will decide victory or defeat.
Why similar: World War II 22.2% ★, Tanks 15.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 15.6%, War 12.6%, Wargame 11.9%
- #35 Vietnam War
74% matchVery Positive85% of 1,781 reviews2025
Dev: Thorium Game Lab
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Open world single-player FPS. Command your squad in battle across jungles, hills and villages of Vietnam. Fight as U.S or Vietcong. Vast arsenal of weapons and 50+ vehicles
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 24.2%, Wargame 17.5%, Cold War 16.7% ★, Military 13.5%, War 12.4%
- #36 TerraTech
75% matchVery Positive91% of 25,032 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Building 36.3%, Sandbox 31%, Vehicular Combat 21%, Physics 6.3%, Third Person 3.5%
- #37 Ravenfield
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 80,232 reviews2017
Dev: SteelRaven7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Why similar: Military 34%, War 33.6%, Sandbox 23.9%, Physics 6.4%, Action 2%
- #38 Mech Havoc
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 854 reviews2025
Dev: Mid DevelopmentPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Sandbox of destruction. Billion different ways to build your mech. Feel the weight and impact of obliteration in this modern old school mech combat sim.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 41%, Tanks 36.9% ★, Physics 19.4%, Action 2.7%
- #39 World of Tanks: HEAT
73% matchMixed47% of 7,148 reviews2026
Dev: Wargaming Group Limited
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
World of Tanks: HEAT is the first ever hero-driven tank action game. Choose your Agent, personalize your tank, and combine skill and strategy to dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 21.3%, Tanks 19.8% ★, Cold War 18% ★, Military 17.6%, Third-Person Shooter 11.8%
- #40 Ancient Warfare 3
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,783 reviews2024
Dev: JNI Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into a sandbox full of action and customization! Choose from different game modes like deathmatch, conquest, king of the hill, zombie survival and many more. Create your own scenarios and content in the easy to use in-game editors or use one of the 50k+ workshop items from other players...
Why similar: Sandbox 35.9%, War 26.4%, Military 13.4%, Building 11.6%, Physics 10.1%
- #41 Screw Drivers
69% matchVery Positive85% of 6,786 reviews2026
Dev: CreactstudiosPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Crazy physics and high-speed races! Craft vehicles cleverly by combining building blocks and mechanical parts to create powerful drivetrains. Unlock new parts, race for the gold, and challenge your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: Building 60.1%, Physics 30.3%, 3D 6.8%, Action 2.8%
- #42 Gear Up
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 8,352 reviews2015
Dev: Doctor Entertainment AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Feel the adrenaline as you control your unique tank in multiplayer arcade action! Build your ultimate war machine from over a million different combinations. Now, will you go for the rumbling caterpillar tracks or the crawling spider legs?
Why similar: Tanks 33.8% ★, Building 27%, War 17.7%, Sandbox 13.9%, Third Person 5.1%
- #43 World of Guns: Gun Disassembly
73% matchVery Positive84% of 19,871 reviews2014
Dev: Noble Empire Corp.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly lets you delve into the inner workings of guns from the largest gears to the smallest screws
Why similar: World War I 20.2% ★, World War II 15.7% ★, Cold War 14.7% ★, Military 11.5%, Tanks 10.2% ★
- #44 Multi Turret Academy
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,860 reviews2024
Dev: Yulia Games
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Multi Turret Academy is a top-down tank action game with roguelike elements. Select your vehicle from a growing list of historical models, then equip dozens of weapons and upgrades to lead your local tank club to victory!
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 33.8%, Tanks 29.6% ★, Wargame 22.8%, Alternate History 10.2%, 3D 2.4%
- #45 Tank Squad
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 903 reviews2025
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Tank Squad is a tactical-combat action game. Take part in big tank battles during World War II. Play single-player or coop (4 players). Repair your tanks, replenish supplies, manage the crew and get back to the action!
Why similar: World War II 25.9% ★, Vehicular Combat 23.1%, Tanks 18% ★, Military 16.7%, War 15.3%
- #46 Tank Battle Classic
68% matchVery Positive88% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: Chobi Softwear
Windows
A tank combat action game with retro-style visuals, featuring WWII tanks in single-player battles.
Why similar: World War II 18.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 18.1%, Wargame 16.1%, Military 15.4%, Tanks 14% ★
- #47 Warbox
73% matchMixed55% of 3,656 reviews2021
Dev: Mantaliss
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A sandbox game that enables players to watch or take part in a warzone. Players will have access to a variety of tools and features that give them access to customize and change the battlefield however they like.
Why similar: Sandbox 31.5%, War 25.6%, Physics 11.1%, Military 10%, Vehicular Combat 9.9%
- #48 Stormworks: Build and Rescue
69% matchVery Positive91% of 60,190 reviews2020
Dev: Geometa
Windows · Mac
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 113.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
Why similar: Sandbox 39.6%, Building 35%, Physics 16.8%, Third Person 8.5%
- #49 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
66% matchVery Positive91% of 6,818 reviews2024
Dev: Triassic GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 51.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 40.3% ★, Military 30.5%, War 22.2%, Wargame 3.5%, Sandbox 2.3%
- #50 Armored Warfare
71% matchMixed63% of 5,392 reviews2017
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Wishlist Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Wage war against players from around the world with an unstoppable arsenal of 300+ powerful armored combat vehicles. Compete in PvP tank combat, complete co-op missions, and crush your enemies on breathtaking maps, from scorching deserts to neon-drenched urban jungles.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 22.8%, War 21.5%, Tanks 17.1% ★, Military 16.9%, Alternate History 14.7%
- #51 Dieselpunk Wars
71% matchMixed62% of 157 reviews2021
Dev: Image Power S.A.Pub: CreativeForge Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Dieselpunk Wars is a vehicle building game, focused on combat with advanced physics and damage simulation. Use over 300 elements to build a war machine of your dreams. Construct vehicles that ride on the ground, soar through the skies, or dive underwater. Prepare for combat and test your skills!
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 21.6%, Tanks 15.7% ★, War 14%, Building 14%, Sandbox 13.9%
- #52 Waves of Steel
67% matchVery Positive90% of 430 reviews2023
Dev: TMA Games LLC
Windows · Linux
If you like warships but wish they could kickflip, Waves of Steel is for you! Build your own custom warship and embark on a sprawling campaign filled with enemy ships, planes, submarines, and bizarre superweapons. Fast-paced arcade naval action is here!
Why similar: World War II 21.4% ★, Vehicular Combat 18.2%, Building 11.7%, War 11%, Military 10.7%
- #53 SimplePlanes 2
64% matchVery Positive92% of 1,439 reviews2026
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
SimplePlanes is back! Build planes, cars, or anything else using powerful procedural parts! Explore detailed environments with friends in multiplayer, cause chaos, or download 1,000,000 community crafts for free.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 30.7%, Military 26.6%, Building 21.5%, Sandbox 21.2%
- #54 Armored Front: Tiger Command
70% matchMixed47% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: AutoRotate180
Windows
Immerse yourself in a fully interactive VR Tiger Tank game and lead your way across the treacherous deserts of North Africa in a Legendary Tank of World War 2.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 18.5%, World War II 16.3% ★, Tanks 14.2% ★, Military 13.1%, Wargame 11.7%
- #55 TrenchesWIP
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,627 reviews2019
Dev: Big OOF Games PTY LTDPub: -
Windows
Multiplayer combined-arms first-person shooter set in an alternate history. Build and upgrade bases, harvest resources, construct defenses, purchase weapons and vehicles to overcome the enemy!
Why similar: World War I 37.5% ★, World War II 28.1% ★, War 13.5%, Wargame 13.4%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #56 Total Conflict: Resistance
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,368 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Total Conflict: Resistance is a unique symbiosis of global strategy, tactics and first-person action. Realistic mass battles, many types of armored vehicles, weapons, uniforms, unique mechanics, immersive free gameplay. Lead any state and bring it to greatness!
Why similar: Wargame 33.1%, Military 33%, War 31.7%, Action 2.1%
- #57 Over The Top: WWI
64% matchVery Positive83% of 7,626 reviews2026
Dev: Flying Squirrel EntertainmentPub: GG Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join massive multiplayer battles in Over The Top: WWI - an intense shooter set in the gritty backdrop of World War I. Pick your class, choose from a vast arsenal, including rifles, artillery, airplanes, and powerful tanks, and experience the chaos of fully destructible battlefields.
Why similar: World War I 47.3% ★, Third-Person Shooter 19.4%, War 18.1%, PvE 5.4%, Third Person 5.2%
- #58 Procelio
65% matchVery Positive84% of 211 reviews2026
Dev: Ironshell Studios
Windows · Linux
Procelio is a multiplayer vehicle builder/shooter set amidst a proxy war on the red planet. Build and refine your custom machines from orbit, then pilot them in a distant war against CPU and enemy players.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 41.4%, Third-Person Shooter 18.2%, Sandbox 17.1%, War 14.1%, Third Person 4.5%
- #59 Sherman Commander
66% matchMixed67% of 143 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Wolf Studio S.A.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Command a platoon of Sherman tanks over the most famous theaters of WWII. Take the commander’s seat and give specific orders to your crew, or open the tactical map to coordinate your actions with accompanying units.
Why similar: World War II 22.6% ★, Vehicular Combat 19.9%, Military 15.7%, Wargame 14.1%, Tanks 13.8% ★