Games Like Strategic Command: American Civil War

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 28.8%, Historical 27.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Wargame 19.4%, Multiplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a highly detailed engine that mirrors the grand strategic depth and historical complexity found in the Strategic Command series.

Take command of the Union or the Confederacy. Prepare your nation for war, recruit and organize great armies and fleets under legendary commanders like Grant, Lee, Jackson or Farragut, plan cunning maneuvers on an epic campaign map and defeat your enemies in real-time battles!

Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, Historical 36.4%, Wargame 21.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most comprehensive simulation of the American Civil War, blending grand strategy with real-time tactical battles.

Strategic Command: World War I is a new chapter in the Strategic Command Franchise. Relive this momentous conflict from the opening shots of 1914 to the final offensives. Strategic Command: World War I covers all the main aspects and theatres of the war.

Why similar: Strategy 52.4%, Wargame 29%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%

Why You'll Like It: Built on the same engine as the seed game, it provides an identical user experience applied to the massive scope of the First World War.

Strategic Command WWII: World At War is your chance to re-fight the 20th century’s greatest conflict, from Poland to China, Normandy to the Pacific, on a map encompassing the globe.

Why similar: Strategy 65.8%, Wargame 34.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the core mechanics of the seed game while expanding the conflict to a global scale during the Second World War.

Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe is a deeply immersive turn based strategy game covering the greatest conflict in modern history!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the same refined hex-based operational gameplay focused specifically on the European theater of WWII.

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 30.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Strategy 21.8%, Historical 20.2%, Multiplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This entry maintains the series' signature strategic depth while adapting the mechanics for naval and island-hopping warfare.

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 40.2%, Historical 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Strategy 16.1%, Multiplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more tactical in nature, it captures the spirit of Civil War command and army management better than almost any other title.

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: Historical 36.4%, Wargame 31.1%, Strategy 28.4%, Multiplayer 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the tactical nuances of the most pivotal battle of the Civil War with a high degree of historical accuracy.

Command a true operational structure. Can you balance and prioritize three different Theatres in order to achieve your objective?

Why similar: Strategy 39.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 35.2%, Wargame 21.8%, Multiplayer 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deep operational wargame that shares the hex-grid complexity and focus on supply lines found in the Strategic Command series.

AGEod goes back to the Napoleonic era and delivers the most detailed and comprehensive strategy game ever created about a time of struggle and conquest that forged modern Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Historical 30.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.1%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by AGEOD, this game provides a deep, turn-based grand strategy experience set in a similar era of historical warfare.

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 28.8%, Strategy 23.6%, Historical 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Multiplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a rigorous turn-based tactical experience that captures the feel of historical warfare across multiple eras.

Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture.

Why similar: Strategy 25.6%, Historical 25.4%, Wargame 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines grand strategy management with the ability to resolve battles using the tactical Field of Glory engine.

Take Command and Secure Victory in the Great War! Commander – The Great War features a Grand Campaign covering the whole war from the invasion of Belgium on August 5, 1914 to the Armistice on the 11th of November 1918 in addition to 16 different unit types including Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured Cars and Tanks, Artillery, and much more!

Why similar: Strategy 30.8%, Wargame 29.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Historical 16.7%

Why You'll Like It: This grand strategy wargame offers a similar scope and turn-based structure for managing the complexities of the First World War.

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: Strategy 46%, Wargame 35.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%

Why You'll Like It: A focused turn-based tactical game that allows players to command specific units in key Civil War engagements.

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: Strategy 29.5%, Wargame 29.2%, Historical 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Multiplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Another AGEOD classic that excels at simulating the political and military chaos of the Russian Civil War.

Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.

Why similar: Wargame 32.3%, Strategy 27.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.3%, Historical 17.2%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: An excellent operational wargame that emphasizes the importance of supply lines and logistics in a turn-based environment.

Civil War: 1861 covers the opening battles of the American Civil War. The game covers both the small and large actions of that momentous year, starting with the battle at ‘Big Bethel’, on to the comparatively vast engagements at ‘Bull Run’ and ‘Wilson’s Creek’.

Why similar: Strategy 30.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.3%, Wargame 24.1%, Historical 18.1%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a straightforward, turn-based approach to the early battles of the American Civil War.

Victory and Glory: The American Civil War is a game of grand strategy and fast-play tactical battles where you take the role of either the Union or the Confederates and attempt to win.

Why similar: Strategy 59.1%, Wargame 40.9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategic game that simplifies the grand strategy experience while maintaining a strong focus on the Civil War period.

The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.

Why similar: Historical 35.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.9%, Strategy 20.3%, Multiplayer 12%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that focuses on the evolution of 19th-century military tactics and unit interaction.

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: Wargame 35.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 30.7%, Strategy 27.5%, Multiplayer 5%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A highly accessible turn-based tactical wargame that emphasizes unit positioning and terrain advantages.

Ageod’s To End All Wars is a grand strategy game set during World War One. Players will take control over one of the major powers that so desperately fought for control over Europe and to end all wars.

Why similar: Strategy 56.2%, Wargame 43.8%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that focuses on the monumental scale of WWI, requiring careful management of fronts and resources.

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 34.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.8%, Strategy 22.4%, Historical 13.5%, Multiplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for deep, complex hex-based wargaming, perfect for players who want maximum historical detail.

It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.

Why similar: Strategy 26.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 26%, Historical 25.7%, Wargame 20.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique turn-based wargame that focuses on counter-insurgency and logistics in a challenging historical setting.

Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

Why similar: Historical 38.3%, Wargame 36.9%, Strategy 22.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Battleplan: American Civil War introduces you to fastplay wargaming, a new kind of strategy game experience. Take command of either Confederate or Union troops and fight your way through eleven of the American Civil War’s most famous battles.

Why similar: Strategy 62.3%, Historical 37.7%

Why You'll Like It: A casual approach to Civil War strategy that focuses on unit movement and basic tactical planning.

In American Conquest, Players set sail from Europe to discover new world and conquer its innumerable riches.

Why similar: Strategy 55%, Historical 43.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: While an RTS, it provides a massive scale of historical warfare that appeals to fans of the American historical setting.

Gettysburg: The Tide Turns is a hex-based wargame set in one of the most decisive and iconic battles of the Civil War. 150 years ago, brave soldiers fought across this idyllic battlefield, and, now, we put you in their shoes.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that offers a deep dive into the specific mechanics of the Battle of Gettysburg.

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 33.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.6%, Historical 21%, Strategy 17.2%, Multiplayer 4.3%

Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.

Why similar: Strategy 52.2%, Historical 29.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%

Why You'll Like It: A collection of turn-based scenarios that cover various historical conflicts with a focus on strategic decision-making.

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: Wargame 30.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.3%, Strategy 26.3%, Historical 15.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic hex-based operational wargame that remains a benchmark for supply-chain management in strategy games.

Can you drive the Secessionist into the Fort Sumter trap that gave Lincoln his historic victory? Can you successfully use the issue of States Rights to divide Northern opinion? Fort Sumter let’s you explore this seminal moment in American history in a fast-playing, easy-to-learn card driven game.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 38.6%, Wargame 20.4%, Historical 19%, Strategy 14.7%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A card-driven strategy game that simulates the political tension leading up to the American Civil War.

Battle Cry of Freedom brings brutal real-time first and third-person combat set in the 19th Century America, presenting players with the opportunity to re-fight the American Civil War as either the Union or the Confederates.

Why similar: Historical 53.2%, Strategy 26.9%, Multiplayer 19.8%

Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.

Why similar: Historical 38.4%, Strategy 34.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Multiplayer 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%

The Operational Art of War IV is the new generation of operational wargames. With more flexibility than before and with a new array of exciting features, it will make you relive the most iconic battles from the dawn of the 20th Century to modern day, including the ones that never occurred!

Why similar: Wargame 51.7%, Strategy 48.3%

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

Why similar: Strategy 25%, Historical 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.7%, Wargame 20.5%, Multiplayer 5.8%

Turn based tactical and strategic naval combat. Atlantic Fleet puts you in command of the Allies or Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in the longest military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic.Take command of surface ships, submarines as well as carrier and land based aircraft in the deadly struggle for control of Atlantic shipping...

Why similar: Strategy 67.2%, Historical 29.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%

American Revolution is a sandbox strategy game featuring the epic historical period during the rebellion of the American colonies against the British Empire.

Why similar: Wargame 42.9%, Historical 35.2%, Strategy 21.9%

Crush the Confederates near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Bring peace to a nation divided.

Why similar: Wargame 36.6%, Historical 25%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Strategy 17.2%, Multiplayer 2.7%

CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.

Why similar: Wargame 41.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 32.3%, Strategy 22.3%, Multiplayer 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%

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: Wargame 26.8%, Strategy 24%, Historical 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Multiplayer 8.3%

War of Rights is a first person multiplayer game featuring massive 400 player battles with a focus on historical authenticity, teamplay and immersion. It is set during the perilous days of the American Civil War, in the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862.

Why similar: Historical 62.6%, Multiplayer 18.6%, Strategy 17.8%, Singleplayer 1%

Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!

Why similar: Wargame 43.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 29%, Historical 27.5%

The game recreates the Taïping Rebellion (1851-64), the deadliest Chinese civil war, costing the lives of millions. Play the Taïping rebels and their allies, fighting to create their own state, or be the Qing Emperor and crush the revolt and its foreign devils allies before it topples your dynasty.

Why similar: Wargame 40.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.3%, Historical 15.7%, Strategy 14.8%, Multiplayer 3.2%

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 39.1%, Historical 28.1%, Strategy 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Making History® delivers the open-ended gameplay of strategy-game classics, but with compelling new economic, military, and diplomatic systems and deep research that lets you play with real historical challenges.

Why similar: Strategy 46.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 33.1%, Historical 20.3%

Master grand tactical combat as a Cold War force commander in this data-rich simulation. Plan and issue orders in asynchronous WEGO turns, leveraging real-world maps and complex features like Electronic Warfare and Air Assaults to outthink your enemy.

Why similar: Wargame 46.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.8%, Strategy 24.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%

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: Historical 32.5%, Strategy 28.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.5%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%

War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!

Why similar: Wargame 38.7%, Strategy 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Historical 9.3%, Multiplayer 3.7%

Command the armies of the British Redcoats, English Loyalists, German Hessians, American Regulars, Patriots, French Regulars and Native Americans to decide the fate of the Americas!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

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 23.2%, Historical 22%, Strategy 13.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%

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 35.7%, Historical 32.7%, Strategy 22.3%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%

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: Wargame 35.6%, Historical 24.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 24%, Strategy 14.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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: Historical 34.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.4%, Strategy 20%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%

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 33.5%, Historical 25.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Strategy 17.6%, Multiplayer 3.5%

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 63.4%, Historical 36.6%

Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.

Why similar: Wargame 35.3%, Historical 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.7%, Strategy 14%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017

Why similar: Wargame 38.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.1%, Strategy 18.8%, Historical 10.4%, Multiplayer 5.5%

It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to forge himself a name to be remembered throughout all eternity. This is your moment.

Why similar: Strategy 37.6%, Historical 32.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%

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 69.1%, Strategy 29.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%