
A 2D turn based strategy and management game with emergent gameplay starting in the 1960's. Balance different mechanics as you progress through the Cold War without being voted out or starting World War III.
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A 2D turn based strategy and management game with emergent gameplay starting in the 1960's. Balance different mechanics as you progress through the Cold War without being voted out or starting World War III.

Space Takeover
You have to withstand intense rivalry in space exploration. Choose one of the mighty powers and develop a space program. The future is yours.

Politburo Simulator
Politburo Simulator is a turn-based strategy game where you take on the role of the General Secretary in a fictional Communist country. Manage your Politburo, make critical decisions, and navigate a web of political events to maintain control over the nation and defend the Revolution.
You have to withstand intense rivalry in space exploration. Choose one of the mighty powers and develop a space program. The future is yours.
Why similar: Cold War 35.5% ★, Alternate History 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Economy 12.6%, Strategy 9.9%
Politburo Simulator is a turn-based strategy game where you take on the role of the General Secretary in a fictional Communist country. Manage your Politburo, make critical decisions, and navigate a web of political events to maintain control over the nation and defend the Revolution.
Why similar: Cold War 31.5% ★, Alternate History 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Strategy 8.1%, Choices Matter 5.8%
Live a double life in a cubicle. Siphon money in secret. Stay under the radar. Balance risk, reward, and relationships. See how long you can get away with it.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 31.9%, Strategy 23.6%, Management 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
Arosia is the Tile Map game based on Strategy and Luck. Use your strategy skills with best of luck to occupy World! Don't stop untill the World is yours.
Why similar: Alternate History 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.1%, Economy 11.9%, Tactical 9.3%, Strategy 8.8%
Lead the CIA or KGB in a turn-based global strategy. Influence nations, run covert ops, and win the Cold War without firing a shot.
Why similar: Cold War 42.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Strategy 14.2%, Alternate History 8.9%, Economy 7.6%
Bar Soviet is a narrative-driven bar management sim set in a dystopian republic. Mix drinks, talk to patrons, and manage your finances while navigating life under an authoritarian regime.
Why similar: Cold War 37.1% ★, Alternate History 23.8%, 1980s 8.5%, Management 7.4%, Choices Matter 6.8%
North Frontier is an exciting real-time strategy game where you have to explore new lands, build cities in harsh conditions and develop them! Mine for minerals, build factories, institutes and get rewards for completing your plan!
Why similar: Cold War 46% ★, Economy 20%, Strategy 15.5%, Management 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.6%
A retro-futuristic, sci-fi, turn-based management RPG. Become the CEO of an R&D behemoth: hire scientists, woo investors, dabble in corporate espionage, and forge the science of tomorrow. Whether the technological wonders that emerge will save humanity—or doom it—is up to you.
Why similar: Cold War 24.3% ★, Alternate History 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
The first strategy game to capture the essence of the entire South African Border war, from Omugulugwombashe to UNTAG (Aug'66 - Mar'90)
Why similar: Cold War 42.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 24.4%, Strategy 16.5%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Tactical 5.8%
A fictional geopolitical game set during a fictional Cold War.
Why similar: Cold War 53.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Casual 3.5%
Take command in this 4X-lite strategy game with fast-paced tactical combat and missile warfare. Build your economy, deploy land, sea, and air units, expand borders, advance technology, and navigate deceitful diplomacy. In a world of collapsing nuclear powers, can you lead your nation to victory?
Why similar: Cold War 37.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Economy 14.8%, Strategy 8.9%, Tactical 7.3%
Survive as the newly appointed manager in an expanding communistic regime where our purpose is to produce more and more resources for the glory of motherland! Manage the workforce & optimize output of buildings to survive against unrealistic demands as long as possible in our own commie block
Why similar: Cold War 33.1% ★, Alternate History 23.4%, Management 10.6%, Economy 9.2%, Strategy 8.8%
Defend America from an alternate-universe America using state-of-the-art 1980s military hardware in this intricate and tactical turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Cold War 36.2% ★, Alternate History 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, America 9.5% ★, 1980s 7.7%
Operate a telephone switchboard, meet caricatured historical figures, and avert a nuclear war in this alternate history Cold War comedy. Use tactile point-and-click controls to drag wires and install wacky gadgets as you juggle waves of calls.
Why similar: Cold War 42.5% ★, Alternate History 30.2%, America 14.8% ★, Multiple Endings 5.5%, 2D 5.4%
Play as a group of female intelligence agents in this turn-based tactical espionage RPG set in 1976 during the Cold War. Build your own characters, get them more and more skills until they become a modern day Leonardo Da Vinci. Unless... your Angels Die.
Why similar: Cold War 45.8% ★, Alternate History 27.2%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 6.5%, Minimalist 5.8%
Join the race for power in the new political strategy game. Build a strong political party, win the regional elections and have a majority in parliament. As the head of state, you are in charge of running the state, managing the state budget and diplomacy.
Why similar: Cold War 36.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Economy 12%, Strategy 10.1%, Management 6.4%
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
Why similar: Cold War 54.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 13%, Tactical 7.4%, Alternate History 6.4%
The confrontation between the East and the West is coming to an end, but not between East and West Germany. The old party leaders are still sitting in their offices, not changing anything and waiting for exclamations from Moscow. But their end is close – Gorbachev and Kohl have already decided...
Why similar: Cold War 36.9% ★, Alternate History 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Strategy 7.5%
Tyrannis: Co-Prosperity is sequel to our first game Tyrannis, and it brings back the accessible turn-based asymmetric gameplay as you fight a massive megacorporation along the Pacific Rim. Battle the Kirihara Group's Security Division across 40 new maps and a brand new campaign mode!
Why similar: Alternate History 31.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 30.4%, Strategy 22.1%, Minimalist 15.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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: Cold War 35.4% ★, Alternate History 23.1%, Economy 12.6%, Strategy 7.9%, 1980s 7.5%
Welcome to the "Cold War": Your mission is to sabotage the different military / secret bases in the world. To complete your mission you must put explosives in the assigned places and escape from the place.
Why similar: Cold War 50.8% ★, Alternate History 29.4%, 1980s 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Indie 0.5%
Undermining, fake passport or probably an inflatable boat? What can help to cross the border? Develop a plan, form a team and hope that the border guards will not do their job this time.
Why similar: Cold War 41.7% ★, Alternate History 25.8%, Strategy 11.2%, Management 9.6%, Resource Management 5.6%
Brain Sanguo is a strategy game with turn-based combat.You play as a seignior in a mythical world about Sanguo,develop your territory,employ warriors,build armies,prepare for the uprising of Huangjin.
Why similar: Alternate History 28.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.8%, Strategy 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.
Why similar: Alternate History 22.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Economy 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
State of Affairs is a realistic geopolitical simulator where you lead a nation through pivotal historical moments. Manage legislative bodies, balance factional tensions, and make strategic decisions that shape the political, economic, and social future of your country.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Economy 17.5%, Cold War 16.9% ★, Alternate History 11.4%, Strategy 10.7%
Experience the Vietnam War through the eyes of an administrative officer who observes the first few missions but never sees combat again — only the paperwork of war. Lives, morale, service time, and survival depend on your choices. Everyone is replaceable... including you.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 29.8%, Cold War 23.5% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Management 6.9%
Power Struggle is a game of world domination. It is not intended to be a high brow simulation of any past, present or future world situation, but a game of fun based on strategy and tactics.
Why similar: Strategy 44.5%, Cold War 39.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%
Braveland is a turn-based game inspired by old-school strategies with hexagonal battlefield. You will start as a humble warrior's son whose village was cruelly raided and will end as talented commander of your army.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 60.5%, Strategy 26.3%, Casual 11.3%, Tactical 0.9%, 2D 0.4%
Martial Law is a game about difficulties that came with Communism in Poland. The story is shown from the perspective of a man who is abandoned because of his low social status. He tries his best to be there for his daughter despite the difficulties.
Why similar: Cold War 39.4% ★, Choices Matter 17.9%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, 1980s 12.1%, Atmospheric 5.4%
Desert Armor is a turn-based strategy wargame. Move your armored vehicles across the arid landscape of the Gulf War and engage enemy vehicles over thousands of meters in battles against a friend, artificial intelligence, or yourself.
Why similar: Cold War 32.4% ★, Alternate History 20.3%, Strategy 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Tactical 7.6%
After months on the battlefield, Sergey awakes back in his homeland of Rezpulka. With only a vague memory of what he believes were his final moments on the battlefield, he must now put the pieces together to really understand what happened on that fateful day.
Why similar: Cold War 53.5% ★, Alternate History 36.2%, 1980s 6.7%, Casual 2.4%, Indie 0.9%
Holding Pattern is a minimal incremental game about protecting your galaxy from invaders.
Why similar: Economy 22%, Minimalist 18.2%, Strategy 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Management 8.9%
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: Cold War 55.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 26.9%, Strategy 17.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
昭昭天命,复归大明。在星变时空的恢弘重塑中,熔铸八十三载春秋:变钞法以通有无,革军制而强九边;修水利以固邦本,改科举而纳贤良。崇格物方致知穷理;兴矿冶而器利工商。靖九边以抚八方,镇四海而服万邦。于庙算奏疏间,重整日月山河;在革故鼎新中,再创中华治世。一切,皆在你一念之间。
Why similar: Alternate History 32.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Economy 16.1%, Strategy 12%, Management 8.9%
Welcome to the 1980s! This is a city which just started to develop, and you're in charge of this small urban village. How will the city's future be tied to this place? Manage your land, construct new buildings, explore the stories, and find out the ultimate fate of this urban village!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30.4%, Strategy 22.6%, Management 16.3%, 1980s 9.6%, Building 8.6%
Do you want to become a God? Welcome to the coolest social simulator in the world! Here you can create your very own people and uplift them form humble cavemen to an adnvanced civilization!
Why similar: Alternate History 31.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.4%, Strategy 19.3%, Economy 18.6%, Indie 3.2%
Experience the thrill of a modern conflict between two factions, as you outsmart your opponents in an epic game of strategy and cunning. Take command of your ground, air, and naval units and lead them to victory in the most immersive turn-based battle simulation. The battlefield awaits.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.6%, Alternate History 25.3%, Strategy 19%, Management 8.6%, Tactical 7.6%
Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.
Why similar: Cold War 54.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.7%, Strategy 9.2%, Alternate History 9.1%, 2D 3.1%
🤘Lord of Metal is a single player story-driven management simulator about organizing 🎸Rock music festivals, bringing a dystopian world back to life. 🎤 Gather your crew 🥁 book bands 🎧 sign sponsors 🔊 claim festival grounds and bring some 🔥Rock to the masses! \m/
Why similar: Economy 18.7%, Management 16%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Strategy 13.4%
Kriegsfront Tactics - Prologue is the proof of concept for the upcoming procedural turn-based mecha tactics RPG set in alternate 1970s Southeast Asia. In this prologue chapter, you'll get to experience combat, exploration, and the opening story of the game.
Why similar: Cold War 43.8% ★, Alternate History 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Strategy 7.6%, Management 5.9%
Monument village is a peaceful turn-based medieval city-builder. Optimize the placement of each building to grow your village while fulfilling mandatory resource requests. When you are ready, gather workers and materials and build the monument of your dream.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.1%, Economy 21%, Management 11.8%, Building 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%
Operation Sealion is Germany's code name for the planned invasion of Britain in 1940. It could have happened after a victory of the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Find out in this game how in could have unfolded.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 31.9%, Alternate History 23.6%, Strategy 21.7%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.
Why similar: Cold War 45.1% ★, Alternate History 23.8%, Strategy 10%, 1980s 8.5%, Tactical 8.4%
Replay the events of the first hot war of the Cold War era, the Korean War, also known as the Forgotten War. Players will be involved in two campaigns, both set in the 1950’s: the North Korean (June 25 – August 20) and the American (September 15 – October 8).
"墨笔斗妖传 Inkbrush: The Demon Wars"is a 2D turn-based strategy game where you lead a team of an inkbrush boy and his companions. Explore a scroll-like world inspired by traditional Chinese ink art, triggering battles and events as you uncover hidden secrets through strategic decisions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30.8%, Alternate History 30.2%, Strategy 18.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%, 2D 5.9%
Ever wanted to see the behind-the-scenes of real estate agents? Housing Market is a simplified Multiple Listing Service (MLS) sim. Become a real estate agent and make your way to the top by selling, investing, and profiting from the dynamic market.
Why similar: Economy 33.7%, Management 18.2%, Strategy 15.1%, Minimalist 13.8%, Casual 8.6%
You are the commander of either NATO or Soviet forces locked in battle on the ground in 1980’s Central Europe. As commander, it is your task to provide the battle plan orders to your units. You need to know your mission objectives, strength and weakness of both your forces and you enemy, lay of the land, weather, and time of day in order...
Why similar: Cold War 56.1% ★, Strategy 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Tactical 8.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Democracy is dirty; get your hands filthy. Manipulate the masses like a flock of sheep, bribe the parliament, and sabotage your rivals. In the chaos of the 70s, honesty is a weakness. Will you be a savior or a dictator? The choice *and the corruption* is yours.
Why similar: Cold War 35.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Economy 12.1%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%
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: Cold War 45.7% ★, Alternate History 21.9%, Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Tactical 7.2%
The Cold War Era 2 is a PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR. You are able to take control of one of two superpowers and lead your country to victory in ideological combat and war.
Why similar: Strategy 31%, Cold War 30.8% ★, Alternate History 17.6%, Economy 10.4%, Management 6.4%
Psycho-Kin is a uber-stylized, top-down tactical shooter set in an alternate-history Cold War. Swap between two linked characters to outwit enemies in tense, strategic combat, while unravelling a deep, psychological story of espionage, trauma, and redemption.
Why similar: Cold War 43.1% ★, Alternate History 27.4%, Minimalist 9.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Tactical 5.1%
A Turn based Economic Simulation Game where the player assumes the role as head of the United States Federal Reserve.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30.5%, Economy 25.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Management 8.6%
Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!
Why similar: Economy 17.7%, Management 17.3%, Strategy 11.7%, America 10.5% ★, Choices Matter 9.8%
What could be better than having a million dollars, a billion? This will not make you all powerful in the world, your goal will not only be to make lots of money, but to print money and become a Federal reserve system
Why similar: Economy 25.9%, Alternate History 18%, Strategy 15.3%, Management 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%
Kriegsfront Tactics is a procedural turn-based mecha tactics RPG set in alternate 1970s during an era of conflict in Southeast Asia where you'll play as a commander of a mecha squad sent behind enemy lines. Build your mecha squad, complete missions, and survive the front another day.
Why similar: Cold War 36.9% ★, Alternate History 23.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Tactical 8.2%, Strategy 7.7%
Tank Side Story is an homage to a great handheld tactical game series, thrusting its legacy and aesthetic into modern, competitive gameplay. Outmaneuver your opponent using classic military tactics on a grid with a flair for the dramatic.
Why similar: Cold War 38% ★, Alternate History 24.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 5.5%
Territory Management x Strategy SLG You, a very ordinary traveling merchant, unexpectedly inherited land one day from your aristocratic uncle who passed away suddenly. Now, you have become the lord of that land. However, it was not a territory governed by humans, but...
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 40.8%, Strategy 31.1%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, 2D 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Zhulu Chess is a strategic board game inspired by Go, set in an era of turbulent warfare. With a prediction system like "Into the Breach", this perfect information game challenges you to solve tactical puzzles, and outmaneuver opponents. Test your strategy across multiple difficulty levels.
Why similar: Alternate History 43.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 33.6%, Strategy 16.6%, 2D 3.1%, Indie 2%