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Your quest for the true immersive Civil War battle experience ends here. Voted in PC Gamers list of Best 100 Games of All Time, Take Command is an RTCS "Real-Time Combat Simulator" and you've never played anything like it!

Reviews: Very Positive — 94% — of 85 reviews
Released: 2016-10-28
Developer: MadMinute Games
Publisher: Norb Software Development LLC
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    Dev: Game-Labs
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    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 46.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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    Dev: Game-Labs
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    Windows
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    Dev: Norb Software Development LLC
    Windows

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    92% matchVery Positive81% of 846 reviews2020
    Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
    Windows
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    91% matchVery Positive81% of 14,911 reviews2024
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows
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    90% matchVery Positive89% of 167 reviews2024
    Dev: Norb Software Development LLC
    Windows

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    72% matchMixed69% of 2,101 reviews2015
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    Why similar: Strategy 68.9%, 3D 25.7%, Singleplayer 5.4%

  55. #55 Call to Arms
    66% matchMostly Positive79% of 23,876 reviews2018
    Dev: Digitalmindsoft
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.7 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: RTS 34.1%, War 26.5%, Strategy 15.9%, Tactical 12.6%, Simulation 4.8%

  56. #56 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
    66% 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: Wargame 44.7%, War 18.6%, Strategy 12.8%, Historical 12.7%, Simulation 10.4%

  57. #57 War Room
    68% matchMixed53% of 686 reviews2020
    Dev: Binge Gaming OU
    Windows

    War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.

    Why similar: RTS 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, War 15.7%, Wargame 15.1%, Grand Strategy 14%

  58. #58 Rising Front
    61% matchVery Positive88% of 3,874 reviews2026
    Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    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: War 27.2%, Wargame 23.4%, Real Time Tactics 16.6%, Historical 14.1%, Strategy 4.9%

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