- #1 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
96% matchVery Positive81% of 726 reviews2025
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 34.7% ★, Political Sim 26% ★, Grand Strategy 20.8% ★, Simulation 5.4%, Strategy 5.4%
- #2 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,252 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 51.1 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: Grand Strategy 23% ★, Political Sim 17.1% ★, Cold War 15.9% ★, Wargame 14.7%, Military 11.4%
- #3 Twilight Struggle
96% matchVery Positive86% of 2,980 reviews2016
Dev: Playdek, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.
Why similar: Cold War 30.8% ★, Political Sim 16.3% ★, Board Game 14.8%, Wargame 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
- #4 Maestro's Cold War 2
94% matchVery Positive96% of 162 reviews2025
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at work
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23% ★, Political Sim 19.8% ★, Grand Strategy 13.8% ★, Wargame 11.5%, Military 8.9%
- #5 Precipice
95% matchVery Positive80% of 325 reviews2019
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 33.7% ★, Political Sim 24.3% ★, Strategy 7.8%, Board Game 6.3%, War 5.7%
- #6 1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact
94% matchMixed49% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.
Why similar: Cold War 28.3% ★, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, Wargame 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Military 8.9%
- #7 Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War
92% matchVery Positive99% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
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 45.8% ★, Wargame 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Strategy 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #8 Kiloton
91% matchVery Positive97% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Jack MorehartPub: spacemann's games
Windows · Mac
A sardonic take on nationalism and the Cold War though a minimalist and fast paced RTS. Scheme your way through a highly replayable campaign, or conduct some "diplomacy" on your "friends" in multiplayer.
Why similar: Cold War 27.6% ★, Grand Strategy 22.5% ★, Wargame 16.5%, Political Sim 10% ★, Retro 7.2%
- #9 World Empire 2027
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: iGindisGames
Windows · Mac
Lead your empire in turn based strategy war game. Select your country and start to play.
Why similar: Political Sim 21.6% ★, Grand Strategy 21% ★, Wargame 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, War 9.3%
- #10 WARNO
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 16,013 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.3 hrsMean: 71.3 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 33.5% ★, Wargame 19.2%, Military 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, War 7.6%
- #11 Arms Race - TCWE
90% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2017
Dev: Alina Digital
Windows
Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR
Why similar: Cold War 28.6% ★, Political Sim 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Military 7.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #12 Combat Mission Cold War
89% matchMixed67% of 237 reviews2021
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
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 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Military 14.1%, Cold War 13.2% ★, Simulation 9.2%
- #13 US and THEM
89% matchMostly Negative34% of 115 reviews2014
Dev: Icehole GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 36.4% ★, Grand Strategy 13.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Wargame 8.9%, Strategy 8.5%
- #14 ICBM: Escalation
86% matchVery Positive86% of 1,434 reviews2024
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.
Why similar: Cold War 26.9% ★, Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Wargame 20.4%, Military 8.7%, War 5.8%
- #15 Red Button
86% matchVery Positive87% of 198 reviews2021
Dev: Токуров Егор (WZRDQQ)
Windows
Get ready to take part in the world war! It depends only on your choice who you will be - a winner or a loser! It's time to press the red button!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Political Sim 25.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Military 13.1%, War 7.9%
- #16 Realpolitiks II
87% matchMixed46% of 668 reviews2021
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead your people to glory and write a new chapter of history in Realpolitiks II, a real-time grand strategy game where you lead any contemporary nation in an attempt to secure world dominance.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.4% ★, Political Sim 35.6% ★, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 12.9%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #17 Total Conflict: Resistance
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,333 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.1 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: Political Sim 26.4% ★, Grand Strategy 24.3% ★, Wargame 17.7%, Military 12.6%, War 9.9%
- #18 Mr. President
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: Exia Labs
Windows · Mac
Can you face the challenges of the Oval Office? Find out in Mr. President, a sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency. Pursue your legislative agenda. Compete with rivals Russia and China. Deal with crises from 9/11 to COVID-19; and direct the U.S. military against terror groups and rogue states.
Why similar: Political Sim 21.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Board Game 12.8%, Wargame 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
- #19 SGS NATO's Nightmare
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 119 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: Political Sim 18.9% ★, Cold War 18.4% ★, Wargame 17.9%, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%
- #20 Solar Nations 2
82% matchVery Positive85% of 595 reviews2025
Dev: Flomgus Games
Windows
In this Grand Strategy game, you take control of the Solar System's Great Powers in 2092 and weather the storm of change as you navigate the uncertain waters of the future. Control the greatest military forces in the world and wage wars on an epic scale: outer space is yours to conquer!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28% ★, Political Sim 22% ★, Wargame 15.1%, Military 12%, War 6.9%
- #21 SGS Korean War
83% matchVery Positive83% of 135 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: Cold War 20.3% ★, Political Sim 19.3% ★, Wargame 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Strategy 8%
- #22 Air Defender
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: ROTOR3
Windows
Command the sky in a tense real-time strategy simulation where you manage a nation's air defenses. Analyze radar contacts, scramble interceptor jets, and make split-second decisions to protect your airspace from hostile threats.
Why similar: Cold War 53.4% ★, Wargame 21.4%, Strategy 7%, Retro 5.1%, Simulation 4.3%
- #23 Regiments
80% matchVery Positive88% of 2,929 reviews2022
Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 44.2% ★, Wargame 21.9%, Military 10.4%, War 8.7%, Strategy 6.9%
- #24 Möbius Front '83
82% matchMixed69% of 513 reviews2020
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 39.5% ★, Wargame 18.2%, Military 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, War 8.4%
- #25 Labyrinth: The War on Terror
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 187 reviews2022
Dev: Playdek, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Face the global war on terror in this engaging 2 player strategy game. Set against recent world events, Labyrinth portrays the U.S. efforts to counter extremists’ use of terrorist tactics, as well as the wider ideological struggle – guerrilla warfare, fundamentalist rule, regime change and more.
Why similar: Board Game 20.5%, Strategy 19%, Simulation 17.9%, Wargame 15.6%, Military 10.3%
- #26 Armored Brigade
79% matchVery Positive89% of 362 reviews2019
Dev: Veitikka StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. An "Iron Curtain" divides the Western Powers gathered together under the NATO banner from the Soviet Union
Why similar: Cold War 32.8% ★, Wargame 21.9%, Simulation 18.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Military 9.4%
- #27 3 Days War
78% matchVery Positive84% of 721 reviews2023
Dev: 荆棘鸟工作室
Windows
3 Days War is a unique multiplayer strategy war game. Integrating the mechanics of RTS+4X, it allows dozens of players to engage in a three-day real-time strategy competitionon. Commanders, use your skills, strategies, games and even deception to become the ultimate winner!
Why similar: Cold War 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 19.6% ★, Political Sim 19.6% ★, Wargame 13.1%, Military 7.2%
- #28 Hearts of Iron IV
77% matchVery Positive90% of 375,203 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30.6 hrsMean: 299.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.6% ★, Military 17%, War 13.6%, Strategy 12%, Historical 8.1%
- #29 Millennia
77% matchMixed67% of 3,777 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 36.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Grand Strategy 33.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Military 12.7%, War 10.2%, Strategy 7.8%
- #30 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
75% matchVery Positive91% of 6,439 reviews2024
Dev: Triassic GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 51.7% ★, Military 17.4%, War 10.3%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 8.4%
- #31 Age of History 3
75% matchVery Positive85% of 18,617 reviews2024
Dev: Łukasz JakowskiPub: Łukasz Jakowski Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 37.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Grand Strategy 42.3% ★, Wargame 32.6%, War 9.8%, Strategy 9.6%, 2D 3.3%
- #32 Realpolitiks
79% matchMixed62% of 1,243 reviews2017
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!
Why similar: Political Sim 40.2% ★, Grand Strategy 33.2% ★, Strategy 15.5%, Historical 4.6%, Simulation 4%
- #33 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
76% matchVery Positive88% of 121 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: Wargame 27.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Strategy 13.6%, Military 13.6%, War 8.8%
- #34 First Strike
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,030 reviews2017
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.
Why similar: Cold War 41.7% ★, Wargame 17.5%, Military 12.1%, War 9.8%, Strategy 6.1%
- #35 Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 20.4 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: Wargame 24.7%, Board Game 18.2%, Military 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, War 11.2%
- #36 Countryballs at War
73% matchVery Positive92% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.8% ★, Wargame 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Strategy 11%, Military 10%
- #37 Three Kingdoms Classic
72% matchVery Positive89% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: SEEAT
Windows · Mac
Lead a Three Kingdoms warlord in a turn-based grand strategy simulation focused on logistics, diplomacy, officer management, and large-scale warfare.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.2% ★, Wargame 20.8%, Military 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, War 8.9%
- #38 Crisis in the Kremlin
73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,463 reviews2017
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
Why similar: Political Sim 48.3% ★, Cold War 20.3% ★, Grand Strategy 11.6% ★, Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.7%
- #39 Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,386 reviews2019
Dev: Mi-Clos StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity.
Why similar: Political Sim 39.4% ★, Grand Strategy 27.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, War 8.4%, Strategy 5.7%
- #40 Cuban Missile Crisis
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 290 reviews2015
Dev: G5 SoftwarePub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game combined with a global turn-based tactical mode, thrusting gamers into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962.
Why similar: Cold War 63.5% ★, Strategy 36.5%
- #41 Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm
71% matchVery Positive88% of 116 reviews2023
Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm is a grand tactical wargame set at the height of the Cold War, with the action centered on the year 1989.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.6%, Cold War 23.4% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Wargame 13.2%, Military 8.6%
- #42 Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - Cold War
74% matchMostly Negative26% of 1,285 reviews2019
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The legendary Men of War RTS series has reached the cold war era. Take command of U.S. or Soviet soldiers, controlling vast armies with the military decisions down to you. Claim victory in dynamic singleplayer and co-op campaigns or challenge fellow strategists in online multiplayer!
Why similar: Cold War 45.3% ★, Strategy 23.1%, Simulation 21.7%, War 9.9%
- #43 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,060 reviews2019
Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.
Why similar: Cold War 38.8% ★, Wargame 19.1%, Military 12.9%, War 8.8%, Simulation 6.8%
- #44 Supreme Ruler 2030
70% matchMixed65% of 553 reviews2023
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Rise to power as any modern day country in a realistic military, political and economic simulation. Command your country's diplomacy, espionage, and resource management to strengthen your position. Use real-time tactical control of your military to fortify your place as the Supreme Ruler.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.1% ★, Wargame 18.4%, Political Sim 18.2% ★, Military 12.9%, War 10.5%
- #45 No Retreat! The Russian Front
68% matchVery Positive76% of 85 reviews2026
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 27%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.7%, Strategy 14.1%, Military 13.4%, War 12.1%
- #46 Total Tank Generals
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 323 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: Board Game 20.1%, Wargame 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Military 12.9%, War 10.9%
- #47 Making History: The First World War
71% matchMixed66% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: Factus Games
Windows · Linux
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: Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Wargame 21.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Military 8.7%, Strategy 7.8%
- #48 Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
70% matchVery Positive85% of 511 reviews2020
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Board Game 23.7%, Wargame 20.8%, Military 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, War 10.4%
- #49 Armchair Commander
69% matchVery Positive89% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: Zack SimaPub: Indie War Games
Windows · Mac
A turn-based strategy game where you can experience WWII campaigns and explore alternate history scenarios made by the community.
Why similar: Cold War 36.2% ★, Wargame 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Military 12.2%, Strategy 6.3%
- #50 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
68% matchVery Positive81% of 4,412 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.5% ★, Military 19.6%, War 13.7%, Strategy 8.3%, Historical 8.2%
- #51 DEFCON
69% matchVery Positive87% of 4,333 reviews2006
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
Why similar: Cold War 45.6% ★, Wargame 19.7%, Military 15.2%, Strategy 6.5%, PvP 6.1%
- #52 The Great War: Western Front™
67% matchMixed66% of 3,283 reviews2023
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Grand Strategy 27.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Wargame 14.3%, Military 12.9%, Strategy 11.8%
- #53 ICBM
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,930 reviews2020
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
ICBM is a real-time strategy game of nuclear destruction. Research new technologies, build up your nuclear stockpile and use a combination of ships, planes and missiles to strike at the heart of your opponents’ cities while keeping your population safe from harm.
Why similar: Cold War 56.6% ★, Military 19.2%, War 11.5%, Strategy 7.3%, PvP 4.5%
- #54 Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm Player's Edition
69% matchVery Positive88% of 259 reviews2014
Dev: On Target SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
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 46.1% ★, Wargame 27.7%, Strategy 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 4.1%
- #55 Reiner Knizia Yellow & Yangtze
68% matchVery Positive91% of 120 reviews2019
Dev: Dire Wolf
Windows · Mac
Lead your dynasty to victory in the new digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!
Why similar: Political Sim 18.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17.3% ★, Board Game 14%, Wargame 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #56 Nations
65% matchVery Positive90% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: Krzysztof SteinerPub: Krzysztof Steiner Games
Windows
Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.1% ★, Political Sim 23.6% ★, Wargame 18.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Historical 8.6%
- #57 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
67% matchVery Positive81% of 863 reviews2020
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 69.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 25.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Military 16.5%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 9.2%
- #58 Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition
66% matchMixed50% of 289 reviews2025
Dev: Eversim
Windows · Mac
The latest expansion of the ultra-realistic world simulator, where you play as the head of state or the opposition! New Features: tourism simulator, party strategies with regime censures, personal wealth management, a European army, AI and robotics.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.6% ★, Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, Wargame 16.8%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 8.3%