Games Like The Great War: Western Front™

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: World War I 43.9% ★, Strategy 15.5%, Grand Strategy 12.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Wargame 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a comprehensive turn-based strategic view of the entire WWI conflict, mirroring the grand strategy layer of the seed game.

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: World War I 43.4% ★, Strategy 28%, Military 10.1%, Wargame 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep grand strategy experience specifically focused on the complexities of the First World War.

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 20.5%, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, RTS 17.4%, Historical 17.3%, Real Time Tactics 11%

Why You'll Like It: It successfully blends a grand strategy campaign map with real-time tactical battles, similar to the core loop of the seed game.

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: Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, RTS 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, Wargame 10.9%, Historical 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: The game features highly detailed real-time tactical battles that emphasize positioning and morale, much like the trench warfare in the seed game.

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: RTS 21.2%, Grand Strategy 13.7% ★, Military 11.9%, Strategy 11.2%, Historical 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep tactical RTS gameplay with a focus on historical military units and large-scale front-line management.

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: RTS 17%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, Military 11.7%, Wargame 11.4%, Historical 9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a modern take on the real-time tactical wargame genre with a focus on realistic unit behavior and front-line control.

The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.

Why similar: World War I 29.5% ★, RTS 18.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Historical 11%, Strategy 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines historical narrative with tactical combat, emphasizing the management of forces in a challenging war environment.

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: World War I 51.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.4% ★, Strategy 19.2%, Wargame 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This grand strategy wargame captures the logistical and political challenges of managing the entire Western Front.

Experience warfare like never before! Men of War II, the anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed RTS franchise is here with all-new units, locations, campaigns, game modes and true trademarks of the series: historical fidelity and action-filled gameplay on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WWII.

Why similar: RTS 20%, Real Time Tactics 14%, Historical 12.7%, Wargame 11.2%, Military 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers granular control over individual units and vehicles during intense real-time tactical engagements.

Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?

Why similar: RTS 20.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Wargame 12.5%, Strategy 10.7%, Historical 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a blend of turn-based strategic movement and real-time tactical combat in a historical setting.

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: RTS 21.6%, Real Time Tactics 17.2%, Wargame 14.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Military 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical RTS focuses on managing combined arms forces on a dynamic battlefield, echoing the tactical depth of the seed game.

Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War. Each mission showcases the era’s most devastating weaponry — sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery, and mobile infantry. BoE delivers the full WWI experience.

Why similar: World War I 49.9% ★, RTS 14.6%, Historical 11%, Strategy 9.9%, War 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This RTS is specifically designed around the historical combat mechanics of the First World War.

Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.

Why similar: Strategy 18.9%, RTS 17.8%, Wargame 15.9%, Tanks 11.1% ★, Military 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is one of the most realistic tactical wargames available, focusing on the brutal reality of front-line combat.

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: World War I 40% ★, RTS 27.7%, Strategy 10.7%, War 8.7%, Grand Strategy 7.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: It offers a stylized real-time tactical experience that draws heavy inspiration from WWI trench warfare aesthetics.

Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release

Why similar: Historical 18.6%, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Strategy 15.6%, RTS 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: The series' signature mix of turn-based campaign management and real-time tactical battles is a direct thematic ancestor to the seed game.

Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Military 12.8%, Historical 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This turn-based strategy game offers a deep focus on historical unit types and tactical positioning on a hex-based map.

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: World War I 39.8% ★, Grand Strategy 16.5% ★, Historical 9.1%, Strategy 8.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This grand strategy title allows players to manage the political and military aspects of the WWI era in great detail.

Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 1 in the biggest WW1 strategy game of all time. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time on persistent maps. Build experimental weapons of World War 1 and become the one true superpower!

Why similar: World War I 32.8% ★, Grand Strategy 13.4% ★, Historical 10.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Military 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This strategy game emphasizes long-term planning and front-line management in a persistent WWI world.

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: Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, Strategy 17.5%, Wargame 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Military 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at simulating the operational level of warfare, focusing on supply lines and front-line movement.

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: World War I 38.8% ★, Grand Strategy 13.9% ★, Historical 10.7%, Wargame 9.3%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A focused strategy simulation that highlights the global scale and strategic decisions required during the Great War.

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 26.4% ★, Historical 15.7%, Strategy 14.3%, Military 12.8%, War 11%

Why You'll Like It: While more global in scale, it is the definitive grand strategy game for those interested in the logistics and politics of world wars.

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

Why similar: World War I 33.9% ★, Grand Strategy 14.3% ★, RTS 9.5%, Military 8.4%, Wargame 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the naval side of WWI strategy with deep customization and tactical combat simulation.

Skies above the Great War is a hybrid of action and grand strategy sandbox game set on the Western Front during the First World War. Manage your air forces or take control of any plane yourself in real time.

Why similar: World War I 45% ★, RTS 17.6%, Wargame 9.2%, Historical 8.7%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the tactical and strategic importance of air superiority during the First World War.

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: Grand Strategy 22.3% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Historical 14.5%, Military 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a complex grand strategy experience that can be linked to tactical battles, offering a similar scope to the seed game.

World War I is a real-time strategy based on the modified version of the well-known Blitzkrieg engine.

Why similar: World War I 55.4% ★, Strategy 22.8%, RTS 21.8%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric RTS that provides a direct look at the tactical challenges of the WWI battlefield.

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 47.8% ★, War 11.6%, Historical 11.3%, Real Time Tactics 9.3%, Wargame 9.1%

Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.

Why similar: RTS 32.9%, Strategy 15.1%, Military 14.9%, War 8%, Tactical 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a rigorous tactical experience that emphasizes the importance of terrain and unit positioning.

January, 1915. The Race to the Sea is over. The Great War has just begun. You are the commander of a single division in the meat grinder that is the Western Front. Lead your men over the top as you attempt to break the stalemate that is to claim the lives of millions over the course of years.

Why similar: World War I 48.1% ★, Strategy 11%, Grand Strategy 9.9% ★, Historical 7.4%, Real Time Tactics 6.4%

Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

Why similar: RTS 22.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Military 13.5%, Historical 13.2%, Wargame 12%

Why You'll Like It: This real-time tactical game focuses on realistic combat and the management of limited resources in a war zone.

Stickman Trenches is a Real Time Strategy game in which you need to manage your men and weapons and build up your defenses in the brutal trenches of Stick World War 1.

Why similar: World War I 55.8% ★, Strategy 9.9%, Tanks 8.6% ★, Wargame 8.6%, Military 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist but effective take on the static, defensive nature of WWI trench warfare strategy.

Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.

Why similar: RTS 20.3%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Military 12.6%, Historical 12.1%, Strategy 10%

Why You'll Like It: This RTS focuses on historical accuracy and tactical combat scenarios across various fronts.

Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.

Why similar: RTS 20.3%, Strategy 19.4%, Military 12.3%, War 10.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Known for its high level of tactical detail, it allows for complex maneuvering of infantry and armor.

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: RTS 19.7%, Historical 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Military 12.9%, War 10.2%

Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front. Grab your rifle, ready your sabre and keep your gas mask close as you prepare to play a part in one of the most significant conflicts in history!

Why similar: World War I 48.4% ★, Historical 12.4%, Wargame 10%, Military 8.5%, War 8.3%

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: RTS 23.7%, Historical 21.9%, Strategy 17.9%, Wargame 12.4%, Tactical 8.3%

Set in the muddy trenches of WW1, Beyond The Wire is a 50v50 multiplayer FPS that immerses players in the desperate & brutal circumstances of the Great War. Featuring an arsenal of historic weapons, ten massive maps, ten playable factions, era-specific tanks, & a brutal melee combat system.

Why similar: World War I 43.5% ★, Historical 11.7%, Military 11.4%, War 8.8%, Tanks 8.3% ★

Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.

Why similar: World War I 42.7% ★, Historical 11.2%, Military 9.4%, Wargame 9.3%, War 7.2%

Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.

Why similar: World War I 31.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22.9% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Historical 11.3%, Wargame 6.9%

Ferocious Alpine warfare will test your tactical skills in this authentic WW1 FPS. Battle among the scenic peaks, rugged valleys and idyllic towns of northern Italy. The Great War on the Italian Front is brought to life and elevated to unexpected heights!

Why similar: World War I 39% ★, Military 14.7%, Wargame 13.9%, Historical 10.8%, War 8%

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?

Why similar: RTS 22.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Historical 17.2%, Military 12.1%, Strategy 10.1%

Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.

Why similar: World War I 70% ★, Strategy 20.7%, Historical 8.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg (CMFB) follows the Western Allies through the battles along Germany's border and into the heart of the Reich itself.

Why similar: RTS 20%, Real Time Tactics 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Historical 11%, Wargame 10.6%

Join 200-player 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 60.9% ★, Historical 15.7%, War 7.2%, Tactical 6.2%, Multiplayer 5.5%

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 18.7% ★, World War I 17.2% ★, RTS 16.7%, Military 11%, Wargame 9.7%

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

Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Historical 17.4%, Strategy 16.2%, Military 12.3%, RTS 10.4%

Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!

Why similar: World War I 36.6% ★, Historical 14%, Military 12.3%, Wargame 9.8%, War 9.6%

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: RTS 20.9%, Wargame 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Historical 11.3%, Military 11%

Men of War is a stunning Real-Time Strategy game that takes place during the height of World War II. Intense battles span Europe and North Africa as gamers play as Soviet, Allied or German forces across 19 massive single-player missions.

Why similar: RTS 25.4%, Strategy 23.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Military 11.6%, Tactical 8.4%

In the game you become not only a witness to history, but a powerful and cunning army commander as well. You will lead forces of one of the following European countries: Russia, France, Germany, Austrian Empire and Britain through five campaigns which vary due to the real historical role of each participant.

Why similar: World War I 55.6% ★, Strategy 18.7%, RTS 17.5%, Historical 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%

The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

Why similar: RTS 30.7%, Strategy 16.7%, Military 16.1%, Wargame 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 9.5%

All Quiet in the Trenches is a narrative turn-based strategy RPG set in World War I. Get to know your soldiers, take care of their needs and lead them in battle, trying to strike a precarious balance between the ambitions of your superiors and the survival of your men.

Why similar: World War I 62% ★, War 13.2%, Historical 13.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Command antique WWI Toy Soldiers in the trench-filled battlefields of Europe. Deploy an exciting arsenal of guns, artillery, flamethrowers, tanks and planes to defend your WWI toy dioramas. Take direct control of individual units or command the entire battlefield from above.

Why similar: World War I 42.7% ★, Wargame 15.4%, Strategy 12.6%, Historical 10.6%, Military 8%

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 47.7% ★, Military 11.2%, Tanks 10.1% ★, Historical 9.5%, War 7.9%

A tactical scale strategy game that invites the players to take command of the Allied or German forces in an epic struggle for the control of Western Europe during World War Two.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Historical 12.7%, Military 11.4%, Wargame 11.1%

March into the real-time strategy legend, Blitzkrieg, and prepare for war. This legendary WWII RTS blends unprecedented realism and accuracy to form immersive 3D backgrounds and a game where brute force often takes a back seat to strategy and wits.

Why similar: RTS 22.8%, Strategy 18.9%, Historical 12.2%, Military 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%

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: World War I 35% ★, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, RTS 15.7%, Wargame 11.8%, Strategy 7.8%

Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.7% ★, Historical 16.6%, Strategy 14.5%, Military 10.1%, RTS 6.6%

Combat Mission Fortress Italy brings wargamers to the "soft underbelly of Europe", a place that was anything but.

Why similar: RTS 16.5%, Wargame 13.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%

From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical flashpoint in history. Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans and Viking settlers clash for control. What Kingdom will you build?

Why similar: RTS 20.8%, Historical 18.4%, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%