Games Like Total Conflict: Resistance

In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.

Why similar: FPS 18.9%, War 13.9%, Military 12.8%, Shooter 11.4%, RTS 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the closest experience to the seed game by combining a global strategy map with first-person shooter combat.

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: Military 20.8%, RTS 20.1%, War 15.1%, Tactical 9.5%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique direct-control mechanic that allows players to switch from RTS command to third-person shooter combat seamlessly.

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: Real Time Tactics 22%, RTS 21.8%, War 18.7%, Military 16.7%, Realistic 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly realistic tactical RTS experience with deep unit management and direct control capabilities.

A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.

Why similar: War 56.7%, Strategy 16.5%, Realistic 14.4%, Simulation 7.1%, Action 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title is the gold standard for blending grand strategy map movement with direct, large-scale tactical action.

Silica blends FPS and RTS in epic, photorealistic battles. Choose to fight on the ground or command from above as humans or aliens. Dive into thrilling multiplayer combat or master strategic command. Are you ready to survive and conquer?

Why similar: RTS 39.9%, FPS 24.6%, Shooter 11.6%, Co-op 10.4%, Strategy 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A rare hybrid that successfully combines real-time strategy base building with first-person shooter vehicle and infantry combat.

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 18.6%, Action RTS 16.6% ★, Wargame 13.4%, FPS 10.3%, Real Time Tactics 10%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox war game that emphasizes large-scale battles and direct infantry or vehicle control.

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: Wargame 18.6%, RTS 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Military 15.1%, War 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a complex, realistic Cold War tactical wargame experience with a focus on combined arms maneuvers.

Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.

Why similar: Military 22%, War 14%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, FPS 12.2%, Realistic 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-fidelity military simulation and tactical realism in a large-scale sandbox environment.

Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.

Why similar: Action RTS 20.2% ★, Wargame 18.6%, RTS 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, War 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A modern tactical wargame that offers deep unit customization and intense real-time combat scenarios.

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: Wargame 19%, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, RTS 16%, War 12.7%, Military 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical management of military units in a realistic, fast-paced Cold War setting.

Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where thousands of players shape the outcome of a persistent online war. Every individual soldier is a player that contributes to the war effort through logistics, base building, reconnaissance, combat, and more.

Why similar: Wargame 26.2%, Military 21.5%, War 19.4%, Tactical 13%, Co-op 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a massive, persistent war environment where logistics, strategy, and individual soldier actions all contribute to the front line.

Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!

Why similar: War 24.5%, Wargame 21.6%, FPS 18.9%, Realistic 11.9%, Shooter 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a realistic, large-scale military shooter experience that captures the feel of historical infantry combat.

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

Why similar: RTS 17.9%, Wargame 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 17%, Military 15.3%, War 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic tactical RTS that focuses on modern warfare and unit preservation during intense combat.

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 18.6%, Grand Strategy 14.9% ★, Military 14.5%, War 12.7%, Wargame 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a massive scale of historical tactical combat with a strong emphasis on strategic planning and unit positioning.

Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.

Why similar: War 39.5%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 14.3%, Realistic 11.1%, FPS 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines sandbox strategy with physics-based tank combat for a more accessible take on military warfare.

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 18.3%, Wargame 18%, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, Military 13.7%, Tactical 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Known for its granular control over individual soldiers and vehicles within a tactical RTS framework.

Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.

Why similar: Military 18.7%, Tactical 13.2%, FPS 12%, Wargame 10.9%, War 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical military simulation that focuses on squad-level planning and realistic combat execution.

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, RTS 16.3%, Wargame 16%, War 15.1%, Real Time Tactics 14%

Why You'll Like It: A unique strategic simulation where you manage a carrier fleet while directly controlling individual units and vehicles.

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: RTS 19.4%, Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Military 11.9%, Wargame 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Blends grand strategy with deep tactical RTS combat in a historical World War we setting.

Lead a platoon of WWII tanks in this immersive TPP and FPP game. Engage in realistic, tactical combat across historic battlefields. Play through campaign or challenge yourself in skirmish mode as either German or US forces.

Why similar: Wargame 20.7%, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, Cinematic 16.9%, Military 13.4%, War 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the tank combat and tactical simulation aspects within the Call to Arms engine.

From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.

Why similar: Military 23.5%, Tactical 21.4%, Realistic 16.1%, FPS 14.7%, War 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an uncompromisingly realistic tactical FPS experience for players who enjoy the combat side of military simulations.

Armored Brigade II revolutionizes real-time tactical warfare in 3D, focusing on the intense combined arms combat of the Cold War era, from 1965 to 1991. Boasting a meticulously researched database and huge real-world terrain maps, this game offers an unparalleled combat simulation experience.

Why similar: Action RTS 19.5% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Wargame 15.7%, RTS 15.1%, War 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, realistic wargame that focuses on the complexities of modern armored combat and tactical positioning.

Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.

Why similar: Military 20.1%, RTS 16%, Wargame 14.1%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, War 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical military simulation that emphasizes the challenges of asymmetric warfare and unit control.

Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.

Why similar: Military 21.9%, Wargame 17.6%, War 12.9%, FPS 12.7%, Tactical 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on large-scale, team-based tactical combat that requires communication and strategic coordination.

Faces of War puts you in the heart of World War II – not as a distant commander, but as the leader on the ground. Combining the tactical depth of real-time strategy with the immediacy of direct control, it lets you issue precise orders or jump straight into battle as one of your soldiers.

Why similar: RTS 34.4%, War 26.4%, Strategy 17.2%, Co-op 8.7%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that allows for direct control of units, emphasizing the individual actions of soldiers on the battlefield.

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%, Military 17.5%, War 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.6%, Tactical 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tactical RTS that focuses on historical accuracy and military unit management.

A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, 4X 19.5% ★, War 13.6%, Military 12.4%, RTS 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep strategic simulation of counter-insurgency and regional stability management.

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

Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.1% ★, Wargame 18.7%, Military 15.1%, War 12.4%, RTS 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a complex mix of naval design, grand strategy, and tactical combat for those who enjoy military logistics and planning.

Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.

Why similar: Wargame 21.5%, RTS 18.8%, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, Military 11.8%, War 10.2%

Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!

Why similar: Action RTS 20.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, Wargame 11.7%, RTS 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%

Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!

Why similar: Political Sim 18.6% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, 4X 14.4% ★, RTS 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.2%

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 17.2%, War 16.7%, Military 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Wargame 15.1%

Rise of Liberty is a FPS single-player massive Revolutionary War battle simulator. Fire deafening cannons into the thick of the battle, stand in line formation and fire devastating volleys into the enemy. Gather your men for these monumental battles and defeat the enemy!

Why similar: War 26.1%, Military 22.8%, FPS 17.9%, Tactical 9.6%, Shooter 8.5%

Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, Wargame 22%, War 19.1%, Military 16.3%, Realistic 9.2%

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: War 33.4%, RTS 29%, Strategy 11%, Military 7.9%, FPS 5.9%

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 23.6% ★, War 16.7%, RTS 16.4%, Military 16.3%, Tactical 11.5%

Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by ex-developers of Squad, Red Orchestra, and Insurgency.

Why similar: Military 22.2%, FPS 14.4%, War 14.2%, Realistic 12.2%, Tactical 12.2%

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

Why similar: RTS 15.2%, Military 13.5%, War 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Grand Strategy 11.7% ★

Tank Squad is a tactical-combat action game. Take part in big tank battles during World War II. Play single-player or coop (4 players). Repair your tanks, replenish supplies, manage the crew and get back to the action!

Why similar: War 21.1%, Military 19.4%, Co-op 11.9%, FPS 11.5%, Tactical 11.1%

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: Real Time Tactics 23.3%, Military 22.2%, War 19.5%, RTS 10.8%, Strategy 6.7%

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: War 17.8%, RTS 17.6%, Military 14.7%, Tactical 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%

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 18.5% ★, Wargame 15.1%, RTS 14.4%, War 14.4%, Military 12.1%

Direct Contact delivers an authentic and immersive first-person, Co-Op tactical experience, built for those who demand realism, strategy, and precision. Operate as Special Forces, utilizing a vast arsenal of real-world weapons and equipment. Engage in dynamic combat.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 23.1%, Military 18.7%, War 16%, Realistic 12.5%, Tactical 12.1%

Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration. Connect to the warzone from your home PC and orchestrate modern military operations from the Drone Perspective.

Why similar: Action RTS 18.9% ★, Wargame 14.9%, RTS 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, War 11.1%

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 23.4%, Military 17%, Wargame 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 9.2%, War 8.5%

Experience the thrill of leading American aircraft carriers to victory in this innovative full 3D command simulation wargame set in the Pacific in 1942. First-person or God’s eye, you lead your fleet and planes right from the center of the battle.

Why similar: Action RTS 20.6% ★, Grand Strategy 17% ★, RTS 13.9%, Military 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%

Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.

Why similar: Military 28.7%, Wargame 22.7%, Realistic 17.3%, FPS 13.3%, Shooter 7.6%

Team up and join the frontline in Squad 44, the most authentic tactical WW2 shooter. Experience ruthless realism with an immense arsenal of faithfully recreated weapons and vehicles across massive WW2 battlefields.

Why similar: Military 23%, War 18.1%, FPS 16.9%, Realistic 12.1%, Tactical 8.1%

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: Real Time Tactics 23.4%, Military 17.5%, War 16.2%, FPS 13.2%, Tactical 9.3%

Take charge of a SWAT unit as an elite operator. Command a specialized AI squad or team up in co-op to seize suspects, rescue civilians, and restore order. Study the briefing, kit out your team, and execute your plan with disciplined precision.

Why similar: Military 17%, FPS 14.3%, Tactical 13.5%, Cinematic 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%

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: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Wargame 22.9%, RTS 20%, Military 11.1%, War 11%

Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!

Why similar: War 27.2%, Military 23.1%, FPS 18.9%, Tactical 9.2%, Shooter 8.7%

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 19.1% ★, Wargame 17.2%, RTS 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, War 14.5%

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

Why similar: RTS 20%, War 18.9%, Military 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Tactical 10.4%

Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.

Why similar: War 20.6%, Military 20.1%, Tactical 14.2%, FPS 13.8%, Realistic 11.8%

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: Action RTS 21% ★, Wargame 16.6%, RTS 15.4%, Real Time Tactics 12%, Military 8.7%

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 28.2%, Military 17.7%, War 12.9%, Wargame 10%, Tactical 9.8%

Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

Why similar: Action RTS 19.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, Military 15.1%, Tactical 13%, War 12%

Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical game where you lead the soldiers and vehicles that battled across the globe during this time in history. Play hundreds of unique units across multiple game modes.

Why similar: RTS 18.4%, Wargame 18.3%, Real Time Tactics 17%, Military 12%, War 10.4%