- #1 Napoleon's Eagles: Game of the Napoleonic Wars
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 144 reviews2023
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24% ★, Wargame 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Historical 9.5%
- #2 Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
96% matchVery Positive92% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: VR DesignsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.6% ★, Wargame 17.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, World War II 11.6% ★
- #3 Industrial War
96% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Yocone
Windows · Mac
Explore the world In the 1920s, with more than 800 cities and 200 mines. Know your industrial chain and plan the role of each city; know your nation's unique polity structure and adjust your overall strategy. Resist the restlessness of your neighbors, acquire resources, and develop your industry.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.7% ★, Wargame 15.6%, Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, World War II 7.8% ★
- #4 SGS Operation Downfall
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Project Manhattan failed! Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands is set in motion. Start with Operation Olympic to capture Kyushu, and move on with Coronet, the landing near Tokyo. Force Japan surrender with the largest amphibious operation in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Wargame 11.1%, Historical 11%
- #5 WarPlan
94% matchVery Positive81% of 220 reviews2020
Dev: Kraken StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.5% ★, Wargame 14.7%, World War II 12.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Hex Grid 9.8% ★
- #6 SGS Battle For: Shanghai
94% matchVery Positive86% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the ‘Stalingrad on the Yangze’, as was sometimes called the Battle for Shanghai in 1937. Play as the Chinese willing to reclaim the whole city or as the Imperial Japanese forces in their counter-attack.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.2% ★, Wargame 17.6%, Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Historical 7.4%
- #7 SGS Battle of the Bulge
93% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On 16 December 1944, under appalling weather conditions, the Germans launch their last major offensive in the West. Their goal: cut off the Allies from their sources of supply by taking Antwerp. To do so, they must break through the Ardennes salient, starting the battle of the Bulge…
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.8% ★, Wargame 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Strategy 12.2%, Historical 8.1%
- #8 Gary Grigsby's War in the East
92% matchVery Positive90% of 579 reviews2015
Dev: 2by3 GamesPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28% ★, Wargame 20.4%, World War II 16.8% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%
- #9 Schwerpunkt
91% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Anonymoose Games
Windows
Schwerpunkt is a World War 2 military simulation game. Take control of hundreds of units over a large frontline, making daring manoeuvres to push your enemy back. Fight in one of the scenarios given or make your own in the map maker.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.9% ★, Wargame 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, World War II 10.7% ★, Strategy 9.7%
- #10 Panzer Corps 2
91% matchVery Positive85% of 4,064 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 58.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 17.3% ★, World War II 14.3% ★, Wargame 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Strategy 11.1%
- #11 战争与和平
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 我爱云云
Windows
不局限于经典沙盘战略框架的传统玩法:AI开始具备闪电战,大纵深战术的指挥能力;步炮/步坦等不同部队可以协同作战;海军可直接炮击沿岸陆军,空军战略轰炸机可以持续削弱未交战区;更真实的数值、多剧本随机事件驱动剧情等玩法下的大兵团即时战略游戏。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.4% ★, Wargame 20.5%, Strategy 17.3%, World War II 14.7% ★, 2.5D 13.7%
- #12 SGS Okinawa
89% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
A standalone epic rendering of the 1945 bloody fighting on Okinawa, the last great battle of the Pacific War. The game is part of the Pacific D-Day collection. Both sides are playable, each with their own challenge.
Why similar: Wargame 21.4%, Strategy 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, World War II 11% ★, War 9.5%
- #13 Unity of Command II
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,102 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 18.9% ★, World War II 17.4% ★, Wargame 13.5%, Strategy 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #14 SGS Battle For: Fort Donelson
88% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the first decisive battle of the U.S. Civil War. Lead the Union force as General Grant to seize the key forts on the Cumberland, or play the Confederate defenders to maintain the gate to the South closed.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.2% ★, Wargame 19.3%, Strategy 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Historical 7.4%
- #15 Tank Operations: European Campaign
86% matchVery Positive83% of 92 reviews2024
Dev: Linked DimensionsPub: 2tainment GmbH
Windows
Tank Operation: European Campaign - is a turn-based, tactical war game with a dozen nerve-racking historical scenarios on the various battlefields of World War II. As an allied general you fight right on the frontline to defeat the Third Reich with all its destructive potential.
Why similar: Strategy 19.4%, World War II 16.2% ★, Wargame 12.6%, Grand Strategy 10.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%
- #16 Pacific Fire
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wirraway Software
Windows
Pacific Fire is a turn-based strategic wargame set in the Pacific Theater of World War II using a node-based map, rather than hexes. Take command of US, Japanese, British, Australian, New Zealand, Chinese and Dutch forces in the Pacific and Southeast Asia from 1941-1945.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 17.2% ★, Wargame 16.6%, World War II 14.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Historical 9.9%
- #17 Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad
85% matchVery Positive89% of 132 reviews2021
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac
Cauldrons of War Stalingrad is the turn-based strategic wargame you will launch whenever you want your WW2 shot but don't have time for a monster strategy game.From May 1942 to November 1942 play the USSR or the Axis forces in some of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.5% ★, Wargame 18.2%, World War II 17.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Strategy 9.7%
- #18 Desert War WWII
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Build your army and enter into combat with your enemy in the desert battles of WWII.
Why similar: Wargame 19.5%, Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, 2.5D 13.1%, Historical 9.9%
- #19 Destiny of the World
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: Fiddlyware
Windows · Linux
WWII grand strategy game where planning and logistics are foundations of successful campaigns: simultaneous weekly turns, convoy warfare, production, trade, research, espionage and command from 1939 to 1945. Control a single major power, or the entire Axis or Allied command.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.7% ★, Wargame 23.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, World War II 8.9% ★, Strategy 8%
- #20 Countryballs at War
82% matchPositive85% of 40 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 30.6% ★, Wargame 17.3%, Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Military 7.5%
- #21 WarDoom ssp Wargame
84% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Mark AinsworthPub: (Mark Ainsworth)
Windows
2D Hard core, Hex & Chit, Turn Based Wargame with A.I. or Hotseat. Move units or stacks around, attack using all the info from live database and unit breakdowns. set your battle objectives in the battle report. A detailed Editor effect live game systems
Why similar: Grand Strategy 37.2% ★, Wargame 22.7%, Strategy 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, 2D 2.6%
- #22 SGS Operation Hawaii
83% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: The Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
On December 7th, 1941, the Empire of Japan struck a surprise blow against unsuspecting American forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaï. In the ensuing confusion and panic, the USA feared a Japanese invasion of Oahu island, but it fortunately did not materialize. But what would have happened if it had?
Why similar: Wargame 21.6%, Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, World War II 11.6% ★, War 9.4%
- #23 SGS Battle For: Madrid
82% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
With Battle for Madrid, relive the Nationalists most determined attempt to take the Republican capital of spain from November 1936 to February 1937.
Why similar: Wargame 23.8%, Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Historical 8.8%, War 8.2%
- #24 Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific
81% matchVery Positive88% of 113 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 22.1%, Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, World War II 13.4% ★, Historical 11%
- #25 Frontline: World At War
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Victory awaits those who can adapt and seize the upper hand in this thrilling war game. Can you reshape history and lead your forces to glory?
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.2% ★, Strategy 15.4%, Wargame 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, 2.5D 9.8%
- #26 Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
79% 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 24.3%, Strategy 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, World War II 14.8% ★, Historical 7.2%
- #27 Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa
79% matchVery Positive91% of 179 reviews2020
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cauldrons of War Barbarossa is the turn-based strategic wargame you will launch whenever you want your WW2 shot but don't have time for a monster strategy game.From June 1941 until the Battle of Moscow, play the USSR or the Axis forces in one of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Wargame 17.1%, World War II 14% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Historical 8.2%
- #28 太平洋之嵐6 ~ 史上最大的激戰諾曼第攻防戰! Pacific Storm 6 - Battle for Normandy
80% matchMixed62% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: SystemSoft Alpha CooperationPub: 英特衛多媒體股份有限公司
Windows
" Pacific Storm” series is a war simulation game. It is a scene of historical facts, and it has been praised by many historical war fans.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.9% ★, Strategy 17%, Wargame 15%, Hex Grid 10.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #29 逐鹿汉末
77% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: VOWZIN GAME
Windows
这款游戏邀请您来到精彩刺激且充满变革的东汉末年三国时代,以前所未见的自由、深度及历史真实性,进行称霸天下一统中原的征程。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 39.7% ★, Wargame 25.1%, Strategy 21.4%, Historical 13.8%
- #30 Maneuver Warfare 2: BTG
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decisive Action Games
Windows
A simulation of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War where the player maneuvers battalion tactical groups on a map and controls assets such as aircraft, special forces teams, satellites, field hospitals, and repair facilities to support these. The player can play single battles or a campaign game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29% ★, Wargame 25.8%, Strategy 19%, Military 15%, War 6.4%
- #31 Rise of Prussia Gold
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 46 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Rise of Prussia Gold is the new and improved version of AGEODs Seven Years War (1757-1763) game set in Europe. This hugely detailed strategy game was initially released by AGEOD in 2010 and the Gold version adds numerous improvements and additional scenarios that take the game to the next level.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.5% ★, Wargame 22.7%, Strategy 18.4%, Historical 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%
- #32 Making History: The Calm & the Storm
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 624 reviews2007
Dev: Muzzy LanePub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Making History® delivers the open-ended gameplay of strategy-game classics, but with compelling new economic, military, and diplomatic systems and deep research that lets you play with real historical challenges.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 35.8% ★, Strategy 22.8%, World War II 18.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Historical 7.4%
- #33 Ashen Destiny
74% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Arrow & Blade Games
Windows
Invade rival provinces with your armies, command powerful generals, and unite a fractured ancient land through strategy and conquest.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.8% ★, Wargame 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Military 7.6%
- #34 Revolution Under Siege Gold
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 167 reviews2015
Dev: Sep RedsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Make the Reds side triumph to save the Soviet Proletarian revolution, or, on the other side, lead the Whites side to victory in order to place the old regime back in power and protect the countries of Europe from the perils of the revolution. This is the biggest civil war game you will ever play!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.3% ★, Strategy 22.8%, Wargame 22.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Historical 11.4%
- #35 Sword & Siege Crusades: Book I
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Fight through the 1st and 2nd Crusades and the conflicts between them in Crusades: Book I, a tactical medieval wargame of sieges, field battles, and frontier warfare. Command Crusader armies or Islamic alliances across 74 scenarios and two branching campaigns.
Why similar: Wargame 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 13.7%, Military 12.2%, Hex Grid 11.5% ★
- #36 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,012 reviews2012
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Unity of Command is an innovative and refreshing operational-level wargame that covers the entire 1942/43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.
Why similar: World War II 21.6% ★, Wargame 19%, Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Grand Strategy 9.3% ★
- #37 Pacific General
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 48 reviews2021
Dev: Strategic SimulationsPub: SNEG
Windows
Pacific General explores the Pacific front of the Second World War. Taking control of Axis or Allied forces, you must strategically battle your way through the Eastern and Western front of the Pacific war, using a wide array of land, air and naval forces.
Why similar: Wargame 23.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Strategy 13%, World War II 10.9% ★, Historical 9.2%
- #38 大戦略SSB
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Systemsoft beta, Inc.
Windows
"Daisenryaku SSB" is a simulation game in which you command and fight troops such as tanks and fighters on a battlefield separated by hexes. Since the birth of the "Daisenryaku" series, AI has been tough, and it has been evaluated as a simple game but deep game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Wargame 17.1%, Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Hex Grid 10.5% ★
- #39 逐鹿
73% matchMixed57% of 526 reviews2023
Dev: TKG Inc
Windows · Mac
A stand-alone turn-based war chess game with the theme of Chinese history. The core gameplay is territorial competition, and diplomacy, construction, combat and other gameplay will also revolve around territorial competition.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.7% ★, Wargame 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Historical 10.5%, Military 9.7%
- #40 1941 - Operation Barbarossa
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Antti Suni
Windows
PC conversion of a turn-based hex-strategy board war game.
Why similar: Wargame 20.6%, Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, World War II 12.9% ★, Historical 10.7%
- #41 Strategic Bastion
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Teqao
Windows
A Challenging Single-Player Strategy Game This is a turn-based strategy simulation game with considerable difficulty, perfect for players seeking a real challenge! This game is a passion project inspired by a certain classic strategy game I loved as a child, reimagined with my own creative twists.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.2% ★, Wargame 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Historical 10.9%, 2.5D 10.5%
- #42 三国記II
72% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: lufy
Windows · Mac
《三国记II》是三国记系列的第2部作品,是一款正统的历史模拟策略游戏。以中国东汉末年的三国时期为总体背景,围绕着争夺大陆霸权,展开了一系列的故事。 《三国记II》采取直接在大地图上进行游戏和战斗,让玩家体验征战四方的快感。
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.6% ★, Strategy 16.5%, Wargame 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Military 7.4%
- #43 War of Resistance
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: chenjd
Windows
In this turn-based strategy game simulating the Second Sino-Japanese War, players will take on the role of the Communist forces, fighting against the Japanese army in the upcoming War of Resistance, and later, battling the Republic of China to win the Civil War.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.2% ★, Strategy 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Wargame 15.7%, World War II 9.8% ★
- #44 Civil War II
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 345 reviews2014
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Strategy 22.5%, Historical 16%, Wargame 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%
- #45 Trickery&Strategy
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Ian Young
Windows
This is a war chess strategy game with the historical background of the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period. The game contains sociological knowledge, military knowledge, and conspiracy knowledge. Some knowledge reserve and cognitive ability may be required.
Why similar: Wargame 23.6%, Strategy 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, 2.5D 15.8%, Hex Grid 11.4% ★
- #46 SGS Avalanche
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the whole Italian campaign of World War II, from Husky landings of July 1943 till the final capitulation of 1945. Struggle your way up the boot as the Allies, or defend every inch of the peninsula as the Axis.
Why similar: Wargame 26.3%, Strategy 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Historical 10.2%, War 9.5%
- #47 Sword & Siege Crusades: Book II
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wargame Design Studio
Windows
Continue the struggle for the Holy Land in Crusades: Book II, a tactical medieval wargame covering the Third and Fourth Crusades between 1149 and 1204. Command the Crusader Alliance or the Anti-Crusader Alliance across 102 historically accurate scenarios and four branching campaigns.
Why similar: Wargame 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Hex Grid 12.3% ★, Military 12%, Strategy 11.9%
- #48 Panzer Corps Gold
70% matchVery Positive92% of 2,690 reviews2014
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 56.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The ultimate edition of Panzer Corps, containing hundreds of scenarios and all its expansions. Panzer Corps Gold is the culmination of the wargame that has enthralled millions of fans all around the globe, and now it’s your chance to fully experience a real classic.
Why similar: World War II 23.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Wargame 17.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Hex Grid 9.1% ★
- #49 SGS Fall Weiss
69% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
The Second World War began with the invasion of Poland by German forces on 1 September 1939. It is represented in this strategy game, a fully-fledged turn-based wargame.
Why similar: Wargame 27.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Strategy 14.5%, World War II 10.1% ★, Historical 9.7%
- #50 Hearts of Iron III
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 6,046 reviews2009
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 38.9% ★, World War II 21% ★, Strategy 11.6%, Historical 10.4%, Military 7%
- #51 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
70% matchVery Positive90% of 2,069 reviews2011
Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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: Grand Strategy 34.2% ★, World War II 19.8% ★, Strategy 13.5%, Wargame 12.3%, Historical 10.1%
- #52 Dynasty Game 2
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Yocone
Windows · Mac
Core gameplay of the game: operate on a large map, farm, recruit talents, govern, create, trade, build armies, conquer cities and territories, and defend strategic passes to ensure the safety of one side. Suitable for players who enjoy governing the country, farming, and opening up new territories
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Wargame 14.3%, 2.5D 9.7%
- #53 1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact
68% matchMixed48% of 179 reviews2025
Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.6% ★, Wargame 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Hex Grid 11.1% ★, Strategy 9.3%
- #54 Real-Time General
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michael LongPub: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows
Take command and join 400 players in a massive WW2 strategy game lasting TWO-MONTHS in real-time. Queue up commands and watch them play out over the day. Collaborate, strategize and relive D-Day like never before.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.1% ★, Wargame 18.7%, World War II 16.1% ★, Strategy 7.7%, Historical 7.6%
- #55 Small Wars: Mohicans
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Avalon Digital
Windows
Small Wars: Mohicans offers you a quick and fun to play experience of the French & Indian War (1754-1760) in the vast wilderness of 18th century North America. Play the French and their Indigenous Allies or Britain troops and colonials and gain control of the new world.
Why similar: Wargame 31.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Strategy 16%, Historical 9.6%, Military 7.5%
- #56 Frontline: Western Front
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
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 19.6% ★, Wargame 14.2%, World War II 12.8% ★, Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%
- #57 Bomber Command
68% matchMostly Negative38% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Silent S Studios, LLC
Windows
Take command of what would become the greatest air armada in history! Build, plan, coordinate, and command your forces into a mighty aerial armada against a smart German economy that adapts to your attacks, researches tech, and smartly reacts to your moves. Take over the Bomber Command.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.9% ★, Wargame 15.8%, World War II 14.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Historical 9.2%
- #58 大戦略SSB2
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Systemsoft beta, Inc.
Windows
Wield over 300 modern weapons, from jets to tanks, and outmaneuver rival forces with your strategy. From small islands to massive total-war maps, turn-based battles let both newcomers and veterans play at their own pace.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29% ★, Wargame 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 15%, Military 8.2%
- #59 Mobile Soldiers: Plastic Army
67% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Ecliptec Mobile Ltd.
Windows
Get ready to embark on a thrilling journey down memory lane, with Mobile Soldiers: Plastic Army, bringing the beloved childhood table-top game to life in a new 3D experience that fits in your pocket. Brace yourself for fun that combines nostalgia with the excitement of mobile gaming!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.5% ★, Wargame 23.1%, Strategy 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, War 6.4%
- #60 Kingdom, Dungeon, and Hero
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 168 reviews2024
Dev: Kraken Studios
Windows
Lead your kingdoms. protect your lands, conquer your enemies. Stop the fallen god Draeul. Collect the Unity Runes to prevent the Corruption Curse from destroying the realm. Armies keep you in power, Heroes do your bidding and adventure to defeat the horrific creations of the curse.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, Wargame 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Hex Grid 11.9% ★, 2.5D 11.5%