- #1 Syrian Warfare
97% matchVery Positive87% of 5,518 reviews2017
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.
Why similar: Wargame 17.6%, Real Time Tactics 16.9%, RTS 16.4%, Military 10.6%, Historical 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the same focus on modern, realistic tactical combat and narrative-driven military operations.
- #2 WARNO
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 15,637 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 70.7 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: Wargame 22.8%, Real Time Tactics 18%, RTS 17.2%, Military 12.5%, Historical 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the scale and intensity of modern warfare with a heavy emphasis on realistic unit capabilities and tactical positioning.
- #3 Broken Arrow
96% matchMixed56% of 31,376 reviews2025
Dev: Steel BalalaikaPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 35.7 hrsMean: 86.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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: Wargame 25.2%, RTS 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Modern 9.3%, War 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, modern-day tactical experience with high-fidelity unit management and realistic combat scenarios.
- #4 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
95% matchVery Positive85% of 32,456 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 75.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 20.8%, RTS 19%, Historical 14.1%, Military 11%, War 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: While set in WWII, its focus on extreme realism and granular tactical control makes it a perfect match for fans of the genre.
- #5 Call to Arms
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 24,007 reviews2018
Dev: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.
Why similar: RTS 29.7%, Military 23.1%, Strategy 13.5%, War 12.5%, Tactical 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a direct blend of modern real-time strategy and tactical third-person control over individual units.
- #6 Wargame: Red Dragon
94% matchVery Positive89% of 19,669 reviews2014
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 52.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 27.2%, Wargame 19.8%, Military 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Strategy 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic in the modern wargame genre that demands careful planning and precise execution of tactical maneuvers.
- #7 Combat Mission Black Sea
93% matchVery Positive83% of 565 reviews2021
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 35.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017
Why similar: Wargame 31.9%, Military 14.8%, War 9.1%, Realistic 8.5%, Tactical 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation offers the most realistic depiction of modern, near-future conflict available on the platform.
- #8 Men of War II
92% matchMixed61% of 7,369 reviews2024
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Wargame 20.7%, RTS 18.8%, Real Time Tactics 18%, Historical 11.4%, Military 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It features highly detailed, physics-based tactical combat that rewards careful unit placement and resource management.
- #9 Regiments
91% matchVery Positive88% of 2,889 reviews2022
Dev: Bird's Eye GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 22.3%, Real Time Tactics 18.4%, RTS 16.8%, Military 8.2%, War 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at providing a fast-paced, modern tactical experience that emphasizes combined arms warfare.
- #10 Squad 22: ZOV
91% matchMixed60% of 652 reviews2025
Dev: SPN StudioPub: Zarobana Entertainment
Windows
Single player tactical action real-time game with active pause to plan orders carefully. Based on real war-time experience of living Russian veterans of war in Ukraine. It's all about modern conflict small infantry groups with some armored vehicle and drone support as well as real events story
Why similar: Wargame 19.8%, RTS 19.7%, Real Time Tactics 18.7%, Historical 8.7%, Military 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers a modern, action-oriented tactical experience that mirrors the intensity of current real-world conflicts.
- #11 Total Conflict: Resistance
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,224 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 20.5 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: Wargame 21.6%, RTS 19%, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, Military 11.8%, War 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines real-time tactical battles with a modern setting and a focus on realistic combat mechanics.
- #12 Invasion Machine
90% matchMixed65% of 626 reviews2020
Dev: Pixel Machine
Windows
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: RTS 17.9%, Wargame 17.7%, Military 17%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Strategy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the complexities of modern asymmetric warfare and realistic tactical decision-making.
- #13 Last Train Home
88% matchVery Positive87% of 5,313 reviews2023
Dev: Ashborne GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Real Time Tactics 22.5%, RTS 22%, Wargame 14.5%, Historical 12.4%, War 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game balances tactical combat with a strong, character-driven narrative that mirrors the emotional weight of conflict.
- #14 Steel Division 2
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,504 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 52.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 25%, Wargame 18.6%, Military 14.7%, Historical 11%, War 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a massive, realistic tactical scale that challenges players to manage complex frontlines effectively.
- #15 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,226 reviews2025
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Real Time Tactics 29.1%, RTS 19.5%, Military 19%, Tactical 14.3%, War 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a top-down, highly tactical approach to modern special operations and squad management.
- #16 Company of Heroes 3
86% matchMixed57% of 38,997 reviews2023
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 78.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Wargame 23.4%, RTS 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 16.3%, Historical 8.7%, PvE 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a polished tactical experience with a focus on squad-level combat and dynamic battlefield environments.
- #17 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,047 reviews2019
Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Wargame 23.1%, Real Time Tactics 19.5%, RTS 17.4%, Military 12%, Historical 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, immersive perspective on tactical command that emphasizes the fog of war and communication.
- #18 Master of Command
82% matchVery Positive92% of 3,645 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 17.3%, Wargame 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.6%, Historical 12.9%, Military 12%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a solid tactical foundation with a focus on historical military maneuvers and unit management.
- #19 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
85% matchVery Positive89% of 1,120 reviews2016
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Wargame 29.7%, RTS 16.2%, Strategy 10.5%, Military 9.9%, Real Time Tactics 9%
Why You'll Like It: This title is renowned for its uncompromising realism and deep simulation of historical tactical combat.
- #20 Armored Brigade
84% matchVery Positive89% of 360 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: Wargame 36.1%, RTS 20.3%, Strategy 20.3%, Tactical 11.8%, Military 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on large-scale, realistic modern combat with a strong emphasis on terrain and unit visibility.
- #21 Ultimate General: Civil War
83% matchVery Positive89% of 8,491 reviews2017
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Wargame 23.9%, Real Time Tactics 19.8%, RTS 18.3%, War 10.1%, Historical 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: While set in a different era, its focus on tactical realism and unit morale is highly relevant to the genre.
- #22 Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition
84% matchVery Positive86% of 1,110 reviews2014
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The first installment in the real-time tactics series that would become known as Men of War, now refreshed and enhanced! Take command of American, British, Soviet, or German forces and fight on the battlefields of World War II in 32 single-player missions or with others in PvP and co-op sessions.
Why similar: RTS 20.8%, Wargame 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Historical 14%, Military 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a granular, squad-based tactical experience that rewards creative problem-solving on the battlefield.
- #23 Commandos: Origins
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,391 reviews2025
Dev: Claymore Game StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
ALARM! You have been selected for a mission which will shape the fate of the entire world. Witness the very beginning of the legendary elite WWII force in Commandos: Origins. The long-awaited sequel to the Commandos series brings you right back to the foundation of the real-time tactics genre.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 21.3%, Wargame 20.8%, RTS 19%, Military 9.1%, Historical 7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on small-squad tactical infiltration and precise execution, mirroring the stealth elements of modern warfare.
- #24 The Great War: Western Front™
82% matchMixed66% of 3,240 reviews2023
Dev: PetroglyphPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 22.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, Wargame 14.6%, Historical 12.1%, Military 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines grand strategy with real-time tactical combat, focusing on the brutal reality of trench-based warfare.
- #25 Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm
81% 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: Wargame 40%, Strategy 38.5%, Military 20%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, simulation-heavy look at modern military engagements with a focus on command and control.
- #26 Sudden Strike 4
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,277 reviews2017
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!
Why similar: RTS 24.1%, Real Time Tactics 23.3%, War 9.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Historical 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a classic tactical approach with a focus on unit specialization and battlefield positioning.
- #27 Sudden Strike 5
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 621 reviews2026
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.
Why similar: RTS 22.4%, Wargame 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Historical 11.5%, Military 10.5%
- #28 Battlefield Commander WWII
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Sword of SteelPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
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: Wargame 19.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, RTS 17.5%, Historical 10%, Military 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a straightforward, tactical approach to historical combat with a focus on real-time decision-making.
- #29 Ratten Reich
79% matchMixed42% of 685 reviews2025
Dev: METALLADLERSTUDIO
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Ratten Reich is an RTS focusing on realistic combat in a unique, steampunk/dieselpunk world ripped apart by an ongoing war between rats, mice, cockroaches, and lizards.
Why similar: Wargame 23.3%, RTS 19.9%, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, Military 9.8%, War 7%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique tactical experience with a focus on realistic unit behavior and spectacle-driven combat.
- #30 War Room
80% matchMixed53% of 692 reviews2020
Dev: Binge Gaming OU
Windows
War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.
Why similar: RTS 20.9%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Wargame 15.9%, Military 14%, War 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses on the high-level tactical command and strategic decision-making required in modern military operations.
- #31 Strategos
75% matchVery Positive86% of 231 reviews2026
Dev: Strategos GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Simulate large-scale battles with over 120 factions, and 250+ units, from the ancient world. Create custom battles, or take command of historical ones.
Why similar: Wargame 19.2%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, RTS 14.5%, Historical 10.9%, Military 8.5%
- #32 DRONE PERSPECTIVE
76% matchVery Positive91% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Demetri LindPub: VEIL Production
Windows
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: Wargame 21.2%, RTS 16.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Military 9.6%, Modern 8.5%
- #33 SkyInFlames
74% matchVery Positive93% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: VasyliyBritva
Windows
Command drones, deploy mobile air defense systems and conduct tactical aerial operations. Choose your side - Ukrainian or Russian forces - and protect critical infrastructure in a realistic military simulation on a detailed map.
Why similar: Wargame 28.1%, Real Time Tactics 22.5%, RTS 12.4%, Military 11.1%, War 10%
- #34 Leave No One Behind: Ia Drang
78% matchMixed42% of 308 reviews2022
Dev: Gaming 301
Windows
Leave No One Behind is tactical real time strategy war game. Experience some of the hardest battles fought during the Vietnam War in 1965 between US Army and the Army of the Northern Vietnam for landing zones X-Ray and Albany and for Plei Me special forces camp.
Why similar: Wargame 22.1%, RTS 20%, Real Time Tactics 18.4%, Historical 9.5%, Realistic 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on realistic, small-scale tactical engagements that emphasize the importance of squad survival.
- #35 Steel Division: Normandy 44
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,299 reviews2017
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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%, Military 15.6%, Wargame 13%, Strategy 9%, War 8.5%
- #36 Men of War: Condemned Heroes
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 768 reviews2012
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Command a Soviet penal battalion in this standalone real-time tactics game from the Men of War series. Based on true events, Condemned Heroes delivers brutal, story-driven missions across the Eastern Front – where every order, bullet, and life matters.
Why similar: RTS 49.7%, Strategy 35%, War 15.2%
- #37 Partisans 1941
74% matchVery Positive82% of 8,674 reviews2020
Dev: Alter GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game with stealth elements, set on the eastern front of WW II. As an army commander behind enemy lines you gather a group of Partisans to wage guerilla warfare against the German occupants.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 41.7%, Tactical 12.8%, Historical 12.2%, Strategy 11.8%, War 9.8%
- #38 Men of War: Assault Squad
75% matchVery Positive87% of 5,150 reviews2011
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 21.4%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Military 13.5%, War 12.2%, Strategy 12.1%
- #39 War Mongrels
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,457 reviews2021
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
War Mongrels is an isometric real-time tactics game that takes place on the eastern front of World War II. Dynamic and tactical gameplay with stealth elements, tightly packed into a dark, fascinating story! Play on your own or in online co-op (PC).
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 21.4%, RTS 20.2%, Military 12.7%, Historical 12.5%, Tactical 8.4%
- #40 Armored Brigade II
71% matchVery Positive89% of 244 reviews2025
Dev: Veitikka StudiosPub: Matrix Games
Windows
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: Wargame 30.8%, RTS 26.6%, Military 9.3%, War 8.9%, Strategy 7.7%
- #41 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
73% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: XR Studio
Windows
This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?
Why similar: Wargame 16.8%, Political 14.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, RTS 13.2%, Historical 11.3%
- #42 Tabletop Tavern
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,415 reviews2026
Dev: TJPub: Frostbloom
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.
Why similar: Wargame 23.2%, RTS 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, Historical 12.2%, War 9.2%
- #43 Blitzkrieg Anthology
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,537 reviews2014
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 24.3%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Military 13.2%, Historical 12.4%, Strategy 11.9%
- #44 Eyes of War
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 325 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era, offering both single-player and multiplayer experiences where you can control every unit in character mode. Build your castle, lead your army, and dominate the map. Eyes of War invites you to epic battles of the medieval era!
Why similar: Wargame 29%, RTS 25.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Military 8.9%, Historical 8.4%
- #45 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
69% matchVery Positive87% of 11,887 reviews2022
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!
Why similar: RTS 33.7%, Wargame 16.4%, Military 14.5%, Strategy 10.8%, War 9.8%
- #46 War of Dots
67% matchVery Positive81% of 5,797 reviews2026
Dev: TeaAndPython
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: Wargame 22.2%, RTS 21.8%, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, Military 9.4%, Strategy 9.3%
- #47 Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
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: Wargame 19%, RTS 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Historical 9.5%, Military 8.8%
- #48 Blitzkrieg 3
72% matchMixed54% of 7,318 reviews2017
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 21.9%, Real Time Tactics 19.4%, Military 14.3%, Historical 12.5%, War 10.4%
- #49 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
71% matchVery Positive80% of 2,707 reviews2014
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Wargame 23.7%, RTS 22.9%, Historical 20.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Tactical 8.8%
- #50 Men of War: Vietnam
72% matchMixed64% of 1,322 reviews2011
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968. Experience the chaos of the Vietnam War through two story-driven campaigns that reveal both sides of the conflict.
Why similar: RTS 22.7%, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Historical 12.3%, War 12.1%
- #51 Operation: Polygon Storm
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 291 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Wargame 27.6%, Real Time Tactics 21%, RTS 20.6%, Military 11.9%, War 6.4%
- #52 Faces of War
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,204 reviews2014
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 50.7%, Strategy 27.4%, War 21.9%
- #53 Men of War™
70% matchVery Positive90% of 3,828 reviews2009
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 26.2%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Military 12.4%, Tactical 9.4%
- #54 Combat Mission Shock Force 2
68% matchVery Positive81% of 856 reviews2020
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 70.6 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 26.3%, RTS 23.4%, Military 13%, Historical 12.1%, War 7.7%
- #55 Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty
66% matchMixed71% of 2,047 reviews2023
Dev: 不秋草游戏工作室(Bamboo Games)Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty is a wargame demonstrating ancient warfare in China and combining elements of Big Strategy, RTS and RPG. You can learn little-known stories of heroes in ancient China by experiencing battles accommodating thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: Wargame 22.4%, Historical 14.6%, RTS 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Military 12.1%
- #56 Waronoi
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: MFCPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Command modern military armies by zooming out and issuing orders to large formations, or zooming in to issue orders to individual squads and vehicles. Waronoi is the real-time strategy war game.
Why similar: Wargame 32.9%, RTS 29.8%, Military 16.1%, Strategy 11.7%, War 9.1%
- #57 Simulator of Ukraine 1991
66% matchVery Positive87% of 225 reviews2024
Dev: Almost Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This game is a global strategy, which is primarily focused on Ukraine after leaving the Soviet occupation. Here you will be given control of Ukraine with the opportunity to change history and intervene in the events of that time.
Why similar: Wargame 28.7%, RTS 26.6%, Real Time Tactics 22.2%, Strategy 21.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #58 Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
68% matchVery Positive83% of 452 reviews2014
Dev: Graviteam
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star is a sequel to Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943. It’s an Eastern Front war game with solid graphics and sprawling battlefields that really emphasizes the scope of WWII tank combat.Want to step into the role of a commander in the very heart of Kharkov’s defense?
Why similar: Wargame 29.2%, RTS 16.6%, Strategy 12.7%, Historical 8.6%, Military 8.2%
- #59 Commandos 3 - HD Remaster
67% matchMixed62% of 385 reviews2022
Dev: Raylight GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Fall in, soldier! Commandos 3 - HD Remaster sends you to the relentless and unforgiving battlefields of Europe. Remastered in high definition including reworked 3D models and textures, improved controls and refined UI.
Why similar: Wargame 19.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, RTS 17.2%, Historical 9.6%, Military 9.3%
- #60 Combat Mission Fortress Italy
65% matchVery Positive85% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Combat Mission Fortress Italy brings wargamers to the "soft underbelly of Europe", a place that was anything but.
Why similar: Wargame 26.4%, RTS 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Historical 8.5%, Strategy 7.9%