Games Like Ultimate General: American Revolution

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: America 19.9% ★, Grand Strategy 19.8% ★, Wargame 13.8%, RTS 11.9%, War 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this title shares the exact engine and tactical depth found in the American Revolution entry.

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: Grand Strategy 27% ★, Historical 19.4%, RTS 15.8%, Strategy 13.7%, War 11%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a remarkably similar experience by combining a deep grand-strategy campaign map with detailed real-time tactical battles.

Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail is a tactical wargame from the creators of the Ultimate General series set amidst the epic naval campaigns in the period of the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Why similar: Historical 28.4%, Strategy 27.6%, RTS 15.9%, Wargame 13.7%, War 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game applies the developer's signature tactical combat and campaign management to the naval warfare of the same historical era.

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: Historical 21.6%, RTS 18.9%, Wargame 17.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Tactical 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the foundational title for the series, offering a pure, focused tactical combat experience that defines the developer's style.

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

Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.2% ★, Historical 18.8%, Military 14.3%, Strategy 10.4%, RTS 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title covers the exact historical period and global scale of the American Revolution with a mix of turn-based strategy and real-time 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: Grand Strategy 19.1% ★, RTS 18.5%, Military 13.9%, Wargame 12.1%, Historical 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers high-fidelity tactical combat with a complex grand-strategy layer that appeals to serious wargame enthusiasts.

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.7% ★, RTS 18.4%, Historical 13.1%, Wargame 10.6%, Military 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the hybrid approach of managing a grand campaign while commanding individual units in real-time tactical engagements.

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 22.1%, RTS 18.8%, Military 17.3%, Historical 12.3%, War 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A modern tactical wargame that emphasizes realistic unit management and complex battlefield decision-making.

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: Grand Strategy 25.6% ★, Historical 22.3%, RTS 12.5%, War 11.2%, Strategy 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest thematic match, focusing on the tactical maneuvers and grand-scale warfare of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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 30.1% ★, Historical 23.3%, Wargame 15.6%, Strategy 15.2%, America 12.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on the logistics, politics, and grand-scale movement of armies during the American Civil War.

Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 40% ★, RTS 20.7%, 4X 12.9% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Historical 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It successfully blends grand-strategy map management with real-time tactical battles in a historical setting.

2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.

Why similar: RTS 26%, Military 21.2%, Wargame 15.5%, Strategy 11.1%, Tactical 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic in the genre, it provides deep tactical combat and unit variety that aligns with the military focus of the seed game.

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 24.2% ★, 4X 21.6% ★, Historical 12.2%, Wargame 9.2%, Military 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, historically grounded grand-strategy experience with a focus on the logistics of ancient warfare.

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 27.1% ★, Wargame 15.6%, RTS 15.2%, Military 13.4%, Tactical 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a broad grand-strategy experience that allows players to manage military conflicts on a global scale.

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: Grand Strategy 25% ★, Historical 22.9%, RTS 21%, War 11.6%, Strategy 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A focused historical campaign that balances tactical battles with regional management.

Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.

Why similar: 4X 30.2% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Historical 16.2%, Military 12.1%, Strategy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A historical 4X strategy game that emphasizes the development of military and administrative structures.

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 33.4% ★, Historical 15.5%, Military 13.6%, War 13.5%, RTS 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for military-focused grand strategy, offering unparalleled depth in logistics and army management.

Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 51.4% ★, Historical 24.7%, Military 13.9%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is an excellent choice for players who enjoy the economic and political grand-strategy aspects of the 19th-century era.

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: 4X 23.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Historical 11.5%, Military 10.3%, RTS 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A complex grand-strategy game that focuses on global geopolitics and long-term strategic planning.

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

Why similar: 4X 28.7% ★, Grand Strategy 25.9% ★, Historical 12.4%, Military 9.9%, War 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This 4X strategy game provides deep historical progression and complex strategic decision-making.

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: Grand Strategy 32.3% ★, 4X 15.6% ★, Historical 13.9%, Military 11.5%, War 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a detailed look at the logistics and grand-strategy requirements of World War we.

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

Why similar: RTS 20.6%, Wargame 19.7%, Military 16.8%, Historical 15.2%, Tactical 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that focuses on realistic military units and the challenges of modern combat.

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 25.9% ★, Wargame 17.5%, Military 15.3%, Historical 13%, War 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet deep turn-based tactical wargame that captures the essence of historical military campaigns.

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: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, 4X 17.6% ★, Wargame 13.5%, RTS 13.3%, Military 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines grand-strategy elements with direct, cinematic tactical combat.

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 26.6%, RTS 17%, Strategy 13.3%, Military 13.3%, Historical 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an extreme level of tactical realism that will appeal to players who prioritize the wargame aspects of the seed title.

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: America 18% ★, RTS 14.5%, Historical 13.9%, Military 12.7%, Wargame 12.7%

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 29.3% ★, Wargame 19.3%, Military 12.2%, Historical 10.9%, Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the critical importance of supply lines and logistics in a wargame setting.

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: Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Wargame 20.7%, RTS 20.1%, War 9.8%, Military 8.9%

Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…

Why similar: Grand Strategy 28% ★, 4X 23.5% ★, RTS 16.3%, Wargame 15%, War 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS that incorporates grand-strategy elements like city-building and diplomacy in a medieval setting.

Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strategy game.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.8% ★, 4X 30.8% ★, Historical 13.3%, Wargame 12%, War 7%

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 24.6%, RTS 20.3%, Wargame 17.9%, War 11.7%, Strategy 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical military simulation that focuses on the complexities of counter-insurgency and regional control.

War of Rights is a first person multiplayer game featuring massive 400 player battles with a focus on historical authenticity, teamplay and immersion. It is set during the perilous days of the American Civil War, in the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862.

Why similar: Historical 30.1%, War 23.2%, Military 19.4%, America 15.7% ★, Strategy 5.3%

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

Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.3% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Military 14.5%, Historical 12.5%, RTS 12.2%

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: RTS 20.1%, Wargame 19.8%, America 19.3% ★, Historical 12.4%, Military 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that focuses on the historical accuracy and intensity of specific military engagements.

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: America 30.6% ★, Historical 18.7%, Military 17.1%, War 13.3%, Tactical 8.5%

Inspired by The Iliad and brought to life through the award-winning strategy game series, A Total War Saga: TROY brings a blend of grand, turn-based empire management and spectacular real-time battles to the heart of the Trojan War.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, RTS 19.5%, Historical 17.7%, War 14%, 4X 11.8% ★

Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.

Why similar: 4X 35.8% ★, Grand Strategy 32.1% ★, Historical 14.5%, Military 10.9%, Strategy 6.7%

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: 4X 26.3% ★, Grand Strategy 25% ★, Historical 13.1%, War 10.6%, Military 10.5%

Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 27% ★, Wargame 15.1%, RTS 14.8%, Historical 13.8%, Military 11.4%

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 40.7% ★, Historical 15.6%, Wargame 13.5%, Strategy 9.7%, Military 7.5%

Conquer Warring States Japan under one banner

Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.9% ★, Wargame 19.4%, RTS 15.8%, Historical 13.9%, Military 8.4%

King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Military 14.6%, Wargame 13.3%, RTS 12.8%, Historical 11%

This is a deep focus on the Spring and Autumn period of the Warring States period of the grand strategy and real-time combat fusion sandbox game.

Why similar: 4X 21.3% ★, Grand Strategy 18.9% ★, RTS 12.5%, Wargame 11.8%, Military 8.5%

“he Who Fears Being Conquered Is Sure Of Defeat.”The war-game March of the Eagles focuses on the dramatic conflicts of Europe during 1805 to 1820. Explore one of the defining periods in European history with this experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy, Paradox Development Studio.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 57.2% ★, Historical 21.5%, Strategy 17.7%, Simulation 3.6%

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 28% ★, Historical 14.7%, RTS 14.6%, Military 14.2%, War 12.6%

Command armies, manage resources, and build an empire in this real-time strategy wargame from Longbow Games. Will Rome fulfil its destiny to rule the ancient world or will history be rewritten to forge a new Etruscan, Gallic, or Greek hegemony!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, Historical 20.6%, RTS 18.4%, Wargame 17.2%, Strategy 11.5%

For the first time in the series’ history, Strategic Command will be taking you to the 19th century battlefields of the American Civil War. You will control the armies, research, production and diplomatic policy of either the Union or the Confederacy during a time of innovation and dramatic battles.

Why similar: Wargame 42.9%, Historical 35.2%, Strategy 21.9%

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 33.6% ★, Wargame 26.3%, Historical 18.9%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 3.8%

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 31.2% ★, Wargame 20.4%, Historical 17.3%, Military 14.6%, War 14.5%

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: RTS 27.2%, Historical 25.4%, War 25.1%, Strategy 13.6%, Military 6.9%

This is a sandbox game that is deeply rooted in the rich historical information of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The story of the game unfolds slowly in the eighth century BC on the vast and mysterious land of China.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 20.4% ★, 4X 17.3% ★, RTS 12.1%, Historical 11.2%, Wargame 9.5%

This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.

Why similar: 4X 22.7% ★, Grand Strategy 20.3% ★, Wargame 15.2%, RTS 13.8%, Historical 9%

It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 22% ★, 4X 19.8% ★, RTS 13.1%, Wargame 12.9%, Historical 9.5%

A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!

Why similar: 4X 30.8% ★, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Wargame 13.8%, War 12%, Historical 10.2%

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: Military 37.7%, War 36.8%, Tactical 14.9%, Strategy 10.6%

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

Why similar: RTS 18.9%, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Military 16.1%, Wargame 12.8%, War 12.8%

Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical figures and events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.7% ★, 4X 28.6% ★, Historical 16.4%, War 9.1%, Strategy 6.2%

Set in the American Revolution, Prime & Load : 1776 lets command and control your very own regiment.

Why similar: Wargame 39.3%, War 38.1%, Strategy 17%, Real Time Tactics 3.3%, Simulation 2.3%

Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.7% ★, 4X 19.9% ★, RTS 18.4%, Wargame 15.8%, War 7%