- #1 Ultimate General: Civil War
97% matchVery Positive89% of 8,464 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: Grand Strategy 24.7% ★, Wargame 17.3%, RTS 14.9%, War 11.9%, Historical 10.6%
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.
- #2 Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,338 reviews2021
Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 94.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 27.1% ★, Historical 19.3%, RTS 15.8%, Strategy 13.6%, 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.
- #3 Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,115 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 27.4%, RTS 16%, 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.
- #4 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
95% matchVery Positive80% of 2,706 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: Historical 21.1%, RTS 18.6%, Wargame 17.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Tactical 9.6%
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.
- #5 Steel Division 2
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,492 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 52.2 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: Grand Strategy 19% ★, RTS 18.6%, Military 13.9%, Wargame 12.3%, Historical 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers high-fidelity tactical combat with a complex grand-strategy layer that appeals to serious wargame enthusiasts.
- #6 Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
94% matchVery Positive91% of 37,554 reviews2009
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, Historical 20.2%, Military 15.4%, Strategy 11.1%, RTS 9.9%
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.
- #7 The Great War: Western Front™
93% matchMixed66% of 3,224 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: Grand Strategy 22.8% ★, RTS 18.2%, Historical 12.9%, Wargame 10.7%, Military 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the hybrid approach of managing a grand campaign while commanding individual units in real-time tactical engagements.
- #8 WARNO
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 15,442 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 70.4 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 22.2%, RTS 18.9%, Military 17.4%, War 12.2%, Historical 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A modern tactical wargame that emphasizes realistic unit management and complex battlefield decision-making.
- #9 Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
92% matchVery Positive92% of 27,098 reviews2010
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 25.7% ★, Historical 22.3%, RTS 12.6%, War 11.2%, Strategy 11%
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.
- #10 Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 6,572 reviews2022
Dev: Black Sea GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 40.2% ★, RTS 20.9%, 4X 12.5% ★, Strategy 12.2%, Historical 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: It successfully blends grand-strategy map management with real-time tactical battles in a historical setting.
- #11 Civil War II
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 349 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 28.7% ★, Historical 22.1%, America 16.9% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Strategy 14.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on the logistics, politics, and grand-scale movement of armies during the American Civil War.
- #12 Field of Glory: Empires
89% matchVery Positive82% of 862 reviews2019
Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 21.8% ★, Historical 12.1%, 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.
- #13 Wargame: Airland Battle
89% matchVery Positive87% of 4,447 reviews2013
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 27.6%, Military 22.5%, Wargame 16.6%, Strategy 11.6%, Tactical 8.3%
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.
- #14 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,250 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 50.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 15.3%, 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.
- #15 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 14,744 reviews2018
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 24.9% ★, Historical 23%, RTS 21%, War 11.6%, Strategy 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A focused historical campaign that balances tactical battles with regional management.
- #16 Oriental Empires
86% matchVery Positive80% of 2,991 reviews2017
Dev: Shining Pixel StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 30.6% ★, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Historical 16.1%, Military 12.1%, Strategy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A historical 4X strategy game that emphasizes the development of military and administrative structures.
- #17 Hearts of Iron IV
85% matchVery Positive90% of 365,658 reviews2016
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 31.0 hrsMean: 296.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 33.5% ★, Historical 15.5%, Military 13.7%, War 13.6%, RTS 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for military-focused grand strategy, offering unparalleled depth in logistics and army management.
- #18 Victoria 3
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 59,549 reviews2022
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 116.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 51.5% ★, Historical 24.7%, Military 14%, Strategy 8%, 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.
- #19 Millennia
83% matchMixed67% of 3,763 reviews2024
Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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.
- #20 Making History: The Great War
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 454 reviews2015
Dev: Muzzy Lane SoftwarePub: Factus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 32.4% ★, 4X 15.6% ★, Historical 13.9%, Military 11.6%, War 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a detailed look at the logistics and grand-strategy requirements of World War we.
- #21 Syrian Warfare
82% matchVery Positive87% of 5,490 reviews2017
Dev: Cats Who Play
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 17%, Historical 15.1%, Tactical 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that focuses on realistic military units and the challenges of modern combat.
- #22 Terra Invicta
79% matchVery Positive81% of 9,264 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 25.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, Historical 12.8%, Military 11.6%, War 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A complex grand-strategy game that focuses on global geopolitics and long-term strategic planning.
- #23 Total Conflict: Resistance
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,169 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 20.4 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: Grand Strategy 20.5% ★, 4X 17.5% ★, Wargame 13.6%, RTS 13.3%, Military 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines grand-strategy elements with direct, cinematic tactical combat.
- #24 Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front
82% matchVery Positive89% of 1,116 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 27.4%, RTS 16.8%, Strategy 13.3%, Military 13.1%, Historical 10.6%
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.
- #25 Panzer Corps 2
81% matchVery Positive85% of 4,120 reviews2020
Dev: Flashback GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 58.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 25.8% ★, Wargame 17.7%, Military 15.3%, Historical 12.9%, War 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet deep turn-based tactical wargame that captures the essence of historical military campaigns.
- #26 Master of Command
77% matchVery Positive92% of 3,361 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 17.7%, Historical 17%, Military 15.5%, Wargame 15.5%, War 14%
- #27 Unity of Command II
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,137 reviews2019
Dev: 2x2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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.
- #28 Armored Brigade II
77% matchVery Positive89% of 237 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: Grand Strategy 30.1% ★, Wargame 20.8%, RTS 20.1%, War 9.8%, Military 8.9%
- #29 Medieval Kingdom Wars
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,606 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 23.4% ★, RTS 16.4%, 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.
- #30 Invasion Machine
78% matchMixed66% of 624 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: Military 24.7%, RTS 20.4%, Wargame 17.9%, War 11.7%, Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical military simulation that focuses on the complexities of counter-insurgency and regional control.
- #31 SandTable War: Three Kingdoms
74% matchVery Positive84% of 219 reviews2026
Dev: 古玩工作室
Windows
"SandTable War: Three Kingdoms" is a strategic simulation game set during the Three Kingdoms period. Here you can play as various factions from Three Kingdoms history to conquer cities and lands, unify the realm. With abundant historical officers and scenarios, come restore the Han Dynasty!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.7% ★, 4X 18.6% ★, RTS 13.2%, Wargame 11.8%, Historical 11.2%
- #32 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
76% matchMixed61% of 7,835 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 16.1 hrsMean: 81.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.3% ★, Wargame 18.5%, Military 14.4%, Historical 12.5%, RTS 12.2%
- #33 Leave No One Behind: Ia Drang
78% matchMixed42% of 305 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: RTS 25%, Wargame 24.6%, Historical 15.3%, Military 9%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that focuses on the historical accuracy and intensity of specific military engagements.
- #34 A Total War Saga: TROY
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,647 reviews2021
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 19.6%, Historical 17.6%, War 14.1%, 4X 11.7% ★
- #35 Rebel Inc: Escalation
74% matchVery Positive82% of 7,279 reviews2021
Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: 4X 23.2% ★, Grand Strategy 22.1% ★, Historical 11.6%, Military 10.4%, RTS 10.2%
- #36 Battle Cry of Freedom
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,506 reviews2022
Dev: Flying Squirrel Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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: Historical 26.9%, Military 24.7%, War 19.2%, Tactical 12.2%, Strategy 8.4%
- #37 Supreme Ruler 1936
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2014
Dev: BattleGoat Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 27.1% ★, Wargame 15.1%, RTS 14.8%, Historical 13.8%, Military 11.4%
- #38 Old World
72% matchVery Positive82% of 6,533 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 25.1% ★, Historical 13.1%, War 10.7%, Military 10.5%
- #39 NationWar:Annals
73% matchMixed68% of 169 reviews2021
Dev: Yiming
Windows
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 19% ★, RTS 12.6%, Wargame 11.8%, Military 8.5%
- #40 Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
71% matchMixed70% of 2,225 reviews2024
Dev: Oxide GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 35.7% ★, Grand Strategy 32.3% ★, Historical 14.5%, Military 10.9%, Strategy 6.6%
- #41 King's Orders
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: AFTERLIFE👻Pub: Games Operators
Windows
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 12.9%, Historical 11%
- #42 Europa Universalis V
69% matchMixed69% of 28,382 reviews2025
Dev: Paradox TintoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 50.7 hrsMean: 103.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 27.7% ★, 4X 24.6% ★, Wargame 16.1%, Historical 14.4%, War 10.8%
- #43 War Room
73% matchMixed53% of 690 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 18.9%, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Military 16.2%, Wargame 12.8%, War 12.8%
- #44 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
72% matchVery Positive90% of 2,078 reviews2011
Dev: Martin IvanovPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 26.9 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 40.7% ★, Historical 15.6%, Wargame 13.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Military 7.5%
- #45 Strategic Command: American Civil War
70% matchVery Positive85% of 240 reviews2022
Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
Windows
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 43%, Historical 35.2%, Strategy 21.8%
- #46 Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
71% matchVery Positive82% of 554 reviews2015
Dev: Longbow Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 18.5%, Wargame 17.3%, Strategy 11.4%
- #47 March of the Eagles
73% matchMixed67% of 384 reviews2013
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
“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 56.9% ★, Historical 22.1%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 3.5%
- #48 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,649 reviews2022
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 68.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Conquer Warring States Japan under one banner
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.9% ★, Wargame 19.4%, RTS 15.8%, Historical 13.9%, Military 8.5%
- #49 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
68% matchMixed70% of 995 reviews2024
Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 17.2%, Military 14.6%, War 14.5%
- #50 NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
70% matchMixed70% of 444 reviews2019
Dev: Yiming
Windows
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 12.2%, Historical 11.2%, Wargame 9.5%
- #51 Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
68% matchMixed59% of 975 reviews2024
Dev: 瞬息万变工作室Pub: Moment HK
Windows
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 15.3%, RTS 13.9%, Historical 9%
- #52 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
70% matchMixed69% of 2,101 reviews2015
Dev: Great War TeamPub: Best Way Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 27.1%, Historical 25.3%, War 25.3%, Strategy 13.6%, Military 7.1%
- #53 Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
66% matchVery Positive87% of 751 reviews2023
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 30.7% ★, Grand Strategy 26.7% ★, Wargame 13.9%, War 12%, Historical 10.2%
- #54 Total War: PHARAOH
67% matchMixed63% of 5,359 reviews2023
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In Total War: PHARAOH, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30% ★, RTS 18.5%, 4X 12.9% ★, War 12.1%, Historical 10.4%
- #55 Wargame: Red Dragon
67% matchVery Positive89% of 19,654 reviews2014
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 52.0 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 29.1%, Military 20.3%, Wargame 18.9%, Strategy 11.5%, War 8.6%
- #56 Rise of Liberty
67% matchVery Positive84% of 1,869 reviews2019
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 38%, War 36.7%, Tactical 14.8%, Strategy 10.5%
- #57 No Man's Land
65% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Related Designs SoftwarePub: Strategy First
Windows
Step into the role of a Spanish conqueror, Englishman, Native American, patriot, or settler and experience six thrilling adventures where you'll encounter countless eccentric personalities determined to put a bullet through your head.
Why similar: America 28.4% ★, RTS 20.5%, Wargame 19.3%, Historical 15.5%, Strategy 9.6%
- #58 Prime & Load : 1776
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 387 reviews2020
Dev: Radio Silence Entertainment
Windows
Set in the American Revolution, Prime & Load : 1776 lets command and control your very own regiment.
Why similar: Wargame 39.4%, War 38.1%, Strategy 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 3.3%, Simulation 2.3%
- #59 Revolution Under Siege Gold
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 170 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 33.7% ★, Wargame 26.3%, Historical 18.9%, Strategy 17.4%, Simulation 3.8%