- #1 Battle Islands
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,437 reviews2014
Dev: DR StudiosPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Battle friends over air, land and sea in this epic WW2-themed battle strategy game.
Why similar: World War II 33.5% ★, Strategy 22.7%, Tower Defense 14%, Multiplayer 12.5%, War 12.5%
- #2 Battle Islands: Commanders
96% matchMixed48% of 889 reviews2017
Dev: DR StudiosPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Take part in major WWII battles in Battle Islands: Commanders, from the sandy dunes of North Africa to the bitter cold of the Eastern Front! Master the art of war against real opponents from around the world and reap the spoils of war.
Why similar: World War II 33.2% ★, Strategy 25.6%, War 18.9%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Action 9%
- #3 Battlefield Commander WWII
95% 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: World War II 22.8% ★, Tanks 16.7% ★, RTS 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, War 11.2%
- #4 Art of War: Red Tides
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,958 reviews2016
Dev: Game Science
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Art of War: Red Tides is a fair multiplayer strategy game that allows different teams on the same platform (e.g. smartphones, PC, etc.) to battle against each other. You will encounter players around the world!
Why similar: RTS 32.2%, War 25.3%, Strategy 20.1%, Multiplayer 18.4%, Action 2.9%
- #5 Fire With Fire Tower Attack and Defense
92% matchMixed47% of 232 reviews2016
Dev: Theory Georgiou
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Fire with Fire is an online player vs player tower defense strategy game about ascendant fireball creatures fighting over the last remaining fuel sources of a dying planet. Save the trees and rise up the leader boards. New unique towers, creeps and arenas in development.
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.3%, Strategy 22.6%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Casual 5.6%
- #6 War Planet Online: Global Conquest
91% matchMixed63% of 963 reviews2017
Dev: Gameloft
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Build your army, dominate your region and lead your alliance to conquer the globe!
Why similar: Tanks 16.4% ★, World War II 15.8% ★, War 12.9%, Tower Defense 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 11%
- #7 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
91% 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: World War II 23.6% ★, Grand Strategy 18% ★, War 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, RTS 14%
- #8 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
90% 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: World War I 37.9% ★, War 19.6%, RTS 12.7%, Strategy 10.6%, World War II 7.4% ★
- #9 WarZone Flashpoint
88% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: Dust Storm Entertainment
Windows
WarZone Flashpoint is in an RTS in development by Dust Storm Entertainment. We're an indie team bringing you a classic RTS formula which we intend to update for a long time to come!
Why similar: Strategy 49%, RTS 31.9%, Action 19.1%
- #10 World Titans War
85% matchMixed60% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: PROMVI GAMES
Windows
Immerse yourself in an epic survival experience in WW2! You'll have the chance to choose your path: will you be a civilian surviving in a war-torn world, or a military strategist leading your troops to victory? Get ready for an intense and exciting gameplay experience! Play now!
Why similar: World War II 40.1% ★, Tactical 28.8%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Action 5.3%
- #11 大三国时代
82% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: 大三国时代项目组
Windows
三国策略攻城游戏《大三国时代》火爆来袭,通过指令操作部队作战,让你体验运筹帷幄,决胜千里的感觉,全尺寸大地图,自由攻城掠地,策略兵种搭配,多样武将选择,快来和兄弟们一起开创属于你们的大三国时代!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25% ★, War 22.4%, RTS 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Strategy 10.7%
- #12 HoCWar
86% matchMixed56% of 141 reviews2016
Dev: HoCWar
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Immerse yorself into the harsh world of ruthless card battles!
Why similar: World War II 48.1% ★, Strategy 40.7%, Multiplayer 11.2%
- #13 MODERN NAVAL COMBAT
83% matchMixed59% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: 黑丝带制作组Pub: 电钮组
Windows
This game is a simulation real-time strategy game with the theme of modern naval warfare. Players can control all kinds of active naval equipment of the three camps, and use the common tactics and tactics of the navy in reality to start a fierce confrontation with the computer.
Why similar: Strategy 39.7%, Simulation 30.2%, Action 16.4%, Casual 13.7%
- #14 Fog of War
84% matchMixed48% of 799 reviews2018
Dev: Monkeys Lab.Pub: Neokosmos Technologies Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tactical Multiplayer FPS shooter with a story based on the events of the World War II. Strategic battles with a variety of vehicles, including artillery. Multiple game modes. Ranks, titles, awards, career.
Why similar: World War II 36% ★, War 18.5%, Tactical 11.8%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Strategy 10%
- #15 Ways of History
84% matchMixed53% of 257 reviews2017
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Hardcore real-time strategy with a long-term round. Development of your civilization from caves to space. Huge world. Thousands of players. 240+ sciences and technologies. About 100 troops. 4 races. 50+ resource deposits. War, trade, science, construction...
Why similar: Strategy 80.5%, Multiplayer 19.5%
- #16 Operation: Harsh Doorstop
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,147 reviews2023
Dev: Drakeling Labs
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by ex-developers of Squad, Red Orchestra, and Insurgency.
Why similar: War 21.5%, Tactical 16.4%, Multiplayer 14.3%, World War II 14.1% ★, Cold War 12.8% ★
- #17 War Trigger 3
81% matchMixed60% of 8,191 reviews2015
Dev: Rocketeer Games Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Destroy, smash and blast your way to victory! Use advanced weapons and vehicles to dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: Tanks 36.3% ★, War 31.6%, Multiplayer 19.1%, Action 6.8%, Simulation 5.2%
- #18 Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator
81% matchMostly Negative34% of 656 reviews2019
Dev: Gattai Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Armored Battle Crew is a Tank and Crew Management Simulation game, where your skills as a Tank commander is tested. Customize your tank carefully and make strategic battle choices to achieve mission success! The fate of your crew lies in your hands!
Why similar: World War I 31.9% ★, Tanks 28.1% ★, War 15.5%, Tactical 8.1%, Strategy 6.9%
- #19 BattleRush
79% matchMixed69% of 2,878 reviews2018
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Free-to-play multiplayer action game in the entourage of the Second World War with total destructibility of the environment. Enjoy full freedom, build a defense, create your army, crush the enemy.
Why similar: World War II 68.6% ★, Multiplayer 23.7%, Action 7.8%
- #20 Emporea: Realms of War and Magic
79% matchMixed68% of 536 reviews2016
Dev: Pixel Federation
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 103.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Emporea is an oldschool fantasy strategy game, where cooperation with other players is necessary to achieve victory. Only the best alliance can win! Multiple realms available, with new ones starting every two weeks.
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Multiplayer 27.2%
- #21 Marching Simulator
78% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: Marching Simulator
Windows
This is a 2D, sprite based marching simulator. It is intended to give the user what it would feel like to march a military formation, as well as see how well they can do!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #22 WARMODE
77% matchMixed62% of 16,454 reviews2019
Dev: Novalink
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Free to play shooter about the confrontation of two irreconcilable sides, represented by the government military housings and the armed hirelings. Try your hand at virtual battles with off-scale dynamics and hurricane gameplay in the spirit of the classical shooters.
Why similar: Multiplayer 44.4%, War 43.1%, Action 12.6%
- #23 Divided We Fall: Play For Free
77% matchMixed55% of 252 reviews2017
Dev: KAVA Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Unite and fight your way to victory! Divided we Fall is a strategic close-combat multiplayer game that emphasizes the importance of building an effective cohesive squad and executing well thought-out tactics on the battlefield.
Why similar: World War II 34.4% ★, RTS 22.2%, War 15.9%, Strategy 14.1%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #24 Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles
71% matchVery Positive89% of 650 reviews2026
Dev: Drydock Dreams GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Experience the thrill of leading American aircraft carriers to victory in this innovative full 3D command simulation wargame set in the Pacific in 1942. First-person or God’s eye, you lead your fleet and planes right from the center of the battle.
Why similar: Naval 25.3% ★, World War II 18% ★, Grand Strategy 14.4% ★, RTS 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%
- #25 Beach Invasion 1945 - Pacific
73% matchVery Positive80% of 266 reviews2023
Dev: AIx2 Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Defend the fortified beaches of Pacific against invading forces in this WW2 FPS game as the enemy attacks you with troops, tanks, planes and more! Play on your on own or COOP while using iconic Japanese and American WWII weapons and prepare your defenses with mines, explosives, and more!
Why similar: World War II 26.6% ★, Tanks 23.6% ★, Tower Defense 21.3%, War 17.5%, Simulation 4.8%
- #26 Supremacy: Call of War 1942
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 6,255 reviews2017
Dev: Bytro Labs GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 2 in this persisting long-term strategy game. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time. Research top secret weapons of World War 2 and become the one true superpower!
Why similar: World War II 25.4% ★, War 18.6%, Grand Strategy 17.5% ★, Strategy 11.1%, RTS 8.4%
- #27 Unconventional Warfare
73% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Nightlife Strangers
Windows · Linux
In this top-down tactical shooter RPG, guide a band of cute soldiers through a warzone to safety. Rescue, train and manage your squad for the upcoming war of survival.
Why similar: World War I 22.3% ★, Tanks 15.9% ★, War 15.1%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Tactical 8.6%
- #28 War of Dots
69% matchVery Positive81% of 5,326 reviews2026
Dev: TeaAndPython
Windows
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: RTS 22.5%, Real Time Tactics 20.3%, Strategy 20%, War 13.5%, Multiplayer 11.7%
- #29 Beach Invasion 1915-Gallipoli
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: AIx2 Games
Windows
Defend the shores of Gallipoli against landing forces in this WWI FPS game, as the enemy attacks you with troops, armored cars, planes, battleships and more! Use the iconic WWI weapons, prepare your defenses with mines, explosives and bonuses!
Why similar: World War I 39.9% ★, World War II 28.4% ★, Tower Defense 24.6%, Action 3.9%, Casual 3.2%
- #30 Naval Battles Simulator
75% matchMixed53% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Anarchy97 Games
Windows
Naval Battles Simulator is a WWII real-time strategy and simulation game.
Why similar: Strategy 39.7%, Simulation 29.8%, Naval 19.4% ★, World War II 11% ★
- #31 Warfront Defenders
76% matchMixed42% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Flying Robot Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The gameplay is inspired by famous last stands from some of history's deadliest conflicts, such as the Second World War and the Sino-Japanese War. A hybrid of Tower Defense and Real-Time Strategy with a lot of replay value.
Why similar: World War II 22.9% ★, Tower Defense 20.1%, RTS 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, War 10.9%
- #32 Warchief
72% matchMixed69% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Honikou Games
Windows
Warchief is a brand new kind of Action RTS. Choose your hero, recruit and customize your armies, explore the jungle, and seize strategic objectives to become the ultimate Warchief. Ready to dominate the battlefield?
Why similar: RTS 37.6%, Strategy 20.3%, Multiplayer 17.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Action 9%
- #33 Blitzkrieg 3
74% matchMixed54% of 7,316 reviews2017
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.1 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: World War II 21% ★, Tanks 18.1% ★, War 13.6%, RTS 12.1%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%
- #34 Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator
73% matchMixed54% of 362 reviews2022
Dev: Screambox Studio
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator is a physics-based tactical strategy game where you must lead a military force in a fantasy medieval world. Build an army. Construct siege equipment. Experience epic battles. Lead your people to victory!!
Why similar: War 32.7%, RTS 24%, Tactical 14.1%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 7.6%
- #35 Easy Red
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,005 reviews2017
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The invasion has begun. Land by sea, launch from gliders, fight in the fields, in the beaches and in the skies. it is time to free France.[/b]
Why similar: World War II 50.6% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Simulation 12%, War 8.5%, Action 7.8%
- #36 Theatre of War
74% matchMixed62% of 371 reviews2010
Dev: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Command a special task force composed of different kinds of units, including tanks, APCs, field guns, mortars, various infantry regiments and will also have an opportunity to call for artillery and air support.
Why similar: World War II 36.8% ★, Strategy 18.4%, Tanks 16% ★, RTS 13.6%, War 10.8%
- #37 Beach Invasion 1944
69% matchVery Positive84% of 1,062 reviews2022
Dev: AIx2 Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Defend the fortified beach during D-day against invading forces in this WW2 FPS game as the enemy attacks you with troops, tanks, planes and more! Use the iconic WWII weapons such as MG42, Flak88 and Panzers, prepare your defenses with mines, explosives and bonuses!
Why similar: Naval 25.1% ★, Tanks 23.7% ★, World War II 23% ★, Tower Defense 18.5%, Simulation 4.6%
- #38 World Warfare & Economics
70% matchMixed61% of 677 reviews2023
Dev: Okron Studio
Windows · Mac
Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.4% ★, War 17.1%, RTS 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Tactical 10%
- #39 Total Conflict: Resistance
68% 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: War 20.9%, Grand Strategy 20.1% ★, RTS 16.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.4%, Tactical 12.3%
- #40 War Selection
69% matchVery Positive85% of 23,196 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Why similar: RTS 33.9%, War 25%, Strategy 23.1%, Multiplayer 18.1%
- #41 NavalArt
70% matchVery Positive91% of 2,270 reviews2018
Dev: RigidbodyPub: RZ Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 48.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Design your own warships, equip them with a variety of armament, and bring them out to the ocean!
Why similar: World War I 23.8% ★, Tanks 19% ★, Naval 19% ★, World War II 16.8% ★, War 12.4%
- #42 Rise of Piracy
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 448 reviews2026
Dev: IrishJohnGamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.
Why similar: Naval 37.5% ★, War 23.1%, RTS 18.4%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #43 TrenchesWIP
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,625 reviews2019
Dev: Big OOF Games PTY LTDPub: -
Windows
Multiplayer combined-arms first-person shooter set in an alternate history. Build and upgrade bases, harvest resources, construct defenses, purchase weapons and vehicles to overcome the enemy!
Why similar: World War I 39.6% ★, World War II 28.9% ★, War 17.5%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Action 4.3%
- #44 World War 2: Strategy Simulator
71% matchMostly Negative37% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: joynowstudio
Windows
★Tactics & Collocations 30+ Historical Campaigns: Normandy Landing, Operation Market Garden 2 Warfare Conflict Camps: Allies faction and ally Axis 30+ large battlefield maps are provide in this strategy games Omni-directional combat space: naval battle, air combat, land battle.
Why similar: Tanks 25.6% ★, World War II 24.3% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, War 17.2%, Strategy 6.7%
- #45 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
67% 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: Tanks 29.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, War 17.8%, Cold War 14.3% ★, World War II 10.7% ★
- #46 Plastic Battlegrounds
64% matchVery Positive90% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: Simulated Minds
Windows
Set up the battlefield with an ever growing list of units, vehicles, and emplacements! Then either join the battle as a plastic soldier or be life sized and tower over the chaos.
Why similar: War 71.3%, Simulation 19.8%, Action 8.9%
- #47 BEACHED
67% matchMixed65% of 3,688 reviews2021
Dev: Gradient Studios
Windows
A free-to-play, low-poly, open-world survival shooter where you’ll battle other players, explore massive monuments, and fight to stay alive. Build and fortify your base to defend against enemy raids, gather resources, and conquer a harsh, competitive world. Survival means doing whatever it takes.
Why similar: Multiplayer 63.9%, Action 20.4%, Casual 15.6%
- #48 Operation Valor
66% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: One Dawn Studios, LLC.
Windows
Operation Valor is a tactical top-down multiplayer shooter that provides large scale combined-arms combat through base building and teamwork.
Why similar: War 34.8%, Tactical 23.7%, Multiplayer 17.5%, Strategy 12.8%, Action 6.7%