Games Like War Room

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: RTS 18.4%, Military 18%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, War 14.8%, Wargame 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core mechanic of managing a battlefield through radio communication and map-based orders, mirroring the command-centric experience of War Room.

Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.

Why similar: Military 30.9%, RTS 17.1%, Wargame 14.8%, Simulation 14.1%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for realistic modern military simulation, offering the deep, data-driven command experience that War Room fans crave.

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

Why similar: RTS 18.4%, Military 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Wargame 11.7%, Tactical 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on modern asymmetric warfare with a realistic approach to unit management and tactical decision-making.

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: RTS 20%, Wargame 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, War 12.5%, Tactical 9%

Why You'll Like It: This title delivers high-fidelity modern combat with a focus on realistic unit interactions and tactical depth.

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: Military 22.4%, Real Time Tactics 19.6%, Tactical 16.8%, RTS 16.3%, War 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a top-down, tactical, and realistic approach to modern special operations that perfectly complements the gritty feel of War Room.

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: RTS 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Wargame 14.2%, War 12.4%, Military 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes cold-war era tactical command, focusing on realistic maneuvers and the importance of logistics in a real-time environment.

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: Military 18.5%, RTS 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Wargame 14.3%, War 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, modern tactical experience with a focus on realistic unit behavior and large-scale military command.

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 23.6%, Military 18.3%, Wargame 10.3%, Strategy 9%, Real Time Tactics 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a definitive modern tactical RTS that offers the scale and complexity of military operations found in realistic wargames.

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: RTS 18.3%, War 14.8%, Military 13.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Grand Strategy 13.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: It shifts the focus from direct unit control to high-level strategic command, mirroring the 'War Room' perspective of managing a theater of operations.

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: RTS 23.9%, Military 18.7%, Wargame 16%, War 12.2%, Tactical 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is the premier tactical simulation for modern combat, offering unmatched fidelity in unit positioning and engagement.

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: RTS 24%, Real Time Tactics 21.2%, Military 19.6%, War 18%, Realistic 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers high-fidelity tactical combat with a focus on realistic ballistics and unit management.

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 18.8%, RTS 14%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%, Real-Time 9% ★, War 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the gritty, modern military simulation focus and the tactical challenges of fighting in hostile environments.

From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.

Why similar: Real-Time 22.1% ★, Military 18.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, War 13.2%, RTS 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly realistic simulation of modern naval command, focusing on sensor management and tactical engagement.

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 17.4%, RTS 15.9%, Military 13.8%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an uncompromising level of realism in tactical unit management and terrain utilization.

Nuclear war simulator is a detailed realistic simulation and visualization of large-scale nuclear conflicts with a focus on humanitarian consequences. It lets you design conflict scenarios and estimate the consequences using a population density map and realistic weapons effects.

Why similar: RTS 19.6%, Real-Time 16.3% ★, Military 15.7%, Wargame 13.8%, Simulation 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the high-level strategic reality and logistics of modern conflict, appealing to those who enjoy the serious tone of War Room.

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: RTS 21.1%, Grand Strategy 15.8% ★, Wargame 14.7%, War 11.1%, Military 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a detailed, realistic simulation of modern tactical warfare with a focus on combined arms operations.

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 20.6%, Military 17.1%, War 12.3%, Grand Strategy 10.5% ★, Wargame 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers significant tactical depth and realistic unit interactions within a large-scale, historically grounded setting.

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: Strategy 45.3%, Military 28.1%, Wargame 23.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers an incredibly detailed operational-level command experience that rewards realistic military planning.

Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.

Why similar: Military 23.6%, Tactical 14.6%, War 11.1%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%, Wargame 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a tactical military simulation that emphasizes squad-level command and realistic mission execution.

Rise to power as any modern day country in a realistic military, political and economic simulation. Command your country's diplomacy, espionage, and resource management to strengthen your position. Use real-time tactical control of your military to fortify your place as the Supreme Ruler.

Why similar: RTS 15.4%, Military 13.8%, War 13.4%, Grand Strategy 12.6% ★, Wargame 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines grand strategy with realistic modern military management, allowing for deep control over national military assets.

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 24.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, Wargame 15.8%, Military 9.6%, Strategy 8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the intense tactical challenges of historical infantry combat, mirroring the focus on specific, high-stakes military operations.

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: RTS 20%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Military 13.7%, Wargame 12.5%, War 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep tactical simulation that emphasizes the importance of terrain and unit behavior in combat.

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: RTS 17.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Military 14.3%, Wargame 14%, War 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers tactical combat with a focus on modern military units and strategic deployment.

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

Why similar: RTS 21%, War 17.4%, Military 15.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Real Time Tactics 11%

Why You'll Like It: It provides detailed tactical control of individual units and vehicles, rewarding careful positioning and resource management.

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 35.7%, War 24%, Strategy 22.9%, Simulation 11.7%, Action 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a tactical combat simulation with a focus on squad-level management and realistic environmental interactions.

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 17.5%, Military 16.9%, War 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Tactical 10.4%

Combat Mission Fortress Italy brings wargamers to the "soft underbelly of Europe", a place that was anything but.

Why similar: RTS 18.4%, Wargame 17.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Military 12.4%, Strategy 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a rigorous tactical simulation with a focus on terrain and unit positioning in complex environments.

9th Company Roots of Terror is an action-oriented real-time strategy game based on actual events that took place during the Soviet military campaign in Afghanistan.

Why similar: RTS 44.7%, Military 31.6%, Strategy 23.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the specific thematic focus on the Soviet-era Afghanistan conflict, providing a similar historical context.

Combat Mission Battle for Normandy faithfully recreates the experience of tactical land warfare in Western France during World War Two.

Why similar: Strategy 80.1%, 3D 13.6%, Singleplayer 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep tactical simulation of historical military engagements with a focus on realism.

Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.

Why similar: Military 26.6%, War 13.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Tactical 9.8%, Realistic 9.3%

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: Military 21%, RTS 19%, Real-Time 16.1% ★, War 12.5%, Strategy 10.3%

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: RTS 43.4%, Strategy 34%, War 22.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a classic tactical simulation that emphasizes realistic unit behavior and the complexities of battlefield command.

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: Real-Time 15.8% ★, RTS 15.5%, Grand Strategy 14.1% ★, Military 13.3%, War 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers grand strategy with a focus on realistic military logistics and command at a national level.

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 18.7%, Military 16.7%, War 16.5%, Tactical 12.6%, Strategy 12.5%

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: RTS 17.9%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Military 13.8%, Wargame 13.3%, War 12.9%

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 27.9%, Military 18.7%, War 11.1%, Tactical 9%, Strategy 9%

In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.

Why similar: Military 14.6%, War 13.1%, Strategy 12.8%, RTS 11.1%, Tactical 9.8%

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: RTS 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, War 14.8%, Grand Strategy 14.2% ★, Wargame 13.4%

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: RTS 15.2%, Military 13.5%, War 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Grand Strategy 11.7% ★

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 21.9%, Military 14.7%, Strategy 14.4%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, Tactical 11.1%

Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.

Why similar: Tactical 34.1%, Military 30.2%, Realistic 16.5%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 5.9%

When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.

Why similar: War 21.3%, Tactical 15.4%, Realistic 11.3%, Sandbox 9.9%, Strategy 9.4%

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: RTS 25%, Real Time Tactics 20.4%, War 14.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Wargame 9.8%

Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.

Why similar: RTS 20.7%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Wargame 15.8%, Military 13.9%, War 9.8%

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: Military 21.8%, Wargame 19.9%, War 14.7%, Tactical 12.2%, Simulation 9.8%

Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.

Why similar: Strategy 18.3%, War 17.9%, Simulation 17.3%, RTS 14%, Wargame 12.8%

A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!

Why similar: War 25.7%, Wargame 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Sandbox 13.2%, Simulation 7.6%

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 25.3%, Military 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Wargame 13%, Strategy 8%

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: RTS 25.5%, Wargame 15.7%, Tactical 13.8%, Strategy 13.5%, War 12.1%

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: Military 14.8%, RTS 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, War 12.2%, Grand Strategy 11.8% ★

Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.

Why similar: Military 23.5%, War 19.8%, Tactical 14.6%, Realistic 9.4%, Sandbox 9.2%

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: Simulation 20.7%, Strategy 19.3%, Wargame 17.3%, RTS 16.3%, Tactical 13.4%

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Why similar: Tactical 40.1%, Strategy 15.2%, RTS 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Simulation 9.4%

UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.

Why similar: Military 25.3%, War 20.2%, RTS 18.7%, Realistic 9.4%, Simulation 9.2%

Warpips is the ultimate quick to learn but amazingly deep tug-of-war strategy game. Deploy the right composition of soldiers, tanks, helicopters and planes in this tight, streamlined strategy-focused war game. Compose the best army, research the right tech; overwhelm your enemy!

Why similar: RTS 26.2%, War 19.3%, Tactical 12.8%, Wargame 9.9%, Strategy 8.1%

Upon discovering the location of the Al-Qaeda leader in exile, the US Army sends their best commandos to northern Pakistan. Take control of these commandos, send them behind enemy territories on a hazardous mission, and bring them back alive.

Why similar: RTS 25.4%, Military 20.6%, Real Time Tactics 19%, War 12.8%, Tactical 11.1%

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 21.9%, War 18.1%, Strategy 16.5%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Tactical 13.1%

Team up and join the frontline in Squad 44, the most authentic tactical WW2 shooter. Experience ruthless realism with an immense arsenal of faithfully recreated weapons and vehicles across massive WW2 battlefields.

Why similar: Military 32.2%, War 20.8%, Realistic 11.6%, Simulation 10.2%, Tactical 10%

Lead a Roman expeditionary force into the heart of Ancient Britain! Recruit, promote, and upgrade your legionaries while constructing a series of fortified marching camps. Use Roman tactics and strategies to conquer the entire island and become Warlord!

Why similar: Base Building 23.4%, Strategy 22.7%, Sandbox 16.4%, Open World 15.5%, Resource Management 8.2%

Command a platoon of Sherman tanks over the most famous theaters of WWII. Take the commander’s seat and give specific orders to your crew, or open the tactical map to coordinate your actions with accompanying units.

Why similar: Military 18.8%, RTS 18.6%, War 14.5%, Wargame 12.8%, Tactical 12.5%