Games Like Warring States

The Last Warlord is a Turn-based strategy game. The game is based on the famous Chinese historical novel. The Three Kingdoms (A.D. 190 – 280) was the tripartite division of China between the states of Wei, Shu, and Wu.

Why similar: Turn-Based 20.1%, Historical 15.2%, Wargame 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the essence of Chinese historical strategy with deep turn-based mechanics and a focus on the Three Kingdoms era.

Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun is a turn-based tactical and strategic game set during the Sengoku era; primarily focusing on the Japanese Warring States period and Japanese Invasion of Korea.

Why similar: Historical 37.5%, Strategy 36.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a similar focus on tactical, turn-based wargaming within an East Asian historical setting.

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: Turn-Based 33.9%, Historical 21.8%, Strategy 16.6%, War 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a comprehensive 4X strategy experience set specifically in ancient China, mirroring the historical scope of the seed game.

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.

Why similar: Historical 30.5%, Strategy 20.3%, War 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Tactical 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive grand strategy experience for the period, combining massive real-time battles with deep turn-based campaign management.

《古战三国》是一款回合制战棋游戏，玩家可以招募武将、组建军队，使用多样化的技能和丰富多变的战斗策略击败敌人。剧情战役完整重现了三国历史，匹配对战能够与其他玩家一决高下。创新的战斗玩法与独树一帜的美术风格碰撞，给你带来全新的三国游戏体验！

Why similar: Turn-Based 35.2%, Strategy 29%, Historical 26.4%, Indie 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a tactical, turn-based combat experience that feels very similar to the battle mechanics found in Warring States.

Three Kingdoms of China is a free, open-source single-machine strategy three-country game developed by the domestic folk team. The game does not have any commercial nature, hoping to create a dream of Three Kingdoms for the fans of the three kingdoms.

Why similar: Strategy 16.6%, Historical 16%, Turn-Based 15.6%, War 9.4%, Wargame 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply detailed historical strategy game that focuses on the political and military struggles of ancient China.

Lead your clan, build an army, wage wars — become Shogun and rule over Japan. Shogun’s Empire: Hex Commander is a turn-based strategy game with multi-layered gameplay mechanics.

Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.7%, Indie 18.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes hex-based tactical combat and historical management, making it a natural transition for fans of the seed game.

Triumph over the land, take charge of the fate of China! Conquer territories and fly your colors!

Why similar: Wargame 19.5%, Historical 18.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, War 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic turn-based strategy series that excels at simulating the historical warfare and governance of ancient China.

Craft unique strategies and outmaneuver your foes in TINY METAL, a turn-based Japanese wargame! With new tactical options, you will command over 16 tactically diverse units, flank, assault, deploy heroes from orbital dropships, and focus the firepower of multiple units to even out otherwise disastrous odds.

Why similar: Turn-Based 23.5%, Wargame 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on pure turn-based tactical combat mechanics that mirror the grid-based movement found in Warring States.

It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.5%, Historical 19.9%, Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Wargame 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical wargame that emphasizes the importance of positioning and logistics in a historical conflict.

Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty is a wargame demonstrating ancient warfare in China and combining elements of Big Strategy, RTS and RPG. You can learn little-known stories of heroes in ancient China by experiencing battles accommodating thousands of soldiers.

Why similar: Historical 21.3%, Wargame 18%, Tactical 16.7%, War 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title directly explores the tactical military history of China, focusing on the specific warfare styles of the era.

Become a Daimyo of the Warring States period of Japanese history in NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION, a historical simulation game of conquest and domination. It is the 30th anniversary of this series and this current release, NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence, is the crown of the series.

Why similar: Historical 27.6%, Wargame 23.2%, War 17.8%, Tactical 16.6%, Strategy 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a complex grand strategy experience set in feudal Japan that shares the same tactical and political depth as the seed game.

WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.

Why similar: Turn-Based 34%, Strategy 30.1%, Historical 14.2%, Indie 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a board-game style approach to historical strategy, providing a variety of tactical scenarios.

Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

Why similar: Tactical 48.4%, Strategy 29.8%, Historical 17.4%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on stealth, it masterfully captures the tactical tension and historical atmosphere of East Asian warfare.

This is a historical strategy game set in the Three Kingdoms era, told from Liu Bei's perspective. It covers the Yellow Turban Rebellion to early Three Kingdoms. Featuring classic turn-based gameplay, it reinterprets historical events, offering both engaging battles and rich cultural insights.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.6%, Historical 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Strategy 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends tactical RPG elements with the historical setting of the Three Kingdoms period.

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: Turn-Based 22.5%, Historical 13.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Tactical 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sophisticated grand strategy game that provides a deep historical simulation of ancient civilizations and their military conflicts.

Turn the tide of the war with nuanced strategies in One-inch Tactics, introducing players to a unique turn-based strategy experience.

Why similar: Turn-Based 25.2%, Wargame 16%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Tactical 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist tactical wargame that strips away complexity to focus on pure, turn-based tactical decision-making.

Set during the events of WW2, Strategic War in Europe is a classic turn-based strategy game that combines a deep strategic layer with accessibility and ease-of-use.

Why similar: Turn-Based 24.2%, Strategy 23.5%, Wargame 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Historical 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a traditional, deep turn-based wargame experience for those who enjoy the strategic side of the seed game.

Relive the conflict between the mighty Roman Republic and the brave Celtiberian people of Numantia! Featuring hand-drawn illustrations, classic turn-based strategy mechanics, and combat tactics, with decision-making and side missions.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Historical 16.9%, Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strong focus on turn-based tactical combat and unit management that will appeal to fans of the seed game's mechanics.

Fantasy Wars is a turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy world. Combining both classic strategy gameplay and sophisticated 3D graphics players can experience epic battles like never before. Taking place in a fantasy world of Human kingdoms, Orc clans, Dwarfs' citadels and Elven forests the player is thrust into a world of war and...

Why similar: Turn-Based 36%, Strategy 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Hex Grid 12.3% ★, Tactical 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: While fantasy-themed, its core turn-based tactical combat and hex-grid movement are highly similar to the seed game.

NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China.

Why similar: Turn-Based 21.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Historical 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that incorporates tactical elements and historical simulation.

Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Turn-Based 33.9%, Strategy 32.9%, Wargame 21.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A hex-based tactical wargame that focuses on historical accuracy and unit management.

The Emperor and State is a turn-based strategy game that simulates the rule of an ancient feudal monarch. It involves the administration, policy adjustment, diplomatic checks and balances, national wars, as well as the emperor's self-cultivation, the cultivation of successors and so on.

Why similar: Historical 25.7%, Wargame 23%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, War 15.8%, Strategy 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the simulation and governance aspects of historical empires, providing a different but complementary strategic experience.

Army General is a turnbased strategy game that depicts the desert warfare in Northern Afrika and parts of the Mediterranean sea during World War II.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.1%, Strategy 20.9%, Hex Grid 16.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features turn-based strategy with a strong emphasis on hex-grid movement and tactical planning.

From Village to Empire is an indie turn based strategy game with a historical setting. Build cities, research technologies, and train units to discover new lands and conquer the world!

Why similar: Turn-Based 20.6%, Strategy 15.8%, Hex Grid 14.9% ★, Historical 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This 4X strategy game allows players to build a civilization from the ground up, mirroring the progression of the seed game.

An epic real-time strategy game set in chaotic Ancient China. Control the kingdoms of Liu Bei, Sun Quan, or Cao Cao, warlords who played a pivotal role in Ancient China. Lead your kingdom, innovate tech, forge alliances, build a formidable army to unite the nation.

Why similar: Historical 45.6%, War 33.2%, Strategy 21.2%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric strategy RPG that brings the historical battles of the Three Kingdoms to life.

The game recreates the Taïping Rebellion (1851-64), the deadliest Chinese civil war, costing the lives of millions. Play the Taïping rebels and their allies, fighting to create their own state, or be the Qing Emperor and crush the revolt and its foreign devils allies before it topples your dynasty.

Why similar: Wargame 35%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.5%, Historical 17.9%, Strategy 15.2%, War 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A historical wargame that emphasizes political simulation and tactical combat in a Chinese historical context.

Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.

Why similar: Strategy 27.4%, Historical 17.4%, Turn-Based 16.3%, Tactical 14.6%, War 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: A versatile collection of historical tactical scenarios that provides endless turn-based challenges.

Panzer Strategy is a World War II wargame that combines classic turn-based strategy gameplay with modern looks. Command your armies and adapt your units to any objective using a huge selection of real-life military equipment and battle skills.

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Historical 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Hex Grid 10% ★

Why You'll Like It: A deep turn-based tactical wargame that challenges players with complex unit management and historical scenarios.

A turn based battle chess game called Fengshen Bang

Why similar: Wargame 24.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.8%, Historical 18%, Strategy 17.3%, War 9.8%

A tactical strategy game with a background set in the Warring States Period.

Why similar: Strategy 66.4%, Historical 21.4%, War 12.2%

A stand-alone turn-based war chess game with the theme of Chinese history. The core gameplay is territorial competition, and diplomacy, construction, combat and other gameplay will also revolve around territorial competition.

Why similar: Turn-Based 16.5%, Historical 14.3%, Wargame 11.4%, Tactical 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%

Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.

Why similar: Turn-Based 28%, Wargame 17.9%, Hex Grid 14.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Strategy 10.3%

The world is in chaos, heroes are rising, and the public is a high-ranking official. We must take the collection of heroes as our heart, and we can help the Han dynasty and save the people.

Why similar: Strategy 16.9%, Wargame 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Historical 11.3%

Fight the ‘Stalingrad on the Yangze’, as was sometimes called the Battle for Shanghai in 1937. Play as the Chinese willing to reclaim the whole city or as the Imperial Japanese forces in their counter-attack.

Why similar: Wargame 18.5%, Strategy 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Historical 13.5%

Uber-Hardcore, Turn-Based, Steampunk, Squad Tactics. Battle 6 other factions for control of Pangea in emergent, tactical gameplay.

Why similar: Turn-Based 20.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Hex Grid 10.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Wargame 10.2%

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: Historical 20.4%, Turn-Based 20.4%, Strategy 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, War 14%

Crush the Confederates near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Bring peace to a nation divided.

Why similar: Turn-Based 17.8%, Wargame 13.2%, Hex Grid 12.6% ★, Historical 11.9%, War 9.4%

A Three Kingdoms-themed tactical chess game with light strategy and easy controls. Step into the era as a strategist, use over 200 historical figures—each with unique traits and counters—to form teams, revisit key battles, and shape outcomes with your tactics.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.6%, Wargame 20.6%, Strategy 20.2%, Historical 15%

Players play one of the heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, conquer other forces and unify the world

Why similar: Wargame 32%, Strategy 31.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.3%, War 15.8%, Indie 3.7%

Set during the early events of World War 2, Fall Weiss is a new successor to the Panzer General

Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Wargame 31.1%, Indie 15.8%

Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!

Why similar: Turn-Based 21.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Hex Grid 12.5% ★, Tactical 11.3%

This is a "fictional, but plausible" strategy role-playing game with a plot which can be regarded as a history of the Three Kingdoms in a different realm. Thus, those who have received little or no attention in the original history may blossom in this very different time and space.

Why similar: Historical 34.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.7%, Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Indie 4.3%

Turn-based strategy meets card game! Outwit your opponent on multiple different battlefields with cunning strategies. Build your own decks made of underworldly minions and powerful spells!

Why similar: Turn-Based 36.7%, Strategy 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%

North Africa 1943. Lead your forces to victory in the most intense WW2 battle!

Why similar: Turn-Based 21.9%, Strategy 16.2%, Hex Grid 13.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Historical 10%

Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.

Why similar: Turn-Based 20.5%, Hex Grid 17% ★, Historical 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Strategy 11%

A turn-based strategy war chess game. You will play a commander in the Roman period, and command the generals and troops to complete the specified mission objectives and occupy important strongholds in the level. Rome, Samnite, Epirus, Carthage. Different choices will open different histories!

Why similar: Wargame 22.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, War 14.6%, Historical 11.8%

Ground Pounders is a turn-based, strategy wargame. Inspired by classic strategy games like Panzer General, and steeped in the lore of the Sword of the Stars universe, Ground Pounders offers a new generation of gamers an updated taste of turn-based strategic warfare.

Why similar: Strategy 30%, Turn-Based 24.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Hex Grid 15.7% ★, Indie 8.1%

Civil War: 1861 covers the opening battles of the American Civil War. The game covers both the small and large actions of that momentous year, starting with the battle at ‘Big Bethel’, on to the comparatively vast engagements at ‘Bull Run’ and ‘Wilson’s Creek’.

Why similar: Strategy 26.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.7%, Wargame 17.7%, Historical 17.5%, Turn-Based Combat 17.4%

Deploy for battle in the Variable Armour, a technologically advanced suit of war. With turn-based tactics and quick-fire clashes, lead a strike force of deadly mecha to bring peace to the solar system in a 40-mission campaign. Create your own maps, practice in skirmish, or battle across multiplayer.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Hex Grid 12.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Tactical 11.9%

The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.

Why similar: Historical 23.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Tactical 13.2%, Strategy 12%

Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Tactical 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%

Navigate the war-torn lands of an alternate history Heian Japan battling yokai hordes in challenging turn-based combat. Encounter hundreds of story events, level-up your party, and unlock new allies and weapons. Die, learn from your mistakes, and try again.

Why similar: Strategy 45.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.6%, Tactical 18.4%, Indie 16.7%

Spirit of War: The Great War is a turn-based strategy game set during World War I. Drawing inspiration from board games classics, Spirit Of War is a unique arcade/strategy experience.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

The War of Crowns rages on. Knights and brigands run rampant throughout the land, sowing destruction. From your castle base, rise to become the lord who leads the battle against the forces of evil in this turn-based tactics and strategy game.

Why similar: Turn-Based 31.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Tactical 11.3%

Lay out your grand strategy on the land of Eagarlnia where humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, and the undead each battle out a corner of land. Manage your territories by navigating complex decisions and grow your economy.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, Tactical 16.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, War 13.1%

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: Historical 28.1%, Tactical 19.4%, Wargame 19.2%, War 18.6%, Strategy 14.6%

Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.9%, Hex Grid 19.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Tactical 16.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%

Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.5%, Wargame 14.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Historical 13.1%, War 10.6%