Games Like Wars Across The World

From acclaimed boardgame designer Glenn Drover, a grand strategy game where you take the role of Napoleon Bonaparte and attempt to dominate the entire continent of Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 30.9%, Board Game 30.3%, Turn-Based 18.4%, Historical 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly captures the digital board-game feel with its map-based movement and historical card-driven mechanics.

Ageod’s Wars of Succession is a new game designed to cover two major wars that consumed Europe at the eve of the 18th Century.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this title shares the exact engine and board-game aesthetic found in the seed game.

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: Strategy 51.1%, Historical 20.7%, Turn-Based 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes the same operational-level design philosophy and historical depth as the seed game.

The Great War allow players to portray important engagements throughout WWI history. The battles focus on the historical deployment of forces and important terrain features of trench fighting in scale with the game system.

Why similar: Strategy 56%, Board Game 44%

Why You'll Like It: A direct adaptation of a classic board game that shares the hex-grid and turn-based tactical focus of the seed game.

Richard the Third is an epic two-player wargame that recreates the bloody dynastic struggle in the 15th century between the royal houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England.

Why similar: Strategy 38.7%, Board Game 36%, Indie 10.8%, Historical 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It translates the physical experience of block wargaming into a digital format that mirrors the seed game's tactical style.

Blocks!: Julius Caesar is an epic two-player wargame that brings the drama of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BC) to life. Take control of the legions of Caesar or Pompey against AI or in online Multiplayer. Fight to determine the future of Rome: Republic or Empire.

Why similar: Strategy 38.1%, Board Game 31.1%, Indie 15.6%, Historical 8.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a streamlined, board-game-inspired experience that focuses on historical military campaigns.

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: Strategy 53.9%, Turn-Based 20.1%, Historical 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar focus on historical accuracy and turn-based strategic management within a board-game framework.

Strategic Command WWII: World At War is your chance to re-fight the 20th century’s greatest conflict, from Poland to China, Normandy to the Pacific, on a map encompassing the globe.

Why similar: Strategy 64.2%, Turn-Based 35.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, turn-based strategic experience that emphasizes the operational level of warfare.

Ageod’s To End All Wars is a grand strategy game set during World War One. Players will take control over one of the major powers that so desperately fought for control over Europe and to end all wars.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: This grand strategy wargame provides the same level of historical immersion and complex turn-based decision-making.

WarPlan is an incredibly accurate World War II simulation engine. It is a balance of realism and playability incorporating the best from 50 years of World War II board wargaming. Play a recreated World War II in every detail, thanks to the engine flexibility and database

Why similar: Turn-Based 30.3%, Strategy 27%, Historical 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Indie 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the strategic management of global conflicts with a clean, functional interface similar to the seed game.

The Operational Art of War IV is the new generation of operational wargames. With more flexibility than before and with a new array of exciting features, it will make you relive the most iconic battles from the dawn of the 20th Century to modern day, including the ones that never occurred!

Why similar: Strategy 66.3%, Turn-Based 33.7%

Why You'll Like It: Considered the gold standard for operational wargaming, it provides the depth and scale that fans of the seed game appreciate.

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: Board Game 42.5%, Turn-Based 22.3%, Strategy 14.9%, Historical 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines tactical turn-based combat with board-game elements to simulate historical naval and land battles.

Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!

Why similar: Strategy 41.7%, Historical 32%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.3%

Why You'll Like It: It blends 4X elements with historical wargaming to create a compelling turn-based experience.

Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.

Why similar: Strategy 34.9%, Turn-Based 33.5%, Historical 18.5%, Indie 7.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic strategy game that focuses on global expansion and turn-based combat in a historical setting.

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: Turn-Based 34.9%, Strategy 28.3%, Historical 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game bridges the gap between 4X strategy and historical simulation with a strong focus on character-driven narratives.

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: Strategy 51%, Turn-Based 29.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a turn-based strategic view of WWII conflicts with a focus on unit management and positioning.

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: Strategy 37.1%, Turn-Based 21.3%, Historical 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Indie 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that focuses on the complex political and military landscape of World War we.

Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!

Why similar: Board Game 31.6%, Turn-Based 25.1%, Strategy 19.3%, Historical 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A modern wargame that prioritizes a clean board-game aesthetic and accessible yet deep tactical gameplay.

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: Strategy 40%, Turn-Based 32.5%, Historical 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a grand strategy experience that feels like a complex, historical board game brought to life.

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: Strategy 37.2%, Turn-Based 32.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Historical 9.9%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly polished operational wargame experience that emphasizes supply lines and movement.

Lux Alliance is a synchronized-turns strategy war game, inspired by the classic boardgames RISK, Diplomacy and Axis & Allies. Marshall your troops, collaborate with your allies, anticipate your opponents, and capture all the enemy HQs to win!

Why similar: Strategy 32.1%, Board Game 24.2%, Turn-Based 14.3%, Indie 13.1%, Historical 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, board-game-style strategy game that emphasizes map control and turn-based tactics.

Every war has its Generals. Take command of an army during World War II and lead them to victory. Strategize your way through many scenarios and real historical military campaigns of past generals.

Why similar: Board Game 41.9%, Strategy 24.2%, Historical 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%

Why You'll Like It: It features hex-based tactical combat that mimics the feel of traditional tabletop wargames.

Attack at Dawn is a WWII strategy game that mixes the ease of real-time action with the depth of operational gameplay, all on beautifully crafted North Africa maps. Plan your strategy like Rommel or Montgomery and better the real history.

Why similar: Turn-Based 31.3%, Strategy 24.7%, Historical 15.6%, Board Game 15.5%, Indie 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique blend of turn-based and real-time mechanics tailored for operational-level historical warfare.

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: Strategy 45.1%, Turn-Based 20.9%, Indie 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Historical 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, turn-based wargame that captures the essence of global conflict simulation.

WarPlan Pacific is an operational level wargame which covers all the nations at war in the Pacific theatre from December 1941 to 1945 on a massive game scale.

Why similar: Strategy 56.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 25%, Historical 18.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a detailed strategic simulation of the Pacific theater with a focus on historical accuracy.

Command a true operational structure. Can you balance and prioritize three different Theatres in order to achieve your objective?

Why similar: Strategy 75.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep dive into specific historical campaigns with a focus on operational realism.

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%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the tactical nuances of WWI warfare using a clear hex-grid system.

A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.

Why similar: Strategy 29.4%, Turn-Based 29.2%, Historical 18.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Indie 11%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a comprehensive look at the global conflict through a turn-based strategy lens.

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: Turn-Based 34.6%, Strategy 29.6%, Historical 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%

Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.

Why similar: Strategy 29.8%, Board Game 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based 15.2%, Historical 8.7%

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 58.4%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Historical 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%, Indie 4.5%

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: Board Game 34.7%, Turn-Based 24.2%, Strategy 15.4%, Historical 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%

Time of Wrath gives a fine piece of wargaming for every fan of WW2 era. This strategy allows players to take control over any country during World War 2 era in Europe and North Africa theater.

Why similar: Strategy 51.7%, Turn-Based 31.8%, Indie 16.5%

Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!

Why similar: Board Game 39.1%, Turn-Based 23.6%, Strategy 16.2%, Historical 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%

Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..

Why similar: Strategy 38.5%, Historical 22.6%, Turn-Based 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Indie 3.3%

AGEod goes back to the Napoleonic era and delivers the most detailed and comprehensive strategy game ever created about a time of struggle and conquest that forged modern Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 49.3%, Turn-Based 24.7%, Historical 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%

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: Board Game 47.6%, Strategy 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Historical 12.2%

Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe is a deeply immersive turn based strategy game covering the greatest conflict in modern history!

Why similar: Strategy 84%, Turn-Based 16%

《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: Strategy 44.2%, Turn-Based 24.2%, Indie 16.2%, Historical 15.4%

Napoleon's Eagles is the classic board game War & Peace for computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age, or in a multiplayer-only grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.

Why similar: Strategy 53.6%, Historical 23.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.8%

An unique long-term strategy game with week-long matches with up to 101 players, set in the alternate reality of 1919.

Why similar: Board Game 51.3%, Strategy 32.8%, Historical 15.9%

Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism is a (hi)story-driven turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period. It offers refined wargame mechanics, story-rich gameplay, and modern 3D graphics. Lead the USSR Armed forces staging the world Communist revolution. For Stalin! For the Motherland!

Why similar: Board Game 44.9%, Strategy 23.8%, Historical 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%

Lux Delux is a fast-paced turn-based-strategy game of risk and world domination, with so much more! Highly moddable, Lux has over 900 maps, diverse random map generators, a biohazard mode, an AI SDK, and an online multi-player league.

Why similar: Board Game 31.5%, Strategy 29.2%, Turn-Based 14.5%, Indie 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%

Prove to have a true Strategic Mind! Spirit of Liberty will put your strategic planning skills to the test. It’s a hardcore, turn-based, historically accurate strategy game set in WWII. Lead Finnish forces against an overwhelming threat through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War.

Why similar: Board Game 47.7%, Strategy 22.3%, Historical 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%

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: Board Game 36.5%, Strategy 30.3%, Historical 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Indie 2.8%

Play the ancient game of "Hnefatafl" in style on your PC, in Singleplayer mode against the AI or Multiplayer over the internet. "Hnefatafl" is a strategic, chess-like boardgame with assumed origins all the way back to the Viking era.

Why similar: Strategy 35.4%, Board Game 31.9%, Indie 14.4%, Historical 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%

Strategic Command WWII: War in the Pacific is a turn-based strategy game. It offers a comprehensive experience of the Pacific Theater, challenging you to achieve victory in one of history's greatest conflicts.

Why similar: Strategy 56.1%, Historical 22.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%

Battle it out on the proving grounds and get ready for Future Wars. Similar to classic titles such as Advance Wars and Battle Isle, the game takes strategy gaming away from the micro-management overkill that it has become and using simple, proven rock-paper-scissors principles, reopens the genre to everyone.

Why similar: Strategy 58.8%, Turn-Based 27%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Indie 5%

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: Strategy 52.1%, Turn-Based 33.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%

Grand strategy wargame where the destiny of Civilizations rests in your hands - will they stand united under your leadership or fall divided in conflict? Journey through the entire saga of human civilization, from its earliest days to the futuristic era, crafting your legacy age by age.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

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

Why similar: Strategy 50.3%, Historical 39.2%, Indie 10.5%

War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!

Why similar: Strategy 52.4%, Turn-Based 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Historical 8.4%

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: Strategy 34.5%, Turn-Based 31.8%, Historical 17.4%, Indie 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.6%

Warring States : Tactics is a turn-based battle strategy game set during the Warring States period of Ancient China. The Warring States period is one of turmoil in China, where various feudal states struggle for control of all of China.

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

Nations At War series is a dynamic platoon-level combat computer game based on the award-winning board games of the same series name. Nations At War series centered on armor, artillery and infantry combat during World War 2.

Why similar: Board Game 41.3%, Turn-Based 32%, Strategy 20.9%, Indie 5.8%

Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil

Why similar: Board Game 35.6%, Turn-Based 21.2%, Strategy 19.9%, Historical 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%

Cauldrons of War Barbarossa is the turn-based strategic wargame you will launch whenever you want your WW2 shot but don't have time for a monster strategy game.From June 1941 until the Battle of Moscow, play the USSR or the Axis forces in one of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.

Why similar: Turn-Based 33.5%, Strategy 26.3%, Historical 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Indie 5.9%

What if Germany won the Battle of Britain? What if Moscow fell in 1942?You’re in charge. Anything can happen and history will never repeat itself in this classic WWII grand strategy game MAKING HISTORY II: The War of the World. Are you ready to battle for global dominance?

Why similar: Strategy 49.4%, Turn-Based 26.7%, Historical 14.2%, Indie 9.7%

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: Strategy 68.3%, Historical 31.7%