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Looking for games like Arms Race 2? Here are top tactical management recommendations with a economy and historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with The Cold War Era, Arsenal of Democracy or Making History II: The War of the World.

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    39%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    50% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    The Cold War Era is strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cold War Era.

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  2. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    84% User Score Based on 370 reviews

    Taking you from 1936-64 you are able to play as any Nation in the WW2 era with detailed Economics, Diplomacy, Research, Intelligence and of course Warfare in the three branches of Land, Air and Sea. It Builds on the Experience and community Input of the previous successfully HOI Titles.Developed by BL-Logic, a development studio made up by fans of the Hearts of Iron series and active member of the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arsenal of Democracy.

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  3. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    80% User Score Based on 275 reviews
    Critic Score 30%Based on 1 reviews

    Prepare for the ultimate grand strategy experience. International trade, religious and cultural strife, military campaigns, diplomatic negotiations... here, you control it all. Making History II: The War of the World gives players the power to take full control of any world nation, colonies, regions, cities, and military units during the time leading up to and during the Second World War. Armchair… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Making History II: The War of the World.

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  4. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    98% User Score Based on 65 reviews

    Maestro’s Cold War 2 is a replayable grand-strategy sandbox about the world’s tensest standoff of the Cold War. Play as the USA or the USSR, manage Prestige, Budget, and National Policies, and bend history through policies, proxies, diplomacy, and brinkmanship. Easy to pick-up but hard and deep enough to offer a challenge, this is the kind of game you will keep coming back to. How Does the G… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Maestro's Cold War 2.

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  5. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    77% User Score Based on 1,628 reviews

    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! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Supreme Ruler.

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  6. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    76% User Score Based on 445 reviews

    Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crisis in the Kremlin.

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  7. View Game
    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    69% User Score Based on 3,194 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 5 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Millennia.

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  8. View Game
    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 4,254 reviews
    Critic Score 87%Based on 4 reviews

    Old World is an epic, historical turn-based strategy game. Set in the classical era, Old World gives players the chance to not just build an empire but to found the greatest dynasty of its age. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Old World.

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  9. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 1,119 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game.

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  10. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    76% User Score Based on 3,452 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 12 reviews

    Choose your kingdom and become the king as you wrestle over control of 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knights of Honor II: Sovereign.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    81% User Score Based on 462 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    A 1-2 player game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Precipice.

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  13. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    58% User Score Based on 780 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 1 reviews

    Become the ruler of any country in the modern world in Realpolitiks, a streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, and your military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination! Become the ruler of any contemporary country in this streamlined r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Realpolitiks.

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  14. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    85% User Score Based on 596 reviews

    Includes Hearts of Iron II plus the two expansions, Doomsday and Armageddon When Germany is defeated in 1945, the Allies and the new Soviet alliance fight for supremacy. World War III is drawing closer. Play as the ruler of one of 175 countries through World Wars II and III. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hearts of Iron 2 Complete.

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  15. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    81% User Score Based on 203 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 2 reviews

    Aggressors is a historical 4X turn based strategy game set in ancient times. The game is focused on military tactics, trading, home politics, advanced foreign relations, economics, esprit de corps, human motivation, research and is based on historical maps and sources. The main goal of the player is to lead his country through history and conquer other countries. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aggressors: Ancient Rome.

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  16. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    85% User Score Based on 6,798 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

    Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Democracy 4.

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  17. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 918 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 4 reviews

    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. Set in Europe and in the Mediterranean Area during the Classical Age, experience what truly means to manage an Empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Field of Glory: Empires.

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  18. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 552 reviews

    Write your own story and change the course of history as you lead of one of the Great Powers during the era of the First World War. Can you prevail as modern industrialized warfare changes the age of empires forever? Your actions will influence world events as you navigate a path through shifting alliances, emerging technologies and self-serving nations who hold power over vast populations eager … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Making History: The Great War.

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  19. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 307 reviews

    Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager (SPM) Road to the Moon is the ultimate game of space exploration. It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space. Take charge of the US or Soviet space agencies - your duty is be the first to the moon. Carefully manage your budget by opening programs, spending R&D funds on improving… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager.

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  21. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 68,455 reviews
    Critic Score 88%Based on 2 reviews

    Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Europa Universalis IV.

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    28%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    28% User Score Based on 71 reviews

    “Us and Them” is a turn-based strategy game about cold war that you can play either as CIA or KGB. Although it is a game of territorial expansion, the rivals do not attack their opponent using military force. Instead they are using an army of Spies, Assassins and Experts of various kinds (like economy, technology etc.) in order to destabilize the enemy's countries socially, economically, political… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to US and THEM.

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  23. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    82% User Score Based on 12,281 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 18 reviews

    Endless Space 2 will put you in the fascinating role of a leader guiding a civilization in making its first steps into the cold depths of interstellar space. You will explore mysterious star systems, discover the secrets of ancient races, develop advanced technologies of unthinkable power, and, of course, encounter new life forms to understand, to court or to conquer. Your story unfolds in a gal… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endless Space 2.

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  24. View Game
    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 1,296 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 1 reviews

    Shadow Empire is an immersive and rather complex turn-based wargame with a unique mix of military focus, 4X elements, procedural generation and role-playing features. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadow Empire.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    74% User Score Based on 9,336 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 1 reviews

    Democracy is a government simulation game. The player plays as if they are the president or prime minister of a democratic government. The player must introduce and alter policies in seven areas - tax, economy, welfare, foreign policy, transport, law and order and public services. Each policy has an effect on the happiness of various voter groups, as well as affecting factors such as crime and air… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Democracy 3.

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  26. 43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    43% User Score Based on 384 reviews

    Lead your people to glory and write a new chapter of history in Realpolitiks II, a real-time grand strategy game where you lead any contemporary nation in an attempt to secure world dominance. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Realpolitiks 2.

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  27. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 5,324 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour puts you back in the commander’s seat during World War II. Win the war with new units, strategies and enhanced game modes. Destroy your enemies from within with an expanded espionage system that includes new missions and covert operations. A new battle plan mode allows you to load historical plans or draw your own; all of which can be shared with allies in re… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hearts of Iron III.

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  28. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 1,494 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 13 reviews

    Build a nation and lead your people throughout history to the pinnacles of human achievement as you explore new lands, develop arts and culture, conduct diplomacy, and go head-to-head with your rivals to prove you are the greatest ruler ever known. It's Your World Now. The Deluxe Edition Includes •Ara: History Untold Base Game •Exclusive Leader Collection - featuring five exclusive leaders not … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ara: History Untold.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    68% User Score Based on 33,382 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 13 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Victoria 3.

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  30. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    88% User Score Based on 712 reviews

    The Lock ’n Load Tactical series is a dynamic squad-level tactical combat computer game based on the award-winning board games of the same name. LnLT series centered on infantry combat from the 1930s to the present. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital.

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  31. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    79% User Score Based on 288 reviews

    Choose a nation and prepare for the greatest conflict in human history, World War II. Build your military and industrial power, form alliances and race to achieve the advanced technologies that will bring total victory in this global-wide turn-based Grand Strategy struggle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Making History: The Second World War.

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  32. 33%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, graphics
    33% User Score Based on 425 reviews

    Discover the industry standard for geopolitical simulation of today’s world! In Masters of the World, the third incarnation of Geopolitical Simulator, play as the head of state of one or more countries and expand your influence across the globe. Features: Playable scenariosTwenty or so scenarios are included in the game, such as American Fiscal Cliff Israel-Iran Escalation Organization of Rice Exp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Masters of the World: Geopolitical Simulator 3.

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  33. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    82% User Score Based on 482 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 16 reviews

    Hailed as one of the best instalments in the franchise’s history, this extremely intricate, deep, and meticulous strategy game is set against a backdrop of a fragmented nation and asks the player to take up the mantle of a Daimyo, a feudal lord of the Sengoku era. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence.

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  35. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    65% User Score Based on 24,020 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 13 reviews

    "Paradox Development Studio returns to ancient history with Imperator: Rome, a new title set around the growth of Roman power in a threatening Mediterranean. Unify Italy and then the world under the eagles of your legions. Or rule an Eastern monarchy with claims to the mantle of Alexander. Slaves, barbarians and war elephants bring the distant past to life in Imperator: Rome. Can you be a Caesar?" If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Imperator: Rome.

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  36. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    54% User Score Based on 102 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 1 reviews

    Pride of Nations is a turn-based historical strategy game set in the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country and guides it through industrialization, military conquest, and colonization. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pride of Nations.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    71% User Score Based on 317 reviews

    Supreme Ruler 1936 is Real Time Geo-Political/Military Strategy Game for PC (and soon Mac). Take control of a nation in the World War II era and guide it through a significant Military Campaign, or attempt one of many Set-Piece Historical Scenarios. Players can also customize their play experience with the Sandbox Mode and play as any Nation with their own preferred Victory Condition. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Supreme Ruler 1936.

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  38. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    68% User Score Based on 14,765 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    HUMANKIND is Amplitude Studios' magnum opus, a Historical Strategy game where YOU will re-write the entire narrative of humankind – a convergence of culture, history, and values that allows you to create a civilization that is as unique as you are. HOW FAR WILL YOU PUSH HUMANKIND? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HUMANKIND.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    93% User Score Based on 11,075 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 1 reviews

    Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Victoria 2.

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  41. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 1,870 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 9 reviews

    As the all-powerful leader of a spacefaring civilization, you must seek out new star systems and discover the exciting potential of the subspace realm. There are thousands of worlds to colonize and dozens of civilizations - both old and new - to encounter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galactic Civilizations IV.

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  42. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability
    87% User Score Based on 279 reviews

    Year 1976, the stormy Cultural revolution has died down, hard times of hongweibing and public critics are coming to an end. Old and sick Mao Zedong will soon leave China to his comrades from CPC. The Cold War is coming into a new phase... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to China: Mao's legacy.

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  43. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    87% User Score Based on 1,788 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy. This epic strategy game lets players take control of a nation and guide it through the ages to become a great global empire. Unparalleled in its depth and historical accuracy, Europa Universalis III gives the player unprecedented freedom in how they choose to rule their nation from an impressive choic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Europa Universalis III.

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  44. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 690 reviews

    A Turn-based Strategy game in a futuristic global cold war from the award-winning creators of Out There. Recruit a squad of special agents and run your intel agency to secure the control of the singularity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sigma Theory: Global Cold War.

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  45. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    82% User Score Based on 1,629 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 5 reviews

    In Mars Horizon the player is tasked with leading a major space agency from the dawn of the space age though to humanity's journey to Mars. Players run a government space agency from when the first rockets launched into the atmosphere, right through to the first crewed mission to Mars. Research new tech, expand your agency base, build rockets, send satellites into orbit, and launch a variety of mi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mars Horizon.

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  46. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    58% User Score Based on 76 reviews

    Fourth-Generation Warfare simulates warfare in the 21st century, which, in addition to the direct opposition of military forces, now includes espionage, international politics, cyberwarfare, media manipulation, and trade wars. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 4th Generation Warfare.

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  47. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 238 reviews

    War in the East 2 is the most comprehensive, most realistic, and most advanced wargame modeling Eastern Front warfare in World War. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2.

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  48. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    85% User Score Based on 147,680 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 31 reviews

    Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Platinum Edition is the perfect entry point for PC gamers who have yet to experience the addictive gameplay that has made Civilization one of the greatest game series of all time. The package includes Sid Meier's Civilization VI, six DLC packs as well as the Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm expansions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sid Meier's Civilization VI.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    77% User Score Based on 458 reviews

    Civil War II is a historical operational grand strategy game with a simultaneous turn-based engine that places players at the head of the USA or CSA during the American Civil War. It is a turn based regional game with an emphasis on playability and historical accuracy. Each turn lasts 2 weeks and you must issue your orders in advance, planning on where the enemy will be, not where they are now. O… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Civil War II.

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  50. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 316 reviews

    Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe is a deeply immersive turn based strategy game covering the greatest conflict in modern history! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe.

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