Games like Making History II: The War of the World
Looking for games like Making History II: The War of the World? Here are top strategy recommendations with a warfare and historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game, Making History: The Calm & the Storm or Making History: The Great War.
1 View Game90%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding90% User Score 1,119 reviewsDarkest Hour is a grand strategy wargame focusing on World War II. Players can lead any nation involved in the conflict, managing politics, economy, and military forces. The game features a detailed combat system, diplomacy, and historical events, providing a realistic and immersive wartime experience.
View Game2 View Game79%Game Brain Scoregameplay, humorgraphics, replayability81% User Score 402 reviewsCritic Score 73%3 reviews"Making History: The Calm & the Storm" is a strategy game set in World War II, where players must navigate the economic, military, and diplomatic challenges of leading a nation. With over 80 nations and 800 regions, the game offers a detailed and historically accurate world for players to explore and influence. Your decisions will shape your nation's strategy and alliances as the world evolves with each turn.
View Game3 View Game75%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystability, grinding75% User Score 552 reviews"Making History: The Great War" is a strategy game that simulates World War I. Players can choose to lead any nation involved in the conflict, managing resources, diplomacy, and military tactics to achieve victory. The game features a detailed economic model, historical events, and a dynamic front line that allows for strategic decision making. It offers multiple scenarios, multiplayer modes, and a map editor to create custom scenarios.
View Game4 View Game78%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstability, grinding78% User Score 5,324 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviews"Hearts of Iron III" is a strategy game set in World War 2, allowing players to choose from over 150 countries and guide them through the conflict from 1936 to 1948. The game features realistic military command AI, in-depth diplomatic and political systems, and thousands of historically accurate commanders and politicians. Players can control oceans and air forces, and engage in land warfare, diplomacy, and industry building in this detailed and historically accurate game.
View Game5 View Game77%Game Brain Scoregameplay, replayabilitygraphics, optimization77% User Score 1,628 reviews"Supreme Ruler Ultimate" is a real-time strategy game that allows players to control any nation in the world and manage its military, economy, and politics. Players can engage in strategic warfare, form alliances, and utilize diplomacy to achieve their goals. The game features a detailed sandbox mode and a variety of historical and modern scenarios, with a focus on deep customization options and realistic military simulations.
View Game6 View Game85%Game Brain Scoregameplay, replayabilitygraphics, stability85% User Score 596 reviews"Hearts of Iron 2 Complete" is a strategy war game set in the period of World Wars II and III. As the leader of one of 175 countries, players must navigate diplomacy, production, and combat in a detailed and realistic gameworld. With a new political system, historical scenarios, and various battle options, this game offers a complex and engaging experience for fans of strategic warfare.
View Game7 View Game90%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstability, story93% User Score 8,866 reviewsCritic Score 76%1 reviewsVictoria II is a single-player and multi-player warfare real-time strategy game that spans the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century to the dawn of the 20th century. Players carefully guide their nation through expansion, colonization, and economic development, aiming to become a dominant world power. The game offers a complex and engaging experience, with a focus on diplomacy, economics, and military strategy.
View Game8 View Game84%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, stability84% User Score 370 reviews"Arsenal of Democracy" is a World War II simulation game that allows players to control any nation during the era of 1936-64. The game features detailed models for economics, diplomacy, research, and intelligence, as well as advanced combat mechanics for land, sea, and air warfare. With single-player and multi-player scenarios, players can use flexible production systems to master the challenges of this historical period. This game is the ultimate World War II simulation and builds on the experience and community input of the Hearts of Iron series.
View Game9 View Game79%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsmusic, stability79% User Score 288 reviews"Making History: The Second World War" is a turn-based Grand Strategy game set in the WWII era, where players can experience alternate outcomes in the conflict through extensive event content and hundreds of additional historical events. As any nation with over 280 separate nationalities, players must make strategic decisions in factors, mines, research labs, and battlegrounds worldwide. The game includes an easy-to-use scenario editor for modding, tutorial mode, and 90+ Steam achievements, making every playthrough a new and immersive experience.
View Game10 View Game83%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding83% User Score 3,381 reviews"Age of History 3" is a turn-based strategy game that spans the entirety of human history, from ancient civilizations to the far future. Players can choose from various civilizations and advance their technology tree to unlock better buildings and units. The game features a new battle system with a focus on army composition, where front-line units must be resilient, while second-line units provide support or specialized functions. With over 63 unique unit types, players have a wide range of strategic options at their disposal.
View Game


















