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Looking for games like Sandbox War Dispatch? Here are top tactical city builder recommendations with a historical focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Tarnex Warfare, Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty or WarPlan.

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  1. Are you ready to take command of a sector of the frontline?Tarnex Warfare is a real-time operational-tactical wargame set in a modern warfare setting. You command military units within a defined sector of the frontline, plan operations, coordinate different branches of the armed forces, and make decisions that directly shape the situation on the battlefield. You do not build bases or gather resou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tarnex Warfare.

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  2. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    78% User Score Based on 41 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 182 reviews

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

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  4. 46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    58% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Order of Kings is an MMO game mixing RTS and SLG gameplay. The realistic 3D terrain gaps will affect your deployment tactics and strategy decision-making. You can simultaneously command multiple troops, and every troop has an individual attack range. Combining the physical collision effect, every clash will become a test of your strategy and micro-control skills. Show your military talent on the e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 王于兴师/Order of Kings.

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  5. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    65% User Score Based on 573 reviews

    Supreme Ruler 2030 is an updated and remastered addition to the Supreme Ruler game series, one of the most comprehensive Real Time Geo-Political Strategy Games for PC. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Supreme Ruler 2030.

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  6. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    88% User Score Based on 238 reviews

    Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. The game has drawn inspiration from classics such as Close Combat, Steel Panthers and Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm. 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 Sovi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Armored Brigade.

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  7. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    76% User Score Based on 462 reviews

    Welcome Admiral! Select your fleet, assign weapons, and sink the enemy fleet by controlling each of your ships down to setting the aim and range of each weapon's shot. Features include full open world Pacific & Atlantic campaigns, cross-platform multiplayer and awesome turn-based naval battles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battle Fleet 2.

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  8. Dear lord, welcome to City of Heroes 3, an epic war strategy feast! This game is like an encyclopedia of ancient civilizations. Open it and you will experience the rise and struggle of ancient civilizations. Let's put modern technology aside and go back to the old days to enjoy the luxuries of the Middle Ages. In this game, you'll tour the seven continents and choose a place to develop - is it Ch… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 英雄之城3.

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    49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    82% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Rage of Towers is a modern Realistic Tower defense game. Typically, you build towers on the path to destroy enemies before they reach the end, But what if you could take control of the tower by yourself and feel the battlefield. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rage Of Towers.

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  11. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    67% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    Panzer Doctrine is an unconventional World War II real-time strategy game. It was designed to provide interesting alternative to turn-based hex grid wargames. Complex military simulation of tank warfare on the eastern front. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Panzer Doctrine.

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  12. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    77% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Destiny of the World is a deep WWII grand strategy simulation built for serious players but presented clearly enough for anyone ready to think like a theater commander. Unlike many grand strategy games where logistics are abstracted, Destiny of the World makes sustainment a central battlefield. Front-line success depends on production throughput, convoy protection, depot flow, and maintaining uni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Destiny of the World.

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  13. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 110 reviews

    Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive is the fourth wargame in the Decisive Campaign series. Covering the battles in the Ardennes between December 1944 and January 1945, it brings to life Operational wargaming by lowering the scale to just above tactical level. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive.

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  14. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    76% User Score Based on 206 reviews

    EVERY WAR HAS ITS GENERALS Total Tank Generals needs you! 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 - such as Patton, Zhukov, and Rommel. The game welcomes novice strategy players with its user-friendly mechanics, but also offers deep, strategic turn-based gameplay for sea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Total Tank Generals.

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  15. Codename: Operation Go is a turn-based strategy game that blends the rules of Go and the playstyle of strategy games. As in Go, players can deploy units directly to any available position on the battlefield, send them into action immediately, and capture enemy forces outright by surrounding them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Codename: Operation Go.

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  16. 55%Game Brain Score
    55% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    Hell Of War is a Real-Time Command Action (RTCA) game where you command the operation from a command drone, coordinate infantry, armored vehicles, combat drones, and artillery, then seamlessly take direct control of units to personally intervene in the battle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell Of War: Combined Arms.

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  17. 52%Game Brain Score
    52% User Score Based on 3 reviews

    A turn-based wargame set on randomly generated hex battlefields. Read the terrain and long sightlines, scout the enemy, and coordinate tanks, infantry, and artillery to capture multiple objectives. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fire and Movement.

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  18. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    61% User Score Based on 613 reviews

    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. Take control of the aircraft carrier, its crew, officers, and planes during WW2. Exercise your military prowess by choosin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aircraft Carrier Survival.

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  19. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 4,332 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 2 reviews

    Carrier Command 2 is Strategy, Planning and Teamwork on a scale that is both engaging and manageable. True to MicroProse's heritage and the debut title of the development company Geometa , Carrier Command 2 is all about meaningful decisions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Carrier Command 2.

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  20. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    62% User Score Based on 734 reviews

    Victory at Sea Pacific is the exciting game of naval RTS combat set during World War II. Bringing an epic approach to real time strategy war gaming, search and destroy enemy fleets across an open world sandbox in a desperate attempt to change the course of history. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Victory At Sea Pacific.

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  21. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    68% User Score Based on 410 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strategic Mind: The Pacific.

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  22. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    55% User Score Based on 44 reviews

    Land Doctrine is a 3D strategy game focusing on military optimization. Your task is to design tanks, manage research, equip infantry, determine infantry training, optimize production and build combined arms battalions to occupy and hold cities. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Land Doctrine.

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  23. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    83% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Inheritors 2078 combines real-time strategy with Third-person shooter elements, The game takes place in the near future where AI helped in reaching super-advanced technologies humans used in almost every aspect of life including advanced weaponry, space travel, and colonization of nearby planets, However, The AI machines had another idea in mind, they have become extremely intelligent that they no… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inheritors2078.

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  24. Overview of playing methods and combat operations 1. In the battle, the hero is mainly operated to fight (similar to MOBA operation): (a. Left click / box select and select hero. When there are multiple heroes in the team, press the 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 key on the keyboard to quickly select heroes. (b. Press Q/W/E on the keyboard to release the selected hero skill (c. Right click to move the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 流放之域.

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  25. Panzer Commander’s background is set in World War II. The Axis and Allies engaged in war worldwide for their interests. At the same time, the technology advances in panzer weapons change the way of war. New tactics and new strategies such as the Blitzkrieg and the deep battle doctrine emerged. In this game, players will play the role of crops commander, cammand your army, use panzer to break throu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Panzer Commander.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    89% User Score Based on 986 reviews

    ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS game that plunges players into the high-stakes world of global warfare, where every decision could tip the balance between survival and annihilation. Command vast armies, develop cutting-edge technology, and wield the most devastating weapons ever created to ensure your faction’s supremacy. Whether by conventional forces or through nuclear firepower, you’ll need to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ICBM: Escalation.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 204 reviews

    Drone Sector is a futuristic gunship game. Provide close air support by firing variety of weapons at the enemies and guide your allied troops via commands. Keep your troops alive, complete objectives, collect resources and recruit engineers. Research better weaponry for the gunship and the troops. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drone Sector.

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  28. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    73% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical game where you lead the soldiers and vehicles that battled across the globe during this time in history. Play hundreds of unique units across multiple game modes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battlefield Commander WWII.

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  29. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 420 reviews

    Engage in epic RTS warfare across three huge campaigns as well as other battle modes. Create your own fleet of ships, pick your side and enter into World War II naval combat on a global scale. Engage in epic real time strategy warfare across the Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean. This is naval warfare on a global scale. It is World War II and the age of the dreadnoughts has passed and naval war… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Victory At Sea.

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  30. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    81% User Score Based on 290 reviews

    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! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg.

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  31. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    61% User Score Based on 200 reviews

    In this sci-fi turn-based strategy with real-time base-building elements, you’ll be defending human territories against the transhuman Augments. Expand your HQ, and manufacture and upgrade an army of advanced drones to wage interplanetary war for Humanity! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Codex of Victory.

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  32. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 5,713 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 1 reviews

    Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ultimate General: Civil War.

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  33. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    67% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    We are here to build a thriving colonyChoose your story and location for a future colony, and embark on an exciting expedition filled with economic and industrial challenges. Protect your people from the artificial intelligence enslaving the world. Assemble a fleet of modular shipsBuild new ships and combine different modules—your actions are limited only by technological progress and availab… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oasis Mission: Colony Sim.

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  34. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    90% User Score Based on 4,746 reviews

    After hostilities have broken out in Central Europe, the race is on as a pressured US Navy escort force battle off Soviet bomber and submarine attacks on a perilous quest to reinforce NATO defenders in Europe. Meanwhile, in the Persian Gulf, the conflict between Iran and Iraq risks escalating into a larger confrontation between superpowers as both sides indiscriminately attack neutral merchant shi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age.

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  35. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    68% User Score Based on 3,076 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 7 reviews

    The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the pivotal Western Front from 1914 to 1919. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Great War: Western Front.

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  36. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    78% User Score Based on 1,856 reviews

    Order of Battle: World War II is breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Order of Battle: World War II.

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  37. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 526 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 2 reviews

    Afghanistan '11 is the sequel to the highly praised and innovative Vietnam '65. It enhances and builds on it: Afghanistan '11 changes the paradigm of wargaming and manages to bring Counter-Insurgency and guerrilla warfare to your screen, properly represented thanks to a revolutionary gameplay formula! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Afghanistan '11.

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  38. 41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    70% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Starlight: Defence Command is a Tower Defence game designed for the PC that is tough and more in-depth than those gone before. With the ability to configure towers in billions of possible combinations, unlockable perks and fine tuning through target priorities, players are given powerful tools to complete the galaxy-spanning, story-driven campaign. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starlight: Defence Command.

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  39. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    85% User Score Based on 594 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strategic Command WWII: World at War.

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  40. 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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  41. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    65% User Score Based on 51 reviews

    Create your fleet and army, hunt the enemy's fleet, hide your weak squadrons in protected ports until reinforcements arrive, blockade enemy trade routes, struggle for dominance over the seas! Command a battle formation and experience the power of iron and steam! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ironclads 2: American Civil War.

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  42. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Broken Crown is a fantasy RTS where you build a settlement, gather resources, research powerful upgrades, and command hundreds of units in formation-based battles. Advance troops through five visual tiers, preserve Bronze-to-Gold veterans, and conquer tactical maps shaped by Fog of War. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Broken Crown.

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  43. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    67% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    Headquarters: Cold War is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game set in a hypothetical conflict between NATO and the USSR in 1984. Commanders can play as either side across two plot-driven campaigns and a variety of skirmish missions. Build your force, assign heroes, level up units, and use powerful Headquarters skills to outsmart the enemy and change the course of modern history. Face a true tacti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Headquarters: Cold War.

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  45. How to Play:   (Full Screen) Select  factory building, you can see a production line to choose from, you can click the button spawn unit after some time. (Box)select our own tanks to issue orders to destroy enemy tanks. Tanks can slowly self-repair when losing health. Enemy tanks are marked red; ourIf you stay within the range of the relay station for more than 5 seconds, you can capture it to g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battalion Assault.

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  46. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    73% User Score Based on 1,550 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 8 reviews

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

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  47. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 194 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Armored Brigade II.

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  48. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    70% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Supreme Ruler The Great War Remastered includes the previous game content in an updated game engine. Set in the First World War, the Central Powers and the Triple Entente prepare to attack, with no understanding of the scale of conflict they will unleash. Over the coming years, the armies of these nations would come to understand how air power, submarines and artillery were about to transform how … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Supreme Ruler The Great War Remastered.

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  49. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    80% User Score Based on 337 reviews

    ake Command and Secure Victory in the Great War! Commander – The Great War features a Grand Campaign covering the whole war from the invasion of Belgium on August 5, 1914 to the Armistice on the 11th of November 1918 in addition to 16 different unit types including Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured Cars. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Commander: The Great War.

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  50. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    63% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    Fleet Commander: Pacific is a grand strategic simulation of the naval war in the Pacific from 1941 to 1945. All major surface combat ships of the Japanese and Allied navies are present in this streamlined reproduction of the biggest maritime war ever. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fleet Commander: Pacific.

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