Games Like Making History: The Great War

Making History: The Great War

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.

★ MAKING HISTORY: THE SECOND WORLD WAR ★ WARNAMENT ★ OLD WORLD ★ ROGUE STATE REVOLUTION ★ CIVILIZATION IV: BEYOND THE SWORD ★ ENDLESS LEGEND™ 2 ★ MILLENNIA ★ SID MEIER'S CIVILIZATION® V ★ SID MEIER’S CIVILIZATION® VI ★ HEROES OF SCIENCE AND FICTION ★ HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC: OLDEN ERA ★ TERRA INVICTA ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Making History: The Second World War

78% 👍 OF 291
About This Game

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.

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Warnament

85% 👍 OF 509
About This Game

An approachable turn-based grand strategy sandbox. Lead a nation, forge alliances, wage wars and rewrite history. Play solo or with friends, create your own maps and scenarios, and explore community mods on Steam Workshop.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Edit Maps and Nations
  • …Rewrite Historical Scenarios
  • …Trade for Territory
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Old World

83% 👍 OF 6.9K
About This Game

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?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Rule Across Generations
  • …Spend Limited Orders
  • …Balance Noble Families
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Rogue State Revolution

76% 👍 OF 543
About This Game

Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Rebuild Basenji
  • …Manage Five Provinces
  • …Balance Political Factions
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Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

96% 👍 OF 5.1K
About This Game

Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …found Christianity centuries before Jesus, then have a pop star composer invent radio and get nuked by multiple rulers the same turn.
  • …turn the whole game into a fantasy apocalypse, cast spells, and race an Armageddon meter until a demonic invasion hits.
  • …win or lose the entire game to an early global religious vote, where a world council can force peace or hand someone victory.
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ENDLESS Legend™ 2

83% 👍 OF 3.5K
About This Game

Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Claim Tidefall Land
  • …Build District Cities
  • …Play Asymmetric Factions
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Millennia

67% 👍 OF 3.8K
About This Game

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.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Choose Alternate Ages
  • …Build Production Chains
  • …Specialize Your Regions
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Sid Meier's Civilization® V

96% 👍 OF 211K
About This Game

Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …open your borders to Gandhi, then watch him pillage your land, annex cities, denounce you, and launch nukes anyway.
  • …send a nuclear fleet across the world, punch through a submarine blockade, fire the warheads, then drop XCOM squads to seize the top superpower's capital before the space race ends.
  • …absorb a nearby city-state instantly, then trigger a chain-reaction war where your allies help wipe out an empire.
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Heroes of Science and Fiction

90% 👍 OF 938
About This Game

A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Map Defenses
  • …Teleport Between Bases
  • …Use Tactical Consumables
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era

87% 👍 OF 23K
About This Game

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …pick from over a hundred unique heroes, each starting with different armies, skills, and spells.
  • …turn enemy casualties into your reinforcements when your vampires and liches drain life in battle.
  • …build up your city, then discover other factions' creature dwellings on the map and recruit them into a mixed army.
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Terra Invicta

80% 👍 OF 10.0K
About This Game

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Control Nations From Shadows
  • …Investigate Alien Sightings
  • …Mine Moons And Asteroids