Games Like 1942: The Pacific Air War

1942: The Pacific Air War

They were desperate, daring and deadly! For the past 50 years, only the courageous veteran pilots of World War II knew the real risks of fighting the legendary Pacific air wars. Now it's your turn!

★ THE FEW ★ PACIFIC STORM ALLIES ★ CRAZY MACHINES 3 ★ DWARF FORTRESS ★ MINI METRO ★ TAVERN MASTER ★ BANISHED ★ STRANDED: ALIEN DAWN ★ DOOR KICKERS ★ TROPICO 6 ★ CRUSADER KINGS II ★ PAPA'S FREEZERIA DELUXE ★ WE ♥ IT 
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The Few

52% 👍 OF 204
About This Game

Take command over RAF during the WW2 history turning point, the Battle of Britain! The goal of the game is to defend Great Britain against German bombing raids.

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Crazy Machines 3

94% 👍 OF 10K
About This Game

Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …build a multi-step machine to punch an Egyptian statue in the face.
  • …shoot a kettle off a clumsycorn's head with a high-precision crossbow.
  • …create your own levels and modules, then fill the board with bombs and blast robots off-screen.
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Dwarf Fortress

95% 👍 OF 31K
About This Game

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …build a coin-launching minecart track that works like a cannon, then use it to train dodging by pelting your own soldiers at high speed.
  • …see a miner dodge a forgotten beast's attacks and crack its skull open with a pickaxe in three hits, then later solo a werebeast too.
  • …have a child punch a giant once, explode its head instantly, get a nickname, and grow into the fortress's most terrifying fighter.
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Mini Metro

96% 👍 OF 16K
About This Game

Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …play a mode where the lines you draw are permanent, so every route becomes a long-term commitment you can't undo later.
  • …pause constantly to pick up trains, drop them at problem stations, and build temporary one-stop lines to bleed pressure off the map.
  • …watch trains make smart decisions, dropping passengers at interchanges to transfer instead of taking everyone on pointless loops.
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Tavern Master

92% 👍 OF 13K
About This Game

Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …build hotel rooms and upgrade them to 5-star standards with expensive furniture, then pack multiple luxury beds into a single room anyway.
  • …decorate your tavern for mood instead of profit, then switch to first-person to walk through it and take pictures.
  • …host VIP events with oddly strict demands, then rework your menu and stock so the right guests get exactly what they want.
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Banished

90% 👍 OF 43K
About This Game

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …accept nomads into a town hall and watch your food reserves collapse overnight.
  • …run out of tools and have your economy grind to a halt within a year.
  • …have a lone 22-year-old woman become the foundation of a town for 60 years.
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Stranded: Alien Dawn

84% 👍 OF 11K
About This Game

Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Study Alien Wildlife
  • …Build Vertical Bases
  • …Farm Alien Crops
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Door Kickers

94% 👍 OF 10K
About This Game

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …plan a whole raid in advance, draw everyone's routes and commands, then hit play and watch it execute in seconds.
  • …pull off synchronized hits where multiple doors breach at once, flashbangs pop, and enemies get dropped at the same instant.
  • …choose how to open any door: pick the lock, kick it in, shoot the lock, or plant C4 and blow it apart.
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Tropico 6

88% 👍 OF 29K
About This Game

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Rule an Archipelago
  • …Steal World Wonders
  • …Win Votes with Speeches
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Crusader Kings II

91% 👍 OF 73K
About This Game

Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …use intrigue to install your brother as an anti-pope, go to war with the pope, and make your brother the official pope for Catholics
  • …seduce queens and empresses across multiple realms, then spread bastards so widely that another player can end up as your kid
  • …build a secret Odin cult, drag your spouse into it, get in a tavern brawl while disguised, then die crusading for Christianity while secretly pagan
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Papa's Freezeria Deluxe

99% 👍 OF 13K
About This Game

Return to Calypso Island to serve seasonal sundae treats in Papa's Freezeria Deluxe! Craft sundaes in the Freezeria for all your quirky customers while earning tips, points and Special Recipes. Switch gears and take a trip in the Food Truck to concoct your own chilly creations and see who shows up!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …hire a driver and use a food truck to freestyle whatever sundaes you want, including mixing ingredients across different holidays.
  • …finish a workday and jump into a rotating set of totally different mini-games, from reflex challenges to pipe puzzles to route-planning escapes.
  • …hit each holiday and get new seasonal syrups, mixables, toppings, outfits, and decorations as customers show up in themed costumes.