Games like Wargame: Airland Battle
If Wargame: Airland Battle is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wargame: Red Dragon, Wargame: European Escalation and Steel Division: Normandy 44 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and epic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Wargame: Airland Battle is a strategy and simulation game released in 2013 by Eugen Systems, priced at $19.99. Players command military units across Cold War-era conflicts using command-and-control mechanics, dynamic campaigns, and extensive unit variety spanning hundreds of options. Reviewers and players describe the experience as atmospheric, challenging, epic, and nostalgic, with particular praise for the wide selection of obscure NATO factions and prototype units like the F-117 that add speculative depth to engagements. The game features deck-building skirmish mechanics and supports online cooperative play, with an 86% positive rating from over 2,300 Steam reviews. It is playable on Steam Deck, though the massive scope and challenging difficulty demand significant time investment and strategic thinking.
About Wargame: Airland Battle: 2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.
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Wargame: Red Dragon
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Shares a challenging mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Top pick for Wargame: Airland Battle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Wargame: European Escalation
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Second-strongest match for Wargame: Airland Battle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
Steel Division: Normandy 44
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Third-strongest match for Wargame: Airland Battle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
WARNO
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Ranked #4 for Wargame: Airland Battle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.
Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
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Shares an epic mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Ranked #5 for Wargame: Airland Battle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.
Steel Division 2
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Shares an epic mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Ranked #6 for Wargame: Airland Battle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.
DEFCON
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Ranked #7 for Wargame: Airland Battle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
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Shares an epic mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Ranked #8 for Wargame: Airland Battle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
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Shares an epic mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
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Enjoy total freedom to fight the way you want. Explore 29 massive multiplayer maps and use loads of vehicles, weapons, and gadgets to help you turn up the heat. Every second of battle gets you closer to unlocking tons of extras and moving up in the Ranks. So get in the action.
Wargame: European Escalation
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Reviewers of Wargame: Airland Battle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
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守卫魔兽-Guardian of Warcraft
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Reviewers of Wargame: Airland Battle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
This is a summoning tower defense strategy game, with different abilities of monsters and traps, with different effects. the player will continue to upgrade while defending, Become stronger, and summoning more powerful monsters to resist the brave.
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
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Reviewers of Wargame: Airland Battle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Wargame: Airland Battle.
A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.
SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel
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SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.
Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
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Shares an epic mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Reviewers of Wargame: Airland Battle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.
Regiments
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Reviewers of Wargame: Airland Battle cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.
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People Playground
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Vampire Survivors
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More from Eugen Systems
Other recommendable Steam games by Eugen Systems, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Wargame: Red Dragon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Another title from Eugen Systems, the studio behind Wargame: Airland Battle. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
WARNO
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Another title from Eugen Systems, the studio behind Wargame: Airland Battle. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.
Steel Division 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Another title from Eugen Systems, the studio behind Wargame: Airland Battle. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.
Steel Division: Normandy 44
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Another title from Eugen Systems, the studio behind Wargame: Airland Battle. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
Wargame: European Escalation
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Another title from Eugen Systems, the studio behind Wargame: Airland Battle. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Another title from Eugen Systems, the studio behind Wargame: Airland Battle. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.
Act of War: Direct Action
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Another title from Eugen Systems, the studio behind Wargame: Airland Battle.
Tomorrow's War Is NOW Ripped from today's headlines, Act of War: Direct Action™ is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.
Act of War: High Treason
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wargame: Airland Battle.
Another title from Eugen Systems, the studio behind Wargame: Airland Battle.
The highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed game Act of War: Direct Action picks up where the techno-thriller left off. On the eve of the U.S. Presidential elections, simultaneous terrorist attacks hit both candidates. Clues point to corrupt elements within the U.S.
Frequently asked about Wargame: Airland Battle
- Does Wargame: Airland Battle run on Steam Deck?
- Wargame: Airland Battle is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Wargame: Airland Battle cost?
- Wargame: Airland Battle is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Wargame: Airland Battle have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Wargame: Airland Battle supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Wargame: Airland Battle?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wargame: Airland Battle are Wargame: Red Dragon, Wargame: European Escalation, Steel Division: Normandy 44.
- Who developed Wargame: Airland Battle?
- Wargame: Airland Battle was developed by Eugen Systems.
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