Games like Blitzkrieg 3
If Blitzkrieg 3 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology, Blitzkrieg Anthology and Sudden Strike 4 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, dark and grim. 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 →Blitzkrieg 3 is a World War II strategy game developed and published by Nival, released in 2017 at a price of $9.99. The game features mechanics including faction-switching, artillery strikes, reinforcement calling, and a suppression system that reviewers highlight adds meaningful depth to engagements. The assault mechanic allows infantry to storm buildings, a feature players describe as adding tactical variety. Reviewers describe the experience as challenging, dark, grim, and tense, noting that tactical positioning matters considerably throughout matches. Players appreciate the hard difficulty level as providing something harder than typical WW2 strategy games, and consider the price attractive for this niche style of play. The game supports online cooperative play, runs on Steam Deck, and holds a Metacritic score of 68 based on mixed reviews.
About Blitzkrieg 3: Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.
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Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology
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Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Top pick for Blitzkrieg 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Return to the bloody battlefields of World War II in this epic sequel. Blitzkrieg 2 returns you to the gritty realism of WWII battles while pushing your focus into new, strategic opportunities during global war!
Blitzkrieg Anthology
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Second-strongest match for Blitzkrieg 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
March into the real-time strategy legend, Blitzkrieg, and prepare for war. This legendary WWII RTS blends unprecedented realism and accuracy to form immersive 3D backgrounds and a game where brute force often takes a back seat to strategy and wits.
Sudden Strike 4
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Third-strongest match for Blitzkrieg 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Ranked #4 for Blitzkrieg 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
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.
Men of War: Assault Squad
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Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Ranked #5 for Blitzkrieg 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.
Steel Division: Normandy 44
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Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Ranked #6 for Blitzkrieg 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
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.
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition
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Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Ranked #7 for Blitzkrieg 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
The first installment in the real-time tactics series that would become known as Men of War, now refreshed and enhanced! Take command of American, British, Soviet, or German forces and fight on the battlefields of World War II in 32 single-player missions or with others in PvP and co-op sessions.
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
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Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Ranked #8 for Blitzkrieg 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star is a sequel to Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943. It’s an Eastern Front war game with solid graphics and sprawling battlefields that really emphasizes the scope of WWII tank combat.Want to step into the role of a commander in the very heart of Kharkov’s defense?
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Steel Division 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Reviewers of Blitzkrieg 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
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.
Sudden Strike 2 Gold
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Shares a tense mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
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At the height of World War 2, take command of German, Russian, British, American and Imperial Japanese armies on battelfields across the globe. Sudden Strike 2 expands on all aspects of the classic RTS game with new units, maps and epic campaigns.
Gates of Hell
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Gates of Hell is a fast-paced first-person shooter where you must battle through relentless waves of Demonic terror!
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Priced ~50% under Blitzkrieg 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under Blitzkrieg 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
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Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Blitzkrieg 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
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Priced ~50% under Blitzkrieg 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Nubby's Number Factory
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Priced ~50% under Blitzkrieg 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Monster Train
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Priced ~50% under Blitzkrieg 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~70% under Blitzkrieg 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Nival, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Heroes of Might & Magic V
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Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Another title from Nival, the studio behind Blitzkrieg 3. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Witness the amazing evolution of the genre-defining strategy game as it becomes a next-generation phenomenon, melding classic deep fantasy with next-generation visuals and gameplay. In the renowned Might & Magic universe, demon swarms spread chaos over the land in a relentless assault.
Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East
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Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Another title from Nival, the studio behind Blitzkrieg 3. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
For the first time, play as the Orc faction and recruit heroes, build armies and manage cities as you explore and conquer legendary lands. Use tactics, skills and magic to outsmart fantasy armies while developing your heroes and unveiling the dark plot that threatens to tear the world of Ashan apart.
Blitzkrieg Anthology
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Another title from Nival, the studio behind Blitzkrieg 3. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
March into the real-time strategy legend, Blitzkrieg, and prepare for war. This legendary WWII RTS blends unprecedented realism and accuracy to form immersive 3D backgrounds and a game where brute force often takes a back seat to strategy and wits.
Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Another title from Nival, the studio behind Blitzkrieg 3. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Return to the bloody battlefields of World War II in this epic sequel. Blitzkrieg 2 returns you to the gritty realism of WWII battles while pushing your focus into new, strategic opportunities during global war!
Silent Storm Gold Edition
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Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Another title from Nival, the studio behind Blitzkrieg 3. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...
Prime World: Defenders
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Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Another title from Nival, the studio behind Blitzkrieg 3. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Fight off hordes of monstrous mutants created from a strange cataclysmic event in the new tower defense game, Prime World: Defenders. Join a group of exile treasure hunters who have ventured into the capital of an ancient empire, vast with mystery and danger.
Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Another title from Nival, the studio behind Blitzkrieg 3. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
Take part in a thrilling new adventure in the world of Ashan with the Hammers of Fate expansion. Discover uncharted territories and experience new ways of playing Heroes of Might & Magic V. Introducing a brand-new Dwarves faction, made up of heroic warriors and rune magic adepts who stalk the deepest mountains and most hostile regions of...
Etherlords II
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Shares a challenging mood with Blitzkrieg 3.
Another title from Nival, the studio behind Blitzkrieg 3. Shares Strategy with Blitzkrieg 3.
The saga continues! Etherlords II takes you back to the world of Ether and into a whole new realm of fantastic possibilities. Lead your hero on an unforgettable journey through lands filled with unsurpassed beauty and danger to unlock the ultimate mystery.
Frequently asked about Blitzkrieg 3
- Does Blitzkrieg 3 work on Steam Deck?
- Blitzkrieg 3 is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Blitzkrieg 3 cost?
- Blitzkrieg 3 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Blitzkrieg 3?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blitzkrieg 3 are Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology, Blitzkrieg Anthology, Sudden Strike 4.
- Who developed Blitzkrieg 3?
- Blitzkrieg 3 was developed by Nival.
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