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Games like Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front

If Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front is your kind of game, the closest matches are Battle Academy, Panzer Corps Gold and Hex of Steel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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.

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About Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front: Sequel to its successful predecessor, Battle Academy 2 moves the action east – to the bloodied plains of Mother Russia. When a gritty new look, great new features, and random mission generation meet battle-proven gameplay you can be sure of a turn-based strategy classic!

2014Strategy39.99 USDMetacritic 78Windowsby Slitherine Ltd.
Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front — Steam game cover
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Steam players who put hours into Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Battle Academy

    WHY THIS

    Shares fog of war and a challenging mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Top pick for Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.

    2014Strategy14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Panzer Corps Gold

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Second-strongest match for Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    The ultimate edition of Panzer Corps, containing hundreds of scenarios and all its expansions. Panzer Corps Gold is the culmination of the wargame that has enthralled millions of fans all around the globe, and now it’s your chance to fully experience a real classic.

    2014Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Hex of Steel

    WHY THIS

    Shares combined arms tactics, resource management and an immersive mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Third-strongest match for Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!

    2020StrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Order of Battle: World War II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Ranked #4 for Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Order of Battle: World War II is a 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.

    2015StrategySimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon (Classic)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Ranked #5 for Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    In this hex-based, turn-based strategy game, players will lead the Imperial forces of the Armageddon Steel Legion and Space Marines from a variety of Chapters against the Ork invasion through over 30 scenarios, on the hostile terrain of the planet and its gigantic Hive Cities.

    2014Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Battle of the Bulge

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Ranked #6 for Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Battle of the Bulge is a fast-paced WW2 game where precise movement and detailed planning make the difference between a vain attempt and a brave operation.

    2015Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Unity of Command II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Ranked #7 for Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Ranked #8 for Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.

    2018Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Unity of Command II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Reviewers of Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Battle Academy

    WHY THIS

    Shares fog of war and a challenging mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Reviewers of Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.

    2014Strategy14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Regiments

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Reviewers of Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    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.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front at current Steam store prices.

  1. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Schedule I

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Don't Starve Together

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

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

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~84% under Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Crusader Kings II

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

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

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Dota Underlords

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.

    2019StrategyFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Take on Duelists around the world with "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links"! Step into a world that crosses dimensions and connects all Duelists. In Duel World, any location transforms into a Duel Field where heated Duels unfold!

    2017StrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Toribash

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!

    2014ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. KARDS - The WW2 Card Game

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.

    2020StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. GWENT: The Witcher Card Game

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Command mighty Witcher-world heroes in epic online PvP card battles!

    2020StrategyRPGFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. War Selection

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.

    2019StrategyIndieMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Slitherine Ltd.

Other recommendable Steam games by Slitherine Ltd., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector

    WHY THIS

    Shares fog of war and an atmospheric mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Another title from Slitherine Ltd., the studio behind Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game set in the grimdark universe of the 41st Millennium. Pick your force, develop your army, field mighty heroes and fight for victory using superior strategy, awesome abilities, and devastating weaponry.

    2021Strategy39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Another title from Slitherine Ltd., the studio behind Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.

    2024Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Battle Academy

    WHY THIS

    Shares fog of war and a challenging mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Another title from Slitherine Ltd., the studio behind Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.

    2014Strategy14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Scramble: Battle of Britain

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Another title from Slitherine Ltd., the studio behind Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Scramble: Battle of Britain is a tactical dogfighting game set in 1940, featuring intense aerial battles in a 3D airspace. Take control of a squadron of fighters, planning maneuvers, witnessing real-time simulations, and analyzing battle damage with detailed camera tools.

    2024StrategyEarly Access29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Stargate: Timekeepers

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Another title from Slitherine Ltd., the studio behind Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Stargate: Timekeepers is a real-time tactics game where you lead a team of specialists through a story-driven campaign set in the SG-1 universe. Sneak your characters behind enemy lines, use their unique skills, craft the perfect plan to unravel a timeloop mystery, and defeat the Goa’uld threat.

    2024Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Legion Gold

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Another title from Slitherine Ltd., the studio behind Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Well-received by gamers and critics alike, Legion Gold is the expanded and improved version of its predecessor, Legion, and includes not only the original Legion game but a hefty expansion pack too.

    2020Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Chariots of War

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Another title from Slitherine Ltd., the studio behind Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Chariots of War is an operational real-time game where you can play one of 58 different nations on a huge historically accurate and beautiful map covering the entire Middle East! Build up your cities and keep their inhabitants happy.

    2022Strategy14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Ancient Arenas: Chariots

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Slitherine Ltd., the studio behind Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front. Shares Strategy with Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front.

    Dangerous, grueling, fierce. Chariot Racing was by far the most favored sport of ancient times. Ancient Arenas takes you back to an age where charioteers were the richest sports stars and team owners were their ruthless and fearless managers.

    SportsStrategyRacingSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front

How much does Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front cost?
Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front are Battle Academy, Panzer Corps Gold, Hex of Steel.
Who developed Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front?
Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front was developed by Slitherine Ltd..

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