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Games like Wars Across The World

If Wars Across The World is your kind of game, the closest matches are Colonial Conquest, Rule The World CHESS and Biblios Dice — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its card driven unpredictability, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Wars Across The World: WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.

2017StrategyIndie9.99 USDWindows · macOSby Strategiae
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Beer and pretzels wargaming feelCard driven unpredictabilityReplayable scenarios with varied strategiesAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked Wars Across The World also play

Steam players who put hours into Wars Across The World 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. Colonial Conquest

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Wars Across The World.

    Top pick for Wars Across The World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wars Across The World.

    Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Rule The World CHESS

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Wars Across The World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wars Across The World.

    Rule the world with your army! Defeat Demons kingdom as well as Humans Kingdom! Use your magic and weapons to conquer the world! Experience chess in 3D fights with a lot of customizations! Create your own army!

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Biblios Dice

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Wars Across The World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Wars Across The World.

    Biblios Dice is a digital adaptation of the dice game by Dr. Finn. In it you are working as medieval monks to produce illustrations and improve the prestige of your abbey. Manipulate the value of the five different resources, buy and sell at the market, and gain the bishop's favor.

    2023StrategyCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. World War 2 Operation Husky

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Wars Across The World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Wars Across The World.

    A light wargame with simple rules tailored to run smooth battles. Recommended to introduce new players to wargames basic concepts and for fast multiplayer matches.

    2021StrategySimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Senet

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Wars Across The World.

    Ranked #5 for Wars Across The World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Wars Across The World.

    Digital adaptation of the ancient Egyptian game Senet for two players, featuring authentic 3D replicas of boards displayed in museums. Enjoy family-friendly, turn-based strategy rooted in history.

    2022StrategyCasual12.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. Unity of Command II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Wars Across The World.

    Ranked #6 for Wars Across The World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wars Across The World.

    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 ↗
  7. For The King

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Wars Across The World.

    Ranked #7 for Wars Across The World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wars Across The World.

    For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Hex of Steel

    WHY THIS

    Shares supply and logistics and a contemplative mood with Wars Across The World.

    Ranked #8 for Wars Across The World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wars Across The World.

    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 ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wars Across The World at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wars Across The World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wars Across The World.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wars Across The World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wars Across The World.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wars Across The World on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wars Across The World.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wars Across The World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wars Across The World.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Wars Across The World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wars Across The World.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wars Across The World on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Wars Across The World.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Wars Across The World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wars Across The World.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wars Across The World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wars Across The World.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Toribash

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wars Across The World.

    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 ↗
  2. KARDS - The WW2 Card Game

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wars Across The World.

    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 ↗
  3. Card Hunter

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Wars Across The World.

    Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.

    2015StrategyRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Battle for Wesnoth

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wars Across The World.

    The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.

    2018StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wars Across The World.

    As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient life.

    2014StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Star Realms

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Wars Across The World.

    Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!

    2016StrategyFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Tactical Monsters Rumble Arena

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wars Across The World.

    Are you ready to RUMMMBLE?

    2018StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Age of Conquest IV

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Wars Across The World.

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wars Across The World.

    Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.

    2016StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Wars Across The World

Does Wars Across The World work on Steam Deck?
Wars Across The World is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Wars Across The World cost?
Wars Across The World is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Wars Across The World have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Wars Across The World supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Wars Across The World?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wars Across The World are Colonial Conquest, Rule The World CHESS, Biblios Dice.
Who developed Wars Across The World?
Wars Across The World was developed by Strategiae and published by Plug In Digital, Avalon Digital.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Wars Across The World.

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