Games like Smoke and Steel
If Smoke and Steel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hex of Steel, Panzer Corps 2 and Old World — picked from the ranked list below. 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 →About Smoke and Steel: Smoke and Steel is a turn-based wargame blending grand strategy, direct battlefield command, and traditional wargaming. Outthink, outflank, and outlast your enemies in the 18th century, where morale, fog of war, and timing decide the fate of empires.
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Steam players who put hours into Smoke and Steel 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.
Hex of Steel
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Top pick for Smoke and Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smoke and Steel.
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!
Panzer Corps 2
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Second-strongest match for Smoke and Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Smoke and Steel.
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Old World
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Third-strongest match for Smoke and Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Smoke and Steel.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
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Ranked #4 for Smoke and Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Smoke and Steel.
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.
Unity of Command II
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Ranked #5 for Smoke and Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smoke and Steel.
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.
Hexarchy
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Ranked #6 for Smoke and Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Smoke and Steel.
Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
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Ranked #7 for Smoke and Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Smoke and Steel.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
Fantasy General II
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Ranked #8 for Smoke and Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Smoke and Steel.
The fantasy wargaming classic is back! Lead powerful heroes and mighty armies into battle in this critically acclaimed turn-based strategy milestone. Level up and train your units and guide them through a gripping story campaign to decide the fate of a world on the brink of destruction.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Smoke and Steel.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smoke and Steel.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Smoke and Steel.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Smoke and Steel.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Smoke and Steel.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Frequently asked about Smoke and Steel
- Does Smoke and Steel have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Smoke and Steel supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Smoke and Steel?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Smoke and Steel are Hex of Steel, Panzer Corps 2, Old World.
- Who developed Smoke and Steel?
- Smoke and Steel was developed by Grenadier Games.
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 Smoke and Steel.
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