Games like Civil War: 1861
If Civil War: 1861 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Civil War: Battle of Petersburg, Pacific General and American Patriots: Boston Tea Party — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its great for casual play, nostalgic tabletop wargame feel and chill. 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 Civil War: 1861: Civil War: 1861 covers the opening battles of the American Civil War. The game covers both the small and large actions of that momentous year, starting with the battle at ‘Big Bethel’, on to the comparatively vast engagements at ‘Bull Run’ and ‘Wilson’s Creek’.
Players who liked Civil War: 1861 also play
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Civil War: Battle of Petersburg
WHY THIS
Shares hex based movement and a contemplative mood with Civil War: 1861.
Top pick for Civil War: 1861 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Crush the Confederates near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Bring peace to a nation divided.
Pacific General
WHY THIS
Shares campaign progression with Civil War: 1861.
Second-strongest match for Civil War: 1861 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Pacific General explores the Pacific front of the Second World War. Taking control of Axis or Allied forces, you must strategically battle your way through the Eastern and Western front of the Pacific war, using a wide array of land, air and naval forces.
American Patriots: Boston Tea Party
WHY THIS
Shares hex based movement and a chill mood with Civil War: 1861.
Third-strongest match for Civil War: 1861 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Take Boston or die for freedom!
American Revolutionary War
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Ranked #4 for Civil War: 1861 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Fight through the American War of Independence in a tactical wargame of field battles, frontier warfare, fortified positions, and campaigns for control of the colonies. Command American, British, Loyalist, German, Native allied, and French forces across 148 scenarios and four campaigns.
Cold War Battles
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Ranked #5 for Civil War: 1861 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Lead Cold War formations in quick, turn based, hex‑and‑counter battles spanning 5 decades of real and hypothetical conflicts. With over 250 units, more than a dozen factions and varied theatres - from Africa to the Golan Heights, Europe and more, Cold War Battles await.
Unity of Command II
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Ranked #6 for Civil War: 1861 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
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.
Civil War: 1863
WHY THIS
Shares hex based movement and a chill mood with Civil War: 1861.
Ranked #7 for Civil War: 1861 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game.
The Troop
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Ranked #8 for Civil War: 1861 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
The Troop is a turn-based, platoon-level tactical game set in WW2. From the early hours of D-Day to Falaise, play as British and Canadian or German forces in desperate fighting across Normandy.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Civil War: 1861 at current Steam store prices.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Civil War: 1861 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
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.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under Civil War: 1861 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Civil War: 1861 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
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 Civil War: 1861 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
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 Civil War: 1861 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
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 Civil War: 1861 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
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 Civil War: 1861 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
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!
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Civil War: 1861.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
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.
Battle for Wesnoth
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
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.
Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
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.
SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
SOVL is a ruleset for playing fantasy wargames. It can be played with miniatures on a table or digitally on Steam.
Tactical Monsters Rumble Arena
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Are you ready to RUMMMBLE?
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More from HexWar Games
Other recommendable Steam games by HexWar Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Tank Battle: Normandy
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Civil War: 1861.
Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Civil War: 1861. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Land your troops on the beaches of northern France, lay bridges to cross flooded enemy defences, avoid tanktraps, clear the area of dangerous minefields, overcome the enemy and claim the beachhead for the Allies!
Civil War: Bull Run 1861
WHY THIS
Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Civil War: 1861. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Bull Run recreates the first major battle of the American Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies. Take command of an Union army of Northeast Virginia or the Confederate army of Potomac and Shenandoah and engage in the largest battle fought on American soil to date.
Battles of the Ancient World
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Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Civil War: 1861. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
The ‘Battles of the Ancient World’ game system is a tactical simulation of some of the greatest and most important battles from 1457 B.C. to 378 A.D.. Each scenario features one of these great battles and players may play as either side. The game has been designed to ensure maximum playability and historical accuracy, in that order.
Wellington's Victory
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Shares hex based movement and a contemplative mood with Civil War: 1861.
Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Civil War: 1861. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
At dawn on June 18th, the torrential rain which had soaked the Belgium countryside the previous day began tapering off.
Tank Battle: 1944
WHY THIS
Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Civil War: 1861. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Instantly get involved in the action by joining the Allied invasion of Europe during the Second World War. Take command of an American battle group during WW2 in this turn based strategy wargame and help liberate Europe from the evil Axis power-base!
1775: Rebellion
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Civil War: 1861.
Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Civil War: 1861. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Command the armies of the British Redcoats, English Loyalists, German Hessians, American Regulars, Patriots, French Regulars and Native Americans to decide the fate of the Americas!
Nuts!: The Battle of the Bulge
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Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Civil War: 1861. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Nuts!: The Battle of the Bulge is a Decision Games card game that recreates the famous World War Two battle (16-31 Dec 1944) in which the German Army mounted a surprise attack on the thin U.S. forces deployed in the Ardennes region.
Civil War: 1863
WHY THIS
Shares hex based movement and a chill mood with Civil War: 1861.
Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Civil War: 1861. Shares Strategy with Civil War: 1861.
Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game.
Frequently asked about Civil War: 1861
- How much does Civil War: 1861 cost?
- Civil War: 1861 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Civil War: 1861?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Civil War: 1861 are Civil War: Battle of Petersburg, Pacific General, American Patriots: Boston Tea Party.
- Who developed Civil War: 1861?
- Civil War: 1861 was developed by HexWar Games and published by Hunted Cow Games.
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