Games like Lightning: D-Day
If Lightning: D-Day is your kind of game, the closest matches are Panzer Corps 2, World War 2 Operation Husky and Unity of Command II — 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.
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Panzer Corps 2
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Top pick for Lightning: D-Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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.
World War 2 Operation Husky
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Second-strongest match for Lightning: D-Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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.
Unity of Command II
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Third-strongest match for Lightning: D-Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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.
Valor & Victory
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Ranked #4 for Lightning: D-Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
Valor & Victory is a fast-playing, easy to learn World War II squad-level game system. Based on the original Valor & Victory board game, the digital edition provides you with an accessible and deep challenge, developed for classic tabletop game lovers.
Order of Battle: World War II
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Ranked #5 for Lightning: D-Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
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Ranked #6 for Lightning: D-Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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.
Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game
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Ranked #7 for Lightning: D-Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
Lock 'n Load Tactical is fast and Furious tactical combat that is fast to learn. In LnLT you get squads, weapon teams, armored vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, and, in the modern-era games, helicopters. Individuals such as Leaders, Medics, Snipers, Chaplains, Advisors, and, of course, Heroes.
Field of Glory II
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Ranked #8 for Lightning: D-Day fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lightning: D-Day at current Steam store prices.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Lightning: D-Day on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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 Lightning: D-Day on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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 Lightning: D-Day on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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 Lightning: D-Day on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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 Lightning: D-Day on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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 Lightning: D-Day on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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 Lightning: D-Day on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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 Lightning: D-Day.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
Counter-Strike 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
World of Warships
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
Crusader Kings II
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
PlanetSide 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
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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
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Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Lightning: D-Day. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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
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Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Lightning: D-Day. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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 Lightning: D-Day. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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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Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Lightning: D-Day. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
At dawn on June 18th, the torrential rain which had soaked the Belgium countryside the previous day began tapering off.
Tank Battle: 1944
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Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Lightning: D-Day. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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
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Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Lightning: D-Day. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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 Lightning: D-Day. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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
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Another title from HexWar Games, the studio behind Lightning: D-Day. Shares Strategy with Lightning: D-Day.
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 Lightning: D-Day
- How much does Lightning: D-Day cost?
- Lightning: D-Day is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Lightning: D-Day have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Lightning: D-Day supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Lightning: D-Day?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lightning: D-Day are Panzer Corps 2, World War 2 Operation Husky, Unity of Command II.
- Who developed Lightning: D-Day?
- Lightning: D-Day was developed by HexWar Games and published by Hunted Cow Games.
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