Rank 01Why this
Also Action RTS and Grand Strategy, like Home Wars.
- $4.89 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2021
Games like Home Wars
- 30 games
- Updated May 5, 2026
Players who liked Home Wars also play
The closest matches to Home Wars: Attack on Toys, Wooden Battles, Total War: WARHAMMER II, Rome: Total War™ - Collection, and Empires of the Undergrowth. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Also Grand Strategy and Base-Building, like Home Wars.
- $2.49 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2017
Rank 03Why this
Also Grand Strategy and Real Time Tactics, like Home Wars.
- $59.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2017
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Taur
Why this: Also Base-Building and Real Time Tactics, like Home Wars.
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Strategos
Why this: Shares territory control and campaign progression with Home Wars.
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Diplomacy is Not an Option
Why this: Also Action RTS and Base-Building, like Home Wars.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Home Wars
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
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Also Grand Strategy and Real Time Tactics, like Home Wars.
- 93% of 50,658 reviews
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Also Wargame and Real Time Tactics, like Home Wars.
- 83% of 308 reviews
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- Released: 2017
- Developer: Insane Dreamers
- Price: $9.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 79% of 970 reviews
- Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Campaign blends strategy and action
- Household rooms as tactical battlegrounds
- Nostalgic childhood fantasy realized
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Immersive
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Home Wars at current Steam store prices.
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition
Why this: Also Wargame and Real Time Tactics, like Home Wars.
Operation: Polygon Storm
Why this: Also Action RTS and Wargame, like Home Wars.
Stronghold HD (2012)
Why this: Shares campaign progression with Home Wars.
King's Orders
Why this: Also Grand Strategy and Wargame, like Home Wars.
Army Men RTS
Why this: Also Base-Building and RTS, like Home Wars.
Lost Technology
Why this: Shares territory control with Home Wars.
Eyes of War
Why this: Also Base-Building and Wargame, like Home Wars.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Home Wars, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Why this: Also Base-Building and RTS, like Home Wars.
War of Dots
Why this: Shares territory control with Home Wars.
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Why this: Also Wargame and Turn-Based Strategy, like Home Wars.
PlanetSide 2
Why this: Also War and Tactical, like Home Wars.
SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Why this: Also Wargame and War, like Home Wars.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Why this: Also Military and Tactical, like Home Wars.
Battle for Wesnoth
Why this: Shares campaign progression with Home Wars.
More from Insane Dreamers
Other recommendable Steam games by Insane Dreamers, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Cursor Challenge
Why this: Same whimsical mood as Home Wars.
Multicellular
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Home Wars.
Age of Undead
Why this: Also Action RTS and Grand Strategy, like Home Wars.
Gummy Dummy Battles
Why this: Also War and Tactical, like Home Wars.
About Home Wars
The closest matches to Home Wars: Attack on Toys, Wooden Battles, Total War: WARHAMMER II, Rome: Total War™ - Collection, and Empires of the Undergrowth. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Home Wars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Attack on Toys, Wooden Battles and Total War: WARHAMMER II — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and immersive, and single out its base management and campaign progression. 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.
About Home Wars: Do you hate bugs and arachnids? Seeing them creeps you out? Would you like them to disappear off the face of the Earth? GOOD! This is the right game for you! In HW you’ll play as a General of a toy soldiers army, with the sole purpose of saving the owner’s house from the invasion of those damn Bugs.
Is Home Wars worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 79% of 970 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 12 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 5 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Campaign blends strategy and action
- Household rooms as tactical battlegrounds
- Nostalgic childhood fantasy realized
- Sapper units enable creative defenses
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“UI is not helpful. No tutorial, only a large set of reading for how the game works. Would have loved a tutorial so I could tie in the readings to actual gameplay. Huge AI advertisements to buy their new(?) game. Had this wish listed for…”
“Honestly... This game sucks... I know it is an old game and as a Kid I watched BaronVonGames Play it.. But when I got it. The gameplay, the controls, and graphics were pretty repetitive and it was hard to play for more then an hour. and…”
People who play it also play: Attack on Toys, Wooden Battles, Total War: WARHAMMER II
Frequently asked about Home Wars
Can I run it?
Does Home Wars run on Steam Deck?
Home Wars is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Home Wars cost?
Home Wars is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Home Wars?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Home Wars are Attack on Toys, Wooden Battles, Total War: WARHAMMER II.
Who developed Home Wars?
Home Wars was developed by Insane Dreamers.