Games like Supreme Ruler: Cold War
If Supreme Ruler: Cold War is your kind of game, the closest matches are Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game, Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War and Crimson Banner: War of Liberation — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and epic. 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 Supreme Ruler: Cold War: Building on Supreme Ruler 2010 and 2020, BattleGoat Studios invites you to relive the tension and uncertainty of the Cold War. As the 1950’s approach, the Korean War looms, the Arms Race intensifies, the Berlin Crisis leads to the formation of NATO, and the world anticipates a new World War.

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Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Top pick for Supreme Ruler: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.
Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Second-strongest match for Supreme Ruler: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.
Crimson Banner: War of Liberation
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Supreme Ruler: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Ready, comrades? In 'Crimson Banner: War of Liberation', command the PLA, strike the Kuomintang reactionaries, and liberate all China! Turn-based hex wargame, experience every battle!
Here to Stay
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Ranked #4 for Supreme Ruler: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Join the race for power in the new political strategy game. Build a strong political party, win the regional elections and have a majority in parliament. As the head of state, you are in charge of running the state, managing the state budget and diplomacy.
Crisis in the Kremlin
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Ranked #5 for Supreme Ruler: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
Maestro's Cold War 2
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an immersive mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Ranked #6 for Supreme Ruler: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.
SGS NATO's Nightmare
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Ranked #7 for Supreme Ruler: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?
Supreme Ruler 1936
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Ranked #8 for Supreme Ruler: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.
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Supreme Ruler 1936
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Reviewers of Supreme Ruler: Cold War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.
Supreme Ruler Ultimate
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Reviewers of Supreme Ruler: Cold War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!
Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Reviewers of Supreme Ruler: Cold War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold contains Supreme Ruler 2020 and the expansion, Global Crisis: SUPREME RULER 2020 Overnight, the US dollar crashes AND the sound echoes across the globe. The economic crisis amplifies global instabilities and regional disputes, tearing the world asunder. Nations dissolve, economies collapse, and tensions escalate.
Supreme Ruler Global Outbreak
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Reviewers of Supreme Ruler: Cold War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
In a time of growing unrest and uncertainty, a new threat to humanity emerges - take control of any nation as major outbreaks challenge world order. Global Pandemics and Mysterious Outbreaks will test humanity to the limits.
World of Warplanes
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Reviewers of Supreme Ruler: Cold War cross-mention this title as a similar play.
World of Warplanes is an aerial combat MMO action game set in the Golden Age of military aviation. The game throws players into a never-ending battle for dominance of the skies.
SuperPower 2 Steam Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Reviewers of Supreme Ruler: Cold War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
SuperPower 2 is the only global geopolitical simulation game which allows players to control entire countries. Players control countries in 3 major areas: political, economic and military, but this time, in a beautiful real-time 3D environment.
Company of Heroes
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Shares resource management and an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Reviewers of Supreme Ruler: Cold War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.
Hearts of Iron III
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Reviewers of Supreme Ruler: Cold War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Hearts of Iron III lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.
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VIETNAM WAR PLATOON 越战排 (AI WAR Game)
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
This game is a new concept card and flag game with the theme of Vietnam War. It is a light snack game prepared for the leisure transition of players who are tired of playing large-scale games like me and hand injured players. 2020.8.10
100 Asian Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
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!
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Supreme Ruler Ultimate
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Another title from BattleGoat Studios, the studio behind Supreme Ruler: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. From World War II through the Cold War and into the future, re-live or re-imagine the tensions and crises of our recent history! Guide your nation through the era of your choice in Campaigns, Scenarios, and Sandboxes, as you make every effort to become Supreme Ruler!
Supreme Ruler 2030
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Another title from BattleGoat Studios, the studio behind Supreme Ruler: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Rise to power as any modern day country in a realistic military, political and economic simulation. Command your country's diplomacy, espionage, and resource management to strengthen your position. Use real-time tactical control of your military to fortify your place as the Supreme Ruler.
Supreme Ruler 1936
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Another title from BattleGoat Studios, the studio behind Supreme Ruler: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.
Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Another title from BattleGoat Studios, the studio behind Supreme Ruler: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold contains Supreme Ruler 2020 and the expansion, Global Crisis: SUPREME RULER 2020 Overnight, the US dollar crashes AND the sound echoes across the globe. The economic crisis amplifies global instabilities and regional disputes, tearing the world asunder. Nations dissolve, economies collapse, and tensions escalate.
Supreme Ruler The Great War
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Another title from BattleGoat Studios, the studio behind Supreme Ruler: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. BattleGoat Studios invites you to travel back to 1914 and select from more than 50 playable regions at the onset of World War I, as European powers struggle to survive and new technologies transform warfare.
Galactic Ruler
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Another title from BattleGoat Studios, the studio behind Supreme Ruler: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Galactic Ruler offers real time strategy game play at both planetary level and in space! Lead your faction in diplomacy or conquest across a procedurally generated galactic map where any system might hold hostile enemies or resource riches. Develop advanced technologies to rule the galaxy!
Galactic Ruler Enlightenment
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an immersive mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Another title from BattleGoat Studios, the studio behind Supreme Ruler: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Play campaign stories within the Galactic Ruler universe. Invade the galaxy to eliminate those who stand in your way or rally alien races to defend against the invaders. Fight battles at both planet and space across a procedurally generated galaxy. Use new unit control systems to manage your forces.
Supreme Ruler The Great War Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an epic mood with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Another title from BattleGoat Studios, the studio behind Supreme Ruler: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Supreme Ruler: Cold War.
Return to WWI in the updated Supreme Ruler engine. Engage in global tactical combat. Manage your country's economy, research and diplomacy. Includes more than 50 countries set in 1914 or 1917 with no fixed end date. Enjoy improved game performance and visuals in this remastered title.
Frequently asked about Supreme Ruler: Cold War
- Does Supreme Ruler: Cold War have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Supreme Ruler: Cold War supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Supreme Ruler: Cold War?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Supreme Ruler: Cold War are Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game, Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War, Crimson Banner: War of Liberation.
- Who developed Supreme Ruler: Cold War?
- Supreme Ruler: Cold War was developed by BattleGoat Studios.
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