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Act of War: High Treason

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2008

Should you play it?

The highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed game Act of War: Direct Action picks up where the techno-thriller left off. On the eve of the U.S. Presidential elections, simultaneous terrorist attacks hit both candidates. Clues point to corrupt elements within the U.S.

What works

  • Challenging ai and strategic gameplay
  • Unique mechanics like prisoner ransom and mercenaries
  • Varied factions and unit types including naval combat
  • Good graphics and sound effects for its time
  • Affordable price with strong replay value

Things to keep in mind

  • Campaign difficulty can be frustrating
  • Multiplayer servers are dead, requiring third-party tools
  • Compatibility issues on modern os without patches
  • Some bugs and technical glitches reported
  • Lack of live-action cutscenes and weaker story than original

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Command & Conquer™ Generals

  • Wargame: European Escalation

  • Ancestors Legacy

  • Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

  • Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition

  • Men of War: Assault Squad 2

More fantastical

Games that feels like Act of War: High Treason but with more imaginative fiction

  • Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™

  • Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® – Winter Assault

  • Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2

  • Total War: WARHAMMER III

  • Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™

  • Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath

Less competitive

Games that feels like Act of War: High Treason but with less competition against others

  • Regiments

  • Faces of War

  • Total Conflict: Resistance

  • Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front

  • Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes

  • Men of War: Condemned Heroes

More intimate

Games that feels like Act of War: High Treason but with more focus on close relationships

  • Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

  • Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

  • Easy Red 2

  • Company of Heroes

  • Company of Heroes 2

  • WARNO

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Wargame: European Escalation

  • Act of War: Direct Action

  • WARNO

  • Wargame: Airland Battle

  • Wargame: Red Dragon

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Similarity map

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Act of War: High Treason: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026