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Fire & Maneuver

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.

What works

  • Unique simultaneous turn-based tactical system
  • Historically accurate and immersive victorian era setting
  • Deep strategic gameplay with high skill ceiling
  • Engaging campaigns and faction variety
  • Passionate development team and community

Things to keep in mind

  • Bugs and technical issues remain
  • Small and inactive multiplayer player base
  • Steep learning curve and limited tutorials
  • Ai can be weak or inconsistent
  • Performance and optimization problems

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Field of Glory: Empires

  • Field of Glory II: Medieval

  • Field of Glory: Kingdoms

  • Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game

  • Oriental Empires

  • Rising Lords

More fantastical

Games that feels like Fire & Maneuver but with more imaginative fiction

  • Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

  • Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith

  • Master of Magic

  • Conquest of Elysium 4

  • Eador: Genesis

  • Tabletop Tavern

More dominating

Games that feels like Fire & Maneuver but with more domination over others

  • Through the Ages

  • Making History: The Second World War

  • Demise of Nations

  • Making History: The Great War

  • Making History: The Calm & the Storm

  • Imperial Glory

Less social

Games that feels like Fire & Maneuver but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Panzer Corps Gold

  • Hexarchy

  • Pike and Shot : Campaigns

  • Order of Battle: World War II

  • Battle Academy

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII with Power Up Kit

Less competitive

Games that feels like Fire & Maneuver but with less competition against others

  • Master of Command

  • Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)

  • Unity of Command II

  • Microcivilization

  • Dead Grid

  • Rebel Inc: Escalation

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Fire & Maneuver: A very typical example of its motivational profile. 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, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026