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Social Wars

Web browser, Android, iOS • 2011

Should you play it?

What works

  • Real-time tactical control of armies
  • No restrictive energy system allowing longer play sessions
  • Creative unit fusion system
  • Engaging social features with chat and gifting
  • Satisfying progression and upgrade systems

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky controls and poor ai pathfinding
  • Frustrating micromanagement required
  • Technical issues like input lag and pop-up interruptions
  • Overly long and disruptive narrative elements
  • Pushy friend invitation pop-ups

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Supreme Commander

  • Executive Assault

  • Age of Mythology

  • Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™

  • Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath

  • Supreme Commander 2

Less intimate

Games that feels like Social Wars but with less focus on close relationships

  • Warrior Kings: Battles

  • Tzar: The Burden of the Crown

  • Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™

  • Earth 2160

  • Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™

  • Kohan II: Kings of War

Less dominating

Games that feels like Social Wars but with less domination over others

  • Seven Kingdoms

  • Guardians Frontline

  • Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3

  • Tempest Rising

  • Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

  • Warzone 2100

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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).

Social Wars: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Domination, Leadership.

Last update: 05/08/2026