Wargame: Airland Battle similar games & best alternatives

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Wargame: Airland Battle

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2013

Should you play it?

2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.

What works

  • Deep tactical gameplay
  • Large variety of units and nations
  • Robust multiplayer modes
  • Realistic cold war simulation
  • Free dlc and active developer support

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve
  • Toxic multiplayer community
  • Limited single-player campaign
  • Complex ui for new players
  • Multiplayer population declined over time

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Wargame: Red Dragon

  • Men of War: Assault Squad 2

  • Call to Arms

  • Steel Division: Normandy 44

  • Wargame: European Escalation

  • Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

More fantastical

Games that feels like Wargame: Airland Battle but with more imaginative fiction

  • Supreme Commander

  • Executive Assault

  • Angels Fall First

  • Sins of a Solar Empire II

  • Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath

  • Earth 2160

More dominating

Games that feels like Wargame: Airland Battle but with more domination over others

  • WARNO

  • Steel Division 2

  • Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

  • Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

  • Company of Heroes 2

  • World of Tanks

Less competitive

Games that feels like Wargame: Airland Battle but with less competition against others

  • Regiments

  • Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes

  • Faces of War

  • ARMA: Cold War Assault

  • ARMA: Gold Edition

  • Men of War™

More intimate

Games that feels like Wargame: Airland Battle but with more focus on close relationships

  • Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

  • Arma 3

  • Squad

  • Arma Reforger

  • Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

  • Men of War: Assault Squad

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Wargame: Red Dragon

  • Wargame: European Escalation

  • WARNO

  • Steel Division 2

  • Steel Division: Normandy 44

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.
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  • 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).

Wargame: Airland Battle: 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 Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026