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The 100th year anniversary of the end of World War One has now passed. While the subject has seen renewed interest these past few years generally, there's not been any decent new computer war game releases so this list remains fairly static, which is a shame considering the interesting materiel coming out of the board war games world these days.

Still, these are all great games if you haven't tried them yourself yet, and we've divided them into a couple different types of game. There's not as many tactical games as there are strategic, and we've thrown in a flight sim as well for good measure

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So, without further ado, here is our list of the best WW1 Strategic & tactical war games.

What are the best WW1 games?

• Serbia '14
• Strategic Command: World War I
• Guns of August 1914-1918
• Commander: The Great War
• To End All Wars
• Supreme Ruler – The Great War
• Hearts of Iron – Darkest Hour
• France '14
• East Prussia '14
• Battle of Empires 1914 – 1918
• Squad Battles - First World War
• Rise of Flight

Strategic Games

Strategic Command: World War I

Publisher: Matrix Games
Tags: strategic, square based, corps, army, random events, turn based, moderate complexity
Purchase: Matrix Store, GOG.com, Steam

Fury Software are masters of their craft, and it's fitting that after they'd finished making the ultimate WW2 grand strategy war game, they'd move on to (re)make the ultimate WW1 game. Taking all of the experience and refinement they've learned over the past few years, the team decided to have another stab at the Great War by remaking one of their earlier titles that covered the same period.

Update graphics, a new engine and mechanics all serve to make this a pretty special WW1 strategy game. So much so that Bill declared SCWW1 to be his new 'go to' WW1 war game, replacing the much celebrated Guns of August. If that's not endorsement enough, I don't know what is. Read our review for more.

You may also want to check out a previous entry on this list and SCWW1's predecessor, Strategic Command Classic: WW1. It's a much older game and hasn't benefited from the refinements later Fury Software games have enjoyed, but it's still pretty good.

Guns of August 1914 - 1918

Double zero roulette payout. Publisher: Matrix Games
Tags: strategic, hex-based, moderate complexity, turn based, WEGO, corps
Purchase: $29.99 - Matrix Store

The older graphics and mechanics are clunky but capture the crucial problem of the combatants: a war in which the resources and military thinking of the coalitions were outstripped by industrial warfare. In the four scenarios marking each year of the war, players must choose which HQs to activate given a limited number of activations. Points are used to research tanks, gas, trenches and to influence or declare war on neutrals. Ships are assigned orders and areas while subs starve Britain. Air units are assigned to fronts. Play uses two-month turns composed of impulses resolved simultaneously. The map covers Europe, the Middle East and some of North Africa. Each nation of a coalition is handled separately. National morale and exhaustion determine victory. The game replicates the attrition aspect of World War I quite well.

Commander: The Great War

Publisher: Slitherine/Matrix Games
Tags: strategic, turn based, IGOUGO, hex based, corps, army, intermediate complexity
Purchase: $29.99 US Matrix Store, also on Steam

Slitherine's 2012 game shows how the Commander engine could handle World War I. The terrain and unit graphics combine simplicity with enough detail to make them interesting as well as informative. Mechanics are simple with tabs bringing up panels for research, diplomacy, production, and selection to show unit stats. A management panel shows countries' overall status. Submarines are always submerged and can be attacked only when the enemy stumbles into their hex.

Air, artillery and infantry capabilities grow through research. Commanders are attached directly to units instead of separate HQ units. A unique swapping function allows units to easily exchange places. The five campaigns cover each year of the war. Research focus on broad topics instead of individual concepts while a simple supply system makes this game accessible to new gamers and still captures the essence of the topic. Also available on iOS.

Read our Commander: The Great Warreview for more!

To End All Wars

Publisher: Matrix Games (AGEOD)
Tags: strategic, area based, turn based, WEGO, army, division, corps, intermediate complexity
Purchase: $39.99 US Matrix Store, also on Steam

Using a better engine this game features two-week turns, while the main map covers Europe with off-map boxes for the rest of the world. Units begin as single armies but can be broken down by increments to regimental level. Leaders can be attached, promoted and demoted under certain circumstances. Lists and map filters lay out the many factors of play. Movement is the AGEOD click-and-drag engine with a battle mode for selecting tactics. Weather affects movement and supply.

Success on the field and triggered events yield diplomatic points and decreases or increases national morale. Players can use regional decisions to accomplish operational goals where diplomacy is a matter of alignment. Submarine warfare is more abstract than in other games. An expansion module called Breaking the Deadlock is available.

Supreme Ruler – The Great War

Publisher: Battlegoat Studios
Tags: grand strategic, war economy, industrial production, world theatre, very complex
Purchase: $19.99 US on Steam
Read our Supreme Ruler - The Great Rulerreview

This software is concerned more with logistics and resource management as opposed to putting rounds down range, but there are several areas which make play unique. There is a full-fledged weather system, while movement is a simple process of drawing a line from start to destination, then allowing the AI to figure out the best way to get there. And believe it or not, all of this is done in semi-real time. The detail in the game is fantastic and doesn't simply allow of things like heavy artillery. No, the player must choose the type of gun – 130 mm vs 152 mm for example – for his rubles based on what was historically available.

But the BIG draw of the game is the scope. While most games define World War I as East Front, West Front, Italian Front and Lawrence of Arabia, this game takes the term 'World' literal. The game covers the entire globe, so if Japan invades China, you move to that real estate and fight/produce it out. And you don't stop in 1918 but can continue the game on well into the 21st Century. Fun fact:Battlegoat are now taking their 'Supreme Ruler' series into Space withGalactic Ruler.

Hearts of Iron – Darkest Hour

Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Tags: grand strategy, world theater, war economy, industrial production, area based, very complex
Purchase: $19.99 US on Steam, but only $ 2.50 US on the Paradox Store

The Hearts of Iron franchise needs little introduction as one of the most famous strategic World War II games ever. Darkest Hour is actually a variant of HOI Armageddon created by a group of dedicated modders in love with the series. It is a stand-alone game with two scenarios, one beginning in 1936, but the other in 1914 covering WWI. It's a typical strategic logistics and production fare but using the HOI engine and overall design as the selling point.

Often called the best of all HOI add-ons, the game has outrageously high reviews on Steam. Trust me, if you like Hearts of Iron, you will like this. Read our Darkest Hour review for more!

Operational Games

Serbia '14

Publisher: John Tiller Software
Tags: operational, Eastern Front, hex based, turn based, battalions, moderate complexity
Purchase: $39.95 JTS Store

It's nice to see JTS still making games for their 'First World War Campaigns' series - France '14 & Prussia '14 below is pretty much all we had for a while, but the latest entry in the series offers an excellent look at this often overlooked part of WW1's history. Serbia '14 contains 28 stand-alone battle scenarios, four multi-scenario campaigns, a small multi-scenario campaign on the Serbian invasion of Bosnia, and three grand campaign scenarios combining Serbia, France, and East Prussia '14 into one huge, quarantine-breaking conflagration. It also covers the initial 1914 offensive right through to the final operations in 1915.

France '14 and East Prussia '14

Publisher: John Tiller Software
Tags: operational, Western Front, Eastern Front, hex based, turn based, battalions, moderate complexity
Purchase: $39.95 US France '14 JTS Store, $ 39.95 US East Prussia '14 JTS Store

Scale is 1 km per hex, two hours per turn with battalion sized units. Tiller's 2010 offering, France '14, is only one of two legitimate World War I operational level games. The 3D icons are too small for easy use but the 2D counters and the meticulously detailed terrain provide a satisfying experience enhanced by the colorful uniforms in the info boxes. Weapons include early reconnaissance aircraft, German siege guns, and French 75s. Fortifications like Liege show the difficulty in taking chains of strong points. Lessons from fighting the first five weeks of conflict all revolve around time. Going from travel to combat mode takes time even for the ubiquitous cavalry units.

The fast movement required by the plans of both sides means more and more HQs go out of the chain of command as campaigns continue. Movement to contact requires the use of roads creating traffic jams. All these factors combine to show why the maneuver was so slow. The game's companion package, East Prussia '14, is similar but more fluid with greater movement. Both games can be linked into a single campaign. We've got a review of France '14, if you want to have a look.

Tactical Games

Battle of Empires 1914 – 1918

Publisher: Best Way Soft
Tags: tactical, squad, company, real-time, multiplayer, skirmish
Purchase:Steam

This is a bit of cautionary recommendation, only because the technical health of the game can fail to meet expectations. Still, we're great fans of the Men of War series, and this is essentially a spin-off WW1 game based on the same engine. It's surprisingly authentic in how it recreates the soldiers, weapons and equipment of the era, and the developers have adapted the mechanics well to suit how warfare worked for the period.

Bill was especially impressed in his review, and the single player offers a fairly robust series of unlinked scenarios, with many factions covered now via DLCs and add-ons. Multiplayer has always been the core of the Men of War experience, and there's still a community there to engage with should you feel so inclined, but you can also do the narrative missions in co-op if you want. Read our Battle of Empires review for more.

Squad Battles - First World War

Publisher: John Tiller Software
Tags: tactical, squad, company, turn based, hex based, moderate complexity
Purchase: $39.95 US JTS Store

John Tiller Software addresses turn-based small unit tactics in this 2014 offering in a game where units are leaders, squads and companies, and where hexes are 40 meters across with each turn covering five minutes of time. The 2D graphics show the troops' heads while 3D figures stand on bases. Terrain ranges from the shell hole Hell of the Western front to the beaches of Gallipoli. The 67 scenarios include two linked campaigns covering the entire war so that Turkish, ANZAC and Canadian troops get their due. The full panoply of weapons shown include trench knives to grenades to poison gas and tanks. Seven separate campaigns follow field officers including Major Charles W. Whittlesey of 'Lost Battalion' fame.

Rise of Flight

Publisher: 1C Games (Russian) and 777 Studios
Tags: tactical, flight, simulator, air war, first person shooter, very complex, real time
Purchase: Free direct from publisher, but additional aircraft have varying prices

Gorgeous graphics support likely the most realistic game on this list. While you can reduce the complexity, full throttle this game is an air force grade simulator that would make Manfred von Richthofen's jaw drop. Cockpits are meticulously rendered and require you to fly the plan as did the lads in 1916. Some aircraft did not have a throttle but required the pilot to change the fuel mixture level, and this game does likewise. Your Pfalz D.XII stall?

Well you'll need to turn the engine off to recover, because that's really the way it was. Also unique is the game's business model. You can download the software along with three planes and play for free, forever. But getting additional planes and upgrades costs extra. Being a Russian software company, you also get access to a lot of plans you likely have never head of, such as the Gawd awful huge Sikorsky S-11 Muromets bomber (which will cost you $20.00 US BTW).

After WW1, there came WW2 - our sister website PCGamesN has created a list of excellent WW2 Games, and we have our own list of WW2 Strategy Games if you want some contrasting options as well.

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But we all know that's doing our beloved iPhones a gross disservice, don't we? There are loads of deep, thoughtful games on the App Store.

Just look at all the brilliant strategy games that are available on the platform. Some of these are direct ports of PC and console games, with all the attendant depth and nuance that brings.

But even the many mobile-specific strategy games out there boast plenty of meat to get your teeth into. Or at least, the best examples do.

And that's where we come in. Final cut pro adobe premiere comparison. The following list contains some of the best strategy games available for your iPhone and iPad.

Whether you're into turn-based tactics, real time strategy, or some weird genre hybrid in between, there's something for you below.

Think we've missed something? Let us know what should be on the list in the comments below.

Sid Meier's Civilization VI

It's Civilization VI on your iPad. Like, the actual Civilization VI, not some streamlined approximation. It's nothing less than one of the best and deepest strategy games on any platform.

XCOM: Enemy Within

XCOM has a reputation for being one of the finest squad-based strategy games around, with tense turn-based battles rendered in glorious 3D. This iOS conversion brings it to mobile without compromise.

FTL: Faster Than Light

FTL tasks you with running your very own spaceship, allocating resources to the departments that need it most. But the real thrill is that you have to do this while fleeing through a hostile star system.

Iron Marines

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The maker of the peerless Kingdom Rush series proves that it can do classic RTS as well as its does tower defence. Iron Marines is brilliantly balanced, great to look at, and generally quite special.

Bad North

Bad North is a uniquely brilliant mish-mash of RTS, tower defence and roguelike elements as you defend your island communities from Viking attack.

SteamWorld Heist

SteamWorld Heist demonstrates that strategy games can be a zoomed-in, action-packed and even funny. This brilliant 2D squad-based game as you taking on robotic pirates with expertly placed ricochet shots.

Invisible, Inc.

Klei combines turn-based strategy with high-tech stealth in this beautiful isometric cyber-punk adventure.

ROME: Total War

How to restore mac backup. One of the greatest and deepest real time strategy games ever made makes its way onto iPad, and it works shockingly well. ROME: Total War is the real deal.

Crying Suns

We still don't have an Android version of FTL yet, but Crying Suns is arguably the best alternative yet. This tactical rogue-lite has the star-maps and event systems of that strategy classic, but with an absorbing story and compelling flight-squadron combat.

Warbits

It doesn't look like we'll ever get Advance Wars on mobile, but Warbits is as close as it gets. This is colourful, intuitive turn-based strategy with a surprising amount of tactical depth.

Dungeon Warfare 2

You could well make the argument that Dungeon Warfare 2 is a tower defence game. But constructing the ultimate death-filled dungeon here proves to be so much more strategic and nuanced than your average lane runner.

Chaos Reborn: Adventures

A dauntingly deep and involving strategy game that punishes mistakes and rewards smart thinking. Its hex-based 3D battles have an impressive amount of tactical scope.

Company of Heroes

World War II-set Company of Heroes is one of the most beloved RTS games of all time. Its tight, squad-based tactics work well on modern iOS devices, barring a few touch control issues.

Kingdom: Two Crowns

A side-scrolling micro strategy game that strips a lot of the fiddly stuff out of the strategy genre. In its place is an intuitive 2D side-scrolling system and a pleasantly accessible learning curve, as you trot back and forth building up your empire.

Tropico

Easily the best city builder on the market, Tropico is a richly detailed, responsive, engaging, and fun PC port that feels perfectly at home on iPad. It looks and sounds beautiful, too.

Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower

A true strategy game titan with a mobile-first focus from Perchang. Its tight turn-based battles play out gloriously on the wee screen.

Tharsis

Strategy games don't need to be ponderous and small scale. First Strike concerns a global nuclear conflict, and each battle can be swept through in frighteningly quick time.

Pocket City

Though it's less viscerally impressive than Tropico, Pocket City remains an absolute treat of a premium city builder. In particular, it manages to combine intuitiveness with strategic depth better than most. Vmware fusion 10 0 0 6665085 download free.

Sid Meier's Starships

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Sci-fi strategy on a grand scale, Sid Meier's Starships has got interplanetary diplomacy, deep space exploration, and plenty of pew pew laser battles.

Crush Your Enemies

Pocket real time strategy in its purest form, Crush Your Enemies whittles things down to a series of feisty minutes-long battles. It's just not a sharply-made RTS, but a funny game filled with foul-mouthed, half-drunk barbarians.

Plague Inc.

We're all used to defending life in our strategy games - Plague Inc. tasks you with destroying as much of it as possible by spreading and mutating a horrible virus. It's dark, man.

Frozen Synapse

Some strategy games simulate the big, the epic, the expansive. Frozen Synapse goes in tight, letting you plan the individual seconds of a frantic gunfight between computer simulated warriors.

Battleplans

Battleplans is a thoroughly modern mobile strategy game hybrid, blending RTS, MOBA and base defence elements into a gloriously colourful whole.

The Bonfire: Forsaken Lands

An engaging and intuitive strategy game that offers genuine consequences for your decisions as you strive to keep your village alive and thriving. It's also beautiful, in its own sparse way.

Xenowerk Tactics

A brilliant turn-based strategy game set within Pixelbite's tense sci-fi Xenowerk universe. There's more than a hint of XCOM to its tight squad manoeuvring, but with a slightly more arcadey edge.

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