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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: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Intimacy, Domination.

Last update: 21/08/2026