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Total Tank Generals

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

Every war has its Generals. Take command of an army during World War II and lead them to victory. Strategize your way through many scenarios and real historical military campaigns of past generals.

What works

  • Innovative unit stacking and combined arms tactics
  • Scenario editor and mod support
  • Challenging ai and tactical depth
  • Historical narrative and authentic atmosphere
  • Affordable price with substantial content

Things to keep in mind

  • High difficulty and punishing rng frustrate some players
  • Lack of tutorial and new player guidance
  • Limited campaign length and unit variety
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some design issues like unit healing on level up

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients

  • Strategic Mind: The Pacific

  • Afghanistan '11

  • Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star

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

  • Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg

More fantastical

Games that feels like Total Tank Generals but with more imaginative fiction

  • Perimeter

  • Darfall

  • Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

  • Eador. Imperium

  • Elemental: Reforged

  • After Inc: Revival

More competitive

Games that feels like Total Tank Generals but with more competition against others

  • Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game

  • Making History II: The War of the World

  • Pike and Shot : Campaigns

  • Making History: The Great War

  • Battle Academy

  • Civil War II

More social

Games that feels like Total Tank Generals but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

  • Rebel Inc: Escalation

  • Firefight

  • Trench Lord: Eastern Front

  • The Operational Art of War IV

  • NationWar2:Chronicle

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Total Tank Generals: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. 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: 21/08/2026