Wargroove similar games & best alternatives

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Wargroove

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!

What works

  • Faithful advance wars style gameplay with fantasy twist
  • Robust map and campaign editors with sharing
  • Engaging multiplayer including co-op and competitive modes
  • Charming pixel art and music
  • Extensive content and community creations

Things to keep in mind

  • Campaign story is light and sometimes uninvolving
  • Ai can be slow and sometimes frustrating
  • Some missions feel repetitive or forced in strategy
  • Lack of faction unit diversity beyond skins
  • Multiplayer matchmaking and anti-cheat features limited

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Zero-K

  • Tooth and Tail

  • Battle for Wesnoth

  • Doom & Destiny Advanced

  • Warstone TD

  • Songs of Conquest

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Wargroove but with less imaginative fiction

  • Fire & Maneuver

  • Aggressors: Ancient Rome

  • Epicinium

  • Hex of Steel

  • Demise of Nations

  • Order of Battle: World War II

Less intimate

Games that feels like Wargroove but with less focus on close relationships

  • Skulls of the Shogun

  • Panzer Corps 2

  • Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™

  • Tzar: The Burden of the Crown

  • Conquest of Elysium 5

  • 8-Bit Hordes

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Wargroove: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Creativity, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Domination.

Last update: 21/08/2026