44 Tactical games like Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor down to the 44 that fit the “Tactical” category. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade, Impossible Creatures Steam Edition and Stronghold 2 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor.

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The best tactical games like Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

44 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor. Each one has been evaluated across 8 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark CrusadeClosest overall match

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SoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalBase BuildingIsometric

Steam👍 96%· 9.4KRAWG👍 88%· 319MC87IGDB84· 3

Year 2006Dev Relic Entertainment · SEGAPlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Both are real-time strategy games — sharing real-time strategy, combat tactical and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting scifi

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade is a second expansion pack to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War developed by Relic Entertainment. The plot of the game revolves around the battle for the planet Kronus. Seven races fight for the colony. This Crusade can only result in the victory of one of the armies and total devastation of all others.

Same studio: Relic Entertainment.

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#2Impossible Creatures Steam Edition

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalHistoricalBase BuildingIsometric

Steam👍 96%· 1.8KRAWG👍 75%· 32MC72IGDB73· 3

Year 2003Dev THQ NordicPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the real-time strategy games cluster, with real-time strategy, melee combat and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, setting scifi and fantasy world

Update NotesPatch 3 not only brough more bug fixes but adds Workshop support to Impossible Creatures. Together with the great possibilities of the SDK (even with full C++ support) and the mod tools now the highest level of mod support comes with IC.

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Steam👍 89%· 5.6KIGDB70· 3

Year 2005Dev Firefly Studios · 2K GamesOn PC

✓ Both are real-time strategy games — sharing real-time strategy, combat tactical and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and sandbox world

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#4Napoleon: Total War

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Steam👍 92%· 27KIGDB83· 3

Year 2010Dev The Creative Assembly · Feral InteractiveOn PC · Mac

✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, combat tactical and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy and fantasy world, while skipping base building

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#5Shogun: Total WarClosest on setting

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Steam👍 89%· 1.2KIGDB90· 1

Year 2000Dev The Creative Assembly · SegaOn PC

✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, melee combat and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings turn-based strategy and ranged combat, while skipping base building

It predates Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam👍 95%· 17KIGDB91· 3

Year 2004Dev The Creative Assembly · SegaOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Both are real-time strategy games — sharing real-time strategy, combat tactical and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: turn-based strategy, deep simulation and ranged combat, while skipping base building

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#7Medieval: Total War

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Steam👍 71%· 2.4KIGDB90· 1

Year 2002Dev The Creative Assembly · ActivisionOn PC

✓ Both are real-time strategy games — sharing real-time strategy, melee combat and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: turn-based strategy, fantasy world and setting medieval, while skipping base building

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor.

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#8Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalHistoricalBase BuildingIsometric

Steam👍 83%· 5.7KRAWG👍 69%· 242MC64IGDB60· 1

Year 2009Dev Electronic Arts Los Angeles · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the real-time strategy games cluster, with real-time strategy, melee combat and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, setting anime and setting scifi

An expansion to Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 that can be played without the original game. Uprising features additional campaigns for three factions: the Allies, the Soviets, and the Empire of the Rising Sun.

Where it drifts furthest from Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor: setting.

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#9Star Wars: Empire at War

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SoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalIsometric

Steam👍 98%· 42KIGDB73· 2

Year 2006Dev Petroglyph Games · LucasArtsOn PC · Mac

✓ Fits the real-time strategy games cluster, with real-time strategy, combat tactical and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping base building

Where it drifts furthest from Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor: setting.

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#10Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition

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MultiplayerSoloMeleeTacticalHistorical

Steam👍 85%· 1.7KRAWG👍 55%· 20

Year 2017Dev Archaic EntertainmentPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, melee combat and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with free to play, while skipping base building

Eastern Front is a free mod for Company of Heroes.

Released 8 years after Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor.

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#11Medieval II: Total War

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SoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalIsometric

Steam👍 96%· 36KIGDB90· 3

Year 2006Dev The Creative Assembly · SegaOn Linux · PC · Mac

✓ Both are real-time strategy games — sharing real-time strategy, combat tactical and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, turn-based strategy and ranged combat, while skipping base building

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SoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalIsometric

Steam👍 91%· 38KIGDB90· 6

Year 2009Dev The Creative Assembly · SegaOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ Both are real-time strategy games — sharing real-time strategy, combat tactical and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: turn-based strategy, fantasy world and co op, while skipping base building

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#13Total War: WARHAMMER II

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SoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalIsometric

Steam👍 93%· 121KRAWG👍 90%· 251MC86IGDB88· 8OC86· 64

Year 2017Dev Creative Assembly · SEGAPlaytime ~14hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, combat tactical and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, dark, oppressive atmosphere and fantasy world, while skipping base building

Millennia ago, besieged by a Chaos invasion, a conclave of High Elf mages forged a vast, arcane vortex. Its purpose was to draw the Winds of Magic from the world as a sinkhole drains an ocean, and blast the Daemonic hordes back to the Realm of Chaos.

Released 8 years after Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor.

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Steam👍 82%· 37KIGDB77· 10OC79· 47

Year 2015Dev The Creative Assembly · SegaOn Linux · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, combat tactical and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, strong narrative focus and fantasy world, while skipping base building

Released 6 years after Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor.

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#15Total War: WARHAMMER III

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SoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalIsometric

Steam👍 70%· 143KRAWG👍 79%· 68MC85IGDB78· 3OC86· 72

Year 2022Dev Creative Assembly · SEGAPlaytime ~17hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Fits the real-time strategy games cluster, with real-time strategy, combat tactical and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: turn-based strategy, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping base building

Far beyond the world and its petty wars there exists a dimension of pure, malevolent magic: The Realm of Chaos. It is a terrible place, incomprehensible to the mortal mind. It whispers promises of power, but to behold it is to be seduced by it. To relinquish your soul to it. To become it.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor.

Released 13 years after Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor.

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