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2003

Grid-based turn-based tactics where you command infantry, tanks, aircraft and ships, using your commanding officers' special powers against the Black Hole army. Easy to learn, yet surprisingly deep and tricky in its tactics.

  • Turn-based combat
  • Tactical depth
  • Deep systems to master
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising are 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel, Frozen Synapse and Frozen Synapse Prime. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel

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2020PCSteam Deck playable97 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising: turn-based combat, tactical depth and complex systems to tinker with.

Chess expanded with time and parallel-universe dimensions, where pieces travel through time and spawn branching timelines. It demands intense spatial and temporal thinking, with puzzles, a short campaign and multiplayer matches.

Frozen Synapse

Deep systems to master

Frozen Synapse is a tactical strategy game where you plan your squad's orders and both sides execute their turns simultaneously. You predict enemy moves in a sleek neon-minimal look, making every round a tense, puzzle-like duel of wits.

Frozen Synapse Prime

Deep systems to master

A tactics game where you plan orders for your squad, preview the outcome, then watch it play out simultaneously with your opponent's moves. Its minimalist neon look and the mind game of predicting the enemy make every duel tense.

Greed Corp

Distinctive, stylised art style

Turn-based strategy on a hex board that crumbles as you harvest resources. You balance greed against survival and use the collapsing terrain tactically against your opponents.

Warside

Distinctive, stylised art style

Warside is a love letter to classic turn-based tactics games like Advance Wars. You pick a Commander with a distinct playstyle, deploy units across varied terrain, and use powerful special abilities, with a story campaign on top.

The Battle of Polytopia

Distinctive, stylised art style

A compact, quick-to-play turn-based 4X strategy game: pick a tribe, explore the map, grow cities, research technologies and conquer rivals. Its charming low-poly look and short matches make it very accessible.

Skulls of the Shogun

Distinctive, stylised art style

Turn-based tactics in the vein of Advance Wars: as a fallen samurai general you lead troops across compact battlefields, summon units and devour skulls to power up. Its colorful art and cheeky humor make it accessible and charming.

Frozen Cortex

Challenging difficulty

A tactical futuresport game where both sides plan their moves simultaneously and then watch them play out. Randomly generated arenas and outguessing your opponent make for tense, brainy duels.

Wargroove

Challenging difficulty

A pixel-art turn-based tactics game where you lead armies and their commanders across grid maps. Easy to pick up yet strategically deep, with a campaign, puzzle missions, a map editor and multiplayer.

Atlas Reactor

Challenging difficulty

A 4v4 tactical game where both teams plan their moves simultaneously and then watch them resolve in phases. It rewards predicting opponents' intentions and coordinating abilities as a team.

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