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Paintbucket Games · 2020 · 83 % positive of 1,086

24 games that play like Through the Darkest of Times and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Attentat 1942, The Darkest Files and Forgotten but Unbroken.

Player tags

  • Strategy
  • Simulation
  • Indie
  • Adventure
  • World War II
  • Historical
  • Political
  • Choices Matter

At a glance

What games like Through the Darkest of Times have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Through the Darkest of Times: Strategy (21 of 24), World War II (18) and Historical (15).
  • They came out between 2010 and 2025, 10 of them after Through the Darkest of Times (2020).
  • Best rated by Steam players: This War of Mine (92 % positive of 101,740).
  • The Darkest Files and WARSAW RISING: City of Heroes both play and look like Through the Darkest of Times.

By gameplay

Plays like Through the Darkest of Times

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. All Quiet in the Trenches90 % positive of 707Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Historical
  2. Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg84 % positive of 488Shared: Strategy · Simulation · World War II
  3. Heal Hitler74 % positive of 202Shared: Story Rich · Visual Novel · Indie
  4. Men of War: Condemned Heroes70 % positive of 675Shared: Strategy · World War II · Historical
  5. Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game89 % positive of 2,011Shared: Strategy · Simulation · World War II
  6. Strategic War in Europe48 % positive of 204Shared: Strategy · World War II · Historical
  7. Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics68 % positive of 239Shared: Strategy · World War II · Indie
  8. Classified: France '4475 % positive of 685Shared: Strategy · World War II · Historical
  9. Sumerian Six94 % positive of 827Shared: Strategy · World War II · Story Rich
  10. This War of Mine92 % positive of 101,740Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Choices Matter
  11. Making History II: The War of the World79 % positive of 387Shared: Strategy · Simulation · World War II
  12. Burden of Command™82 % positive of 381Shared: Strategy · World War II · Historical

By look

Looks like Through the Darkest of Times

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升87 % positive of 628
  2. Whateverland88 % positive of 159
  3. The Dope Game82 % positive of 213
  4. Socialism Simulator95 % positive of 256
  5. The Masterplan62 % positive of 524
  6. Valiant Hearts: Coming Home58 % positive of 329
  7. Radio General82 % positive of 516
  8. SKYHILL77 % positive of 5,191
  9. Almost Alive74 % positive of 223
  10. Interrogation: You will be deceived79 % positive of 344
  11. Do Not Feed the Monkeys93 % positive of 11,026
  12. The Fabulous Fear Machine90 % positive of 519

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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