What are the best War games on Steam?

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Best War games on Steam	Price	Steam Rating	Genre
-- Arma 3	$39.99	Very Positive	Very Positive
-- Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion	$39.99	Very Positive	RTS
-- Civilization V	$29.99	Very Positive	4X
-- Company of Heroes 2	$34.99	Mostly Positive	Mostly Positive
-- Insurgency	$14.99	Very Positive	Very Positive

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17 Games Considered

My Recommendation for Arma 3

My Recommendation for Arma 3

No player limit in multiplayer games

Framerate isn't consistent

Best in class authenticity

Steep learning curve

Underwater gameplay

Huge open maps

Huge amount of mods and add-ons available

Long single-player campaign

My Recommendation for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

My Recommendation for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

Diplomacy used in a smart way

Very long games

Leisurely real time combat

My Recommendation for Civilization V

My Recommendation for Civilization V

One unit per tile

Customization through policies

No stats on other Civ attitudes

Fantastic tactical combat

Most victories won by timed or military victory

Beautiful graphics

No steam workshop support on Linux

Endless scenarios and replayability

My Recommendation for Company of Heroes 2

My Recommendation for Company of Heroes 2

Tons of replayability thanks to DLC

Gameplay can be quite hectic

Top of its class in graphics for an RTS

Flame weapons feel over powered

Great multiplayer

Poor cutscenes

More of a focus on smart planning over APM

Control large amount of units

My Recommendation for Insurgency

My Recommendation for Insurgency

Steam VoIP support

Requires a good team

Engaging gunplay

Hard to get in

Cross-platform

Hard to get in

Mature community

Everyone has a different class

My Recommendation for Wolfenstein: The New Order

My Recommendation for Wolfenstein: The New Order

Well written and acted

Drops resolution in certain places

Plays at 1080p and 60fps

Dual wield feels out of place

My Recommendation for This War of Mine

My Recommendation for This War of Mine

Creates a sense of fear

Crafting is difficult to grasp

Realisticly tough decision making

My Recommendation for Endless Legend

My Recommendation for Endless Legend

As good as Civ, if not better in some areas

Can get difficult sometimes

Fantasy 4X game

My Recommendation for PlanetSide 2

My Recommendation for PlanetSide 2

Vehicles

Poor tutorial, hard to figure all mechanics out

Open world MMO-FPS with huge persistent battles between 3 factions

Pay to win

User selectable respawn points

My Recommendation for Rising Storm

My Recommendation for Rising Storm

Each team requires vastly different playstyles

Can take a commitment to get used to the mechanics and get good

Great level design

My Recommendation for Sniper Elite 3

My Recommendation for Sniper Elite 3

Eight large stages to play through

Non intelligent A.I.

Slo-mo x-ray kill shots

Online multiplayer