Best games like Lightning: D-Day

35+ similar games compared and reviewed

4.3 avg rating
5 free games
Updated October 2026

Whether you want more options like Lightning or a completely different take on the same concept, our curated list of 35+ similar apps and games has you covered. Updated for 2026 with the latest ratings and comparisons.

Top Alternatives to Lightning

Lead Wars#2

Lead Wars by DemonStudios

THE Pencil and Paper War Game
Strong Contender
🎮 Games
4.3😐(48 ratings)
$2.99
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Experience a turn-based strategy game that recreates the tactile fun of pencil-and-paper war games. Control units by flicking a virtual pencil on a hand-drawn battlefield, employing strategic moves and precise shots to outwit opponents. Enjoy solo campaigns, multiplayer battles, and map creation.

What We Love

  • 👍 Great game!
  • 👍 Reminds me of my childhood
  • 👍 Fantastic strategy game with a twist
  • 👍 Awesome little game
  • 👍 Excellent in-depth game
  • 👍 Extremely fun

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Absolutely Impossible
  • 🐛 AI is too good. Unfair
  • 🐛 Horrid controls
  • 🐛 Waste of money
  • 🐛 The way you move units and shoot is just bad
  • 🐛 Bad Control Input
  • 🐛 Frustration Defined
  • 🐛 Poorly designed
  • 🐛 Terrible controls
Kingdom Command#3

Kingdom Command by Synthetic Mind AB

Strategic Turn-Based Warfare
Worth Considering
🎮 Games
3.0(2 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Engage in turn-based strategic warfare where you conquer lands, build armies, and outwit opponents. Simultaneous turns require anticipating enemy moves for victory. Enjoy deep strategy with no luck involved, perfect for playing at your own pace.

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Pacific Fire
Pacific Fire
Pacific Fire
Deep, realistic WW2 strategy
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Command Allied or Axis forces in a turn-based strategy wargame set in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Experience 18 historical campaigns with detailed air, naval, and ground combat simulations. Play against an adaptive AI or challenge a friend.

Turn-based strategyPacific Theater WW2 setting18 historical campaigns
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Deal with the Devil companion
Deal with the Devil companion
Deal with the Devil companion
by CGE Digital s.r.o.
Free

This companion app enhances the board game "Deal with the Devil." It allows players to scan trade offer chests, streamlining the process of distributing them to the correct players. A physical board game is required for use.

Scan trade offer chestsDistribute chests to playersEnhances board game experience
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Idle Space Company Tycoon
Idle Space Company Tycoon
Build your SPACE COMPANY!
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Become the CEO of your own space company and embark on a mission to colonize Mars. Fund, build, and launch rockets, sending colonists to earn bonuses and upgrade your facilities.

Build and manage a space companyColonize MarsFund, build, and launch rockets
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Blitzkrieg Fire
Blitzkrieg Fire
Blitzkrieg Fire
Deep, realistic WW2 strategy
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Engage in a turn-based strategic wargame simulating World War II. Command land, air, and naval forces across diverse historical campaigns and nations. Experience realistic combat with intelligent AI and hotseat multiplayer.

Turn-based strategyWW2 European and North African theatersCommand land, air, and naval forces
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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
by Kalypso Media Group GmbH
$8.99

Lead technologically advanced troops in tactical turn-based combat across over 50 missions. Customize your units with powerful augments and weapons, make impactful decisions that shape the narrative, and uncover ancient secrets on a hostile planet.

Turn-based tactical combatDeep unit customizationOver 50 hand-crafted missions
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Labyrinth: The War on Terror
Labyrinth: The War on Terror
Labyrinth: The War on Terror
by Playdek, Inc.
$4.99
$9.99 | 50% OFF

Lead the US in a strategic simulation of the global war on terror. Manage cells, international support, and democratic reform through card-driven events. Engage in asymmetrical gameplay that explores counter-extremist tactics and ideological struggles.

Card-driven event mechanicsAsynchronous online multiplayerBeginner tutorials
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Assault Commander Rearmed
Assault Commander Rearmed
Assault Commander Rearmed
Military strategy game
Free

Engage in turn-based military strategy on a hexagonal map, commanding modern warfare units. Capture enemy headquarters or destroy all forces while researching upgrades and requesting reinforcements. Compete on online leaderboards or play on separate maps against AI or friends.

Turn-based hexagonal map gameplayCampaign with 6 difficulty levelsCommand modern warfare units (infantry, tanks, ships, aircraft)
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