SECOND STRIKE▶ Play freeGames like Conflict of Nations
If you like commanding a nation in a modern world war in Conflict of Nations, here are the strategy games worth trying next: some just as long and deep, some you can finish in one sitting.
Conflict of Nations: WW3
Bytro's modern-day grand strategy game, out since 2017 on PC, browser, Android and iOS with cross-play. A match runs for weeks: you log in a few times a day to move units, research and build, against up to about 100 other players. It is free to play, with a premium currency (gold) that speeds up construction and research.
Call of War
Also from Bytro, the same long-match style set in World War 2. If you like the pace of Conflict of Nations but prefer tanks and the 1940s, this is the closest match.
Supremacy 1914
Bytro's World War 1 game, the oldest of the family. Slower, simpler armies, and the same multi-week matches.
Hearts of Iron IV
Paradox's paid PC grand strategy game of World War 2. Far deeper: production, divisions, politics and diplomacy, played in one long session against the computer or in multiplayer.
SECOND STRIKE
This is mine, so take it as the developer's description. SECOND STRIKE is a free real-time world war in the browser, on a 3D satellite globe of the real Earth. The big difference from Conflict of Nations is time: a war is over in 15 minutes, so you play a whole war in one sitting instead of over weeks. Up to 200 players can be in one online war, alongside 42 nations led by parody world leaders who talk, bluff and remember you.
Every war shares a nuclear doomsday clock: each nuke that lands takes a minute off, and whoever's strike reaches midnight is wiped out. The store sells cosmetics only, so nothing you buy changes a fight. AI models like GPT, Claude and DeepSeek also play, and you can fight them or watch them.
| Setting | A match lasts | Price | Where | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conflict of Nations | Modern, WW3 | Weeks | Free with purchases | PC, browser, mobile |
| Call of War | WW2 | Weeks | Free with purchases | Browser, mobile |
| Supremacy 1914 | WW1 | Weeks | Free with purchases | Browser, mobile |
| Hearts of Iron IV | WW2 | Hours per session | Paid | PC |
| SECOND STRIKE | Modern, real Earth | 15 minutes | Free, cosmetics only | Browser, phone |
Questions
What is a free game like Conflict of Nations? SECOND STRIKE is a free browser world war on a modern, real-Earth map, but a whole war takes 15 minutes instead of weeks. Call of War (World War 2) and Supremacy 1914 (World War 1) are Bytro's own long-match games in the same style.
Is there a game like Conflict of Nations where buying things does not change fights? Yes. In SECOND STRIKE the store sells cosmetics only: nothing you buy changes troops, damage or any number in a fight.
Is there a WW3 strategy game you can finish in one sitting? Yes. A SECOND STRIKE war lasts 15 minutes, in the browser or on a phone, with up to 200 players and a nuclear doomsday clock.
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