Steel Panthers is a series of computer wargames, developed and published by several different companies, with various games simulating war battles from 1930 to 2025.

As with other tactical turn-based wargames, the game features realistic military control, with the smallest common units being squads, up to a brigade sized force.

The player takes control of nearly every aspects of warfare around his soldiers, from simple ammunition usage, to the morale, disposition, and command-chain of his troops.

The players receive historical military units at the beginning of a scenario and have the option to buy reinforcements with points earned in different ways.

[1] Author Rusel DeMaria later summarized the situation: "about 18 months in marketing time after Panzer General's phenomenal success, another series did extremely well for SSI.