Games Like Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

Why similar: World War II 33.5% ★, RTS 14.3%, War 12.1%, Real Time Tactics 9.7%, Military 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its highly granular WWII real-time tactics, destructible environments, vehicle crews, inventory management, and direct unit control make it the closest foundational alternative.

Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

Why similar: RTS 24.1%, Military 22.9%, War 16.4%, Strategy 13.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original modern-war entry shares Gates of Hell's direct-control mechanic, detailed infantry and vehicle interactions, and sandbox-style tactical battles.

Experience warfare like never before! Men of War II, the anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed RTS franchise is here with all-new units, locations, campaigns, game modes and true trademarks of the series: historical fidelity and action-filled gameplay on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WWII.

Why similar: World War II 21.1% ★, Moddable 11.4%, RTS 10.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, Historical 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This successor-style WWII RTS emphasizes combined arms, tactical positioning, large battles, and detailed control of individual soldiers and vehicles.

Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.

Why similar: World War II 30.3% ★, RTS 11.4%, War 10.3%, Military 8.6%, Real Time Tactics 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same small-unit WWII battles, controllable armor, environmental destruction, and hands-on tactical micromanagement in a more compact form.

Lead a platoon of WWII tanks in this immersive TPP and FPP game. Engage in realistic, tactical combat across historic battlefields. Play through campaign or challenge yourself in skirmish mode as either German or US forces.

Why similar: World War II 35.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, Historical 11.7%, Military 10.2%, War 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Built around the same Call to Arms framework, it focuses on immersive WWII tank and infantry combat with direct player control.

Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.

Why similar: World War II 29.3% ★, RTS 16.1%, Military 11.4%, War 9.8%, Historical 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers large-scale, historically researched Eastern Front combined-arms RTS battles and an excellent dynamic campaign, albeit at a less individual-unit level.

Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.

Why similar: World War II 42.4% ★, RTS 19.3%, Military 11.1%, War 7.9%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its authentic WWII force compositions, frontline mechanics, and tense combined-arms engagements make it a strong strategic companion to Gates of Hell.

Red Tide blends deep RTS tactics with the raw intensity of third-person combat. Created in collaboration with author Alexander Zorich, this standalone expansion tells the story of the Black Coats – Soviet Naval Infantry famed for their ruthless precision in the Black Sea campaigns.

Why similar: World War II 44.9% ★, RTS 21.2%, Strategy 12.5%, Historical 8.8%, War 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its Soviet naval-infantry campaigns retain the series' detailed real-time tactical combat, direct control, and equipment-focused gameplay.

Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?

Why similar: World War II 26.2% ★, RTS 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Historical 9.4%, Military 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its tactical pause campaigns, destructible terrain, squad-based combat, and Mediterranean setting provide a more accessible but still substantial WWII RTS alternative.

The legendary Men of War RTS series has reached the cold war era. Take command of U.S. or Soviet soldiers, controlling vast armies with the military decisions down to you. Claim victory in dynamic singleplayer and co-op campaigns or challenge fellow strategists in online multiplayer!

Why similar: World War II 33.8% ★, Strategy 24.6%, RTS 24.4%, War 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: This standalone expansion shifts the familiar Assault Squad formula into Cold War battles while keeping detailed infantry, vehicles, and direct tactical control.

Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968. Experience the chaos of the Vietnam War through two story-driven campaigns that reveal both sides of the conflict.

Why similar: RTS 20.5%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, War 17%, Strategy 15.1%, Historical 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: Although set in Vietnam rather than WWII, it preserves the same granular squad management, destructible combat spaces, and direct-control systems.

Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.

Why similar: World War II 34.4% ★, Strategy 25.2%, RTS 16.4%, Historical 6.8%, War 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines WWII base building and resource control with tactical infantry cover, armored warfare, and campaign-scale battlefield intensity.

Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. This legacy version also grants access to the latest version of COH, just called "Company of Heroes".

Why similar: World War II 39.3% ★, RTS 20.2%, Military 9.7%, Strategy 7.4%, War 7%

Why You'll Like It: The influential original emphasizes cover, suppression, squad tactics, and cinematic WWII battlefield encounters.

Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 18.2%, RTS 16.7%, Military 14.7%, War 11.8%, Historical 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its Cold War setting replaces WWII equipment, but its large-scale combined-arms RTS battles, deck building, and realistic unit roles are strong thematic matches.

Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!

Why similar: World War II 29.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 16%, RTS 15.9%, War 10.1%, Historical 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is a mission-focused WWII RTS centered on maneuvering historical armor, artillery, infantry, and air support without traditional base building.

Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.

Why similar: World War II 44% ★, RTS 11.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Military 8.4%, Historical 8%

Why You'll Like It: For players who value realism most, it delivers exceptionally detailed Eastern Front combined-arms simulation with command-level planning and real-time execution.

Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 19.8%, RTS 18.5%, Historical 14.5%, Military 14.4%, War 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its modern setting, its unforgiving real-time tactics, logistics, vehicle repairs, ammunition concerns, and mission-driven combat echo Gates of Hell's simulation-minded feel.

War Mongrels is an isometric real-time tactics game that takes place on the eastern front of World War II. Dynamic and tactical gameplay with stealth elements, tightly packed into a dark, fascinating story! Play on your own or in online co-op (PC).

Why similar: World War II 25.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, RTS 12.9%, Historical 11.6%, Military 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its WWII squad tactics, stealth, sabotage, and character-specific abilities suit players who enjoy controlling individual soldiers through challenging missions.

Attack at Dawn is a WWII strategy game that mixes the ease of real-time action with the depth of operational gameplay, all on beautifully crafted North Africa maps. Plan your strategy like Rommel or Montgomery and better the real history.

Why similar: World War II 36.6% ★, RTS 17.6%, Historical 15.6%, Level Editor 15.2%, Military 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends operational planning with real-time WWII battles, offering historically grounded force management and demanding combined-arms engagements.

Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.

Why similar: World War II 33.4% ★, Historical 16.3%, War 14.4%, Military 13.6%, PvP 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This turn-based WWII tactics game offers richly detailed units, destructible terrain, infantry equipment, and focused historical scenarios.

Close Combat: The Bloody First is the latest release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series, and the first using the new 3D Archon engine. With this Close Combat: The Bloody First combines classic Close Combat tactical gameplay with battles fought across a wide variety of diverse 3D landscapes including craggy ridgelines, narrow...

Why similar: World War II 29% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Historical 14.7%, Military 13.9%, War 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: This realism-focused WWII tactical game emphasizes morale, line of sight, terrain, and carefully commanding small infantry formations in real time.

The Troop is a turn-based, platoon-level tactical game set in WW2. From the early hours of D-Day to Falaise, play as British and Canadian or German forces in desperate fighting across Normandy.

Why similar: World War II 50.3% ★, Historical 15.1%, Military 13%, War 11.5%, Strategy 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its intimate WWII infantry-and-armor scenarios reward careful use of cover, flanking, line of sight, and authentic battlefield tactics, though in turn-based form.

Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26.4%, RTS 22.6%, War 16.3%, Military 13.4%, Realistic 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This Cold War real-time tactics game focuses on organizing battlegroups, maneuvering armor and infantry, and using artillery and reconnaissance effectively.

Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game with stealth elements, set on the eastern front of WW II. As an army commander behind enemy lines you gather a group of Partisans to wage guerilla warfare against the German occupants.

Why similar: World War II 43.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 25%, Historical 9.8%, War 9.1%, Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This squad-based Eastern Front tactics game combines stealth, ambushes, base development, and mission-level control of partisan fighters.

Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.

Why similar: World War II 30.6% ★, Historical 14.1%, War 12.9%, Military 12.8%, Third Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its WWII infantry and vehicle combat, including direct soldier control, makes it appealing for players who specifically enjoy Gates of Hell's immersive battlefield perspective.

Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!

Why similar: World War II 28.4% ★, Moddable 16.4%, Historical 12.4%, Military 11.1%, War 10.6%

Ratten Reich is an RTS focusing on realistic combat in a unique, steampunk/dieselpunk world ripped apart by an ongoing war between rats, mice, cockroaches, and lizards.

Why similar: RTS 24.3%, Real Time Tactics 23.2%, Military 14.5%, War 13.6%, Third Person 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a grim, highly tactical real-time strategy experience with cover, suppression, trenches, and armored combat in an alternate-war setting.

Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.

Why similar: World War II 35.3% ★, War 13.6%, Military 12.2%, Historical 9.4%, Realistic 8%

Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes – is a real-time strategy game with a high degree of realism. Relive the Battle of Kiev (2022), a turning point in the Ukrainian conflict. Witness the Untold Story of 2022 Through the Eyes of Those Who Fought.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 21%, RTS 19.3%, Historical 13.9%, Military 11%, War 9.5%

Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. An "Iron Curtain" divides the Western Powers gathered together under the NATO banner from the Soviet Union

Why similar: Strategy 40.1%, RTS 35.4%, Military 24.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly simulation-oriented Cold War real-time wargame where reconnaissance, command delays, terrain, and combined-arms doctrine matter greatly.

Team up and join the frontline in Squad 44, the most authentic tactical WW2 shooter. Experience ruthless realism with an immense arsenal of faithfully recreated weapons and vehicles across massive WW2 battlefields.

Why similar: World War II 42.8% ★, Military 14.9%, War 11.5%, Historical 9%, Realistic 6.9%

Experience close-quarters battles in iconic WWII settings. Defend the line, storm the beach, torch the enemy, or use a radio to call in fire support. Day of Infamy is a teamwork-oriented shooter that will keep you on your toes and coming back for more with its diverse game modes and authentic arsenal.

Why similar: World War II 47.2% ★, War 13.3%, Military 10.8%, Historical 6.8%, Realistic 6.3%

Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.

Why similar: World War II 32% ★, RTS 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Historical 12%, Military 9.9%

Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world history.

Why similar: World War II 37.6% ★, Historical 15.6%, War 14.2%, Military 12.3%, RTS 8.2%

Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.

Why similar: World War II 42.1% ★, RTS 19.7%, War 10.1%, Strategy 7.1%, Military 5.7%

Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.

Why similar: World War II 27.3% ★, RTS 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, Historical 10.2%, Military 10.2%

Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.

Why similar: Military 22.9%, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, War 14%, Realistic 10%, Shooter 8.4%

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

Why similar: RTS 22.4%, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, Historical 16.9%, Military 12.6%, War 10.3%

Return to the bloody battlefields of World War II in this epic sequel. Blitzkrieg 2 returns you to the gritty realism of WWII battles while pushing your focus into new, strategic opportunities during global war!

Why similar: World War II 38.5% ★, RTS 16.1%, War 8.9%, Military 8.4%, Real Time Tactics 8.2%

March into the real-time strategy legend, Blitzkrieg, and prepare for war. This legendary WWII RTS blends unprecedented realism and accuracy to form immersive 3D backgrounds and a game where brute force often takes a back seat to strategy and wits.

Why similar: World War II 37% ★, RTS 13.5%, Historical 9.5%, Real Time Tactics 9.5%, War 8.9%

Command a Soviet penal battalion in this standalone real-time tactics game from the Men of War series. Based on true events, Condemned Heroes delivers brutal, story-driven missions across the Eastern Front – where every order, bullet, and life matters.

Why similar: World War II 58% ★, RTS 17.8%, Strategy 15.5%, War 8.7%

In Enlisted, you are not only commanding a single soldier, but an entire squad! This MMO squad based shooter recreates the key battles of the bloodiest war of the 20th century, with hundreds of soldiers, tanks and aircraft taking part in each battle.

Why similar: World War II 47.6% ★, War 13.7%, Multiplayer 8%, PvP 7.9%, Shooter 7%

The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

Why similar: RTS 30.6%, Military 20.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Strategy 11.8%, War 9.9%

The next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns for honor and country. Players lead the tenacious British 2nd Army during the heroic World War II liberation of Caen, France, and command the German Panzer Elite as they struggle...

Why similar: World War II 38.5% ★, RTS 25.6%, Strategy 13.2%, Military 8.4%, War 5.8%

Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Why similar: World War II 46.8% ★, Historical 13.1%, War 11.1%, Realistic 10.4%, Military 7.8%

Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.

Why similar: World War II 54.7% ★, War 20.3%, Strategy 12.7%, Realistic 5.1%, Third Person 3.2%

Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical game where you lead the soldiers and vehicles that battled across the globe during this time in history. Play hundreds of unique units across multiple game modes.

Why similar: World War II 26.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, RTS 14.1%, Historical 11.2%, Military 8.4%

KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.

Why similar: World War II 44% ★, Historical 12.7%, Military 10.1%, War 10%, PvP 7.7%

The enemy has invaded the territory, the motherland needs you, soldier! Gather your troops and defeat all enemies!

Why similar: World War II 24.3% ★, Military 12.4%, War 12%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, RTS 10.9%

Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War. Each mission showcases the era’s most devastating weaponry — sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery, and mobile infantry. BoE delivers the full WWI experience.

Why similar: War 20.8%, Historical 20.3%, RTS 20.3%, World War II 14.3% ★, Strategy 9.9%

A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!

Why similar: War 30.6%, Historical 22%, Real Time Tactics 20.3%, Shooter 9.8%, Realistic 7.5%

Total Conflict: Resistance is a unique symbiosis of global strategy, tactics and first-person action. Realistic mass battles, many types of armored vehicles, weapons, uniforms, unique mechanics, immersive free gameplay. Lead any state and bring it to greatness!

Why similar: RTS 21.9%, Real Time Tactics 21.8%, War 18.7%, Military 16.7%, Realistic 9.9%

Fight in the theatre of war that changed the world forever. Battle alongside your compatriots on some of the most inhospitable environments of the Eastern Front in Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. Red Orchestra places you in the most realistic WWII first-person multi-player combat to date on the PC, allowing the player to fight through...

Why similar: World War II 53.7% ★, War 10.2%, Military 9.2%, Historical 7.3%, Realistic 7.1%

Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand delivers a standalone roguelite wave-defense experience for solo and cooperative play. Command and survive against fast-paced escalating enemy waves, intimidating bosses, and dynamic battlefield events. Are you ready to make your final stand?

Why similar: World War II 28.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, RTS 13.6%, Historical 11.6%, Military 9.8%

Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

Why similar: Historical 20.1%, RTS 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 19.2%, War 17%, Military 16.1%

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+

Why similar: RTS 41.9%, War 22.2%, Strategy 11.5%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway brings the critically acclaimed squad-based WWII shooter into the next generation of gaming with amazing graphics and sound, new cutting-edge gameplay features and a totally redesigned online component.

Why similar: World War II 58.6% ★, Military 14.2%, Historical 7.3%, War 6.9%, Shooter 4.3%