Games Like Day of Defeat

Valve's WWII Multiplayer Classic - Now available for Mac.

Why similar: FPS 41.4%, World War II 29.5% ★, Team-Based 4.8%, War 4.6%, Multiplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive modern engine remake of the original game, offering the same classic gameplay with updated visuals and physics.

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 38.2% ★, FPS 34.9%, War 8.2%, Multiplayer 5.2%, Shooter 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the team behind a popular Day of Defeat mod, this game captures the authentic, gritty, and class-based infantry combat of the original.

Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Why similar: World War II 35.9% ★, FPS 32.3%, Team-Based 7%, War 6.5%, Multiplayer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a more realistic and tactical approach to WWII combat while maintaining the intense, objective-based team dynamics found in Day of Defeat.

Wolfenstein®: Enemy Territory is a free-to-play, objective-based multiplayer World War 2 first-person shooter. Featuring up to 32 players, choose either the Axis or Allies, as you fight across six maps based on real-world battle locations.

Why similar: FPS 39%, World War II 33.3% ★, Classic 6.8% ★, Multiplayer 6.2%, War 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic objective-based team shooter that shares the same era and focus on class-specific roles as Day of Defeat.

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: FPS 34.7%, World War II 31.2% ★, War 9.2%, Shooter 6.5%, Multiplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A modern, large-scale tactical shooter that captures the massive team-based coordination and frontline intensity of WWII warfare.

Also contains all multi-player content from Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

Why similar: FPS 37.1%, World War II 35.2% ★, Multiplayer 5.9%, War 5.5%, Team-Based 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This expansion provides a highly tactical, team-focused WWII experience that emphasizes historical accuracy and class-specific roles.

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 38.7% ★, FPS 33.4%, War 5.6%, Multiplayer 4.5%, Shooter 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: The predecessor to the modern Red Orchestra series, it focuses on the brutal, realistic infantry combat of the Eastern Front.

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 34.5% ★, FPS 33.2%, War 7.1%, Multiplayer 5.5%, Military 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title delivers an uncompromisingly realistic WWII simulation that relies heavily on communication and squad-level tactics.

Call of Duty® 2 redefines the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers fighting together in epic WWII conflicts. The sequel to 2003's Call of Duty, winner of over 80 Game of the Year awards, Call of Duty 2 offers more immense, more intense, more realistic battles than ever before, thanks to...

Why similar: FPS 35.5%, World War II 31.9% ★, Classic 8.6% ★, War 6.6%, Multiplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic WWII shooter that defined the genre's cinematic intensity and team-based mission structure during the same era.

Play the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly popular team-based game. Ally with teammates to complete strategic missions. Take out enemy sites. Rescue hostages. Your role affects your team's success. Your team's success affects your role.

Why similar: FPS 57.7%, Classic 13.3% ★, Multiplayer 7.5%, Shooter 7.1%, Team-Based 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same GoldSrc engine DNA as the original Day of Defeat, offering a similarly tight and competitive team-based shooter experience.

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: FPS 38.3%, World War II 31.7% ★, Team-Based 7.2%, War 7%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A squad-based WWII shooter that allows players to control infantry units with specific roles, mirroring the class-based nature of the seed game.

One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress Classic features over nine character classes -- from Medic to Spy to Demolition Man -- enlisted in a unique style of online team warfare. Each character class possesses unique weapons, items, and abilities, as teams compete online in a variety of game play modes.

Why similar: FPS 47.7%, Classic 14.6% ★, Team-Based 8.8%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Class-Based 6.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: A foundational class-based team shooter that shares the same engine and movement feel as the original Day of Defeat.

Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.

Why similar: FPS 78.6%, Multiplayer 4.2%, Team-Based 4%, Shooter 3.7%, War 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: While set in a modern conflict, its hardcore, team-based mechanics and emphasis on objective control feel very similar to the core loop of Day of Defeat.

The Call of Duty® experience supports Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6, and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.

Why similar: FPS 55.1%, War 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Shooter 8.2%, Military 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original title that set the standard for WWII-themed first-person shooters with its focus on squad-based action.

This is the ultimate Battlefield V experience. Enter mankind’s greatest conflict with the complete arsenal of weapons, vehicles, and gadgets plus the best customization content of Year 1 and 2.

Why similar: FPS 40%, World War II 30.4% ★, War 8.5%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Shooter 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a large-scale multiplayer experience with class-based infantry combat set in the WWII European and Pacific theaters.

Based on a true story. Set during the famous airdrop before the invasion at Normandy, where Sgt. Matt Baker and his squad of 101st Airborne Paratroopers were scattered over the French countryside.

Why similar: FPS 50.3%, World War II 24.5% ★, War 7.3%, Shooter 4.7%, Classic 2.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical side of WWII infantry combat, emphasizing squad management and positioning.

Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.

Why similar: FPS 44.3%, Shooter 12.8%, War 12%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Military 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical WWI shooter that emphasizes trench warfare and team-based objective control, similar to the map design of Day of Defeat.

Hidden & Dangerous 2 is a first and third person tactical shooter that builds upon the tremendous success of Hidden & Dangerous. You lead a small squad of Allied soldiers deep behind enemy lines, to carry out secret missions during World War II.

Why similar: FPS 43.4%, World War II 30.1% ★, War 9.5%, Shooter 5.4%, Action 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical WWII game that allows for deep squad control and mission planning, appealing to fans of the more strategic side of war games.

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 40.8% ★, FPS 40.1%, Military 3.8%, War 3.7%, Shooter 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the series' focus on tactical squad movement and authentic WWII historical settings.

Ferocious Alpine warfare will test your tactical skills in this authentic WW1 FPS. Battle among the scenic peaks, rugged valleys and idyllic towns of northern Italy. The Great War on the Italian Front is brought to life and elevated to unexpected heights!

Why similar: FPS 33.5%, Team-Based 15.8%, Class-Based 11.4% ★, War 10.3%, Military 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A highly authentic WWI shooter that focuses on mountain warfare, requiring team coordination and class-specific utility.

Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front. Grab your rifle, ready your sabre and keep your gas mask close as you prepare to play a part in one of the most significant conflicts in history!

Why similar: FPS 43.7%, Team-Based 14.1%, War 11.7%, Shooter 8%, Multiplayer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the tactical WWI infantry combat of Verdun with larger maps and a focus on squad-based maneuvers.

Days of War is an online FPS that re-imagines the team-based, close quarters, nonstop action of classic World War II multiplayer shooters.

Why similar: World War II 34.9% ★, FPS 29.9%, War 11.9%, Shooter 5.7%, Multiplayer 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, class-based WWII shooter designed to capture the spirit of classic competitive multiplayer games.

Award-winning developer Gray Matter Interactive follows up on the success of Infinity Ward's Call of Duty™ - winner of over 80 Game of the Year and 50 Editors' Choice awards worldwide - with Call of Duty™: United Offensive™.

Why similar: FPS 35.4%, World War II 33.9% ★, Classic 7.5% ★, Multiplayer 5.3%, War 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: An expansion that added significant depth to the original Call of Duty's multiplayer, closely mirroring the intensity of Day of Defeat.

BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly, massive multiplayer FPS, supporting 254 players per server. Battle on a near-fully destructible map with various vehicles!

Why similar: FPS 47.9%, War 10%, Team-Based 8.7%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Shooter 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its low-poly aesthetic, it offers intense, large-scale team-based combat with distinct classes that feels like a modern evolution of classic shooters.

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: FPS 34%, World War II 33.9% ★, War 8.8%, Multiplayer 5.8%, Team-Based 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-focused WWII shooter that emphasizes large-scale battles and infantry tactics on a budget-friendly scale.

Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by ex-developers of Squad, Red Orchestra, and Insurgency.

Why similar: FPS 46.8%, World War II 14.4% ★, War 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Military 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A community-driven, tactical shooter that focuses on realistic infantry combat and team-based objectives.

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is a recreation of the first multiplayer game set in the Half-Life universe. Features all the classic weapons and most-played maps, now running on the Source engine.

Why similar: FPS 64.6%, Classic 11.4% ★, Multiplayer 9.5%, Shooter 7%, Action 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Built on the same engine technology, it provides a fast-paced, classic multiplayer shooter experience.

Fast multiplayer action set in the Half-Life 2 universe! HL2's physics adds a new dimension to deathmatch play. Play straight deathmatch or try Combine vs. Resistance teamplay. Toss a toilet at your friend today!

Why similar: FPS 71.3%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Shooter 7%, Action 6.4%, First-Person 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a classic, physics-based multiplayer shooter experience that shares the movement and gunplay feel of the Source engine.

With its unprecedented combination of authenticity, compelling story and squad-based action, the Brothers in Arms franchise has established itself as a benchmark for military action games, receiving the highest average review scores of any console WWII game to date (www.gamerankings.com).

Why similar: FPS 44.2%, World War II 40.8% ★, War 5.4%, Military 4.1%, Action 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical shooter that emphasizes the importance of flanking and squad support in WWII combat scenarios.

Army Troop is an old-school PvP World War 2 online first-person shooter. Reminding you of the good old days World War games.

Why similar: FPS 36.3%, World War II 30.9% ★, War 8.8%, Shooter 6.7%, Multiplayer 5.7%

With its extensive Tour of Duty campaign, a near-limitless number of skirmish modes, updates and new content for Counter-Strike's award-winning multiplayer game play, plus over 12 bonus single player missions, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is a tremendous offering of single and multiplayer content.

Why similar: FPS 60.4%, Classic 9.4% ★, Shooter 8%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Team-Based 5.8%

Enjoy fast-paced multiplayer gaming with Deathmatch Classic (a.k.a. DMC). Valve's tribute to the work of id software, DMC invites players to grab their rocket launchers and put their reflexes to the test in a collection of futuristic settings.

Why similar: FPS 54.8%, Classic 16.8% ★, Action 11.4%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Shooter 6.5%

Call of Duty® delivers the gritty realism and cinematic intensity of World War II's epic battlefield moments like never before.

Why similar: FPS 37.1%, World War II 30.8% ★, Classic 10.7% ★, War 5.5%, Multiplayer 4.2%

Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

Why similar: FPS 80.6%, Classic 10.2% ★, Shooter 4%, Military 1.7%, Action 1.6%

Join 200-player battles in Over The Top: WWI - an intense shooter set in the gritty backdrop of World War I. Pick your class, choose from a vast arsenal, including rifles, artillery, airplanes and powerful tanks, and experience the chaos of fully destructible battlefields.

Why similar: FPS 51%, Multiplayer 10.2%, War 9.4%, Shooter 8.8%, Team-Based 8.2%

Made by Gearbox Software and originally released in 2001 as an add-on to Half-Life, Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility in which you play as Barney Calhoun, the security guard sidekick who helped Gordon out of so many sticky situations.

Why similar: FPS 78.6%, Classic 10.8% ★, Shooter 5.6%, Action 2.5%, First-Person 2%

MARKET GARDEN lets you relive the golden era of WW2 shooters, bringing classic, old-school FPS action back to its roots. Experience the epic airborne operation MARKET GARDEN in a game that pays tribute both to the genre’s finest moments and the real historical events.

Why similar: FPS 37.6%, World War II 35.1% ★, War 9%, Shooter 5.3%, Historical 3.3%

A futuristic action game that challenges your agility as well as your aim, Ricochet features one-on-one and team matches played in a variety of futuristic battle arenas.

Why similar: FPS 55.7%, Classic 15.6% ★, Action 11.8%, Multiplayer 9%, Shooter 4.4%

World War II rages and nations fall. The Nazis are twisting science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. As US Army Ranger William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop them...or die trying.

Why similar: FPS 42.9%, World War II 32.6% ★, Classic 14.6% ★, Shooter 3.7%, Multiplayer 2.3%

Step into fast-paced WWII combat with Frontline Inferno! Choose your side and engage in chaotic, arcade-style battles with dynamic respawns, customizable loadouts, and vibrant low-poly visuals. Join the fight and dominate the battlefield!

Why similar: World War II 36.2% ★, FPS 34.2%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Shooter 6.2%, War 5.1%

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers. Send them behind enemy lines on a series of hazardous missions, and bring them back alive.

Why similar: World War II 59.7% ★, Classic 20.4% ★, Tactical 4.4%, War 4.3%, Military 3.6%

Tactical Multiplayer FPS shooter with a story based on the events of the World War II. Strategic battles with a variety of vehicles, including artillery. Multiple game modes. Ranks, titles, awards, career.

Why similar: FPS 36.3%, World War II 33.9% ★, War 7.3%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Shooter 5%

Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.

Why similar: FPS 55%, Shooter 16.2%, Team-Based 8.9%, Multiplayer 8%, War 3.3%

ENEMY FRONT is the first truly modern WW2 FPS, featuring stunning visuals, open-ended levels and a richly interactive combat experience that breaks out of the standard model of highly linear scripted FPS experiences, giving the player full freedom to own their playing style.

Why similar: FPS 43.1%, World War II 35.3% ★, War 5.4%, Shooter 4.9%, Multiplayer 4.6%

Assume duties of a soldier involved in numerous battles and skirmishes with fast advancing German war machine. Go to battle on foot, driving armored vehicles, or flying an airplane. Use weapons not featured in any other game and feel a good, nostalgic climate of the production like MOHAA or COD.

Why similar: FPS 38.8%, World War II 34.6% ★, Shooter 7.4%, War 6.3%, Historical 3.4%

In Vanguard: Normandy 1944 players fight with their squad to survive in hardcore multiplayer combat for historic D-Day objectives on real battlefields.

Why similar: World War II 49.5% ★, FPS 42.7%, Action 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Men of War is a stunning Real-Time Strategy game that takes place during the height of World War II. Intense battles span Europe and North Africa as gamers play as Soviet, Allied or German forces across 19 massive single-player missions.

Why similar: World War II 64.5% ★, War 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Military 5.9%, Tactical 3.1%

RAID: World War II is an action-packed four player cooperative shooter set during a time when the Nazi war machine was still winning, and hope was in short supply.

Why similar: FPS 40.7%, World War II 39.1% ★, Multiplayer 6.8%, Shooter 6%, First-Person 2.4%

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 63.8% ★, War 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Military 6.1%, Historical 2.8%

BATTALION: Legacy recaptures the core of classic shooters in the final iteration of Battalion 1944. Return to the simple days of playing first person shooters with your friends. Grab your bolt action rifle in 'rifles only' mode or compete in 5v5 Search and Destroy.

Why similar: FPS 43.3%, World War II 27.3% ★, War 7.4%, Shooter 5.9%, Military 4.5%

Call of Duty is back, redefining war like you've never experienced before. Building on the Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare engine, Call of Duty: World at War immerses players into the most gritty and chaotic WWII combat ever experienced.

Why similar: FPS 36.5%, World War II 32.9% ★, War 6.5%, Multiplayer 6%, Classic 5.7% ★

World War II rages. The Nazis are planning to build an unstoppable, mutant army. On a mission to steal the secret plans, you were captured and imprisoned. Now, a lucky break gives you the chance to escape, but a maze of passages and trigger-happy Nazis stand in your way.

Why similar: FPS 37.4%, World War II 29.6% ★, Classic 12% ★, War 8.2%, Shooter 5.6%

Tank Squad is a tactical-combat action game. Take part in big tank battles during World War II. Play single-player or coop (4 players). Repair your tanks, replenish supplies, manage the crew and get back to the action!

Why similar: World War II 33.7% ★, FPS 28.6%, War 10.4%, Multiplayer 6.3%, Shooter 5.7%

Multiplayer first-person shooter with classic WW2 bolt-action rifles. Tight battles between two teams with up to 5 players in each, lots of unique arenas, game-changing weapon drops, different game modes, and lots of customization options. You'd better not miss a shot!

Why similar: FPS 40.7%, World War II 34.8% ★, Multiplayer 7.9%, Shooter 7.3%, Military 5.1%

WWII Online is a massive, persistent free-to-play MMO FPS driven entirely by players. Fight as Army, Air, or Naval forces and earn Victory Points to access more units. One global server. No scripts. Real outcomes. No zones. Huge world (300,000 km²). ENLIST NOW!

Why similar: FPS 54.4%, World War II 23.4% ★, Shooter 9.6%, Multiplayer 3.8%, Action 2.7%