- #1 Squad 44
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,290 reviews2018
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 45.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 37.1% ★, FPS 10.8%, War 10.3%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Realistic 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly realistic, large-scale WWII tactical experience that mirrors the squad-based combat of Easy Red 2.
- #2 Hell Let Loose
96% matchVery Positive82% of 145,932 reviews2021
Dev: Expression GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 72.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 31.2% ★, War 12.4%, FPS 10.5%, Realistic 6.7%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive-scale WWII multiplayer experience with a strong focus on team coordination and frontline strategy.
- #3 Ravenfield
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 77,990 reviews2017
Dev: SteelRaven7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 61.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Why similar: War 25%, FPS 19.6%, Sandbox 13.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Team-Based 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the sandbox, bot-driven FPS chaos of Easy Red 2 in a more stylized, highly customizable environment.
- #4 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
95% matchVery Positive85% of 30,868 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 72.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?
Why similar: World War II 44.7% ★, War 15.5%, Historical 12.9%, Realistic 6.9%, Multiplayer 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines deep tactical strategy with the ability to take direct control of individual units in a realistic WWII setting.
- #5 Enlisted
94% matchVery Positive80% of 41,513 reviews2024
Dev: Darkflow SoftwarePub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 37.3% ★, FPS 13.6%, War 11.1%, Team-Based 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features squad-based WWII combat where you manage AI soldiers alongside other players in large, objective-driven battles.
- #6 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
94% matchVery Positive91% of 46,011 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 63.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 47% ★, War 17.7%, Strategy 9.7%, Historical 5.9%, Multiplayer 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RTS that allows for granular control over infantry and vehicles, sharing the same historical focus as the seed game.
- #7 Day of Infamy
93% matchVery Positive82% of 22,115 reviews2017
Dev: New World Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 42.9% ★, War 12.5%, FPS 11.9%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Realistic 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, team-based WWII shooter that prioritizes realistic weapon handling and objective-based tactical play.
- #8 Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
92% matchVery Positive93% of 37,931 reviews2011
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Contains full Rising Storm content as well!
Why similar: World War II 33.7% ★, FPS 9.2%, Wargame 8.4%, War 8.3%, Realistic 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, hardcore WWII shooter that emphasizes realism and tactical positioning in intense infantry combat.
- #9 Rising Front
90% matchVery Positive88% of 3,874 reviews2026
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 20.6%, FPS 13%, Sandbox 13%, Wargame 12.6%, Historical 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style FPS that focuses on large-scale historical warfare with heavy emphasis on bot-supported combat.
- #10 Easy Red
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,001 reviews2017
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
The invasion has begun. Land by sea, launch from gliders, fight in the fields, in the beaches and in the skies. it is time to free France.[/b]
Why similar: World War II 51.7% ★, FPS 12.7%, Simulation 7.1%, Strategy 5.9%, War 5%
Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series, offering a foundational look at the mechanics that evolved into the sequel.
- #11 Total Tank Simulator
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,576 reviews2020
Dev: Noobz from PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 39.4% ★, War 15.2%, Sandbox 11.5%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the sandbox and vehicular combat aspects of WWII, allowing players to command large armies of tanks.
- #12 Arma 3
89% matchVery Positive90% of 291,421 reviews2013
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 255.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
Why similar: War 16.4%, FPS 13.6%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Shooter 11%, Realistic 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive military sandbox that allows for massive, player-created WWII scenarios and combined-arms warfare.
- #13 Steel Division 2
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,441 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 38.1% ★, War 13.1%, Wargame 10.5%, Historical 8.1%, Strategy 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A deep WWII strategy game that captures the scale of historical battles through a complex, real-time tactical lens.
- #14 Squad
87% matchVery Positive81% of 234,054 reviews2020
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 110.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.
Why similar: Wargame 15.7%, FPS 15.4%, War 13.9%, Team-Based 12.2%, Realistic 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: While modern-themed, it provides the gold standard for large-scale, squad-based tactical communication and combined-arms gameplay.
- #15 Men of War II
86% matchMixed61% of 7,210 reviews2024
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 42.9% ★, Wargame 16.8%, Historical 11.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Realistic 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: The latest iteration of the tactical RTS series, featuring improved visuals and deeper unit control for WWII enthusiasts.
- #16 Iron Front: Digital War Edition
88% matchMixed59% of 865 reviews2012
Dev: X1 SoftwarePub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.
Why similar: World War II 28.6% ★, War 12.5%, FPS 9.4%, Historical 8.5%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical WWII simulation built on an older engine that offers a very grounded, realistic infantry experience.
- #17 Tank Squad
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 756 reviews2025
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 34.9% ★, War 14.7%, FPS 9%, Historical 7.5%, Multiplayer 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the vehicular combat and co-op tank management aspects found within the Easy Red 2 experience.
- #18 Brass Brigade
85% matchVery Positive92% of 553 reviews2019
Dev: Henry Kucab
Windows
Brass Brigade combines the aesthetic of Battlefield Heroes/Battlefield 1942 with highly customizable bot matches. Fight WWII's most iconic battles with as many bots as your PC can handle!
Why similar: World War II 48.1% ★, FPS 12.1%, War 11.3%, Violent 8.2%, Action 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox WWII shooter that provides a similar 'battlefield' feel with high customizability for singleplayer sessions.
- #19 Operation: Harsh Doorstop
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 19,731 reviews2023
Dev: Drakeling Labs
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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: World War II 16.5% ★, FPS 16.3%, War 14.1%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Realistic 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play military sandbox that focuses on community-driven content and large-scale tactical FPS combat.
- #20 Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
86% matchVery Positive88% of 2,518 reviews2006
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 46% ★, FPS 12%, War 9%, Realistic 5.8%, Multiplayer 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational title for realistic WWII shooters, focusing on brutal, authentic infantry and tank combat.
- #21 Tannenberg
83% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2017
Dev: Blackmill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Gore 12.6%, War 12.4%, Wargame 11.7%, Team-Based 10.5%, FPS 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the Eastern Front of WWI with realistic ballistics and large, open-map combat.
- #22 Isonzo
81% matchVery Positive83% of 16,613 reviews2022
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Wargame 17.2%, Team-Based 13.9%, War 12.8%, FPS 9.3%, Realistic 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features authentic WWI mountain warfare with a focus on team-based objectives and tactical positioning.
- #23 Call to Arms
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 23,876 reviews2018
Dev: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: War 22.2%, Strategy 14.9%, Multiplayer 12.9%, FPS 11.8%, Shooter 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a hybrid of RTS and FPS gameplay, allowing players to switch between commanding troops and fighting on the ground.
- #24 Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
82% matchVery Positive87% of 58,535 reviews2017
Dev: Antimatter GamesPub: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Red Orchestra Series' take on Vietnam: 64-player MP matches; 20+ maps; US Army & Marines, PAVN/NVA, NLF/VC; Australians and ARVN forces; 50+ weapons; 4 flyable helicopters; mines, traps and tunnels; Brutal. Authentic. Gritty. Character customization. And napalm in the morning.
Why similar: Wargame 14.6%, War 14.6%, FPS 12.8%, Gore 9.7%, Team-Based 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Uses the same tactical engine and philosophy as the Red Orchestra series, applied to the Vietnam War era.
- #25 Verdun
81% matchVery Positive86% of 37,603 reviews2015
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: War 13.4%, Wargame 13.3%, FPS 11.1%, Shooter 10.6%, Historical 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty WWI shooter that captures the claustrophobic and tactical nature of trench warfare.
- #26 Foxhole
79% matchVery Positive82% of 50,251 reviews2022
Dev: Siege Camp
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 76.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where thousands of players shape the outcome of a persistent online war. Every individual soldier is a player that contributes to the war effort through logistics, base building, reconnaissance, combat, and more.
Why similar: World War II 33.1% ★, Wargame 16.3%, War 14.4%, Team-Based 9.6%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A massive, persistent-world war game where players coordinate logistics and frontline combat on a grand scale.
- #27 Beyond The Wire
80% matchMixed63% of 7,522 reviews2022
Dev: Redstone InteractivePub: Offworld
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Set in the muddy trenches of WW1, Beyond The Wire is a 50v50 multiplayer FPS that immerses players in the desperate & brutal circumstances of the Great War. Featuring an arsenal of historic weapons, ten massive maps, ten playable factions, era-specific tanks, & a brutal melee combat system.
Why similar: War 20.6%, FPS 16.1%, Historical 13.2%, Shooter 8.6%, Gore 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A large-scale WWI shooter that emphasizes trench warfare and squad-based coordination.
- #28 Insurgency: Sandstorm
79% matchVery Positive85% of 131,361 reviews2018
Dev: New World InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 56.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Insurgency: Sandstorm is a team-based, tactical FPS based on lethal close quarters combat and objective-oriented multiplayer gameplay. Experience the intensity of modern combat where skill is rewarded, and teamwork wins the fight.
Why similar: FPS 25.9%, War 14%, Realistic 13.5%, Shooter 12%, Multiplayer 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers intense, high-stakes infantry combat that rewards tactical movement and communication.
- #29 Gunner, HEAT, PC!
78% matchVery Positive92% of 7,357 reviews2022
Dev: Radian Simulations LLC
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.
Why similar: Wargame 18.3%, Historical 15.4%, FPS 14.5%, Realistic 13.9%, Immersive Sim 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly detailed tank simulation experience for those who enjoy the armored combat in Easy Red 2.
- #30 Battlefield™ V
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 263,557 reviews2020
Dev: DICEPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 56.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: World War II 38.2% ★, FPS 15.2%, War 14.5%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Shooter 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: The AAA equivalent of the large-scale, combined-arms WWII sandbox experience with high-fidelity destruction.
- #31 Over The Top: WWI
75% matchVery Positive87% of 5,053 reviews2026
Dev: Flying Squirrel EntertainmentPub: GG Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 17.2%, Historical 15%, War 14.2%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Shooter 9.8%
- #32 WWII Online
77% matchMixed51% of 3,784 reviews2023
Dev: Cornered Rat SoftwarePub: Playnet, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 28%
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: World War II 29.5% ★, FPS 20.8%, Shooter 12.1%, Wargame 8.2%, Historical 6%
- #33 War of Rights
76% matchVery Positive88% of 14,527 reviews2018
Dev: Campfire Games
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 90.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
War of Rights is a first person multiplayer game featuring massive 400 player battles with a focus on historical authenticity, teamplay and immersion. It is set during the perilous days of the American Civil War, in the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862.
Why similar: War 22.6%, Historical 17.6%, FPS 11.1%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Realistic 8.5%
- #34 Steel Division: Normandy 44
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,291 reviews2017
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 57% ★, War 11%, Strategy 7.2%, Wargame 7.1%, Multiplayer 5.5%
- #35 Call to Arms: Panzer Elite
73% matchMixed70% of 1,425 reviews2025
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Digitalmindsoft Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 40.1% ★, Wargame 15.1%, War 11.4%, Historical 8.5%, Realistic 7%
- #36 Men of War: Assault Squad
76% matchVery Positive88% of 5,101 reviews2011
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 47.5% ★, War 16.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Realistic 6.2%
- #37 Rise of Liberty
75% matchVery Positive84% of 1,869 reviews2019
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Rise of Liberty is a FPS single-player massive Revolutionary War battle simulator. Fire deafening cannons into the thick of the battle, stand in line formation and fire devastating volleys into the enemy. Gather your men for these monumental battles and defeat the enemy!
Why similar: War 22.6%, FPS 17.5%, Sandbox 13%, Team-Based 12.6%, Shooter 9.6%
- #38 Men of War™
74% matchVery Positive90% of 3,795 reviews2009
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 52.4% ★, Strategy 12.2%, War 11.3%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Realistic 5.4%
- #39 Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare
73% matchMixed65% of 12,384 reviews2019
Dev: KK Game Studio
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.
Why similar: FPS 21.5%, Shooter 14.9%, War 14.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Strategy 11.2%
- #40 Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway™
74% matchVery Positive91% of 2,346 reviews2008
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 50.5% ★, FPS 15%, War 6.2%, Gore 6.2%, Historical 4.1%
- #41 Tank Mechanic Simulator
71% matchVery Positive88% of 8,976 reviews2020
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Renovate & build II World War tanks. Experience highly detailed & realistic simulation game. Take tanks fully apart by using different tools. Transform them from rusty and ruined to fully working. Check them on the training ground, sell or put into your own museum.
Why similar: World War II 61.3% ★, Realistic 12.7%, Simulation 8.7%, First-Person 5.7%, Action 4.3%
- #42 Call of Duty® 2
72% matchVery Positive94% of 11,189 reviews2006
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: World War II 43.1% ★, FPS 14.5%, War 12.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Historical 5.9%
- #43 Total Conflict: Resistance
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,969 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: War 24.4%, Wargame 21.7%, FPS 18.7%, Realistic 12%, Shooter 7.6%
- #44 Vietnam War
68% matchVery Positive85% of 1,437 reviews2025
Dev: Thorium Game Lab
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Open world single-player FPS. Command your squad in battle across jungles, hills and villages of Vietnam. Fight as U.S or Vietcong. Vast arsenal of weapons and 50+ vehicles
Why similar: Wargame 22.2%, FPS 20.3%, War 18.4%, Historical 17%, Shooter 10%
- #45 Days of War: Definitive Edition
73% matchMixed51% of 1,937 reviews2020
Dev: Driven Arts
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 36.4% ★, War 16.7%, FPS 9.4%, Violent 6.2%, Shooter 5.9%
- #46 Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
72% matchMixed69% of 2,101 reviews2015
Dev: Great War TeamPub: Best Way Soft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 23.2%, World War II 14.9% ★, Historical 14.1%, Strategy 9.1%, Multiplayer 7.5%
- #47 Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire
70% matchVery Positive95% of 973 reviews2017
Dev: Illusion SoftworksPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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: World War II 39% ★, FPS 17%, War 16.6%, Shooter 7%, Strategy 6.7%
- #48 Army Troop
67% matchVery Positive85% of 418 reviews2025
Dev: Army Troop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: World War II 32.7% ★, War 12.6%, FPS 11.6%, Shooter 7%, Realistic 6.5%
- #49 Holdfast: Nations At War
69% matchVery Positive90% of 27,937 reviews2020
Dev: Anvil Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!
Why similar: War 18.4%, Wargame 14.6%, FPS 14.3%, Historical 13%, Multiplayer 9%
- #50 Faces of War
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,189 reviews2014
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Faces of War puts you in the heart of World War II – not as a distant commander, but as the leader on the ground. Combining the tactical depth of real-time strategy with the immediacy of direct control, it lets you issue precise orders or jump straight into battle as one of your soldiers.
Why similar: World War II 59.1% ★, War 14%, Strategy 10.9%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Simulation 5.9%
- #51 Fog of War
71% matchMixed48% of 799 reviews2018
Dev: Monkeys Lab.Pub: Neokosmos Technologies Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: World War II 32.4% ★, FPS 10.5%, Gore 10.2%, War 9.4%, Violent 7.6%
- #52 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,165 reviews2022
Dev: Splash DamagePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 20%
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: World War II 42.8% ★, FPS 15.2%, War 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Violent 7%
- #53 Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30™
70% matchVery Positive88% of 2,101 reviews2008
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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: World War II 36.8% ★, FPS 22.9%, War 14.9%, Shooter 7.1%, Historical 4.5%
- #54 Six Days in Fallujah
66% matchVery Positive80% of 15,977 reviews2023
Dev: Highwire GamesPub: Victura
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Six Days in Fallujah is an intensely realistic first-person tactical shooter based on true stories from one of this century’s toughest urban battles.
Why similar: War 16.4%, FPS 14.3%, Wargame 13.5%, Team-Based 11.5%, Historical 9.7%
- #55 WARNO
65% matchVery Positive81% of 14,911 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Wargame 29.7%, War 24.1%, Historical 14.7%, Realistic 9.7%, Strategy 7.9%
- #56 Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,270 reviews2014
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 59.3% ★, War 14%, Strategy 9.1%, Historical 7.9%, Realistic 4.2%
- #57 Arma Reforger
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 47,450 reviews2023
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 85.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: War 16.9%, FPS 16.8%, Sandbox 11.5%, Realistic 11.4%, Shooter 10.9%
- #58 Beach Invasion 1944
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,053 reviews2022
Dev: AIx2 Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Defend the fortified beach during D-day against invading forces in this WW2 FPS game as the enemy attacks you with troops, tanks, planes and more! Use the iconic WWII weapons such as MG42, Flak88 and Panzers, prepare your defenses with mines, explosives and bonuses!
Why similar: World War II 45.7% ★, FPS 15.4%, Historical 13.5%, Realistic 9.4%, Shooter 7.8%