- #1 Squad 44
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 25,440 reviews2018
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 45.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 28.3% ★, Military 12.8%, FPS 9.2%, War 8.6%, Team-Based 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers authentic, large-scale tactical WWII combat focusing on historical accuracy and team coordination.
- #2 Hell Let Loose
96% matchVery Positive82% of 149,942 reviews2021
Dev: Expression GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 73.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 24.8% ★, Military 11.1%, War 10.8%, FPS 9.3%, Shooter 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers similarly massive, realistic WWII frontline battles with a heavy emphasis on tactical squad communication.
- #3 Day of Infamy
96% matchVery Positive82% of 22,115 reviews2017
Dev: New World Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 20.7 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 34% ★, War 10.8%, FPS 10.5%, Military 10.1%, Realistic 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the intense, gritty atmosphere of classic WWII infantry combat with objective-driven teamwork.
- #4 Enlisted
94% matchVery Positive80% of 48,227 reviews2024
Dev: Darkflow SoftwarePub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 23.5 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 28.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 12.5%, FPS 10.9%, Team-Based 10.9%, War 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features squad-based, large-scale multiplayer WWII battles where you command both your own soldier and AI squads.
- #5 Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
95% matchVery Positive93% of 38,136 reviews2011
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Contains full Rising Storm content as well!
Why similar: World War II 29.2% ★, Team-Based 10.1%, FPS 8.9%, Historical 8.2%, War 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides gritty, hardcore tactical WWII shooter gameplay with lethal combat mechanics akin to Easy Red 2.
- #6 Ravenfield
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 80,232 reviews2017
Dev: SteelRaven7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 63.2 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: Military 15.4%, War 15.3%, Moddable 12.8%, FPS 12.4%, Sandbox 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a fun, sandbox-style battlefield shooter focused on large-scale combat and total freedom of approach.
- #7 Operation: Harsh Doorstop
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 20,807 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 developers of the cancelled Project Reality 2 project.
Why similar: Military 18.4%, FPS 11.8%, World War II 10.6% ★, War 10.1%, Tactical 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar sandbox tactical shooter experience with open-ended military engagements and robust mod support.
- #8 Arma Reforger
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 58,413 reviews2023
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 95.4 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: Military 20.2%, War 10.7%, FPS 10.6%, Realistic 8.2%, Shooter 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a massive military sandbox environment featuring realistic simulation and heavy tactical coordination.
- #9 Isonzo
91% matchVery Positive83% of 17,283 reviews2022
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 22.6 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: Team-Based 19.3%, Military 16.8%, War 10.6%, Historical 9.9%, Realistic 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on authentic tactical alpine warfare with historically accurate weaponry and cooperative frontline pushes.
- #10 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
91% matchVery Positive85% of 34,499 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 78.6 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 28.4% ★, Moddable 16.4%, Historical 12.4%, Military 11.1%, War 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical RTS depth with direct-control options for authentic WWII frontline warfare.
- #11 Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
90% matchVery Positive87% of 59,270 reviews2017
Dev: Antimatter GamesPub: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 42.2 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: Vehicular Combat 13.2%, Military 13%, Team-Based 12%, War 11.1%, Historical 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Brings tactical squad-based combat and asymmetrical warfare into a brutal historical setting.
- #12 Tannenberg
89% matchVery Positive86% of 9,808 reviews2017
Dev: Blackmill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Team-Based 16.7%, Historical 12.1%, War 11.7%, Gore 10.5%, Military 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Recreates massive World War we battles with squad-based tactical maneuvering across expansive maps.
- #13 Arma 3
89% matchVery Positive90% of 295,705 reviews2013
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 257.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Military 18%, War 9.2%, Moddable 8.6%, FPS 7.8%, Tactical 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features the ultimate military sandbox experience with endless large-scale tactical operations and deep modding potential.
- #14 Over The Top: WWI
84% matchVery Positive83% of 7,626 reviews2026
Dev: Flying Squirrel EntertainmentPub: GG Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join massive multiplayer 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: Historical 14.2%, Team-Based 13.6%, War 12.3%, FPS 11.4%, Tactical 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features chaotic and massive historical frontline battles reminiscent of classic sandbox trench warfare.
- #15 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
86% matchVery Positive91% of 46,715 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 64.4 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 38.5% ★, War 15.7%, Military 13.4%, Tactical 9.3%, Historical 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical control of squads and vehicles in intense WWII skirmishes.
- #16 Easy Red
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,014 reviews2017
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 53.5% ★, FPS 15.2%, Simulation 6.9%, War 6.5%, Historical 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Serves as the earlier predecessor to Easy Red 2, showcasing the core ideas of indie sandbox WWII combat.
- #17 Iron Front: Digital War Edition
88% matchMixed59% of 870 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 19.3% ★, Military 10.5%, War 9.2%, Historical 8.9%, FPS 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a direct tactical WWII military simulation focusing on armor and infantry coordination.
- #18 Verdun
86% matchVery Positive86% of 37,714 reviews2015
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Military 13.5%, Historical 12.9%, War 12%, Shooter 11.4%, FPS 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers gritty, realistic trench warfare emphasizing squad coordination and tactical defense.
- #19 Total Tank Simulator
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,785 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 39.9% ★, War 16.7%, Sandbox 14.9%, Simulation 7.5%, FPS 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a playful sandbox experience centered around massive WWII tactical battles.
- #20 War of Rights
84% matchVery Positive88% of 15,127 reviews2018
Dev: Campfire Games
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 91.3 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: Historical 20.5%, War 18.3%, Military 15.2%, FPS 9.2%, Realistic 8%
Why You'll Like It: Recreates historical tactical combat with realistic formation-based shooting and immersive period atmosphere.
- #21 Tank Squad
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 903 reviews2025
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 22.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 14.9%, Military 11.3%, War 10.5%, Historical 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical vehicular combat and maintenance during intense WWII engagements.
- #22 Rising Front
81% matchVery Positive88% of 4,248 reviews2026
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 21.7%, Sandbox 16.5%, Historical 13.9%, FPS 13.6%, Shooter 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a large-scale sandbox strategy-shooter hybrid set in historical war environments.
- #23 Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
83% matchVery Positive88% of 2,544 reviews2006
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 13.5 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 37% ★, FPS 10.7%, Military 8.3%, War 7.9%, Realistic 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Pioneered the hardcore tactical WWII shooter genre with unforgiving, realistic mechanics.
- #24 Men of War II
81% matchMixed60% of 7,482 reviews2024
Dev: Best WayPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 28.8% ★, Moddable 20.8%, Military 13.1%, Historical 12.4%, Tactical 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the classic tactical RTS formula with detailed unit and vehicle controls.
- #25 Steel Division 2
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 9,602 reviews2019
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 52.3 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 28.2% ★, Military 14.2%, Moddable 11.9%, War 10.6%, Historical 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes large-scale historical tactical planning and command during WWII campaigns.
- #26 Squad
79% matchVery Positive81% of 244,492 reviews2020
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 114.3 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: Military 21%, Team-Based 15.4%, FPS 11.9%, War 10.5%, Tactical 10%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers large-scale modern military tactical combat where communication and squad structure are paramount.
- #27 Call to Arms
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 24,168 reviews2018
Dev: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.8 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: Military 25%, War 15.5%, Tactical 10.5%, FPS 8.4%, Multiplayer 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers realistic modern tactical combat with direct control options for vehicles and infantry.
- #28 WWII Online
79% matchMixed51% of 3,804 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 22.4% ★, FPS 17.5%, Shooter 11.9%, Vehicular Combat 11.9%, Military 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a massive persistent world map for continuous historical WWII MMO conflict.
- #29 Call to Arms: Panzer Elite
76% matchMixed70% of 2,063 reviews2025
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Digitalmindsoft Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.6 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 34.3% ★, Military 12.9%, Historical 11.5%, War 10.8%, Third Person 8.2%
- #30 Men of War: Assault Squad
78% matchVery Positive87% of 5,179 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 33.7% ★, War 12.9%, Military 12.5%, Tactical 9.9%, Moddable 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers classic micro-tactical WWII combat featuring deep control over individual units.
- #31 Vietnam War
75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,781 reviews2025
Dev: Thorium Game Lab
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Vehicular Combat 21.3%, Historical 15.2%, FPS 12.9%, Military 12.4%, War 11.6%
- #32 Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
74% matchMixed62% of 12,572 reviews2026
Dev: Expression GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Step into the explosive fury of war with Hell Let Loose: Vietnam. Play a decisive role in one of the most iconic conflicts in history with expansive 50v50 player battles, where teamwork, tactics and an arsenal of destructive weapons combine to shape the battlefield in your favour.
Why similar: Military 14.5%, FPS 12.2%, War 11.9%, Historical 11.2%, Vehicular Combat 7.9%
- #33 Gallipoli
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,376 reviews2026
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Land on the beaches of Gallipoli and fight intense 50-player objective-based battles on the Ottoman Fronts! Experience WW1 trench warfare and desert expeditions as one of 10 historic classes, armed with authentic weaponry. Gallipoli brings the most immersive WW1 FPS battles yet.
Why similar: Military 16.9%, Historical 14.8%, Team-Based 12.5%, War 11.3%, FPS 10.7%
- #34 Rise of Liberty
77% 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: Military 15.8%, War 15.4%, Team-Based 14.6%, FPS 12.3%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #35 Steel Division: Normandy 44
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,323 reviews2017
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 18.0 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 48% ★, Military 16.3%, War 10.1%, Tactical 8.3%, Multiplayer 4.7%
- #36 Beyond The Wire
76% matchMixed63% of 7,540 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: Military 17.3%, War 15.4%, Historical 14.2%, FPS 12.3%, Shooter 7.7%
- #37 Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare
75% matchMixed64% of 12,462 reviews2019
Dev: KK Game Studio
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.0 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 16.5%, Shooter 13.4%, Military 11.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, War 10.4%
- #38 Holdfast: Nations At War
73% matchVery Positive90% of 29,606 reviews2020
Dev: Anvil Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 29.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Military 15.3%, Historical 14.3%, War 13.9%, FPS 11%, Team-Based 10.7%
- #39 Tank Mechanic Simulator
74% matchVery Positive88% of 9,446 reviews2020
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 15.3 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 59.2% ★, Realistic 15.5%, First-Person 10.8%, Simulation 7.9%, Action 3.7%
- #40 Total Conflict: Resistance
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,368 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Military 21.3%, War 20.7%, FPS 16.3%, Tactical 14.9%, Realistic 11.8%
- #41 Six Days in Fallujah
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 16,509 reviews2023
Dev: Highwire GamesPub: Victura
Windows
Median: 3.2 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: Military 16.1%, Team-Based 13.6%, War 11.8%, FPS 10.6%, Tactical 10.5%
- #42 Brass Brigade
72% matchVery Positive92% of 553 reviews2019
Dev: Henry Kucab
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 52.9% ★, FPS 14.8%, War 13.5%, Sandbox 10.2%, Action 7.3%
- #43 Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway™
73% matchVery Positive91% of 2,433 reviews2008
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.1 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 37.8% ★, FPS 12.6%, Military 11.9%, Tactical 10.2%, War 5%
- #44 Battle Cry of Freedom
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,519 reviews2022
Dev: Flying Squirrel Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Battle Cry of Freedom brings brutal real-time first and third-person combat set in the 19th Century America, presenting players with the opportunity to re-fight the American Civil War as either the Union or the Confederates.
Why similar: Moddable 15.7%, Military 12.5%, Historical 11.9%, Team-Based 11.3%, War 9.8%
- #45 Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire
70% matchVery Positive95% of 1,012 reviews2017
Dev: Illusion SoftworksPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 14.1 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 33.9% ★, FPS 15.8%, War 15.2%, Tactical 14.1%, Shooter 7.7%
- #46 Sprocket
68% matchVery Positive92% of 13,075 reviews2021
Dev: Hamish Dunn
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 39.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Carefully balance mobility, firepower and armour in a dedicated tank designer. Then uncarefully put them to the test in a series of combat scenarios progressing through the ages of the tank. Here, your limit is what you can fit inside your hull and turret while still being able to move forwards.
Why similar: World War II 27.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 20.4%, Military 18.2%, War 14.9%, Sandbox 14%
- #47 Panzer Knights
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,017 reviews2021
Dev: 樂磚Joy BrickPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Lead a German panzer platoon through the chaos of World War II in this intense, anime-inspired tank simulation. Assemble an elite crew, deploy legendary tanks, and survive fierce engagements where cunning and skill will decide victory or defeat.
Why similar: World War II 35.5% ★, Vehicular Combat 18.5%, War 15.8%, Military 10.4%, Shooter 6.8%
- #48 Beach Invasion 1944
69% matchVery Positive84% of 1,093 reviews2022
Dev: AIx2 Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 32.7% ★, Military 17.5%, Historical 15.3%, FPS 12.3%, Realistic 8.5%
- #49 Fog of War
72% matchMixed48% of 799 reviews2018
Dev: Monkeys Lab.Pub: Neokosmos Technologies Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.4 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 28% ★, Military 10.9%, FPS 10.1%, War 8.9%, Gore 8.5%
- #50 UBOAT
66% matchVery Positive84% of 27,344 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Water StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 52.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
Why similar: World War II 25.5% ★, Moddable 14.2%, Military 12.5%, War 10.3%, Historical 9.8%
- #51 ARMA: Gold Edition
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,329 reviews2011
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
ARMA: Gold is pack of ARMA: Armed Assault and an expansion pack ARMA: Queen's Gambit. ARMA is a first person tactical military shooter with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread over large areas alongside the more closed quarters battle.
Why similar: Military 26.6%, FPS 11.9%, Tactical 10.7%, Simulation 7.8%, Realistic 6.9%
- #52 Gunner, HEAT, PC!
66% matchVery Positive91% of 8,208 reviews2022
Dev: Radian Simulations LLC
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 23.5%, Military 20.4%, Historical 13.7%, Realistic 10.1%, FPS 9.1%
- #53 WARNO
65% matchMostly Positive80% of 16,164 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 72.6 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: Military 25.1%, War 17.4%, Moddable 15.7%, Historical 14.9%, Tactical 10%
- #54 Days of War: Definitive Edition
69% 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 34.3% ★, War 17%, FPS 9.9%, Shooter 7.3%, Historical 6.1%
- #55 Enemy Front
69% matchMixed67% of 5,714 reviews2014
Dev: CI Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: World War II 38.9% ★, FPS 16%, War 8.8%, Shooter 7%, Military 5.7%
- #56 Steel Crew
67% matchVery Positive81% of 615 reviews2021
Dev: Magnus Ander
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Join a Tank as a Driver, Gunner or Commander and team up with and against other Tanks in Tank Vs Tank combat where tactics and communication is key
Why similar: World War II 30% ★, Vehicular Combat 17.9%, Team-Based 16.5%, Military 10.6%, War 8.9%
- #57 Army Troop
64% matchVery Positive82% of 468 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 25.9% ★, War 10.8%, Military 10.4%, FPS 10.3%, Tactical 7.3%
- #58 Heliborne Collection
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,033 reviews2017
Dev: Klabater
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Rotary-wing aviation and helicopter combat with a dynamic battlefield and the support of ground forces. Appreciated for MMO elements and an addictive gameplay loop. Use tactics and make strategic decisions or fly around and shoot in historically accurate maps.
Why similar: Military 23.2%, War 16.5%, Team-Based 12.3%, Realistic 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.4%
- #59 GROUND BRANCH
61% matchVery Positive84% of 25,054 reviews2026
Dev: BlackFoot StudiosPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.
Why similar: Military 21.9%, Tactical 18.2%, FPS 13.5%, Realistic 12.3%, Shooter 7.2%