- #1 RUNNING WITH RIFLES
97% matchVery Positive88% of 16,550 reviews2015
Dev: Osumia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.
Why similar: Wargame 18.5%, Military 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Tactical 9.7%, Sandbox 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its top-down view, territory capture, vehicle support, and every-soldier-matters battlefield flow make it the closest moment-to-moment cousin to Foxhole.
- #2 PlanetSide 2
96% matchVery Positive81% of 74,412 reviews2012
Dev: Rogue Planet GamesPub: Daybreak Game Company
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 53.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 34.1%, Team-Based 13.5%, War 10%, Open World 9.6%, Shooter 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It swaps WWII for sci-fi FPS combat, but its always-on continent war, massive player counts, and reliance on transport, spawn logistics, and coordinated outfits scratch the same persistent-war itch.
- #3 Squad
96% 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: Military 19.3%, Wargame 15.4%, Massively Multiplayer 12.7%, Team-Based 11.5%, War 9%
Why You'll Like It: Its logistics runs, FOB construction, role specialization, and communication-heavy combined-arms battles mirror Foxhole's teamwork-driven war machine.
- #4 Hell Let Loose
95% 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 28.5% ★, Military 15.6%, War 14.1%, Massively Multiplayer 12.6%, Tactical 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its supply network, garrison building, officer coordination, and large WWII maps capture Foxhole's sense that the backline matters as much as the firefight.
- #5 Arma Reforger
94% 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: Military 28.9%, War 14.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Tactical 9.8%, Shooter 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: The sandbox military sim tone, player-created logistics, base construction, and large-map combined arms make it a strong alternative if you want more immersion and less top-down abstraction.
- #6 Squad 44
94% 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 29.3% ★, Military 16.4%, Massively Multiplayer 15.5%, War 10.1%, Team-Based 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It brings WWII authenticity to Squad-style teamwork, FOBs, supply, and coordinated assaults across huge battlespaces.
- #7 WWII Online: Chokepoint
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cornered Rat SoftwarePub: Playnet, Inc.
Windows
WWII Online: Chokepoint is an authentic F2P WW2 multiplayer tactical shooter, driven by teamwork and built-in voice comms. Jump in feet first with the US Airborne or join the Wehrmacht and fight to control iconic chokepoints as an infantryman in Europe between 1944-45. Are you ready for WAR?
Why similar: Wargame 26%, World War II 19.4% ★, Military 16.2%, War 10.8%, Tactical 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Like Foxhole, it stages a continuous, large-scale WWII conflict where infantry, armor, and air players all affect a shared front and strategic supply matters.
- #8 Arma 3
92% 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: Military 26.8%, War 12.7%, Tactical 9.9%, Open World 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Few games match its open-ended military sandbox, mod-driven persistence, logistics, and ability to let players create their own Foxhole-like war stories.
- #9 Holdfast: Nations At War
91% 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: Wargame 19.7%, Military 19.5%, War 16.3%, Team-Based 10.9%, Tactical 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its large player counts, role-based historical combat, and emphasis on coordinated line pushes make it a good fit if you like the social chaos of organized warfare.
- #10 Enlisted
90% 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 33.8% ★, Team-Based 13.4%, War 12.4%, Massively Multiplayer 11.8%, PvP 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its multi-squad battles, vehicle support, class roles, and large WWII maps offer a more accessible but still warfare-focused alternative.
- #11 BattleBit Remastered
89% matchVery Positive82% of 145,990 reviews2023
Dev: SgtOkiDoki
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 35.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Massively Multiplayer 20.3%, Military 19.8%, War 14%, Team-Based 12.7%, Tactical 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Under the low-poly look is a surprisingly teamwork-heavy large-scale shooter with transport, fortification, and squad coordination.
- #12 Empires Mod
91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,051 reviews2008
Dev: Empires
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Unique strategy/first person shooter mix: One commander on each team plays from above, choosing research, placing buildings and giving orders. The rest fill the role of soldiers on the ground, with four distinct classes to choose from and customizable vehicles to drive.
Why similar: Team-Based 24.6%, Base Building 22.4%, PvP 13.6%, Top-Down 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This free hybrid of shooter and commander-led strategy has player-built bases, resource management, vehicles, and frontline pushes that feel very Foxhole in structure.
- #13 War of Rights
89% 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 28.2%, Military 25.4%, Massively Multiplayer 19.1%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Shooter 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses less on logistics but nails the disciplined, community-driven feel of huge historical battles where teamwork matters more than individual fragging.
- #14 Isonzo
88% 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 19.6%, Massively Multiplayer 17.2%, Military 16.4%, Team-Based 15.2%, War 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Officer building, frontline assaults, and class-based team play make it one of the closer trench-war shooters to Foxhole's organized battlefield rhythm.
- #15 Silica
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,752 reviews2023
Dev: Martin 'Dram' MelichárekPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Silica blends FPS and RTS in epic, photorealistic battles. Choose to fight on the ground or command from above as humans or aliens. Dive into thrilling multiplayer combat or master strategic command. Are you ready to survive and conquer?
Why similar: PvP 26.2%, Multiplayer 21.1%, Shooter 18.5%, Co-op 15.1%, Strategy 14.8%
Why You'll Like It: It directly blends FPS and RTS roles, letting some players fight on the ground while others command bases, harvest resources, and direct the war.
- #16 Natural Selection 2
87% matchVery Positive85% of 13,305 reviews2012
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!
Why similar: Team-Based 40.8%, Multiplayer 19.2%, Strategy 13.2%, Tactical 9.4%, Co-op 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Despite the sci-fi setting, its commander-player split, resource control, structure building, and coordinated team pushes echo Foxhole's 'many jobs feed one war' design.
- #17 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
86% 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 34% ★, Military 16.7%, War 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%, PvP 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Foxhole is the operational side of moving armor, infantry, and supplies around a WWII battlefield, this is a great tactics-heavy step.
- #18 Tannenberg
85% 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: Wargame 22.1%, Team-Based 19.1%, War 15.4%, Military 14.9%, PvP 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its maneuver-mode territory fighting and historical squad play better resemble a shifting warfront than most match-based shooters.
- #19 Beyond The Wire
84% 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: Military 24.1%, War 19.9%, Massively Multiplayer 16.6%, PvP 11.1%, Tactical 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes class cooperation and organized assaults in a historical war setting, though it is more match-based and less systemic than Foxhole.
- #20 Operation: Harsh Doorstop
83% 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: Military 27.6%, War 13.8%, World War II 13.1% ★, Tactical 12.2%, Wargame 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It leans into large maps, AI-supported battles, vehicles, and sandbox milsim structure that can feel pleasantly Foxhole-adjacent.
- #21 Battle Cry of Freedom
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,500 reviews2022
Dev: Flying Squirrel Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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: Massively Multiplayer 20.8%, Military 19.7%, War 14.3%, Team-Based 14.2%, Shooter 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Massive historical battles, varied support roles, and player-led organization give it some of the same emergent-war appeal as Foxhole.
- #22 WARNO
82% 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 25.9%, Military 21.1%, War 13.8%, Massively Multiplayer 11.2%, Tactical 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like Foxhole at the operational level, it is about positioning forces, securing ground, and keeping a combined-arms machine functioning under pressure.
- #23 Steel Division 2
82% 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 27.7% ★, Military 17.2%, Wargame 14.4%, War 11.8%, Tactical 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It trades individual soldiers for battlegroup command, but its large-scale front management and authentic WWII battlefield flow fit Foxhole's strategic side.
- #24 Men of War II
81% 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 26.1% ★, Wargame 19.3%, Military 14.7%, Tactical 8.3%, Co-op 8%
Why You'll Like It: Its detailed WWII combined-arms battles and direct unit control capture the improvisational military sandbox side of Foxhole, minus the MMO persistence.
- #25 Call to Arms
81% 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: Military 31.1%, War 17.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Tactical 11.2%, Multiplayer 9%
Why You'll Like It: This hybrid RTS-shooter lets you jump between direct soldier control and battlefield command, appealing if Foxhole's mix of personal action and larger strategy is what hooked you.
- #26 Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
80% 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 19.9%, Massively Multiplayer 18.5%, Military 16.5%, War 13.1%, Team-Based 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its commander abilities, tunnel and spawn placement, and asymmetrical team warfare reward the same kind of coordinated battlefield thinking.
- #27 Total Conflict: Resistance
79% 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: Wargame 26.2%, Military 21.3%, War 19.3%, Tactical 13.1%, Co-op 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes strategic map control, base management, and direct participation in battles, appealing to players who like switching between war planner and grunt.
- #28 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: War 21.2%, Team-Based 19.1%, Tactical 16.1%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Shooter 13%
- #29 Nuclear Dawn
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,481 reviews2011
Dev: GameConnectPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.
Why similar: Team-Based 22.5%, Base Building 16.9%, Tactical 16.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Multiplayer 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This older FPS-RTS hybrid features commander-placed structures, resource nodes, and frontline teamwork in a way Foxhole fans often appreciate.
- #30 Wargame: Red Dragon
78% matchVery Positive89% of 19,617 reviews2014
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 52.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Military 29.9%, Wargame 26.7%, War 11.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Tactical 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its appeal is the high-level orchestration of a modern war machine rather than frontline roleplay, but Foxhole players who love the military sandbox may click with it.
- #31 War Selection
77% matchVery Positive85% of 23,033 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Why similar: Base Building 25.3%, Military 18%, Massively Multiplayer 15.8%, War 12.9%, Multiplayer 8.9%
- #32 EVE Online
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 38,402 reviews2010
Dev: CCP
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 136.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 32.7%, Open World 18.3%, Sandbox 16.5%, PvP 13.1%, Co-op 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: It's the biggest leap in setting, yet its player-run logistics, territorial warfare, persistent world, and the feeling that support roles truly matter are deeply Foxhole-like.
- #33 Verdun
76% 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: Massively Multiplayer 18.6%, Wargame 15.6%, Military 12.6%, War 10.3%, PvP 10.2%
- #34 Easy Red 2
74% matchVery Positive90% of 12,483 reviews2022
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 33.1% ★, Wargame 16.3%, War 14.4%, Team-Based 9.6%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #35 WWII Online
76% 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 26.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 19.3%, Wargame 13.6%, Military 11.9%, Shooter 11.7%
- #36 Steel Division: Normandy 44
75% 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 41.3% ★, Military 17.3%, War 9.9%, Wargame 9.7%, Tactical 7.6%
- #37 Day of Infamy
73% 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 42.2% ★, Military 15.4%, War 15.2%, Tactical 7.1%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #38 From the Depths
72% matchVery Positive89% of 12,523 reviews2020
Dev: Brilliant Skies Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
Why similar: Military 27.2%, War 22.5%, Sandbox 18.7%, Crafting 14.6%, Multiplayer 9.9%
- #39 Life is Feudal: Arden
73% matchMixed42% of 817 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!
Why similar: Sandbox 18.4%, Base Building 15.4%, Massively Multiplayer 14.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Team-Based 10.4%
- #40 BattleRush
73% matchMixed69% of 2,878 reviews2018
Dev: TB Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Free-to-play multiplayer action game in the entourage of the Second World War with total destructibility of the environment. Enjoy full freedom, build a defense, create your army, crush the enemy.
Why similar: World War II 44% ★, Massively Multiplayer 22.3%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Open World 8.3%, Shooter 6.9%
- #41 Operation Valor
70% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: One Dawn Studios, LLC.
Windows
Operation Valor is a tactical top-down multiplayer shooter that provides large scale combined-arms combat through base building and teamwork.
Why similar: Military 17%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, War 14%, Team-Based 11%, Tactical 10.9%
- #42 Men of War: Assault Squad
72% 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 35.2% ★, Military 16.3%, War 15.3%, Tactical 11.1%, Strategy 9.6%
- #43 Myth of Empires
69% matchMixed67% of 17,261 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 230.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
Why similar: War 19.5%, Base Building 19.2%, Sandbox 16.5%, Open World 14.1%, Co-op 8.8%
- #44 Last Oasis
71% matchMixed62% of 24,198 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 41.5%, Open World 15.7%, Crafting 10.8%, Sandbox 10.6%, PvP 8.8%
- #45 Thunder Tier One
70% matchMixed69% of 5,475 reviews2021
Dev: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Thunder Tier One is a realistic top-down shooter where you join an elite special operations team tasked with stopping a dangerous terrorist organization wreaking havoc across the fictional Eastern European country of Salobia.
Why similar: Military 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Team-Based 13.9%, Tactical 12.4%, PvP 8.3%
- #46 Company of Heroes 3
68% matchMixed57% of 37,648 reviews2023
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 73.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 23.8% ★, Wargame 22.3%, Military 11.9%, Co-op 7.2%, War 6.6%
- #47 Starbase
70% matchMixed56% of 6,702 reviews2021
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 91.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 42.1%, Open World 19.8%, Sandbox 18.1%, Crafting 11.5%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #48 Mortal Online 2
69% matchMixed60% of 13,523 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 145.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 25.1%, Sandbox 18.8%, Open World 17%, PvP 15.4%, Crafting 12.7%
- #49 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 29.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 20.5%, Military 14.1%, War 10.5%, Tactical 7.7%
- #50 Warborne Above Ashes
67% matchMixed46% of 2,982 reviews2025
Dev: Qooland Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 36.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Warborne is a top-down PvP loot-and-extract MMO. Every choice in the Abyss is a high-stakes gamble. Pick your gear wisely, employ cunning tactics, and plunder every treasure you can from a battlefield teeming with deception. And pray you make it out alive. Trade your spoils to grow your might.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21.4%, Wargame 21.1%, Team-Based 15.1%, PvP 10.2%, Open World 8.8%
- #51 Life is Feudal: MMO
71% matchMixed40% of 7,330 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 23.1%, Base Building 17.5%, Team-Based 14.5%, Sandbox 12.5%, PvP 10.9%
- #52 Renown
66% matchMixed60% of 1,544 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 22.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 12.9%, Open World 12.8%, Crafting 12.5%
- #53 Ashes of Creation
67% matchMostly Negative37% of 18,678 reviews2025
Dev: Intrepid Studios, Inc
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ashes of Creation is an old-school take on the modern MMORPG set in a living, reactive world where your choices shape civilization. In this PvX open world sandbox, players will build cities, forge empires, and lay siege to foes. Uncover the Ancients as you fight to reclaim the fallen world of Verra.
Why similar: Base Building 30.5%, Crafting 29.9%, Co-op 13.7%, Strategy 11.6%, RPG 8.9%
- #54 Forts
67% matchVery Positive92% of 24,366 reviews2017
Dev: EarthWork Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!
Why similar: Base Building 27.9%, Military 23.8%, Sandbox 15%, Tactical 12.8%, Multiplayer 10.9%
- #55 TrenchesWIP
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,622 reviews2019
Dev: Big OOF Games PTY LTDPub: -
Windows
Multiplayer combined-arms first-person shooter set in an alternate history. Build and upgrade bases, harvest resources, construct defenses, purchase weapons and vehicles to overcome the enemy!
Why similar: World War II 35.1% ★, Wargame 19.3%, War 15%, Base Building 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #56 Bellwright
64% matchVery Positive81% of 18,990 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Open World 27.3%, Crafting 22%, War 12.9%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Co-op 12.8%
- #57 Life is Feudal: Your Own
68% matchMixed66% of 12,039 reviews2015
Dev: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Why similar: Open World 23%, Sandbox 21.3%, Crafting 19.2%, Massively Multiplayer 13.3%, Multiplayer 9.7%