Games Like Hell Let Loose

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 28.8% ★, Military 11.5%, FPS 9.5%, War 9%, Massively Multiplayer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its WWII setting, demanding squad communication, logistics, armor, and large objective-based battles make it the closest direct alternative to Hell Let Loose.

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 19.4%, FPS 12.6%, War 11.4%, Realistic 11.1%, Massively Multiplayer 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Squad shares Hell Let Loose’s 50-versus-50 scale, player-led squads, construction and supply systems, and reliance on voice coordination, in a modern setting.

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 21.2%, War 13.2%, FPS 12.7%, Realistic 11.6%, Shooter 11%

Why You'll Like It: Its realistic ballistics, military roleplay potential, large maps, vehicles, and community-organized operations suit players who enjoy Hell Let Loose’s tactical side.

Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Why similar: World War II 33% ★, Realistic 10.5%, FPS 10.2%, War 9.2%, Multiplayer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This grounded WWII shooter offers punishing gunplay, infantry-and-vehicle warfare, asymmetric factions, and a similarly unforgiving battlefield atmosphere.

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 13.7%, Military 13.1%, FPS 10.6%, Tanks 9.7% ★, Shooter 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This World War we counterpart recreates Hell Let Loose-style organized large battles with squad roles, trench assaults, and deliberately weighty combat.

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: War 14.7%, Military 14.6%, FPS 12.9%, Massively Multiplayer 10.9%, Realistic 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers lethal, class-based large-team combat with helicopters, asymmetric objectives, and a strong emphasis on coordinated attacks and defense.

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 34.8% ★, War 11.4%, FPS 10.9%, Military 9.1%, Realistic 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a focused WWII multiplayer shooter built around class roles, territory objectives, quick lethality, and coordinated infantry pushes.

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 33.4% ★, FPS 12.8%, War 11.2%, Shooter 8%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Enlisted combines WWII infantry, tanks, aircraft, and objective-driven battles, offering a more accessible but still combined-arms alternative.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.

Why similar: FPS 18.3%, Military 17%, Realistic 12.7%, Shooter 11.2%, War 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Although its matches are smaller, its intense objective modes, realistic weapon handling, lethal firefights, and teamwork-first design feel familiar.

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 24.8% ★, Military 11.1%, War 10.8%, FPS 9.3%, Shooter 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This WWII shooter emphasizes large battlefields, infantry assaults, vehicles, and customizable single-player or co-op scenarios with a grounded feel.

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 18.6%, Military 13.2%, Historical 12.3%, Realistic 9.3%, FPS 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its Civil War setting, its massive formations, chain of command, proximity voice chat, and disciplined teamwork create a similarly immersive battle experience.

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 21.9%, War 13.1%, Shooter 11.5%, Realistic 10.8%, FPS 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Arma 3 provides an expansive military sandbox for realistic combined-arms missions, player-made WWII scenarios, and heavily coordinated multiplayer operations.

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: Shooter 11.5%, War 11%, Military 10.6%, Massively Multiplayer 10.5%, FPS 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its trench warfare, sector-based offensives, squad roles, and harsh WWI gunplay appeal to players who enjoy deliberate historical firefights.

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 28.6% ★, FPS 12.9%, War 12.3%, Military 10.4%, Shooter 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its large WWII maps, destructible environments, squad spawning, vehicles, and cinematic frontline battles capture a more arcade-oriented version of the same fantasy.

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: Military 16.3%, War 12%, Massively Multiplayer 11.3%, Realistic 11.2%, FPS 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Isonzo focuses on methodical World War we assaults, class-specialized teams, fortifications, and attack-defense objectives across authentic mountain fronts.

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 24.6% ★, FPS 19.3%, Shooter 14.8%, Massively Multiplayer 8.6%, Military 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its persistent-war structure, player-driven frontline, logistics, and land-air-sea combat strongly echo Hell Let Loose’s strategic war-map ambitions.

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 17.9%, FPS 13.1%, World War II 11.6% ★, War 11.5%, Realistic 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This free military sandbox supports large-scale objective modes, modded historical content, vehicles, and squad-based tactical play.

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 17.6%, Military 16.6%, FPS 13.6%, Shooter 10.8%, Historical 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its historical battles feature player-commanded formations, artillery, cavalry, naval combat, and proximity-chat teamwork on very large multiplayer servers.

Battlefield™ 1 takes you back to The Great War, WW1, where new technology and worldwide conflict changed the face of warfare forever.

Why similar: War 19.3%, FPS 18.2%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Shooter 10.7%, Massively Multiplayer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its World War we setting, huge maps, vehicles, class roles, and cinematic conquest battles offer an accessible historical combined-arms experience.

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 18%, War 15.4%, FPS 13.4%, Realistic 11.5%, Tactical 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its tactical room clearing, realistic threat modeling, procedural missions, and reliance on coordinated small-unit movement suit the most methodical Hell Let Loose players.

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: War 14.6%, FPS 12.1%, Military 11.1%, Realistic 10.1%, Gore 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This WWI shooter emphasizes maneuver warfare, large maps, squad tactics, and objective control rather than fast arcade deathmatching.

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 21.6%, Realistic 16.3%, FPS 15.2%, Tactical 15.1%, Shooter 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: GROUND BRANCH trades battlefield scale for highly customizable, realistic weapons, careful movement, and communication-heavy tactical operations.

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 28.6% ★, Military 15.8%, War 14.1%, Massively Multiplayer 12.8%, Tactical 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Foxhole shares Hell Let Loose’s importance of logistics, player-built infrastructure, shifting frontlines, and teamwork, albeit from a persistent top-down perspective.

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: Military 16.9%, FPS 16.3%, War 15.1%, Massively Multiplayer 11.6%, Shooter 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers huge player counts, squad spawning, destruction, vehicles, and objective warfare in a much lighter and faster-paced presentation.

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 28.3%, FPS 17.2%, Shooter 12.6%, Historical 10.6%, Realistic 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Rising Front offers large-scale WWI multiplayer with trench warfare, construction, vehicles, and role-based teamwork in a more sandbox-like format.

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 12.5%, FPS 12%, War 12%, Massively Multiplayer 8.9%, Shooter 8.7%

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

Why similar: World War II 38.7% ★, FPS 11.3%, War 8.6%, Military 7.6%, Realistic 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is an older but still highly grounded WWII shooter centered on lethal infantry engagements, tanks, and Eastern Front authenticity.

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 14.7%, War 11.5%, FPS 10.7%, Massively Multiplayer 9.4%, Historical 8.9%

The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.

Why similar: World War II 45.2% ★, Shooter 11.8%, Multiplayer 11.3%, War 9.1%, FPS 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more campaign-focused, its WWII infiltration, authentic weapons, co-op play, and tactical approach offer a slower-paced historical alternative.

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: War 16.3%, FPS 14.7%, Shooter 11.1%, Historical 11%, Realistic 10.9%

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

Why similar: World War II 37% ★, FPS 17.6%, War 8.9%, Military 8.6%, Shooter 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This classic WWII team shooter provides class-based objective combat and tightly designed infantry maps for a simpler, faster alternative.

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 35.3% ★, War 13.6%, Military 12.2%, Historical 9.4%, Realistic 8%

WARDOGS is a TACTICAL ALL OUT WARFARE FPS where one hundred players split across three teams fight over the control zone. Set in the derelict industrial mountains of Eastern Europe on a destructible battlefield where teamwork pays and cash is king.

Why similar: Military 18.3%, FPS 14.7%, Massively Multiplayer 12.9%, Realistic 11.4%, Shooter 10.4%

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 35.1% ★, Military 15.7%, War 13.7%, Realistic 7.2%, Historical 7.1%

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 39.8% ★, FPS 13.3%, Military 11.1%, Tactical 8%, War 5.5%

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 36.3% ★, War 15.4%, Military 11.2%, Tactical 6.5%, Tanks 5.9% ★

Onward is the most immersive tactical VR shooter. Join your squad for a wide variety of competitive PvP, co-op PvE, and solo game modes, including intense multiplayer battles or 4-player co-op missions. Realistic weaponry and combat mechanics will push your survival and combat skills to their limit

Why similar: Military 16.7%, FPS 13.4%, War 13%, Shooter 10.9%, Realistic 10.8%

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 34.9% ★, Tanks 13.8% ★, Military 11.6%, War 11.3%, Realistic 9.2%

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: Military 14.6%, War 13.5%, Shooter 13.2%, FPS 12.3%, Massively Multiplayer 10.3%

Enlist in an intense brand of Axis vs. Allied teamplay set in the WWII European Theatre of Operations. Players assume the role of light/assault/heavy infantry, sniper or machine-gunner class, each with a unique arsenal of historical weaponry at their disposal. Missions are based on key historical operations.

Why similar: FPS 34.8%, World War II 31.1% ★, War 9.1%, Shooter 6.7%, Multiplayer 6.1%

Chivalry 2 is a multiplayer first person slasher inspired by epic medieval movie battles. Players are thrust into the action of every iconic moment of the era - from clashing swords, to storms of flaming arrows, to sprawling castle sieges and more.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 16.4%, War 15.8%, Military 13.1%, Historical 11%, Multiplayer 10.6%

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 48.6% ★, Military 14.6%, War 10.6%, Tactical 6.2%, Multiplayer 5.4%

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

Why similar: FPS 39.4%, Realistic 11.2%, Military 10.7%, Tactical 8.5%, Shooter 8.1%

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 23.8% ★, War 10.3%, FPS 9.5%, Military 8.4%, Shooter 7.6%

Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.

Why similar: FPS 16.3%, Military 15.1%, Tactical 15%, Shooter 14.4%, Realistic 13.3%

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 17.6%, FPS 10%, Shooter 8.3%, Action 4.6%

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

Why similar: World War II 25.3% ★, War 12.1%, Military 11.1%, Tanks 10.1% ★, FPS 7.1%

Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.

Why similar: Military 16.2%, FPS 14.3%, War 12.1%, Realistic 11.7%, Tactical 9.9%

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 21.3%, War 17.3%, Tanks 12.1% ★, Realistic 9.1%, Historical 8.7%

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

Why similar: World War II 40.7% ★, War 10.8%, Military 10.8%, Tanks 8.8% ★, Historical 7.2%

Bodycam is the first tactical multiplayer FPS with a true body-camera view in Unreal Engine 5. Close-quarters combats feel raw and loud. Every angle, callout, and bullet matters. Play Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Wingman on photoreal maps where teamplay, tactics, and clutch skill are key.

Why similar: FPS 18.2%, Military 17.2%, Realistic 15.1%, Tactical 12.4%, Shooter 11.1%

World of Tanks is a tactical action game with very different gameplay depending on the vehicle type and role. Aside from regular PvP, there are competitive and clan-based modes, special PvE and PvPvE events, and much more. Whether you play to dominate or just enjoy the ride, you'll fit right in.

Why similar: World War II 14.6% ★, War 13.7%, Tanks 13.6% ★, Military 13.4%, Realistic 8.8%

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

Why similar: World War II 25.8% ★, FPS 13.8%, Military 12.4%, War 10.6%, Shooter 8.2%

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

Why similar: World War II 22.1% ★, War 10.9%, Military 10.6%, Tanks 8.4% ★, FPS 8.2%

Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!

Why similar: World War II 29.8% ★, War 14.8%, Military 14.5%, Historical 8.9%, Shooter 8.9%

War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.

Why similar: World War II 27.3% ★, War 13.2%, Military 12.8%, Tanks 10.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 9.1%