Games Like Holdfast: Nations At War

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 24%, War 21.7%, Military 16.5%, FPS 9.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This Civil War shooter similarly emphasizes authentic weapons, organized infantry formations, voice communication, officers, and large-scale historical battles.

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: World War I 22.5% ★, Wargame 9.9%, Historical 9.8%, Military 9.5%, War 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Verdun delivers class-based WWI trench combat where coordinated assaults, defensive lines, and period firearms are central to every match.

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: World War I 23.9% ★, Historical 10.1%, Wargame 10.1%, War 9.9%, Team-Based 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This WWI multiplayer shooter focuses on broad Eastern Front battles with squads, objectives, bolt-action rifles, and tactical movement across open terrain.

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: World War I 18.1% ★, Military 13%, Wargame 12.9%, Team-Based 9.4%, War 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Isonzo offers objective-driven WWI mountain warfare with specialized classes, artillery support, and a strong emphasis on coordinated attacks and defenses.

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: World War I 25.2% ★, Military 12.7%, War 12.4%, Historical 11.3%, FPS 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Beyond The Wire is a slower, teamwork-heavy WWI FPS built around squad leadership, trench assaults, melee charges, and period authenticity.

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: Historical 13.3%, Military 12.9%, War 11.1%, Third-Person Shooter 9.9%, Shooter 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It recreates Civil War-era battles with infantry volleys, cavalry, artillery crews, and large multiplayer engagements that reward formation discipline.

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

Why You'll Like It: Hell Let Loose offers 50-versus-50 World War II battles built around command structures, squad coordination, supply lines, and frontline objectives.

Blackwake is a multiplayer naval FPS focused on teamwork and cooperation. Fire the cannons, sink enemy ships or board them with firearms and steel.

Why similar: Naval 41.4% ★, Team-Based 19.7%, Multiplayer 16.3%, FPS 10.9%, First-Person 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Blackwake shares Holdfast's age-of-sail side through crew-operated naval combat, with players loading cannons, repairing ships, and boarding enemies together.

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

Why similar: World War I 34.6% ★, War 16.2%, FPS 14%, Historical 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Battlefield 1 provides more arcade-like but spectacular WWI combat, combining infantry charges, cavalry, artillery, and vehicles across large objective maps.

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: Military 20.7%, War 15.1%, FPS 14.5%, Historical 10.4%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Squad 44 brings realistic World War II infantry combat, logistics, communication, and large maps where organized teams matter far more than individual score.

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: War 20.6%, FPS 18%, Military 17.7%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Historical 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Day of Infamy is a tense World War II multiplayer shooter with class roles, objective modes, limited ammunition, and punishing historical gunplay.

In Enlisted, you are not only commanding a single soldier, but an entire squad! This MMO squad based shooter recreates the key battles of the bloodiest war of the 20th century, with hundreds of soldiers, tanks and aircraft taking part in each battle.

Why similar: FPS 20.5%, War 19.6%, Team-Based 13.2%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Shooter 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Enlisted combines large historical battles with class-based squads, period weapons, vehicles, and objective-focused multiplayer across several World War II fronts.

Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Why similar: Wargame 14.2%, Historical 13.5%, FPS 13.2%, War 13%, Team-Based 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This hardcore historical FPS rewards careful positioning, lethal gunplay, teamwork, and coordinated pushes in large World War II battles.

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 15.1%, Military 14.9%, War 13.9%, Historical 12.5%, FPS 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its large team battles, role specialization, asymmetric factions, and reliance on communication make it a strong modern-era counterpart to Holdfast's multiplayer warfare.

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 20.1%, Wargame 13.2%, FPS 11.1%, War 11%, Team-Based 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Squad captures the same need for leadership and coordinated pushes, though it moves the formula into modern combined-arms warfare.

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 25.1%, War 14.5%, FPS 12.8%, Shooter 10.7%, Multiplayer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Arma Reforger provides a more simulation-oriented military sandbox where large groups can organize authentic infantry, vehicle, and logistics operations.

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: Historical 17.8%, War 15.2%, Military 13.6%, Wargame 12.6%, Multiplayer 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Chivalry 2 trades muskets for medieval melee combat but retains the large, humorous, class-based multiplayer battles and cinematic charges that Holdfast players may enjoy.

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 18.2%, War 15.1%, FPS 15%, Shooter 10.2%, Multiplayer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: BattleBit Remastered offers enormous multiplayer battles with destructible environments, squad play, class roles, and a faster but similarly chaotic war-game feel.

MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast paced combat, castle sieges, cavalry charges, and more.

Why similar: Multiplayer 21.2%, Historical 18.3%, Team-Based 13.7%, PvP 12.9%, FPS 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: MORDHAU provides skill-based medieval multiplayer warfare with siege maps, cavalry, archery, melee formations, and highly chaotic large-team modes.

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 23.6%, FPS 14.7%, War 14%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Tactical 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This free tactical shooter supports large-scale combined-arms battles, community servers, and modded historical scenarios with a strong focus on teamwork.

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: Wargame 19.9%, Military 19.7%, War 16.3%, Team-Based 10.6%, Tactical 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Foxhole replaces first-person shooting with a persistent top-down war, but strongly matches Holdfast's emphasis on mass-player coordination, logistics, and frontline warfare.

A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.

Why similar: War 40%, Historical 16.3%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Third Person 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its multiplayer and massive medieval battles offer the same appeal of charging alongside a formation, using cavalry, infantry, and siege weapons in historical-style warfare.

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

Why similar: FPS 25.4%, Shooter 18.8%, Military 12.3%, Wargame 11.8%, Historical 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: WWII Online is a persistent, large-scale World War II battlefield where infantry, armor, aircraft, and logistics all contribute to a shared war effort.

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: Military 15.3%, Historical 14.3%, War 13.9%, FPS 11%, Team-Based 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Easy Red 2 is a more accessible historical World War II FPS featuring large battles, AI allies, vehicles, and a sandbox-like battlefield structure.

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: World War I 25.1% ★, Historical 11.2%, War 9.8%, Third-Person Shooter 8.9%, FPS 8.2%

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: World War I 24.2% ★, Military 11.9%, Historical 11.3%, War 8.6%, FPS 7.4%

Or were you deaf or were you blind when you left your two fine legs behind, Or was it sailing on the sea when you got the cannonball to your knee, I too was young and I was slim and I had a leg for every limb, But now I’ve got no legs at all, they were both shot away by a cannonball.

Why similar: Naval 30.3% ★, War 14.3%, Historical 13.3%, Wargame 13.1%, Military 13%

Why You'll Like It: Naval Action is a detailed age-of-sail multiplayer game focused on authentic ship handling, cannon duels, fleet actions, and factional naval warfare.

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 22.4%, Military 21.1%, FPS 15.9%, Team-Based 12.2%, Shooter 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Rise of Liberty is a Revolutionary War-era shooter whose muskets, artillery, historical setting, and line-battle flavor closely fit Holdfast's earlier-war side.

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 16.6%, War 14.8%, Historical 13.8%, FPS 13.6%, Shooter 9.5%

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: World War I 29.2% ★, War 17.9%, Wargame 11.4%, Historical 11.3%, FPS 10%

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: Military 24.1%, FPS 22%, Shooter 13%, War 13%, Tactical 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Insurgency: Sandstorm offers lethal class-based firefights and objective-focused teamwork for players who value communication and grounded weapon handling over spectacle.

Conqueror's Blade gives you a chance to be a true warlord. Commanding medieval troops in epic 15 vs. 15 siege battles, conquering cities with allies in the open world or fighting against players from all over the world – it's you who make the choice.

Why similar: Wargame 25.9%, War 22.2%, Team-Based 14.3%, Tactical 11.5%, PvP 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Conqueror's Blade mixes third-person medieval combat with commanding AI units in large siege battles, appealing to players who enjoy organized assaults and historical warfare.

Step into the ultimate three-way war for honor, glory, and gold! This beloved community-driven game brings together swashbuckling Pirates, battle-hardened Vikings, and chivalrous Knights in hilarious and intense class-based combat. Join the fun, embrace the chaos, and fight your way to victory!

Why similar: Multiplayer 24.8%, FPS 21%, Historical 17.9%, Memes 8.1%, Action 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This free multiplayer action game delivers humorous faction-based melee and ranged battles that echo Holdfast's lighthearted community-driven chaos.

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: Naval 18.1% ★, Military 13.8%, Historical 13.3%, War 13.1%, Third-Person Shooter 9.9%

Shieldwall is a funny third-person tactical battle simulator with strategy elements. It allows you to feel like a squad leader right on the battlefield.

Why similar: War 31.2%, Historical 23.4%, Multiplayer 11%, PvP 8.9%, Third Person 7.1%

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

Why similar: World War I 36.6% ★, Historical 13.9%, Military 12.5%, Wargame 10.2%, War 9.7%

Experience (mildly) accurate historical battles from the Napoleonic era, but from the perspective of DUCKS! Duckoleon is a multiplayer FPS/TPS with strategic elements. Exciting combat with units ranging from line infantry to cavalry and artillery, historical uniforms, cute ducks and much more!

Why similar: Wargame 18.2%, Historical 13.6%, FPS 12.8%, Military 9.5%, Team-Based 9%

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 17.5%, Wargame 16.1%, FPS 12%, Team-Based 11.1%, Tactical 9%

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: War 17.5%, Military 15.3%, FPS 14.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Tactical 8.4%

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: FPS 18.9%, War 15.7%, Military 15%, Historical 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Take over the control of one of the mighty nations during the times of World War 1 in the biggest WW1 strategy game of all time. Conquer provinces, forge alliances and build up your economy in real-time on persistent maps. Build experimental weapons of World War 1 and become the one true superpower!

Why similar: World War I 27.9% ★, War 17.1%, Historical 14.9%, Military 13.7%, Wargame 8.8%

Multiplayer based, first person enabled, action packed and skill demanding shooter set in the Wild West times. A unique combination of non stop action and slow but powerful weaponry.

Why similar: Historical 26.7%, FPS 19.1%, Shooter 14.1%, Multiplayer 11.9%, PvP 11.9%

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: World War I 43.1% ★, War 18.4%, Historical 15.7%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Strategy 4.8%

Field of Honor is a single-player game that combines elements of first-person shooter and strategy, set in the Napoleonic Wars, American Revolutionary War and American Civil War. You can take command of massive battles or engage as a single soldier to defeat the enemy in various game modes.

Why similar: Wargame 17.7%, FPS 14.4%, Historical 13.2%, Military 13.1%, War 13%

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: War 30.8%, FPS 16.1%, Shooter 12.9%, Historical 11%, Action 8.6%

Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles

Why similar: Multiplayer 28.2%, Historical 12.7%, Team-Based 12.1%, First-Person 10.6%, PvP 10.4%

Join this free-to-play PvP online naval shooter with fast-paced combat, easy-to-learn gameplay, intuitive controls, and cross-platform play on Steam, console, and mobile. Choose from 600+ warships and 150+ Commanders, and master tactics on diverse maps. Play now and become a legend!

Why similar: Naval 17.5% ★, Military 14%, Historical 14%, Third-Person Shooter 11.6%, War 11.1%

Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release

Why similar: Historical 33.3%, War 19.5%, Military 14.3%, Strategy 9.3%, Tactical 8.1%

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: Historical 23.5%, War 20.3%, Military 19.4%, Shooter 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Set sail in World of Sea Battle, an action-packed open-world MMO in the Golden Age of Sail! Command historic ships, battle in PvP & PvE, shape the economy, and engage in territorial guild wars in your quest for glory across the high seas!

Why similar: Team-Based 40.5%, PvP 28%, Third Person 20.3%, Action 11.1%

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 I 42% ★, War 15.4%, Wargame 14%, FPS 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.9%

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: Military 18.9%, FPS 17%, War 16.7%, Shooter 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.5%

Command antique WWI Toy Soldiers in the trench-filled battlefields of Europe. Deploy an exciting arsenal of guns, artillery, flamethrowers, tanks and planes to defend your WWI toy dioramas. Take direct control of individual units or command the entire battlefield from above.

Why similar: World War I 27.6% ★, Wargame 20.1%, Historical 11.4%, Military 9.9%, War 7.3%

Join the historic battle for Vukovar at the end of the 20th century through multiplayer combat. Play in teams choosing one of the five modes or outside the team in a free for all mode. Accomplish your goals using real weapons from the war while moving through an accurate simulation of the city map

Why similar: Wargame 17.6%, Military 16.4%, War 16.3%, FPS 11.8%, Historical 10.6%

Poly Squad; multiplayer, team-based, it is the kind of game where you can fight as a team on, large maps using various weapons up to 16 - 32 players.

Why similar: Military 22.7%, War 22%, FPS 16.1%, Shooter 11.1%, PvP 9.3%

Meet the first standalone medieval battle royale game! Take part in battles with up to 50 players using a wide variety of weapons and other items.

Why similar: Historical 19%, FPS 18.8%, PvP 12.5%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Third-Person Shooter 10.1%

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 16.9%, War 13.5%, Wargame 11.8%, Historical 11.1%, FPS 10.8%

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 22.2%, War 16.1%, FPS 15.2%, Shooter 11.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%