Games Like Holdfast: Nations At War

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 13.1%, Military 12.9%, War 11.1%, Third-Person Shooter 9.7%, Shooter 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the closest Steam alternative to Holdfast’s musket-era chaos, with line infantry, cavalry, artillery, and large first- or third-person battles driven by teamwork and voice chat.

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 23.8%, War 21.7%, Military 16.5%, FPS 9.6%, Multiplayer 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Holdfast is disciplined formations and immersive black-powder battles, War of Rights is the most direct match on Steam.

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 22.3% ★, Wargame 9.8%, Historical 9.7%, Military 9.6%, War 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its WWI trench warfare, role-based squads, and slower lethal gunplay echo Holdfast’s more tactical Great War side.

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 17.6% ★, Military 13%, Wargame 12.8%, Team-Based 9.7%, War 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This objective-driven WWI shooter emphasizes class roles, positional pushes, and atmospheric historical combat in a way Holdfast players usually appreciate.

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 23.6% ★, Historical 10%, Wargame 10%, War 9.9%, Team-Based 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures large-team WWI fighting with realistic weapons, clear frontlines, and teamwork-heavy pacing that feels close to Holdfast’s historical multiplayer focus.

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% ★, Military 12.8%, War 12.4%, Historical 11.2%, FPS 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It brings brutal WWI charges, melee, and coordinated infantry pushes into a multiplayer format that feels very adjacent to Holdfast.

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 17.7%, Military 16.6%, FPS 13.4%, Historical 10.6%, Shooter 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the huge-team, comms-heavy historical warfare but trades muskets for a more demanding WWII combined-arms sim.

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 20.8%, War 15.1%, FPS 14.2%, Historical 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Large coordinated battles, officer-led squads, and authentic WWII battlefield chaos make it a natural move for Holdfast players who want more realism.

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 20.2%, Multiplayer 16.2%, FPS 10.6%, First-Person 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its naval teamwork, broadsides, boarding actions, and hilarious proximity-chat mayhem capture a lot of Holdfast’s social magic.

Red Orchestra Series' take on Vietnam: 64-player MP matches; 20+ maps; US Army & Marines, PAVN/NVA, NLF/VC; Australians and ARVN forces; 50+ weapons; 4 flyable helicopters; mines, traps and tunnels; Brutal. Authentic. Gritty. Character customization. And napalm in the morning.

Why similar: Wargame 14.9%, Military 14.9%, War 13.9%, Historical 12.3%, FPS 11%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the deadly pacing, historical combat flavor, and memorable commander-led multiplayer moments that make Holdfast battles so distinctive.

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 34.3% ★, War 16.3%, FPS 13.9%, Historical 9.8%, Multiplayer 9%

Why You'll Like It: For players who love Holdfast’s WWI angle but want a more cinematic take, it offers big chaotic battles with distinctive period weapons and classes.

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 20.7%, Military 17.7%, FPS 17.7%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Historical 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its class-based WWII objective matches reward communication and positioning over twitchy run-and-gun play, much like Holdfast’s better servers do.

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 21.1%, War 19.1%, Team-Based 14.1%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Shooter 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Large historical battles, squad roles, and constant frontline pressure make it a strong pick if you like Holdfast’s scale but want faster gunplay.

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 19.9%, Wargame 13.2%, War 10.9%, FPS 10.8%, Team-Based 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the organized, officer-led teamwork and big-map coordination that many Holdfast communities thrive on.

Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Why similar: Wargame 14.2%, Historical 13.3%, War 13%, FPS 12.9%, Team-Based 10%

Why You'll Like It: It offers brutally lethal historical firefights and team coordination that scratch the same organized-public-battle itch as Holdfast.

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 21.3%, Historical 18%, Team-Based 14%, PvP 13.1%, FPS 12%

Why You'll Like It: The historical melee focus, big matches, and mix of serious teamwork with absurd player antics feels spiritually close to Holdfast’s Napoleonic side.

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 17.7%, War 15.2%, Military 13.6%, Wargame 12.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same blend of mass charges, period weapons, and chaotic multiplayer spectacle, just with a heavier emphasis on melee.

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 24.3%, War 14.3%, FPS 12.8%, Shooter 10.5%, Tactical 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a good fit if your favorite part of Holdfast is immersive military roleplay, communication, and emergent large-scale 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: Wargame 19.7%, Military 19.5%, War 16.3%, Team-Based 10.9%, Tactical 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Though top-down, it offers the same sense of being one soldier in a massive player-driven war where coordination and logistics matter.

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 39.9%, Historical 16.2%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Third Person 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its cavalry, infantry clashes, and battlefield role variety appeal to players who enjoy Holdfast’s charges, formations, and historical combat feel.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a team-based, tactical FPS based on lethal close quarters combat and objective-oriented multiplayer gameplay. Experience the intensity of modern combat where skill is rewarded, and teamwork wins the fight.

Why similar: Military 24.2%, FPS 21.7%, War 13%, Shooter 12.7%, Tactical 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: While modern, its lethal shooting, directional voice culture, and teamplay-heavy objective modes hit some of the same nerves.

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 15.2%, FPS 14.6%, Shooter 9.9%, Team-Based 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Huge lobbies, emergent comms, and organized-yet-chaotic frontline fights mirror Holdfast’s social battlefield energy despite the modern setting.

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: War 18.4%, Wargame 14.6%, FPS 14.3%, Historical 13%, Multiplayer 9%

Why You'll Like It: Even though it leans more solo-friendly, its historical authenticity and large objective battles can still scratch the same military-sim-lite itch.

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 26.6%, FPS 18.9%, Shooter 13.8%, PvP 12.3%, Multiplayer 12%

Why You'll Like It: Old-west weapon handling, slower reloads, and goofy voice-filled shootouts resemble Holdfast’s love of flavorful period gunplay.

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: World War I 27.3% ★, Historical 11.7%, Third-Person Shooter 9.5%, FPS 8.6%, War 7.9%

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 23.6%, FPS 14.5%, War 14%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Tactical 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This indie shooter focuses on objective-based team battles and a community-driven military sandbox feel that overlaps with Holdfast’s appeal.

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 29.3% ★, War 17.5%, Historical 11.6%, Wargame 11.4%, FPS 9.9%

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 39.2%, Military 12.7%, Tactical 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Shooter 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: The original still nails lethal objective-focused firefights and community-driven teamwork in a way many Holdfast fans will recognize.

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

Why similar: FPS 24.7%, Military 14.4%, War 13.7%, Team-Based 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It remains a tight class-based historical shooter where positioning, teamwork, and coordinated pushes matter more than flashy mechanics.

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 18.7%, War 15.7%, Military 15.2%, Historical 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An older but still relevant realistic WWII shooter, it emphasizes lethal gunplay and coordinated team attacks over arcade action.

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: War 18.5%, FPS 17.5%, Military 17%, Historical 11.1%, Multiplayer 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its large WWII battles, classes, and readable frontline flow make it a solid choice if you want a faster blockbuster version of historical warfare.

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 23.6%, War 13.2%, Shooter 10%, Multiplayer 9.8%, FPS 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: If the draw is emergent multiplayer war stories and organized units, Arma 3 remains one of Steam’s deepest military sandboxes.

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 25.2%, Shooter 18.5%, Military 12.4%, Wargame 11.8%, Historical 11.3%

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 15.4%, FPS 14.5%, Shooter 11.1%, Tactical 8.6%

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 22.5%, Military 21%, FPS 15.6%, Team-Based 12.6%, Shooter 10.8%

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 13.4%, FPS 12.7%, Military 9.5%, Team-Based 9.3%

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 14%, Military 12.3%, Wargame 9.8%, War 9.6%

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 42.8% ★, War 18.4%, Historical 15.7%, Multiplayer 5.8%, Strategy 4.9%

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 14.2%, Military 13.2%, War 13.1%, Historical 13.1%

Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 600 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 16.7% ★, Military 12.7%, War 12%, Historical 12%, Team-Based 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 30.7%, Historical 23.8%, Multiplayer 10.2%, PvP 9.4%, Third Person 7.3%

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: War 31.5%, FPS 15.9%, Shooter 12.6%, Historical 10.8%, Action 8.4%

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 27.8% ★, War 17.2%, Historical 14.8%, Military 13.7%, Wargame 8.7%

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 16.7%, War 13.4%, Wargame 11.8%, Historical 11.1%, FPS 10.5%

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%, War 16.7%, FPS 16.7%, Shooter 9.6%, Multiplayer 9.6%

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 32.5% ★, War 15.4%, Historical 14%, Wargame 14%, Military 13.9%

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 41.8% ★, War 15.5%, Wargame 14.1%, FPS 9%, Multiplayer 9%

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: Military 15.8%, Tactical 14.8%, FPS 14.3%, Shooter 12%, Multiplayer 9.2%

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 27.3% ★, Wargame 20.1%, Historical 11.3%, Military 9.9%, War 7.3%

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 20.1%, Military 19.5%, Shooter 8.7%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Defend the shores of Gallipoli against landing forces in this WWI FPS game, as the enemy attacks you with troops, armored cars, planes, battleships and more! Use the iconic WWI weapons, prepare your defenses with mines, explosives and bonuses!

Why similar: World War I 28.9% ★, Military 14.5%, Historical 12.7%, Wargame 12.5%, Third-Person Shooter 9.2%

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 15.8%, Shooter 10.8%, PvP 9.5%

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 17.5%, Military 16.5%, War 16.3%, FPS 11.7%, Historical 10.5%

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

Why similar: Military 16.7%, War 15.9%, Historical 15.1%, FPS 10.8%, Tactical 8.6%

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 32.9%, War 19.5%, Military 14.3%, Strategy 9.6%, Tactical 8.2%

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 22.3%, War 16.2%, FPS 14.9%, Shooter 11.6%, Multiplayer 9.5%

It’s 1968 in Vietnam, the time to “Make War Not Love”. Side with the Viet Cong or U.S. Army in this intense, fast-paced FPS set in the Vietnam War — now with co-op zombie mode. Choose from 300+ weapons of destruction. Kill or be killed!

Why similar: Historical 14.2%, Third-Person Shooter 13%, FPS 12.8%, Military 12.4%, War 11.3%

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 12.5%, Team-Based 12.3%, First-Person 10.8%, PvP 10.6%