Games Like Mud and Blood

Experience the brutality and randomness of war as an Allied tactical commander in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Train, equip, and command a squad of soldiers as you fight against the fanatical Imperial Japanese Empire.

Why similar: World War II 42% ★, Difficult 13.7%, RTS 11.6%, Tactical 7.8%, Strategy 7.3%

Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

Why similar: Action RTS 21.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.9%, Military 14.2%, Tactical 12%, RTS 11.9%

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 34.4% ★, RTS 16.2%, Military 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Tactical 10.7%

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 36.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 23%, RTS 19.6%, Military 14%, Strategy 5.9%

Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.

Why similar: Military 22.7%, RTS 19.4%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Strategy 9.5%

Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 22.9%, RTS 22.2%, Military 18.8%, Tactical 13%, Procedural Generation 10.9%

Enter the real time tactical nightmare of Nordic Warriors and use your handful of brave souls to stem an endless horde of undead horrors. You'll need to take advantage of the terrain and your Hero abilities to heal and lead your units as you blast, smash or slash your way through the unfolding apocalypse.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 21.4%, RTS 19.6%, Military 13%, Difficult 11.2%, Tactical 10.5%

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 33.8% ★, RTS 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Military 11.6%, Strategy 9.4%

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 33.6% ★, RTS 22.9%, Military 16.6%, Tactical 9.1%, Sandbox 7.9%

Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.

Why similar: Military 29.9%, Tactical 20.8%, Real Time Tactics 19.1%, Sandbox 15.7%, Strategy 7.9%

Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.

Why similar: Military 20.5%, Top-Down 17.4%, Strategy 15.4%, Tactical 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%

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: RTS 30.1%, Military 29%, Strategy 15.3%, Tactical 13%, Sandbox 6.8%

Battlefield Commander WWII is a real-time tactical game where you lead the soldiers and vehicles that battled across the globe during this time in history. Play hundreds of unique units across multiple game modes.

Why similar: World War II 28.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.4%, RTS 19%, Military 11.5%, Tactical 7.7%

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Why similar: Tactical 34.3%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Top-Down 14.1%, RTS 13%, Strategy 12.3%

Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration. Connect to the warzone from your home PC and orchestrate modern military operations from the Drone Perspective.

Why similar: Action RTS 29.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.1%, RTS 19%, Military 12.7%, Tactical 9.9%

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 59.4% ★, Military 17.3%, Tactical 9.9%, Gore 5.5%, Strategy 3.4%

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 55.3% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Gore 12.4%, Strategy 7.4%, Action 4.2%

Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.

Why similar: Action RTS 24.8% ★, World War II 23.9% ★, RTS 16.1%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Military 9.1%

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 27.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, RTS 18%, Military 12.5%, Tactical 8.7%

In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.

Why similar: Sandbox 21.6%, Military 18.7%, Strategy 17.5%, RTS 16.3%, Tactical 14.1%

The gameplay is inspired by famous last stands from some of history's deadliest conflicts, such as the Second World War and the Sino-Japanese War. A hybrid of Tower Defense and Real-Time Strategy with a lot of replay value.

Why similar: Action RTS 24.5% ★, World War II 21.6% ★, RTS 15.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, Military 7.3%

Golden-age RTS classic. Fast-paced action & strategic decision-making, battling evil arch-enemies, zombies, and retro-futuristic technologies. All to a '90s electro-metal soundtrack and FMV live-action cut scenes.

Why similar: Action RTS 31.3% ★, RTS 29.3%, Tactical 15.9%, Gore 9.2%, Strategy 8.7%

In Close Combat: Cross of Iron you start off as a junior officer leading your men into battle in real-time, focusing on the Eastern Front of World War II. Earn promotions as you deal with an unforgiving enemy. Fight and survive through the frozen winter, hot dusty summer and muddy autumn.

Why similar: World War II 27.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 21.3%, RTS 20.6%, Military 12.3%, Strategy 9.6%

This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?

Why similar: World War II 28.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, RTS 17.5%, Military 15.3%, Sandbox 11.9%

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 40.8% ★, RTS 23.3%, Military 13.6%, Tactical 7.4%, Strategy 7%

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 55% ★, Military 24.3%, Tactical 8.5%, Strategy 5.9%, Action 3.3%

Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!

Why similar: Action RTS 37.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 22.7%, RTS 19.8%, Military 13.9%, Strategy 5.1%

Veil of crows is a sandbox style real-time strategy game set in a chaotic medieval world. From violent, and overtly bloody battles, to completely destructible castles, RPG style hero development, and meaningful interactions with other factions. Trade, extort, and conquer!

Why similar: RTS 32.3%, Sandbox 28%, Gore 21.1%, Strategy 17.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%

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 47.7% ★, Military 20.8%, Tactical 12.5%, Gore 8.2%, Strategy 4.5%

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: RTS 34%, World War II 19.3% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Military 8.6%, Gore 8.2%

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers. Send them behind enemy lines on a series of hazardous missions, and bring them back alive.

Why similar: World War II 35.2% ★, Tactical 13.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, RTS 12.2%, Strategy 8.5%

Faces of War puts you in the heart of World War II – not as a distant commander, but as the leader on the ground. Combining the tactical depth of real-time strategy with the immediacy of direct control, it lets you issue precise orders or jump straight into battle as one of your soldiers.

Why similar: World War II 57.8% ★, RTS 24.1%, Strategy 14.4%, Action 3.8%

ALARM! You have been selected for a mission which will shape the fate of the entire world. Witness the very beginning of the legendary elite WWII force in Commandos: Origins. The long-awaited sequel to the Commandos series brings you right back to the foundation of the real-time tactics genre.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 24.5%, World War II 22.7% ★, RTS 20.4%, Military 12.1%, Top-Down 7.5%

Set up the battlefield with an ever growing list of units, vehicles, and emplacements! Then either join the battle as a plastic soldier or be life sized and tower over the chaos.

Why similar: Military 51.4%, Sandbox 38.5%, Action 6.3%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 35.2%, Gore 16.2%, Strategy 14.2%, Top-Down 13.8%, Sandbox 8.6%

Tactical Combat Department is a tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by Swat games. You command a special intervention squad that intervenes in various situations and environments.

Why similar: Military 40.2%, Tactical 25.4%, Gore 19.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Indie 2.6%

Fight & strategize your way through spectacles and arenas - rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!

Why similar: Difficult 30.2%, Sandbox 28%, Gore 18.9%, Strategy 13.1%, Action 6.7%

Men of War is a stunning Real-Time Strategy game that takes place during the height of World War II. Intense battles span Europe and North Africa as gamers play as Soviet, Allied or German forces across 19 massive single-player missions.

Why similar: World War II 35.3% ★, RTS 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Strategy 11.1%, Military 10.6%

Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. This legacy version also grants access to the latest version of COH, just called "Company of Heroes".

Why similar: World War II 40.7% ★, RTS 26.1%, Military 12.8%, Strategy 8.8%, Tactical 8.7%

Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead

Why similar: RTS 22.6%, Real Time Tactics 19.9%, Indie 12.4%, Tactical 11.1%, Action 10.9%

In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.

Why similar: Tactical 41.3%, Gore 29.7%, Strategy 15.8%, Action 9.1%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Trapped in the haunting realm of an artist's twisted nightmare, engage in intense combat with grotesque enemies and monsters, experience unpredictable horror events that unfold dynamically, seamlessly blends classic retro FPS elements with modern elements.

Why similar: Gore 100%

Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.

Why similar: RTS 29.8%, Sandbox 19.9%, Gore 12%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%, Military 8.1%

In this top-down tactical shooter RPG, guide a band of cute soldiers through a warzone to safety. Rescue, train and manage your squad for the upcoming war of survival.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 29.1%, Military 21.5%, RTS 16.6%, Tactical 13.7%, Strategy 9.1%

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 45.2% ★, Military 17.3%, Gore 13.3%, Tactical 11.8%, Strategy 6.9%

The last world war didn't end conflict. The Iron Hand tyrannizes people, as the Resistance fights for liberation. In the resulting conflict high tech and brute force face off against guerrillas with unconventional tactics, leading to Red Chaos: A modern take on classic real-time strategy games.

Why similar: Action RTS 51.4% ★, RTS 27.5%, Top-Down 7.8%, Strategy 7.2%, Military 5.4%

Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.

Why similar: Strategy 78.1%, Adventure 13.9%, Singleplayer 8%

Soup: The Game is a micro-strategy experience in which you wage war against opposing microorganisms. It features minimalistic, intuitive controls and great depth of unit interaction.

Why similar: Strategy 57.2%, Action 28.4%, Indie 14.4%

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 67.8% ★, Action 10.5%, Military 6.5%, Gore 6.2%, Class-Based 5.6%

Red Glare is a WW2 real-time tactics game where you play agents of the OSS, the precursor to the CIA, combating a secret German expedition in South America. With five well balanced characters and a story campaign playing out across a continent.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26%, World War II 24% ★, Military 14.6%, Tactical 9.6%, Top-Down 9.3%

Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.

Why similar: Military 35.1%, Tactical 24.1%, Gore 19.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Action 6.2%

Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26.4%, RTS 22%, Military 18.7%, Difficult 15.8%, Top-Down 9.2%

METAL SLUG makes an explosive return! Dive into this dynamic tactical RPG with a roguelite thrill and experience the iconic run'n'gun action of the original series, redefined. Grab your weapons, assemble your squad and conquer the battlefield to defeat the infamous Rebel Army.

Why similar: Difficult 31.1%, Military 26.6%, Tactical 25.2%, Strategy 13.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%

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: Action RTS 33.9% ★, Sandbox 24.2%, Real Time Tactics 21.6%, Tactical 7.1%, Strategy 6.9%

Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!

Why similar: World War II 23.5% ★, Action RTS 22.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, RTS 15.8%, Tactical 7.7%

Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.

Why similar: World War II 51% ★, Sandbox 21.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Action 5.3%, Difficult 4.7%

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 44.8%, Tactical 28.2%, Gore 11.1%, Difficult 10%, Action 5.4%

The first installment in the real-time tactics series that would become known as Men of War, now refreshed and enhanced! Take command of American, British, Soviet, or German forces and fight on the battlefields of World War II in 32 single-player missions or with others in PvP and co-op sessions.

Why similar: World War II 27.7% ★, Action RTS 18.2% ★, RTS 17.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Military 9.8%

Command a Soviet penal battalion in this standalone real-time tactics game from the Men of War series. Based on true events, Condemned Heroes delivers brutal, story-driven missions across the Eastern Front – where every order, bullet, and life matters.

Why similar: World War II 54.3% ★, RTS 22%, Strategy 17.1%, Action 6.6%

Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 30%, RTS 27.2%, Military 21.6%, Tactical 12.9%, Strategy 6.1%