Games Like Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm

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 46% ★, FPS 10.9%, Realistic 8.5%, War 6.3%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: The original Red Orchestra delivers the same hardcore World War II infantry-and-vehicle combat, deliberate gunplay, and large objective-driven 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 13.9%, FPS 11.7%, Team-Based 10.6%, War 10.1%, Historical 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Tripwire's follow-up retains Red Orchestra's lethal ballistic gunplay, asymmetric factions, squad roles, and intense large-scale objective modes in Vietnam.

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 38.6% ★, FPS 10.3%, Realistic 8.8%, War 7.4%, Military 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its World War II setting, communication-heavy infantry squads, vehicles, and large territorial battles make it a natural modern counterpart to Red Orchestra 2.

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 33% ★, Realistic 10.5%, FPS 10.2%, War 9.2%, Multiplayer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a large-scale World War II shooter centered on frontline objectives, class coordination, logistics, tanks, and deadly infantry engagements.

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 44.3% ★, FPS 11.2%, War 8.9%, Realistic 8.2%, Multiplayer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers compact but tactical World War II objective matches with authentic weapons, limited HUD elements, classes, and high lethality.

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 29.2% ★, Team-Based 10.1%, FPS 8.9%, Historical 8.2%, War 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its World War II battles emphasize infantry assaults, vehicles, objectives, and a grounded battlefield atmosphere across both solo and multiplayer content.

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 41.4% ★, FPS 12.8%, Team-Based 9.7%, War 8.5%, Realistic 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Enlisted provides World War II campaigns with period weapons, vehicle combat, squad roles, and attack-and-defend objectives, albeit with a more accessible structure.

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

Why similar: World War II 29.2% ★, Realistic 8.9%, War 8.8%, FPS 8.8%, Historical 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This realistic World War II military sandbox combines infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft in a way that strongly suits Red Orchestra's combined-arms audience.

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 41%, Realistic 14.1%, Team-Based 8.1%, Tactical 8%, Multiplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its sparse interface, lethal weapons, objective-focused modes, and teamwork-first urban combat deliver a similarly tense tactical FPS experience.

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: Realistic 13.4%, Wargame 13.2%, FPS 12.6%, Team-Based 12.2%, Military 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Although modern-set, Squad captures the same dependence on voice communication, specialized roles, unforgiving firefights, and coordinated objective play.

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: Wargame 14.3%, FPS 11.5%, Historical 11.4%, Realistic 10.6%, War 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Verdun's historically themed, attritional trench warfare and squad-based front-line objectives offer a similarly methodical multiplayer war experience.

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: Team-Based 14%, Wargame 13.1%, Realistic 11.2%, FPS 11.1%, Historical 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This World War we Eastern Front shooter emphasizes large maneuver battles, squads, objectives, and lethal historical weaponry.

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 22.8%, Realistic 19.2%, Military 12.6%, Tactical 9.6%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This modern successor expands the realistic gunplay, class system, co-op, and competitive objective modes that make Insurgency appealing to Red Orchestra players.

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

Why similar: World War II 42.8% ★, FPS 16.5%, Team-Based 7.5%, War 6.3%, Multiplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: This classic World War II multiplayer shooter offers class-based teams, capture objectives, and period weapons in faster but still objective-oriented matches.

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: FPS 14.4%, War 14%, Historical 13%, Military 10.5%, Tanks 9.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its World War we setting changes the weapons but preserves slow, brutal, team-coordinated frontline fighting with classes, trenches, and large objectives.

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 16%, Team-Based 15.4%, Realistic 12.9%, Military 9.2%, War 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Isonzo brings class-based mountain warfare, attack-and-defense objectives, and authentic World War we equipment to a similarly tactical multiplayer format.

Talvisota for Rising Storm 2 brings players from the steaming jungles of Vietnam to the frozen forests of Finland, during the Soviet-Finnish Winter War of the late 1930s.

Why similar: World War II 26.8% ★, FPS 17.5%, War 15.5%, Action 14.3%, Simulation 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its Winter War setting and realism-minded multiplayer combat make it a fitting niche choice for players seeking another harsh historical FPS.

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: World War II 15.5% ★, Realistic 14.4%, FPS 14.1%, Military 11.5%, War 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This free tactical shooter supports large battles, squads, vehicles, and community-built scenarios with an emphasis on coordination over individual heroics.

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: World War II 36% ★, FPS 32.6%, Team-Based 6.8%, War 6.5%, Multiplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Valve's original World War II class shooter remains a direct historical multiplayer alternative built around roles, map control, and lethal rifle combat.

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: Realistic 15.3%, Military 15.2%, FPS 12.6%, Multiplayer 12%, War 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Arma 3 trades the World War II setting for a deep military sandbox where realistic ballistics, vehicles, roles, and coordinated operations take center stage.

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 44.4% ★, War 14%, FPS 10.5%, Historical 5.1%, Multiplayer 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It revisits old-school World War II class-based multiplayer with objective modes and recognizable period arsenals.

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: Realistic 18.3%, FPS 16.6%, Military 16.5%, War 13.1%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its Cold War military setting, authentic equipment, player-organized operations, and combined-arms focus appeal to players who value Red Orchestra's simulation side.

Call of Duty®: WWII - a breathtaking experience that redefines World War II.

Why similar: World War II 50.8% ★, FPS 13.2%, War 11.4%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Historical 5%

Why You'll Like It: Its multiplayer is considerably faster than Red Orchestra, yet its World War II weapons, factions, and objective modes make it a thematic alternative.

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 41.4% ★, FPS 15.1%, War 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Military 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Battlefield V offers more accessible World War II infantry and vehicle warfare but still delivers expansive objectives, squads, and historical battlefields.

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: FPS 21.1%, Team-Based 15%, War 14.8%, Military 13%, Multiplayer 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its minimalist visuals, BattleBit delivers massive team battles with classes, proximity communication, vehicles, destructible terrain, and tactical objectives.

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: Realistic 12.4%, FPS 12%, Team-Based 11.6%, Wargame 11.6%, War 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its realistic modern infantry operations emphasize communication, careful room-clearing, uncertainty, and cooperative survival rather than run-and-gun play.

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 50.1% ★, FPS 13.6%, Tactical 7.4%, Military 6.7%, War 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: While primarily single-player, its World War II setting, tactical squad commands, suppression mechanics, and grounded infantry action suit fans of historical combat.

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 20.2%, War 18%, Realistic 14.3%, FPS 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Set in the American Civil War, it shares Red Orchestra's devotion to historical immersion, strict teamwork, authentic weapons, and punishing combat.

Also contains all multi-player content from Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

Why similar: World War II 37.2% ★, Realistic 16.2%, FPS 10.8%, Multiplayer 6%, War 5.4%

In the dark days of the end of World War Two amidst the ruins of Berlin, one bullet can change history…

Why similar: World War II 56.9% ★, Multiplayer 7.9%, War 7.6%, FPS 7.1%, Shooter 5.4%

Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.

Why similar: World War II 62.2% ★, War 7.9%, Historical 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.3%, Tactical 6%

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 47.8% ★, War 12.4%, Military 7.1%, Tactical 6.4%, Realistic 6.3%

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. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.

Why similar: World War II 66.7% ★, War 11.4%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Military 4.9%, Historical 4.3%

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: World War II 46.8% ★, Historical 13.1%, War 11.1%, Realistic 10.4%, Military 7.8%

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 57.5% ★, Military 7.8%, War 7.3%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Tactical 6.4%

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 30%, Team-Based 15.4%, First-Person 13.1%, Gore 12.7%, Historical 9.8%

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 46.8% ★, War 11.4%, Realistic 8.9%, Tactical 7.6%, Military 7.4%

6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!

Why similar: FPS 41.9%, Team-Based 17.1%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Shooter 7.5%, Gore 7.1%

Frantic, multiplayer action involving Nazis and dinosaurs! What are you waiting for? This is World War II as it should have been!

Why similar: World War II 51.6% ★, FPS 14.9%, Multiplayer 11.3%, War 7.8%, Shooter 4.1%

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 40.8% ★, Wargame 10.8%, War 9.8%, Military 8.8%, Historical 8.6%

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 35.1% ★, FPS 11.4%, Realistic 10.2%, War 9.3%, Multiplayer 6.3%

Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.

Why similar: Military 15.5%, Realistic 15.1%, FPS 12.7%, Multiplayer 11.2%, War 10.5%

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is the continuation of the legendary IL-2 Sturmovik series that has set the standard for PC combat flight games for more than ten years. This new entry into the series will offer virtual pilots an even more accurate simulation of the most famous air battles.

Why similar: World War II 40.2% ★, Realistic 15.5%, Wargame 8.3%, Historical 7.3%, War 7.3%

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 36.5% ★, Wargame 13.5%, Realistic 10.2%, Historical 10.1%, Multiplayer 7.5%

ENEMY FRONT is the first truly modern WW2 FPS, featuring stunning visuals, open-ended levels and a richly interactive combat experience that breaks out of the standard model of highly linear scripted FPS experiences, giving the player full freedom to own their playing style.

Why similar: World War II 50.9% ★, FPS 17.1%, War 7.3%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Shooter 4.2%

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: FPS 17.5%, Realistic 14.1%, War 13.3%, Historical 12.5%, Military 10.8%

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 57.7% ★, Military 8.3%, War 7.7%, Wargame 6.8%, Tactical 5.5%

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 32.4% ★, FPS 20.6%, Wargame 8.4%, Shooter 7.9%, Realistic 7%

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 14.2%, Historical 13.5%, FPS 13.2%, War 13%, Team-Based 9.7%

Call of Duty® 2 redefines the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers fighting together in epic WWII conflicts. The sequel to 2003's Call of Duty, winner of over 80 Game of the Year awards, Call of Duty 2 offers more immense, more intense, more realistic battles than ever before, thanks to...

Why similar: World War II 47.4% ★, FPS 14.4%, War 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Historical 6.5%

Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”

Why similar: FPS 39.7%, Team-Based 16.8%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Shooter 7.6%, Tactical 7.2%

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 38.9% ★, FPS 11.5%, Realistic 8.8%, War 7.8%, Military 6.5%

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: World War II 57.7% ★, FPS 16.2%, Multiplayer 10.5%, War 3.6%, Action 2.6%

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 31.5% ★, War 9.3%, Tanks 7.7% ★, Realistic 7.7%, FPS 7.2%

The next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns for honor and country. Players lead the tenacious British 2nd Army during the heroic World War II liberation of Caen, France, and command the German Panzer Elite as they struggle...

Why similar: World War II 62.5% ★, Military 7.5%, War 6.8%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Tactical 4.9%

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: FPS 14.7%, Historical 14.3%, Team-Based 13.2%, Realistic 13.1%, War 12.3%