Games Like Vietnam War

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: Cold War 19.3% ★, Vehicular Combat 16.8%, Wargame 16%, Historical 11.3%, FPS 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive tactical shooter experience set during the Vietnam War, featuring authentic weaponry and asymmetric warfare.

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: FPS 24.2%, Open World 17.8%, Shooter 17.7%, War 12.3%, Military 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines open-world exploration with squad management and tactical shooter mechanics, mirroring the strategic depth of the seed game.

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 22.7%, FPS 16.8%, Cold War 14.3% ★, War 13.6%, Shooter 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A premier military sandbox that provides the realistic vehicular combat and large-scale tactical freedom found in the seed game.

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: Wargame 22.1%, FPS 20.7%, War 18.6%, Historical 16.8%, Shooter 10%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at providing a single-player, historical, large-scale combat experience with a heavy focus on vehicular and infantry coordination.

Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!

Why similar: FPS 24.8%, War 24.6%, Military 21.9%, Shooter 13.8%, First-Person 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly accessible, single-player sandbox experience centered on vehicular combat and large-scale battlefield control.

IRR is a tactical PvE Co-Op extract shooter set in a de-stabilized and immersive modern-day Vietnam. As a PMC for a mysterious organization, deal with 3 factions that stand to gain from the chaos. Engage in ruthless combat, plan your deployment, and explore the world as your journey unfolds.

Why similar: FPS 29.2%, Military 25.6%, Shooter 16%, Combat 11.7%, First-Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: Set in Vietnam, this tactical extraction shooter captures the intense atmosphere and PVE focus of modern Vietnam-themed combat.

PunjiVR is an unforgiving tactical shooter set during the Vietnam War. It experiments with and takes full advantage of the VR medium, including unique features like: Physics-based movement (climbing, crawling, running), a unique inventory system, ballistics, physics-based gunplay, and so much more.

Why similar: Cold War 30.5% ★, FPS 15.8%, Military 15.2%, War 14.4%, Shooter 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated Vietnam-era tactical shooter that emphasizes the difficult, immersive nature of jungle warfare.

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: Cold War 25.8% ★, FPS 17.5%, Historical 16.8%, Military 11.4%, War 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that focuses on the infantry and vehicular combat dynamics of the Vietnam War.

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: Wargame 19.3%, Military 17.9%, FPS 16.4%, Historical 15.5%, War 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly realistic, squad-based tactical experience that captures the tension of modern urban and jungle-style infantry combat.

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 22.4%, FPS 19.9%, War 13.6%, Wargame 12.8%, Cold War 11.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: A community-driven sandbox shooter that supports single-player gameplay and allows for massive, customizable historical battles.

Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 19%, Cold War 17.7% ★, Tanks 13.2% ★, Military 10.3%, Wargame 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the realistic simulation of Cold War-era tanks and armored combat, matching the vehicular depth of the seed.

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: FPS 21.9%, Military 21.7%, War 16.3%, Historical 14.3%, Shooter 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical shooter that demands communication and coordinated vehicular use in a historical setting.

Carefully balance mobility, firepower and armour in a dedicated tank designer. Then uncarefully put them to the test in a series of combat scenarios progressing through the ages of the tank. Here, your limit is what you can fit inside your hull and turret while still being able to move forwards.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 24.3%, Wargame 17.6%, Cold War 16.7% ★, Military 13.5%, War 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Allows for deep customization and testing of armored vehicles, appealing to the vehicular-combat enthusiast.

Vietnam, 1965. You are Dean Shepard, a "cherry" to the 'Nam with zero war experience other than standard boot camp training at Parris Island, SC. Along with your platoon, you will fight the NVA and the Vietcong in true historic locales and battles.

Why similar: Cold War 24% ★, War 16.5%, FPS 15.3%, Historical 11.3%, Military 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic first-person shooter that captures the gritty, historical atmosphere of the Vietnam War.

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: Military 33.1%, War 23%, FPS 15.5%, Shooter 12.8%, First-Person 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game allows players to seamlessly switch between real-time strategy and direct third-person or first-person control of units and vehicles.

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 21.5%, Vehicular Combat 16.8%, Shooter 13.1%, Wargame 10.7%, Historical 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A massive, persistent-world wargame that features combined arms combat with infantry and vehicles.

Tiny Combat Arena is an approachable combat flight simulator sporting a stylized look and various game modes. Dogfight your way in the Arena and in Quick Action or craft your own scenarios and take part in a vast war with objectives and friendly armies to support.

Why similar: Cold War 28.5% ★, Wargame 20.9%, Vehicular Combat 18.3%, Military 11.4%, War 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the flight and vehicular combat aspects of the Cold War era with a stylized, accessible approach.

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 34.5%, FPS 29.8%, Shooter 14.3%, War 9.9%, First-Person 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep tactical customization and realistic squad-based movement, perfect for players who enjoy the methodical side of the seed game.

Lead your elite team of Ghosts in this tactical third-person shooter. Explore a massive open world, infiltrate and destroy the deadly Santa Blanca cartel, and save Bolivia and its people.

Why similar: Open World 35.3%, Military 20.2%, Shooter 19.3%, FPS 13.9%, Action 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world title features extensive squad command mechanics and vehicular travel across diverse, hostile environments.

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: Vehicular Combat 25.6%, Tanks 16.7% ★, War 12.5%, Military 12%, Historical 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the co-op and single-player management of armored vehicles in a historical combat environment.

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 22.1%, Wargame 21.1%, Historical 17.9%, FPS 17.2%, Shooter 10%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox war game that provides a large-scale, single-player FPS experience.

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

Why similar: Tanks 16.3% ★, Historical 16.1%, Military 13.4%, War 13.2%, FPS 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical military simulation that focuses on historical accuracy and armored 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%, FPS 21.8%, Military 20.1%, Shooter 12.6%, Open World 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox shooter that allows for large-scale, single-player historical battles.

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 20.3%, Tanks 14.4% ★, FPS 12.8%, War 12.6%, Military 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A wargame-focused FPS that emphasizes historical conflict and tactical infantry movement.

Fight a fanatical cult in this open world FPS. Engage in intense combat, free hostile territory, recruit loyal followers and animal allies, and liberate Hope County solo or in full 2-player co-op.

Why similar: Open World 29.8%, FPS 24.7%, Shooter 14.8%, Combat 10.4%, First-Person 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive open-world sandbox with extensive vehicular combat and freedom of approach for single-player missions.

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 31.3%, War 22.2%, Military 16.5%, FPS 14%, Shooter 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic, historical military simulation that focuses on large-scale coordination.

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 15.2%, Cold War 14.5% ★, Historical 14.3%, Military 12.2%, Vehicular Combat 11.3%

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: Historical 17.3%, Tanks 16.9% ★, War 14.9%, FPS 14.9%, Military 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: A large-scale multiplayer shooter that captures the intensity of historical trench and field warfare.

Rain hell on the enemy from 12,000 feet in an AC-130 Gunship. Project Gunship provides an authentic and historical simulation of combat in all gunship variants from Vietnam to present day.

Why similar: Military 25%, War 21.1%, Historical 16.9%, Vehicular Combat 10.3%, Shooter 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the simulation of military aircraft and vehicular support in a realistic combat setting.

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: Wargame 20.7%, Tanks 19.1% ★, Historical 13.1%, Destruction 12.2%, Military 10.4%

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: Historical 23.9%, FPS 19%, Destruction 18%, War 16.4%, Shooter 11.5%

Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!

Why similar: Wargame 17.2%, Vehicular Combat 16.4%, Tanks 15.8% ★, Historical 14.4%, Cold War 12.3% ★

Immerse yourself in a fully interactive VR Tiger Tank game and lead your way across the treacherous deserts of North Africa in a Legendary Tank of World War 2.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 23.1%, Tanks 15% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Military 10.6%, War 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused simulation that provides an immersive look at operating armored vehicles in combat.

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: FPS 24.2%, Military 22.3%, Open World 20%, War 16.1%, Shooter 13.2%

Epic World War 2 battles. Finland vs the Soviet Union.

Why similar: Wargame 18.6%, Vehicular Combat 15.8%, FPS 13.5%, Tanks 13.1% ★, Historical 11.5%

Join a Tank as a Driver, Gunner or Commander and team up with and against other Tanks in Tank Vs Tank combat where tactics and communication is key

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 27.4%, Tanks 20.3% ★, Wargame 19%, Military 10.2%, War 9.6%

'83 is a 40v40 squad based, objective focused online tactical first person shooter set in a Cold-War-Gone-Hot scenario. It's designed with 'accessible realism' for the most enjoyable, but still hardcore experience that gets you to the action fast, without losing the lethality of war.

Why similar: Cold War 26.2% ★, Wargame 15.6%, FPS 13.1%, Military 12.6%, War 12.4%

Good Kill is an immersive FPS game where players take control of a door gunner in a military helicopter during wartime. Engage in intense combat across destructible environments, complete missions, and upgrade your helicopter and weapons to dominate the battlefield.

Why similar: Destruction 14.7%, War 14.1%, Historical 13.1%, FPS 12.6%, Wargame 12.3%

World War Next is a low poly multiplayer FPS set during a WW3 conflict, Choose from over 25 countries. Vehicles like tanks, helicopters, boats and armored cars help players get around quickly.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 25.3%, Tanks 13.7% ★, FPS 13.5%, Military 13.4%, War 12.9%

Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics across dynamic battlefields, facing land, air, and sea threats. Wage war against AI or rival pilots using an array of advanced weaponry, including tactical and strategic nuclear weapons capable of annihilating anything in your path.

Why similar: Wargame 33.7%, Military 22.9%, War 22.1%, First-Person 8.9%, Flight 7.6%

During WWII you are an American soldier who captured the german bunker in Normandy. You must defend it at all costs and survive this World War II. Complete missions, cook & shoot, search the bodies for medicines, ammo, and food to survive. WW2: Bunker Simulator is a mix of fps and simulator.

Why similar: Wargame 19.8%, Historical 15.6%, FPS 14.5%, Military 13.6%, War 13.4%

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 23%, FPS 17.5%, Historical 14.6%, Shooter 11.9%, War 11.3%

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: Cold War 26.7% ★, Wargame 22.9%, Historical 16.1%, Military 13.8%, War 13.2%

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: Wargame 23.5%, Military 23.1%, FPS 18.4%, War 13%, Shooter 9.7%

Command a platoon of Sherman tanks over the most famous theaters of WWII. Take the commander’s seat and give specific orders to your crew, or open the tactical map to coordinate your actions with accompanying units.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 24%, Wargame 17.3%, Historical 15.8%, Tanks 14% ★, Military 12.3%

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: Tanks 39.8% ★, War 32.2%, FPS 11.4%, Action 9.2%, First-Person 4.8%

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: FPS 20.3%, Military 19.9%, War 19.9%, Open World 15.4%, Shooter 11.5%

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: FPS 19.3%, War 17.9%, Military 16.3%, Historical 13.8%, Shooter 12.6%

Assume duties of a soldier involved in numerous battles and skirmishes with fast advancing German war machine. Go to battle on foot, driving armored vehicles, or flying an airplane. Use weapons not featured in any other game and feel a good, nostalgic climate of the production like MOHAA or COD.

Why similar: Wargame 19.4%, FPS 16.2%, Historical 15.9%, Shooter 10.8%, War 9.1%

CLEARED HOT is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield, and pick up almost anything with your rope and magnet.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 37.7%, Wargame 19.4%, Military 15.1%, War 8.8%, Shooter 6.8%

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 20.4%, Historical 17.3%, Shooter 13.5%, FPS 13.5%, Military 12.8%

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 25.3%, FPS 15.3%, Open World 14.6%, War 14.5%, Shooter 13%

Aggressor is a stylized air combat shooter with a physics-based damage model. Fly the greatest planes of the cold war and bring down the enemy with an arsenal of unique weaponry in a spectacular lightshow of force.

Why similar: Cold War 24.9% ★, FPS 15.3%, Vehicular Combat 13.8%, War 11.9%, Destruction 11.3%

VTOL VR is a near-futuristic combat flight game built for Virtual Reality. Pilot advanced multi-role jets, using your hands to flip switches, press buttons, and manipulate the virtual flight controls.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 32.2%, Military 19.8%, War 17.4%, Combat 10.4%, Flight 10.3%

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: Historical 18.6%, Wargame 18.5%, War 14.3%, FPS 14.1%, Military 14%

A complex mech combat simulator, with native VR and HOTAS support. Manage a 50-foot bipedal weapons platform with a cockpit full of interactive controls, while carrying out complex operations across a challenging single-player campaign.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 24.9%, Cold War 22.8% ★, Wargame 13.5%, War 10.6%, Military 8.8%

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 21.6%, Military 18.3%, Destruction 17.3%, War 15.7%, Shooter 12.2%

Men of War: Vietnam brings the acclaimed real-time tactics series into a new theater of war – the jungles of Southeast Asia, 1968. Experience the chaos of the Vietnam War through two story-driven campaigns that reveal both sides of the conflict.

Why similar: War 27.9%, Historical 27%, Cold War 22.9% ★, Military 15.7%, Action 3.9%

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: War 26%, Military 25.1%, Shooter 15.3%, FPS 13.4%, Combat 7.5%