The Best War Games for Xbox One

Update : Torn Away added at rank #1.
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Torn Away (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 j Nintendo Switch

Torn Away is an interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Experience the tragedy of World War II through the eyes of a child and survive without losing your humanity.


  • world-war-2
  • emotional
  • war
  • narration
  • first-person
  • platform
  • story
  • cartoony
  • scroller
  • minimalist
  • adventure
  • point-and-click
  • puzzle
  • hand-drawn
  • hidden-object

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My Child Lebensborn (2018)

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PC Windows Android IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Experience the emotional and challenging journey of raising an adopted child in post-WWII Norway in My Child Lebensborn. Balance your time and resources to provide for your child's needs while navigating a world filled with hate and bullying. This BAFTA-award winning game offers a genuine and immersive nurturing simulation that will tug at your heartstrings.


What we like:
  • Impactful story
  • Emotional journey
  • Realistic characters
  • Meaningful choices
  • Good replay value
What could be improved:
  • Fairly linear gameplay
  • Some may find it too emotionally taxing

  • simulation
  • war
  • emotional
  • time-management
  • choices
  • life
  • hand-drawn
  • story
  • social
  • historical
  • casual
  • crafting
  • atmospheric
  • management

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Unsighted (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Android

UNSIGHTED invites you into a post-apocalyptic world where you have a ticking clock before your own expiration. With Metroidvania-like gameplay, fully interconnected world, and an interesting story that allows for tough choices, the game provides a balanced mix of exploration, combat, and character progression. With additional modes like co-op and rogue-lite, UNSIGHTED guarantees a high replay value. A game that creatively brings several game designs together to make a fun and polished game.


What we like:
  • Balanced mix of gameplay elements
  • Interesting story with tough choices
  • High replayability with additional modes
  • Polished sound and graphics
  • Responsive controls
What could be improved:
  • Writing could be better
  • Characters feel one-dimensional
  • Dialogue interrupts gameplay

  • pixel
  • exploration
  • boss
  • top-down
  • robots
  • metroidvania
  • dungeon
  • combat
  • puzzle
  • war
  • post-apocalyptic
  • souls
  • platform
  • rpg
  • crafting

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This War of Mine (2014)

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Android IOS iPhone Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.


  • survival
  • war
  • war-torn
  • crafting
  • resource-management
  • longer-term
  • stealth

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Valiant Hearts: Coming Home (2023)

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Xbox One IOS iPhone Android Playstation 4 j Nintendo Switch PC Windows

1917, as World War I rages on, two brothers will fight to survive the trenches and find each other again. Their paths will cross with new Valiant Hearts who will share the joy of reuniting and the horror of the Western Front – all desperate to find their way home.


  • graphic
  • novel
  • puzzle
  • naval
  • historical
  • war
  • interactive
  • adventure
  • battle
  • puzzling-solving
  • exploration
  • violin
  • scene
  • -only
  • cover

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Arma Reforger (2022)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows

Experience authentic Cold War combat and join the struggle for the sprawling, mid-Atlantic island of Everon and its smaller, offshore territory, Arland – or take on the role of Game Master and create your very own scenarios for others to enjoy.


  • military
  • shooter
  • tactical
  • first-person
  • mil-sim
  • war
  • sandbox
  • simulation
  • real-time
  • fps
  • realistic
  • shooter-playing
  • cold
  • pve
  • third-person

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11-11 Memories Retold (2018)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

11th November 1916, a young photographer leaves Canada to join the western front in Europe. The same day, a German technician is told that his son is missing in action. Both want to preserve their humanity and come back alive to their loved ones.

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  • war
  • i
  • narrative
  • adventure
  • orchestral
  • historical
  • story
  • third-person
  • military
  • multi-kills
  • fable
  • western
  • puzzle

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Green Soldiers Heroes (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One

The army has created a machine to regenerate the bodies of the best soldiers after a long and intense war. Due to the chemicals used, the soldiers' skin turns green. Many of them prefer not to return to society and live exclusively for military service.

You are one of the green soldiers. Your mission is to defeat the terrorists who have taken over the desert region.

Third-person shooter game.
Ideal for beginner players.
Earn coins to unlock more powerful weapons and new outfits.
Adjustable aiming.
Levels with increasing difficulty
High definition 3D graphics

Created by DERIK D.F
Port by GRAMIK GAMES STUDIOS
Third-party content is licensed.


  • military
  • war
  • tps
  • achievements

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Valkyria Chronicles 4 (2018)

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Xbox One PC Windows

Experience a gripping tale of war, friendship, and sacrifice in Valkyria Chronicles 4. Take command of an intrepid squad determined to save their homeland from the Empire's wrath. With the 'BLiTZ' battle system and the stunning CANVAS Graphics Engine, immerse yourself in a world overflowing with colorful emotion. Join Squad E, and journey through a beautiful and expressive world like an interactive painting.

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What we like:
  • Good story
  • Great art style
  • New graphical enhancements are beautiful
  • Quality of Life changes like uncapped frame rate and speeding up enemy's turn
  • Amount of content is crazy
What could be improved:
  • Story is somewhat formulaic
  • Not as trigger-happy as some other games in the genre

  • tactical
  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • japanese
  • war
  • squad
  • tanks
  • anime
  • battle
  • jrpg
  • real-time
  • third-person
  • combat
  • tps

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Whiskey Mafia: Frank's Story (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4

Whiskey Mafia: Frank's Story is the new chapter of an ambitious crime story set in New York City in the mid 1920s.


  • war
  • crime
  • mature
  • grand
  • fight
  • local
  • narrative

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