The Best World-war-2 Games

Update, : Total Tank Generals added at rank #49.
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Gerda: A Flame in Winter (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The tale unfolds not on the front line, but in the intimate setting of the small Danish village where she has lived her whole life. Your personality traits are your skills in this unique narrative RPG-lite experience, and your connections with others also determine how the story unfolds. Gerda: A Flame in Winter is a tale of compassion, community, and courage inspired by real-life experiences and events.


  • world-war-2
  • rpg
  • narrative
  • historical
  • war
  • dice
  • multiple-endings
  • adventure
  • emotional
  • driven
  • narration
  • interactive
  • stylized
  • choices
  • fiction

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Bomber Crew (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Android

Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game set during World War Two, where you control a team of air force members responsible for piloting, radar, guns, mechanics and bombing. You must move the crew around to ensure they keep up with their tasks and give them commands. The game has many nuances and customisable features that create a bond between player and crew.


Pros:
  • Strategic gameplay
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Customisable features
  • Nuanced sound/visuals
  • Portable gameplay
Cons:
  • Cluttered tasks when action ramps up
  • Difficulty spike later levels
  • Patience required for some sections

  • simulation
  • world-war-2
  • management
  • flight
  • strategy
  • survival
  • war
  • rogue-like
  • difficult

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Call of Duty: Mobile (2019)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Android

Call of Duty® delivers the gritty realism and cinematic intensity of World War II's epic battlefield moments like never before - through the eyes of citizen soldiers and unsung heroes from an alliance of countries who together helped shape the course of modern history.


  • shooter
  • first-person
  • world-war-2
  • fps
  • multiplayer
  • competitive
  • classic
  • battle
  • eccentric
  • 100-person
  • well-placed
  • goldeneye

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Hearts of Iron IV (2016)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS

Control your own nation during World War II and dominate the planet in Hearts of Iron IV. With intricate military simulations, choose any nation and build your industrial and technological power to achieve glory, either playing solo or competing online. The game is both immersive and challenging, with engaging visuals that bring the experience to life.


Pros:
  • Historical accuracy
  • Mod community
  • Rewarding strategic gameplay
Cons:
  • DLC locks parts of the game
  • Overly complicated mechanics
  • Limited AI orders

  • grand-strategy
  • historical
  • strategy
  • world-war-2
  • military
  • war
  • naval
  • economy
  • real-time
  • political
  • grand
  • tactical
  • alternate
  • tanks
  • politics

5

Sprocket (2021)

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early access Android PC Windows ps2 gamecube

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.


  • i
  • war
  • wargame
  • cold
  • building
  • world-war-2
  • beat-em-up
  • tps
  • military
  • sandbox
  • customization
  • pve
  • gun
  • tokusatsu
  • side-scrolling

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Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology (2021)

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PC Windows

Return to the bloody battlefields of World War II in this epic sequel. Blitzkrieg 2 returns you to the gritty realism of WWII battles while pushing your focus into new, strategic opportunities during global war!


  • world-war-2
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • historical
  • military
  • battle
  • war
  • europe
  • tanks

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Panzer Corps 2 (2020)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone

Experience World War II from the Axis perspective in Panzer Corps 2's massive branching campaign with over a thousand unique units, challenging you to use strategy and tactics to outsmart your enemies, not just outclick them. With a comprehensive modding system, the game will offer endless replayability. Whether you want to challenge your friends online, or enjoy user-created content, Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate wargame experience.


Pros:
  • Fun turn-based wargame with great attention to detail and awesome visuals
  • Random Scenario generator adds tons of replayability and variety
  • Combination of all the good parts of previous Panzer General/Corps games combined into one
  • Lovely visuals and solid engine
  • Some interesting (albeit somewhat half-baked) mechanisms, such as splitting your unit to facilitate encirclements.
Cons:
  • No grand map
  • Mission tree cut down to total victory or game over, no interesting mission paths
  • Little infantry variation
  • Potential for more alt history campaigns and areas to explore

  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • world-war-2
  • tactical
  • historical
  • artillery
  • tanks
  • wargame
  • war
  • hex
  • battle
  • card

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Svoboda 1945: Liberation (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Linux IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows

The horrors of World War II are over, but peace never came to the Czech village of Svoboda. You were sent to investigate a decades-old feud. Who can you trust to explain what happened? How was your family involved? Talk to witnesses to uncover the troubled past in a game unlike any you ever played.

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  • historical
  • choices
  • farming
  • war
  • fmv
  • world-war-2
  • emotional
  • conversation
  • cinematic
  • investigation
  • education
  • multiple-endings
  • hand-drawn
  • visual-novel
  • atmospheric

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WW2: Bunker Simulator (2021)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

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.

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  • world-war-2
  • wargame
  • resource-management
  • first-person
  • crafting
  • survival
  • shooter
  • historical
  • military
  • management
  • fps
  • 3d
  • war
  • realistic
  • simulation

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Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front (2016)

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Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.

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  • world-war-2
  • simulation
  • military
  • strategy
  • wargame
  • operational
  • real-time
  • historical

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