WW2 games: about the games
Hell Let Loose is a hardcore first-person shooter set in World War Two, where 50 players per side clash on battlefields with infantry, tanks and artillery. Players pick one of 14 roles across the Command, Infantry, Recon and Armour unit types, and the squad-based fighting depends on teamwork under the guidance of Officers and their Commander. Maps are built from aerial and satellite imagery of real locations, the front line shifts dynamically, and a resource-based meta-game lets players call in support, reinforcements and new vehicles.
Call of Duty®: Vanguard is an action game developed by Sledgehammer Games that places players in intense WWII combat on a global scale. The single-player campaign spans several fronts, from dogfights over the Pacific and an airdrop over France to defending Stalingrad with a sniper and pushing through advancing forces in North Africa. Multiplayer features over 20 maps, 16 of them built for core Multiplayer, alongside a new Zombies experience developed by Treyarch. The game supports cross-progression and cross-generation play.
Hearts of Iron IV is a grand strategy wargame in which the player leads any nation during World War II. The goal is to build industrial strength and diplomatic alliances, wage war against ideological opponents, and test strategic skill and political insight. Player decisions open alternative historical paths, from where to strike to whether democracies or long-forgotten monarchies are restored, and military campaigns can be planned down to the smallest detail, including division templates, research into production methods and weapons, and factory settings. The base game is complemented by four expansions: Death or Dishonor, Together for Victory, Waking the Tiger and Man the Guns.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 builds on the real-time tactics series with fresh skirmish missions, large multiplayer battles, sharper visuals and smarter AI. Players command five factions across 65 maps, with more than 250 vehicles and over 200 soldiers, fighting in Europe, Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Pacific. The game offers 15 new skirmish missions and 25 reworked classics, ranging from full tank assaults to quiet sniper infiltrations. Direct Control lets you steer any soldier or vehicle by hand, while multiplayer supports battles from 1v1 to 8v8, co-op for up to eight players and the new Extreme Mode.
Zombie Army 4: Dead War is an action shooter for 1–4 players set in 1940s Europe. Players fight undead and occult enemies after the resistance defeated Zombie Hitler, and the dead rise again with an even greater hunger. The story continues the alternate history of the Zombie Army trilogy and takes the Survivor Brigade across Italy. Guns can be upgraded at workbenches, enhanced melee combat is available, and slow-motion X-ray kill cams show bullets destroying bones and organs.
Classified: France ‘44 is a turn-based tactics strategy set in World War II during the months before the Allied invasion of France in June 1944. Players build a squad of Allied special operators and French resistance fighters, then carry out sabotage and raids on German targets deep in occupied territory, where the more chaos they cause, the more attention the Gestapo secret police pays them. Combat is driven by a morale system in which every shot affects both enemies and your own units, and the campaign offers multiple playthroughs along with the Mission Creator tool for creating, sharing and downloading custom missions.
Company of Heroes is a real-time strategy game set in WWII that focuses on the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments and dynamic battlefields. It opens with the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, where you lead squads of soldiers into battle against the German war machine. The single-player campaign follows ordinary soldiers caught in extraordinary events, while advanced squad AI handles cover and tactics. Real-time physics and a fully destructible environment reshape the battlefield, and you can use buildings and terrain or deny them to the enemy. Online multiplayer supports 2 to 8 players.
Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation in which you pick your bomber's crew, train its members and keep the aircraft in good condition. Names, skills and back stories are procedurally generated, so every playthrough differs, and a character's death is permanent. Aboard a physics-based bomber you manage fuel, ammo, hydraulics and more, and you can personalise the plane with nose art and liveries. Missions carry danger from enemy fighters, flak, poor weather and low oxygen, and success depends on preparation and having the right crew for each role.
You take charge of a WW1 field hospital on the Western Front and make every decision needed to help soldiers recover while supporting the war effort. This narrative management game places you in the role of the last bastion of humanity, where your choices shape how the hospital operates.
Zombie Army Trilogy is a horror third-person shooter in which Hitler, in the dying flames of World War II, unleashes a legion of undead super soldiers that threatens all of Europe. You can fight alone or in 2–4 player online co-op across three campaigns of fifteen missions, and take on the new Horde Mode for 1–4 players on five maps. Sixteen playable characters are available, including all eight survivors from Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, along with customisable loadouts and adjustable difficulty with enemy multipliers. The release also includes remastered versions of the first two Nazi Zombie Army games with a new dismemberment mechanic and new visual and audio effects.
Panzer Corps 2 is a turn-based strategy game set in the Second World War. You command forces in the European theatre, and battles are decided by the quality of your decisions rather than by fast clicking. Its mechanics model unit movement, combat, spotting, encirclements, weather and the capturing of enemy equipment, with more than a thousand different units. There is a branching campaign of around 60 scenarios in which you lead the Wehrmacht and carry hardened veterans from one battle to the next, along with multiplayer modes and a scenario editor.
Sudden Strike 5 is a real-time tactics game set in battles on historical battlefields of Europe and North Africa. Across 25 missions you complete objectives your own way, choosing tactics, units and approach: seizing key sites like Field HQs, Supply Depots and Train Stations for reinforcements while managing supplies and timing. Destroying bridges cuts off enemy movement, and recon and sabotage help you outmanoeuvre them. Over 300 authentic units are playable, among them the Sherman, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the T-34, plus a Commander whose skills suit your playstyle.