List of World War II video games explained

Below is a list of video games that center on World War II for their setting.

Indiana Jones series

Alternate history franchise

A Stroke of Fate series

Charles Games' FMV series

Other adventure games

Indiana Jones series

Alternate history franchise

Other action-adventures

The Wolfenstein series

The Medal of Honor series

Mirage Media's Mortyr series

Series also linked to City Interactive's Battlestrike series.

City Interactive's Battlestrike series and other games

Including their other budget WWII FPS games:

The Battlefield series

The Call of Duty series

Burut CT's ÜberSoldier series

Corvostudio's Easy Red series

Warlines Studios' WWII Operations series

Series titles are free to download.

Thunder Devs.' BattleRush series

Polygon Art's budget WW2 FPS series

Other first person shooters

The Hidden & Dangerous series

The Deadly Dozen series

The Day of Defeat series

The Red Orchestra series

The Brothers in Arms series

The Sniper Elite series

Other Tactical shooters

The 194X series

NMK's WW2 horizontal shoot 'em up series

The Strikers 1945 series

The World Witches Series

The Azur Lane series

Other shoot 'em up games

Third-person shooters

Survival games

Military simulations

Also known as 'Milsims'.

The Iron Front mod group

Recommended mod collections:

Other military simulations

Massive multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS)

Cornered Rat Software's WWII Online series

Other MMOFPS games

The Death to Spies series

Other stealth games

Construction simulations:

DeGenerals S.A.'s series

Different developers:

PlayWay S.A.'s various constructors range

Other construction simulations

Management simulations:

The Warship Girls series

The Kantai Collection series

Online/mobile games:

Other managerial simulations

Tank simulators

Loriciel and Futura's WW2 sims series

The Panzer Elite series

Enterbrain's Panzer Front series

Digital Fusion Inc.'s series

Graviteam's various series

DeGenerals S.A.'s series

Different developers:

SP Games' WWII Tanks series

Other tank simulators

Naval simulators

Digital Illusions' naval sim series

Loriciel and Futura's WW2 sims series

Conflict Analytics' Action Stations! group

Evil Twin Artworks' Victory at Sea series

Other naval simulators

Digital Illusions' sub sim series

MicroProse's Silent Service series

Deadly Games' U-Boat Macintosh series

The Silent Hunter series

Magitech's U-Boat Commander series

Mobile games:

CodeKnitters' Silent Depth series

Other submarine simulators

MicroProse's WW2 flight sim range

Sid Meier's Ace series

The B-17 Flying Fortress series

MicroProse's other WW2 flight sim titles range

Lucasarts' Air Combat series

The Air Warrior series

Deadly Games' Bomber 3 series

Sierra's Aces series

Rowan Software's WW2 flight sim series

Other developers' titles:

Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator series

The WarBirds series

The Aces High series

MMO flight sims:

InterActive Vision's WW2 flight sim series

IL-2 Sturmovik series

MAUS Software's WW2 flight sims

G5 Software's Red Shark series

City Interactive's Combat Wings series

Na.p.s. Team's WW2 flight sim series

Ubisoft's various series

The Air Conflicts series

Home Net Games' Warplanes series

Other flight simulators

Multi-type simulators

Lesta Studio's Pacific Storm series

Eidos' Battlestations series

Sierra's Aces series

Other multi-type simulators

The Valkyria Chronicles series

Fantasy, alternate reality settings

CyberConnect2's Fuga series

Anthropomorphic, anime-ish stories based on World War 2

Other tactical role-playing games

The Close Combat series

The Sudden Strike series[1]

Nashi Igry LLC's Counter Action series

The Commandos series

Panther Games' Command Ops series

The Squad Assault series

The Blitzkrieg series

The Afrika Korps series

Used Digital Reality Software's Walker 2 engine.

InterActive Vision's Chain of Command series

The Codename: Panzers series

The Company of Heroes series

1C's Theatre of War series

URB Games' Mud and Blood series

Destructive Creations' WW2 RTT range

Digitalmindsoft's Gates of Hell series

Spiritual successor to the Men of War series:

Other real-time tactics games

MicroProse's Command Series

The Command & Conquer: Red Alert series

The Empire Earth series

Lesta Studio's WWII titles range

The Steel Division series

Other real-time strategy games

SSI's WW2 TBS series

See List of Strategic Simulations games.

Gary Grigsby's TBS series

Grigsby's titles published by SSI. Check tagged name's page for list.

SSG's Carriers at War series

Gary Grigsby's air combat wargame series

SSG's various series

Battlefront's (1986) engine:

Decisive Battles of WWII series:

Atomic Games' various series

V for Victory series

World at War series

A continuation of the V for Victory series:

The Koutetsu no Kishi series

HPS Simulations' various series

The Panzer General series

The Steel Panthers series

Big Time Software's Over the Reich series

Talonsoft's various series

Talonsoft's Campaign series

The Operational Art of War series

Early series titles between 1998-2000 published by Talonsoft. TOAW III (2006) was the last Talonsoft-developed series title.

The Battle of Asia in World War II series

JTS/WDS' various series

(John Tiller Software/Wargame Design Studio's various series)

Boku Strategy Games' Combat Command series

The Combat Mission series

The Strategic Command series

IgorLab Software's Soldiers of Empires series

VR Designs' various series

Slitherine's Battle Academy series

The Unity of Command series

The Panzer Corps series

Brian Kelly's WEGO series

The Order of Battle series

Yobowargames' Battle Series

Starni Games' various series

The Strategic Mind series

The WarPlan series

Strategy Game Studio's series

Primarily mobile series:

Handygames' WWII mobile strategy games

The Frontline: Games Series (Mobile)

88 mm Games' series

Also as Shenandoah Studios. Same staff as the Frontline: Games Series firm.

Other turn-based strategy games

Microcomputer Games Inc.'s WW2 TBT series

Division of Avalon Hill. See List of Avalon Hill games.

General Quarters Software's tactical naval wargame series

Random Games' 1996-2000 Strategy Engine

The Silent Storm series

The Panzer Command series

digital Gameworks' range

The Armoured Commander series

Other turn-based tactics games

KOEI's World War series

The Civilization series

The Hearts of Iron series

The Making History series

The World Conqueror series

Maestro Cinetik's Cauldrons of War series

Other grand strategy games

Massive Multiplayer Online Tactical Strategy Game (MMOTSG)

Command Simulations' board game conversion series

The Avalon Hill Game Company's Third Reich series

The Axis & Allies series

The Conflict of Heroes series

Lock 'n Load Publishing's various series

Strategiae's Wars Across The World series

Yobowargames' Valor & Victory series

Other digital board games

The WWII Card Game (2019)

See also

Notes and References

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