Best War Games
War games are those games whose plot and universe are somehow related to military actions and armed conflicts. The player usually acts as both an individual soldier and a general of entire armies: this typically depends on the genre.
The plot of such games tells about both real historical events and wars in fictional universes, but in each of them, without exception, the player is required to complete numerous different tasks to lead their side to victory. These tasks are related to capturing strategically important territories, destroying the enemy's main forces, and other objectives.
This list includes all war games that have been released on all known consoles, regardless of genre.
Action, Online, MMO, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks, Free game, Simulation
August 15, 2013
VGTimes:
6.8/10
Players:
4.3/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
79/100
War Thunder combines aviation, tanks, and ships in one combat space, offering historically accurate models of equipment and realistic damage physics. It is the...
Action, Strategy, Online, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)
February 23, 2023
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
62/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The events of the third part take place in the Mediterranean. The game features an exciting story campaign, the largest in the history of the Company of Heroes...
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Sandbox, Tanks, Online
May 29, 2009
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
77/100
This first- and third-person military simulation is set in the fictional post-Soviet state of Chernarus, where U.S. Marines become caught in a conflict over control...
Action, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Historical, Free game, Tactics, MMO, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Shooter
September 17, 2015
VGTimes:
7.6/10
Players:
5/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
81/100
A multiplayer online action game that immerses you in the world of large-scale naval battles of the first half of the twentieth century. More than a hundred...
Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Turn-based, Grand strategy
February 23, 2010
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
91/100
A continuation of the Total War series of global historical strategies, it transports you to the most turbulent era in Europe, when one man changed the course of...
Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Turn-based, Grand strategy
March 3, 2009
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
89/100
The events take place in the era of the 18th century, when the world was engulfed in large-scale wars, colonial ambitions and revolutions. The player takes control...
Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Business / Management, Historical, Grand strategy, Sandbox
November 22, 2018
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
86/100
Age of History 2 is the continuation of a large turn-based tactical strategy game with a top-down view Age of Civilizations Americas. Your main goal is to conquer...
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Sandbox, Tanks, Tactics, Open world
October 6, 2009
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
64/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a tactical shooter with a first-person view, the events of which will tell about the military conflict on one of the islands...
Action, Online, MMO, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Historical, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)
October 12, 2022
Players:
6.3/10
Arcade simulator of military ships from the first half of the 20th century. Among them are real combat vessels, prototypes that existed only on blueprints, as well...
Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Historical, Tanks
March 14, 2004
Players:
7/10
Metacritic:
84/100
Battlefield Vietnam is a first-person shooter. The game takes place during the Vietnam War. There are two warring parties in the game: the US/South Vietnamese army...
Strategy, MMO, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Tactics, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Sandbox
July 27, 2017
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
80/100
Multiplayer tactical real-time strategy. The events take place during the Second World War, where you will have to unite in squads with hundreds of other players...
Simulation, Action, MMO, Flight Simulator, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Shooter, Arcade
July 2, 2013
Players:
5.9/10
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
69/100
World of Warplanes is a free-to-play multiplayer flight simulator dedicated to air combat in a historical setting. You will be able to feel like a real ace and fly...
Action, Shooter, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Combat robots
October 17, 2006
Players:
8.9/10
Metacritic:
80/100
Battlefield 2142 is a first-person shooter. The next, fourth game in the Battlefield series moved the action to 2142. It has been several decades since global...
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