Military themed games

The navy, the army, the air force, were all an inspiration for a number of games belonging to many different genres, from run and gun action games to flight simulations. Whether or not you like military themes, the top quality of these games was often enough to attract lots of players.

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Red Storm Rising

DOS1989 MicroProse Software

Red Storm Rising is a submarine simulation video game developed and published by MicroProse in 1988, based on the novel of the same name by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond. The game is set during a hypothetical World War III scenario, f...

Risk

Windows 3.x1991 Azeroth

Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS1989 Mastertronic

Rush'n Attack

DOS1989 Konami

Sabre Team

DOS1994protected Krisalis

Seal Team

DOS1993 Electronic Arts

Search and Destroy

DOS1988 Broderbund

Seek and Destroy

DOS1996 Safari Software

Seek and Destroy was a shoot'em up published by the well known Epic Megagames in 1996 that tried to change the usual shoot'em up gameplay for the better. Instead of wave after wave of enemies to shoot down, you are given short mis...

Silent Service

DOSMac OS1985protecteddemo MicroProse Software

Silent Service is a submarine simulation game developed and published by MicroProse. The first game in the series, Silent Service, was released in 1985. It was designed by Sid Meier and inspired by his interest in naval histo...

Silent Service 2

DOSMac OS1990protected MicroProse Software

Space Crusade

DOS1992 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive

StarCraft

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protecteddemo Blizzard Entertainment

StarCraft is a classic RTS (Real-Time Strategy) game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 1998 for Windows and Macintosh. StarCraft takes the Warcraft experience to a sci-fi setting with an interesting story, three ...

Steel Panthers

DOS1995 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Steel Panthers is the first game in the Steel Panthers series. It was released in 1995 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). This initial release laid the foundation for the series and introduced players to the turn-based tactical...

Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Steel Thunder

DOS1989protected Accolade

SWIV 3D

DOS1996 SCi Games

Team Yankee

DOS1990 Oxford Digital Enterprises

Terminal Terror

DOS1994 Pie in the Sky Software

The Ancient Art of War

DOS1984 Evryware

The Ancient Art of War is a classic video game that was released in the late 1980s. Developed by Evryware and published by Broderbund, it was available on various platforms, including Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS. The Anc...

The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group

The Civil War

DOS1995 Dagger Interactive Technologies

The Dam busters

DOS1985 Sydney Development

The Grandest Fleet

DOS1994 Quantum quality productions

The Perfect General

DOS1991 White Wolf Productions

The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's b...

Top Gun

DOS1987 Ocean Software

Top Gun is an abandoned flight combat simulation game developed by Ocean Software and released by Thunder Mountain in 1987 for DOS and a number of other 8 bit platforms. As the title suggests, Top Gun is based on the movie of the ...

Tornado

DOS1993protected Digital Integration

UMS: The Universal Military Simulator

DOSMac OS1988 Intergalactic Development

UMS, short for Universal Military Simulator, is a computer-based wargame simulation developed by Rainbird Software in 1988. It was designed with the intention of providing players with a comprehensive and realistic military simula...