Games set during World War II

World War II was one of deadliest wars in history and one of the most well known: everyone knows about Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Churchill and the horrors that happened during that conflict. A lot of games are set during that time and in the areas of the world where World War II took place, mainly combat flight simulators, wargames and strategy games in general.

Most popular World War II games

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

strategyWindows XP/98/95

B-17 Flying Fortress

vehicle simulationDOS

Axis and Allies

strategyWindows XP/98/95

World War II games

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Rocket Ranger

DOS1988protected4.2/5 Cinemaware
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe

DOS19914.1/5 LucasArts
Sherman M4

DOS19894.2/5 Loriciels
Silent Service

DOS1985protected3.9/5 MicroProse Software
Silent Service 2

DOS1990protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software
Spear of Destiny

DOS19924.3/5 id software
Steel Panthers

DOS1995protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
The Dam busters

DOS19854/5 Sydney Development
The Grandest Fleet

DOS19944.2/5 Quantum quality productions
The Great Escape

DOS1986protected4/5 Denton Designs

As a prisoner of war, you must find a way to escape a prison in Germany in 1942. The prisoner has a daily routine which will follow if not controlled by the player for a certain amount of time.
The Rocketeer

DOS19912.8/5 NovaLogic
The Train Escape to Normandy

DOS1988protected4.4/5 Artech Studios
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

DOS19894.1/5 LucasArts

Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is an abandoned historical combat flight simulation game set in Great Britain (obviously) during World War 2. Their Finest Hour was designed by Lawrence Holland, developed and released by LucasArts in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST.
UMS 2: Nations at War

DOSMac19904.1/5 Intergalactic Development
Up Periscope!

DOS19884/5 Actionsoft
V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games
V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games
V for victory: Velikiye Luki

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

DOS19883.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Wings of Fury

DOS19894.5/5 Broderbund
Wolfenstein 3D

DOSMac1992protected4.1/5 id software

Wolfenstein 3D is the first-person shooter that popularized the whole genre in the early 90s and is considered one of the greatest games ever made. Wolfenstein 3D was designed by John Romero and Tom Hall (id Software) and released as shareware by Apogee Software in 1992 for DOS. Wolfenstein 3D is based on the Wolf3D engine, programmed by John ...
Wolfpack

DOS19903.9/5 NovaLogic