The best World War II games
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.
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Great Naval Battles vol. 2: Guadalcanal 1942 - 43
DOS1994protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Desert Rats
DOS1986 Cases Computer Simulations
Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
If you ever wanted to command the Pacific fleet without getting wet, Carrier Strike is your game. Set during WWII, it’s a turn-based wargame where numbers, radar, and weather reports matter more than reflexes. You’ll p...
Ace of Aces
DOS1987 Artech Studios
Ace of Aces (1987, DOS) is a game where you pilot a WWII plane via a series of still-image panels that suggest action more than deliver it. It’s like a flipbook with ambitions. You’ll toggle views, dodge bullets (sort ...
Over the Reich
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996 Big Time Software
Into the Eagle's Nest
DOS1987 Pandora
V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach
DOS1991protected Atomic Games
Crusade in Europe
DOS1985 MicroProse Software
Iron Cross
DOS1994 New World Computing
Up Periscope!
DOS1988 Actionsoft
Destroyer
DOS1986 Epyx
Knights of the Desert
DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow
DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
The Big Three
DOS1989 SDJ Enterprises
Battle for Normandy
DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
Released in 1983, Battle for Normandy plays less like a game and more like a history book that came alive, donned a helmet, and asked for a coffee. This is wargaming at its purest: grid maps, unit stats, and more abbreviations tha...
Gary Grigsby's War in Russia
DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Search and Destroy
DOS1988 Broderbund
P47 Thunderbolt
DOS1990 NMK Co.
Decision in the Desert
DOS1985 MicroProse Software
Operation Market Garden
DOS1985protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign
DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
D-Day: The Beginning of the End
DOS1994 Impressions Games
Frontline
DOS1990 Cases Computer Simulations
Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes
DOS1990 Command Simulations
In Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes, you’re not just playing a wargame — you’re being handed a clipboard, a stack of orders, and a freezing cold battlefield in 1944. This 1990 DOS title lets you relive one of W...
B-24 Combat Simulator
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Step aside, arcade action—B-24 Combat Simulator (1987) is here to test your patience, eyesight, and possibly your sanity. It’s all about realism, baby. You’ll take off, navigate, bomb targets, and hopefully land,...
Panzer Battles
DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Kampfgruppe
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45
DOS1994 KOEI
Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation
DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
Arnhem is the kind of wargame where you spend more time reading hex maps than shooting anything. It’s all about recreating Operation Market Garden — you know, that WWII battle where everything went spectacularly sidewa...