Below is a list of video games that center on World War II for their setting.
Series also linked to City Interactive's Battlestrike series.
Including their other budget WWII FPS games:
Series titles are free to download.
Also known as 'Milsims'.
Recommended[ who? ] mod collections:
Construction simulations:
Different developers:
Management simulations:
Online/mobile games:
Different developers:
Mobile games:
Other developers' titles:
MMO flight sims:
Anthropomorphic, anime-ish stories based on World War 2
Nashi Igry LLC's Counter Action series
Used Digital Reality Software's Walker 2 engine.
Spiritual successor to the Men of War series:
See List of Strategic Simulations games.
Grigsby's titles published by SSI. Check tagged name's page for list.
Battlefront's (1986) engine:
Decisive Battles of WWII series:
A continuation of the V for Victory series:
Early series titles between 1998-2000 published by Talonsoft. TOAW III (2006) was the last Talonsoft-developed series title.
(John Tiller Software/Wargame Design Studio's various series)
=== Primarily mobile series: ===
Also as Shenandoah Studios. Same staff as the Frontline: Games Series firm.
Division of Avalon Hill. See List of Avalon Hill games.
Blitzkrieg or Bewegungskrieg is a word used to describe a combined arms surprise attack using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations; together with artillery, air assault, and close air support; with intent to break through the opponent's lines of defense, dislocate the defenders, unbalance the enemies by making it difficult to respond to the continuously changing front, and defeat them in a decisive Vernichtungsschlacht: a battle of annihilation.
Silent Hunter II is a 2001 World War II U-boat combat simulation published by Ubi Soft for PCs with Windows 95/98/ME.
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Company of Heroes is a 2006 real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ for Windows and OS X operating systems. It is the first installment of the Company of Heroes series, and was the first title to make use of the Games for Windows label.
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Panzer ace is a contemporary term used in English-speaking popular culture to describe highly decorated German tank ("panzer") commanders and crews during World War II. The Wehrmacht as well as British and American militaries did not recognise the concept of an "ace" during the war. The similar term, tank ace has been used post-war to describe highly regarded tanks commanders.
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