The Military Zone

Games about armed forces, operations, equipment, command, tactics, or warfare.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Duckoleon - Experience (mildly) accurate historical battles from the Napoleonic era, but from the perspective of DUCKS! Duckoleon is a multiplayer FPS/TPS with strategic elements. Exciting combat with units ranging from line infantry to cavalry and artillery, historical uniforms, cute ducks and much more!
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Oct 9, 2026
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ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE - Players say: Fly as a combat pilot through a cinematic war campaign, dogfighting, striking targets, and directing your squadron. Players like: Campaign And Story · Music And Sound · Aircraft And Sky Visuals ·
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Soar through the skies and rise above every challenge to earn your place among the elite. Engage in intense aerial combat to dominate the battlefield with powerful weapons. Experience a breathtaking campaign filled with high-stakes missions, hard choices, and deep squad connections.

Fracture Point - After years in prison, you return to a dark megacity ruled by a ruthless corporation. The only way forward is up - through countless floors of a heavily guarded skyscraper - to reach the corporation's leader and take your revenge.
For the Fatherland: Chronicle of Park Chung-hee - January 1, 1960. Become Major General Park Chung-hee at a turning point in Korean history. Preserve democracy and rise as the father of a nation—or cling to power and become a dictator. The fate of the Republic of Korea is in your hands.
ShipShaper: Falconeer Chronicles - ShipShaper is a creative game about the simple joy of designing ships. Nothing more. Nothing less. Export to Bulwark, 3D print, or use in your own games with a free commercial license.

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Old World - Players say: Guide an ancient kingdom across generations, balancing court politics, city-building, diplomacy, and war with limited orders each turn. Players like: Limited-Order Decisions · Dynasty and Court Drama · Interconnected Strategy ·
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Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Mainframe Defenders - Players say: Lead four prototype mechs through turn-based missions to repel a computer virus, using gear combinations to counter infected robots. Players like: Gear Build Variety · Tactical Enemy Counters · Retro Style And Music ·
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MAINFRAME DEFENDERS - Turn-based tactics centered around gear and unit customization. It offers simple combat, high replayability, and tons of loot. Items don't just provide stats boost, but also offer distinct mechanics that can be combined into powerful builds.

Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition - Players say: Command small WWII forces across 32 missions, switching between tactical orders and hands-on control of soldiers and vehicles. Players like: Childhood Nostalgia · Direct Unit Control · Destructible Battlefields ·
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The first installment in the real-time tactics series that would become known as Men of War, now refreshed and enhanced! Take command of American, British, Soviet, or German forces and fight on the battlefields of World War II in 32 single-player missions or with others in PvP and co-op sessions.

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Jul 3, 2014
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Classified: France '44 - Players say: Lead Allied commandos and French resistance fighters through turn-based raids, using stealth and suppression to prepare for D-Day. Players like: WWII Resistance Setting · Morale-Based Combat · Stealth Ambushes ·
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Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?

Isonzo - Players say: Fight as a soldier on the Italian Front, capturing or defending Alpine objectives with class-based weapons and team tactics. Players like: WWI Atmosphere · Satisfying Rifle Combat · Detailed Alpine Maps ·
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Ferocious Alpine warfare will test your tactical skills in this authentic WW1 FPS. Battle among the scenic peaks, rugged valleys and idyllic towns of northern Italy. The Great War on the Italian Front is brought to life and elevated to unexpected heights!

Tannenberg - Players say: A World War I squad shooter on the Eastern Front, where teams maneuver across open maps to capture shifting strategic sectors. Players like: Eastern Front Setting · Historical Detail · Immersive Battle Atmosphere ·
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Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front. Grab your rifle, ready your sabre and keep your gas mask close as you prepare to play a part in one of the most significant conflicts in history!

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Nov 16, 2017
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Verdun - Players say: Fight across World War I’s Western Front, using squad tactics, careful rifle fire, and trench assaults to capture enemy lines. Players like: Trench-War Atmosphere · Historical Detail · Tactical Rifle Combat ·
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Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.

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Apr 28, 2015
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Imperiums: Greek Wars - Players say: Guide one of 30 ancient factions through turn-based diplomacy, empire management, warfare, and optional Greek myth quests. Players like: Strategic Depth · Diplomacy And Trade · Smart Opponent AI ·
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Unique combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist. Explore the ancient world and build a world leading civilization. Survive, expand, conquer... and win!

Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition - Players say: Lead a European power through the Napoleonic Wars, managing campaigns turn by turn and commanding real-time land and sea battles. Players like: Tactical Gunpowder Battles · Napoleonic Atmosphere · Campaign Replayability ·
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Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release

Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition - Players say: Lead an eighteenth-century power across a global campaign, then command musket-era land battles and sailing fleets. Players like: Naval Battles · Global Campaign · Musket Line Battles ·
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Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.

Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition - Players say: Lead a medieval faction, grow its cities and armies on a turn-based map, then command real-time battles for territory. Players like: Long-Term Replayability · Extensive Mod Support · Tactical Real-Time Battles ·
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Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.

Rise of Liberty - Players say: Fight or command bot-filled Revolutionary War battles, using flintlocks, artillery, and cavalry in a single-player combat simulator. Players like: Large Battle Setups · Revolutionary War Battles · Musket And Artillery ·
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Rise of Liberty is a FPS single-player massive Revolutionary War battle simulator. Fire deafening cannons into the thick of the battle, stand in line formation and fire devastating volleys into the enemy. Gather your men for these monumental battles and defeat the enemy!

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May 30, 2019
83% 👍
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Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

BioMenace Remastered - The classic 2D action platformer BioMenace returns with enhanced graphics and refined gameplay. Fight your way through a city ravaged by dangerous mutants, rescue hostages, find secrets and rack up points. Locate the secret lab behind this attack and prevent Dr. Mangle from taking over the world!
Ukraine Defense Force Tactics - Turn-based strategy in which you lead a heroic defense of Ukraine under siege by the despicable Russian Z force. Outmaneuver an endless deluge of enemies using combined infantry-and-armor tactics to survive against all odds.
ShellMobile: Titan Rampart - On the cosmic frontier, humanity has fought alien species for a century. As traditional defenses fall to new-gen alien mechs, tech giant ShellMobile—human-centered at its core—kindles new hope via breakthroughs in extraterrestrial titanium ore research.
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Dec 31, 2025
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Countryball: Europe 1890 - Players say: Lead a countryball through European conquest campaigns, forging alliances and fighting turn-based battles with stats and cards. Players like: Simple Map Strategy · Empire-Building Conquest · History and Geography ·
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Discover the 19th and 20th centuries with countryballs!

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Mar 21, 2022
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Crash Dive 2 - WWII Tactical submarine combat in the South Pacific
Virtual Fighter Maneuvers - Master the art of modern air combat. Fly high performance fighter jets in intense dogfights with realistic flight and weapon physics. Duel against challenging AI opponents or compete with other players online. VR only!
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Dec 19, 2025
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Hex of Steel - Players say: Lead WWII forces across hex-based campaigns and scenarios, balancing combat, supply, and national strategy across multiple fronts. Players like: Scenario Variety · Tactical Depth · Accessible Rules ·
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Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!

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Aug 31, 2020
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BRUTAL JOHN 2 - Players say: Play Brutal John and his dog in a retro FPS campaign, blasting crypto-mining mutants with an arsenal across varied levels. Players like: Satisfying Gunplay · Retro Shooter Parody · Secrets and Easter Eggs ·
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Join BRUTAL JOHN and BRUTAL DOG in a ultraviolent old-school FPS set in a world overrun by crypto-mining technologies, where it’s up to you to destroy them and reclaim control. Prepare for an adrenaline ride that pays homage to the best shooters of the '90s.

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Jul 22, 2025
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Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse Remastered - As mankind races to create new weapons to turn the tide in its war against alien invaders, Yuuya, a hot-headed American pilot, is assigned to work with a beautiful but cold Japanese officer on a top-secret project. Can they learn to work together in time to make the weapon that saves us all?
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Jul 20, 2022
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Field of Honor - Field of Honor is a single-player game that combines elements of first-person shooter and strategy, set in the Napoleonic Wars, American Revolutionary War and American Civil War. You can take command of massive battles or engage as a single soldier to defeat the enemy in various game modes.
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Feb 29, 2024
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Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Mount & Blade: Warband - Players say: Build a warband in Calradia, fight on foot or horseback, and climb from roaming fighter to ruler through battles and politics. Players like: Open-Ended Freedom · Army Command · Mounted Combat ·
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In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

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Mar 31, 2010
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VTOL VR - Players say: Pilot near-future combat aircraft from an interactive VR cockpit, flying missions, managing weapons, and landing on carriers. Players like: Immersive VR Cockpit · Flight And Combat Depth · Accessible Simulation ·
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VTOL VR is a near-futuristic combat flight game built for Virtual Reality. Pilot advanced multi-role jets, using your hands to flip switches, press buttons, and manipulate the virtual flight controls.

Tactical Breach Wizards - Players say: Lead renegade wizards through turn-based breach missions, combining spells and rewinding moves to unravel a modern conspiracy. Players like: Witty Character Writing · Rewind-and-Retry Combat · Creative Spell Combos ·
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In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.

IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator - Players say: Operate a colossal artillery turret, plotting coordinates and firing solutions from field reports in an alternate-history Spain. Players like: Mechanical Sound Design · Satisfying Cannon Fire · Hands-On Turret Controls ·
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IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?

I Am Your Beast - Players say: A retired agent rejects one last mission, then fights through timed forest firefights with stolen weapons, movement, and traps. Players like: Fast Combat Flow · S-Rank Replayability · Driving Soundtrack ·
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Hunt the military-industrial complex across stylish comic book micro-sandboxes in this fast-paced covert revenge thriller FPS from the developers of El Paso, Elsewhere.

Ravenfield - Players say: Set up a single-player war between AI teams, then fight on foot or in vehicles while capturing points. Players like: Workshop Mod Variety · Custom Battle Setups · Large Bot Battles ·
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Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!

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May 18, 2017
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) - Players say: Build a desert fortress, manage its economy and armies, then defend or besiege rival castles in Crusades campaigns and skirmishes. Players like: Nostalgic Appeal · Castle-Economy Strategy · Distinctive AI Lords ·
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The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

Snake Force - Players say: Lead a growing line of rescued fighters through top-down gunfights, aiming together while avoiding bullets that can hit your squad. Players like: Inventive Snake Shooter · Bonus Game Modes · Quick Playthrough ·
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Snake Force is an alternative top-down shooting game inspired by the classic game Snake. In this game, you’ll rescue your bros and fight along side with them. You and your bros will stand in a line, and shoot at the same point. Keep the shape of your squad, because bullets hurt whatever they hit.

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Nov 18, 2021
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Save Room - Organization Puzzle - Players say: Arrange weapons, ammo, and supplies in a tight grid, combining or using items to solve 40 inventory puzzles. Players like: Inventory Puzzles · Resident Evil References · Relaxing Short Sessions ·
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When you enter a save room you know you are safe, no danger can come to you, you can relax. Take advantage of this short period of time to organize your inventory, heal your wounds and reload your weapons. Can you make all the items fit in your inventory?

Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator - Players say: Pilot Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft by managing onboard systems, following checklists, and completing space missions. Players like: Detailed Spacecraft Systems · Historical Missions and Audio · Guided Flight Training ·
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Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.

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Nov 7, 2025
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Titanfall® 2 - Players say: As a stranded Militia rifleman, fight through a sci-fi war with a veteran Titan, combining wall-running gunplay and mech combat. Players like: Fluid Pilot Movement · Memorable Campaign · Creative Level Design ·
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Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

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Jun 18, 2020
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