The World War I Zone

Games set during World War I or shaped by its warfare and history.

Latest Standouts

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

Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love - Welcome back to your childhood town! The Full HD Remaster of Karigurashi Ren’ai: Living on Borrowed Love perfectly preserves ASa Project's signature blend of comedy and heartwarming charm while offering a stunning new visual experience.
Duskpunk - A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!
Warnament - Players say: Lead a nation in turn-based wars and diplomacy, develop its provinces, or build custom maps and scenarios. Players like: Easy to Learn · Sandbox Scenario Editing · War and Economy ·
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An approachable turn-based grand strategy sandbox. Lead a nation, forge alliances, wage wars and rewrite history. Play solo or with friends, create your own maps and scenarios, and explore community mods on Steam Workshop.

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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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Gallipoli - Players say: Fight as a British or Ottoman soldier in 25v25 WWI battles, capturing objectives through class-based teamwork and deliberate rifle combat. Players like: WWI Atmosphere · Deliberate Combat · Turkish Voice Acting ·
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Land on the beaches of Gallipoli and fight intense 50-player objective-based battles on the Ottoman Fronts! Experience WW1 trench warfare and desert expeditions as one of 10 historic classes, armed with authentic weaponry. Gallipoli brings the most immersive WW1 FPS battles yet.

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Aug 20, 2026
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Hidden Gems

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

Strategic Command: World War I - Strategic Command: World War I is a new chapter in the Strategic Command Franchise. Relive this momentous conflict from the opening shots of 1914 to the final offensives. Strategic Command: World War I covers all the main aspects and theatres of the war.
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Dec 5, 2019
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All Quiet in the Trenches - Players say: Lead a German WWI squad, balancing orders, supplies and soldiers’ wellbeing between camp duties and turn-based trench battles. Players like: Soldier Bonds · WWI Atmosphere · Balancing Squad Needs ·
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All Quiet in the Trenches is a narrative turn-based strategy RPG set in World War I. Get to know your soldiers, take care of their needs and lead them in battle, trying to strike a precarious balance between the ambitions of your superiors and the survival of your men.

Britannic: Patroness of the Mediterranean - Players say: Explore HMHS Britannic as a virtual museum, uncover its wartime history, and watch a simulation of its mine-struck sinking. Players like: Detailed Ship Recreation · Historical Learning · Realistic Sinking ·
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Explore the Britannic, sister ship of the infamous Titanic, and relive her tragic sinking after striking a mine in the First World War.

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Jun 19, 2020
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Warplanes: WW1 Fighters - Become a pilot! Immerse in WW1 aerial combat like never before in a captivating VR experience. Be a pilot during the Great War in Warplanes: WW1 Fighters. No matter whether you prefer arcade games or flight simulators – a variety of options will let you adjust the game to your preferences.
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Mar 4, 2021
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Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升 - Players say: Lead a faction in 1920s China, balancing unreliable officers, scarce supplies, provincial politics, diplomacy, and turn-based campaigns. Players like: Distinctive Historical Setting · Varied Faction Playstyles · Loyalty-Driven Strategy ·
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A Giant Strategy Sandbox experience set in Warlord China. *Tons of playable factions! *Communist insurgents, * Boxers like rebels, *Greedy warlords, *Mongol riders, *A mad russian baron, *Shanghai gangsters, *And armored trains!

World War Zero - The World War began in August 1914. It is now March 1964, and war still wages on. The Russian October Revolution has taken place, but the Bolsheviks were crushed by the mad Baron Ugenberg. He plans to build a huge Russo-Mongolian empire that stretches from the Atlantic to Vladivostok, crushing any opposition in his wake.
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Dec 3, 2019
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Top Rated

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

Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™ - Players say: Guide four intertwined lives through World War I in a 2D adventure of exploration, puzzles, stealth, and canine-assisted escapes. Players like: Moving Human Story · Hand-Drawn Art · WWI Historical Details ·
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Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.

Warfare Legacy Collection - Players say: Command WWI and WWII forces in lane-based campaigns, pushing through trenches and cover with units, support, and morale tactics. Players like: Flash-Game Nostalgia · Simple Strategy Battles · Battle of the Bulge ·
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Warfare 1917 and 1944 return, fully remastered with enhanced visuals, full-screen support, and custom battles. Warfare Legacy Collection also Includes the Battle of the Bulge, a brand-new campaign set during WWII’s final offensive with all-new missions, snowy maps, and intense front-line action.

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Apr 28, 2025
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Sprocket - Players say: Design tanks by fitting armor, guns, crew, and working mechanics into a hull, then test your creations in combat scenarios. Players like: Detailed Tank Design · Creative Custom Builds · Tank Combat Tests ·
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Carefully balance mobility, firepower and armour in a dedicated tank designer. Then uncarefully put them to the test in a series of combat scenarios progressing through the ages of the tank. Here, your limit is what you can fit inside your hull and turret while still being able to move forwards.

NavalArt - Players say: Design block-built warships, tune their layouts, then test them in naval battles, missions, and carrier air operations. Players like: Shipbuilding Freedom · Detailed Ship Designs · Broad Weapon Selection ·
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Design your own warships, equip them with a variety of armament, and bring them out to the ocean!

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Jun 20, 2018
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Holdfast: Nations At War - Players say: Join massive multiplayer battles across Napoleonic and WWI fronts as infantry, cavalry, artillery crews, or sailors aboard warships. Players like: Proximity Chat · Roleplay And Teamwork · Organized Line Battles ·
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Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!

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Mar 5, 2020
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CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut - Players say: A French soldier searches Verdun’s trenches for his missing brother, scavenging, solving puzzles, and surviving combat. Players like: Trench Atmosphere · Pixel Art · Sound Design ·
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During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies and solve complex puzzles—all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind’s most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new historical take on classic survival horror.

Super Trench Attack! - Players say: A rookie soldier faces a cartoonish invading army in a top-down shooter, taking on missions, exploring areas, and upgrading gear. Players like: Goofy War Comedy · Quirky Characters · Fun Shooting ·
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Super Trench Attack™ is a goofball comedy twitch-shooter based in a World War setting.

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Jul 24, 2014
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Toy Soldiers - Players say: Lead toy armies across WWI dioramas, building defenses and taking direct control of artillery, tanks, and aircraft. Players like: Hands-On Unit Control · Tower Defense Action · Toy Battlefield Style ·
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Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.

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Apr 27, 2012
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Victoria II - Players say: Guide a nation through industrialization, political change, diplomacy, colonization, and conflict in a 19th-century grand strategy simulation. Players like: Detailed Economy · Population Simulation · Nation Development ·
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Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...

Battlefield™ 1 - Players say: Fight through World War I in a story campaign or 64-player battles, taking on the role of infantry or vehicle crews. Players like: Immersive War Atmosphere · Large Multiplayer Battles · Sound and Visuals ·
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Battlefield™ 1 takes you back to The Great War, WW1, where new technology and worldwide conflict changed the face of warfare forever.

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Jun 11, 2020
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Last Train Home - Players say: Guide Czechoslovak soldiers across civil-war Siberia, balancing paused squad tactics with an armored train’s crew and supplies. Players like: Unusual Historical Setting · Train Crew Management · Tactical Squad Combat ·
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The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.