Best World War I Games on Steam
Games set during World War I or shaped by its warfare and history.
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1Holdfast: Nations At War - 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!
Mar 5, 2020
In this game, you can…
- drift away in a stolen lifeboat while a violinist plays, then get run over by a huge enemy ship.
- play a violinist on a warship to boost allies.
- win a fight by beating someone to death with a frying pan while yelling fix bayonets.
- join 150+ player battles on land and at sea.
- load cannons, repel boarders, and fight ship-to-ship battles in the same round.
- watch half the server blast songs over voice chat, then still pull off a coordinated charge.
- carry a flag into an enemy fort, wave it around inside, and survive long enough to sprint back out.
- have the whole match agree to put weapons away and hold a spontaneous fistfight duel
2Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™ - 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.
Jun 25, 2014
In this game, you can…
- send your war dog through holes and barbed wire to fetch items, distract guards, and trigger puzzle mechanisms you can't reach.
- play driving sequences that turn into music-timed dodging runs, including a taxi chase set to the Can-Can.
- do battlefield triage by hitting timed inputs to keep a wounded soldier's heart going long enough to save them.
- swap between four different characters whose lives collide, including family members forced onto opposite sides of the war.
- pet the war dog after he helps you solve a section.
- sneak through enemy trenches and survive firefights by diving into bunkers and staying in cover instead of charging in.
- cut through barbed wire and push through frontline areas with a more physical, tool-heavy character kit.
- get stuck on a puzzle until a pigeon delivers an in-world hint.
3Victoria II - 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...
Aug 30, 2010
In this game, you can…
- take one small coastal province in China, then watch it snowball into owning most of China decades later.
- turn a local claim into a full great-power world war, then use the chaos to take most of India from Britain.
- fight wars that literally consume your population, leaving your economy and manpower hollowed out for years.
- lose a war on purpose, then calm the backlash by passing free healthcare until your population booms.
- release the Cherokee as an independent country and end up with a loyal ally for the rest of the game.
- force political outcomes with a navy parked off a port instead of conquering territory.
- industrialize and educate your people, then watch the same modern society erupt into constant revolts.
- run an economy on one booming industry, then have it collapse overnight when the world runs out of a single input.
4Sprocket - 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.
Aug 26, 2021
In this game, you can…
- design a tank so overarmored that an enemy destroys itself without you firing.
- build a trench-crossing tank with an almost 8-meter hull and a huge front sprocket to crawl over cratered WW1 trenches.
- shape hulls and turrets into almost any form, then bolt on multiple turrets until it stops looking like a tank.
- set up one transmission per track so one side drives forward while the other reverses to spin in place.
- angle armor plates and watch the effective thickness change against incoming shells in the analysis.
- recreate real tanks with matching parts and end up within about 5–10% of their real-world stats.
- place fuel tanks as external components so a hit can get absorbed there, then potentially ignite and cascade into internal damage.
- spawn your custom builds into battles to immediately test mobility, armor, and weird mechanical ideas against other creations.
5IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator - 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?
Aug 6, 2026
In this game, you can…
- use intersection and resection on the plotting table to find unknown points, trace trajectories, fire, then compare scout photos to confirm what your shells actually hit.
- erase multiple stations with a single well-placed shell when it triggers a chain of explosions across the battlefield.
- customize a cat companion to resemble your real pet, then have it wander onto your map table and accompany you on missions.
- work every lever and wheel to fire the guns.
- plot a target on a live map table, calculate distance and bearing, load a shell, crank the turret onto azimuth, set elevation, then pull the firing lever.
- tune the propellant charge up to throw shells across the horizon, or dial it back to drop rounds into tight emplacements.
- swap ammo types for specific jobs, like punching through bunkers with armor-piercing rounds or screening a retreat with smoke.
- blast a fully operational warhorn and even make coffee between bombardments.
6CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut - 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.
Jul 23, 2024
In this game, you can…
- burn enemy bodies so rat swarms don't crawl out of them and infect you.
- block rat holes with grenades and string barbed wire to stop future trench infiltrations.
- run into a Donkey Kong cameo in the middle of a WWI horror game.
- sneak up behind enemies and instantly kill them with a hidden melee attack.
- read letters, journals, and memos that can reframe the story by the time you reach the ending.
- navigate pitch-black trench tunnels with a battery-powered light that can run out.
- hear how many enemies are nearby in the dark by listening to their breathing and movement.
- get blown up by a stray artillery shell right after surviving a trench raid.
7NavalArt - Design your own warships, equip them with a variety of armament, and bring them out to the ocean!
Jun 20, 2018
In this game, you can…
- turn a Titanic into an anti-air fortress by strapping on 1,000 AA guns and trying to survive waves of carrier air strikes.
- download ridiculous Workshop weapons like a 2000mm railgun, then bolt them onto ships that already mix historical and futuristic systems.
- run carriers with RTS-style squadrons, manage altitude as a resource, seize air superiority, and unleash coordinated strikes on enemy fleets.
- build a warship from scratch, launch it for sea trials, then go back to the dock and rebuild when buoyancy, armor, or weapon placement fails.
- build submarines, take them underwater, and bring them into the same fights as surface ships loaded with modern weapons.
- use meter-precise measurements to recreate real ships from references, then sail your own Yamato-scale replica into combat.
- spawn into battles with a different kind of navy every time, like a megacarrier, a Tomahawk-packed battleship, and a laser submarine in one match.
- build an absurdly long ship, like 456 meters, then take it into battle just to see if the physics can handle it.
8Knell of St. Godhrkar - In this game, you can watch as 7 protagonists come to a crossroad, facing their own destiny. You will witness their own choices and the blood-splattering consequence they have on one another. There is no way out except to plunge them into the abyss...
Dec 4, 2021
In this game, you can…
- only get to make choices when someone is injured or killed, then spend those points to intervene in the next few seconds.
- do nothing and watch the timer run out, letting the character automatically pick their red default option.
- replay a chapter and discover different scenes and even extra scenes you didn't see last time.
- watch the character's default red option change over time as their mentality shifts based on what you've chosen before.
- follow seven protagonists in parallel, switching between observing their lives and stepping in to scheme as them.
- set off a chain where one protagonist's choice spills into blood-splattering consequences for the others, with no way out except going deeper.
- race through injury-and-death beats, spend your limited points on split-second choices, and still end up on a completely different sequence of scenes on a replay.
9Super Trench Attack! - Super Trench Attack™ is a goofball comedy twitch-shooter based in a World War setting.
Jul 24, 2014
In this game, you can…
- stumble into first-person, pop-up-target boss fights where you stand still, conserve ammo, and shoot fast before you can reload.
- shoot enemies in the crotch hard enough that their pants drop around their ankles.
- get killed and trigger a death animation where aliens abduct you in a game that otherwise has no aliens.
- aim at specific body parts, and watch enemies react differently.
- roam maps for hidden bunkers, secret passages, basements, and even a sunken ship before you push the objective.
- hang out at a mission hub camp to buy gear, listen to soldiers chatter, decorate your tent with loot, and play blackjack.
- explore side areas, clear bunkers, loot money, upgrade gear, then head back out into trenches, beaches, fields, and bombed-out streets.
- fight a grab bag of enemies and set pieces, like monkeys in sailor hats, submarines, and marching platoons that can trample you.
10Warfare Legacy Collection - 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.
Apr 28, 2025
In this game, you can…
- push a front line that side-scrolls forward as you advance, with reinforcements pouring in instead of restarting from the same opening position.
- build your own custom battle with trenches, barbed wire, and land mines.
- throw smoke, lay down suppressing fire, then use an officer to call in air support and crack a stalled push wide open.
- hammer enemy trenches with artillery until their morale breaks.
- set up unfair custom spawns where razor wire and mines turn the map into a trap-filled puzzle.
- fight across three lanes at once, using separate cooldowns and unit abilities to keep constant pressure on every front.
- snowball through a campaign where leftover units carry into later stages, so one strong push turns into a bigger and bigger offensive.
- escort convoys, clear minefields, and seize crossroads while holding off surprise attacks across snowy forests and shattered towns.
