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Below is a list of video games that center on World War II for their setting.

Adventure games

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Indiana Jones series

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Alternate history franchise

A Stroke of Fate series

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Charles Games' FMV series

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Other adventure games

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Action-adventures

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Indiana Jones series

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Alternate history franchise

Other action-adventures

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First-person shooters

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The Wolfenstein series

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The Medal of Honor series

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Mirage Media's Mortyr series

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Series also linked to City Interactive's Battlestrike series.

  • Mortyr (1999) (aka. Mortyr: 2093-1944)
  • Mortyr II (2004)

City Interactive's Battlestrike series and other games

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Including their other budget WWII FPS games:

  • World War II Sniper: Call To Victory (aka. Battlestrike: Call to Victory) (2004)
  • World War II Combat: Road to Berlin (aka. Battlestrike: Secret Weapons of WWII) (2006)
  • World War II Combat: Iwo Jima (aka. The Heat of War) (2006)
  • Wolfschanze 1944: The Final Attempt (2006)
  • Battlestrike: Force of Resistance (aka. Mortyr 3) (2007)
  • Operation Thunderstorm (aka. Mortyr: Operation Thunderstorm) (2008)
  • Royal Marines Commando (2008)
  • Battlestrike: Shadow of Stalingrad (2009)
  • Wolfschanze II (2011)

The Battlefield series

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The Call of Duty series

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Burut CT's ÜberSoldier series

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  • ÜberSoldier (2006)
  • ÜberSoldier II (aka. Crimes of War) (2008)

Corvostudio's Easy Red series

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  • Easy Red (2017)
  • A Front Too Far: Normandy (2018) (Multi-genre)
  • Easy Red 2 (2020)
    • Easy Red 2: Stalingrad (2022) (Expansion)
    • Easy Red 2: Normandy (2023) (Expansion)
    • Easy Red 2: Ardennes 1940 & 1944 (2023) (Expansion)

Warlines Studios' WWII Operations series

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Series titles are free to download.

  • OSS: WW2 Operations (2017)
  • WWII Operations: Desert Front (2020)
    • WWII Operations: Lions on The Desert Front (2022) (Spin-off of Desert Front)
  • The Quick Run - WWII Operations (2021)

Thunder Devs.' BattleRush series

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  • BattleRush (2018)
  • BattleRush 2 (2018)
  • BattleRush: Ardennes Assault (2019)

Polygon Art's budget WW2 FPS series

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  • Beyond Enemy Lines' - Remastered Edition (2021)
  • United Assault - Normandy '44 (2021)
  • United Assault - Battle of the Bulge (2022)

Troooze, Inc.'s World War FPS series

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  • World War: Prologue (2023)
  • World War: Combat Guardian (2023) (2nd game)
  • World War: D-Day PART ONE (2023) (3rd game)
  • World War: D-Day PART TWO (2023) (4th game)
  • World War: Battle of the Bulge (2024)

Other first person shooters

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Tactical shooters

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The Hidden & Dangerous series

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  • Hidden and Dangerous (1999)
    • Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge (expansion pack) (2000)
    • Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe (improved Gold Edition with mission editor) (2002)
  • Hidden and Dangerous 2 (2003)
    • Hidden and Dangerous 2: Sabre Squadron (expansion pack) (2004)

The Deadly Dozen series

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The Day of Defeat series

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The Red Orchestra series

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The Brothers in Arms series

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The Sniper Elite series

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Other Tactical shooters

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Rail shooters

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  • Beach-Head (1983) (multi-genre)
  • The Train: Escape to Normandy (1987) (multi-genre)
  • Pearl Harbour (1988)
  • Pearl Harbor: Attack! Attack! (2001)
  • Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet (2001)
  • B-17 Gunner: Air War Over Germany (2001)
  • Operation Blockade (2002)
  • Pacific Gunner (2002)
  • WWII: Desert Rats (2002)
  • Air Raid: This is not a Drill (aka. Air-Raid: This Is No Drill!) (2003)
  • Battlestrike: Road to Berlin (2005)
  • Battlestrike: The Siege (2005)
  • Pearl Harbor Encounter (2012)
  • Brave Witches VR: Operation Baba-Yaga – Counter Attack in the Snow (2017) (alternate reality. Delisted 2023.)
  • Beach Invasion 1944 (2022)
  • World War: Fury Wave (2024)

Shoot 'em up games

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The 194X series

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NMK's WW2 horizontal shoot 'em up series

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The Strikers 1945 series

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Art In Games' AirAttack series

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Alternate reality; mobile-focused series

The World Witches Series

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Aka Strike Witches. Alternate reality franchise.

  • Strike Witches: Silver Wings (2010)
  • World Witches: United Front (2020) (Delisted 2023)

The Azur Lane series

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Alternate reality franchise

  • Azur Lane (2017) (mobile)
  • Azur Lane Crosswave (2019) (third-person shooter)

Other shoot 'em up games

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  • Beach-Head (1983) (multi-genre)
  • U-boat (1983) (aka. U-Boat 26)
  • Spitfire (1989)
  • Ghost Pilots (1991)
  • Sky Aces 2 (2013) (mobile)
  • Air Strike: WW2 Fighters Sky Combat (2017)
  • Aircraft Evolution (2018)
  • Until the Last Plane (2021) (multi-genre)
  • 1941 AirAttack: Airplane Games (2024) (mobile)

Third-person shooters

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Survival games

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  • UBOAT (2019) (multi-genre)
  • WW2: Bunker Simulator (2022)

Military simulations

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Also known as 'Milsims'.

The Iron Front mod group

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 Recommended[who?] mod collections:

Other military simulations

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Massive multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS)

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Cornered Rat Software's WWII Online series

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Other MMOFPS games

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Stealth games

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The Death to Spies series

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Other stealth games

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Construction and management simulations

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Construction simulations:

DeGenerals S.A.'s series

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  • Tank Mechanic Simulator (2020) (Multi-genre)
    • Tank Mechanic Simulator – First Supply DLC (2022)
  • Tank Squad (2023) (Multi-genre)

Different developers:

  • Tank Mechanic Simulator VR (2022) (Multi-genre)

PlayWay S.A.'s various constructors range

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  • Project Wunderwaffe (2022)
  • WW2 Rebuilder (2023)
    • WW2 Rebuilder: Germany Prologue (2022)

Other construction simulations

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  • Sprocket (2021, EA) (Multi-genre)
  • Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts (2021) (Multi-genre)
  • Ground Of Aces (TBA. 2024/2025?)

Management simulations:

The Warship Girls series

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  • Warship Girls (2012)
  • Warship Girls R (2016)

The Kantai Collection series

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Online/mobile games:

Other managerial simulations

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  • Until the Last Plane (2021) (Multi-genre)
  • Aircraft Carrier Survival (2022) (Multi-genre)
  • Radio Commander: Pacific Campaign (TBA, 2025?)
  • War Mechanic (2025) (alternate history)
  • Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles (TBA. 2030?)

Tank simulators

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Loriciel and Futura's WW2 sims series

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  • Sherman M4 (1989) (aka. Sherman M-4)
  • D-Day (1992) (Multi-genre)

The Panzer Elite series

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Enterbrain's Panzer Front series

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Digital Fusion Inc.'s series

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  • M4: Operation Tiger Hunt (2002)
  • Panzer Killer! (2007)

Graviteam's various series

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  • Steel Fury – Kharkov 1942 (2007)
  • Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943 (2009)
  • Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star (2011) (aka. Achtung Panzer: Operation Star)
    • 4 unique content expansions (2014)
  • Graviteam Tactics: Mius Front (2016)
    • 25+ expansions (2016 to 2020's)
  • Tank Warfare: Tunisia 1943 (2017)
    • 4 DLC expansions (2017–2018)

Atypical Games' WW2 sims range

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  • Battle Supremacy (2014) (Multi-genre)
  • Infinite Tanks WW2 (2021)

XDevs Ltd's WW2 MMO range

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  • Grand Tanks: WW2 Tank Games (2017) (1st game)
  • Tank Force: Online Shooter Game (2017) (2nd game)
  • Battle Tanks: Legends of World War II (2019)

DeGenerals S.A.'s series

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  • Tank Mechanic Simulator (2020) (Multi-genre)
    • Tank Mechanic Simulator – First Supply DLC (2022)
  • Tank Squad (2023) (Multi-genre)

Different developers:

  • Tank Mechanic Simulator VR (2022) (Multi-genre)

SP Games' WWII Tanks series

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  • WWII Tanks: Battlefield (2021)
  • Tank Commander: Battlefield (2022)
  • WWII Tanks: Forgotten Battles (2023)

Other tank simulators

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Digital Illusions' naval sim series

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Loriciel and Futura's WW2 sims series

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Conflict Analytics' Action Stations! group

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Evil Twin Artworks' Victory at Sea series

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  • Victory At Sea (2014)
  • Victory At Sea Pacific (2018)
  • Victory at Sea Atlantic - World War II Naval Warfare (2024. EA.)

Other naval simulators

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Submarine simulators

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Digital Illusions' sub sim series

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MicroProse's Silent Service series

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Deadly Games' U-Boat Macintosh series

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The Silent Hunter series

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Magitech's U-Boat Commander series

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Mobile games:

  • U-Boat Commander (2009)
  • U-Boat Commander II (2014)

CodeKnitters' Silent Depth series

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  • Silent Depth 3D Submarine Simulation (2016)
  • Silent Depth 2: Pacific (TBA. 2024/2025.)

Other submarine simulators

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Flight simulators

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MicroProse's WW2 flight sim range

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Sid Meier's Ace series

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The B-17 Flying Fortress series

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MicroProse's other WW2 flight sim titles range

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Lucasarts' Air Combat series

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The Air Warrior series

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Deadly Games' Bomber 3 series

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Sierra's Aces series

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  • Aces of the Pacific (1992)
  • Aces over Europe (1993)

Rowan Software's WW2 flight sim series

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Other developers' titles:

Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator series

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The WarBirds series

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  • WarBirds (1995)
  • WarBirds II (1999)
  • WarBirds III (2002)

The Aces High series

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MMO flight sims:

  • Aces High (2000)
  • Aces High II (2003)
  • Aces High III (2016)

InterActive Vision's WW2 flight sim series

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IL-2 Sturmovik series

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MAUS Software's WW2 flight sims

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  • Pearl Harbor: Strike at Dawn (2001)
  • Battle of Europe (2005)

G5 Software's Red Shark series

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Alternate history series:

  • Red Shark (2002)
  • Red Shark 2 (2005)

City Interactive's Combat Wings series

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Na.p.s. Team's WW2 flight sim series

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  • Flying Squadron (2003)
  • WWII: Battle Over the Pacific (2006)
  • Iron Wings (2017)

Ubisoft's various series

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The Air Conflicts series

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Home Net Games' Warplanes series

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  • Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight (2018)
  • Warplanes: Online Combat (2020) (Mobile)
  • Warplanes: Battles over Pacific (2022) (VR)

Other flight simulators

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Multi-type simulators

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Lesta Studio's Pacific Storm series

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  • Pacific Storm (2005) (Multi-genre)
  • Pacific Storm: Allies (2007) (Multi-genre)
  • Pacific Storm Pack (2009) (Compilation of 2 unique P.S. titles)

Eidos' Battlestations series

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Sierra's Aces series

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  • Aces of the Pacific (1992)
    • Aces of the Pacific: Expansion Disk – WWII: 1946 (1992)
  • Aces Over Europe (1993)
  • Aces of the Deep (1994)
    • Aces of the Deep: Expansion Disk (1995)
    • Command: Aces of the Deep (1995)

Other multi-type simulators

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Role-playing games

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Tactical role-playing games

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The Valkyria Chronicles series

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Fantasy, alternate reality settings

CyberConnect2's Fuga series

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Anthropomorphic, anime-ish stories based on World War 2

Other tactical role-playing games

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Real-time tactics games

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Great Naval Battles Games

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  • Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939–1943 (1992)
    • Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939–1943 – Super Ships of the Atlantic (1993)
    • Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939–1943 – America in the Atlantic (1993)
    • Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939–1943 – Scenario Builder (1993)
  • Great Naval Battles Vol. II: Guadalcanal 1942–43 (1994)
  • Great Naval Battles Vol. III: Fury in the Pacific, 1941–1944 (1995)
  • Great Naval Battles Vol. IV: Burning Steel, 1939–1942 (1995)
  • The Complete Great Naval Battles: The Final Fury (Incl. Great Naval Battles Vol. V: Demise of the Dreadnoughts 1914–18) (1996)

The Close Combat series

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The Sudden Strike series[1][circular reference]

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Nashi Igry LLC's Counter Action series

The Commandos series

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Panther Games' Command Ops series

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  • Airborne Assault: Red Devils Over Arnhem (2002)
  • Airborne Assault: Highway to the Reich (2003)
  • Airborne Assault: Conquest of the Aegean (2006)
  • Command Ops: Battles from the Bulge (2010)
    • Command Ops: Highway to the Reich (2012) (Expansion with content from 1st 2 AA titles)
    • Command Ops: Battles for Greece (2013) (Expansion)
  • Command Ops 2 (2015)
    • 7 volume expansions (2015)

The Squad Assault series

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  • G.I. Combat: Episode 1 – Battle of Normandy (2002)
  • Eric Young's Squad Assault: West Front (2003)
  • Squad Assault: Second Wave (2005)

The Blitzkrieg series

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The Afrika Korps series

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Used Digital Reality Software's Walker 2 engine.

  • Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps (aka. Afrika Korps vs. Desert Rats) (2004)
  • D-Day (2004)
  • 1944: Battle of the Bulge (aka. No Surrender: Battle of the Bulge) (2005)
  • Moscow to Berlin: Red Siege (aka. Mockba to Berlin) (2006)

InterActive Vision's Chain of Command series

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  • Chain of Command (2004) (aka. To Serve and Command)
  • Chain Of Command: Eastern Front (2005)

The Codename: Panzers series

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The Men of War series

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The Company of Heroes series

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1C's Theatre of War series

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  • Theatre of War (2007)
  • Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 (2009)
    • Theatre of War 2: Centauro (2009) (Expansion)
  • Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943 (2010)
    • Theatre of War 2 – Battle for Caen (2010) (Expansion)

URB Games' Mud and Blood series

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  • Mud and Blood 2 (2008) (Online)
  • Mud and Blood 3 (2017) (Online)
  • Skirmish Line (2019) (Fan-made tribute to MaB series)
  • Mud and Blood Steam (2021, EA) (Offline remaster of MaB 2)

Destructive Creations' WW2 RTT range

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  • War Mongrels (2021)
  • 63 Days (2024)

Digitalmindsoft's Gates of Hell series

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Spiritual successor to the Men of War series:

  • Call to Arms – Gates of Hell: Ostfront (2021) (Expansion to Call to Arms (2018))
    • Call to Arms – Gates of Hell: Talvisota (2022) (1st DLC expansion)
    • Call to Arms – Gates of Hell: Scorched Earth (2022) (2nd DLC expansion)
    • Call to Arms – Gates of Hell: Liberation (2023) (3rd DLC expansion)

Other real-time tactics games

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  • D-Day (1992) (Multi-genre)
  • Offensive (1996)
  • Muzzle Velocity (1997)
  • Firefight (aka. Firefight - WW2) (1998)
  • Fortress Europe: The Liberation of France (2001)
  • WarCommander (2001)
  • World War II: Panzer Claws (aka. Frontline Attack: War Over Europe) (2002)
  • World War II: Frontline Command (2003)
  • Panzer Claws II (2004)
  • Great Battles of WWII: Stalingrad (2004)
  • Super Army (2005)
  • Frontline: Fields of Thunder (2007)
  • Panzer Tactics DS (2007)
  • Talvisota: Icy Hell (2007)
  • World War II: General Commander (2008) (2009 digital release by Matrix Games)
  • Order Of War (2009)
  • Achtung Panzer Operation Star (2011)
  • Uprising 44: The Silent Shadows (2012) (Multi-genre)
  • SIEGE: World War II (2018) (mobile)
  • Partisans 1941 (2020)
  • AB 1943 mod (2021) (For Armored Brigade (2018))
  • Battlefield Commander WWII (2024)
  • Classified France '44 (2024)
  • Red Glare (2024)
  • Sumerian Six (2024) (alternate reality)
  • Grit and Valor - 1949 (2025) (alternate history)
  • Panzer Strike (2025)
  • Sherman Commander (TBA, 2025?) (Multi-genre)

Real-time strategy games

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MicroProse's Command Series

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The Command & Conquer: Red Alert series

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The Empire Earth series

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Lesta Studio's WWII titles range

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  • Pacific Storm (2005) (Multi-genre)
  • Pacific Storm: Allies (2007) (Multi-genre)
  • Aggression - Reign over Europe (2008)
  • Cannon Strike (2009) (More real-time tactics than RTS)
  • Pacific Storm Pack (2009) (Compilation of 2 unique P.S. titles)

The Steel Division series

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Other real-time strategy games

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Turn-based strategy games

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SSI's WW2 TBS series

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See List of Strategic Simulations games.

Gary Grigsby's TBS series

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Grigsby's titles published by SSI. Check tagged name's page for list.

  • 25 titles (1982-1997)

SSG's Carriers at War series

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Gary Grigsby's air combat wargame series

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SSG's various series

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Battlefront's (1986) engine:

Decisive Battles of WWII series:

  • Decisive Battles of WWII: Ardennes Offensive (1997)
  • Decisive Battles of WWII Vol 2: Korsun Pocket (2003)
    • Decisive Battles of WWII: Across the Dnepr (2003) (Expansion)
  • Decisive Battles of World War II: Battles in Normandy (2004)
  • Decisive Battles of World War II: Battles in Italy (2005)
  • Battlefront (2007 video game) (2007) (Namesake of 1986 version)
  • Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets (2008)
    • Across the Dnepr: Second Edition (2010) (Expansion. Remake of 2003 namesake title.)

Atomic Games' various series

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V for Victory series

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World at War series

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A continuation of the V for Victory series:

The Koutetsu no Kishi series

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HPS Simulations' various series

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The Panzer General series

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The Steel Panthers series

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Big Time Software's Over the Reich series

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Talonsoft's various series

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Talonsoft's Campaign series

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  • East Front (1997)
    • East Front: Campaign CD 1 (1998)
  • West Front (1998)
    • West Front: Operation Sea Lion (1999)
    • West Front: Battle Pack 1 (1999)
    • TalonSoft's West Front: Elite Edition (2000) (Compilation of West Front & WF: Battle Pack 1)
  • East Front 2 (1999)
  • Campaign Series: Europe in Flames (2000) (Partial compilation of some prior series titles)
    • East Front 2: Fall of the Reich (2001)
  • Rising Sun (2000)
    • Rising Sun: Imperial Strike (2000)
    • TalonSoft's Rising Sun: Gold (2000)
  • TalonSoft's World at War (2001) (Compilation of some prior bundles)
  • John Tiller's Campaign Series (2007) (Compilation of prior series titles published by Matrix Games)

The Operational Art of War series

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Early series titles between 1998-2000 published by Talonsoft. TOAW III (2006) was the last Talonsoft-developed series title.

  • Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939–1955 (1998)
    • Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 - Battle Pack I Scenario Add-on Disk (1999)
  • The Operational Art of War: Century of Warfare (2000) (Collection of 1st 2 TOAW full games & expansions)
  • The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 - Elite★Edition (2000) (Compilation of 1st full TOAW game & expansion)
  • The Operational Art of War Vol 1: 1939-1955 - Wargame of the Year Edition (2000) (Similar to Elite★Edition (2000) but with added scenarios)
  • Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War III (2006) (First series title to be released by a different publisher, Matrix Games)
  • The Operational Art of War IV (2017)

The Battle of Asia in World War II series

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  • Battle of Asia in World War II (1999)
  • Battle of Asia in World War II: The Formosan connection (2004)
  • Battle of Asia in World War II: The Great Raid (2008)
  • Battle of Asia in World War II: Destination Tokyo (2012)

JTS/WDS' various series

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(John Tiller Software/Wargame Design Studio's various series)

  • Panzer Campaigns series
    • 26 episodes (1999–2021)
  • Naval Campaigns series
    • 4 episodes (2003–2022) (Guadalcanal & Midway were 1st published by HPS Simulations.)
  • Strategic War series
    • Total War in Europe: First Blitzkrieg (2005) (1st published by HPS Simulations. aka. Strategic War: The First Blitzkrieg.)
    • Total War in Europe: War on the Southern Front (2009) (1st published by HPS Simulations. aka. Strategic War: War on the Southern Front.)
  • Panzer Battles series
    • 4 episodes (2016–2018)
  • Squad Battles series
    • 6 episodes (2002–2010. 6 early WW2 episodes in series were 1st published by HPS Simulations.)

Boku Strategy Games' Combat Command series

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  • Combat Command 2: Danger Forward (2000)
  • Combat Command 2: Desert Rats! (2001)
  • Combat Command: The Matrix Edition (2011) (Updated compilation of prior 2 titles)

The Combat Mission series

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The Strategic Command series

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IgorLab Software's Soldiers of Empires series

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  • Soldiers of Empires (2002)
  • Soldiers of Empires 2 (2012)

VR Designs' various series

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  • Advanced Tactics: World War II (2007)
  • Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris (2010)
  • Advanced Tactics: Gold (2011)
  • Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue (2012)
  • Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa (2015)
  • Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive (2021)

Slitherine's Battle Academy series

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The Unity of Command series

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The Panzer Corps series

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  • Panzer Corps: Wehrmacht (2011) (Remake of Panzer General)
    • 17 unique expansions (2011–2016)
  • Panzer Corps: Gold Edition (2016)
  • Panzer Corps 2 (2020)
    • 7 expansions (2020–2022)

Brian Kelly's WEGO series

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  • Desert War 1940-43 (2011) (Freeware online Java-based version. Shut down in 2016.)[10][11][12]
  • WEGO World War II: Desert War (2018) (Old name: Desert War 1940-1942)[13][14]
  • WEGO World War II: Stalingrad (2021)

The Order of Battle series

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Yobowargames' Battle Series

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  • Battle Series: Eastern Front – Operation Typhoon (2016) (aka. Moscow '41 on itch.io)
  • Operation Fall Gelb – The Battle for France (2016) (Mobile only)
  • Battle Series: Kursk – Battle at Prochorovka (2017)
  • Battle Series: Eastern Front – Battle for Korsun (2018)
  • Battle Series Pacific: Battle for Iwo Jima (2020)
  • Battle Series: Eastern Front – KRIM: The War in the Crimea 1941–42 (2020)

Starni Games' various series

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  • Panzer Strategy (2018)

The Strategic Mind series

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  • Strategic Mind: The Pacific (2019)
  • Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg (2020)
  • Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism (2020)
  • Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom (2021)
  • Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty (2023)

The WarPlan series

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  • WarPlan (Kraken Studios and Matrix Games) (2019)
  • WarPlan Pacific (Kraken Studios and Matrix Games) (2021)

Strategy Game Studio's series

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  • 6 episodes (2020's) (Based on actual, not fictional, scenarios)

=== Primarily mobile series: ===

Handygames' WWII mobile strategy games

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  • 1942: Deadly Desert (2004, reissued in 2016)
  • 1941: Frozen Front (2005, reissued in 2013)

The Frontline: Games Series (Mobile)

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  • Frontline: Eastern Front (2019. Mobile only.)
  • Frontline: Western Front (2019)
  • Frontline: The Great Patriotic War (2019)
  • Frontline: Panzer Blitzkrieg! (2020)
  • Frontline: World War II (2021)

88 mm Games' series

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Also as Shenandoah Studios. Same staff as the Frontline: Games Series firm.

  • Battle of the Bulge (2012)
  • Drive on Moscow: War in the Snow (2013)
  • Frontline: Road to Moscow (2014)
  • Frontline: The Longest Day (2014)

Other turn-based strategy games

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  • Eastern Front (1941) (1981)
  • Pacific War (1984) (ZX Spectrum)
  • Europe Ablaze (1985) (aka. Europe Ablaze: The Air War Over England and Germany 1939–1945)
  • Pearl Harbour (1985)
  • Fire-Brigade: The Battle for Kiev - 1943 (1988)
  • Air Raid Pearl Harbor (1990)
  • Barbarossa (1992)
  • Task Force 1942 (1992) (aka. Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific. Multi-genre.)
  • The Battle of Britain 2 (1992) (aka. the Battle of Britain)
  • Grandest Fleet (1994)
  • T-34: The Battle (Polish Atari 8-bit game)
  • Sgt. Saunders' Combat! (1995)
  • Battleground: Ardennes (1995)
  • Daisenryaku (Iron Storm) (1996)
  • G.I. Combat: Episode 1 – Battle of Normandy (2002)
  • Pacific War: Matrix Edition (2003)
  • War in the Pacific: The Struggle Against Japan 1941–1945 (2004)
  • For King and Country: Operation Victory (2005)
  • War Plan Orange: Dreadnoughts in the Pacific 1922–1930 (2005)
  • Air Campaigns of WWII: Defending the Reich (2006)
  • World War II – Road to Victory (2008)
  • Military History Commander Europe at War (2009)
  • War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition (2009)
  • Legends of War (2011)
  • Tank Operations: European Campaign (2013) (Multi editions: 2013, 2019, 2024)
  • Pacific Fleet (2014)
  • Panzer General X (2014) (Jeff Crouch's free version)[15]
  • Spymaster (2014. Mobile.)
  • Atlantic Fleet (2015)
  • Red Thunder (2016) (By digital Gameworks. Discontinued in 2018.)[16]
  • Hex of Steel (2020)
  • Through the Darkest of Times (2020)
  • Attack at Dawn: North Africa (2022) (Multi-genre)
  • Scramble: Battle of Britain (TBA. 2024/2025?)

Turn-based tactics games

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Microcomputer Games Inc.'s WW2 TBT series

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Division of Avalon Hill. See List of Avalon Hill games.

  • Under Fire! (1985) (aka. Under Fire!: A Simulation of Squad Level Combat in WWII.)

General Quarters Software's tactical naval wargame series

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  • Battleship Bismarck: Operation Rhine - May 1941 (1987)
  • Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan (1989)
  • Action in The North Atlantic (1989)
  • Air Raid Pearl Harbor (1990)
  • The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot (1990)

Random Games' 1996-2000 Strategy Engine

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The Silent Storm series

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The Panzer Command series

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digital Gameworks' range

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  • Valkyrie: Crisis in Berlin 1944 (2016) (aka. 'Valkyrie'. Web/mobile app.)
  • Peleliu: The Devil's Island (2019)
  • Monuments Men: Ebensburg (2020) (Also turn-based RPG, but not much RPG)
  • Murphy's Heroes Hurtgen Forest (2020)

The Armoured Commander series

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  • Armoured Commander (2017)
  • Armoured Commander II (2021)

Other turn-based tactics games

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Grand strategy games

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KOEI's World War series

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The Civilization series

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The Hearts of Iron series

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Slitherine's Commander at War series

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  • Commander: Europe at War (2007)
    • Commander: Europe at War - Grand Strategy Expansion (2009) (Expansion)
  • Commander: Europe at War (TBA, 2025?) (Remake)

The Making History series

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The World Conqueror series

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Maestro Cinetik's Cauldrons of War series

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  • Cauldrons of War – Barbarossa (2020)
  • Cauldrons of War – Stalingrad (2021)

Other grand strategy games

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Massive Multiplayer Online Tactical Strategy Game (MMOTSG)

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  • NavyField (2005)
  • Blitz 1941 (2009)
  • Foxhole (2017) (Multi-genre)

Digital board games

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Command Simulations' board game conversion series

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The Avalon Hill Game Company's Third Reich series

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  • Third Reich (1992) (aka. Computer Third Reich)
  • Third Reich (1996) (DOS version)

The Axis & Allies series

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The Conflict of Heroes series

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  • Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear (2012)
    • Conflict of Heroes: Ghost Divisions (2013) (1st expansion)
    • Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel (2013) (2nd expansion)

Lock 'n Load Publishing's various series

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  • Mark H. Walker's Lock 'n Load: Heroes of Stalingrad (2014)
  • Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game (2020)
    • 15+ DLC expansions (2020 to 2020's)
  • Tank On Tank Digital - West Front (2017)
    • Tank On Tank Digital - East Front Battlepack 1 (2017) (Expansion)
  • Nations At War Digital Core Game (2020)
    • 6 DLC expansions (2020 to 2020's)

Bookmark Games' various series

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  • Arnhem: Airborne Assault (2015) (aka. Assault on Arnhem)
  • Undaunted Normandy (2023, EA)

Valiant Defense series

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  • Pavlov's House (2021)
  • Castle Itter: The Strangest Battle of WWII (2021)

Strategiae's Wars Across The World series

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  • Wars Across The World (2017)
    • Several expansions (2017 to 2020's)

Yobowargames' Valor & Victory series

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  • Valor & Victory (2021)
    • Valor & Victory: Stalingrad (2022) (1st DLC expansion)
    • Valor & Victory: Shield of Cholm (2022) (2nd DLC expansion)
    • Valor & Victory: Arnhem (2022) (3rd DLC expansion)

Other digital board games

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References

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See also

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