List of World War II video games

In video games, many historical topics are used or centered upon as part of the gameplay and storyline. World War II is one of the most popularly used world history topics in video games. Below is a list of these games.

First-person and Third-person shooter games

The Medal of Honor series

• Medal of Honor (1999)
• Medal of Honor: Underground (2000, 2002)
• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002)
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Spearhead (expansion pack)
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Breakthrough (expansion pack)
• Medal of Honor: Frontline (2002)
• Medal of Honor: Infiltrator (2003)
• Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (2003)
• Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (2004)
• Medal of Honor: European Assault (2005)
• Medal of Honor: Heroes (2006)
• Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 (2007)
• Medal of Honor: Airborne (2007)
• Medal of Honor: Vanguard (2007)

The Call of Duty series

• Call of Duty (2003)
• Call of Duty: United Offensive (2004) (expansion pack)
• Call of Duty: Finest Hour (2004)
• Call of Duty 2 (2005)
• Call of Duty 2: Collector's Edition (2005)
• Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (2005)
• Call of Duty 3 (2007)
• Call of Duty 3: Gold Edition (2007)
• Call of Duty: Roads to Victory (2007)
• Call of Duty: World at War (2008)

The Battlefield series

• Battlefield 1942 (2002)
  • Battlefield: 1942: The Road to Rome (2003 expansion pack)
  • Battlefield: 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII (2003 expansion pack)
• Battlefield Heroes (2009)
• Battlefield 1943 (2009)

The Wolfenstein series

• Wolfenstein 3D (1992)
• Wolfenstein: Spear of Destiny (1992)
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001)
• Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (2003)
• Wolfenstein (2009)

The Brothers in Arms series

• Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (2005)
• Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood (2005)
• Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (2008)
• Brothers in Arms: D-Day (2006)
• Brothers in Arms: Double Time (2008)
• Brothers in Arms DS (2007)
• Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 (2012)

The Hidden & Dangerous series

• Hidden & Dangerous (1999)
  • Hidden & Dangerous: Devil's Bridge (expansion pack)(2000)
• Hidden & Dangerous 2 (2003)
  • Hidden & Dangerous 2: Sabre Squadron (expansion pack)(2004)

The Day of Defeat series

• Day of Defeat (2003)
• Day of Defeat: Source (2005)

The World War II Combat series

• World War II Combat: Road to Berlin (2006)
• World War II Combat: Iwo Jima (2006)

The Deadly Dozen series

• Deadly Dozen (2001)
• Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theater (2002)

The Battlestrike Series

• Battlestrike: Force of Resistance
• Battlestrike: Road To Berlin
• Crimes of War(2008)
• Tank Combat(2008)
• Operation Thunderstorm(2008)

The Red Orchestra series

• Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 (2006)
• Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad (2011)
• Rising Storm expansion (TBA)

Other

• Aces High II (2011)
• World War II Online (2009)
• Commandos Strike Force (2006)
• Silent Service (1985)
• Silent Service II (1990)
• Mortyr (1999)
• Mortyr 2: ForEver (2004)
• D-Day: Normandy (2002)
• WW2: GI (1998)
• World War II Sniper: Call to Victory (2004)
• Airborne Troops: Countdown to D-Day (2004)
• Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers (2005)
• Sniper Art of Victory (2008)
• Sniper Elite (2005)
• History Channel's ShootOut! The Game (2006)
• WWII Tank Commander (2006)
• The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific (2007)
• Hour of Victory (2007)
• 1944 D-Day: Operation Overlord (TBA)
• Beyond Normandy: Assignment Berlin
• Airborne Hero D-day Frontline 1944
• The Saboteur
• Velvet assassin

Real-time strategy games

Axis and Allies Real Time Strategy

• Axis & Allies (2004 video game) (2004)

The Close Combat series

• Close Combat (1996)
• Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far (1997)
• Close Combat III: The Russian Front (1998)
• Close Combat IV: Battle of the Bulge (1999)
• Close Combat V: Invasion Normandy (2000)
• Close Combat VI: Cross Of Iron (2007)
• Close Combat VII: Close Assault(TBA)

The Sudden Strike series

• Sudden Strike (2000)
  • Sudden Strike Forever (2001) (expansion pack)
• Sudden Strike 2 (2002)
  • Sudden Strike: Resource War (2004) (expansion pack)

The Commandos series

• Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines (1998)
• Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty (1999) (expansion pack)
• Commandos 2: Men of Courage (2001)
• Commandos 3: Destination Berlin (2003)
• Commandos: Strike Force (2006)

The Blitzkrieg series

• Blitzkrieg (2003)
  • Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon (expansion pack) (2004)
  • Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder (expansion pack) (2004)
• Blitzkrieg 2 (2005)
• Blitzkrieg 2 Liberation

The Company of Heroes series

• Company of Heroes (2006)
• Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (2007)
• Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor (2009)

The Hearts of Iron series

• Hearts of Iron (2002)
• Hearts of Iron II (2005)
  • Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday (expansion pack) (2006)
  • Hearts of Iron II: Armageddon (expansion pack) (2007)
  • Hearts of Iron II: Iron Cross (expansion pack) (2010)
• Hearts of Iron III (2009)
  • Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi (expansion pack) (2010)
  • Hearts of Iron III: For The Motherland (expansion pack) (2011)
  • Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game (2011)

Other

• Conqueror (1988)
• World War II: Frontline Command (2003)
• Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps (2004)
• Axis & Allies (2004)
• Stalingrad (2005)
• War Front: Turning Point (2007)
• Pacific Storm (2006)
• Mockba to Berlin (2006)
• Spring: 1944 (2008)
• World War II Online: Battleground Europe (High Command) (2009)
• R.U.S.E. (2010)

Real-time tactics games

• Sudden Strike 2 (2002)
• Codename: Panzers Phase One (2004)
• Codename: Panzers Phase Two (2005)
• Soldiers: Heroes of World War II (2004)
• Faces of War (2006)
• Company of Heroes (2006)
• Men of War (2009)
• Theatre Of War (2007)
• Panzer Tactics DS (2007)
• Order Of War (2009)
• Talvisota: Icy Hell (2008)

The Battlestations series

• Battlestations: Midway (2007)
• Battlestations: Pacific (2009)

Other

• World War II Online (2009)

Turn-based strategy games

• Allied General (1995)
• Panzer General (1994)
• Daisenryaku (Iron Storm) (1996)
• Operation Europe: Path To Victory (1994)
• Uncommon Valor (2002)
• Pacific War: Matrix Edition (2003)
• Silent Storm (2004)
• War in the Pacific: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945 (2004)
• War Plan Orange: Dreadnoughts in the Pacific 1922-1930 (2005)
• World War II - Road to Victory (2008)
• Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord (2001)
• Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin (2002)
• Combat Mission Afrika Korps (2004)
• Gary Grisby's World at War (2005)
• Military History Commander Europe at War (2009)
• War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition (2009)
• Sgt. Saunders' Combat! (1995)
• Operation Europe: Path to Victory (1995)
• Barbarossa (video game) (1992)
• Making History (series)
• Legends of War (2011)
• Soldiers of Empires (2002)
• Strategic Command European Theater (2002)

Simulators

Flight simulators

• Hellcats Over the Pacific (1991)
• Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (1991)
• Aces of the Pacific (1992)
• B-17 Flying Fortress (video game) (1992)
• Aces over Europe (1993)
• 1942:Pacific Air War (1994)
• European Air War (1998)
• Jane's WWII Fighters (1998)
• Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator : WWII Europe Series (1998)
• Fighter Squadron: Screamin' Demons Over Europe (1999)
• Iron Aces (2000)
• Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater (2000)
• Aces High II (2000)
• World War II Online: Battleground Europe (2009)
• IL-2 Sturmovik (2001)
• Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe (2002)
• Jane's Attack Squadron (2002)
• Dogfight: Battle for the Pacific by Valusoft (2003)
• Secret Weapons Over Normandy (2003)
• Pacific Fighters (2004)
• Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory (2005)
• Heroes of the Pacific (2005)
• Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (2006)
• Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII (2007)
• IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 (2007)
• WWII Aces (2008)
• Air Conflicts: Aces of World War II (2009)
• Heroes over Europe (2009)
• IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey (2009)
• Warbirds 2.01 (1998)
• Battle stations pacific/Midway (2007-2009)
• IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover (2011)

Naval simulators

The Silent Hunter series

• Silent Hunter (1996)
• Silent Hunter II (2001)
• Silent Hunter III (2005)
• Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific (2007)
• Silent Hunter V: Battle of the Atlantic (2010)

Tank simulators

• Panzer Commander (1998)
• iPanzer ´44 (1998)
• Panzer Elite (1999)
• Panzer Front (2000)
• Panzer Front Ausf.B (2004)
• Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory (2006)
• Panzer Elite Action: Dunes of War (2007)
• T-34 vs Tiger (2008)
• Steel Fury - Kharkov 1942 (2008)
• World of Tanks (2010)

Other

• Destroyer Command (2002)
• Grandest Fleet (1994)
• World War II Online (2009)

Other

iPhone & iPod touch games

• LAST WAR (2011)

Board games

• Axis & Allies (turn-based strategy) (1998)
  • Axis & Allies: Iron Blitz (1999) (expansion pack)
• Steel Panthers : World at War(2007)
• Memoir '44 (2004)

Interactive fiction

• Trinity (1986)

MMOFPS (Massive Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter)

• World War II Online (2001)

a.k.a "Battleground Europe"

MMOTSG (Massive Multiplayer Online Tactical Strategy Game)

• NavyField (2005)
• Blitz 1941 (2009)

Third-Person shooter

• The Outfit (2006)

Historic action-adventure

• The Saboteur (2009)
• Another War (2002)

Stealth Based

• Death to Spies (2007)
• Death to Spies: Moment of Truth (2008)
• The Great Escape (1986)
• The Great Escape (2003)
• Velvet Assassin (2008)
• Castle Wolfenstein
• Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

See also

• List of video games
• List of World War I video games
• Video game genres
• Every Review for Every World War II Video Game (this is a work in progress) at Follow