Here are some of the best war games on PC, spanning different eras and gameplay styles:
World War II:
Hell Let Loose: A hardcore WW2 FPS game that emphasizes teamwork across large-scale battles with dynamically generated capture points3.
War Thunder: A free-to-play game with a dizzying array of historically accurate aircraft, tanks, and boats, offering a combined arms experience3.
Steel Division 2: A strategy game set on the Eastern Front3.
Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault: An RTS game and expansion to Company of Heroes 2, featuring a dynamic campaign layer set during the 1944 Ardennes campaign2.
Modern/Other Conflicts:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: A classic title in the series2.
Battlefield 4 and Battlefield 5: Popular options in the Battlefield series5.
Strategy/Operational War Games:
Unity of Command 2: A turn-based war game focusing on managing supplies and planning decisive campaigns, primarily set on the Western Front of World War II2.
Hearts of Iron IV: A grand strategy wargame2.
Upcoming in 2025:
'83: A Cold War FPS game1.
Black Hawk Down: A single-player military shooter1.
Kingmakers: Third person strategy where you can travel back in time to change history1.
Broken Arrow: A modern warfare, real-time tactics game7.
Task Force Admiral: Naval warfare game7.
Other notable war games: