WW2 games, from story shooters to squad tactics

World War 2 is still one of the most common settings in games, from story shooters to huge squad battles and slow strategy. 2026 added Sudden Strike 5, and Hell Let Loose is still the big squad game. Here are the best WW2 games by style, with a note on what works on a phone.

Story shooters

Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games, 2017). A campaign that follows a 1st Infantry Division squad from Omaha Beach across Europe, plus online modes and Nazi Zombies.
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002). Remembered for its Omaha Beach mission, often compared to Saving Private Ryan.
Sniper Elite: Resistance (Rebellion, January 30, 2025). Long-range shots and stealth in occupied France, 1944. On PC, PlayStation and Xbox.

Squad battles and strategy

Hell Let Loose (published by Team17). 50 against 50 on huge maps, with squads, officers and supply lines. Slow, tactical and loud. Its follow-up, Hell Let Loose: Vietnam (August 2026), moves to a different war.
Sudden Strike 5 (Kite Games and Kalypso Media, April 23, 2026). A new WW2 real-time tactics game. Command tanks and infantry across big maps. On Steam since April 23, 2026.
Company of Heroes 3 (Relic, 2023). Squad-based strategy where cover and timing matter more than numbers.
Hearts of Iron IV (Paradox). Grand strategy: you run a whole country's war effort, from factories to front lines.

WW2 games on a phone

Big WW2 shooters are rare on phones. World of Tanks Blitz is a popular option, with short tank battles that fit a break.

Roam, a free iPhone app, has WW2 games too. Beachhead '44 is a D-Day third-person shooter: 6 June 1944, ramp down, run. Last Block Standing is a voxel squad shooter about taking the town square: stay low, stay together. Stamp Or Sink is the quiet one, a wartime cipher clerk puzzle: decode the message, choose the stamp, live with it.

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Make your own WW2 squad game with Roam

Describe the mission and the squad in one sentence. Roam makes it playable, and you can change the map or the rules by asking.

Try: "WW2 squad mission in a voxel village, my friends are the squad, capture the radio tower, no respawns"

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Questions people ask

What is the most realistic WW2 game?

Hell Let Loose is the usual answer: 50 against 50, real squad roles and supply lines, and maps built from real battlefields.

What WW2 games came out in 2026?

Sudden Strike 5, a real-time tactics game from Kite Games and Kalypso Media, came out on Steam on April 23, 2026.

Are there WW2 games on iPhone?

Yes. World of Tanks Blitz is the best known, and Roam has a D-Day shooter, a squad shooter and a wartime cipher puzzle.

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