The Best World-war-2 Games for Linux

Update : Men of War II added at rank #8.
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Hearts of Iron IV (2016)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS

Control your own nation during World War II and dominate the planet in Hearts of Iron IV. With intricate military simulations, choose any nation and build your industrial and technological power to achieve glory, either playing solo or competing online. The game is both immersive and challenging, with engaging visuals that bring the experience to life.


What we like:
  • Historical accuracy
  • Mod community
  • Rewarding strategic gameplay
What could be improved:
  • DLC locks parts of the game
  • Overly complicated mechanics
  • Limited AI orders

  • grand-strategy
  • strategy
  • historical
  • world-war-2
  • war
  • military
  • naval
  • real-time
  • economy
  • tactical
  • tanks
  • political
  • alternate
  • grand
  • simulation

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Bomber Crew (2017)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game set during World War Two, where you control a team of air force members responsible for piloting, radar, guns, mechanics and bombing. You must move the crew around to ensure they keep up with their tasks and give them commands. The game has many nuances and customisable features that create a bond between player and crew.


What we like:
  • Strategic gameplay
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Customisable features
  • Nuanced sound/visuals
  • Portable gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Cluttered tasks when action ramps up
  • Difficulty spike later levels
  • Patience required for some sections

  • simulation
  • world-war-2
  • management
  • flight
  • strategy
  • survival
  • war
  • rogue-like
  • difficult

3

Easy Red 2 (2020)

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Linux Mac OS Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Fight massive battles between infantry, armored vehicles, tanks, cannons and planes. Realistically manage your weapons and equipment, coordinate with your squad, and tactically navigate large, fully destructible open world maps. Experience the WW2 in singleplayer, PVP and Co-Op.

Buy

  • world-war-2
  • shooter
  • historical
  • simulation
  • first-person
  • wargame
  • gore
  • sandbox
  • fps
  • war
  • violent
  • immersive
  • atmospheric
  • playing
  • realistic

4

Svoboda 1945: Liberation (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Linux IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows

The horrors of World War II are over, but peace never came to the Czech village of Svoboda. You were sent to investigate a decades-old feud. Who can you trust to explain what happened? How was your family involved? Talk to witnesses to uncover the troubled past in a game unlike any you ever played.

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  • historical
  • choices
  • farming
  • war
  • fmv
  • world-war-2
  • emotional
  • conversation
  • cinematic
  • investigation
  • education
  • multiple-endings
  • hand-drawn
  • visual-novel
  • atmospheric

5

Radio General (2020)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

It's WWII. You're a general sitting in a tent. All you have is a map, and a radio. Can you win the battle? Radio General is a unique strategy game where you interact with your units over the radio using speech recognition. Test your mettle and relive famous battles as a WWII general.

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  • world-war-2
  • real-time
  • voice
  • control
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • military
  • war
  • historical
  • military-grade
  • simulation

6

Enlisted (2020)

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early access Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Linux PC Windows

In Enlisted, you are not only commanding a single soldier, but an entire squad! This MMO squad based shooter recreates the key battles of the bloodiest war of the 20th century, with hundreds of soldiers, tanks and aircraft taking part in each battle.

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  • shooter
  • squad
  • first-person
  • world-war-2
  • mmo
  • vehicle
  • multiplayer
  • fps
  • military
  • pvp
  • historical
  • tanks
  • battle
  • cooperative
  • team

7

Attentat 1942 (2017)

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IOS iPhoneos Linux IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows

Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.


  • world-war-2
  • historical
  • fmv
  • cinematic
  • investigation
  • minigame
  • emotional
  • historically-accurate
  • education
  • choices
  • visual-novel
  • point-and-click
  • fiction
  • interactive
  • multiple-endings

8

Men of War II (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

Experience warfare like never before! Men of War II, the anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed RTS franchise is here with all-new units, locations, campaigns, game modes and true trademarks of the series: historical fidelity and action-filled gameplay on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WWII.

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  • real-time
  • strategy
  • world-war-2
  • tactical
  • tanks
  • cooperative
  • historical
  • military
  • moddable
  • realistic
  • battle
  • editor
  • artillery
  • cover

9

Skirmish Line (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Experience the brutality and randomness of war as an Allied tactical commander in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Train, equip, and command a squad of soldiers as you fight against the fanatical Imperial Japanese Empire.

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  • world-war-2
  • violent
  • real-time
  • tactical
  • tower-defense
  • strategy
  • difficult
  • perma-death
  • top-down
  • simulation
  • casual
  • gore

10

War Thunder (2013)

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Xbox One Android Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Linux Mac OS Playstation 4 PC Windows

War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.

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  • tanks
  • naval
  • combat
  • world-war-2
  • flight
  • war
  • battle
  • realistic
  • vehicle
  • mmo
  • military
  • multiplayer
  • cold
  • historical

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