Games like Call of Duty: World at War
If Call of Duty: World at War is your kind of game, the closest matches are Call of Duty®: WWII, Call of Duty®: Black Ops and Day of Infamy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its writing quality is exceptional, challenging and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Call of Duty: World at War (2008) is an action shooter set during World War II, developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. Players can experience a campaign with narrative storytelling, engage in multiplayer via servers, and explore a zombie mode that supports modding. The game costs $19.99 on Steam where it holds a 93% positive rating from 33,137 reviews. Reviewers highlight the dark and immersive atmosphere while players report the multiplayer rewards tactical positioning. Custom maps and mods for the zombie mode are a significant draw for the community. The game is not supported on Steam Deck.
About Call of Duty: World at War: Call of Duty is back, redefining war like you've never experienced before. Building on the Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare engine, Call of Duty: World at War immerses players into the most gritty and chaotic WWII combat ever experienced.
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Call of Duty®: WWII
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Shares an immersive mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
Top pick for Call of Duty: World at War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Call of Duty®: WWII - a breathtaking experience that redefines World War II.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops
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Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
Second-strongest match for Call of Duty: World at War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
Day of Infamy
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Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
Third-strongest match for Call of Duty: World at War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Experience close-quarters battles in iconic WWII settings. Defend the line, storm the beach, torch the enemy, or use a radio to call in fire support. Day of Infamy is a teamwork-oriented shooter that will keep you on your toes and coming back for more with its diverse game modes and authentic arsenal.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
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Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
Ranked #4 for Call of Duty: World at War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7
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Ranked #5 for Call of Duty: World at War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
In Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Treyarch and Raven Software are bringing players the biggest Black Ops ever across an innovative Co-Op Campaign, an electrifying Multiplayer experience, and the legendary Round-Based Zombies mode.
Hell Let Loose
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Ranked #6 for Call of Duty: World at War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.
Call of Duty® 2
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Shares an immersive mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
Ranked #7 for Call of Duty: World at War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Call of Duty® 2 redefines the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers fighting together in epic WWII conflicts. The sequel to 2003's Call of Duty, winner of over 80 Game of the Year awards, Call of Duty 2 offers more immense, more intense, more realistic battles than ever before, thanks to...
Rising Storm Game of the Year Edition
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Ranked #8 for Call of Duty: World at War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Also contains all multi-player content from Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
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Titanfall® 2
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Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
BattleBit Remastered
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Shares a challenging mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
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BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly, massive multiplayer FPS, supporting 254 players per server. Battle on a near-fully destructible map with various vehicles!
Insurgency: Sandstorm
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Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.
Halo Infinite
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From one of gaming's most iconic sagas, Halo is bigger than ever. Featuring an expansive open-world campaign and a dynamic free to play multiplayer experience.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
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The Master Chief’s iconic journey includes six games, built for PC and collected in a single integrated experience. Whether you’re a long-time fan or meeting Spartan 117 for the first time, The Master Chief Collection is the definitive Halo gaming experience.
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
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Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
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Contains full Rising Storm content as well!
Medal of Honor: Airborne
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Shares an immersive mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
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Step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the “All-American” 82nd Airborne Division, and revolutionize the way the war is fought. From a rocky beginning in Sicily to war winning triumphs in the heart of Germany, fight the epic WWII battles that turned America’s first paratroopers into combat legends.
THE FINALS
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THE FINALS is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future! Fight for Fans and fortune in fully-destructible, virtual Arenas that guarantee no two rounds will ever play the same!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Call of Duty: World at War at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Call of Duty: World at War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Call of Duty: World at War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Call of Duty: World at War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Call of Duty: World at War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under Call of Duty: World at War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~65% under Call of Duty: World at War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Call of Duty®
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Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty: World at War. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
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Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
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Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty: World at War. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
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Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty: World at War. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War
Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
WHY THIS
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty: World at War. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War
Call of Duty®: Black Ops
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty: World at War. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops
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Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty: World at War. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War
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Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty: World at War. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
Black Ops Cold War, the direct sequel to Call of Duty®: Black Ops, will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III
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Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty: World at War.
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty: World at War. Shares Action with Call of Duty: World at War.
In the direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II, Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against the ultimate threat.
Frequently asked about Call of Duty: World at War
- Does Call of Duty: World at War work on Steam Deck?
- Call of Duty: World at War is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Call of Duty: World at War cost?
- Call of Duty: World at War is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Call of Duty: World at War have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Call of Duty: World at War supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Call of Duty: World at War?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Call of Duty: World at War are Call of Duty®: WWII, Call of Duty®: Black Ops, Day of Infamy.
- Who developed Call of Duty: World at War?
- Call of Duty: World at War was developed by Treyarch and published by Activision.
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