Games like Combat Mission Shock Force 2
If Combat Mission Shock Force 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lines of Battle, World War 2 Operation Husky and Combat Mission Cold War — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its campaign persistence matters, challenging and contemplative. 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 →About Combat Mission Shock Force 2: The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.

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Lines of Battle
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Top pick for Combat Mission Shock Force 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Command armies in tactical battles with simultaneous turns during the Napoleonic Wars. Lead forces through single-player strategy campaigns, master formations and flanking tactics, then test your skills in competitive 1v1 and 4v4 battles.
World War 2 Operation Husky
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Second-strongest match for Combat Mission Shock Force 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
A light wargame with simple rules tailored to run smooth battles. Recommended to introduce new players to wargames basic concepts and for fast multiplayer matches.
Combat Mission Cold War
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Shares an immersive mood with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Third-strongest match for Combat Mission Shock Force 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.
Combat Mission Black Sea
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Shares an immersive mood with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Ranked #4 for Combat Mission Shock Force 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017
WARNO
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Shares an immersive mood with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Ranked #5 for Combat Mission Shock Force 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.
Panzer Corps 2
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Shares a contemplative mood with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Ranked #6 for Combat Mission Shock Force 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Decision Point: Battlegroup Operational Simulator
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Ranked #7 for Combat Mission Shock Force 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Plans meet friction in Decision Point, a wargame where you issue NATO-standard orders, observe AI execution in real time, and adapt as the battlefield evolves. At key Decision Points, the action pauses—giving you time to reassess, redirect your forces, and outmanoeuvre the enemy.
Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg
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Shares an immersive mood with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Ranked #8 for Combat Mission Shock Force 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg (CMFB) follows the Western Allies through the battles along Germany's border and into the heart of the Reich itself.
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Falcon 4.0
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Shares an immersive mood with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Reviewers of Combat Mission Shock Force 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Falcon 4.0 breaks the sight-and-sound barrier with its cutting-edge graphics, realism, dynamic campaigns and multiplayer gameplay.
Close Combat
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Reviewers of Combat Mission Shock Force 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Defeat the enemy in this classic nonstop World War II battle action. Lead your men through the terror, fatigue, and hell of war on to victory. Only you can bring'em back alive!
Void Commander: Armada
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Reviewers of Combat Mission Shock Force 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Lead your fleet in a roguelite auto-battler where commanders define your strategy. Build your armada, adapt every run, and survive against an overwhelming alien swarm.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Combat Mission Shock Force 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~92% under Combat Mission Shock Force 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~75% under Combat Mission Shock Force 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Bloons TD 6
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Priced ~77% under Combat Mission Shock Force 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
BeamNG.drive
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Priced ~58% under Combat Mission Shock Force 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Schedule I
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Priced ~67% under Combat Mission Shock Force 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
The Forest
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Priced ~67% under Combat Mission Shock Force 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
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Priced ~83% under Combat Mission Shock Force 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
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Priced ~67% under Combat Mission Shock Force 2 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.).
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
93, Kuindzhi
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Battlefront, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Combat Mission Black Sea
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Another title from Battlefront, the studio behind Combat Mission Shock Force 2. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017
Combat Mission Cold War
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Another title from Battlefront, the studio behind Combat Mission Shock Force 2. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.
Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
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Shares an intense mood with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Another title from Battlefront, the studio behind Combat Mission Shock Force 2. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Combat Mission Battle for Normandy faithfully recreates the experience of tactical land warfare in Western France during World War Two.
Combat Mission: Red Thunder
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Shares an immersive mood with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Another title from Battlefront, the studio behind Combat Mission Shock Force 2. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Combat Mission Red Thunder focuses on the hard fought Eastern Front battles of Bagration and Poland, from the swamps of Belarus to the gates of Warsaw during the summer of 1944.
Combat Mission Fortress Italy
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Shares an intense mood with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Another title from Battlefront, the studio behind Combat Mission Shock Force 2. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Combat Mission Fortress Italy brings wargamers to the "soft underbelly of Europe", a place that was anything but.
Combat Mission: Final Blitzkrieg
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Another title from Battlefront, the studio behind Combat Mission Shock Force 2. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Shock Force 2.
Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg (CMFB) follows the Western Allies through the battles along Germany's border and into the heart of the Reich itself.
Frequently asked about Combat Mission Shock Force 2
- Does Combat Mission Shock Force 2 work on Steam Deck?
- Combat Mission Shock Force 2 is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Combat Mission Shock Force 2 cost?
- Combat Mission Shock Force 2 is listed on Steam at 59.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Combat Mission Shock Force 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Combat Mission Shock Force 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Combat Mission Shock Force 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Combat Mission Shock Force 2 are Lines of Battle, World War 2 Operation Husky, Combat Mission Cold War.
- Who developed Combat Mission Shock Force 2?
- Combat Mission Shock Force 2 was developed by Battlefront and published by Matrix Games.
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