Games like Vietnam War
If Vietnam War is your kind of game, the closest matches are Winter War 1939, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam and Good Kill! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and immersive. 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 →Vietnam War is an early-access open-world first-person action game developed by Thorium Game Lab, released in 2025 at $14.99. Set during the Vietnam conflict, it features procedural missions where players command squads across jungles, hills, and villages as either the U.S. or Vietcong forces. Factual mechanics include a rotation system simulating tour-of-duty cycles, resource management with rations, squad commands, friendly fire, and terrain destruction. Players can build command posts and dig defensive positions across a massive map spanning 50+ vehicles for transport. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, noting that ricochet physics create unpredictability and that generative AI handles squad dialogue. The game runs on Steam Deck in a playable state and holds an 85% positive rating from 1,317 Steam reviews.
About Vietnam War: Open world single-player FPS. Command your squad in battle across jungles, hills and villages of Vietnam. Fight as U.S or Vietcong. Vast arsenal of weapons and 50+ vehicles
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Winter War 1939
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vietnam War.
Top pick for Vietnam War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
Epic World War 2 battles. Finland vs the Soviet Union.
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vietnam War.
Second-strongest match for Vietnam War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
Red Orchestra Series' take on Vietnam: 64-player MP matches; 20+ maps; US Army & Marines, PAVN/NVA, NLF/VC; Australians and ARVN forces; 50+ weapons; 4 flyable helicopters; mines, traps and tunnels; Brutal. Authentic. Gritty. Character customization. And napalm in the morning.
Good Kill!
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vietnam War.
Third-strongest match for Vietnam War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Vietnam War.
Good Kill is an immersive FPS game where players take control of a door gunner in a military helicopter during wartime. Engage in intense combat across destructible environments, complete missions, and upgrade your helicopter and weapons to dominate the battlefield.
Gunner, HEAT, PC!
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vietnam War.
Ranked #4 for Vietnam War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Vietnam War.
Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.
Hijong Park's Defender Patrol
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Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Vietnam War.
Ranked #5 for Vietnam War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
Hijong Park's Defender Patrol is a small, low-poly helicopter combat flight simulator featuring simple but fully interactable cockpit system, playable in both the monitor and Virtual-reality.
Sprocket
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Shares an immersive mood with Vietnam War.
Ranked #6 for Vietnam War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Vietnam War.
Carefully balance mobility, firepower and armour in a dedicated tank designer. Then uncarefully put them to the test in a series of combat scenarios progressing through the ages of the tank. Here, your limit is what you can fit inside your hull and turret while still being able to move forwards.
Metal Thunder
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Shares resource management with Vietnam War.
Ranked #7 for Vietnam War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
Command the legendary gunship in a high-octane action-roguelite! Engage insurgents with devastating firepower in ever-changing missions. Upgrade your arsenal, adapt to dynamic challenges, and survive relentless waves of enemies. Every run offers new tactics and chaos as you dominate the skies.
War Thunder
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Shares a dark mood with Vietnam War.
Ranked #8 for Vietnam War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
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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Ravenfield
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Shares an immersive mood with Vietnam War.
Reviewers of Vietnam War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Early Access with Vietnam War.
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Squad
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Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vietnam War.
Reviewers of Vietnam War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
Red Orchestra Series' take on Vietnam: 64-player MP matches; 20+ maps; US Army & Marines, PAVN/NVA, NLF/VC; Australians and ARVN forces; 50+ weapons; 4 flyable helicopters; mines, traps and tunnels; Brutal. Authentic. Gritty. Character customization. And napalm in the morning.
The Room
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vietnam War.
Reviewers of Vietnam War cross-mention this title as a similar play.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vietnam War.
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Mount & Blade
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Shares an immersive mood with Vietnam War.
Reviewers of Vietnam War cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Mercenaries Saga 2 -Order of the Silver Eagle-
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Vietnam War.
Reviewers of Vietnam War cross-mention this title as a similar play.
“Mercenaries Saga 2: Order of the Silver Eagle” is a tactical simulation RPG where you fight through 32 stages with Claude, Captain of the Silver Eagles and his team.
POSTAL
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Shares a dark mood with Vietnam War.
Reviewers of Vietnam War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vietnam War at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~67% under Vietnam War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vietnam 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 ~53% under Vietnam War on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Vietnam 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.
PEAK
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Priced ~47% under Vietnam War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~70% under Vietnam War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
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.
Noita
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Priced ~47% under Vietnam War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~93% under Vietnam War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~80% under Vietnam War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~67% under Vietnam War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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 Vietnam 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.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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 Action with Vietnam War.
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!
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
Hog Hunter 2021
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Vietnam War.
Hog hunter is a short atmospheric game about catching hogs out in the wild, be careful though not everything in the woods is safe...
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Frequently asked about Vietnam War
- Does Vietnam War run on Steam Deck?
- Vietnam War is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Vietnam War cost?
- Vietnam War is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Vietnam War?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vietnam War are Winter War 1939, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, Good Kill!.
- Who developed Vietnam War?
- Vietnam War was developed by Thorium Game Lab.
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