Games like Holdfast: Nations At War
If Holdfast: Nations At War is your kind of game, the closest matches are Verdun, Tannenberg and World of Warships: Legends — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, epic 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 →Holdfast: Nations At War is a multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the Napoleonic Wars and World War I, blending action, simulation, and tactical wargame elements. Released in 2020 at $19.99, it supports massive servers with over 150 players per match, verified for Steam Deck play. Players engage through class-based loadouts, bayonet charges, cavalry charges, and naval sailing mechanics alongside melee combat. Reviewers highlight how the land and sea warfare feels immersive, with free expansions keeping content fresh and voice chat fostering community roleplay. The title maintains a challenging difficulty curve across extensive sessions with online co-op. It holds a 91% positive rating from 17,898 Steam reviews.
About Holdfast: Nations At War: Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!
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Verdun
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Top pick for Holdfast: Nations At War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.
Tannenberg
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Second-strongest match for Holdfast: Nations At War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front. Grab your rifle, ready your sabre and keep your gas mask close as you prepare to play a part in one of the most significant conflicts in history!
World of Warships: Legends
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Third-strongest match for Holdfast: Nations At War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Join this free-to-play PvP online naval shooter with fast-paced combat, easy-to-learn gameplay, intuitive controls, and cross-platform play on Steam, console, and mobile. Choose from 600+ warships and 150+ Commanders, and master tactics on diverse maps. Play now and become a legend!
Over The Top: WWI
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Ranked #4 for Holdfast: Nations At War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Join 200-player battles in Over The Top: WWI - an intense shooter set in the gritty backdrop of World War I. Pick your class, choose from a vast arsenal, including rifles, artillery, airplanes and powerful tanks, and experience the chaos of fully destructible battlefields.
World of Warships
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Shares an immersive mood with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Ranked #5 for Holdfast: Nations At War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
Beyond The Wire
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Ranked #6 for Holdfast: Nations At War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Set in the muddy trenches of WW1, Beyond The Wire is a 50v50 multiplayer FPS that immerses players in the desperate & brutal circumstances of the Great War. Featuring an arsenal of historic weapons, ten massive maps, ten playable factions, era-specific tanks, & a brutal melee combat system.
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Ranked #7 for Holdfast: Nations At War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Holdfast: Nations At 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.
Foxhole
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Shares an immersive mood with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Ranked #8 for Holdfast: Nations At War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where thousands of players shape the outcome of a persistent online war. Every individual soldier is a player that contributes to the war effort through logistics, base building, reconnaissance, combat, and more.
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Mount & Blade: Warband
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Shares an immersive mood with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Reviewers of Holdfast: Nations At War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Holdfast: Nations At War.
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
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Shares an epic mood with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Reviewers of Holdfast: Nations At War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Holdfast: Nations At War.
The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
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Shares an epic mood with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Reviewers of Holdfast: Nations At War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.
STAR WARS™ Battlefront
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Shares an epic mood with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Reviewers of Holdfast: Nations At War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Holdfast: Nations At War.
The STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Ultimate Edition includes the STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Deluxe Edition as well as the STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Season Pass.
Sharp Trouble
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Reviewers of Holdfast: Nations At War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Sharp trouble - King, wake up, we're under attack! Evil barbarians have invaded your castle and are trying to take out the entire treasury - stop this outrage in this hardcore platformer!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Holdfast: Nations At War at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~75% under Holdfast: Nations At War on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Holdfast: Nations At War.
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.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Holdfast: Nations At War on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Holdfast: Nations 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 Holdfast: Nations At War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Holdfast: Nations 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 Holdfast: Nations At War on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Holdfast: Nations 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 Holdfast: Nations At War on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Holdfast: Nations At War.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Holdfast: Nations 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 Holdfast: Nations 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.).
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93, Kuindzhi
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Holdfast: Nations At War.
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 and Strategy with Holdfast: Nations At 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 and Simulation with Holdfast: Nations At 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 and Indie with Holdfast: Nations At War.
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Frequently asked about Holdfast: Nations At War
- Is Holdfast: Nations At War verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Holdfast: Nations At War is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Holdfast: Nations At War cost?
- Holdfast: Nations At War is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Holdfast: Nations At War have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Holdfast: Nations At War supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Holdfast: Nations At War?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Holdfast: Nations At War are Verdun, Tannenberg, World of Warships: Legends.
- Who developed Holdfast: Nations At War?
- Holdfast: Nations At War was developed by Anvil Game Studios.
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