Best WW1 games

Why is the WWI games' potential is so high?

World War 1 video games don’t come out too often (although we’ve seen quite a bunch) because it’s a field that has to be researched much more than a chunk of easily accessible information on what happened the second time the world was at a global war. 

On the other hand, it’s a little bit safer to begin; as we’re talking about something that happened way before any of us was born into the world, it’s not that difficult to view WW1 as a historical event that doesn’t affect us anymore. The same can’t be said about the next global military conflict. It’s also possible to experiment a little with the formula: one of the few franchises that dared to do so with WWII is the Wolfenstein series.

We don’t know much about it these days (unless we’re really into history). That is why setting a game there is still exciting: you may learn about the past and experience something still unexplored by media in general. 

If we’d like to play some WWI FPS games, there will be weapons we’ve never seen in other titles. The same goes for machinery and other equipment, and even locations can be quite a novelty and be spread around Earth. Open world games are now very common, and it’s a perfect moment for a title based on a global conflict like that to get released.

Best WWI games

Now that we've established such titles' potential, what are the examples of the best World War I games? The realm of first-person shooters does have quite a few, for instance, Battlefield 1. For a different vibe, you can try out Verdun: it’s based on the famous battle and is a multiplayer game that is trying its utmost to show the realistic side of the War.

You can also approach WW1 games differently, which was proved by such titles as Valiant Hearts: The Great War or Toy Soldiers. The atmosphere may not be as grim as it was in the games we’ve mentioned above, but it’s a more creative way of re-telling these dark moments in the history of humanity. Be it literal toy soldiers battling or a cartoony representation of the War, and it’s still about a serious topic.

World War I games are hidden in the shadow of WWII, yet it’s essential to get familiarised with what came before the most (in)famous times in the recent history of humankind. Understanding the matter via our favorite medium is a neat bonus that should only encourage players to take this history lesson.