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Headquarters: World War II

2024

Should you play it?

Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.

What works

  • Engaging tactical gameplay with unit customization
  • Addictive 'just one more turn' feel
  • Good graphics and sound design
  • Map editor and random map generator
  • Multiple campaigns and multiplayer modes

Things to keep in mind

  • Campaign length and replay value somewhat limited
  • Ai can be predictable or weak at times
  • Camera controls and ui have quirks
  • Some bugs and occasional crashes reported
  • German voice acting lacks authenticity

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Steel Division: Normandy 44

  • Men of War: Assault Squad 2

  • Combat Mission Shock Force 2

  • Sudden Strike 5

  • Company of Heroes

  • Wargame: European Escalation

Less competitive

Games that feels like Headquarters: World War II but with less competition against others

  • Regiments

  • Last Train Home

  • Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition

  • Partisans 1941

  • Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes

  • Total Conflict: Resistance

More fantastical

Games that feels like Headquarters: World War II but with more imaginative fiction

  • Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War

  • Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™

  • Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance

  • Cataclismo

  • Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3

  • Iron Harvest

More intimate

Games that feels like Headquarters: World War II but with more focus on close relationships

  • Company of Heroes 2

  • Ancestors Legacy Free Peasant Edition

  • Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

  • Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

  • Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition

  • WARNO

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Headquarters: World War II: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026