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TrenchesWIP

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2019

Should you play it?

Multiplayer combined-arms first-person shooter set in an alternate history. Build and upgrade bases, harvest resources, construct defenses, purchase weapons and vehicles to overcome the enemy!

What works

  • Free to play
  • Creative trench and base building mechanics
  • Immersive ww1 combat atmosphere
  • Active and supportive dev community
  • Potential for strategic and cooperative gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Numerous bugs and glitches
  • Low player population and dead servers
  • Unfinished and unpolished mechanics
  • Lack of content and maps
  • Infrequent or no recent updates

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Ultimate Zombie Defense 2

  • Over The Top: WWI

  • Battle Grounds III

  • 7 Days to Die

  • Military Conflict: Vietnam

  • Knights Within

More story-driven

Games that feels like TrenchesWIP but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG

  • HELLDIVERS™ 2

  • Dying Light: The Beast

  • Voidtrain

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

  • Sker Ritual

Less competitive

Games that feels like TrenchesWIP but with less competition against others

  • Incursion Red River

  • Valheim

  • Human Host

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

TrenchesWIP: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Creativity. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Status, Story.

Last update: 03/08/2026