What Are The Best War Games?

War games are quite wide in scope. Some war games deal directly with war and historical events, while some war games are fictionally about the confrontation of two teams. Although most of the war games are strategy games, some of them are FPS, that is, Shooter games. The most actively played war games today are undoubtedly FPS games. Examples of popular FPS games include Valorant, Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, Titanfall 2.Examples of popular war games are games such as Defcon, Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Days of War. The most popular games in the gaming industry are usually war and FPS themed games, and this popularity continues to increase today.

Defcon

Defcon, an independent strategy game about nuclear weapons set in the Cold War era, is inspired by the 1983 movie Wargames.

It has a very difficult gameplay and therefore challenges many of the players who have just started the game. Launched on September 29, 2006, Defcon was developed and distributed by Introversion Software, an independent game development company. The game, which has succeeded in selling approximately 1 million copies on Steam, reaches an average of 50 players per day during these times.

Defcon system requirements for PC;

• Windows 98 or higher operating system
• Pentium III or higher processor
• NVIDIA GeForce 2 or AMD Radeon 7000 or higher graphics card
• 1GB of RAM

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Valiant Hearts: The Great War, a historical adventure game about the first world war, is a war game inspired by real-life events and written letters. The game focuses on the story of 5 different people: a German soldier, a French prisoner of war, an American volunteer, a Belgian nurse and an unsuccessful British pilot. Valiant Hearts: The Great War is available on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One platforms.

The game, which was released on June 24, 2014, was developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and distributed by Ubisoft. It has succeeded in selling more than 3 million copies on all platforms. It is played daily by an average of 400 players. Valiant Hearts: The Great War; For PC, you can buy it from Steam, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Store, and for consoles from the consoles' own stores.

Valiant Hearts: The Great War system requirements for PC;

• Windows XP or higher operating system
• Intel Pentium IV 630 or AMD Athlon64 3000+ or higher processor
• NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or AMD Radeon HD2900 XT or higher graphics card
• 2GB of RAM

Valorant

Valorant, one of the most popular productions of the MMOFPS genre and breaking a new record every day, is a game where two teams of five meet, one side attacks and one side defends, and where weapons, armor and abilities can be purchased from within the game. In Valorant, each game lasts a total of 25 rounds and the team that wins 13 rounds is deemed to have won the game. Riot Games has undertaken the development and distribution of Valorant, which was released on June 2, 2020. According to Riot Games' statement, it is known that 14 million accounts log into the game monthly. Still, the game is thought to reach more than 2 million players daily.

Valorant is a free-to-play game and there is nothing to be paid for, except for the cosmetic accessories included in the game. Valorant system requirements for PC;

• Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 operating system
• Intel Core i3-4150 or AMD A8-7650K or higher processor
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 or AMD Radeon R5 240 or higher graphics card
• 4GB of RAM

Call of Duty

Call of Duty, one of the most popular FPS games in the world, is a war game that has been a favorite of players since 2003. The Call of Duty series, which has managed to attract players with every game, has finally released the series with a game called Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War on November 13, 2020.

Apart from this, Call of Duty did not neglect the rapidly rising mobile market and released a mobile game called Call of Duty: Mobile on October 1, 2019. The game, which was downloaded 150 million times in its first month, earned 55 million dollars in the same period. Still, Call of Duty is generally known for its games on PC and console versions. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which was last released on November 13, 2020, was developed in partnership with Treyarch and Raven Software.

Although both companies were originally independent studios, they have now been acquired by Activision and work exclusively for Activision. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, distributed by Activision, has three different game styles: single player, co-op and multiplayer. Although there is no official figure announced, it is estimated that the game is visited by more than 10 million monthly players.

The game, which can be played on PC, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X platforms for now, is only sold on the BATTLENET platform on PC. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War system requirements for PC;

• Windows 10 operating system
• Intel i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300 or higher processor
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or AMD Radeon HD 7950 or higher graphics card
• 8GB RAM

Counter Strike

Counter-Strike, which was a Half-Life mod at the beginning and then turned into a game with Valve's purchase, has managed to take its place among the most popular and most successful games in the industry with many games since 2000. In general, Counter-Strike, which is about the clash of teams with a certain number of players, has different types of games such as bombing and hostage rescue.

The series, which previously appeared as different games under the names of Counter-Strike (2000), Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (2004) and Counter-Strike: Source (2004), was finally released on August 21, 2012 with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. managed to garner the admiration of the players. Counter-Strike, known as 1.5 and 1.6 in Turkey, are updated versions of the main game called Counter-Strike, which was originally released in 2000.

Between 2000 and 2003, CS released versions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, and versions 1.5 and 1.6, which received a lot of attention, respectively. Valve has undertaken the development and distribution of the popular FPS game. Although Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the last game of the series, is released for PC, Mac, Linux, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms, almost 95 percent of the player base is PC gamers. The game, which is thought to have sold more than 100 million copies only for the PC version, is played by an average of 25 million players per month.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive system requirements for PC;

• Windows 7 or higher operating system
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750 or higher processor
• NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT or equivalent or higher graphics card
• 2GB of RAM

Titanfall 2

Titanfall 2 is an action game that was released on October 28, 2016. Titanfall 2 was developed after Titanfall, the first game in the series. Titanfall 2 was developed by Electronic Arts for Respawn Entertainment and distributed by Electronic Arts. The game, which is managed by titans, which is very agile and can reach almost anywhere, is focused on eliminating the opposing team as gameplay. Due to the absence of a single-player mode in the first game, the single-player mode added to Titanfall 2 has managed to receive positive reviews from the players. The game, which was released for PC, PS4 and Xbox One, is played by more than 100 thousand players on a monthly basis.

Titanfall 2 system requirements for PC;

• Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 operating system (64-bit)
• Intel i3-6300t and equivalent or higher processor
• NVIDIA GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7850 or higher graphics card
• 8GB RAM

Days of War

Days of War, an independent action game about the second world war, was released on January 26, 2017. It is a multiplayer MMO game and can be played online simultaneously with other players. Developed by Driven Arts and distributed by Driver Arts, the game was developed using Unreal Engine 4. Days of War, which is currently active on PC, Playstation and Xbox platforms, is played by approximately 2 thousand people per month. 

Days of War system requirements for PC;

• Windows 7 or higher operating system
• Intel i5-2500K and equivalent or higher processor
• NVIDIA GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 7850 or higher graphics card
• 4GB of RAM