List of Vietnam War games

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The Vietnam War has been depicted in many games.

Video games[]

While not as popular a topic as World War II and fictional wars set in modern times the Vietnam War has been the setting for numerous video games.

Name Year Platform Publisher
Arma 3 Creator DLC: S.O.G.Prarie Fire 2021 Microsoft Windows Bohemia Interactive, Savage Game Design
2021 Microsoft Windows
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War 2020 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Activision
The Nam: Vietnam Combat Operations 2020 Microsoft Windows Tiger Yan
When I Was Young[1] 2020 Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch WallRus Group, Art Games Studio S.A.
2019 Microsoft Windows , Serious Sim
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam 2017 Microsoft Windows Antimatter Games, Tripwire Interactive
Air Conflicts: Vietnam 2013 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 bitComposer Games
Air Assault Task Force 2008 Microsoft Windows ProSIM Company
Operation Flashpoint: Unsung Vietnam War mod 2004 Microsoft Windows Bohemia Interactive, Unsung team
ARMA: Armed Assault: Unsung Vietnam War mod 2006 Microsoft Windows
ARMA 2: Unsung Vietnam War mod 2009 Microsoft Windows
ARMA 3 Unsung Vietnam War mod 2015 Microsoft Windows
Battlefield Vietnam 2004 Microsoft Windows Electronic Arts
Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam 2010 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2010 Mac, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii Activision, Square Enix
Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified 2012 PlayStation Vita Activision, Square Enix
1986 Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, PC Booter MicroProse Software, Inc.
Conflict: Vietnam 2004 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
*Elite Warriors: Vietnam 2005 Microsoft Windows
Eve of Destruction Redux 2018 Microsoft Windows
Eve of Destruction Classic 2003 Microsoft Windows
Eve of Destruction Vietnam 2005 Microsoft Windows
Eve of Destruction 2 2007 Microsoft Windows
Flight of the Intruder 1990 Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, NES
Green Berets 2001 Microsoft Windows Take-Two Interactive
Gunboat 1990 Amiga, Amstrad CPC, DOS, TurboGrafx-16, ZX Spectrum Accolade
The Hell in Vietnam 2007 Microsoft Windows
Line of Sight: Vietnam 2003 Microsoft Windows Infogrames, Atari
Lost Patrol 1990 Amiga, Atari ST, DOS Ocean Software
Made Man 2006 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 Mastertronic, Aspyr
Magicka: Vietnam 2011 Microsoft Windows
2004 Microsoft Windows
Men of Valor 2004 Microsoft Windows, Xbox
Men of War: Vietnam 2011 Microsoft Windows
M.I.A.: Missing in Action 1989 Arcade Konami
[2][3] 1998 Microsoft Windows GT Interactive Software Corp.
NAM 1986 Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 Strategic Simulations
NAM 1998 DOS GT Interactive Software Corp.
1991 Amiga, Atari ST, DOS Domark
NAM-1975 1991 Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD SNK
2007 Nintendo DS Majesco Entertainment
Platoon (2002 video game) 2002 Microsoft Windows Monte Cristo, Strategy First
Rambo (1985) 1985 Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum Ocean Software
Rambo (1987) 1987 NES Acclaim
Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots 2004 Mac, Microsoft Windows Microsoft Game Studios
SEAL Team 1993 DOS Electronic Arts
2002 Microsoft Windows Global Star Software
Shellshock: Nam '67 2004 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox Eidos Interactive
Shellshock 2: Blood Trails 2009 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Eidos Interactive
Soldier Boyz 1997 Microsoft Windows Dreamcatcher Interactive
[4] 2009 Microsoft Windows
[5] 2002 Microsoft Windows
Squad Battles: Vietnam[6] 2001 Microsoft Windows
Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles 1996 DOS Strategic Simulations Inc.
The Operational Art of War II: Modern Battles 1956-2000 1999 Microsoft Windows Talonsoft
Thud Ridge: American Aces In 'Nam 1988 Commodore 64, DOS Three-Sixty Pacific
Tunnel Rats (video game) 2009 Microsoft Windows
1982 Apple II, Atari 8-bit, DOS, PC-88, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo Avalon Hill
[7] 2010 Microsoft Windows
Vietcong (video game) 2003 Microsoft Windows Gathering of Developers
Vietcong 2 2005 Microsoft Windows 2K Games
1986
Vietnam '65 2015 Microsoft Windows Slitherine Strategies
2000 Microsoft Windows ValuSoft
2003 Microsoft Windows
2001 Microsoft Windows
2004
2004 Microsoft Windows
2006 Microsoft Windows
Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness 2018 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
[8] Canceled Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, MacOS, Linux
Canceled Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows Activision

Action-adventure game[]

  • Magicka: Vietnam (2011)
  • When I was young (2020)[9]

Top-down shooter[]

  • (2007)

Rail shooters[]

Arcade shooter games[]


Tactical shooter games[]

The Vietcong series
Other tactical shooters

Military simulations[]

Jet simulators[]

Helicopter simulators[]

Real-time tactics games[]

Real-time strategy games[]

Wargame (video games)[]

The Squad Battles Series
Other Wargame (video games)

Board games[]

Name Year Publisher Description
Grunt 1971 Simulation Publications Squad and platoon level combat.
Year of the Rat - Vietnam, 1972 1972 Simulation Publications Simulation of the 13 weeks of the Communist Offensive in the Spring of 1972.
Hue 1973 Simulations Design Corporation Battle of Huế
Patrol 1974 Simulation Publications Man to man skirmish combat in Vietnam and other periods
Search & Destroy: Tactical Combat Vietnam 1965-1966 1975 Simulation Publications Tactical combat
Operation Pegasus 1980 Task Force Games A game simulating the campaign to break the siege of Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War in 1968.
Defiance: The Battle of Xuan Loc 1980 A simulation of The Battle of Xuan Loc (11 April 1975).
No Trumpets No Drums 1982 World Wide Wargames Operational level game simulating the whole of the United States' ground combat role (1965–1975).
Vietnam: 1965-1975 1984 Victory Games (1984)
GMT Games (2021)
Battalion level game simulating the whole of Americas ground combat and politics (1965–1975).
Tet '68 1992 A simulation of the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam.
Winged Horse: Campaigns in Vietnam, 1965-66 2006 Decision Games A simulation of the critical fighting that marked the first months after massive conventional US intervention into conflict. An expansion was also produced to cover the war up to 1975.
2014 GMT Games One to four players represent the VC, ARVN, NVA and US forces in a card driven game system that handles insurgency and counter insurgency activities.
Snoopy's Nose & Iron Triangle 2013 Decision Games Two operational scenarios in Modern War #7 that simulated the campaign along a portion of the Mekong River in 1967 and the first large U.S. operation that attempted to eliminate the VC stronghold consisting of the infamous Cu Chi Tunnels.
In Country 2013 Decision Games A strategic simulation of the entire war in Strategy & Tactics #281 that covers the land and air campaign within South Vietnam.
LZ Albany 2016 Decision Games A tactical simulation of the firefight known as LZ Albany in Modern War #24 that covers the VC's ambush of U.S. air cav infantry in 1965.
Combat Veteran 2017 Decision Games A man on man tactical scenario of the firefight at the rice paddy angle in May 1967 in Modern War #31 that simulates Charlie Company of 4/47 (9th Infantry) going up against Viet Cong bunkers hidden in a jungle treeline.
Front Towards Enemy 2019 Multi-Man Publishing Tactical combat at the scale of 50 meters per hex and five minutes per turn. Units represent fire teams of 1-4 men, heavy weapon sections, leaders, vehicles, and helicopters.

References[]

  1. ^ "When I Was Young on Steam".
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "M.I.A.: Missing In Action for Windows (1998)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Not to be confused with the 1989 arcade game with the same title
  4. ^ http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/products/SB/DBPhu/DBPhu.html
  5. ^ http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/products/SB/TOD/TOD.html
  6. ^ http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/products/SB/SBVietnam/SBVietnam.html
  7. ^ http://vietafghan.frvp.com Archived 2011-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Apocalypse Now". 2017-10-28. Archived from the original on 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  9. ^ "When I was young official website".
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