33 Games with a historical setting like Sky Force Anniversary that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Sky Force Anniversary down to the 33 that fit the “Historical” category. Blazing Chrome, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Star Wars: Battlefront II top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Sky Force Anniversary.

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The best games with a historical setting like Sky Force Anniversary

33 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Sky Force Anniversary. Each one has been evaluated across 12 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Blazing ChromeClosest overall match

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SoloCo-opMultiplayerOfflineMeleeTacticalHardcoreHistorical

Steam👍 88%· 1.9KIGDB77· 8OC80· 67

Year 2019Dev JoyMasher · The Arcade CrewOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, setting scifi and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping visual isometric

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: visuals and setting.

Released 5 years after Sky Force Anniversary.

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#2Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

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SoloMultiplayerOfflineCo-opMeleeTacticalHistorical

Steam👍 65%· 25KIGDB80· 20OC81· 99

Year 2014Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings linear, story-driven structure, setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: visuals and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Sky Force Anniversary.

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#3Star Wars: Battlefront II

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MultiplayerSoloCo-opOfflineMeleeTacticalHistorical

Steam👍 95%· 54KIGDB76· 5

Year 2005Dev Pandemic Studios · LucasArtsOn PC

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and setting scifi, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: visuals and setting.

It predates Sky Force Anniversary by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Tom Clancy's Ghost ReconClosest on setting

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeHardcoreHistorical

Steam👍 92%· 1.6KIGDB68· 3

Year 2001Dev Red Storm Entertainment · Ubi Soft EntertainmentOn PC · Mac

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and punishing difficulty

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, adventure storytelling and stealth mechanics, while skipping offline

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: visuals.

It predates Sky Force Anniversary by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Commandos 2: Men of CourageClosest on visuals

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Co-opSoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalIsometric

Steam👍 86%· 2.8KRAWG👍 88%· 220MC87IGDB90· 1

Year 2001Dev Pyro Studios · Merge GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings real-time strategy, adventure storytelling and stealth mechanics, while skipping punishing difficulty

Set during the World War II, this isometric tactic game offers the player to lead an Allied commando squad through a series of secret military operations.

It predates Sky Force Anniversary by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMeleeTacticalHistorical

Steam👍 89%· 39KIGDB81· 9

Year 2011Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, vibe casual and strong narrative focus, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: tone and visuals.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Game mode93Tone0Visuals0

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalHistorical

Steam👍 90%· 673

Year 1998Dev NovaLogicOn PC

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings visual first person and visual third person, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: visuals.

It predates Sky Force Anniversary by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeHistorical

IGDB40· 1

Year 2003Dev EA Los Angeles · Electronic Arts

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: visual first person, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: visuals.

It predates Sky Force Anniversary by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Call of Duty: WWII

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineTacticalMeleeHistorical

Steam👍 70%· 46KIGDB75· 18OC78· 155

Year 2017Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, strong narrative focus and horror setting, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: tone and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Sky Force Anniversary.

Released 3 years after Sky Force Anniversary.

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#10Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalHistorical

Steam👍 87%· 1.1KIGDB73· 4

Year 2005Dev Gearbox SoftwareOn PC · Mac

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with visual first person, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: visuals.

It predates Sky Force Anniversary by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Medal of Honor: Frontline

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OfflineSoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistorical

IGDB93· 2

Year 2002Dev EA Los Angeles · Electronic Arts

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with visual first person, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: visuals.

It predates Sky Force Anniversary by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#12TimeSplitters 2

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeHistorical

IGDB95· 2

Year 2002Dev Free Radical Design · Eidos Interactive

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and fantasy world, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: tone and visuals.

It predates Sky Force Anniversary by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeHistorical

Steam👍 88%· 25KIGDB67· 11

Year 2012Dev Rebellion Developments · 505 GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, stealth mechanics and visual third person, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: visuals.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalHistorical

Steam👍 77%· 11KIGDB74· 9

Year 2010Dev Danger Close · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics, setting modern and visual first person, while skipping punishing difficulty

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Sky Force Anniversary.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalHistorical

Steam👍 76%· 4.1KRAWG👍 57%· 179MC76IGDB81· 2

Year 2005Dev RebellionPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Nintendo

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, third-person shooting and stealth mechanics, while skipping punishing difficulty

The 2005 original that started the series: a lone OSS sniper in the ruins of Berlin, built around bullet drop, wind and breath control at a time when few shooters modelled any of it. The ballistics still hold up. Everything around them does not — movement is famously slippery and frame-rate dependent, the controls are unmapped and awkward, and the tutorials interrupt constantly.

Where it drifts furthest from Sky Force Anniversary: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Sky Force Anniversary.

It predates Sky Force Anniversary by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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