List of Vietnam War games

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.

NameYearPlatformPublisher
Military Conflict: Vietnam 2020 Microsoft Windows dustfade
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.
Radio Commander 2019 Microsoft Windows Games Operators, 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
Conflict in Vietnam 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 Agger Interactive
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
Marine Heavy Gunner: Vietnam 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
M.I.A.: Missing in Action[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.
'Nam 1965-1975 1991 Amiga, Atari ST, DOS Domark
NAM-1975 1991 Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD SNK
Operation: Vietnam 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
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam 2017 Microsoft Windows Antimatter Games
SEAL Team 1993 DOS Electronic Arts
Search & Rescue: Vietnam Med Evac 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
Squad Battles: Dien Bien Phu[4] 2009 Microsoft Windows HPS Games
Squad Battles: Tour of Duty[5] 2002 Microsoft Windows HPS Games
Squad Battles: Vietnam[6] 2001 Microsoft Windows HPS Games
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 Boll AG
VC 1982 Apple II, Atari 8-bit, DOS, PC-88, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo Avalon Hill
Viet-Afghan[7] 2010 Microsoft Windows FRVP
Vietcong (video game) 2003 Microsoft Windows Gathering of Developers
Vietcong 2 2005 Microsoft Windows 2K Games
Vietnam (1986 video game) 1986
Vietnam '65 2015 Microsoft Windows Slitherine Strategies
Vietnam: Black Ops 2000 Microsoft Windows ValuSoft
Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh Trail 2003 Microsoft Windows
Vietnam Special Assignment2 2001 Microsoft Windows
War Over Vietnam 2004 HPS Simulations
Wings over Vietnam 2004 Microsoft Windows
Whirlwind over Vietnam 2006 Microsoft Windows Evolved Games Developer
Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness 2018 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Apocalypse Now (video game)[8] Canceled Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, MacOS, Linux Erebus LLC
Call of Duty: Vietnam Canceled Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows Activision

Action-adventure game

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

Top-down shooter

  • Operation: Vietnam (2007)

Rail shooters

  • Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh Trail (2004)
  • Soldier Boyz (FMV rail shooter) (1997)

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

NameYearPublisherDescription
Year of the Rat - Vietnam, 19721972Simulation PublicationsSimulation of the 13 weeks of the Communist Offensive in the Spring of 1972.
Operation Pegasus1980Task Force GamesA game simulating the campaign to break the siege of Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War in 1968.
Defiance: The Battle of Xuan Loc1980Swedish Game ProductionA simulation of The Battle of Xuan Loc (11 April 1975).
No Trumpets No Drums1982World Wide WargamesOperational level game simulating the whole of the United States' ground combat role (1965–1975).
Vietnam 1965-19751984Victory GamesBattalion level game simulating the whole of Americas ground combat role (1965–1975).
Tet '681992XTR CorpA simulation of the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam.
Winged Horse: Campaigns in Vietnam, 1965-662006Decision GamesA 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.
Fire in the Lake: COIN series Vol IV2014GMT GamesOne 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 Triangle2013Decision GamesTwo 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 Country2013Decision GamesA strategic simulation of the entire war in Strategy & Tactics #281 that covers the land and air campaign within South Vietnam.
LZ Albany2016Decision GamesA 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 Veteran2017Decision GamesA 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 Enemy2019Multi-Man PublishingTactical 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.

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