Best World War II Games for 2 Players
Westwall: Four Battles to Germany
1976
6.74
2 players
120 min
2.53/5
Four Battles in North Africa
1976
6.60
2 players
120 min
2.31/5
Dust Tactics: Revised Core Set
2011
7.30
2-4 players
45 min
2.56/5
War in Europe
1976
7.23
2-3 players
360 min
3.71/5
Four Roads to Moscow
2011
6.27
2 players
180 min
2.67/5
Island War: Four Pacific Battles
1975
6.65
2 players
120 min
2.00/5
Four Battles of Army Group South
1979
7.03
2 players
240 min
2.88/5
Supermarina I: Command at Sea Volume II
1996
7.62
2-12 players
150 min
4.20/5
Memoir '44
2004
7.53
2-6 players
30-60 min
2.27/5
Combat Commander: Europe
2006
7.95
2 players
60-180 min
3.26/5
Advanced Squad Leader
1985
8.01
2 players
120-480 min
4.74/5
Empire of the Sun
2005
8.26
1-2 players
360 min
4.40/5
Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #1
2004
7.84
2 players
120 min
3.76/5
Squad Leader
1977
7.56
2 players
60 min
4.03/5
Up Front
1983
7.88
2-3 players
60 min
3.42/5
Combat Commander: Pacific
2008
8.10
2 players
180 min
3.25/5
Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! – Russia 1941-42
2008
7.49
1-4 players
120 min
2.99/5
Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! (second edition)
2012
7.91
1-4 players
120 min
3.27/5
Axis & Allies Anniversary Edition
2008
7.45
2-6 players
360 min
3.10/5
Tide of Iron
2007
7.21
2-4 players
120 min
3.45/5
No Retreat! The Russian Front
2011
7.74
1-2 players
360 min
3.17/5
Heroes of Normandie
2014
7.42
2 players
30-60 min
2.75/5
Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #2
2005
7.97
2 players
180 min
3.81/5
Axis & Allies Pacific 1940
2009
7.52
2-4 players
360 min
3.55/5
Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! – Kursk 1943
2009
7.68
1-4 players
120 min
3.11/5
Axis & Allies
1981
6.59
2-5 players
180 min
3.04/5
Normandy '44
2010
7.90
2-4 players
420 min
3.37/5
Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #3
2007
8.05
2 players
180 min
3.90/5
Axis & Allies
2004
6.69
2-5 players
240 min
3.22/5
Unconditional Surrender! World War 2 in Europe
2014
7.99
2-3 players
60-3000 min
3.79/5
The Russian Campaign
1974
7.34
2 players
360 min
2.85/5
A Victory Lost
2006
7.64
2 players
360 min
2.56/5
Breakout: Normandy
1992
7.69
2 players
240 min
3.40/5
Rommel in the Desert
1982
7.56
2 players
150 min
3.41/5
Europe Engulfed
2003
7.45
2-3 players
720 min
3.74/5
Ardennes '44
2003
8.00
2 players
360 min
3.68/5
Enemy Action: Ardennes
2015
8.57
1-2 players
4.26/5
Fighting Formations: Grossdeutschland Motorized Infantry Division
2011
7.62
2 players
180 min
3.27/5
Rise and Decline of the Third Reich
1974
6.98
2-6 players
1440 min
4.34/5
World War II: Barbarossa to Berlin
2002
7.27
2 players
420 min
3.53/5
Victory in the Pacific
1977
7.23
2 players
300 min
2.36/5
Crusade and Revolution: The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
2013
8.58
1-2 players
300 min
3.31/5
EastFront II
2006
8.08
2 players
240 min
3.48/5
Bolt Action
2012
7.82
2-6 players
120 min
2.74/5
EastFront
1991
7.69
2 players
240 min
3.60/5
Axis & Allies: Pacific
2001
6.67
2-3 players
240 min
2.88/5
The Battle for Hill 218
2007
6.58
2 players
15 min
1.71/5
Band of Brothers: Screaming Eagles
2011
7.66
2 players
90 min
2.83/5
Panzer Leader
1974
6.72
2 players
90 min
3.11/5
Liberty Roads
2009
8.07
2 players
960 min
3.17/5
Storm over Arnhem
1981
7.20
2 players
300 min
2.88/5
Axis & Allies: Europe
1999
6.51
2-4 players
210 min
2.84/5
PanzerBlitz
1970
6.63
2 players
90 min
3.05/5
Panzergruppe Guderian
1976
7.36
2 players
120 min
2.79/5
Pacific War
1985
7.68
2 players
60-6000 min
4.51/5
Red Winter: The Soviet Attack at Tolvajärvi, Finland – 8-12 December 1939
2012
7.94
2 players
30 min
2.97/5
Panzer (second edition)
2012
7.87
2-4 players
3.77/5
Conflict of Heroes: Guadalcanal – The Pacific 1942
2016
8.00
2-4 players
60 min
3.06/5
Turning Point: Stalingrad
1989
7.26
2 players
180 min
3.27/5
FAB: The Bulge
2008
7.35
2 players
240 min
3.07/5
Duel in the Dark
2007
6.60
1-2 players
45 min
2.49/5
Ukraine '43
2000
7.87
2-4 players
360 min
3.56/5
Axis & Allies: D-Day
2004
6.45
2-3 players
120 min
2.35/5
Fire in the Sky: The Great Pacific War 1941-1945
2005
7.51
2 players
300 min
3.17/5
Flames of War: The World War II Miniatures Game
2002
7.06
1-2 players
120 min
3.29/5
The Dark Valley
2013
7.83
1-2 players
500 min
3.38/5
The Devil's Cauldron: The Battles for Arnhem and Nijmegen
2008
8.23
2-4 players
90-2400 min
3.84/5
Russian Front
1985
7.25
2 players
1200 min
3.31/5
Band of Brothers: Ghost Panzer
2013
7.88
2 players
90 min
2.68/5
Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942
2015
7.81
2 players
120 min
3.19/5
Shifting Sands
2006
7.34
2 players
240 min
3.18/5
Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes
2005
7.37
2 players
60 min
3.06/5
Storm Over Stalingrad
2006
7.12
2 players
180 min
2.19/5
Battle for Germany
1975
7.19
2-4 players
180 min
2.12/5
Axis & Allies Naval Miniatures: War at Sea
2007
7.05
2 players
60 min
2.11/5
Last Blitzkrieg
2016
8.71
2-4 players
180-960 min
3.78/5
The Caucasus Campaign
2009
7.64
2 players
360 min
2.92/5
Dust Tactics
2010
7.09
2-4 players
30 min
2.91/5
France '40
2013
7.72
2 players
240 min
2.94/5
Battles of the Bulge: Celles
2012
7.70
2 players
180 min
2.39/5
War at Sea (second edition)
1976
6.56
2 players
120 min
1.96/5
Axis & Allies: Guadalcanal
2007
6.93
2 players
120 min
2.57/5
Afrika (second edition)
2006
7.54
2 players
360 min
2.67/5
Tunisia
1995
7.74
2 players
360 min
4.08/5
Advanced Third Reich
1992
6.91
2-6 players
2480 min
4.51/5
Burma
1999
7.88
2 players
120 min
4.00/5
2GM Tactics
2015
7.50
1-4 players
30-120 min
2.70/5
Asia Engulfed
2007
7.50
2 players
480 min
3.80/5
Zero!
2001
6.95
2-10 players
60 min
2.29/5
Axis & Allies: Battle of the Bulge
2006
6.76
2 players
180 min
2.65/5
The Mighty Endeavor
2005
7.37
1-2 players
360 min
2.87/5
The Battle for Normandy
2009
7.89
2-8 players
240 min
3.68/5
Rise of the Luftwaffe
1993
7.06
2-8 players
20 min
2.14/5
Midway
1964
6.65
2 players
120 min
2.44/5
Stalingrad Pocket II
1996
7.30
2 players
180 min
2.65/5
Reluctant Enemies
2014
7.95
2 players
750 min
3.57/5
Bastogne: Screaming Eagles under Siege
2009
7.40
2 players
300 min
2.63/5
Guderian's Blitzkrieg II
2001
8.14
2 players
4500 min
4.36/5
Axis & Allies Miniatures
2005
6.51
2 players
60 min
2.31/5
DAK2
2004
8.34
1-2 players
360 min
4.37/5
The Burning Blue
2006
7.71
2 players
300 min
4.04/5
The Greatest Day: Sword, Juno, and Gold Beaches
2015
8.56
2-8 players
60-6000 min
4.04/5
Anzio
1969
6.78
2 players
120 min
3.20/5
Hell's Highway
1983
7.34
2 players
360 min
3.69/5
Axis & Allies 1941
2012
6.40
2-5 players
60-180 min
2.77/5
A Victory Denied
2009
7.23
2 players
360 min
2.56/5
Thunder at Cassino
1987
7.10
1-2 players
360 min
3.10/5
Baltic Gap
2009
7.90
2 players
240 min
4.14/5
Fortress Europa
1978
6.70
2 players
240 min
3.16/5
Tunisia II
2016
8.42
1-2 players
4.27/5
Wings of War: WW2 Deluxe set
2009
7.26
2-4 players
45 min
2.35/5
Barbarossa: Army Group Center, 1941
1998
8.13
1-4 players
120 min
4.00/5
The Fog of War
2016
7.19
2 players
90-120 min
3.12/5
No Retreat! The North African Front
2013
7.26
2 players
180 min
3.30/5
Bitter Woods (fourth edition)
2003
7.64
2-4 players
240 min
3.08/5
The Blitzkrieg Legend: The Battle for France, 1940
2012
8.05
2 players
2880 min
3.90/5
Air Force
1976
6.50
1-2 players
60 min
3.25/5
Incursion
2009
7.61
2 players
120 min
2.78/5
Battles for the Ardennes
1978
7.46
2-4 players
90 min
2.81/5
The Russian Campaign (fourth edition)
2003
7.70
2 players
240 min
2.90/5
Pacific Victory
2000
6.93
2 players
240 min
3.19/5
Enemy at the Gates
1994
7.66
2 players
360 min
4.33/5
Wings of War: Fire from the Sky
2009
7.19
1-6 players
45 min
2.03/5
Chain Of Command
2013
8.24
2 players
120 min
3.29/5
Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit Historical Module 1 – Decision at Elst
2014
8.51
2 players
3.84/5
Battle for Moscow (second edition)
2009
6.90
2 players
50 min
1.57/5
Afrika Korps
1964
6.30
2-4 players
180 min
2.24/5
Roads to Leningrad
2004
7.48
2 players
180 min
3.37/5
Where Eagles Dare
2011
8.26
2 players
120-2400 min
3.48/5
Nations at War: White Star Rising
2010
7.32
2 players
60-120 min
2.60/5
Tanks: Panther vs Sherman
2016
7.18
2-4 players
1.76/5
The Fires of Midway
2010
7.33
1-4 players
60 min
2.52/5
Ardennes
1994
7.09
2-4 players
180 min
2.80/5
Operation Dauntless: The Battles for Fontenay and Rauray, France, June 1944
2016
7.73
2 players
120 min
4.08/5
It Never Snows
2012
7.49
2 players
2.54/5
HoldFast: Russia 1941-1942
2014
7.64
1-2 players
180 min
2.12/5
Submarine
1976
6.60
1-6 players
180 min
3.27/5
Monty's Gamble: Market Garden
2003
7.12
2 players
180 min
3.24/5
Barbarossa: Army Group North, 1941
2000
8.05
1-4 players
300 min
4.15/5
Shadows over Normandie
2015
7.16
2-3 players
90 min
2.94/5
DAK
1997
8.10
2 players
360 min
4.08/5
Sergeants Miniatures Game: Day of Days
2011
7.63
2-6 players
2.58/5
Tide of Iron: Next Wave
2014
7.96
2-4 players
60-240 min
3.37/5
Barbarossa: Kiev to Rostov, 1941
2008
7.82
1-4 players
240 min
4.18/5
Blitz! A World in Conflict
2015
7.64
1-5 players
30-480 min
3.39/5
Nightfighter
2011
7.39
1-2 players
60 min
2.61/5
Valor & Victory
2007
7.66
2 players
60 min
2.65/5
Tobruk: Tank Battles in North Africa 1942
1975
6.46
2 players
90 min
3.76/5
Lock 'n Load: Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
2009
7.89
2 players
30 min
3.07/5
Barbarossa: Army Group South, 1941
1996
7.88
1-4 players
240 min
4.17/5
No Retreat!
2008
7.82
1-2 players
45 min
2.58/5
FAB: Sicily
2011
7.20
2 players
240 min
3.07/5
WestFront II
2006
7.84
2 players
240 min
3.36/5
Cobra
1977
6.81
2 players
120 min
2.82/5
Down in Flames: Aces High
2008
7.01
2-6 players
45 min
2.12/5
No Retreat 4! Italian Front: 1943-45
2015
7.38
2-3 players
3.88/5
Battle of the Bulge
1981
6.63
2 players
120 min
2.88/5
Nuklear Winter '68
2012
7.38
2-3 players
60 min
2.96/5
Air Assault On Crete/Invasion of Malta: 1942
1977
6.49
2 players
240 min
3.14/5
Arnhem
1976
7.26
2 players
90 min
2.22/5
Fallschirmjaeger
2001
7.70
2 players
360 min
3.04/5
Stalin's War
2010
6.77
2 players
240 min
3.06/5
Panzer Grenadier: Eastern Front
2005
7.03
2 players
120 min
2.81/5
The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939
2010
7.23
1-2 players
360 min
3.11/5
Bomber Command
2012
7.67
2 players
120 min
3.04/5
Von Manstein's Backhand Blow
2002
7.26
1-2 players
120 min
3.12/5
Red Star Rising: The War in Russia, 1941-1944
2007
7.48
2 players
1200 min
3.26/5
Corps Command: Totensonntag
2007
6.81
2 players
120 min
2.05/5
Victory Roads
2015
8.04
2 players
3.53/5
Battle for Stalingrad
1980
7.53
2 players
360 min
3.23/5
Target Arnhem: Across 6 Bridges
2005
6.51
2 players
90 min
2.10/5
Sicily: Triumph and Folly
2000
7.75
2 players
60 min
4.00/5
Hitler's War
1981
6.29
2-3 players
300 min
2.97/5
Unconditional Surrender! Case Blue
2010
7.33
2 players
90 min
2.76/5
The Hell of Stalingrad
2009
7.04
1-4 players
90 min
2.71/5
Axis Empires: Dai Senso!
2011
7.64
2-3 players
900 min
4.11/5
Plan Orange: Pacific War 1930 - 1935
2016
7.47
2 players
120-480 min
3.42/5
Achtung: Spitfire!
1995
7.44
1-99 players
240 min
4.11/5
The Legend Begins
1991
7.78
2 players
240 min
3.13/5
PQ-17: Arctic Naval Operations 1941-43
2009
7.24
2 players
210 min
4.12/5
Bismarck (second edition)
1980
6.96
2 players
240 min
3.16/5
Frontline: D-Day
2010
6.61
1-4 players
60 min
2.50/5
Advanced Tobruk
2002
7.31
2 players
180 min
4.12/5
The Desert Fox
1981
7.19
2 players
120 min
3.31/5
Over the Reich
1994
7.79
2 players
120 min
3.94/5
Barbarossa: Crimea
2010
7.88
2 players
240 min
4.20/5
7 Days of Westerplatte
2013
6.54
1-4 players
45-60 min
2.32/5
Victory: The Blocks of War
1998
6.39
2-6 players
180 min
2.60/5
Winter War
1972
7.14
2 players
90 min
2.39/5
Leningrad
1979
6.71
2 players
90 min
1.92/5
Buffalo Wings
2010
8.14
2 players
180 min
2.88/5
Victory at Midway
1992
7.22
1-2 players
180 min
2.26/5
Eastern Front Tank Leader
1986
6.94
2 players
90 min
2.88/5
Bitter Woods
1998
6.92
2 players
240 min
2.97/5
Panzer Grenadier: Road to Berlin
2005
7.41
2 players
120 min
2.78/5
Afrika: The Northern African Campaign, 1940-1942 (1st edition)
1993
6.88
2 players
180-720 min
2.53/5
Second World War at Sea: Bomb Alley
2002
7.28
2 players
360 min
3.06/5
Highway to the Reich (first and second editions)
1976
7.16
1-5 players
360 min
4.30/5
Panzer Command
1984
7.24
2 players
180 min
3.00/5
Operation Typhoon
1978
7.37
2 players
1500 min
3.52/5