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World War II GI
Developer TNT Team
WWII GI is a first-person shooter video game set during the events of World War II. Developed by TNT Team and published by GT Interactive, the game was released in 1999 as the direct sequel to NAM, which was released the year prior. WWII GI was the last commercially released game to use the Build engine until the release of Ion Fury in 2019. The player takes control of 101st Airborne Division G.I. Corporal Gerardi,… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
55 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Oct 3, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
40
Mixed
22 positive · 33 negative
95% range 28–53%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
38 of 83 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
55 of 55 · most liked firstOh yes! Another FPS classic. This one is obscure just like the game Nam that also on steam. Made by the same Developers. Uses the Build 3d engine. I have played this game for hours and hours before this steam release. The game has many maps, and two campaigns to finish. The weapons are a great selection of WW2 weapons and items. There are objectives in some maps so its not just running around shooting enemies. Levels are nicely made and very diverse from open fields, towns, trenches, etc. You…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →!!Important Note!! If you insist on buying this abomination of a game, then you will a source port called eduke32, which will make the game more culpable (link below). What I liked about the game The game is short. Some unintentional humour. The level design was ok; could have been improved with more exploration, secrets, and better covered invisible walls. Variety of enemies; like SS troops, tanks, gun nests, and snipers; there's also air strikes and the occasional bomb drop in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not as terrible level design as NAM, but still mediocre game. 90% of enemies being hitscan soldiers with MP40s is just terrible. Even on easiest difficulty they will chew through you like nothing. Use eDuke32 if you really want to play this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember in Saving Private Ryan all those guys who killed the second the ramps went down? Thats who you play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Wally World Walmart WW2 FPS of 1998
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WAR IS HELL (War is less hellish if you use eduke32 instead of the supplied dosdox configuration, guide available on steam. Also works with NAM on steam. Trust me, it really cuts down on the amount of time it takes you to capture the beach on D-day...)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Note/caveat: Steam doesn't log my hours for playing with EDuke32, probably sank about four hours into playing both single player campaigns. This review mirrors my experience with playing with EDuke32, which I recommend using for this and NAM. World War II GI sucks, man. A while back I wrote about a game called NAM, which started as a Duke Nuken Vietnam-themed total conversion. It got a commercial release, kinda flopped (I think), and then got re-released on Steam. Basically, NAM is silly as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's more of NAM but now in WW2 skin. Here is how it compares to NAM: Pros: - Levels aren't filled with bushes through which enemies can see perfectly - Some attempt at scripted spectatle of war that made WW2 shooters famous. Some friendlies shoot back and sometimes you defend points with them, even if they are really bad. Cons: - Strange morale system which increases your spread if you take damage and tightens it if you pick up booze and cigars. Stupid Americans. - Medkit system where instead…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →World War II GI is a first-person shooter set during the events of World War II, developed by TNT Team and published by GT Interactive Software and released in 1999 as the direct sequel to NAM. World War II GI was later re-released on Steam at the end of 2015, with Retroism and Night Dive Studios as the publishers. The Steam version of World War GI also has the Platoon Leader Expansion which contains three single player levels. One WWII Pacific and two Vietnam War scenarios with many new…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This classicer drops you into Normandy on D-Day as part of the 101st Airborne. You fight through beaches, hedgerows, ruined villages and bunkers, dodging snipers and machine gun fire. There are about 30 levels, each with varied terrain and tactical challenges. The visuals and atmosphere are rough-around-the-edges as they used to be back in the day but they do a good job of conveying fear and urgency. Today you can also play this game in virtual reality, you'll need RazeXR which you can find…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a kid In 1999 when this came out I bought it because my PC was bad. Now 20 years later I replayed it out of nostalgia...and I feel shellshocked. To my suprise these games (this and NAM) are pretty good in giving you a real stressfull and disturbing war atmosphere. Combined with the ultimate shooter game engine they're grimy fun to play. The blocky architecture helps. If you like oldish, casual filter games, that experiment with the form and give you a unique experience, play this. BTW,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's more a mod of Duke Nukem 3D than a game. It tries to be a WWII simulation, but it's very broken and not very professional for a "game" that costs money. If it was free, it would have been okay. Eduke32 not included, you have to download it or play on Dosbox.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Legit one of the worst games I've ever played. The over the top lethality would be awesome given the setting and themes, but World War II GI is only hard by way of stuffing every nook and cranny with soldiers to the point that every level is less "FPS" and more "Simon Says". You just have to memorize where everyone is each time you die and constantly be quicksaving. One of the worst parts of the game is that the artificial nature of the props and enviroments is badly evident Everything is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I expected nothing and somehow was still dissapointed. Once I solved technical issues, I was aghast how poorly thought over this game is, clearly made with "players will savescum through it anyway" mindset First issue is ammunition. Can't pick enemy weapons. Can't pick even friendlies weapons. In game where you play as one-man army, and move down what seem like entire battalions. Second are weapons: you would think game where player dies in 2 -3 hits from half map away will promote long-range…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i've played some terrible duke nukem 3d mods. this is definitely a new nadir, made worse by the fact that GT interactive had the balls to charge money for this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an FPS which has some of the mouse functioning ive ever had the displesure of dealing with. in EVERY SHOOTER EVER when you click the left mouse button you shoot something but in here it only shoots when it feel's like it. This game is just Horrid. That D DAY level ayy. For a first level it borders on PAINFULL and near Impossable which just kils agame like this. Even if it was halfway decent this game came out when Half life and quake were at there PEAK. this game is awfull Dont play it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This can be a better game if it have better player gun accuracy I cannot recommend this game due to extreme difficulty spike (even on easy difficulty) plus with a really really bad gun accuracy where you can't hit enemy even at point blank range Only buy this if you want to complete your Build Engine games collection
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ignore this, play NAM instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →World War II GI is the sequel to NAM, a broken Duke Nukem 3D ripoff that I don't think anyone was asking for a sequel to. Like NAM, it's on the Build Engine, and if releasing a game on that was audacious in 1998, it was nuts in 1999. Also like NAM, it's really bad. Most of World War II GI is exactly like NAM, but in World War 2. You have to configure the controls beforehand to not be completely stupid, it reuses a lot of Duke Nukem 3D assets and mechanics, there are 2-3 kinds of enemy, the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After getting this and NAM as an early birthday present I can say its quite a good game It is of course based off world war 2 and runs off the same engine as duke nukem 3d. But this game is hard as hell even on the easiest difficulty and i faced certain glitches in dosbox where my gun wouldnt shoot at times and i couldnt move while crouched so i strongly suggest playing this game with eduke32 but it is very possible to have a fun time if you can get past all the mines on the first level. this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's pretty damn awful... The WW2 campaign has its enjoyable moments but the whole experience is mared by terrible hit boxes, almost half the weapons being borderline useless and enemies that only register hits when they feel like getting shot... I really could go on and on with the problems here... The expansion, "Platoon Leader" is somehow even worse, it consists of 3 crappy maps with some inventive mechanics but still plays terribly, also random deaths occur with no rhyme or reason, just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game isnt really bad most of the time, its just really challenging. You can get killed by a single bullet fired from a bush miles away, by a random artillery shot or air raid that just happens to land on you, or by those damn mines scattered everywhere. But when you think about it, thats realistic. Thats what what war is like. You can be the best soldier out there, but a singe unlucky move and youre finished. If you need to heal yourself youll literally have to stop moving completely and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →With V-J Day approaching and a military parade in two weeks, I was inspired for a WWII FPS and came across this old game. The YouTuber made it look enjoyable playing this game so I bought it, then I realized their skill masked the game’s shortcomings. The first level seems to depict the Normandy Landing, but the game feels very outdated. I struggled to step out of the boat or survive for more than 30 seconds. Amid the chaos, I discovered I needed to retrieve an explosive from a trench and use…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a Build Engine fan and a history nerd, I was pleasantly surprised when I initially found out about this game. The premise is simple, yet fairly unique, and certainly held a lot of potential – using a great piece of FPS tech like Ken Silverman’s Build Engine (of Duke Nukem 3D and Blood fame) to simulate massive historical battles like those of the Second World War’s D-Day Landings. This had a lot of potential in my mind, and I enjoyed what I saw (conceptually) of how your player character is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/I3bjFKdudcE Having nearly 20 years of age on this game does it no favors. Level design and balance is a miasma of uncertainty when the player can die from instant off screen attacks and enemies shoot from past the draw distance.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →World War 2 GI is a game that was far behind its time back in 1999. Day of Defeat was released in the same year, and it is superior in graphics when compared to WW2 GI. But let us put that aside for a moment. This game is fustrating, unfair, confusing and incomplete. But it is still one of my favourite retro fp i have ever had the pleasure of playing. The saving every 2 minutes in case you die should not be something you have to do in a game, but i'm ok with that. The enemies are impossible to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know your game sucks when you can barely get passed the first level WW2 G.I. is a terrible game. It is somewhat of a sequel (Or a prequel) to NAM. While I enjoyed NAM for what it had to offer, WW2 G.I. (From now on, I will simply call it WW2) takes a step back in every single way imaginable... THE REAL REVIEW GUNS Guns? They were okay in NAM but now they just suck. Their spread is all over the damn place. They don't sound good either. NAM didn't really have very impactful guns either,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →World War II GI is a late-1990s first-person shooter developed by TNT Team and now preserved on Steam through Ziggurat, and it serves as both a time capsule of Build-engine design and a reflection of how early PC shooters interpreted historical warfare. Released during a period when military shooters were still discovering their modern identity, it presents World War II through the lens of fast, arcade-style action rather than scripted cinematics or realism. The game loosely follows American…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is suckass because of many details in this game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rating 2/10 Intro It's exactly the same as NAM, it's just that the setting is World War. Virtually nothing was done to make an improvement over that game. Once again, I recommend playing Duke Nukem 3D, Ion Fury or Shadow Warrior instead. Positives + Weapons have good impact. Negatives - Poor level design. - Poor aesthetics and graphics. - Random explosions can kill you. - Every enemy is an overpowered hit-scanner. Eduke32: https://www.eduke32.com/
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a build engine game. (Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Blood, etc.)... WW2-GI is a pseudo-sequel/pseudo-remake of an earlier total conversion for Duke Nukem 3D called Platoon TC.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not buy this, there are plenty of Duke Nukem style shooters AND World War II shooters out there which are more fun, more accessible and more graphically pleasing - even in early 1990-s standards. By "accessible" I mean a game that is actually playable by a person who is not a hardcore FPS player, who doesn't do anything in their free time apart from playing FPS. I can play Doom on Medium just fine, but in this game I'm instantly killed and the graphical glitches don't motivate me to proceed…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This....game, Is real piece of work. If you don't plan to use Eduke. Or are not a fan of retro build game. Don't bother reading further. This game is not for you. I love build engine games, they just have a certain something about them. This one seems to be missing that one piece. Soul. while I know it was an attempt at a more realistic shooter. It needed to be more like Duke 3D. I say it is still worth a play, Unlike the actual event, it is simply a footnote in history..
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoy this game! I used to play NAM (which I also enjoy greatly) back when it was a fairly new game, but didn't hear about this game until recently. One just has to remember that this game is almost two decades old, and costs like a buck fifty. Honestly, I'd rather pay $1.50 and play this game, than pay $60+ for the newest COD games. Yes, graphics are bad (even for the time period) Yes, sometimes the AI kills you with one shot after you've shot them many times (Hit detection errors,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I personally don't think this game is bad, obviously it's a mod to the original DUKE NUKEM also the same with NAM hence why in NAM it has the DUKE sound at times. I will give some helpful tips on this review, up to you if you want to read it or not. I wouldn't recommend the price personally but oh well, some helpful things though download EDUKE32 and make a folder where EDUKE is, just call the folder "WW2 GI" then extract all the files into that folder, launch Eduke or put EDuke in the folder…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thought this game was going to be a blast but all i encountered were Allied soldiers that looked like Cardboard Cutouts and other issues like HUD not showing but that was because i had to mess around with some Controls to make it show and to get the controls tuned for my keyboard I liked the game after i got it all working. But the German Wehrmacht that i thought were going to be ruthless were just Hitscan soldiers that Plugged you on the FIRST Mission. Which is D-Day If the game had More…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're willing to put 5 minutes of your time into sorting out the controls (just chose Configuration when you start the game) then this game is a typical 90s shooter, and a pretty good one, though maybe that's just the nostalgia talking. Be sure to start the game through the SECOND option (DosBox Daum) as this makes it widescreen and makes all the controls work properly. To reiterate, a pretty good WW2 FPS if you can get past its age and aren't immediately turned off by DOS.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Many people are upset at how "bad" the game is but if you run it, select config settings, go to controller setup, then select keyboard you can change all the key binds to what you want. game play wise it is a very good but hard game and I strongly recomend saving often. i got the game on the steam attum sale for like $1.60 CAD but its like over 7 bucks to buy off sale so i recomend buying on sale because you save money.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was published a year after NAM in 1999 and it somehow managed to be worse than NAM. While NAM's deficiencies as a video game can be brushed off as NAM being a charming Vietnam War PTSD simulator, the same cannot be said about WWII GI. The game starts with Normandy landings if I recall correctly. You die over and over without reaching your goal. This is not fun. The rest of the game is more of senseless and purposeless dying and there is no sense of satisfaction in success either.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →gameplay similar to NAM but needs even more patience, also healing and thompson accuracy is pretty bleh
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad, really really bad. I know it's a game from the 90s, but that does not excuse this game when SOO many other great FPS games came out even before this one. NAM was bad enough, but this is far worse. Again dying wayyyyyyy to quickly, randomly exploding far too often, running out of ammo and they never give you any, the BAR literally doesn't work/damage enemies and half the time you can't even see the enemies that are beaming you across the map in 2-3 shots from full health. I wanted to like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is completely ridiculous. To start with, playing it without the Raze Engine app is a non-starter. War is hell, and they truly mean it. The enemies in this game are world-class snipers, seemingly enjoying themselves as they lie in wait for you to peek from a corner, ready to blow your head off in an instant. I love this game, knowing that it is going to give me PTSD. I am determined to beat it, though. Somehow. Great game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even worse than NAM but for different reasons. The weapons are really inaccurate and the morale system makes them lose accuracy as you take hits. Dealing with the tanks can be tricky so make sure to save those explosives. The last maps are the worst as you need to snipe the enemies with your inaccurate weapons and the ammo is not plentiful either. About as fun as munching on a brick.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another terrible game from the same developers of NAM. Player will run out of ammo very quickly. So I died a lot of times in the first mission. These trash games ruin the reputation of Build engine.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How is Nam better than this and how did this come out in 1999 when Half-Life was out for a year and Perfect Dark, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, and Halo: Combat Evolved came out within a couple of years later?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not pogalicious
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fantastic use of the Build Engine. Great maps with lots of awesome vistas, battles and unique scripted elements. Go back to 1944 in 1998 and relive WORLD WAR 2 and fight the nazi axis powers! USA! 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More difficult and polished than Nam/Napalm. For some reason it bugs out with wasd. If you shift your wasd over to esdf, use right click for either jump or crouch. There is a terrific game here you have to pry it out and once its going the old school cannot be matched.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're collecting Build games to play on Raze or GDX, this is a welcome addition. It's by now means the best game ever, but it's not all that bad, and if you catch it on a generous sale, it won't even hurt like that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NOTE: TLDR is at the bottom, but I recommend reading the whole thing, especially if you haven't played NAM yet. This review is intended for people who have never played NAM or WWII GI so you can know a bit about what you're getting. (Shoot me a comment below if you have a question.) Just know primarily that this is a very old game and it plays in a very old manner. No lovable characters, no "balance," just a simple, hardcore shooter. There are two theatres ("D-Day" and "Fance"), 7 levels each.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought on sale for nostalgia purposes. Does not run well under modern Windows.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this on sale, full disclosure, and I would not bother doing so unless you are a die-hard Build engine fan. If you do get this, or NAM: -USE EDUKE. The controls for this are Byzantine by today's standards, mouselook is not default, and the game looks very choppy running on DOSbox. -Save early, save often. The difficulty is through the roof. -Keep a backup save, as the game loves to pull nasty one-hit-kill surprises. -You have two health meters, essentially, and one is Morale, which…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let me make Clear that i normaly dont like writting negative reviews and i really wanted to like this game, but lets start from the beginning. Wolrd War II GI is a shooter that is brutaly unforgiving meaning you die really really quickly and that would be finde if it was going for realism ,be fair in that aspect and or also have easier difficulties but that isnt the case. already in the first level of the first chapter you notice that its RND (luck) if you can even get to that damn wall or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Total garbage. For better fun and gameplay, please play the 1st Call of duty.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tags: 1PS - First Person Shooter Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Abandonware grade. Resolution Issues. Keybind Issues. Review: Kind of like a WWII reskin of duke 3D with a more generic feeling foe and map design slanted towards military shooter. Did not find any way to rebind keys. Movement handled by arrow keys, no strafing left and right, arrows make you turn which is redundant with mouse aim and significantly degrade player movement agility. Foes scan…
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