- #1 Arma 3
97% matchVery Positive90% of 295,705 reviews2013
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 257.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
Why similar: Military 23.8%, Tactical 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Simulation 7.7%, Realistic 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: The direct successor to the Arma series, offering refined mechanics and a massive sandbox environment.
- #2 Arma Reforger
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 58,413 reviews2023
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 95.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.
Why similar: Military 26.6%, Simulation 9%, Realistic 8.5%, FPS 8.1%, Tactical 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern engine testbed for the Arma series that captures the classic tactical feel with updated visuals.
- #3 Squad
96% matchVery Positive81% of 244,492 reviews2020
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 114.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.
Why similar: Military 27.9%, Tactical 10.4%, Realistic 9.3%, FPS 9.2%, Team-Based 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor that emphasizes large-scale tactical coordination and realistic communication between squads.
- #4 Operation: Harsh Doorstop
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 20,807 reviews2023
Dev: Drakeling Labs
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by developers of the cancelled Project Reality 2 project.
Why similar: Military 26.8%, Tactical 10.7%, FPS 10%, Realistic 9.7%, Multiplayer 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A community-driven project that focuses on providing a realistic, large-scale military shooter experience without barriers.
- #5 Gray Zone Warfare
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 79,211 reviews2024
Dev: MADFINGER Games, a.s.
Windows
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 49.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.
Why similar: Military 22.1%, Tactical 12.7%, FPS 10%, Realistic 9.3%, Simulation 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar open-world tactical extraction experience with a heavy focus on realistic ballistics and squad play.
- #6 GROUND BRANCH
93% matchVery Positive84% of 25,054 reviews2026
Dev: BlackFoot StudiosPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.
Why similar: Military 27.5%, Tactical 18%, Realistic 12.1%, FPS 9.8%, Multiplayer 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep tactical customization and realistic combat mechanics that prioritize precise movement and planning.
- #7 Squad 44
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 25,440 reviews2018
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 45.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Team up and join the frontline in Squad 44, the most authentic tactical WW2 shooter. Experience ruthless realism with an immense arsenal of faithfully recreated weapons and vehicles across massive WW2 battlefields.
Why similar: Military 24.8%, FPS 10.4%, Simulation 9.4%, War 9.1%, Realistic 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides intense, large-scale tactical realism set in a historical context with a focus on team-based coordination.
- #8 Hell Let Loose
92% matchVery Positive82% of 149,942 reviews2021
Dev: Expression GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 73.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.
Why similar: Military 22.4%, War 11.9%, FPS 11%, Realistic 10.8%, Tactical 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on large-scale strategic warfare where communication and squad roles are essential for victory.
- #9 Insurgency: Sandstorm
91% matchVery Positive85% of 133,387 reviews2018
Dev: New World InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 56.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.
Why similar: Military 25.8%, FPS 14.1%, Tactical 11.9%, Realistic 11.3%, Shooter 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes tactical shooter that delivers intense, realistic gunplay and sound design.
- #10 DayZ
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 470,116 reviews2018
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 39.7 hrsMean: 281.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Why similar: FPS 15.6%, Simulation 14.5%, Open World 14.4%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Shooter 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Built on the Arma 2 engine, this title retains the same survival and open-world mechanics that made the original mod famous.
- #11 Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
90% matchVery Positive87% of 59,270 reviews2017
Dev: Antimatter GamesPub: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Red Orchestra Series' take on Vietnam: 64-player MP matches; 20+ maps; US Army & Marines, PAVN/NVA, NLF/VC; Australians and ARVN forces; 50+ weapons; 4 flyable helicopters; mines, traps and tunnels; Brutal. Authentic. Gritty. Character customization. And napalm in the morning.
Why similar: Military 26.3%, War 12.3%, FPS 11.8%, Tactical 10.5%, Team-Based 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers asymmetric tactical warfare with a strong focus on realism and authentic weapon handling.
- #12 Zero Hour
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 33,449 reviews2024
Dev: AttritoM7 Productions
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.
Why similar: Military 19.3%, Tactical 18%, FPS 10.7%, Realistic 10%, Shooter 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical shooter that emphasizes careful planning, team coordination, and realistic engagement distances.
- #13 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
89% matchVery Positive92% of 1,716 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Eastern Europe, 2008. War has broken out on the borders of Russia and the fate of the world hangs in the balance. That's when the call goes out for the Ghostsan elite handful of specially trained Green Berets, armed with the latest technology and trained to use the deadliest weapons.
Why similar: Tactical 23%, Military 19.7%, FPS 13%, Simulation 8.8%, Shooter 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: The classic tactical shooter that defined squad-based military gameplay and mission-oriented objectives.
- #14 Black One Blood Brothers
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,481 reviews2022
Dev: Helios Studio
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.
Why similar: Military 27.9%, Tactical 14.1%, Simulation 10.7%, FPS 10%, Realistic 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on squad-based tactical simulation and mission planning in a realistic military setting.
- #15 Foxhole
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 53,157 reviews2022
Dev: Siege Camp
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 78.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where thousands of players shape the outcome of a persistent online war. Every individual soldier is a player that contributes to the war effort through logistics, base building, reconnaissance, combat, and more.
Why similar: Military 27.7%, Tactical 12.1%, War 11.5%, Team-Based 8.9%, Open World 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A massive persistent war simulation that emphasizes logistics, strategy, and large-scale team cooperation.
- #16 Ready or Not
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 347,826 reviews2023
Dev: VOID Interactive
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
Why similar: Tactical 25.8%, Realistic 16.8%, FPS 16.2%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Shooter 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the high-stakes tactical planning and execution found in Arma's specialized CQB missions.
- #17 Call to Arms
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 24,168 reviews2018
Dev: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.
Why similar: Military 28%, War 9.5%, Tactical 9.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines real-time strategy and first-person shooter elements for a unique military simulation experience.
- #18 Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
85% matchVery Positive93% of 38,136 reviews2011
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Contains full Rising Storm content as well!
Why similar: Military 15.5%, Realistic 15.1%, FPS 12.7%, Multiplayer 11.2%, War 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical shooter known for its realistic ballistics and punishing damage models.
- #19 America's Army: Proving Grounds
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 11,076 reviews2013
Dev: U.S. Army
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
America’s Army: Proving Grounds is the official game of the U.S. Army and part of the highly acclaimed America’s Army game series. This free military game focuses on small unit tactical maneuvers and puts you to the test in a wide variety of new America’s Army maps and AA fan favorites.
Why similar: Military 27%, FPS 14.2%, Tactical 11.2%, Multiplayer 10%, Shooter 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic, team-based military shooter developed with authentic training principles and tactical focus.
- #20 Command: Modern Operations
83% matchVery Positive85% of 1,645 reviews2019
Dev: Command Development TeamPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.
Why similar: Military 45.6%, Simulation 24.8%, Strategy 7.3%, Modern 6.7%, War 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: For those who appreciate the strategic and simulation depth of Arma's command modules and modern warfare scenarios.
- #21 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
81% matchVery Positive91% of 46,715 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 64.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
Why similar: Military 24.2%, War 15.6%, Tactical 13.3%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides deep tactical strategy that mirrors the scale and complexity of Arma's military operations.
- #22 BattleBit Remastered
78% matchVery Positive82% of 146,385 reviews2023
Dev: SgtOkiDoki
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly, massive multiplayer FPS, supporting 254 players per server. Battle on a near-fully destructible map with various vehicles!
Why similar: Military 28%, FPS 13.8%, War 11.7%, Tactical 11.4%, Multiplayer 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the massive scale and tactical team play of Arma in a more accessible, low-poly format.
- #23 Counter-Strike: Source
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 193,434 reviews2004
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 179.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.
Why similar: Shooter 21.3%, FPS 16.8%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Military 10.2%, Tactical 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for tactical team-based combat, focusing on map control and precise shooting.
- #24 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
78% matchVery Positive93% of 61,123 reviews2009
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.
Why similar: Military 20.7%, FPS 19.3%, Multiplayer 14.5%, War 10.7%, Shooter 10%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the cinematic military action and setting that defined the popular military shooter genre of the time.
- #25 Full Spectrum Warrior
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 336 reviews2007
Dev: Pandemic StudiosPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%
The U.S. Army is the most powerful ground force in the entire world. The backbone of a ground invasion is the U.S. Army Infantry, and in the midst of combat, their skills, courage, and teamwork are put to the test. While readiness continues to be the U.S. Army's top priority, how it goes about its business is changing.
Why similar: Military 40.2%, Tactical 23.4%, Strategy 16.6%, Action 11.6%, Simulation 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on authentic squad-based military tactics and command-driven gameplay.
- #26 Iron Front: Digital War Edition
79% matchMixed59% of 870 reviews2012
Dev: X1 SoftwarePub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.
Why similar: Military 20.3%, Tactical 10.4%, War 9.7%, FPS 8%, Realistic 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A standalone tactical simulation set in WWII that utilizes the core Arma engine mechanics.
- #27 Arma 2
77% matchVery Positive84% of 2,115 reviews
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Building on 10 years of constant engine development, ARMA II boasts the most realistic combat environment in the world. It models real world ballistics & round deflection, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects.
Why similar: Military 23.6%, Simulation 10.6%, Tactical 10%, Realistic 7.2%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #28 Easy Red 2
74% matchVery Positive90% of 15,222 reviews2022
Dev: Marco AmadeiPub: Corvostudio di Amadei Marco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!
Why similar: Military 17.3%, Moddable 11.4%, Tactical 8.9%, War 7.8%, FPS 7.4%
- #29 Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered
76% matchVery Positive80% of 6,455 reviews2011
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 27%
The genre-defining military sim that began as Operation Flashpoint (2001), now a modernized, 64-bit, cross-platform build for Windows and Linux, with its engine released as open source. Over 2 million copies sold. The Cold War battlefield of Everon and Nogova, remastered for today's hardware.
Why similar: Military 24.4%, Simulation 13.9%, Tactical 8.9%, FPS 8%, War 6.4%
- #30 ARMA: Gold Edition
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,329 reviews2011
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
ARMA: Gold is pack of ARMA: Armed Assault and an expansion pack ARMA: Queen's Gambit. ARMA is a first person tactical military shooter with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread over large areas alongside the more closed quarters battle.
Why similar: Military 31%, Simulation 14.4%, Tactical 9.8%, FPS 8.1%, Realistic 6.3%
- #31 Insurgency
74% matchVery Positive92% of 124,773 reviews2014
Dev: New World Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 35.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.
Why similar: FPS 29.3%, Military 15.5%, Tactical 11.6%, Realistic 9.6%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #32 Men of War: Assault Squad
73% matchVery Positive87% of 5,179 reviews2011
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat. Fight across multiple fronts – from European countryside to Pacific jungles and command every unit and every bullet on the battlefield.
Why similar: Military 23.7%, Tactical 14.8%, War 13.4%, Strategy 11.6%, Multiplayer 8.4%
- #33 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III
72% matchMixed47% of 23,211 reviews2023
Dev: Sledgehammer GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In the direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II, Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against the ultimate threat.
Why similar: Military 21%, FPS 12.5%, Shooter 9.5%, War 9%, Tactical 8.7%
- #34 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II
72% matchMixed47% of 30,167 reviews2022
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II drops players into an unprecedented global conflict that features the iconic Operators of Task Force 141.
Why similar: Military 22.1%, FPS 13.4%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Shooter 9.4%, War 8.2%
- #35 Medal of Honor™
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,220 reviews2010
Dev: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Fight Today's War: Elite Special Forces in a gritty combat campaign using the surgical tactics of Tier 1 Operators combined with the sledgehammer force of Army Rangers.
Why similar: Military 29.1%, FPS 19%, War 10.7%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Shooter 10%
- #36 Combat Mission Black Sea
71% matchVery Positive83% of 576 reviews2021
Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017
Why similar: Military 28.6%, Simulation 15.4%, Tactical 13%, Realistic 11.7%, War 10.8%
- #37 Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire
70% matchVery Positive95% of 1,012 reviews2017
Dev: Illusion SoftworksPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Hidden & Dangerous 2 is a first and third person tactical shooter that builds upon the tremendous success of Hidden & Dangerous. You lead a small squad of Allied soldiers deep behind enemy lines, to carry out secret missions during World War II.
Why similar: Tactical 22.5%, FPS 18.6%, War 16.8%, Shooter 10.1%, Strategy 9.5%
- #38 Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,544 reviews2006
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fight in the theatre of war that changed the world forever. Battle alongside your compatriots on some of the most inhospitable environments of the Eastern Front in Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. Red Orchestra places you in the most realistic WWII first-person multi-player combat to date on the PC, allowing the player to fight through...
Why similar: Military 19.4%, FPS 14.7%, Realistic 10.9%, Tactical 10.3%, War 10.2%
- #39 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 115,459 reviews2017
Dev: Ubisoft ParisPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 16.2 hrsMean: 50.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lead your elite team of Ghosts in this tactical third-person shooter. Explore a massive open world, infiltrate and destroy the deadly Santa Blanca cartel, and save Bolivia and its people.
Why similar: Military 22.9%, Open World 15.8%, Tactical 14.5%, Shooter 11.3%, Multiplayer 10%
- #40 Rising Storm Game of the Year Edition
70% matchVery Positive99% of 111 reviews2013
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Also contains all multi-player content from Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Why similar: Realistic 17.9%, Military 12.9%, FPS 12.5%, Tactical 11.1%, Multiplayer 9.5%
- #41 Frontlines™: Fuel of War™
71% matchMixed69% of 1,084 reviews2008
Dev: Kaos StudiosPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Frontlines™: Fuel of War™ is an open-world First Person Shooter set on the frontlines of tomorrow. In a world ravaged by a global energy crisis, environmental decay, and economic depression, players assume the role of an elite soldier in the Western Coalition Army on an epic crusade against the Red Star Alliance to control the last of...
Why similar: Military 26.1%, FPS 22%, Shooter 12.1%, Action 10.3%, Multiplayer 8.8%
- #42 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,654 reviews2025
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
Why similar: Military 29.9%, Tactical 18.5%, Moddable 17%, War 10.9%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #43 Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,210 reviews2007
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns for honor and country. Players lead the tenacious British 2nd Army during the heroic World War II liberation of Caen, France, and command the German Panzer Elite as they struggle...
Why similar: Military 30%, Strategy 25.8%, Tactical 11.9%, Multiplayer 10.6%, War 9.8%
- #44 Thunder Tier One
67% matchMixed69% of 5,758 reviews2021
Dev: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Thunder Tier One is a realistic top-down shooter where you join an elite special operations team tasked with stopping a dangerous terrorist organization wreaking havoc across the fictional Eastern European country of Salobia.
Why similar: Military 24.9%, Tactical 14.3%, Moddable 13.5%, Realistic 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #45 WARDOGS
62% matchMostly Positive76% of 96,877 reviews2026
Dev: BULKHEADPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 30.4 hrsMean: 43.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
WARDOGS is a TACTICAL ALL OUT WARFARE FPS where one hundred players split across three teams fight over the control zone. Set in the derelict industrial mountains of Eastern Europe on a destructible battlefield where teamwork pays and cash is king.
Why similar: Military 22.6%, Tactical 11.8%, FPS 9.3%, Team-Based 8.6%, Realistic 8.2%
- #46 Six Days in Fallujah
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 16,509 reviews2023
Dev: Highwire GamesPub: Victura
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Six Days in Fallujah is an intensely realistic first-person tactical shooter based on true stories from one of this century’s toughest urban battles.
Why similar: Military 24.1%, Tactical 12.4%, War 9.6%, FPS 9.2%, Realistic 9%
- #47 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Desert Siege™
69% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
East Africa, 2009. A 60-year conflict boils over as Ethiopia invades its smaller neighbor Eritrea, threatening the world's most vital shipping lanes in the Red Sea. An elite team of U.S. Army Green Berets, known as the Ghosts, moves in to safeguard the seas and free Eritrea.
Why similar: Tactical 24.4%, Action 23.9%, Shooter 23%, FPS 21.5%, First-Person 7.2%
- #48 Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition
67% matchVery Positive93% of 7,301 reviews2007
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. This legacy version also grants access to the latest version of COH, just called "Company of Heroes".
Why similar: Military 30.7%, Tactical 15.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Multiplayer 11.1%, War 10.5%
- #49 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold
68% matchVery Positive91% of 2,096 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Raven Shield:Command an elite multinational squad of special operatives against hidden terrorist forces. In Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, the third installment to the wildly popular Rainbow Six series, Team Rainbow faces the hidden global forces of a new and secretive foe.
Why similar: Tactical 30.7%, FPS 18.2%, Military 9.5%, Simulation 9.2%, Realistic 7.3%
- #50 War Room
68% matchMixed52% of 694 reviews2020
Dev: Binge Gaming OU
Windows
War Room is a realistic strategy, taking you straight into the heat of the war in Afghanistan.
Why similar: Military 30.2%, Tactical 14.7%, War 13.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Realistic 9.1%
- #51 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 48,340 reviews2023
Dev: Ubisoft ParisPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a tactical third-person shooter set in a vast open world. You must survive, adapt, and fight a rogue spec ops faction, using stealth, strategy, and high-tech gear in solo or co-op.
Why similar: Military 29.2%, Open World 13.6%, Multiplayer 11%, Tactical 10.2%, Shooter 10.1%
