- #1 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
97% 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: FPS 34.2%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Shooter 9.9%, Military 9.2%, War 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel preserves COD4's rapid gunplay and cinematic modern-military missions while escalating the spectacle.
- #2 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® Remastered (2017)
96% matchMixed55% of 15,858 reviews2017
Dev: Raven SoftwarePub: Activision
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
One of the most critically-acclaimed games in history, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is back, remastered in true high-definition, featuring improved textures, physically based rendering, high-dynamic range lighting and much more.
Why similar: FPS 33.4%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Military 11.6%, War 11.3%, Shooter 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It recreates the original Modern Warfare campaign and multiplayer foundation with updated presentation, making it the closest possible alternative.
- #3 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
96% matchVery Positive89% of 39,888 reviews2011
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The best-selling first-person action series of all-time returns with an epic sequel to the multiple GOTY award winner Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2
Why similar: FPS 35.2%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Shooter 10.9%, Military 9.4%, Action 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It continues the original trilogy's globe-spanning military story and familiar fast-paced class-based multiplayer.
- #4 Call of Duty®: Black Ops
95% matchVery Positive91% of 43,326 reviews2010
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
Why similar: FPS 34.1%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Shooter 10.3%, Military 9.1%, War 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its Cold War espionage campaign delivers the same punchy scripted FPS pacing, with excellent competitive multiplayer alongside it.
- #5 Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
94% matchVery Positive86% of 49,472 reviews2012
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War
Why similar: FPS 38.1%, Multiplayer 21.3%, Shooter 11.5%, War 8.1%, Action 8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines classic Call of Duty movement and loadout multiplayer with a cinematic military campaign and near-future weaponry.
- #6 Medal of Honor™
94% 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: FPS 36.9%, Military 14.1%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Shooter 10.8%, War 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This modern-war reboot offers a grounded special-forces campaign and a similarly straightforward, cinematic military-shooter tone.
- #7 Call of Duty®: Ghosts
93% matchMixed66% of 32,157 reviews2014
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Outnumbered and outgunned, but not outmatched.Call of Duty®: Ghosts is an extraordinary step forward for one of the largest entertainment franchises of all-time. This new chapter in the Call of Duty® franchise features a new dynamic where players are on the side of a crippled nation fighting not for freedom, or liberty, but simply to...
Why similar: FPS 48.9%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Shooter 10.7%, Action 7.4%, Military 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its linear campaign structure, quick time-to-kill, and familiar Create-a-Class multiplayer make it a natural COD4 follow-up.
- #8 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II
92% 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: FPS 29.3%, Multiplayer 13%, Military 12.1%, Shooter 11.5%, War 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It updates the series' modern special-operations fantasy with polished weapon handling, campaign spectacle, and competitive modes.
- #9 Battlefield 3™
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 19,470 reviews2020
Dev: DICEPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Enjoy total freedom to fight the way you want. Explore 29 massive multiplayer maps and use loads of vehicles, weapons, and gadgets to help you turn up the heat. Every second of battle gets you closer to unlocking tons of extras and moving up in the Ranks. So get in the action.
Why similar: FPS 33.5%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Shooter 14.6%, Action 6.7%, Military 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It pairs a modern military campaign full of large scripted moments with multiplayer focused on contemporary weapons and vehicles.
- #10 Battlefield 4™
91% matchVery Positive85% of 82,039 reviews2020
Dev: DICEPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 46.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.
Why similar: FPS 28.8%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Military 15.2%, War 11.4%, Shooter 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its modern arsenal and military multiplayer provide a broader, vehicle-heavy counterpart to COD4's infantry-focused online combat.
- #11 Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 23,688 reviews2023
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Black Ops Cold War, the direct sequel to Call of Duty®: Black Ops, will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s.
Why similar: FPS 31.2%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Military 13.6%, Shooter 10.4%, Action 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: The Cold War setting and brisk arcade shooting capture the classic Call of Duty campaign-and-multiplayer balance.
- #12 Call of Duty: World at War
90% matchVery Positive92% of 53,400 reviews2008
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 49.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Call of Duty is back, redefining war like you've never experienced before. Building on the Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare engine, Call of Duty: World at War immerses players into the most gritty and chaotic WWII combat ever experienced.
Why similar: FPS 28.2%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Classic 11.9% ★, Shooter 10.2%, War 9%
Why You'll Like It: It uses the same underlying era of Call of Duty design for intense scripted combat, even though its setting shifts to World War II.
- #13 Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition
89% matchMixed65% of 25,605 reviews2014
Dev: Sledgehammer GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare envisions a powerful future, where both technology and tactics have evolved to usher in a new era of combat for the franchise.Power Changes Everything.
Why similar: FPS 46%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Shooter 11.8%, Action 7.6%, War 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Despite its futuristic gear, it retains the series' tightly choreographed missions and fast, responsive competitive gunfights.
- #14 Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare
88% matchMixed62% of 30,185 reviews2016
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Infinite Warfare delivers three unique game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies.
Why similar: FPS 38.8%, Multiplayer 16.7%, Shooter 13.8%, Action 7.9%, First-Person 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its space setting changes the theme, but its polished linear campaign missions and classic Call of Duty pacing remain intact.
- #15 Call of Duty®: Vanguard
86% matchMixed67% of 4,424 reviews2023
Dev: Sledgehammer GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 57.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Call of Duty®: Vanguard includes a deeply engaging single player Campaign, a massive Multiplayer offering featuring over 20 maps including 16 built for core Multiplayer and an exciting new Zombies experience developed by Treyarch.
Why similar: FPS 31.7%, Military 16%, Shooter 14.1%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Action 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its campaign is built around rapid set pieces and approachable arcade gunplay that will be immediately recognizable to COD players.
- #16 Call of Duty®: WWII
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 47,169 reviews2017
Dev: Sledgehammer GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Call of Duty®: WWII - a breathtaking experience that redefines World War II.
Why similar: FPS 34.5%, Multiplayer 15.8%, War 15.7%, Shooter 12.2%, First-Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is another cinematic, boots-on-the-ground Call of Duty campaign with familiar multiplayer progression and weapon feel.
- #17 Call of Duty® 2
85% matchVery Positive94% of 11,607 reviews2006
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Call of Duty® 2 redefines the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers fighting together in epic WWII conflicts. The sequel to 2003's Call of Duty, winner of over 80 Game of the Year awards, Call of Duty 2 offers more immense, more intense, more realistic battles than ever before, thanks to...
Why similar: FPS 29.5%, Classic 19.1% ★, Multiplayer 13.3%, War 9.9%, Shooter 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Though set in World War II, it shares the focused mission design, readable combat flow, and classic Call of Duty shooting fundamentals.
- #18 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,774 reviews2008
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six makes its next-generation hardware debut in the most dramatic installment of the renowned first-person shooter franchise to date. Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in 'Sin City' threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights.
Why similar: FPS 35.5%, Classic 15.8% ★, Multiplayer 13.1%, Action 9.8%, Shooter 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a more tactical take on the era's military FPS design, with close-quarters special-forces firefights and co-op options.
- #19 Call of Duty®
82% matchMixed59% of 782,517 reviews2022
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 113.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Call of Duty® experience supports Modern Warfare® 4, Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.
Why similar: FPS 29.2%, Military 13.8%, Multiplayer 13%, War 10.5%, Shooter 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: The original establishes the linear scripted combat, wartime atmosphere, and accessible FPS mechanics that COD4 later modernized.
- #20 Titanfall® 2
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 287,164 reviews2020
Dev: Respawn EntertainmentPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Why similar: FPS 40.7%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Shooter 13.5%, Military 10.1%, First-Person 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its superb linear campaign and exceptionally responsive shooting deliver the same kind of polished blockbuster FPS momentum in a sci-fi setting.
- #21 Call of Duty: United Offensive
84% matchVery Positive87% of 2,446 reviews2006
Dev: Gray Matter StudiosPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Award-winning developer Gray Matter Interactive follows up on the success of Infinity Ward's Call of Duty™ - winner of over 80 Game of the Year and 50 Editors' Choice awards worldwide - with Call of Duty™: United Offensive™.
Why similar: FPS 30.4%, Classic 17.4% ★, Multiplayer 12.5%, Military 11.4%, Shooter 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This expansion delivers classic Call of Duty's cinematic objectives and large-scale military battles in a more old-school form.
- #22 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2
84% matchVery Positive85% of 6,124 reviews2008
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 - the sequel to the award-winning next-generation first-person shooter - returns to Sin City. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is your last chance to rescue America's sexiest city from an escalating terrorist siege that will force you into heart-pounding action from beginning to end.
Why similar: FPS 43.9%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Shooter 10.9%, Classic 9.7% ★, Action 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its customizable loadouts, tactical urban combat, and cooperative campaign make it a strong slower-paced companion to COD4.
- #23 Insurgency: Sandstorm
81% 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: FPS 37.9%, Military 17.3%, Shooter 12.8%, Multiplayer 12.2%, War 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It trades arcade forgivingness for harsher, more tactical modern infantry firefights while retaining objective-based multiplayer intensity.
- #24 Crysis 2 Remastered
79% matchVery Positive89% of 9,571 reviews2022
Dev: Crytek
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Relive the legendary single-player campaign from the classic first-person shooter, Crysis 2, optimized for today's hardware in Crysis 2 Remastered.
Why similar: FPS 52%, Shooter 21.5%, Action 11.9%, First-Person 10.5%, Multiplayer 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: This cinematic urban military shooter emphasizes modern weapons, dramatic missions, and high-impact first-person combat.
- #25 Insurgency
81% 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 61.4%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Military 8.1%, Shooter 7%, War 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its compact maps and lethal contemporary gunplay offer a grounded, tactical alternative for players who enjoy COD4's multiplayer combat.
- #26 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 45,727 reviews2023
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Experience a visceral Campaign or assemble your team in the ultimate online playground with multiple Special Ops challenges and a mix of Multiplayer maps and modes.
Why similar: FPS 29.5%, Military 15.9%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Shooter 11.1%, Action 5.8%
- #27 Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
78% 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: FPS 34.5%, Military 19.1%, War 15.7%, Multiplayer 11.7%, First-Person 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Its class-based warfare and punishing weapon handling provide a more simulation-minded military multiplayer experience.
- #28 F.E.A.R.
79% matchVery Positive94% of 19,591 reviews2010
Dev: Monolith Productions, Inc.Pub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
Why similar: FPS 49%, Classic 25.1% ★, Shooter 8.8%, Action 6.7%, First-Person 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its supernatural premise differs greatly, but its exceptionally satisfying weapon handling and tense corridor firefights make it a standout classic FPS alternative.
- #29 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III
77% 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: FPS 29.6%, Shooter 12.6%, Military 12.4%, Multiplayer 9.9%, War 9.4%
- #30 Call of Duty® (2003)
78% matchVery Positive95% of 7,882 reviews2006
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Call of Duty® delivers the gritty realism and cinematic intensity of World War II's epic battlefield moments like never before.
Why similar: FPS 30.2%, Classic 23.6% ★, Multiplayer 9.6%, Military 8.5%, War 8.1%
- #31 Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6
75% matchMixed45% of 16,353 reviews2024
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 is signature Black Ops across a cinematic single-player Campaign, a best-in-class Multiplayer experience and with the epic return of Round-Based Zombies.
Why similar: FPS 30.1%, Military 13.7%, Shooter 13.7%, War 10.4%, Action 10.2%
- #32 Counter-Strike: Source
74% 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: FPS 34.1%, Shooter 24.1%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Action 6.6%, Military 5.2%
- #33 Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7
72% matchMostly Negative38% of 5,061 reviews2025
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
In Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Treyarch and Raven Software are bringing players the biggest Black Ops ever across an innovative Co-Op Campaign, an electrifying Multiplayer experience, and the legendary Round-Based Zombies mode.
Why similar: FPS 32.6%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Shooter 12.8%, Military 8.8%, War 7.3%
- #34 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
74% matchVery Positive91% of 28,435 reviews2004
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 54.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
With its extensive Tour of Duty campaign, a near-limitless number of skirmish modes, updates and new content for Counter-Strike's award-winning multiplayer game play, plus over 12 bonus single player missions, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is a tremendous offering of single and multiplayer content.
Why similar: FPS 37.7%, Classic 15.8% ★, Shooter 11.9%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Action 9.7%
- #35 Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway™
73% matchVery Positive91% of 2,433 reviews2008
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway brings the critically acclaimed squad-based WWII shooter into the next generation of gaming with amazing graphics and sound, new cutting-edge gameplay features and a totally redesigned online component.
Why similar: FPS 43.9%, Military 17.9%, Action 9.3%, Shooter 8.7%, War 7.2%
- #36 Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
71% matchVery Positive85% of 234,388 reviews2015
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows · Mac
Median: 22.3 hrsMean: 98.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.
Why similar: FPS 35.2%, Multiplayer 26%, Shooter 12.9%, First-Person 6.8%, Action 5.4%
- #37 Halo: The Master Chief Collection
69% matchVery Positive92% of 262,924 reviews2019
Dev: 343 IndustriesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 53.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Master Chief’s iconic journey includes six games, built for PC and collected in a single integrated experience. Whether you’re a long-time fan or meeting Spartan 117 for the first time, The Master Chief Collection is the definitive Halo gaming experience.
Why similar: FPS 26.7%, Classic 26.7% ★, Multiplayer 12.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%, Shooter 8.1%
- #38 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
72% 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: FPS 33.1%, Classic 21.6% ★, Military 12.5%, Shooter 9.5%, Multiplayer 8%
- #39 Far Cry® 2
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 18,832 reviews2008
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords on both sides of the conflict in order to make this country your home. You must identify and exploit your enemies' weaknesses, neutralizing their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion,...
Why similar: FPS 53.2%, Shooter 13%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Action 7.9%, First-Person 6.7%
- #40 Crysis Warhead®
71% matchVery Positive85% of 4,118 reviews2008
Dev: CrytekPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Pulse-racing new installment from 2007's PC Game of the Year*: Play as Sergeant Sykes and experience a whole new side of the battle. A standard combat mission behind enemy lines becomes critical when you discover your enemies have captured something of vital importance to the ensuing war.
Why similar: FPS 48.2%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Military 11.8%, Shooter 11.3%, Action 9%
- #41 STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,732 reviews2019
Dev: Pandemic StudiosPub: Lucasfilm
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Classic 32.9% ★, FPS 24%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Action 7.6%, Shooter 7.1%
- #42 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory®
69% matchVery Positive93% of 5,840 reviews2009
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Experience one of the most critically acclaimed stealth-action games of all time. Uncover a conspiracy that hits close to home and stop World War III.
Why similar: Classic 50.1% ★, Action 12.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, Co-op 7.6%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #43 Counter-Strike
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 261,954 reviews2000
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 277.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Play the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly popular team-based game. Ally with teammates to complete strategic missions. Take out enemy sites. Rescue hostages. Your role affects your team's success. Your team's success affects your role.
Why similar: FPS 35.7%, Classic 22.2% ★, Multiplayer 12.7%, Shooter 10.6%, Action 7.8%
- #44 Frontlines™: Fuel of War™
70% 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: FPS 41.3%, Shooter 12.6%, Military 12.2%, Action 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.5%
- #45 Far Cry®
68% matchVery Positive82% of 11,861 reviews2008
Dev: Crytek StudiosPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry®, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushes the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels. Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island.
Why similar: FPS 40.5%, Classic 28.4% ★, Shooter 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Action 6.1%
- #46 Quake
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,461 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Why similar: FPS 34.7%, Classic 32.6% ★, Shooter 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Action 4.1%
- #47 Battlefield™ 6
62% matchMixed64% of 370,170 reviews2025
Dev: Battlefield StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 63.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The ultimate all-out warfare experience. In a war of tanks, fighter jets, and massive combat arsenals, your squad is the deadliest weapon.
Why similar: FPS 29.9%, Military 15.8%, Multiplayer 15.4%, War 12.5%, Shooter 10.7%
- #48 Quake 4
67% matchVery Positive88% of 4,008 reviews2011
Dev: RavenSoftPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
As part of the elite Rhino Squad, you must spearhead Earth’s military invasion of a hostile alien homeworld. But, in this desperate war for humanity’s survival against an unrelenting enemy, you may discover that the only way to defeat them...is to become one of them.
Why similar: FPS 45.2%, Classic 19.9% ★, Shooter 11.6%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Action 6.8%