Games Like Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)

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 29.6%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Action 11.6%, Shooter 10.7%, War 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its direct predecessor delivers nearly identical fast-paced multiplayer, Spec Ops co-op, and globe-spanning modern military spectacle.

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 27.8%, Multiplayer 14%, Action 11.4%, Shooter 10.5%, War 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It pairs the same era of snappy Call of Duty multiplayer with an explosive Cold War campaign and the extra co-op Zombies mode.

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 30.9%, War 14.3%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Shooter 12.3%, Military 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This polished remake offers the foundational Modern Warfare campaign and classic multiplayer gunplay in a more modern presentation.

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 30.6%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 10.8%, War 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its brisk near-future combat, scorestreak-based multiplayer, branching campaign missions, and Zombies mode make it a close Call of Duty-era match.

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 37.7%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Dogs 11.3% ★, Shooter 10.2%, Action 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Ghosts retains MW3's straightforward modern-military campaign pacing, class-based competitive modes, and co-op survival action.

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 36.6%, Multiplayer 14%, Shooter 11.8%, Action 10.2%, Dogs 8.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: Although more futuristic, it preserves the cinematic campaign structure and rapid loadout-focused multiplayer of the classic Call of Duty formula.

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 33.4%, Military 13.6%, Shooter 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.8%, War 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This reboot offers a grounded modern-war campaign and accessible competitive multiplayer with a similar early-2010s military-shooter feel.

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 30.2%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Shooter 16.5%, Action 10%, War 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Battlefield 3 is another contemporary military shooter with a cinematic single-player campaign, modern weapons, and larger-scale multiplayer battles.

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 26.1%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Military 12.2%, Shooter 10.9%, Action 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its tightly scripted campaign, traditional multiplayer modes, customizable loadouts, and Zombies co-op offer a newer take on classic Call of Duty design.

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 25.8%, Shooter 13.7%, Military 11.6%, Action 11.5%, War 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the rebooted Modern Warfare storyline while delivering fast multiplayer gunplay, familiar maps, and modern military set pieces.

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 25.7%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Shooter 12.6%, Action 11.4%, Military 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This modern sequel returns to cinematic special-forces missions, contemporary weapon handling, and broad competitive and co-op multiplayer offerings.

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 25.2%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Military 14.2%, War 13.7%, Shooter 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Battlefield 4 expands the modern military fantasy with destructible environments, vehicles, squad play, and a substantial weapon-and-class progression system.

The Rock Map Pack is Now Available! Join the Resistance, stand united and fight for freedom against an overwhelming military force.

Why similar: FPS 31.7%, Action 18.2%, Shooter 12.6%, Multiplayer 11.4%, War 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its invasion-focused modern combat campaign and familiar run-and-gun multiplayer make it a distinctly MW3-era alternative.

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 24.8%, Shooter 14.1%, Action 14.1%, Military 12.1%, War 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its campaign, classic fast-paced multiplayer, and round-based Zombies provide the same three-part Call of Duty appeal in a current release.

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 37.3%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Shooter 15.4%, Military 9.9%, Action 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an exceptionally polished FPS campaign and fluid multiplayer, trading grounded warfare for wall-running pilots and mech combat.

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.

Why similar: FPS 31.1%, Multiplayer 25.9%, Shooter 14.2%, Action 8.1%, Co-op 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Black Ops III combines a co-op-capable campaign with highly customizable multiplayer movement and extensive Zombies content.

Infinite Warfare delivers three unique game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies.

Why similar: FPS 34.6%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Shooter 15.4%, Action 11.8%, First-Person 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its setting moves to space, but its cinematic missions, quick Call of Duty gunplay, competitive modes, and co-op Zombies remain immediately familiar.

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 27.1%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Shooter 12.2%, War 11.9%, Action 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: World at War offers gritty campaign combat, classic multiplayer, and the debut of the round-based Zombies formula, albeit in a historical setting.

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 31.1%, Military 15.1%, Shooter 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.3%, War 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its modern weapons, lethal firefights, co-op security missions, and objective modes offer a more tactical but still accessible military FPS alternative.

Play for free in operator-based extraction and full-scale combined arms warfare. Become elite Operators, customize an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons, and deploy into thrill-packed missions across multiple modes.

Why similar: FPS 27.3%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Shooter 13%, Military 11.3%, Online Co-Op 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This free-to-play modern military shooter offers class-based operators, weapon customization, extraction gameplay, and large-scale objective battles.

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 26.8%, Shooter 14.9%, Military 14.5%, Action 11.4%, Multiplayer 11%

Why You'll Like It: Vanguard uses the same rapid Call of Duty controls, multiplayer progression, campaign spectacle, and Zombies structure in a World War II setting.

In Ghost Recon Future Soldier join an elite team of highly trained, cut-throat special-ops soldiers. Armed to the teeth with unrivalled combat technology, Ghost Recon takes you to the globe’s most deadly warzones to hunt down the highest value targets.

Why similar: Action 20.7%, Multiplayer 19.3%, FPS 17.9%, Shooter 16.8%, Co-op 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its near-future military campaign, squad coordination, weapon customization, and competitive modes appeal to players who enjoy MW3's special-operations fantasy.

Call of Duty®: WWII - a breathtaking experience that redefines World War II.

Why similar: FPS 28.8%, War 17.9%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Shooter 12.8%, Action 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This return to World War II keeps the series' cinematic campaign pacing, familiar multiplayer progression, and cooperative Zombies mode.

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: FPS 23.7%, Military 16.6%, War 14.9%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Shooter 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op tactical shooter focuses on modern urban operations, procedural missions, communication, and military immersion over arcade speed.

Strategy. Speed. Story. These are the core pillars of Battlefield™ Hardline, a cops vs. criminals experience unlike any other.

Why similar: FPS 26.2%, Multiplayer 20.5%, Shooter 17.4%, War 14.2%, Action 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Hardline retains Battlefield's large objective modes and loadouts while framing its campaign and multiplayer around cops-versus-criminals rather than war.

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 31.7%, War 19.7%, Military 18.7%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Action 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its era differs, yet its class-based squads, lethal gunplay, large maps, and objective-focused multiplayer suit players wanting more serious warfare.

F.E.A.R. 3 delivers all the hallmarks that define the F.E.A.R. brand: terrifying paranormal experience, frenetic combat and a dramatic storyline.

Why similar: FPS 40.9%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Co-op 11.5%, Shooter 10.8%, Action 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its horror tone is very different, but its direct FPS firefights, explosive campaign missions, competitive modes, and two-player co-op make it a solid 2011-era alternative.

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 26.2%, Military 15.1%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Shooter 12.3%, Action 8.6%

The new action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, the creators of the Call of Duty® series, delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare arms gamers with an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower and transports them to the most treacherous hotspots...

Why similar: FPS 35.2%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Shooter 10.9%, Military 9.4%, Action 9.2%

The Call of Duty® experience supports Modern Warfare® 4, Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.

Why similar: FPS 25.9%, Military 13.1%, Multiplayer 13%, War 12.8%, Shooter 11.5%

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 31.4%, Multiplayer 15.9%, War 14.4%, Shooter 11.2%, Action 10.4%

Call of Duty® delivers the gritty realism and cinematic intensity of World War II's epic battlefield moments like never before.

Why similar: FPS 35%, War 12.8%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Shooter 11.3%, Military 10.5%

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 27.3%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Shooter 13.3%, War 8.4%, Action 7.9%

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 32.1%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Military 12.9%, Shooter 11.8%, Action 11.5%

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 18.6%, FPS 17.6%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Shooter 12.9%, War 11.7%

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 34.7%, Action 15.3%, Shooter 13.2%, Military 10.9%, Multiplayer 9%

Welcome to Call of Duty®: Warzone™, the massive free-to-play combat arena.

Why similar: FPS 31.7%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Shooter 14.3%, Military 9.4%, Action 8.5%

The Call of Duty: Black Ops III Multiplayer Starter Pack allows you to experience the ranked Multiplayer game mode of Black Ops III.

Why similar: FPS 28.1%, Multiplayer 27.7%, Shooter 12.9%, Action 9.4%, First-Person 7.4%

Experience the origins of one of gaming’s most acclaimed franchises like never before, faithfully remastered and optimized for PC.

Why similar: Shooter 33%, Multiplayer 23.6%, Action 23.6%, War 9%, Online Co-Op 7.3%

Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.

Why similar: FPS 32%, Shooter 28.1%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Action 10.3%, Military 5.2%

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 37.2%, Action 12.9%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Shooter 11.5%, Co-op 10.5%

Go behind enemy lines with the ultimate modern military shooter. Play as an American sniper dropped in Georgia, near Russian border. Choose your own path to accomplish your missions across an unforgiving open world.

Why similar: FPS 27.5%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Shooter 13.7%, Military 10.7%, Action 8.9%

Battlefield™ 2042 is a first-person shooter that marks the return to the iconic all-out warfare of the franchise.

Why similar: FPS 27.1%, Military 15.8%, War 15.4%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Shooter 13%

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 39.2%, Action 16.9%, Shooter 15.5%, Multiplayer 13.6%, First-Person 5.3%

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 takes the bulls-eye precision of its predecessor to new and exciting heights!

Why similar: FPS 29.3%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Shooter 14.3%, Action 11.9%, Military 11.4%

Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)

Why similar: Action 33.4%, Shooter 21.8%, Co-op 21.3%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Story Rich 2.2%

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 38.6%, Military 16.8%, Action 13.7%, Shooter 9.5%, War 8.7%