Games Like Counter-Strike

For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.

Why similar: FPS 31.1%, Competitive 13.3%, Shooter 11.4%, Team-Based 10.3%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: The modern continuation of Counter-Strike preserves the same economy, bomb-defusal rounds, map knowledge, and precision-first competitive formula.

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

Why similar: FPS 27.4%, Shooter 23%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Team-Based 9.6%, Competitive 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is Counter-Strike's classic objective-based gameplay rebuilt in the Source engine, retaining its familiar weapons, maps, and round structure.

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 30.6%, Classic 17.2% ★, Shooter 11.6%, Action 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers traditional Counter-Strike multiplayer with bot support and an additional set of tactical single-player missions.

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 58.8%, Shooter 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Team-Based 6.4%, Tactical 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its punishing low-time-to-kill gunplay, objective modes, limited HUD, and reliance on coordinated pushes closely match Counter-Strike's tense tactical pacing.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an elite, tactical team-based shooter where superior planning and execution triumph.

Why similar: FPS 23.1%, Competitive 15.1%, eSports 12.1% ★, Shooter 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Siege expands the attack-and-defend round format with destructible environments, utility use, and highly consequential team coordination.

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 43.9%, Shooter 17.6%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Tactical 8.4%, Military 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This modernized sequel emphasizes lethal firefights, tactical objectives, controlled movement, and communication-dependent multiplayer matches.

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: FPS 29.9%, Shooter 17.2%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Tactical 11.5%, Team-Based 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Zero Hour is a close fit for players wanting compact, methodical 5v5 tactical rounds centered on breaching, hostage rescue, and bomb objectives.

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: FPS 36.2%, Tactical 15%, Shooter 14.3%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Military 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its deliberate movement, weapon customization, and unforgiving tactical engagements cater to Counter-Strike players who want even more realism and control.

Black Squad is a free-to-play military first-person-shooter. Players can master their skills and show off their strategies with a wide range of game maps, modes, and weapons to choose from. Join thousands of FPS players worldwide in one of the most played games on Steam!

Why similar: FPS 39.7%, Shooter 18%, Multiplayer 16%, Team-Based 6.8%, Action 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Black Squad offers accessible free-to-play bomb-defusal and team-deathmatch modes built around familiar modern military FPS gunplay.

Enlist in an intense brand of Axis vs. Allied teamplay set in the WWII European Theatre of Operations. Players assume the role of light/assault/heavy infantry, sniper or machine-gunner class, each with a unique arsenal of historical weaponry at their disposal. Missions are based on key historical operations.

Why similar: FPS 57.7%, Classic 13.8% ★, Shooter 7.2%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Team-Based 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Valve's World War II team shooter shares Counter-Strike's classic engine feel, lethal combat, and objective-focused multiplayer design.

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: FPS 41.5%, Shooter 17.6%, Tactical 15.1%, Multiplayer 15%, Action 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Although focused on co-op rather than competitive PvP, it captures Counter-Strike's careful room-clearing tension and disciplined team tactics.

Valve's WWII Multiplayer Classic - Now available for Mac.

Why similar: FPS 41.6%, Classic 13.2% ★, Multiplayer 10.6%, Team-Based 10.4%, Shooter 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It brings Day of Defeat's class-based World War II objective battles into the same Source-era presentation familiar from Counter-Strike: Source.

The ultimate spy-vs-guards simulator. Carefully sneak your way to the objective as Intruders or use the wide variety of tactical gadgets to trap your opponents as Guards. Intruder allows for stealth, teamwork, and environmental interactions never before seen in a multiplayer game.

Why similar: FPS 25.8%, Competitive 16.5%, Team-Based 14.1%, Shooter 11.4%, Multiplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Intruder turns compact objective-based multiplayer into a stealthier tactical contest of infiltration, gadgets, voice communication, and sudden firefights.

A PVP tactical FPS about PLANNING & EXECUTION. Sound strategy and good teamwork are essential for victory because new PROCEDURALLY-GENERATED MAPS are delivered every week. You'll face a new tactical challenge every round.

Why similar: FPS 23.3%, Competitive 15.6%, Team-Based 15.1%, eSports 12.7% ★, Shooter 11%

Why You'll Like It: This round-based tactical shooter has teams plan routes and equipment before executing fast, lethal assaults on procedurally assembled maps.

Breachers™ is a tactical 5v5 VR FPS. Plan your assault or orchestrate your defense as a team through intense close-quarters combat. Climb, vault, rappel, swing, shoot and strategize your way to victory in stunning environments.Supports cross-play with Quest and PSVR2 player base.

Why similar: FPS 28%, eSports 14.6% ★, Team-Based 14.1%, Shooter 13.2%, Multiplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This VR tactical shooter closely follows Counter-Strike and Siege-style attack-and-defense rounds with bomb objectives, economy choices, and tight teamwork.

Join fast-paced action-packed combat. Play Combat Master -- AAA experience on any hardware. Best-in-class multiplayer gunfight. Next-level extreme performance. Lightning-speed loading time and a whole lot more.

Why similar: FPS 38.7%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Shooter 16.4%, Action 9.1%, Tactical 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its fast free-to-play multiplayer provides snappy gunplay, custom loadouts, and recognizable competitive FPS modes for a more arcade-oriented alternative.

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: FPS 37.3%, Classic 21.9% ★, Tactical 14.4%, Action 8.4%, Shooter 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This classic tactical shooter rewards planning, careful angles, coordinated entry, and deliberate weapon use rather than run-and-gun play.

One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress Classic features over nine character classes -- from Medic to Spy to Demolition Man -- enlisted in a unique style of online team warfare. Each character class possesses unique weapons, items, and abilities, as teams compete online in a variety of game play modes.

Why similar: Classic 25.2% ★, FPS 23%, Action 14.3%, Team-Based 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Another foundational Valve multiplayer game, it offers classic-map familiarity and team objectives, though with class-based chaos instead of Counter-Strike's realism.

Multiplayer based, first person enabled, action packed and skill demanding shooter set in the Wild West times. A unique combination of non stop action and slow but powerful weaponry.

Why similar: FPS 38.4%, Shooter 19.2%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Action 10.2%, First-Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Built on the Source engine, this free multiplayer shooter retains a classic mod-like feel while replacing modern rifles with skillful Wild West weapon duels.

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 32.7%, Shooter 14.9%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Team-Based 12.5%, Action 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Delta Force offers free-to-play modern military PvP with objective modes, squad coordination, and a broader-scale take on tactical shooter combat.

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.

Why similar: FPS 28.9%, Shooter 22.1%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Competitive 6.2%, Action 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its high-stakes gunfights, punishing deaths, tactical positioning, and reliance on sound awareness preserve much of Counter-Strike's tension in battle royale form.

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 35.9%, Tactical 12.2%, Classic 10.6% ★, Shooter 10.6%, Action 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its close-quarters counterterrorism setting, team commands, and tactical multiplayer modes make it a natural fit for Counter-Strike fans.

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: FPS 32.7%, Shooter 15.2%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Team-Based 12.7%, Tactical 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its large player counts and blocky presentation hide a surprisingly tactical military shooter built around squads, objectives, and lethal gunplay.

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: FPS 29%, Team-Based 15.4%, Shooter 12.6%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Tactical 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Squad expands tactical multiplayer into large-scale warfare while keeping the focus on communication, realistic gun handling, and objective control.

Bodycam is the first tactical multiplayer FPS with a true body-camera view in Unreal Engine 5. Close-quarters combats feel raw and loud. Every angle, callout, and bullet matters. Play Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Wingman on photoreal maps where teamplay, tactics, and clutch skill are key.

Why similar: FPS 32.1%, Team-Based 14.8%, Shooter 12.9%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Tactical 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Bodycam's photorealistic presentation and extremely unforgiving multiplayer firefights make every close-range engagement feel tense and consequential.

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 35.7%, Classic 22.2% ★, Multiplayer 12.7%, Shooter 10.6%, Action 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its classic multiplayer offers quick, polished modern-military gunfights and iconic objective modes for players who enjoy Counter-Strike's era of shooters.

Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Why similar: FPS 35.7%, Team-Based 16.7%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Shooter 9.6%, Action 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This grounded World War II shooter rewards disciplined positioning, precise shooting, and coordinated objective attacks over arcade-style rushing.

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 37.4%, Team-Based 18.5%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Action 7.7%, Tactical 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its harsh weapon handling, asymmetric teams, and objective-driven combat provide a more sprawling but similarly high-risk tactical FPS experience.

Experience the most exciting and fast-paced FPS gameplay while competing with players from around the world in over 100 arenas, a dozen game modes, and with persistent career stats tracking, in this online features-focused successor to Quake III Arena.

Why similar: Classic 30.9% ★, FPS 27.4%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Competitive 8.6%, Shooter 8.1%

Enjoy fast-paced multiplayer gaming with Deathmatch Classic (a.k.a. DMC). Valve's tribute to the work of id software, DMC invites players to grab their rocket launchers and put their reflexes to the test in a collection of futuristic settings.

Why similar: Action 26.5%, Classic 25.8% ★, FPS 23.5%, Shooter 8%, Multiplayer 7.6%

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is a recreation of the first multiplayer game set in the Half-Life universe. Features all the classic weapons and most-played maps, now running on the Source engine.

Why similar: FPS 34.7%, Classic 22.1% ★, Action 14%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Shooter 10.7%

The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.

Why similar: Classic 30.3% ★, FPS 29.5%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Competitive 9%, Shooter 6.7%

A futuristic action game that challenges your agility as well as your aim, Ricochet features one-on-one and team matches played in a variety of futuristic battle arenas.

Why similar: Action 27.8%, Classic 24.7% ★, FPS 24.4%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Shooter 5.6%

Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.

Why similar: Classic 31.8% ★, FPS 27.8%, Shooter 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.8%, 1990's 6.7%

Fast multiplayer action set in the Half-Life 2 universe! HL2's physics adds a new dimension to deathmatch play. Play straight deathmatch or try Combine vs. Resistance teamplay. Toss a toilet at your friend today!

Why similar: FPS 39.4%, Action 18.9%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Shooter 11%, Competitive 8.9%

Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

Why similar: FPS 54.4%, Classic 24.7% ★, Shooter 7.7%, Action 5.8%, 1990's 3.1%

Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.

Why similar: FPS 40.9%, Classic 34.1% ★, Shooter 9.5%, Action 8%, Multiplayer 4.3%

Warface is a tactical team-based shooter featuring four classes, 14 PvP modes, and engaging PvE missions. Join millions of players, build and customize your arsenal from over 300 weapons, and claim victory with your team. Fight hard!

Why similar: FPS 23.5%, Competitive 13.4%, Team-Based 12.6%, Shooter 11%, Multiplayer 10%

Counter-Strike Nexon is a Free to Play MMOFPS offering competitive PvP and PvE action including content from the original Counter-Strike and all new game modes, map creation function, weapons, and hordes of Zombies!

Why similar: FPS 49.9%, Shooter 16.1%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Action 8.5%, First-Person 5.9%

As a member of Delta Force — The Army's Elite, top secret special forces unit — the word 'impossible' is not in your vocabulary. In Delta Force, you will conduct missions swiftly and silently, in every possible terrain, under every imaginable condition and through unconventional means.

Why similar: Classic 34.6% ★, FPS 31.9%, Action 13.5%, Shooter 7.8%, Military 5.6%

The ultimate teamwork multiplayer FPS. Heal your teammates by shooting them. Boost them. Build your defense together.

Why similar: FPS 22.7%, Competitive 14.3%, Team-Based 12.7%, Shooter 10.8%, eSports 10.7% ★

You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.

Why similar: Classic 37% ★, FPS 33.2%, Shooter 8.6%, Action 6.7%, Multiplayer 5.5%

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 48.5%, Shooter 16.9%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Action 10.3%, Military 6.3%

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

Why similar: Classic 34.1% ★, FPS 32.7%, Shooter 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Action 7%

Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.

Why similar: Team-Based 23.1%, Multiplayer 22.5%, eSports 22% ★, Competitive 19.6%, Action 7%

You're a member of the U.S. Army's best kept secret: the elite SPECIAL OPERATIONS unit known as Delta Force, formed to BATTLE TERRORISM throughout the world. When the best of the rest can't handle the op, YOU are called into action. Can you handle THE JOB? Features FREE NovaWorld™: online gaming supporting up to 50 players.

Why similar: FPS 31%, Classic 27.8% ★, Action 15.9%, Shooter 12.5%, Tactical 5.4%

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: Classic 39.3% ★, FPS 31.2%, Shooter 9%, Multiplayer 6.3%, Action 5.1%

Sven Co-op is a co-operative game originally based around Valve Software's Half-Life. In this game players must work together against computer controlled enemies and solve puzzles as a team.

Why similar: FPS 31.7%, Team-Based 19.8%, Shooter 15.7%, 1990's 9.4%, Multiplayer 8.9%

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 42.4%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Shooter 14.6%, Action 13.9%, First-Person 4.5%

Havoc is an arcade tactical first-person shooter with semi-destructible environments. It offers a variety of game modes, including Bomb Defusal, Team Deathmatch, Free for All, and Gun Game, along with extensive options to customize lobby settings to your preferences.

Why similar: FPS 32.1%, Shooter 16.9%, Action 13.3%, Team-Based 10.1%, Multiplayer 10%

Wolfenstein®: Enemy Territory is a free-to-play, objective-based multiplayer World War 2 first-person shooter. Featuring up to 32 players, choose either the Axis or Allies, as you fight across six maps based on real-world battle locations.

Why similar: FPS 36.9%, Classic 24.2% ★, Multiplayer 14.7%, Shooter 12.6%, Action 8%

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 37.1%, Shooter 16.6%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Action 10.1%, Tactical 6.8%

Special Force Returns! A classic team-based FPS bringing elite special forces from around the world together. Fast movement, impactful gunplay, and round-based tactical equipment create unpredictable battles where teamwork leads to victory.

Why similar: FPS 30.8%, Competitive 12.6%, Team-Based 12.1%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Action 7.2%

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 32.6%, Classic 19.4% ★, Action 12.6%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Shooter 10.3%

A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!

Why similar: FPS 33.8%, Team-Based 19.1%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Competitive 10.9%, Action 7.1%

From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.

Why similar: FPS 35.8%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Team-Based 12.9%, Shooter 12.7%, Action 8.4%