Games Like Counter-Strike: Source

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 27%, Shooter 22.7%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Team-Based 9.9%, Competitive 8.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: The original Counter-Strike delivers the purest version of the same tactical team-vs-team design that Source refined.

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 22.4%, Shooter 19.5%, Competitive 12.3% ★, Team-Based 10.7%, Multiplayer 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is the direct modern evolution of Counter-Strike’s bomb-defusal formula, keeping the same high-stakes round structure, economy, and precision gunplay.

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 28.4%, Shooter 25.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Action 9%, Team-Based 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It plays very close to classic Counter-Strike with the same weapons, pacing, and objective-based competitive multiplayer.

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 47%, Shooter 15.1%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Team-Based 7.3%, Tactical 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its low time-to-kill, careful movement, and objective-focused team matches capture a similarly tense and punishing tactical FPS feel.

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

Why similar: FPS 35.8%, Shooter 20.5%, Team-Based 12.8%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Military 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Built on the same engine and era of design, it offers objective-driven team FPS action with similarly sharp, unforgiving firefights.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a team-based, tactical FPS based on lethal close quarters combat and objective-oriented multiplayer gameplay. Experience the intensity of modern combat where skill is rewarded, and teamwork wins the fight.

Why similar: FPS 30.2%, Shooter 28.9%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Tactical 9%, Military 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the same hardcore team shooter style with more modern presentation while preserving lethal gunfights and coordinated objective play.

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: Shooter 28.2%, FPS 20.6%, Tactical 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Team-Based 10%

Why You'll Like It: This is a close modern counterpart built around slow, lethal, round-based tactical PvP with teamwork and map knowledge at the center.

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 30.6%, Shooter 21.5%, Tactical 16.2%, Multiplayer 10%, Team-Based 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its compact tactical rounds, gadget-light gunfights, and strong team coordination make it one of the closest non-CS alternatives on Steam.

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 55%, Shooter 16.2%, Team-Based 8.9%, Multiplayer 8%, War 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: The original Day of Defeat has the same classic Valve-era multiplayer DNA, with tight maps and lethal team-focused combat.

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: Shooter 30.2%, FPS 27.9%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Team-Based 6.9%, Military 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This free-to-play shooter leans heavily into Counter-Strike-style round modes, straightforward gunplay, and competitive team matches.

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: Shooter 18.8%, FPS 16.7%, Team-Based 15.5%, Competitive 14.5% ★, eSports 11.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on coordinated tactical rounds, fast lethality, and pre-round planning in a way that scratches a very Counter-Strike-like itch.

Experience close-quarters battles in iconic WWII settings. Defend the line, storm the beach, torch the enemy, or use a radio to call in fire support. Day of Infamy is a teamwork-oriented shooter that will keep you on your toes and coming back for more with its diverse game modes and authentic arsenal.

Why similar: FPS 30.1%, Shooter 24.8%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Military 7.7%, Tactical 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like CSS, it emphasizes disciplined movement, lethal weapons, and team-based objective modes over chaotic run-and-gun play.

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

Why similar: FPS 26.1%, Team-Based 21.2%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Shooter 11.7%, Competitive 10.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: Although more asymmetrical, it still offers skill-heavy, team-reliant multiplayer where map control and coordination are everything.

Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Why similar: FPS 25.5%, Team-Based 17.2%, Shooter 16.4%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Tactical 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its realistic damage, tactical pacing, and team-oriented objective combat will appeal if you like serious multiplayer firefights with little room for mistakes.

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 27.2%, Team-Based 19.4%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Military 9.3%, Tactical 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers brutal, objective-based team battles where positioning, communication, and quick kills matter more than arcade power-ups.

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 32.6%, Shooter 21.7%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Action 13.8%, Competitive 9.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: It drops the objective tactics, but its Source-engine movement, weapon feel, and classic server-browser multiplayer make it a natural adjacent pick.

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 24.6%, Shooter 23.5%, Tactical 16.1%, Military 10.5%, Multiplayer 10%

Why You'll Like It: This is a slower and more simulation-heavy option, but its emphasis on communication, angles, and deadly firefights fits the tactical side of CSS.

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: Shooter 20.4%, FPS 19.5%, Team-Based 15.1%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Military 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It scales the teamwork up dramatically, but the reliance on communication, positioning, and disciplined shooting aligns well with CSS’s tactical appeal.

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 36.4%, Shooter 26.8%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Action 12.9%, First-Person 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same engine and old-school community-driven multiplayer spirit, even if it is more chaotic and less team-tactical than CSS.

Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

Why similar: FPS 23.9%, Shooter 23.4%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Team-Based 13.6%, Competitive 10.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: It is less tactical and more class-based, but it shares the same Source-era multiplayer polish, server culture, and emphasis on team coordination.

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: Shooter 26.6%, FPS 15.9%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Military 9.7%, Tactical 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is a much deeper mil-sim take, but players who love careful positioning, communication, and high-lethality firefights may find a similar tension here.

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: Shooter 27.2%, FPS 26.1%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Military 8.6%, War 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: While much larger in scale, it still offers competitive infantry gunplay, objective modes, and strong squad-based teamwork.

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 31.2%, Shooter 23.5%, Tactical 13.4%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Action 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers older-school tactical multiplayer with deliberate movement and tight team engagements that feel closer to classic competitive shooters than modern hero FPS games.

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: FPS 31.7%, Shooter 22.2%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Competitive 12.9% ★, eSports 10.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: It is far less tactical, yet its old-school competitive FPS focus and pure mechanical skill ceiling appeal to players who enjoy classic multiplayer shooters.

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: Shooter 33%, FPS 27.7%, Multiplayer 14.1%, PvP 8.5%, First-Person 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Another Source-based multiplayer shooter, it captures some of the same crisp movement-and-aim satisfaction even with a very different western theme.

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 ex-developers of Squad, Red Orchestra, and Insurgency.

Why similar: FPS 24.6%, Shooter 24.5%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Military 10.1%, Tactical 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers free-to-play objective-based tactical firefights with a more grounded style that can appeal to players who want teamwork-first PvP shooting.

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: FPS 26.6%, Shooter 21.6%, Team-Based 15.2%, Action 14.5%, Multiplayer 12%

Why You'll Like It: As another seminal Valve multiplayer shooter, it is much more class-focused than CSS but still carries the same old-school competitive PC FPS energy.

Combat Arms is a multiplayer game, free-to-play modern first-person shooter. The game enlists players into various battlefields across the globe to face-off against other ambitious soldiers of fortune, delivering gamers a high-quality FPS with an extensive arsenal of weapons.

Why similar: Shooter 39.1%, FPS 28.4%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Action 10.3%, First-Person 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This classic online FPS is more arcade-like, but its straightforward competitive matches and familiar military shooter feel overlap with older CS-era tastes.

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 49%, Shooter 26.8%, Action 8.4%, Multiplayer 6.1%, First-Person 5.4%

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: FPS 29.9%, Shooter 27.8%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Moddable 7.9% ★, PvP 6.2%

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 30.9%, Shooter 25.3%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Action 8.9%, Military 5.1%

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 33.7%, Shooter 23.8%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Action 6.5%, Military 5.2%

Relive Half-Life.

Why similar: FPS 40.2%, Shooter 32.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Action 8.2%, First-Person 7.7%

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 26.7%, Shooter 22.4%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Team-Based 13.7%, Action 5.5%

Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

Why similar: Shooter 29.5%, FPS 24.4%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Moddable 10.1% ★, First-Person 6.4%

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 37.5%, Shooter 28.8%, Multiplayer 12.9%, PvP 7.2%, First-Person 6.1%

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 25.5%, eSports 20.7% ★, Multiplayer 20.5%, Competitive 19.4% ★, Action 4.7%

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 34.9%, Shooter 29.1%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Military 8.2%, Action 6.6%

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: Shooter 35.9%, FPS 19.7%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Tactical 5.5%, PvP 5.4%

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: FPS 28.2%, Action 27.9%, Shooter 22.7%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Competitive 5.5% ★

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: Shooter 28.6%, FPS 24.1%, Team-Based 21.6%, Multiplayer 8%, First-Person 5.8%

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Why similar: FPS 30.8%, Shooter 26.4%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Team-Based 10.4%, Action 4.9%

Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.

Why similar: Shooter 18.2%, FPS 16.4%, Competitive 14% ★, eSports 10.6% ★, Team-Based 8.8%

ShootMania the FPS “Powered By Players”ShootMania Storm is revolutionizing the multiplayer FPS by adding a community dimension and unlimited replayability. Developed by the Nadeo studio, renowned for community racing game, TrackMania, ShootMania Storm boasts quick-fire matches and epic battles, where only your talent will distinguish you...

Why similar: Shooter 35%, FPS 21.2%, Action 11.1%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Competitive 9.6% ★

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: FPS 21.5%, Shooter 19.8%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Military 11.4%, Tactical 11.1%

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: Shooter 24.4%, FPS 22%, Team-Based 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Military 6.9%

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: Shooter 28.4%, FPS 25.8%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Military 8.5%, Tactical 7.3%

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: FPS 29.5%, Shooter 22.2%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Team-Based 8.2%, Action 7.3%

Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”

Why similar: FPS 36.2%, Shooter 21.7%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Team-Based 12%, Action 7.2%

Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!

Why similar: Shooter 26.9%, FPS 24.6%, Team-Based 10.9%, Military 8.1%, War 7.2%

CS2D is a free fast-paced top-down multiplayer shooter. Featuring many different game modes, a built-in map editor and much more.

Why similar: Shooter 54.8%, Multiplayer 20.8%, FPS 11.5%, Action 8.1%, Competitive 3.8% ★

Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.

Why similar: Shooter 20.9%, FPS 16.5%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Military 10.2%, Tactical 9.6%

Free to play shooter about the confrontation of two irreconcilable sides, represented by the government military housings and the armed hirelings. Try your hand at virtual battles with off-scale dynamics and hurricane gameplay in the spirit of the classical shooters.

Why similar: Shooter 35.2%, FPS 33.3%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Action 5.3%, First-Person 5.1%

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 29.6%, Shooter 25.4%, Multiplayer 17.5%, Team-Based 8.3%, Action 7.7%

Step into the Arena. Compete against players from around the world in this fast-paced shooter that combines the dark mythos of the original Quake with the skill-based competition of Quake III Arena. Become a Champion.

Why similar: FPS 35.5%, Shooter 19.8%, Multiplayer 16%, Competitive 12.4% ★, eSports 7.7% ★