- #1 Delta Force 2
97% matchVery Positive86% of 535 reviews2009
Dev: NovaLogic
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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: Classic 28.7% ★, FPS 24.7%, Action 17.6%, Military 17.4%, Shooter 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel refines the original's voxel-based large-scale combat and tactical mission structure.
- #2 Delta Force Land Warrior
96% matchVery Positive93% of 389 reviews2009
Dev: NovaLogic
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Engage the enemy across vast outdoor environments and expansive indoor environments as you take control of the US Army's elite anti-terrorist unit. Delta Force Land Warrior™ introduces new weapons and characters for both single player and intense online multiplayer via NovaWorld.
Why similar: FPS 54.6%, Action 42.9%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces more specialized weaponry and character classes while maintaining the series' signature open-map tactical gameplay.
- #3 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
95% matchVery Positive92% of 1,690 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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: Classic 31.5% ★, FPS 27.7%, Military 22.1%, Action 8.9%, Shooter 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential tactical shooter that focuses on squad management and realistic military engagements in open environments.
- #4 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold
94% matchVery Positive91% of 2,080 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: FPS 38.5%, Classic 29.4% ★, Action 12.2%, Military 10.5%, Shooter 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a more intimate, high-stakes tactical experience that rewards precision and careful room clearing.
- #5 Delta Force: Xtreme
94% matchVery Positive82% of 196 reviews2009
Dev: NovaLogic
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Powered by today's gaming technology, Delta Force®: Xtreme™ brings the classic Delta Force game back to life to face the enemy once more. As a member of the elite Delta Force, prepare yourself to take on over 60 levels of frantic single and multiplayer FPS action, including graphically enhanced missions from the original game, new maps,...
Why similar: FPS 55.1%, Action 44.9%
Why You'll Like It: A modernized recreation of the original game that updates the graphics while preserving the classic mission design.
- #6 Delta Force: Task Force Dagger
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 196 reviews2009
Dev: NovaLogic
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
As the US army's elite special operations soldiers you are the most potent 'smart weapon' known to man. You are the 'tip of the spear' for covert operations around the world — you are the first line of attack. Nothing stands in your way.
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: An expansion that adds diverse new environments and specialized weaponry to the established formula.
- #7 Hidden & Dangerous: Action Pack
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 193 reviews2017
Dev: Illusion SoftworksPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
The year is 1941. Your special forces team has been shot down deep inside enemy territory and it's now reliant on your cunning and tactical thinking to get them safely across the border. The odds are stacked against you. Have you got what it takes?
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, squad-based tactical experience that emphasizes careful planning and military realism.
- #8 Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered
91% matchVery Positive80% of 6,443 reviews2011
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 28.3 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: Classic 31.9% ★, Military 30.7%, FPS 19.1%, Action 10.7%, Shooter 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: As the spiritual successor to the large-scale tactical military simulation, it shares the massive map design and realistic engagement distances of the original Delta Force.
- #9 Delta Force — Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre
90% matchVery Positive93% of 556 reviews2009
Dev: Ritual EntertainmentPub: NovaLogic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Delta Force — Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre is the official expansion pack to the #1 best selling PC game in North America. Team Sabre was developed using the Delta Force — Black Hawk Down engine and it requires the mother product to run.
Why similar: Military 33.8%, FPS 27.7%, Action 24.3%, Shooter 8.5%, First-Person 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This expansion adds additional high-intensity missions and multiplayer content to the Black Hawk Down experience.
- #10 Delta Force Xtreme 2
91% matchMixed51% of 260 reviews2009
Dev: NovaLogic
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Enemies lurk in locations around the globe, waiting for the right opportunity to strike. As part of Delta Force, the U.S. Army's most secretive and highly trained unit, you have the skills and the firepower to hunt them down and take them out.
Why similar: FPS 55.1%, Action 44.9%
Why You'll Like It: It continues the series' tradition of large-scale, arcade-style military action with updated visuals.
- #11 Conflict Desert Storm™
89% matchMixed70% of 1,380 reviews2012
Dev: Pivotal GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Take charge of the most feared special operations forces in the world: the elite British SAS or the US Delta Force squads. You're the best trained, best equipped and best organised. The area that has been assigned to you is yours for the taking. Seek, locate and destroy enemy targets and personnel.
Why similar: Classic 45.7% ★, Military 27.6%, Action 18.9%, Shooter 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a squad-based tactical approach to desert warfare that feels very similar to the Delta Force setting.
- #12 Sniper Elite
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,180 reviews2009
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
As World War II draws to a close, the first covert battles of the Cold War begin. Caught in the life and death struggle between Soviets and Germans in war-torn Berlin, you control the fate of a lone American OSS Sniper.
Why similar: Classic 43.5% ★, FPS 23%, Action 21.3%, Shooter 10.3%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: This title captures the long-range engagement and stealth-focused gameplay that many Delta Force players enjoyed.
- #13 Medal of Honor™
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,174 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 40.3%, Military 32.3%, Action 11.9%, Shooter 9.7%, First-Person 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title delivers a classic, mission-driven military shooter experience with a focus on historical authenticity.
- #14 Day of Defeat
86% matchVery Positive90% of 7,363 reviews2003
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 37.1 hrs≥1hr: 31%
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 61.2%, Classic 19% ★, Military 7.5%, Shooter 5.3%, Action 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic team-based military shooter that emphasizes objective-driven gameplay in historical settings.
- #15 Full Spectrum Warrior
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 334 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 61.7%, Action 36.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the tactical squad-command aspect of military operations, emphasizing positioning and suppressive fire.
- #16 Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
85% matchVery Positive90% of 4,033 reviews2007
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers. Send them behind enemy lines on a series of hazardous missions, and bring them back alive.
Why similar: Classic 57.9% ★, Military 20%, Action 13.3%, 1990's 8.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic tactical game that requires the same level of patience and stealth-based planning as Delta Force missions.
- #17 Call of Duty®
83% matchMixed59% of 780,170 reviews2022
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 112.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Call of Duty® experience supports Modern Warfare® 4, Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.
Why similar: FPS 35.6%, Military 35.5%, Action 10.8%, Shooter 10.4%, First-Person 6%
Why You'll Like It: The original classic provides a polished, linear military shooter experience that captures the intensity of historical combat.
- #18 Half-Life: Opposing Force
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 28,874 reviews1999
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 45.5%, Classic 26.9% ★, Military 8.9%, Action 6.8%, Shooter 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This expansion provides a grounded, military-focused perspective on the classic Half-Life shooter experience.
- #19 Delta Force
82% matchMixed58% of 193,264 reviews2024
Dev: Team JadePub: TiMi Studio Group
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 62.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 37.2%, Military 30.9%, Action 12.6%, Shooter 11.7%, First-Person 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: The 2024 iteration brings the franchise into the modern era with high-fidelity graphics and extraction-based tactical gameplay.
- #20 Counter-Strike
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 261,435 reviews2000
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 276.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Classic 34.5% ★, FPS 31.9%, Action 13.5%, Shooter 7.8%, Military 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive tactical shooter that emphasizes team coordination and precise movement in a military-themed setting.
- #21 Men of Valor
84% matchMixed67% of 757 reviews2016
Dev: 2015Pub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Vietnam, 1965. You are Dean Shepard, a "cherry" to the 'Nam with zero war experience other than standard boot camp training at Parris Island, SC. Along with your platoon, you will fight the NVA and the Vietcong in true historic locales and battles.
Why similar: Classic 24.9% ★, FPS 23.6%, Military 21.6%, Action 16.5%, Shooter 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, first-person military shooter that captures the intensity of historical jungle warfare.
- #22 Shadow Ops: Red Mercury
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 305 reviews2014
Dev: Zombie StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Race against time and terrorism as a member of the elite counter terrorist team in this all-out first person shooter. Your duty is to hunt down a terrorist overlord carrying a nuclear device before untold disaster is unleashed.
Why similar: FPS 53.5%, Action 38.3%, First-Person 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, action-packed military shooter that focuses on high-stakes global operations.
- #23 Arma 2
81% matchVery Positive84% of 2,114 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 48.3%, FPS 26.9%, Action 12.6%, Shooter 7.2%, First-Person 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: It serves as a modern evolution of the large-scale military simulation genre, perfect for players who loved the scale of Delta Force.
- #24 Line of Sight: Vietnam
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 120 reviews2016
Dev: N-Fusion InteractivePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Every day brings another mission. Every day is LIFE or DEATH. Be quick, be quiet and be careful. That’s what will get you HOME ALIVE.
Why similar: Action 50.2%, FPS 49.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a tactical, historical military shooter experience set in the challenging terrain of the Vietnam War.
- #25 Call of Duty® (2003)
78% matchVery Positive95% of 7,785 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: Classic 37.5% ★, FPS 27.8%, Military 16.5%, Action 8.3%, Shooter 6%
- #26 Elite Warriors: Vietnam
79% matchMixed56% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: N-Fusion InteractivePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Infiltrate deep into Laos with your Green Beret and Montgnard teammates, hunted by trackers and bloodhounds, outnumbered at times 100-to-1. See why SOG veterans went on to found Delta Force and in the work of secret operations, remain the stuff of legends.
Why similar: Action 100%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the specialized, unconventional warfare tactics used by elite units in the Vietnam era.
- #27 Marine Sharpshooter II: Jungle Warfare
80% matchMostly Negative32% of 577 reviews2014
Dev: Jarhead GamesPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 16%
In this follow-up to the hit Marine Sharpshooter, you'll be a lone operative fighting to restore democracy in an African country. The President of Burundi has been taken hostage by rebels and mercenaries.
Why similar: FPS 40%, Action 37.7%, Shooter 13.3%, First-Person 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A budget-friendly tactical shooter that focuses on long-range sniping and jungle-based military objectives.
- #28 Project: Snowblind
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 766 reviews2007
Dev: Crystal DynamicsPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action game. An augmented super-soldier must stop a renegade regime from eradicating the civilized world. Hong Kong, 2065. 2nd Lt.
Why similar: Classic 29.5% ★, FPS 29%, Action 24.1%, Shooter 11.1%, First-Person 5.8%
- #29 Quake 4
75% matchVery Positive88% of 3,969 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 42.1%, Classic 31.9% ★, Action 12.4%, Shooter 8.9%, First-Person 3.6%
- #30 Wolfenstein 3D
75% matchVery Positive93% of 4,346 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 30%
World War II rages. The Nazis are planning to build an unstoppable, mutant army. On a mission to steal the secret plans, you were captured and imprisoned. Now, a lucky break gives you the chance to escape, but a maze of passages and trigger-happy Nazis stand in your way.
Why similar: Classic 39.2% ★, FPS 26.4%, 1990's 11.3%, Action 8.9%, Shooter 7.7%
- #31 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Desert Siege™
76% matchVery Positive90% of 188 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
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: Action 40.8%, FPS 33.5%, Shooter 17.3%, First-Person 8.4%
- #32 Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,118 reviews2007
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
You have been selected for active service in the Commandos Corps, and must now mobilize in a series of 8 new dangerous missions.
Why similar: Classic 36.8% ★, Military 31.5%, Action 24.2%, 1990's 7.5%
- #33 Quake III Arena
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,096 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 43.7% ★, FPS 32.7%, Action 9%, 1990's 6.5%, Shooter 5.1%
- #34 Return to Castle Wolfenstein
73% matchVery Positive93% of 9,284 reviews2007
Dev: Gray Matter StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
World War II rages and nations fall. The Nazis are twisting science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. As US Army Ranger William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop them...or die trying.
Why similar: Classic 49.4% ★, FPS 31.2%, Action 10.2%, Shooter 5.2%, First-Person 3.1%
- #35 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,751 reviews2008
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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 33.5%, Classic 25.9% ★, Action 18%, Military 9.1%, Shooter 7.3%
- #36 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
72% matchVery Positive88% of 4,016 reviews2008
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Enter the world of cinematic stealth action with Splinter Cell, the game that propelled the genre to cult status. You are Sam Fisher, an elite covert agent in the NSA's top-secret division: Third Echelon.
Why similar: Classic 70.9% ★, Action 20.8%, Shooter 6.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #37 Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire
71% matchVery Positive95% of 1,006 reviews2017
Dev: Illusion SoftworksPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.8 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: FPS 41.5%, Action 20.8%, Classic 20.3% ★, Shooter 10.4%, First-Person 5.9%
- #38 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Island Thunder™
73% matchVery Positive87% of 194 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Ghost Recon takes the next step in battlefield realism with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon™: Island Thunder™. Cuba, 2009: Castro is dead, and the first free Cuban elections in decades are thrown into turmoil by a drug-funded warlord. The Ghosts, an elite team of U.S.
Why similar: Action 29.8%, FPS 28.9%, Military 24.4%, Shooter 11.4%, First-Person 5.6%
- #39 STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 17,132 reviews2009
Dev: LucasArts
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Why similar: FPS 37.1%, Classic 35.1% ★, Action 13.8%, Shooter 7.9%, First-Person 4.5%
- #40 Hitman: Codename 47
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 5,084 reviews2007
Dev: IO Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 38%
As the enigmatic Hitman, you must use stealth and tactical problem solving to enter, execute and exit your assignment with minimum attention and maximum effectiveness. For a price, you have access to the most devious devices, but how you use them will determine if you retire as a millionaire or get permanently retired.
Why similar: Classic 73.1% ★, Action 19.5%, Shooter 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #41 Quake II
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,353 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 44.5% ★, FPS 30.7%, Action 8.7%, 1990's 7.4%, Shooter 5.5%
- #42 Thunder Tier One
67% matchMixed69% of 5,711 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 64.1%, Shooter 17.7%, Action 15.7%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #43 Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,461 reviews2019
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!
Why similar: Classic 48.2% ★, FPS 31.2%, Action 12%, Shooter 5.5%, First-Person 2.5%
- #44 Dagger Directive
63% matchVery Positive83% of 833 reviews2026
Dev: Arcane Alpacas LLCPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Dagger Directive is a tactical FPS that allows you to approach each mission in your own way. Select equipment, decide the time of day, then move methodically to complete your mission. Enjoy the modern mechanics and old school graphics as you fight across a variety of missions and environments.
Why similar: Military 36%, FPS 32.2%, Action 13.6%, Shooter 11.3%, First-Person 6.8%
- #45 STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
64% matchVery Positive89% of 1,625 reviews2024
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.
Why similar: FPS 36%, Classic 19% ★, Shooter 12.4%, 1990's 11.9%, Action 11.9%
- #46 Last Rites
69% matchMixed58% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: Ocean SoftwarePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 32%
"We are food, but not for long." The Zombie apocalypse has come, and your squad is the last line of defense. Command a Special Forces unit with high-tech weaponry in this mission-based FPS with sprawling indoor and outdoor environments.
Why similar: Classic 44% ★, FPS 30.8%, Action 25.2%
- #47 SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition
69% matchMixed66% of 369 reviews2017
Dev: SierraPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Uncompromised duty, honor and valor.
Why similar: Classic 39% ★, FPS 34.2%, Action 20.6%, First-Person 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #48 Commandos 3: Destination Berlin
69% matchMixed62% of 1,136 reviews2007
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin is a game of real-time tactics that places you in command of an elite unit of Special Forces behind enemy lines in the European theater of World War II.
Why similar: Military 60.5%, Action 39.5%
- #49 STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
68% matchVery Positive81% of 2,263 reviews2009
Dev: LucasArts
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II picks up where the award-winning Dark Forces™ game left off...with even more features and firepower in dazzling 3D graphics. As Kyle Katarn, you must acquire a lightsaber and learn the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight.
Why similar: Classic 44.9% ★, FPS 27.9%, Action 16.3%, Shooter 4.8%, First-Person 3.4%
- #50 Quake
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,264 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 26.0 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: Classic 48% ★, FPS 29.3%, Action 6.8%, 1990's 6.6%, Shooter 5.8%
- #51 NAM
68% matchMixed70% of 300 reviews2014
Dev: TNT TeamPub: Ziggurat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 22%
You are Alan 'The Bear' Westmoreland, Marine Corps sergeant. The trouble starts on a deadly Viet Cong raid. Here the jungle is your battleground. Your mission, survive.
Why similar: Classic 33.5% ★, Action 25.6%, FPS 23.7%, Shooter 8%, First-Person 4.7%
- #52 Call of Duty: United Offensive
67% matchVery Positive87% of 2,417 reviews2006
Dev: Gray Matter StudiosPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 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 28.1%, Classic 27.7% ★, Military 22%, Action 11.7%, Shooter 6.7%