- #1 Delta Force: Xtreme
96% matchVery Positive81% of 194 reviews2009
Dev: NovaLogic
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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: Action 50.4%, FPS 49.6%
Why You'll Like It: A modernized remake of the original Delta Force that retains the core open-map tactical gameplay of the series.
- #2 Delta Force Land Warrior
96% matchVery Positive92% of 379 reviews2009
Dev: NovaLogic
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.4 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 48.9%, Action 47.9%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same squad-based tactical approach and diverse mission environments that defined the early Delta Force experience.
- #3 Delta Force: Task Force Dagger
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 192 reviews2009
Dev: NovaLogic
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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: Expands on the Delta Force 2 formula with additional special operations missions and equipment options.
- #4 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
94% matchVery Positive92% of 1,616 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.8 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 23.9%, Classic 21.3% ★, Tactical 20%, Military 11.9%, Action 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the definitive squad-based tactical experience with a focus on planning and stealthy military execution.
- #5 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold
94% matchVery Positive92% of 2,041 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.7 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 30.1%, Tactical 23.9%, Classic 17.5% ★, Action 11.9%, Shooter 7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers intense, high-stakes tactical planning and execution that complements the Delta Force series' focus on realism.
- #6 Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire
93% matchVery Positive95% of 973 reviews2017
Dev: Illusion SoftworksPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.2 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 34.9%, Action 21.9%, Tactical 19.8%, Shooter 14%, First-Person 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical squad management with realistic military objectives in a historical setting.
- #7 ARMA: Cold War Assault
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 6,218 reviews2011
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation and the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game”. Over 2 million copies have been sold since its release.
Why similar: Classic 25.4% ★, Military 19.5%, FPS 19.3%, Action 13.5%, Tactical 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: The spiritual successor to the large-scale tactical military simulation style found in the Delta Force series.
- #8 Call of Duty® 2
91% matchVery Positive94% of 11,189 reviews2006
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 20.6 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 30.3%, Classic 26.8% ★, Action 14.5%, Shooter 11.8%, Military 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic military shooter that emphasizes intense, objective-based combat in a historical theater.
- #9 Conflict Desert Storm™
90% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,329 reviews2012
Dev: Pivotal GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.8 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 32.5% ★, Action 21.4%, Tactical 19%, Military 15.7%, Shooter 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A squad-based tactical shooter that focuses on managing a team through dangerous military operations.
- #10 Sniper Elite V2
89% matchVery Positive88% of 25,410 reviews
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In the dark days of the end of World War Two amidst the ruins of Berlin, one bullet can change history…
Why similar: Action 41.1%, Shooter 24.1%, FPS 21.8%, Tactical 10.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the long-range precision shooting that was a hallmark of the Delta Force gameplay loop.
- #11 Squad
87% matchVery Positive81% of 234,054 reviews2020
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 110.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 26.7%, Military 26.5%, Tactical 14.3%, Shooter 13.2%, Action 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a modern, large-scale cooperative military simulation experience that scales up the tactical combat of classic shooters.
- #12 Insurgency
88% matchVery Positive92% of 124,756 reviews2014
Dev: New World Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 35.1 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 59.2%, Tactical 11%, Military 10.4%, Shooter 9%, Action 7%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical shooter that rewards careful movement and realistic military engagement tactics.
- #13 Project: Snowblind
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 735 reviews2007
Dev: Crystal DynamicsPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.0 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: Action 28.4%, FPS 27%, Classic 19.8% ★, Shooter 16.9%, First-Person 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a fast-paced military shooter experience with a variety of tactical gadgets and weapons.
- #14 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2
86% matchVery Positive85% of 5,999 reviews2008
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.6 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 33%, Tactical 23.3%, Action 16.7%, Shooter 10.9%, Classic 9.8% ★
Why You'll Like It: Refines the tactical squad-based shooter formula with modern mechanics and high-intensity combat scenarios.
- #15 Arma 3
85% matchVery Positive90% of 291,421 reviews2013
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 255.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 26.7%, FPS 20.4%, Shooter 16.1%, Action 14.6%, Tactical 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: The pinnacle of open-world military simulation, offering the massive scale and tactical depth that Delta Force fans appreciate.
- #16 Delta Force
83% matchMixed58% of 177,515 reviews2024
Dev: Team JadePub: TiMi Studio Group
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 55.9 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 30.5%, Shooter 17.2%, Military 16.6%, Action 13%, Tactical 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern, free-to-play interpretation of the franchise that brings large-scale extraction and tactical combat to a new generation.
- #17 Men of Valor
86% matchMixed68% of 739 reviews2016
Dev: 2015Pub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.9 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: FPS 23.7%, Action 21.3%, Classic 19.1% ★, Military 14%, Shooter 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A Vietnam-era military shooter that captures the intensity of jungle warfare and squad-based objectives.
- #18 Day of Defeat: Source
84% matchVery Positive92% of 23,350 reviews2010
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 45.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Valve's WWII Multiplayer Classic - Now available for Mac.
Why similar: FPS 42.1%, Classic 13.4% ★, Military 13.3%, Shooter 11.4%, Action 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A team-based tactical shooter that focuses on objective control and military coordination.
- #19 Elite Warriors: Vietnam
84% matchMixed60% of 50 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: Focuses on the tactical and stealth-oriented aspects of special operations in a historical military setting.
- #20 Ready or Not
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 320,774 reviews2023
Dev: VOID Interactive
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 36%, Tactical 27.1%, Shooter 17.2%, Action 9.1%, First-Person 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: An intense tactical shooter that focuses on high-stakes squad coordination and realistic room-clearing mechanics.
- #21 Counter-Strike: Source
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 190,323 reviews2004
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 177.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.
Why similar: FPS 32.7%, Shooter 30.9%, Action 15.3%, Tactical 8.6%, Military 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational tactical team shooter that emphasizes precision and map knowledge.
- #22 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™
82% matchMostly Positive70% of 5,917 reviews2012
Dev: Ubisoft ParisPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 29%, Tactical 21.9%, Shooter 17.4%, FPS 16.9%, Military 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features advanced tactical technology and squad-based maneuvers for modern military operations.
- #23 GROUND BRANCH
80% matchVery Positive89% of 23,166 reviews2018
Dev: BlackFoot StudiosPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 27%, Military 24.7%, Tactical 23.5%, Shooter 12.2%, Action 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A modern tactical shooter that prioritizes realism, customization, and methodical squad-based gameplay.
- #24 Sniper Elite 4
79% matchVery Positive91% of 61,917 reviews2017
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Discover unrivalled sniping freedom in the largest and most advanced World War 2 shooter ever built. Experience tactical third-person combat, gameplay choice and epic longshots across gigantic levels as you liberate wartime Italy from the grip of Fascism.
Why similar: Shooter 31.3%, Action 27.8%, FPS 20.7%, Tactical 11.6%, First-Person 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers refined long-range tactical gameplay with expansive maps that encourage strategic positioning.
- #25 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 27.4%, FPS 24.2%, Tactical 16.7%, Action 14.2%, Shooter 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, simulation-heavy experience that expands on the large-scale combat foundations of the genre.
- #26 Delta Force 1
78% matchVery Positive90% of 666 reviews2009
Dev: NovaLogic
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 28.6% ★, FPS 26.4%, Action 20.7%, Military 17.8%, Shooter 6.6%
- #27 Delta Force — Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre
77% matchVery Positive93% of 554 reviews2009
Dev: Ritual EntertainmentPub: NovaLogic
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.3 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: Action 31.3%, FPS 26.7%, Military 20.4%, Shooter 13.3%, First-Person 8.3%
- #28 Day of Defeat
77% matchVery Positive90% of 7,278 reviews2003
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 35.7 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 60.7%, Classic 14.7% ★, Shooter 8.5%, Action 6%, Military 4.6%
- #29 Delta Force Xtreme 2
78% matchMixed51% of 258 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: Action 50.4%, FPS 49.6%
- #30 Call of Duty® (2003)
75% matchVery Positive95% of 7,463 reviews2006
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 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 31.5% ★, FPS 29.6%, Action 11.1%, Military 11%, Shooter 10.4%
- #31 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Desert Siege™
75% matchVery Positive91% of 169 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%
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 35.5%, FPS 23.4%, Shooter 19.6%, Tactical 12.6%, First-Person 9%
- #32 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown™
76% matchMixed61% of 520 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Engineered specifically for the PC by Red Storm Entertainment, Rainbow Six returns to deliver the tensest close-quarters battles ever experienced online. In this episode, Rainbow faces independent terrorist threats, tied together by one common element - the Legion virus.
Why similar: Action 33%, FPS 26.1%, Shooter 18.5%, Tactical 11.6%, First-Person 9.4%
- #33 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,673 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 27.3%, Action 18.1%, Classic 16.6% ★, Tactical 15.7%, Shooter 9.7%
- #34 Call of Duty: United Offensive
73% matchVery Positive87% of 2,331 reviews2006
Dev: Gray Matter StudiosPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 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 29.5%, Classic 22.9% ★, Action 15.3%, Military 14.5%, Shooter 11.5%
- #35 Shadow Ops: Red Mercury
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 292 reviews2014
Dev: Zombie StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 47%, Action 42%, First-Person 10.9%
- #36 Half-Life: Opposing Force
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 27,778 reviews1999
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 39.3 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 48.9%, Classic 22.7% ★, Action 9.1%, Shooter 7.7%, Military 5.9%
- #37 STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995)
73% matchVery Positive89% of 3,050 reviews2009
Dev: LucasArts
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Behind a veil of secrecy the evil Empire is creating a doomsday army - one that, if finished, will become the final cog in the Empire's arsenal of terror and domination. Your Mission? Join the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division, infiltrate the Empire.
Why similar: Classic 36.6% ★, FPS 32.4%, Action 13.2%, Shooter 10.4%, First-Person 6%
- #38 Counter-Strike
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 258,615 reviews2000
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 274.3 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: FPS 31.3%, Classic 26.6% ★, Action 16.6%, Shooter 12.4%, Tactical 5.5%
- #39 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Island Thunder™
72% matchVery Positive87% of 173 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.7 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 28.7%, FPS 22.4%, Tactical 17.1%, Shooter 14.3%, Military 10.8%
- #40 Quake 4
70% matchVery Positive88% of 3,762 reviews2011
Dev: RavenSoftPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 40.4%, Classic 24% ★, Action 14.9%, Shooter 13.9%, First-Person 5.3%
- #41 Return to Castle Wolfenstein
70% matchVery Positive93% of 8,957 reviews2007
Dev: Gray Matter StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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 39.9% ★, FPS 31.9%, Action 13.1%, Shooter 8.8%, First-Person 5%
- #42 Quake II
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,960 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 38.8% ★, FPS 33.9%, Action 12%, Shooter 9.8%, First-Person 4.2%
- #43 Full Spectrum Warrior
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 326 reviews2007
Dev: Pandemic StudiosPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
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: Action 38.6%, Military 32.5%, Tactical 27.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #44 Frontlines™: Fuel of War™
70% matchMixed69% of 1,054 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 38.7%, Action 24.7%, Shooter 15.9%, Military 15.2%, First-Person 3.6%
- #45 STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
69% matchVery Positive81% of 2,202 reviews2009
Dev: LucasArts
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 25.5 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 36.1% ★, FPS 28.5%, Action 20.8%, Shooter 7.8%, First-Person 5.2%
- #46 America's Army: Proving Grounds
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 11,005 reviews2013
Dev: U.S. Army
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
America’s Army: Proving Grounds is the official game of the U.S. Army and part of the highly acclaimed America’s Army game series. This free military game focuses on small unit tactical maneuvers and puts you to the test in a wide variety of new America’s Army maps and AA fan favorites.
Why similar: FPS 32.8%, Military 20.6%, Shooter 14.1%, Action 12.7%, Tactical 12.3%
- #47 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®
64% matchMostly Positive79% of 35,955 reviews2023
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 29.2%, Military 20.6%, Shooter 15.2%, Action 14.3%, Tactical 11%
- #48 Medal of Honor™
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 10,692 reviews2010
Dev: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.8 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 40.1%, Military 20.1%, Shooter 15.8%, Action 14.9%, First-Person 6.8%
- #49 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
66% matchVery Positive84% of 2,165 reviews2022
Dev: Splash DamagePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 20%
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 38.4%, Classic 24.8% ★, Action 14.5%, Shooter 14.4%, First-Person 7.1%
- #50 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
67% matchVery Positive88% of 3,837 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 55.7% ★, Action 25.8%, Shooter 9.9%, Tactical 5.2%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #51 Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,089 reviews2007
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 5.6 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: Tactical 28.8%, Action 27.2%, Classic 26.1% ★, Military 17.8%
- #52 Team Fortress Classic
67% matchVery Positive87% of 9,083 reviews1999
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
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 29.6% ★, Action 28.5%, FPS 26.4%, Shooter 10.1%, First-Person 5.3%
- #53 Bet On Soldier
68% matchMixed69% of 334 reviews2014
Dev: KylotonnPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Delve into a world where war has become a media frenzy! Survive your battles and bet on your victories!
Why similar: FPS 46%, Action 33.5%, Shooter 14.2%, First-Person 6.4%