Games Like HELLDIVERS™ 2

Live the future of despair.The year is 2024 AD. The survivors fought against the remaining threats while trying their best to continue their recovery.Three years passed in the year 2027. In a new world without hope, the time has come to once again resist the fate of the Earth.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 27%, Online Co-Op 17.8%, Shooter 10.2%, PvE 9.9%, Sci-fi 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its drop-in co-op missions, enormous insect and alien swarms, airstrikes, vehicles, and gleefully excessive destruction make it one of the closest matches for Helldivers’ chaotic PvE warfare.

HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 35.9%, Co-op 21.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Shooter 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original delivers the same Super Earth satire, punishing friendly fire, stratagem calls, and tense objective extraction loop, albeit from a top-down perspective.

Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 28.3%, Co-op 14.9%, PvE 14.2%, Multiplayer 12%, Space 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its Operations mode offers three-player PvE missions with massive Tyranid hordes, heavy weaponry, and a similarly cinematic sense of humanity making a desperate last stand.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 22.3%, Online Co-Op 17%, Co-op 13.5%, Shooter 10.9%, Space 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a focused three-player third-person co-op shooter built around class synergy, objective defense, and relentless waves of deadly xenomorphs.

Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 24.9%, Online Co-Op 22.9%, Co-op 11.9%, Shooter 9.2%, Action 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: EDF 5 offers the same joyful formula of four-player deployments, absurdly huge enemy hordes, powerful loadouts, and collateral-heavy alien extermination.

Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 33.3%, Co-op 14.2%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Although roguelite-based, its four-player third-person shooting, escalating enemy chaos, build experimentation, and frantic cooperative survival create a similarly explosive rhythm.

Starship Troopers: Extermination is an up to 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.4%, PvE 14%, Co-op 13.5%, Space 12.1%, Multiplayer 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the bug-war fantasy especially well through large-scale cooperative battles, base defense, class roles, and satirical military sci-fi atmosphere.

It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter.Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal.Co-op play supported.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 31.1%, Online Co-Op 20.1%, Co-op 14%, Sci-fi 7.5%, Multiplayer 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its mission-based co-op structure, giant bugs, varied soldier classes, and over-the-top weapons make it an excellent older alternative for Helldivers-style mayhem.

Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.

Why similar: PvE 23.4%, Co-op 22.3%, Shooter 17.1%, Gore 16.8%, Violent 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: Darktide trades third-person combat for first-person melee and shooting, but its four-player missions, class teamwork, hordes, and grim sci-fi setting are a strong fit.

Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!

Why similar: Co-op 27.2%, PvE 24.4%, Shooter 16.3%, Space 15.6%, Sci-fi 12%

Why You'll Like It: Procedural co-op expeditions, distinct class utilities, swarming alien enemies, and a teamwork-first extraction structure make every mission feel like a shared survival story.

REMNANT II® pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 28.2%, Online Co-Op 18%, Co-op 15.5%, Shooter 11.2%, Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op boss fights, third-person gunplay, distinct build roles, and dangerous alien worlds suit players who enjoy Helldivers’ challenging team combat with more RPG depth.

World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.5%, Third-Person Shooter 19.8%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Co-op 11.7%, Shooter 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This four-player third-person co-op shooter excels at objective-based campaigns and spectacular zombie swarms that demand coordinated defense and heavy firepower.

ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 41.1% ★, Third-Person Shooter 16.2%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, PvE 9.6%, Multiplayer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its third-person sci-fi firefights, hostile robotic threats, squad coordination, and extraction tension share Helldivers’ planetary-war atmosphere, though it is more PvPvE-focused.

Outriders’ brutal and bloody combat combines frenetic gunplay, violent powers and deep RPG systems to create a true genre hybrid.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 32.9%, Co-op 16.5%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Shooter 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A three-player third-person sci-fi shooter with aggressive abilities, build-driven classes, and repeatable combat missions, it offers a more loot-focused version of squad warfare.

The Earth is in pieces...again! We've gotta do more to save the planet!

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 31.8%, Online Co-Op 16.8%, Shooter 14.5%, Co-op 9.6%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This lighter, blocky EDF spin-off still provides co-op alien invasions, class collecting, vehicle combat, and the same delight in annihilating ridiculous swarms.

Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition is a First-Person Shooter based on Games Workshop’s cult classic board game set in Warhammer 40,000 universe. Expanding upon the original game, and featuring a host of new content, new features and a richer multiplayer mode.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.1%, Co-op 20.3%, Shooter 14.3%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Action 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player co-op missions send heavily armed Space Marines into claustrophobic alien infestations, emphasizing coordinated pushes and desperate last stands.

GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.5%, Co-op 15.3%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Shooter 12.3%, PvE 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: For a far more tactical and punishing take on cooperative alien extermination, GTFO emphasizes careful loadouts, coordinated objectives, and terrifying swarms.

Exoprimal is an online, team-based action game that pits humanity's cutting-edge exosuit technology against history's most ferocious beasts – dinosaurs.​​

Why similar: Shooter 19.1%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Sci-fi 15%, PvE 14.9%, Third-Person Shooter 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: Exoprimal pairs class-based third-person shooting with huge dinosaur hordes, team objectives, and deployable tools, though its matches include competitive elements.

Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to discover and destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.6%, Third-Person Shooter 20%, Co-op 11.7%, Shooter 9.4%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its two-player co-op campaign combines third-person sci-fi shooting, monster swarms, weapon crafting, and tense planet-side survival.

In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.3%, Gore 16.2%, Co-op 16.2%, Shooter 14.2%, Multiplayer 14%

Why You'll Like It: Its wave-based co-op combat is built around specialized perks, increasingly overwhelming enemies, and the satisfaction of holding a defensive line with friends.

The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.6%, Co-op 24.2%, PvE 17.4%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Gore 13%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player missions emphasize class synergy, melee-and-ranged combat, and desperate fights through enormous enemy hordes in a different fantasy setting.

Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon!

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 23.2%, Co-op 14.8%, Shooter 13.6%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Gore 9%

Why You'll Like It: This four-player third-person shooter offers pulpy mission campaigns, defensive set pieces, special enemies, and satisfying horde-clearing gunplay.

Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 30.2%, Online Co-Op 23.5%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Shooter 10%, Co-op 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers polished third-person squad shooting, buildcraft, and cooperative missions, although its looter-RPG structure is more methodical than Helldivers’ immediate chaos.

Embark on an exotic journey into danger in this rip-roaring 1930s third person adventure for 1-4 players! Encounter pulse-pounding action, treacherous traps and tales of derring-do!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.4%, Co-op 15.1%, Third-Person Shooter 14.6%, Shooter 10.8%, Multiplayer 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its cooperative third-person expeditions combine supernatural hordes, traps, special abilities, and lighthearted pulp action in a way that suits Helldivers’ playful tone.

Explore the mysteries of Sol and experience exhilirating first-person shooter combat in Destiny 2. Unlock powerful abilities and collect unique gear across story missions, co-op, and PvP modes.

Why similar: PvE 18.4%, Co-op 17.7%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Shooter 14%, Space 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its raids, strikes, class abilities, and ongoing PvE activities provide a large-scale cooperative sci-fi shooter alternative with far more progression and MMO systems.

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: Co-op 26.9%, Online Co-Op 26.4%, Multiplayer 18.8%, Shooter 14.5%, Gore 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational four-player co-op horde shooter whose campaign pacing, special-enemy pressure, and rescue-the-team chaos remain highly effective.

Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Why similar: Co-op 20.6%, PvE 19.9%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Shooter 16.9%, Sci-fi 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world co-op shooter pits squads against dangerous machines across hostile terrain, rewarding preparation, coordinated engagements, and scavenged equipment.

Gunfire Reborn is a level-based adventure game featuring FPS, Roguelite and RPG. Players can control heroes with various abilities to experience diverse Build gameplay, use various weapons to explore procedurally-generated levels. You can play the game alone, or join 4-player coop.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 43.2%, Co-op 25%, Multiplayer 18.8%, Shooter 9.3%, Action 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides fast co-op shooting, randomized builds, enemy-heavy encounters, and repeatable runs for players who enjoy Helldivers’ escalating combat intensity.

From Space is a solo and co-op action-shooter for squads up to four players. Take on the challenge of liberating the earth from an alien infestation with your friends, using over-the-top weaponry in a post-apocalyptic world with awesomely stylized graphics. The apocalypse has never been so much fun!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 31.9%, Co-op 19.8%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Shooter 14.7%, Sci-fi 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This approachable co-op shooter revolves around squads clearing alien infestations with varied weapons and abilities, presented in a colorful, more casual style.

This is a fight for survival. Xenomorphs swarm in overwhelming numbers. Every room could be your last.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 26.4%, Shooter 12.5%, Co-op 9.8%, Online Co-Op 9.8%, Space 8.3%

Sequel to the best-seller ​The Red Solstice​. Plan your strategy and infiltrate a real-time tactical battlefield - alone or with up to 7 squad members. Can you demonstrate the combat prowess to survive and secure a future for humanity?

Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.2%, Multiplayer 20%, Co-op 18.9%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Third Person 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its squad-based deployments against alien outbreaks emphasize objective management, class roles, reinforcements, and survival under escalating pressure.

Be the hero in the ultimate STAR WARS™ battle fantasy with STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II: Celebration Edition!

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 22.7%, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Space 11.3%, Co-op 10.6%

Team up and take flight in this sci-fi co-op shooter with fully destructible environments. Soar through dynamic open levels using powerful abilities, master advanced weapons and vehicles, and lay waste to the armies of a hostile colonizing threat - defend your home worlds!

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 27.4% ★, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Third-Person Shooter 13.9%, PvE 7.2%, Space 6.4%

In Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine you are Captain Titus, a Space Marine of the Ultramarines chapter and a seasoned veteran of countless battles.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 36%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Gore 8.6%, Shooter 7.7%

Rocket Squad is a team-based first-person shooter. Infiltrate perilous planets, gather resources, and return safely to your shelter. Utilize each character's unique abilities and strategically form your team to restore order to the universe.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 29.8% ★, Online Co-Op 18.2%, PvE 11.4%, Co-op 9.6%, Shooter 7.8%

PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.

Why similar: Shooter 24.2%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Online Co-Op 16.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Co-op 9.9%

BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 25.5%, Online Co-Op 17.7%, Co-op 12.7%, Space 10.7%, Shooter 7.8%

Explore alien worlds and launch Offensives against the Void as a member of the ESS Starseeker crew. Embark on timed Expeditions to investigate alien flora and fauna, upgrade your gear, and complete missions to save the Universe.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 26.6% ★, Online Co-Op 17%, Space 14.3%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Sci-fi 9.1%

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: Extraction Shooter 45.2% ★, Online Co-Op 17%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Shooter 9.1%, PvE 7.9%

Embark on an epic sci-fi, free-to-play adventure. Spacelords is a brand-new take on the shooter genre. Through its 4 vs 1 campaign, you experience both sides of the story: Join the Raiders in their fight to free the legendary Broken Planet, or switch sides and fight as the Antagonist alongside the invading hordes!

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 18.2%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Co-op 10.4%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Shooter 9.3%

Explore the lost colony of Tau Ceti IV, scavenging valuable loot in a high-stakes survival first person shooter from the creators of Halo and Destiny.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 55.4% ★, Shooter 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Online Co-Op 7.7%, PvE 7.7%

Save the world without hope. Year 2040. An action TPS where you will become one of the EDF soldiers and fight against the invaders from outer space which ruined the world. In the world settings which differs from the original "EARTH DEFENSE FORCE" series, more than 50 missions in five difficulties await for your challenge.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 25.6%, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Action 12.3%, Co-op 10.3%, Gore 9.8%

Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

Why similar: Shooter 26%, Multiplayer 25.6%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Co-op 8.9%, Action 7.8%

Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 30.4%, Shooter 13%, Space 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Third Person 8.7%

From one of gaming's most iconic sagas, Halo is bigger than ever. Featuring an expansive open-world campaign and a dynamic free to play multiplayer experience.

Why similar: Multiplayer 21.6%, Shooter 18.7%, Co-op 17.7%, Space 15.2%, Sci-fi 14.3%

No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense 8 player zombie shooter. Overcome the endless undead. Avoid infection. Survive hell together.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 34.2%, Co-op 18.9%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Shooter 13.1%, PvE 11%

Lost Planet 2, the sequel to Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition, the landmark third-person shooter that sold over 2.3 million units worldwide, is now available on Steam!

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 32.9%, Co-op 19.7%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Thousands of giant insects and aliens once again ravage the earth, and only the Earth Defense Force can stop them.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 45.3%, Online Co-Op 19.2%, Co-op 14.2%, Action 8.5%, Sci-fi 6%

A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 49.5%, Co-op 19.7%, PvE 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Psychological Horror 6.2%

DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: ROGUE CORE is a 1-4 player co-op shooter with sci-fi dwarves, procedurally-generated caves and random roguelike upgrades. Explore maze-like mines and blast through hordes of alien abominations — no two runs are the same. Move quickly, work together and shoot first to survive.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.2%, PvE 19.2%, Co-op 18.7%, Shooter 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.5%

C.A.S.T is a third-person PvE extraction shooter playable solo or in co-op. Select your character and loadout to battle enemy hordes, evade anomalies, and complete objectives across handcrafted maps with dynamic procedural elements.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 32.3% ★, Third-Person Shooter 17.7%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, PvE 9.6%, Co-op 8.1%

A 4-player online co-op third-person PvE shooter where intense combat meets high-pressure cooking. Battle hordes, coordinate your loadout, and cook under fire to build your pizza empire.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 21.6%, Online Co-Op 18%, Co-op 11.3%, Capitalism 10.4%, Shooter 9.9%

A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 38.2%, Gore 12.3%, Shooter 10.7%, Violent 8.1%, Action 7.5%

In this cooperative third-person shooter, you take control of the P.U.N.K.’s. Rebels that shoot their way through an evil factory with high-powered paint blasters. Sabotage the tyrannical corporation and fight your way through their factory to achieve the highest chaos score!

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 27.5%, Online Co-Op 21.6%, PvE 11.1%, Co-op 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.6%

Take part of history’s greatest battle of Green VS. Tan. Fight amongst and against others online. Jump, shoot and roll your way into victory with fast paced objective based gameplay. Sometimes the greatest battles are fought by the smallest of soldiers.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 38.7%, Multiplayer 19.9%, Shooter 14.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%, Action 7.1%

Don't just defy gravity. Command it. Master the fundamental forces of gravity and save the world.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 33.8%, Gore 14.1%, Violent 12%, Co-op 10%, Action 9.2%

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Extraction is a tactical, co-op, PvE first-person shooter where you and your squad face an evolving alien threat. Teamwork, tactics, and flawless execution are key to your survival.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.6%, Extraction Shooter 23.4% ★, PvE 16.4%, Shooter 11.8%, Co-op 6.8%

Try to survive in Spider Hell. Fight with big, realistic and terrifying spiders and versus swarms with literally thousands of spiders.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 34.2%, Shooter 15.7%, PvE 10.5%, Third Person 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.5%

Rise with Aion — ignite the rebellion, slay the foes, rally your allies, and unmask Terminull’s deepest, most dangerous secrets before they can rewrite our world.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 28.5%, Online Co-Op 22.6%, PvE 21.4%, Shooter 11.7%, Third Person 7.6%