Games Like Insurgency

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.

Why similar: FPS 45%, Military 10.9%, Realistic 10.4%, Tactical 9.1%, Shooter 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel preserves Insurgency’s lethal gunplay, objective-driven PvP and co-op modes, and emphasis on communication while expanding the scale and presentation.

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 45.3%, Military 9.8%, Realistic 9.1%, Tactical 7.5%, Multiplayer 7%

Why You'll Like It: Built on the same Source-engine foundations, it delivers extremely similar class-based objective combat and harsh, low-health firefights in a World War II setting.

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 33.7%, Military 13.5%, Realistic 9.9%, Tactical 9.2%, Team-Based 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It expands Insurgency’s teamwork, suppression, and objective capture into large-scale modern battles centered on squad communication and logistics.

Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.

Why similar: FPS 35%, Tactical 14.2%, Realistic 9.5%, Military 8.4%, Shooter 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This close-quarters tactical shooter emphasizes methodical room clearing, lethal engagements, cooperative play, and compact maps with high-stakes objectives.

From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.

Why similar: FPS 35.6%, Tactical 15.7%, Military 13.2%, Realistic 12.7%, Shooter 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers highly customizable realistic weapon handling and deliberate tactical operations where positioning, planning, and careful target identification matter.

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 45.3%, Tactical 17.4%, Realistic 13.6%, Shooter 7.4%, Multiplayer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op SWAT missions focus on slow, communication-heavy building clears and unforgiving close-range firefights with a similarly grounded feel.

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 41.2%, Military 12.1%, Realistic 8.8%, Tactical 8.8%, Team-Based 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its brutal damage model, asymmetric factions, territory objectives, and immersive infantry combat make it a strong match for players who enjoy tense pushes in Insurgency.

Six Days in Fallujah is an intensely realistic first-person tactical shooter based on true stories from one of this century’s toughest urban battles.

Why similar: FPS 33.3%, Military 11.6%, Tactical 10.8%, Realistic 9.4%, Team-Based 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op military shooter recreates dangerous urban assaults with procedural interiors, limited information, and a strong need for coordinated movement.

Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.

Why similar: FPS 36.3%, Military 15.8%, Realistic 11%, Tactical 8.3%, Shooter 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a modern military sandbox with realistic ballistics, combined-arms objectives, and a much larger-scale version of Insurgency’s team-focused combat.

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: FPS 28.6%, Military 15.1%, Realistic 9.5%, Tactical 9.1%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its expansive military simulation supports serious infantry operations, cooperative missions, and modded tactical scenarios for players wanting more scale and realism.

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 developers of the cancelled Project Reality 2 project.

Why similar: FPS 39.6%, Military 14.1%, Realistic 11.1%, Tactical 10.2%, Multiplayer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This free-to-play tactical shooter combines squad-based modern combat, capture objectives, and community-made content in the vein of larger hardcore military FPS games.

Team up and join the frontline in Squad 44, the most authentic tactical WW2 shooter. Experience ruthless realism with an immense arsenal of faithfully recreated weapons and vehicles across massive WW2 battlefields.

Why similar: FPS 40.4%, Military 12.8%, Realistic 9.5%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Tactical 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It translates disciplined squad movement, suppression, logistics, and hard-fought objectives into a World War II setting.

Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.

Why similar: FPS 39.4%, Realistic 11.2%, Military 10.7%, Tactical 8.5%, Shooter 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its large objective sectors, realistic infantry lethality, class roles, and voice-dependent teamwork reward the same cautious aggression as Insurgency.

Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.

Why similar: FPS 32.1%, Shooter 10.2%, Military 9.7%, Tactical 8.8%, Realistic 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Verdun delivers punishing first-person trench warfare with squad roles and sustained frontline objectives for a slower, harsher tactical experience.

Ferocious Alpine warfare will test your tactical skills in this authentic WW1 FPS. Battle among the scenic peaks, rugged valleys and idyllic towns of northern Italy. The Great War on the Italian Front is brought to life and elevated to unexpected heights!

Why similar: FPS 27.9%, Military 13.6%, Team-Based 12%, Realistic 11.9%, Tactical 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its World War we mountain battles use class roles, fortifications, and sequential attack-and-defense objectives that make every push feel consequential.

Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Why similar: FPS 41%, Realistic 14.1%, Team-Based 8.1%, Tactical 8%, Multiplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This hardcore historical shooter offers lethal weapons, immersive objective modes, limited HUD information, and a strong emphasis on infantry positioning.

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

Why similar: FPS 47.6%, Shooter 15.3%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Team-Based 7.1%, Tactical 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its Source-engine gunplay, compact maps, decisive round-based objectives, and reliance on teamwork make it a natural older-school companion to Insurgency.

BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly, massive multiplayer FPS, supporting 254 players per server. Battle on a near-fully destructible map with various vehicles!

Why similar: FPS 44.1%, Military 11.9%, Tactical 8.8%, Shooter 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Behind its simple visuals is a surprisingly hardcore large-scale FPS with fast lethality, destruction, squad coordination, and flexible objective play.

Set in the muddy trenches of WW1, Beyond The Wire is a 50v50 multiplayer FPS that immerses players in the desperate & brutal circumstances of the Great War. Featuring an arsenal of historic weapons, ten massive maps, ten playable factions, era-specific tanks, & a brutal melee combat system.

Why similar: FPS 40.7%, Military 13%, Tactical 8%, Realistic 7.6%, War 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This realistic World War we shooter emphasizes suppression, teamwork, bayonet-level close combat, and organized assaults on contested positions.

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 43.7%, Military 9%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Tactical 8%, Shooter 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its modern military modes provide accessible but objective-oriented large-scale firefights, with class roles and tactical loadouts that will feel familiar.

IRR is a tactical PvE Co-Op extract shooter set in a de-stabilized and immersive modern-day Vietnam. As a PMC for a mysterious organization, deal with 3 factions that stand to gain from the chaos. Engage in ruthless combat, plan your deployment, and explore the world as your journey unfolds.

Why similar: FPS 39.9%, Tactical 11.4%, Realistic 11.3%, Military 11.1%, Shooter 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op tactical extraction shooter emphasizes deliberate missions, realistic weapons, limited resources, and coordinated engagements against dangerous AI opponents.

Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.

Why similar: FPS 37.1%, Tactical 11.4%, Military 10.9%, Realistic 10%, Shooter 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-ended tactical deployments, realistic weapon customization, and high-risk PvEvP encounters cater to players seeking a slower military-shooter experience.

Arena Breakout: Infinite is a high-stakes tactical extraction shooter where every decision matters. Fight, loot, and extract—or lose it all. With stunningly realistic visuals, lifelike sound, and unforgiving PvPvE combat, every raid is a gamble between glory and ruin.

Why similar: FPS 50.5%, Realistic 12.4%, Tactical 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: The extraction structure adds gear risk, but its realistic weapon handling, tense sound-driven combat, and tactical looting reward cautious teamwork.

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 47.1%, Tactical 6.7%, Team-Based 6.6%, Shooter 6.6%, Multiplayer 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more competitive and round-based, its punishing weapon mechanics, concise objectives, and importance of communication suit players who enjoy tactical firefights.

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

Why similar: FPS 40.5%, Military 12.7%, Tactical 9.4%, Team-Based 9.4%, Competitive 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its compact infiltration missions reward communication, stealth, lethal gunplay, and creative use of the environment in high-tension multiplayer rounds.

SCP: 5K is a co-op or singleplayer tactical horror FPS project that puts players in the midst of a conspiracy where the SCP Foundation has turned on humanity. Enjoy Early Access as we continue to work towards a completed full release of the project!

Why similar: FPS 37.1%, Tactical 11.8%, Military 11.5%, Realistic 9.9%, Co-op 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op tactical shooter brings methodical squad clearing, weapon customization, and hostile indoor encounters to a darker sci-fi setting.

The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.

Why similar: FPS 47.1%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Co-op 9.1%, Online Co-Op 7.1%, Shooter 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This free co-op Source-engine shooter shares Insurgency’s grounded pacing and teamwork demands, replacing opposing teams with dangerous zombie survival scenarios.

PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.

Why similar: FPS 49.5%, Co-op 9.6%, Team-Based 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Tactical 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Though built around heists, it offers robust cooperative FPS action where teams coordinate roles, hold objectives, and survive escalating close-quarters assaults.

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

Why similar: FPS 36.2%, Tactical 10.5%, Competitive 6.9%, Shooter 6.5%, Multiplayer 6.3%

Onward is the most immersive tactical VR shooter. Join your squad for a wide variety of competitive PvP, co-op PvE, and solo game modes, including intense multiplayer battles or 4-player co-op missions. Realistic weaponry and combat mechanics will push your survival and combat skills to their limit

Why similar: FPS 38.1%, Military 12.3%, Realistic 10.2%, Tactical 9%, Shooter 7.7%

Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles

Why similar: FPS 28.4%, Multiplayer 26.2%, Team-Based 10.6%, Competitive 8.4%, First-Person 7.9%

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

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

Why similar: FPS 52.4%, Team-Based 12.6%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Tactical 5%, Competitive 4.9%

UPDATE 28 AVAILABLE - Interstellar Marines is an immersive tactical sci-fi First Person Simulator in the making, offering a unique blend of tactical gameplay, dynamic environments and non-scripted AI. Play Singleplayer or Co-op/PvP on servers around the world.

Why similar: FPS 49.7%, Tactical 14.9%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Co-op 6.7%, Shooter 6.1%

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

Why similar: FPS 38.3%, Tactical 11.5%, Realistic 10.5%, Military 9.4%, Team-Based 7.5%

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

Why similar: FPS 59%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Co-op 6.7%, Team-Based 5.8%, Shooter 5.7%

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 48.4%, Military 12.2%, Tactical 9.2%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Shooter 7.1%

Step into the explosive fury of war with Hell Let Loose: Vietnam. Play a decisive role in one of the most iconic conflicts in history with expansive 50v50 player battles, where teamwork, tactics and an arsenal of destructive weapons combine to shape the battlefield in your favour.

Why similar: FPS 43.1%, Military 11.6%, Realistic 9.6%, Shooter 7.9%, Tactical 6.2%

Assemble your crew, take to the skies in the premier PvP airship combat game. Guns of Icarus Online is all about flying massive airships, shooting big turret weapons, and working as a team for supremacy of the skies. Everyone as one, victory or death, together.

Why similar: Team-Based 21.7%, FPS 20.2%, Tactical 14.6%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Co-op 8.8%

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

Why similar: FPS 53.8%, Shooter 9.3%, Multiplayer 9%, Military 7.4%, Tactical 4.8%

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Why similar: Tactical 62.6%, Strategy 8.4%, Co-op 7.5%, Shooter 7.2%, Action 5.2%

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 58%, Military 11.8%, Shooter 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.8%, War 5%

TAKEDOWN is a thinking-person’s shooter; brutal, hardcore and deadly - like the real thing. Not for the faint hearted, Takedown requires you to bring your 'A' game - FPS fans looking for an ultra hardcore experience only need apply!

Why similar: FPS 58.9%, Tactical 14.3%, Multiplayer 5%, Shooter 4.7%, Online Co-Op 3.2%

Hired Ops is a session-based online shooter dedicated to fierce conflicts between rival mercenary groups battling on a global scale.

Why similar: FPS 69.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Shooter 7.6%, Military 5.6%, Action 2.7%

In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.

Why similar: FPS 39.1%, Tactical 14.1%, Realistic 12.7%, Shooter 9%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Land on the beaches of Gallipoli and fight intense 50-player objective-based battles on the Ottoman Fronts! Experience WW1 trench warfare and desert expeditions as one of 10 historic classes, armed with authentic weaponry. Gallipoli brings the most immersive WW1 FPS battles yet.

Why similar: FPS 35.4%, Military 12.6%, Realistic 9.5%, Tactical 8.1%, Team-Based 7.2%

EXFIL delivers raw tactical FPS intensity with no distractions. No loot grinding, no gimmicks, just pure realism. EXFIL tests your strategy, comms, and teamwork in high-stakes tactical engagements. Will your squad rise to the challenge?

Why similar: FPS 32.2%, Military 11.2%, Tactical 10.7%, Realistic 8.9%, Team-Based 8.4%

Take charge of a SWAT unit as an elite operator. Command a specialized AI squad or team up in co-op to seize suspects, rescue civilians, and restore order. Study the briefing, kit out your team, and execute your plan with disciplined precision.

Why similar: FPS 38.3%, Tactical 10.8%, Military 10.7%, Realistic 8.6%, Shooter 7.3%

Homefront®: The Revolution is an open-world first person shooter where you must lead the Resistance movement in guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.

Why similar: FPS 54.2%, Shooter 8.5%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Military 7.2%, War 5.6%

Tactical Assault VR is an intense tactical shooter where you use real-world CQB (Close Quarters Battles) tactics to stack up, breach doors and eliminate threats. Play solo or join an online co-op special forces unit in missions around the world.

Why similar: Tactical 31.8%, Shooter 18.3%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Online Co-Op 11.1%, War 11.1%

Experience hyper-realistic visuals and fluid controls from an unprecedented Bodycam perspective. The world's first shooter with truly playable 3DGS environments. Every pulse-pounding firefight and precise tactical move is captured by your chest-mounted camera for unmatched battlefield immersion.

Why similar: FPS 33.8%, Tactical 10.3%, Military 9.9%, Realistic 9.2%, Team-Based 8.1%

Task Force is the ultimate tactical shooter sandbox that focuses on close quarters infantry combat. It's made by a small indie team of 3 developers that strive to create exceptional action simulation games.

Why similar: FPS 32%, Tactical 11.7%, Team-Based 10.7%, Military 8.8%, Competitive 7.9%

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 47.1%, Realistic 10.1%, Military 8.3%, Tactical 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.6%

The Rock Map Pack is Now Available! Join the Resistance, stand united and fight for freedom against an overwhelming military force.

Why similar: FPS 60.6%, Shooter 8.8%, Military 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Action 6.5%

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: FPS 63.5%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Shooter 10.8%, War 4.6%, First-Person 2.9%

POLYGON is a tactical multiplayer team 1st person shooter. Using various weapons, you will battle with up to 32 players on large-scale maps. Properly managing your arsenal and skills, you will lead your team to victory!

Why similar: FPS 37.5%, Military 11.5%, Tactical 10.6%, Shooter 8.2%, Competitive 7.3%