- #1 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
97% matchVery Positive92% of 108,470 reviews2015
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 65.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
Why similar: Stealth 32.2%, Third-Person Shooter 20.1%, Tactical 11.8%, Third Person 10.3%, Cinematic 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It directly evolves the base-building, recruitment, and open-ended tactical espionage mechanics introduced in Peace Walker.
- #2 METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version
96% matchVery Positive90% of 7,113 reviews2023
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is the origin story of Naked Snake and his mentor The Boss and the fifth title in the METAL GEAR series.
Why similar: Cold War 23% ★, Third-Person Shooter 21.4%, Stealth 11.9%, Tanks 6.5% ★, Exploration 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same era, protagonist, and jungle survival survivalist themes that shaped Peace Walker's foundational lore.
- #3 METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER
95% matchVery Positive84% of 19,733 reviews2025
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A remake of the 2004 game METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER, with the same gripping story and engrossing world, now with all new graphics and 3D audio that enhance the jungle atmosphere. Get ready for the ultimate survival stealth action experience.
Why similar: Cold War 28.2% ★, Third-Person Shooter 16.7%, Stealth 13.9%, Tanks 6.5% ★, Cinematic 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This modern remake of Snake Eater offers the same iconic cold war espionage narrative with modernized visuals and controls.
- #4 METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
96% matchVery Positive85% of 18,298 reviews2014
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
World-renowned Kojima Productions brings the Metal Gear Solid franchise to Steam with METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Play as the legendary hero Snake and infiltrate a Cuban military base to rescue the hostages. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Stealth 29.2%, Third-Person Shooter 15.1%, Tactical 9.2%, Cold War 9.2% ★, Third Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It serves as the technical and narrative prologue to Phantom Pain, utilizing the same fluid third-person stealth gameplay.
- #5 METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,526 reviews2026
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Solid Snake's final mission. Five years after the Big Shell incident, in an era where war has become a business due to the rise of PMCs (Private Military Contractors). To stop Liquid Ocelot's uprising, the legendary hero Solid Snake faces his final battle.
Why similar: Espionage 40.7% ★, Third-Person Shooter 15.1%, Tanks 8.8% ★, Stealth 6.5%, Action RPG 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a cinematic conclusion to major series plotlines with a heavy emphasis on private military companies and tactical combat.
- #6 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory®
94% matchVery Positive93% of 5,840 reviews2009
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Experience one of the most critically acclaimed stealth-action games of all time. Uncover a conspiracy that hits close to home and stop World War III.
Why similar: Espionage 38.5% ★, Stealth 34.7%, Third Person 10.7%, Action 5.2%, Third-Person Shooter 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers pinnacle tactical third-person stealth gameplay focused on shadow management, infiltration, and espionage.
- #7 METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version
93% matchVery Positive90% of 4,749 reviews2023
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The fourth game in the METAL GEAR series: set over two incidents in 2007 and 2009, featuring Solid Snake and Raiden, introducing new stealth gameplay features.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 24.9%, Stealth 17.9%, Exploration 7.8%, Tanks 7.7% ★, Third Person 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features classic overhead and third-person espionage mechanics that established the DNA of the entire franchise.
- #8 METAL GEAR SOLID - Master Collection Version
92% matchVery Positive83% of 6,147 reviews2023
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The first 3D title in the METAL GEAR series pioneering a new level of stealth action with live action footage, cinematic cut scenes, and innovative gameplay.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 21.8%, Stealth 16.5%, Espionage 16% ★, Tanks 8.7% ★, Action 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational tactical espionage game that started the modern stealth genre and introduced cinematic storytelling to action games.
- #9 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 21,722 reviews2013
Dev: Ubisoft TorontoPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this stealth-action thriller, a terrorist group known as the Engineers launches the Blacklist, a series of escalating attacks on US interests. Only one man can stop them: legendary covert agent Sam Fisher.
Why similar: Stealth 37.4%, Espionage 17% ★, Third-Person Shooter 14.7%, Third Person 10.6%, Action 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It balances aggressive third-person action with classic stealth mechanics and a mobile command center similar to Mother Base.
- #10 DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
90% matchVery Positive92% of 69,037 reviews2022
Dev: KOJIMA PRODUCTIONSPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 35.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 17.8%, Exploration 16.1%, Story Rich 15.6%, Third Person 13.6%, Cinematic 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: Created by Hideo Kojima, it shares the same distinctive cinematic flair, systemic progression, and logistical management themes.
- #11 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
91% matchVery Positive88% of 4,063 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: Stealth 37.5%, Espionage 29.6% ★, Third-Person Shooter 12.5%, Third Person 10.3%, Action 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational stealth classic that matches the tension of infiltrating enemy territory unseen.
- #12 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 115,459 reviews2017
Dev: Ubisoft ParisPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 16.2 hrsMean: 50.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lead your elite team of Ghosts in this tactical third-person shooter. Explore a massive open world, infiltrate and destroy the deadly Santa Blanca cartel, and save Bolivia and its people.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 34.2%, Stealth 21.8%, Tactical 12.2%, Third Person 7.2%, Online Co-Op 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the squad-based open-world tactical operations and military overthrow themes found in Peace Walker's campaign.
- #13 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 48,340 reviews2023
Dev: Ubisoft ParisPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a tactical third-person shooter set in a vast open world. You must survive, adapt, and fight a rogue spec ops faction, using stealth, strategy, and high-tech gear in solo or co-op.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 37.9%, Stealth 21.8%, Tactical 9.4%, Third Person 8%, Online Co-Op 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers cooperative tactical shooter gameplay and military base infiltration mechanics suited for fans of squad-based missions.
- #14 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction™
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 5,233 reviews2010
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this stealth-action thriller, Sam Fisher investigates his daughter’s death, only to uncover a betrayal by his former agency. Now hunted, he races against time to thwart a terrorist plot threatening millions.
Why similar: Stealth 33%, Third-Person Shooter 27.1%, Action 21.5%, Third Person 12.3%, Story Rich 5%
Why You'll Like It: Features fast-paced action-oriented stealth mechanics for players who enjoyed Peace Walker's more direct combat options.
- #15 HITMAN World of Assassination
86% matchVery Positive87% of 69,619 reviews2022
Dev: IO Interactive A/S
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 41.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Enter the world of the ultimate assassin. HITMAN World of Assassination delivers the definitive stealth action experience, putting you in the shoes of Agent 47, a master assassin. Explore immersive locations, uncover hidden secrets, and eliminate targets with complete freedom of approach.
Why similar: Stealth 33.4%, Third-Person Shooter 28.9%, Third Person 11.2%, Violent 9.7%, Action 7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on creative infiltration, disguise systems, and tactical target elimination in detailed sandbox environments.
- #16 Phantom Doctrine
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,697 reviews2018
Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
Why similar: Cold War 45.1% ★, Espionage 26.2% ★, Stealth 15.8%, Tactical 6.1%, Violent 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cold war spy thriller that incorporates espionage, base management, and tactical turn-based strategy.
- #17 Sniper Elite 4
86% matchVery Positive91% of 63,342 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: Stealth 29.3%, Third-Person Shooter 28.7%, Third Person 13.3%, Action 10.5%, Violent 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines third-person tactical stealth, historical military settings, and open-ended mission objectives.
- #18 Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
85% matchVery Positive92% of 30,029 reviews2013
Dev: Eidos MontrealPub: Eidos Interactive Corp.
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. When a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes.
Why similar: Stealth 67.3%, Story Rich 15.1%, Action 12.5%, Adventure 3.2%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends cyberpunk espionage, conspiracy-driven storytelling, and multiple tactical approaches to missions.
- #19 Just Cause™ 3
84% matchVery Positive84% of 128,079 reviews2015
Dev: Avalanche StudiosPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
With over 1000 km² of complete freedom from sky to seabed, Rico Rodriguez returns to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways imaginable.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 55.3%, Third Person 14.6%, Exploration 11.9%, Action 11.6%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features liberating regions and building up a rebel force against oppressive regimes in open-world settings.
- #20 Generation Zero®
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 42,281 reviews2019
Dev: Systemic Reaction™Pub: Avalanche Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Exploration 45.7%, Survival 32.9%, Action 21.4%
Why You'll Like It: A guerrilla warfare tactical shooter where players use stealth and strategic planning against overwhelming military opposition.
- #21 Far Cry® 5
83% matchVery Positive81% of 189,783 reviews2018
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 22.7 hrsMean: 48.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fight a fanatical cult in this open world FPS. Engage in intense combat, free hostile territory, recruit loyal followers and animal allies, and liberate Hope County solo or in full 2-player co-op.
Why similar: Stealth 30.9%, Exploration 20.2%, Story Rich 12.2%, Survival 12%, 3D 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Involves dismantling a hostile faction's territory base by base using stealth or explosive tactical action.
- #22 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
82% matchVery Positive83% of 70,161 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
Why similar: Survival 40.9%, Online Co-Op 23.2%, Third Person 17%, Action 9.4%, Violent 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers community management, resource gathering, and base building that mirrors the Mother Base gameplay loop.
- #23 XCOM® 2
82% matchVery Positive85% of 109,714 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 62.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Why similar: Tactical 92.1%, Singleplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a resistance management framework and strategic base operations reminiscent of commanding Militaires Sans Frontières.
- #24 Aliens: Dark Descent
81% matchVery Positive88% of 18,947 reviews2023
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
Why similar: Tactical 31.8%, Stealth 21.1%, Action 15.5%, Violent 12.3%, Survival 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes tactical squad management, resource tracking, and maintaining a mobile base of operations under pressure.
- #25 Resident Evil 4
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 279,839 reviews2023
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 26.7 hrsMean: 50.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 52%, Action 8.4%, Story Rich 8.2%, Third Person 8.1%, Cinematic 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same over-the-shoulder third-person action perspective and tension-filled combat encounters.
- #26 Watch Dogs®: Legion
81% matchMixed56% of 12,643 reviews2023
Dev: Ubisoft TorontoPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build a resistance as you fight to take back a near-future London facing its downfall. Welcome to the Resistance.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 43.2%, Third Person 15.9%, Exploration 13.6%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Action 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on recruiting operatives with unique traits to build a resistance network against an authoritarian regime.
- #27 Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
80% matchVery Positive84% of 15,017 reviews2021
Dev: CI Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
SGW Contracts 2 is a modern warfare shooter set in the Middle East. Play as Raven, Contract Sniper Assassin, as you take out a series of targets across a dramatic single-player campaign. With extreme-range shots exceeding 1000m, gear up for the most challenging entry to the series yet.
Why similar: Stealth 48.6%, Tactical 22.3%, Action 10.5%, Violent 9.4%, 3D 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers long-range tactical espionage and high-stakes infiltration missions across hostile territory.
- #28 Metal: Hellsinger
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 17,057 reviews2022
Dev: The OutsidersPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Slay to the rhythm of metal and vengeance on an infernal journey through the eight Hells. Make them fear the beat. Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm FPS bursting with demons, badass weapons, and heavy metal music.
Why similar: Cinematic 32.8%, Action 25.4%, 3D 21.6%, Adventure 15.5%, Singleplayer 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Shares high-energy rhythm and action elements for players looking for purely aggressive combat pacing.
- #29 METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 18 min≥1hr: 7%
This second installment to the collection features “Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots” and “Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (HD Collection version),” and also a digital soundtrack and "Metal Gear: Ghost Babel" as bonus content.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 21.2%, Stealth 12.8%, Cold War 12.2% ★, Action RPG 9%, Tanks 6.6% ★
- #30 METAL GEAR SOLID MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2 BONUS CONTENT
78% matchNo user reviews62% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 10%
As purchase bonuses for the collection edition, it includes Metal Gear: Ghost Babel—the series first title for handheld consoles, released in 2000—and Digital Soundtrack Vol.2, featuring numerous iconic tracks that enhanced Snake's missions, ranging from BGM used in the games to vocal songs.
Why similar: Espionage 49.3% ★, Third-Person Shooter 20.1%, Action RPG 8.5%, Exploration 7.5%, Stealth 5.9%
- #31 METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake
77% matchVery Positive84% of 1,033 reviews2023
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The first and second title in the METAL GEAR series that established the stealth action genre, as well as the basic mechanics of the series.
Why similar: Stealth 27.1%, Exploration 18.5%, Tanks 15.2% ★, Cinematic 11.2%, Action 10.8%
- #32 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 635 reviews2025
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Infiltrate secure locations across the globe in this stealth-action thriller. Uncover a global conspiracy and stop a deadly bio-terror attack in the second game of the award-winning Splinter Cell series.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 46.1%, Stealth 19.5%, Third Person 11.7%, Action 7.2%, Tactical 6.6%
- #33 007 First Light
74% matchVery Positive91% of 47,167 reviews2026
Dev: IO Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Earn the Number. 007 First Light is a thrilling espionage action-adventure game from IO Interactive. Follow James Bond as a young, resourceful and sometimes reckless recruit in MI6's training programme, and discover an origin story of the world’s most famous spy.
Why similar: Espionage 47.5% ★, Third-Person Shooter 17.6%, Stealth 8.9%, Exploration 5.5%, Third Person 5.4%
- #34 DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 27,754 reviews2026
Dev: KOJIMA PRODUCTIONSPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 45.6 hrsMean: 60.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Sam – with companions by his side – sets out on a new journey to save humanity from extinction. Join them as they traverse a world beset by otherworldly enemies, obstacles and a haunting question: should we have connected?
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 40.8%, Exploration 17.8%, Stealth 13.7%, Third Person 12.9%, Action 6.5%
- #35 METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.1 BONUS CONTENT
76% matchMixed59% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 36 min≥1hr: 10%
Volume 1 will feature a variety of bonus contents including the two regional versions of Metal Gear, the original version of Snake's Revenge, the first and second Digital Graphic Novels in video form, and a digital soundtrack.
Why similar: Stealth 21.7%, Exploration 19.8%, Tanks 16.3% ★, Cinematic 12.4%, Action 11.5%
- #36 METAL GEAR SURVIVE
76% matchMixed66% of 5,718 reviews2018
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 53.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
METAL GEAR SURVIVE builds upon MGSV’s stealth action gameplay with elements of exploration and survival creating a bold new experience. *An internet connection is required to play the game.
Why similar: Stealth 35.8%, Survival 19.8%, Third Person 14.5%, Action 14.4%, Adventure 7.6%
- #37 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 6,232 reviews2012
Dev: Ubisoft ParisPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Third-Person Shooter 43.7%, Stealth 23.7%, Tactical 12.7%, Action 11.1%, Third Person 6.9%
- #38 Alekhine's Gun
74% matchMixed62% of 528 reviews2016
Dev: Haggard GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
It is the height of the Cold War, a time of global uncertainty and civil unrest. You are Agent Alekhine, a highly skilled Russian assassin, driven by a moral compass that leads you headfirst into a covert operation unsanctioned by the country you previously served.
Why similar: Cold War 48.4% ★, Stealth 29.9%, Third Person 9.6%, Action 7.4%, Adventure 4.6%
- #39 Cold War
73% matchMixed70% of 302 reviews2014
Dev: Mindware StudiosPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Steal weapons. Improvise gadgets. Evade capture. Uncover the conspiracy.The Story:On the run and fighting for your life, you are freelance journalist Matt Carter. Twelve hours after arriving in Moscow for a routine story, you've been stripped of all possessions, beaten unconscious and thrown into the KGB's political prison.
Why similar: Cold War 53.7% ★, Stealth 26.6%, Action 11.6%, Third Person 8.2%
- #40 Sniper Elite 3
71% matchVery Positive82% of 28,495 reviews2014
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Sniper Elite 3 is a tactical third-person shooter that combines stealth, gameplay choice and genre-defining ballistics with huge, open levels and the exotic terrain of World War 2 North Africa.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 34.7%, Stealth 30.9%, Action 9.4%, Third Person 7.8%, Tactical 7.2%
- #41 Project Looking Glass
68% matchVery Positive100% of 92 reviews2026
Dev: MORPH
Windows · Mac
1963. A classified experiment. A grieving mother with unnatural powers. Step into a first-person psychological horror told through the static of a Cold War-era monitor peering into the astral realm and beyond. Find out what happened to you and uncover the conspiracy they tried to bury.
Why similar: Espionage 63% ★, Cold War 29.1% ★, Exploration 6.4%, Adventure 1.6%
- #42 Sid Meier's Covert Action (Classic)
72% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2014
Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Sid Meier's Covert Action - A Techno-Thriller From the Case Files of Max Remington.
Why similar: Espionage 93.2% ★, Adventure 6.8%
- #43 Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
72% matchMixed67% of 19,679 reviews2017
Dev: CI Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Go behind enemy lines with the ultimate modern military shooter. Play as an American sniper dropped in Georgia, near Russian border. Choose your own path to accomplish your missions across an unforgiving open world.
Why similar: Stealth 52.3%, Action 15.1%, Violent 12.2%, Tactical 8.9%, Online Co-Op 5.3%
- #44 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat - Enhanced Edition
70% matchMixed63% of 4,193 reviews2025
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat follows the story of special service agent Major Degtyarev as he investigates the fate of a lost expedition.
Why similar: Exploration 39.8%, Action 22.2%, Adventure 15.6%, Survival 13.3%, Violent 4.6%
- #45 Alpha Protocol™
71% matchVery Positive81% of 5,112 reviews2010
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Loyalty carries a price and no one knows this more than agent Michael Thorton. A talented young agent cast out by his government, Thorton is the only one with the information needed to stop an impending international catastrophe.
Why similar: Espionage 60.1% ★, Stealth 16.3%, Third-Person Shooter 7.6%, Third Person 5.7%, Action 3.9%
- #46 Global Ops: Commando Libya
73% matchMixed54% of 563 reviews2011
Dev: Spectral GamesPub: Immanitas Entertainment GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An atom bomb has landed in the hands of terrorists, the threat of an attack… and only you can prevent a catastrophe!
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 30.6%, Cold War 22.6% ★, Stealth 10.1%, Third Person 9.2%, Violent 6.3%
- #47 The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 12,092 reviews2013
Dev: 2K MarinPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 47%, Tactical 14.8%, Cold War 12.8% ★, Third Person 10.4%, Action 9.8%
- #48 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
70% matchVery Positive92% of 1,716 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.7 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: Tactical 52.1%, Stealth 28.9%, Action 16.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #49 Freedom Fighters
69% matchVery Positive95% of 2,897 reviews2020
Dev: IO Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Freedom Fighters is an intense third-person action game set in an alternate history New York during the invasion of a foreign superpower. Take on the role of Chris Stone, a hard-working plumber, and rise through the ranks of the resistance to prove yourself as a charismatic leader.
Why similar: Cold War 42.7% ★, Third-Person Shooter 42.7%, Action 8.2%, 3D 3.9%, Tactical 1.7%
- #50 Hitman: Blood Money
69% matchVery Positive94% of 16,185 reviews2007
Dev: Io-Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.
Why similar: Stealth 52.4%, Third-Person Shooter 23.2%, Third Person 13.9%, Action 9.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #51 Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 23,688 reviews2023
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Black Ops Cold War, the direct sequel to Call of Duty®: Black Ops, will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s.
Why similar: Cold War 60.8% ★, PvP 10.9%, Action 7.2%, Tactical 6%, Online Co-Op 6%
- #52 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
66% matchVery Positive80% of 16,534 reviews2023
Dev: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 15.8 hrsMean: 46.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: It’s the early ’90s. After a couple of cops frame him for homicide, Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 52%, Third Person 13.3%, Violent 12.7%, Action 10%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #53 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Island Thunder™
69% matchVery Positive87% of 199 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 53%, Tactical 47%
- #54 Arma Reforger
65% matchMostly Positive80% of 58,413 reviews2023
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 95.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Cold War 41.3% ★, PvP 18.9%, Tactical 14.7%, Third Person 13.9%, Action 10.2%
- #55 Watch Your Back
68% matchMixed48% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: Studios Sant Marc S.L.
Windows
You are some small-time journalists, exploited by your boss. When an abandoned Cold War-era shelter is discovered, your boss sends you there to do the story of a lifetime. Only you two will know what awaits you in there...
Why similar: Cold War 51.1% ★, Stealth 15.4%, Exploration 14.6%, Action 8.1%, 3D 6.7%
- #56 Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
67% matchVery Positive86% of 49,472 reviews2012
Dev: TreyarchPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War
Why similar: Action 39.8%, Online Co-Op 25.2%, Tactical 14.2%, Survival 12.5%, Adventure 4.8%