Games Like Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®

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: Tactical 33.5%, Military 17.9%, FPS 17%, Realistic 9%, Shooter 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by former developers of the original Ghost Recon, this title offers the most authentic modern experience of squad-based tactical realism.

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: Tactical 39.6%, FPS 23%, Realistic 10.3%, Shooter 9.5%, Multiplayer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the intense, methodical squad-based clearing and tactical planning that defined the early Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six titles.

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: Tactical 31.1%, FPS 17%, Military 11.6%, Shooter 9.6%, Realistic 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes tactical planning and realistic combat mechanics, requiring players to carefully coordinate their team to succeed in high-stakes environments.

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: Tactical 31.4%, FPS 24%, Classic 9.5% ★, Shooter 8.4%, Action 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic squad-based tactical shooter that shares the same deliberate pace and focus on team management as the original Ghost Recon.

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: Tactical 38%, FPS 20.8%, Classic 12.8% ★, Shooter 4.2%, Military 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential tactical shooter from the same era that shares the same emphasis on planning and team-based execution.

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 24.6%, Tactical 22.4%, Military 17%, Shooter 9.6%, Realistic 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a grounded, high-lethality shooter experience that rewards tactical movement and disciplined fire control.

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: Tactical 23.2%, Military 21.6%, FPS 18.9%, Realistic 8.3%, Shooter 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game scales up the tactical military simulation experience, focusing on communication and coordinated fire teams in large-scale combat.

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: Tactical 32.4%, Stealth 14.4%, FPS 11%, Shooter 9.6%, Military 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It modernizes the Ghost Recon formula with high-tech gadgets while maintaining a focus on squad-based stealth and tactical 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: Military 20.7%, Tactical 19.7%, FPS 13.7%, Shooter 9.4%, Realistic 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive military sandbox, providing the same level of tactical depth and simulation found in the Ghost Recon series.

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: Tactical 27.6%, Military 15.2%, Shooter 12.8%, Stealth 11.7%, FPS 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title translates the squad-based tactical roots of the series into a massive open-world environment that encourages creative mission approaches.

Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.

Why similar: Tactical 25.8%, Military 17.8%, FPS 16.8%, Shooter 7.4%, Stealth 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A direct homage to classic tactical shooters, focusing on squad control and realistic mission execution.

Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original Arma 2, a new flashpoint explodes in the Green Sea Region. Coalition forces led by the US Army are deployed to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.

Why similar: Tactical 23%, Military 19.7%, FPS 13%, Simulation 8.8%, Shooter 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic military simulation that offers deep tactical gameplay and complex mission structures similar to the Ghost Recon series.

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: Tactical 43.1%, Military 25.9%, Strategy 14%, Action 11.7%, Simulation 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on authentic squad tactics and fire-team movement, mirroring the military realism of the Ghost Recon series.

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 67.1%, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 6.8%, Shooter 4.4%, Action 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: While top-down, it perfectly replicates the planning and execution phase of tactical squad shooters, requiring precise coordination.

Based on a true story. Set during the famous airdrop before the invasion at Normandy, where Sgt. Matt Baker and his squad of 101st Airborne Paratroopers were scattered over the French countryside.

Why similar: FPS 36.4%, Tactical 17.8%, Military 10.3%, Shooter 9.4%, Classic 7% ★

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the 'flank and cover' tactical philosophy, requiring players to command their squad effectively to overcome enemy positions.

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: Tactical 37.5%, FPS 21.4%, Military 14.2%, Action 12%, Shooter 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: An essential expansion that adds more tactical missions and challenges, staying true to the core Ghost Recon gameplay loop.

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: Tactical 28.2%, FPS 21.6%, Classic 13.4% ★, Shooter 6.6%, Action 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It brings the tactical shooter genre into a more cinematic, urban environment while keeping the core squad-command mechanics.

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: Tactical 20.7%, Military 20.7%, Shooter 12.2%, Stealth 11.4%, FPS 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the tactical open-world formula of Wildlands with deeper survival mechanics and stealth-focused gameplay.

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: Tactical 37.4%, FPS 23.1%, Classic 7.2% ★, Shooter 6.6%, Co-op 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced but tactical shooter that retains the squad-command elements and methodical room-clearing of the Clancy universe.

Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway brings the critically acclaimed squad-based WWII shooter into the next generation of gaming with amazing graphics and sound, new cutting-edge gameplay features and a totally redesigned online component.

Why similar: Tactical 32.1%, FPS 26.9%, Military 16.6%, Shooter 6.2%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the series' focus on squad-based tactical combat, rewarding players who use their teams to suppress and flank the enemy.

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 24.5%, Tactical 23.4%, Military 20.5%, Realistic 7.8%, War 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a realistic, team-oriented combat experience that demands coordination and tactical awareness to survive.

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: Tactical 32.6%, FPS 26.6%, Shooter 18.4%, Action 17.5%, First-Person 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic expansion that provides additional tactical scenarios and environments, perfect for fans of the original game's mechanics.

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 24.1%, Tactical 18.3%, Military 12.1%, Classic 9.3% ★, Realistic 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a gritty, realistic combat experience that prioritizes tactical positioning and team cooperation.

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 35.5%, Classic 35.2% ★, Tactical 8%, Action 6.9%, Shooter 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more stealth-focused, it shares the same Tom Clancy military-techno-thriller atmosphere and methodical approach to mission objectives.

The genre-defining military sim that began as Operation Flashpoint (2001), now a modernized, 64-bit, cross-platform build for Windows and Linux, with its engine released as open source. Over 2 million copies sold. The Cold War battlefield of Everon and Nogova, remastered for today's hardware.

Why similar: Classic 19.2% ★, Tactical 17.1%, Military 16.5%, FPS 14.3%, Simulation 8%

Why You'll Like It: The classic military simulation that laid the groundwork for modern tactical shooters with its focus on realism and scale.

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: Tactical 28%, FPS 26.7%, Shooter 16.1%, Action 13.7%, Multiplayer 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical shooter that focuses on close-quarters combat and squad coordination within the Clancy universe.

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 36%, Military 20.8%, Shooter 12.2%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Action 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a grounded, military-focused shooter experience that emphasizes the intensity of modern combat operations.

ARMA: Gold is pack of ARMA: Armed Assault and an expansion pack ARMA: Queen's Gambit. ARMA is a first person tactical military shooter with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread over large areas alongside the more closed quarters battle.

Why similar: Military 24.2%, Tactical 21.9%, FPS 16.7%, Simulation 9.6%, Realistic 5.6%

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: Tactical 34.6%, Classic 26.8% ★, Military 14.5%, Action 7.4%, Shooter 6.7%

You're a member of the U.S. Army's best kept secret: the elite SPECIAL OPERATIONS unit known as Delta Force, formed to BATTLE TERRORISM throughout the world. When the best of the rest can't handle the op, YOU are called into action. Can you handle THE JOB? Features FREE NovaWorld™: online gaming supporting up to 50 players.

Why similar: FPS 23.7%, Classic 22.3% ★, Tactical 19.6%, Military 12%, Shooter 9.3%

Call of Duty® delivers the gritty realism and cinematic intensity of World War II's epic battlefield moments like never before.

Why similar: Classic 30.8% ★, FPS 28.2%, Military 12%, Shooter 8.5%, Multiplayer 5.5%

The new action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, the creators of the Call of Duty® series, delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare arms gamers with an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower and transports them to the most treacherous hotspots...

Why similar: FPS 33.1%, Classic 21.6% ★, Military 12.5%, Shooter 9.5%, Multiplayer 8%

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 31.7% ★, FPS 27.8%, Military 21.9%, Action 8.9%, Shooter 6.6%

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 39.4%, Military 17.7%, Shooter 14%, Action 11%, Multiplayer 5.5%

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: Stealth 33.6%, Classic 32.4% ★, Tactical 15%, Co-op 6.5%, Action 6%

Become the ultimate assassin in the most realistic modern warfare sniping game available. Engage in an immersive single-player campaign across large, open-ended maps. Tactical thinking, stealth approach and precision in execution of long shots required.

Why similar: FPS 20.7%, Tactical 16.3%, Military 15.4%, Stealth 12.8%, Shooter 10.4%

You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

Why similar: Tactical 29.3%, FPS 25.5%, Classic 19.5% ★, Shooter 7.7%, Action 5.1%

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: Tactical 23.9%, Military 19.6%, FPS 15.2%, Simulation 7.5%, Realistic 6.9%

With its unprecedented combination of authenticity, compelling story and squad-based action, the Brothers in Arms franchise has established itself as a benchmark for military action games, receiving the highest average review scores of any console WWII game to date (www.gamerankings.com).

Why similar: FPS 32.8%, Tactical 28.6%, Military 19.5%, Action 8.3%, War 3.9%

Commandos 2: Men of Courage is a tactical action/strategy game set against the backdrop of World War II. Take control of an elite group of commandos who must venture deep into enemy territory and utilize their combined expertise to complete a series of mission-based objectives.

Why similar: Tactical 35.9%, Classic 22.3% ★, Stealth 13.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Military 7.4%

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 39.6%, Classic 16.1% ★, Stealth 13%, Military 12.3%, Strategy 8.2%

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: Tactical 24.1%, FPS 16.6%, Military 16.4%, Stealth 7.8%, Realistic 7%

A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry®, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushes the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels. Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island.

Why similar: FPS 33.8%, Classic 33.2% ★, Shooter 8.6%, Stealth 7.5%, Action 5.4%

As a Ghost Warrior, an elite sniper in a highly trained special ops unit, your unique skills in the art of stalking, target detection, surveillance and shooting accuracy will determine mission success.

Why similar: FPS 30.7%, Stealth 13.5%, Action 12.9%, Military 10.7%, Shooter 10%

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers. Send them behind enemy lines on a series of hazardous missions, and bring them back alive.

Why similar: Tactical 32.1%, Classic 26% ★, Stealth 16%, Military 7.9%, Strategy 7.6%

Uncompromised duty, honor and valor.

Why similar: Tactical 40%, FPS 18.2%, Classic 16.8% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Action 6%

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 45.1%, Tactical 19.2%, Military 9%, Realistic 6.4%, Shooter 5.9%

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 55.7%, Classic 14% ★, Shooter 6.8%, Military 5%, Tactical 4.9%

Live the thrilling career of an army commander and lead your army to victory in a massive online World War III! Take control of the U.S.-led Joint Strike Force, the European Enforcers Corps, or the Russian Spetsnaz Guards Brigade in a persistent ongoing World War.

Why similar: Tactical 49.8%, Strategy 21.2%, Military 12.4%, War 8.5%, Multiplayer 6%

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: Military 21.6%, Tactical 17.9%, FPS 17.4%, Shooter 9.6%, Realistic 7.9%

As World War II draws to a close, the first covert battles of the Cold War begin. Caught in the life and death struggle between Soviets and Germans in war-torn Berlin, you control the fate of a lone American OSS Sniper.

Why similar: Classic 24% ★, Stealth 16.8%, FPS 15.4%, Shooter 9.8%, Tactical 8.5%

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

Why similar: Tactical 29.1%, FPS 22.5%, Military 10.5%, Shooter 10.2%, Multiplayer 6.4%

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: Tactical 21.8%, FPS 21.1%, Military 13.5%, Stealth 11.3%, Shooter 9.3%

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: Tactical 31%, FPS 19.1%, Shooter 11.2%, Realistic 9.3%, Simulation 5.8%

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 29%, Classic 26.5% ★, Shooter 9.6%, Military 9.5%, Multiplayer 8%