- #1 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas
97% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,719 reviews2008
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six makes its next-generation hardware debut in the most dramatic installment of the renowned first-person shooter franchise to date. Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in 'Sin City' threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights.
Why similar: Tactical 25.4%, FPS 22.2%, Co-op 12.7%, Action 8%, Multiplayer 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, it offers the same core tactical gameplay, cover mechanics, and Sin City atmosphere found in the sequel.
- #2 GROUND BRANCH
96% matchVery Positive88% of 23,435 reviews2018
Dev: BlackFoot StudiosPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 38.1%, FPS 21.9%, Co-op 8.5%, Shooter 7.4%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by former Rainbow Six developers, it provides an uncompromisingly realistic tactical experience with deep character customization.
- #3 Ready or Not
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 333,837 reviews2023
Dev: VOID Interactive
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Become an elite SWAT commander and bring order to a city overwhelmed by chaos and corruption.
Why similar: Tactical 35.2%, FPS 23.4%, Co-op 14.3%, Shooter 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is the modern gold standard for tactical, squad-based close-quarters combat that emphasizes precision and planning.
- #4 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold
95% matchVery Positive92% of 2,060 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Raven Shield:Command an elite multinational squad of special operatives against hidden terrorist forces. In Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, the third installment to the wildly popular Rainbow Six series, Team Rainbow faces the hidden global forces of a new and secretive foe.
Why similar: Tactical 41.6%, FPS 26%, Co-op 8.2%, Action 5.6%, Classic 5.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: A classic tactical shooter that perfectly captures the methodical planning and squad-command elements of the earlier Rainbow Six era.
- #5 Insurgency: Sandstorm
94% matchVery Positive85% of 132,412 reviews2018
Dev: New World InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 56.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 30.1%, Tactical 23.9%, Shooter 10.1%, Co-op 8.8%, Multiplayer 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers intense, high-lethality tactical FPS gameplay that rewards communication and careful movement over arcade-style shooting.
- #6 Zero Hour
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 33,152 reviews2024
Dev: AttritoM7 Productions
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 28.3%, FPS 17.8%, Co-op 11%, Shooter 8.5%, Online Co-Op 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical FPS that focuses heavily on team-based coordination and realistic room-clearing mechanics in a modern setting.
- #7 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 6,000 reviews2012
Dev: Ubisoft ParisPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
In Ghost Recon Future Soldier join an elite team of highly trained, cut-throat special-ops soldiers. Armed to the teeth with unrivalled combat technology, Ghost Recon takes you to the globe’s most deadly warzones to hunt down the highest value targets.
Why similar: Tactical 27.5%, Co-op 17.2%, FPS 10.6%, Action 9.9%, Multiplayer 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features similar cover-based tactical shooting and high-tech gadgetry that mirrors the gameplay loop of the Vegas series.
- #8 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 21,391 reviews2013
Dev: Ubisoft TorontoPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 9.0 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: Co-op 20.9%, Stealth 18.2%, Tactical 16.5%, Action 9.7%, Shooter 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: While stealth-focused, it shares the high-stakes tactical tension and fluid movement systems found in the Rainbow Six Vegas series.
- #9 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory®
91% matchVery Positive93% of 5,714 reviews2009
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 23.9%, Co-op 21.1%, Tactical 16.5%, Classic 13.5% ★, Action 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the pinnacle of tactical stealth, it requires the same level of environmental awareness and planning as Rainbow Six.
- #10 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 104,938 reviews2017
Dev: Ubisoft ParisPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 19.9 hrsMean: 55.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Create a team with up to 3 friends in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands and enjoy the ultimate military shooter experience set in a massive, dangerous, and responsive open world.
Why similar: Tactical 24.3%, Co-op 16.5%, FPS 11.8%, Shooter 11.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It translates the tactical squad-based formula into a massive open-world environment, allowing for creative mission approaches.
- #11 Squad
89% matchVery Positive81% of 238,913 reviews2020
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 112.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.
Why similar: Tactical 25.2%, FPS 23.5%, Team-Based 10.2%, Online Co-Op 10.2%, Shooter 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game scales the tactical experience to large-scale military operations, requiring intense communication and squad-level strategy.
- #12 Arma 3
89% matchVery Positive90% of 293,403 reviews2013
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 256.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
Why similar: Tactical 21.9%, FPS 17.5%, Co-op 12.7%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Shooter 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate military simulation experience, offering unparalleled depth in tactical planning, squad management, and realistic combat.
- #13 Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway™
87% matchVery Positive91% of 2,379 reviews2008
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 37%, FPS 35.6%, Action 10%, Shooter 7%, First-Person 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical squad-based shooter that forces players to use suppression and flanking maneuvers to overcome enemy positions.
- #14 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
86% matchVery Positive92% of 1,644 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.7 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 38.1%, FPS 22.8%, Classic 6.8% ★, Shooter 6.5%, Co-op 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: The original tactical shooter that defined the genre, focusing on squad-based military realism and careful mission execution.
- #15 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Extraction
84% matchMixed66% of 3,117 reviews2023
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: FPS 29.8%, Online Co-Op 17.1%, Team-Based 11.2%, Shooter 10.2%, Co-op 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A modern evolution of the Rainbow Six tactical formula, focusing on high-stakes, objective-driven co-op missions.
- #16 Far Cry® 2
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 18,433 reviews2008
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords on both sides of the conflict in order to make this country your home. You must identify and exploit your enemies' weaknesses, neutralizing their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion,...
Why similar: FPS 49.7%, Shooter 11.9%, Action 9.7%, Multiplayer 9%, First-Person 5%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive, gritty shooter that emphasizes tactical freedom and environmental interaction in a dangerous, open setting.
- #17 Medal of Honor™
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,015 reviews2010
Dev: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Fight Today's War: Elite Special Forces in a gritty combat campaign using the surgical tactics of Tier 1 Operators combined with the sledgehammer force of Army Rangers.
Why similar: FPS 47%, Shooter 13.7%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Action 9.5%, Co-op 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A grounded military shooter that focuses on realistic squad-based combat and authentic modern warfare themes.
- #18 PAYDAY 2
82% matchVery Positive89% of 672,810 reviews2013
Dev: OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.Pub: Starbreeze Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 100.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Co-op 22.4%, FPS 21%, Tactical 11.7%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Multiplayer 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-intensity co-op experience where team coordination and objective management are essential for success.
- #19 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction™
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 5,076 reviews2010
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.7 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: Action 29.7%, Co-op 29.4%, Stealth 16.5%, Multiplayer 7.2%, Shooter 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features aggressive, fast-paced tactical combat that aligns well with the action-heavy segments of Vegas 2.
- #20 Sniper Elite 4
80% matchVery Positive91% of 62,386 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: Co-op 21.7%, Shooter 13%, Tactical 12.9%, Multiplayer 12.9%, FPS 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical stealth with precise shooting mechanics, rewarding players who plan their approach and manage their positioning.
- #21 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
81% matchVery Positive88% of 3,928 reviews2008
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.2 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 29.2%, Classic 16.7% ★, Action 12.6%, Tactical 9.3%, Shooter 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: The foundation of the tactical stealth genre, emphasizing patience and gadget-based problem solving.
- #22 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent®
82% matchMostly Negative35% of 1,898 reviews2009
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In the sequel to the 2005 Game of the Year, Splinter Cell: Double Agent, play as legendary covert operative Sam Fisher, infiltrate a ruthless terrorist organization, and destroy it from within.
Why similar: Stealth 34.4%, Action 26.8%, Co-op 11.3%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Third Person 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers complex mission structures and tactical choices that challenge the player's approach to combat and stealth.
- #23 Takedown: Red Sabre
81% matchMixed42% of 5,715 reviews2014
Dev: Serellan LLCPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 30.1%, Tactical 28.9%, Co-op 8.6%, Online Co-Op 7.8%, Action 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical shooter designed for those who prefer slow, methodical room-clearing over run-and-gun gameplay.
- #24 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
78% matchVery Positive93% of 60,462 reviews2009
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.
Why similar: FPS 35.3%, Multiplayer 12%, Action 11%, Co-op 10.6%, Shooter 10.2%
- #25 Six Days in Fallujah
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 16,224 reviews2023
Dev: Highwire GamesPub: Victura
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 18.9%, Co-op 14%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Team-Based 8.3%
- #26 Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
79% matchMixed67% of 9,571 reviews2010
Dev: IO InteractivePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)
Why similar: Co-op 39.3%, Action 20.6%, Shooter 13.6%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Third-Person Shooter 9%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, visceral third-person shooter that shares the urban, high-tension atmosphere of the Vegas series.
- #27 Frontlines™: Fuel of War™
79% matchMixed69% of 1,061 reviews2008
Dev: Kaos StudiosPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Frontlines™: Fuel of War™ is an open-world First Person Shooter set on the frontlines of tomorrow. In a world ravaged by a global energy crisis, environmental decay, and economic depression, players assume the role of an elite soldier in the Western Coalition Army on an epic crusade against the Red Star Alliance to control the last of...
Why similar: FPS 43.6%, Co-op 15.5%, Action 15.2%, Shooter 13.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features large-scale tactical warfare with a focus on team-based objectives and specialized roles.
- #28 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
75% matchVery Positive82% of 1,525,055 reviews2015
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 40.9 hrsMean: 272.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an elite, tactical team-based shooter where superior planning and execution triumph.
Why similar: Tactical 24.3%, FPS 21.5%, Online Co-Op 12%, Co-op 8.7%, Shooter 8.4%
- #29 Call of Duty® 2
77% matchVery Positive94% of 11,348 reviews2006
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Call of Duty® 2 redefines the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers fighting together in epic WWII conflicts. The sequel to 2003's Call of Duty, winner of over 80 Game of the Year awards, Call of Duty 2 offers more immense, more intense, more realistic battles than ever before, thanks to...
Why similar: FPS 39.8%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Classic 11.8% ★, Shooter 11.4%, Action 10.4%
- #30 Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)
76% matchVery Positive94% of 26,770 reviews2007
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 36.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 43.8%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Shooter 10.9%, Classic 9.2% ★, Action 9%
- #31 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 42,876 reviews2023
Dev: Ubisoft ParisPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Become a Ghost, fighting against a rogue spec ops faction called the Wolves, in the latest Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®!
Why similar: Co-op 19.6%, Tactical 18.2%, Shooter 10.6%, Multiplayer 9.6%, FPS 9.2%
- #32 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown™
78% matchMixed60% of 534 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Engineered specifically for the PC by Red Storm Entertainment, Rainbow Six returns to deliver the tensest close-quarters battles ever experienced online. In this episode, Rainbow faces independent terrorist threats, tied together by one common element - the Legion virus.
Why similar: FPS 24.9%, Tactical 22.4%, Action 16.4%, Shooter 13%, Co-op 10.2%
- #33 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Island Thunder™
77% matchVery Positive87% of 179 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Ghost Recon takes the next step in battlefield realism with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon™: Island Thunder™. Cuba, 2009: Castro is dead, and the first free Cuban elections in decades are thrown into turmoil by a drug-funded warlord. The Ghosts, an elite team of U.S.
Why similar: Tactical 39.5%, FPS 25.8%, Action 18.1%, Shooter 12.3%, First-Person 4.3%
- #34 STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,993 reviews2009
Dev: LucasArts
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 28.4%, FPS 28.3%, Shooter 7.3%, Action 7.2%, Classic 7.1% ★
- #35 Tom Clancy’s The Division™
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 96,409 reviews2016
Dev: Massive EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 25.4 hrsMean: 93.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.
Why similar: Co-op 20.4%, Tactical 18.1%, Online Co-Op 13%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Shooter 10.5%
- #36 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 512 reviews2025
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 48 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: Tactical 27.8%, Shooter 16.6%, Stealth 13%, Action 12.7%, Third-Person Shooter 9.7%
- #37 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Desert Siege™
75% matchVery Positive91% of 173 reviews2008
Dev: Red Storm EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
East Africa, 2009. A 60-year conflict boils over as Ethiopia invades its smaller neighbor Eritrea, threatening the world's most vital shipping lanes in the Red Sea. An elite team of U.S. Army Green Berets, known as the Ghosts, moves in to safeguard the seas and free Eritrea.
Why similar: Tactical 28.7%, FPS 26.7%, Action 22.1%, Shooter 16.7%, First-Person 5.8%
- #38 Insurgency
71% matchVery Positive92% of 124,773 reviews2014
Dev: New World Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.
Why similar: FPS 48.6%, Tactical 18%, Co-op 6.3%, Multiplayer 5.7%, Shooter 5.5%
- #39 Arma 2
73% matchVery Positive84% of 2,114 reviews
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Building on 10 years of constant engine development, ARMA II boasts the most realistic combat environment in the world. It models real world ballistics & round deflection, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects.
Why similar: Tactical 30.1%, FPS 22%, Co-op 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Shooter 7.1%
- #40 Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30™
72% matchVery Positive88% of 2,135 reviews2008
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 46.2%, Tactical 19.9%, Shooter 10.4%, Action 9.9%, Multiplayer 4.3%
- #41 Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
72% matchVery Positive87% of 4,988 reviews2009
Dev: TechlandPub: Techland Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
THE OLD WEST, 1864. In order to save their family, the McCall brothers will kill anyone who stands between them and the legendary Gold of Juarez.
Why similar: FPS 48.5%, Action 14.3%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Shooter 10.8%, First-Person 5%
- #42 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II
71% matchMixed42% of 14,277 reviews2022
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II drops players into an unprecedented global conflict that features the iconic Operators of Task Force 141.
Why similar: FPS 27.7%, Tactical 15.7%, Shooter 11.4%, Action 9.8%, Co-op 8.5%
- #43 Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire
70% matchVery Positive95% of 992 reviews2017
Dev: Illusion SoftworksPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Hidden & Dangerous 2 is a first and third person tactical shooter that builds upon the tremendous success of Hidden & Dangerous. You lead a small squad of Allied soldiers deep behind enemy lines, to carry out secret missions during World War II.
Why similar: Tactical 32.7%, FPS 28.8%, Action 9.8%, Shooter 8.6%, Co-op 7%
- #44 Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,461 reviews2023
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 65.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Online Co-Op 24.7%, Co-op 17.8%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Shooter 13.8%, Third-Person Shooter 8.8%
- #45 BRINK
71% matchMixed63% of 8,136 reviews2011
Dev: Splash DamagePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You decide the combat role you want to assume in the world of Brink as you fight to save yourself and mankind’s last refuge!
Why similar: FPS 34.5%, Co-op 11.1%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Shooter 8.3%, Tactical 8.3%
- #46 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,226 reviews2025
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
Why similar: Tactical 50.9%, Co-op 24.5%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Action 8.4%, Strategy 4.5%
- #47 PAYDAY™ The Heist
69% matchVery Positive93% of 40,878 reviews2011
Dev: OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.Pub: Starbreeze Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”
Why similar: FPS 28.7%, Co-op 18%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Tactical 9.8%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #48 F.E.A.R. 3
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 13,559 reviews2011
Dev: Day 1 StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
F.E.A.R. 3 delivers all the hallmarks that define the F.E.A.R. brand: terrifying paranormal experience, frenetic combat and a dramatic storyline.
Why similar: FPS 37.9%, Co-op 25.7%, Online Co-Op 8.4%, Shooter 8%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #49 Crysis Warhead®
69% matchVery Positive86% of 4,068 reviews2008
Dev: CrytekPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Pulse-racing new installment from 2007's PC Game of the Year*: Play as Sergeant Sykes and experience a whole new side of the battle. A standard combat mission behind enemy lines becomes critical when you discover your enemies have captured something of vital importance to the ensuing war.
Why similar: FPS 51.8%, Action 12.9%, Shooter 12.2%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Stealth 5.4%
- #50 F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
68% matchVery Positive85% of 9,387 reviews2009
Dev: MonolithPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Assume the role of Special Forces Sgt. Becket as your routine mission quickly turns into a fight for survival against the wrath of Alma Wade. As Alma's terrifying power surges out of control, your squad is forced to battle through an apocalyptic landscape in search of clues for how to destroy her!
Why similar: FPS 51.2%, Action 11.3%, Shooter 10.2%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Co-op 6.8%
- #51 Lost Planet® 2
69% matchMixed66% of 3,056 reviews2010
Dev: CAPCOM CO., LTD.Pub: Capcom
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Co-op 39.9%, Action 14.3%, Online Co-Op 11.8%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Third-Person Shooter 8.5%
- #52 Battlefield 3™
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 18,531 reviews2020
Dev: DICEPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Enjoy total freedom to fight the way you want. Explore 29 massive multiplayer maps and use loads of vehicles, weapons, and gadgets to help you turn up the heat. Every second of battle gets you closer to unlocking tons of extras and moving up in the Ranks. So get in the action.
Why similar: FPS 26.3%, Tactical 21.3%, Shooter 11.5%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Team-Based 9.7%
- #53 Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood™
68% matchVery Positive87% of 1,149 reviews2008
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 41.8%, Tactical 33.1%, Action 13.8%, Co-op 6.8%, Strategy 2.5%
- #54 Police Stories
65% matchVery Positive85% of 9,605 reviews2019
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!
Why similar: Tactical 31.9%, Co-op 21.2%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Shooter 9.1%, Action 8.4%
- #55 Call of Duty® (2003)
66% matchVery Positive95% of 7,638 reviews2006
Dev: Infinity WardPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Call of Duty® delivers the gritty realism and cinematic intensity of World War II's epic battlefield moments like never before.
Why similar: FPS 43.1%, Classic 15.4% ★, Shooter 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Action 8.8%