Games Like World War 3

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: Gun Customization 20.7% ★, FPS 12.6%, Military 11.2%, Team-Based 10%, PvP 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers modern military PvP with large-scale warfare, customizable loadouts, and a similar accessible-but-tactical feel.

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: Military 17.2%, FPS 10.5%, Team-Based 10.2%, Tactical 8.7%, War 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: If you want World War 3 pushed further toward teamwork and realism, Squad offers modern large-scale military PvP built around communication and coordinated pushes.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a team-based, tactical FPS based on lethal close quarters combat and objective-oriented multiplayer gameplay. Experience the intensity of modern combat where skill is rewarded, and teamwork wins the fight.

Why similar: FPS 18.9%, Military 18.7%, Tactical 11.6%, Realistic 11.5%, Shooter 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same modern military atmosphere with realistic gunplay, tactical pacing, and deep weapon customization in team-based modes.

Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.

Why similar: Military 21.3%, FPS 18.5%, War 16%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Shooter 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest overall match thanks to its modern setting, large objective-based battles, vehicles, gadgets, and extensive weapon customization.

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 23.6%, FPS 13.9%, War 12.2%, Realistic 11%, Tactical 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a more simulation-heavy version of modern military combat with vehicles, open battlefields, and squad-level tactics.

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: Gun Customization 15.3% ★, Military 12.9%, FPS 10.5%, Tactical 10%, Modern 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more extraction-focused, it shares the modern military setting, realistic ballistics, and tactical gun customization that World War 3 players often want.

Battlefield™ 2042 is a first-person shooter that marks the return to the iconic all-out warfare of the franchise.

Why similar: Military 16.2%, FPS 13.5%, War 12.2%, Team-Based 10.2%, Modern 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its modern combined-arms battles, vehicle-heavy maps, class gadgets, and objective-focused multiplayer make it a natural alternative.

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 16.4%, FPS 13.3%, Military 13.1%, Realistic 9.5%, Shooter 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same tactical modern-military tone and rewards careful team coordination, even though it is more close-quarters focused.

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: Military 19.2%, Tactical 17.1%, FPS 12.7%, Realistic 12%, Gun Customization 10.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong fit if your favorite part of World War 3 is realistic modern gun handling and detailed loadout customization.

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 ex-developers of Squad, Red Orchestra, and Insurgency.

Why similar: Military 23.4%, FPS 16.2%, Tactical 12.7%, War 12.2%, Realistic 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is a free-to-play military shooter that emphasizes objective modes, larger maps, and a milsim-inspired pace similar to World War 3.

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: Military 13.9%, Gun Customization 13.1% ★, FPS 12.5%, War 10.2%, Team-Based 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Despite the blocky visuals, its large-scale modern battles, vehicles, destruction, and team objective play hit a very similar gameplay loop.

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: Gun Customization 16.9% ★, Military 12.8%, Team-Based 10.1%, FPS 9.2%, Tactical 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its realistic modern combat, objective play, and emphasis on coordinated infantry tactics line up well with World War 3’s more grounded side.

Caliber is a team-based online shooter focused on special forces units from all over the world. More than 70 operators with unique abilities and weapons as well as various game modes and maps are waiting for you.

Why similar: Military 17%, War 14%, Team-Based 13%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Multiplayer 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers squad-based modern military combat with operator roles, gadget usage, and both PvP and co-op options.

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

Why similar: FPS 24.5%, Team-Based 14.7%, Shooter 11.6%, War 11.4%, Tactical 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It trades realism for scale, but its free-to-play combined-arms warfare with infantry, vehicles, and constant objective fighting feels very adjacent.

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 22%, War 10.8%, FPS 10.2%, Tactical 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is a broader military sandbox, but the realistic gunplay, vehicles, and team-focused combined-arms combat make it a strong thematic match.

In Enlisted, you are not only commanding a single soldier, but an entire squad! This MMO squad based shooter recreates the key battles of the bloodiest war of the 20th century, with hundreds of soldiers, tanks and aircraft taking part in each battle.

Why similar: FPS 16.9%, Team-Based 12.3%, War 11.9%, Vehicular Combat 11.3% ★, Multiplayer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its free-to-play combined-arms battles, squad control, vehicles, and class-based loadouts give it a lot of overlap in feel despite the WWII theme.

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: Military 16.7%, War 15.6%, FPS 15.2%, Realistic 11.3%, Tactical 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is a great pick if you want even larger, more communication-heavy battles with realistic weapons and coordinated infantry-vehicle play.

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: Military 21.7%, FPS 16.7%, War 13.9%, Realistic 10.4%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers hardcore, teamwork-centered military PvP with large maps and role-based play for players who want a more realism-heavy step from World War 3.

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: Military 15.7%, FPS 13%, War 12.9%, Team-Based 11.6%, Vehicular Combat 10.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: It nails the same lethal, objective-driven, teamwork-heavy military shooter feel, just in a historical setting.

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: Military 17.7%, Team-Based 16.2%, PvP 10.7%, War 10.6%, Realistic 10%

Why You'll Like It: It is slower and historical, but its tactical class-based pushes and grounded gunplay mirror World War 3’s more serious multiplayer tone.

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: Military 22.6%, FPS 21.9%, Tactical 12.6%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Shooter 10%

Why You'll Like It: This free tactical military FPS shares the emphasis on deliberate movement, realistic shooting, and team-oriented objective play.

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.

Why similar: FPS 19.1%, Shooter 17.6%, Multiplayer 15.2%, PvP 13.5%, Online Co-Op 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its realistic-ish weapon handling, attachments, vehicles, and squad-based firefights appeal to the same players, even if it is battle royale instead of traditional objectives.

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 24.2%, Military 13.7%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Shooter 13.2%, War 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers straightforward modern military PvP with customizable weapons and a familiar pick-up-and-play online FPS structure.

This is the ultimate Battlefield V experience. Enter mankind’s greatest conflict with the complete arsenal of weapons, vehicles, and gadgets plus the best customization content of Year 1 and 2.

Why similar: FPS 21.2%, Military 18.4%, War 17.6%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Shooter 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the Battlefield-style formula of vehicles, classes, gadgets, and objective warfare that overlaps strongly with World War 3’s structure.

Battlefield™ 1 takes you back to The Great War, WW1, where new technology and worldwide conflict changed the face of warfare forever.

Why similar: FPS 25.7%, War 23.7%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Shooter 12.1%, PvP 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Although historical, its cinematic large-scale battles, class gadgets, and vehicle-supported objective modes scratch a similar combined-arms itch.

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: Military 14.4%, Gun Customization 12.9% ★, War 12.5%, FPS 11.3%, Tactical 9.8%

A.V.A is a classic FPS shooter game featuring various types game Modes. Depending on the battlefield, you can choose Pointman, Rifleman, and Sniper and enjoy strategic team play.

Why similar: Military 21.9%, FPS 21.8%, PvP 14.9%, Shooter 11.4%, Multiplayer 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This free team-based military shooter emphasizes objective modes, modern weapons, and loadouts in a way that partially echoes World War 3.

War Rock is a fast-paced, large-scale multiplayer first person shooter that combines old-school tactical combat with explosive vehicular warfare. Choose your profession and battle in close quarters combat, vehicular warfare and terrifying Zombie Survival encounters. Enlist in War Rock today!

Why similar: FPS 46.3%, Shooter 19.5%, Action 18.1%, Multiplayer 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: Though dated, its mix of infantry combat, vehicles, and large military maps makes it one of the closer old-school free-to-play alternatives.

Join fast-paced World War 2 action-packed combat. Play World War Legion -- AAA experience on any hardware. Best-in-class multiplayer gunfight. WW2 weapons gunsmith. Next-level extreme performance. Lightning-speed loading time and a whole lot more.

Why similar: Gun Customization 20.8% ★, FPS 15.4%, Military 12.3%, Shooter 10.7%, Realistic 6.3%

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

Why similar: FPS 33.6%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Modern 14.8%, Shooter 11.6%, Military 10.9%

Wage war against players from around the world with an unstoppable arsenal of 300+ powerful armored combat vehicles. Compete in PvP tank combat, complete co-op missions, and crush your enemies on breathtaking maps, from scorching deserts to neon-drenched urban jungles.

Why similar: War 13.7%, Online Co-Op 12%, Military 11.1%, Modern 11.1%, Team-Based 9.6%

Get ready for the apocalypse! Shatterline is a high-octane single-player FPS adventure where Earth’s survival hangs in the balance. Pick a unique operator and combat the alien plague!

Why similar: FPS 20.7%, Realistic 14.1%, Shooter 13%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Fast paced FPS with high customizational freedom. From game mode customization to an in depth weapon tuning and attachment system up to detailed character customizations, while it was developed so you can choose to either go for high performance or graphical fidelity without an high end PC.

Why similar: Gun Customization 24.4% ★, FPS 22%, Military 12.7%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Shooter 10.2%

Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.

Why similar: Gun Customization 17.8% ★, Military 12.7%, War 10.6%, FPS 9.5%, Online Co-Op 9.4%

Thunder Tier One is a realistic top-down shooter where you join an elite special operations team tasked with stopping a dangerous terrorist organization wreaking havoc across the fictional Eastern European country of Salobia.

Why similar: Military 15.9%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Tactical 12.2%, Team-Based 11.1%, Realistic 8.6%

The ultimate all-out warfare experience. In a war of tanks, fighter jets, and massive combat arsenals, your squad is the deadliest weapon.

Why similar: Military 18.5%, FPS 16%, War 14.9%, Modern 11.7%, Multiplayer 9.9%

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: Military 17.1%, FPS 12.1%, War 12%, Tactical 11.9%, Team-Based 11.8%

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 35.6%, Military 10.2%, Tactical 10.2%, Realistic 8.8%, Team-Based 6.9%

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 32.4%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Shooter 17.3%, War 14.6%, First-Person 6.9%

Join fast-paced action-packed combat. Play Combat Master -- AAA experience on any hardware. Best-in-class multiplayer gunfight. Next-level extreme performance. Lightning-speed loading time and a whole lot more.

Why similar: Gun Customization 19.3% ★, FPS 14.3%, Military 11.3%, Modern 10.1%, Tactical 8.8%

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: Gun Customization 27.5% ★, FPS 16.6%, Realistic 10.9%, Tactical 10.4%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Battle Teams 2 is a fast-paced multiplayer tactical shooter with Asian aesthetics. PvP offers action-packed game modes set in a rigorously balanced competitive gameplay environment. Cooperative PvE gameplay throws you and your friends into wave after wave of merciless adversaries.

Why similar: FPS 15.7%, Military 13.6%, Team-Based 11.9%, PvP 11.5%, War 11.3%

World War Next is a low poly multiplayer FPS set during a WW3 conflict, Choose from over 25 countries. Vehicles like tanks, helicopters, boats and armored cars help players get around quickly.

Why similar: Gun Customization 14.1% ★, Military 11%, Team-Based 9.4%, War 9.1%, Modern 8.8%

Join the "Firefly" task force and unveil the sinister plot behind the exclusion zone in the world of Lost Light. You could either scavenge for supplies or go out with guns blazing and plunder. Survive the brutal domain where danger lurks in every corner!

Why similar: Gun Customization 27.5% ★, Shooter 17.5%, FPS 17.1%, Multiplayer 16.2%, PvP 9.7%

THE FINALS is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future! Fight for Fans and fortune in fully-destructible, virtual Arenas that guarantee no two rounds will ever play the same!

Why similar: Team-Based 13.6%, FPS 12.6%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Tactical 10.3%, PvP 9.1%

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 19.7%, FPS 17%, Gun Customization 14.5% ★, Realistic 13.4%, Shooter 8.7%

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: Gun Customization 19.5% ★, War 11.8%, Tactical 10.7%, FPS 10.5%, Realistic 8.8%

World of Tanks is a tactical action game with very different gameplay depending on the vehicle type and role. Aside from regular PvP, there are competitive and clan-based modes, special PvE and PvPvE events, and much more. Whether you play to dominate or just enjoy the ride, you'll fit right in.

Why similar: Military 17.8%, Team-Based 13.6%, Vehicular Combat 13.4% ★, War 12.7%, Tactical 11.1%

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 Body Bomb on photoreal maps where teamplay, tactics, and clutch skill are key.

Why similar: Military 18.4%, FPS 14.3%, Team-Based 11.1%, Realistic 10.9%, Tactical 9.3%

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: Gun Customization 21.6% ★, Military 13.8%, FPS 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11%, Tactical 10.7%