Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Battlefield 3 (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Battlefield 3 on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Battlefield 4, which made by the same studio, DICE.
- Battlefield 3 is tagged Action, Multiplayer, Shooter, Singleplayer, FPS, First-Person, Team-Based, PvP by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 5 are from the same studio: Battlefield 4, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield V, Battlefield Hardline, Battlefield 1.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Battlefield 4
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both open world, war, story-rich and strategy; shares 12 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military; released around the same time (2013).
Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.
Battlefield 4 at a glance Released 2013 Studio DICE Player sentiment 85% positive of 81,609 Price $39.99 FPSShooterMilitaryWarFirst-PersonPvPDestructionViolent
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
Why it matched: both war, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2009).
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.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) at a glance Released 2009 Studio Infinity Ward Player sentiment 93% positive of 60,880 Price $19.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonWarMilitaryOnline Co-OpPvPStory Rich
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and War; released around the same time (2010).
Battlefield: Bad Company 2™ brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected "Battlefield moments." New vehicles like the ATV and a transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics on the Battlefield. With the Frostbite-enabled Destruction 2.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 at a glance Released 2010 Studio DICE Player sentiment 85% positive of 37,378 Price Not listed FPSShooterWarTeam-BasedFirst-PersonDestructionMilitaryTactical
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Insurgency: Sandstorm
Why it matched: both open world, war, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military.
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.
Insurgency: Sandstorm at a glance Released 2018 Studio New World Interactive Player sentiment 85% positive of 133,079 Price $29.99 FPSShooterMilitaryTacticalFirst-PersonWarOnline Co-OpViolent
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military.
Experience a visceral Campaign or assemble your team in the ultimate online playground with multiple Special Ops challenges and a mix of Multiplayer maps and modes.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare at a glance Released 2019 Studio Sledgehammer Games Player sentiment 79% positive of 44,794 Price $59.99 FPSShooterMilitaryFirst-PersonTacticalStory RichPvPViolent
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Battlefield V
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both open world, war and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and War.
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.
Battlefield V at a glance Released 2018 Studio DICE Player sentiment 71% positive of 269,697 Price $49.99 FPSShooterWarMilitaryFirst-PersonPvPDestructionViolent
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Why it matched: both war, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military.
The Call of Duty® experience supports Modern Warfare® 4, Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II at a glance Released 2022 Studio Treyarch Player sentiment 59% positive of 780,594 Price Not listed FPSShooterMilitaryFirst-PersonWarTacticalViolentStory Rich
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Medal of Honor
Why it matched: both open world, war, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military; published by the same company; released around the same time (2010).
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.
Medal of Honor at a glance Released 2010 Studio Electronic Arts Player sentiment 77% positive of 11,183 Price $19.99 FPSShooterMilitaryFirst-PersonWarControllerStory Rich
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
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.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War at a glance Released 2023 Studio Treyarch Player sentiment 80% positive of 23,046 Price $59.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonMilitaryOnline Co-OpPvPTacticalViolent
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Battlefield Hardline
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, FPS and War; released around the same time (2015).
Strategy. Speed. Story. These are the core pillars of Battlefield™ Hardline, a cops vs. criminals experience unlike any other.
Battlefield Hardline at a glance Released 2015 Studio DICE Player sentiment 69% positive of 5,407 Price $39.99 ShooterFPSWarFirst-PersonViolentTacticalPvP
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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Military and Tactical; published by the same company; released around the same time (2009).
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a game about a fictitious conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising at a glance Released 2009 Studio Codemasters Player sentiment 69% positive of 2,475 Price Not listed FPSMilitaryTacticalFirst-PersonShooterWarOnline Co-Op
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Insurgency
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Tactical and Shooter; released around the same time (2014).
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.
Insurgency at a glance Released 2014 Studio New World Interactive Player sentiment 92% positive of 124,644 Price $14.99 FPSTacticalShooterMilitaryTeam-BasedFirst-PersonWarOnline Co-Op
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, PvP and Tactical; released around the same time (2015).
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an elite, tactical team-based shooter where superior planning and execution triumph.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege at a glance Released 2015 Studio Ubisoft Toronto Player sentiment 82% positive of 1,546,025 Price Free FPSPvPTacticalShooterOnline Co-OpTeam-BasedMilitaryFirst-Person
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Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
With its extensive Tour of Duty campaign, a near-limitless number of skirmish modes, updates and new content for Counter-Strike's award-winning multiplayer game play, plus over 12 bonus single player missions, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is a tremendous offering of single and multiplayer content.
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero at a glance Released 2004 Studio Valve Player sentiment 91% positive of 28,347 Price $9.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonTacticalTeam-BasedMilitaryOnline Co-OpViolent
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Battlefield 1
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both open world, war and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, War and Shooter.
Battlefield™ 1 takes you back to The Great War, WW1, where new technology and worldwide conflict changed the face of warfare forever.
Battlefield 1 at a glance Released 2016 Studio DICE Player sentiment 86% positive of 226,777 Price $39.99 FPSWarShooterFirst-PersonPvPDestructionViolent
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Squad
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Military, FPS and Tactical.
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.
Squad at a glance Released 2020 Studio Offworld Player sentiment 81% positive of 242,753 Price $39.99 MilitaryFPSTacticalShooterTeam-BasedWarFirst-PersonPvP
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Tactical, Shooter and FPS; released around the same time (2012).
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.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier at a glance Released 2012 Studio Ubisoft Paris Player sentiment 71% positive of 6,170 Price $19.99 TacticalShooterFPSMilitaryControllerOnline Co-OpFirst-Person
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Why it matched: both open world, war, story-rich and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Shooter, Military and Online Co-Op.
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.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint at a glance Released 2023 Studio Ubisoft Paris Player sentiment 73% positive of 47,338 Price $59.99 ShooterMilitaryOnline Co-OpTacticalFPSViolentStory RichFirst-Person
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Homefront: The Revolution
Why it matched: both open world, war, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and War.
Homefront®: The Revolution is an open-world first person shooter where you must lead the Resistance movement in guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.
Homefront: The Revolution at a glance Released 2016 Studio Dambuster Studios Player sentiment 61% positive of 17,128 Price $19.99 FPSShooterWarFirst-PersonOnline Co-OpMilitaryViolentStory Rich
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Argo
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Shooter, FPS and Tactical.
Jump straight into combat in this official standalone FREE total conversion of Arma 3. Argo is a hardcore tactical first-person shooter, in which you fight across unrestricted terrain, and where a single bullet is all it takes. Master your craft to rank up and become (in)famous on the battlefield.
Argo at a glance Released 2017 Studio Bohemia Interactive Player sentiment 51% positive of 10,824 Price Not listed ShooterFPSTacticalWarFirst-PersonMilitaryOnline Co-OpViolent
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ARMA 3
Why it matched: both open world, war and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Military, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2013).
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.
ARMA 3 at a glance Released 2013 Studio Bohemia Interactive Player sentiment 90% positive of 294,969 Price $29.99 MilitaryShooterFirst-PersonTacticalFPSWarOnline Co-OpTeam-Based
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2012).
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
Call of Duty: Black Ops II at a glance Released 2012 Studio Treyarch Player sentiment 86% positive of 49,344 Price $39.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonWarOnline Co-OpTeam-BasedControllerTactical
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Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
Why it matched: both war, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and War.
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.
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 at a glance Released 2005 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 88% positive of 2,173 Price $9.99 FPSShooterWarFirst-PersonTacticalMilitaryStory Rich
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Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Why it matched: both open world, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Violent and Shooter; published by the same company.
You're the Stranger, a mysterious bounty hunter on a mission to bag the ultimate prize. And you need that money like no one else because there is something very wrong with your health and the only way to fix it is a very costly operation.
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath at a glance Released 2005 Studio Oddworld Inhabitants Player sentiment 87% positive of 1,817 Price $9.99 FPSViolentShooterStory RichFirst-PersonController
Common questions
What game is most like Battlefield 3?
Battlefield 4, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, DICE. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Battlefield 3" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Battlefield 3. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Battlefield 3 do?
Battlefield 4, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield V, Battlefield Hardline, Battlefield 1 are also from DICE, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.