Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Battlefield: Bad Company 2 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 3, which made by the same studio, DICE.
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is tagged FPS, Multiplayer, Action, Shooter, War, Team-Based, First-Person, Singleplayer 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.
- 3 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 4 are from the same studio: Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Battlefield V, Battlefield 2042.
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 3
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Shooter, FPS and First-Person; released around the same time (2011).
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.
Battlefield 3 at a glance Released 2011 Studio DICE Player sentiment 72% positive of 19,290 Price $39.99 ShooterFPSFirst-PersonTeam-BasedTacticalDestructionWarMilitary
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Battlefield 4
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both open world, war and strategy; shares 7 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-PersonDestructionTactical
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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 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-PersonShooterWar
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Battlefield V
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both open world, war and atmospheric; shares 7 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-PersonCombatDestruction
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World War 3
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Tactical and Military.
World War 3 is a free-to-play tactical online multiplayer FPS where the world is your battleground. Outgun the enemy in thrilling, team-based skirmishes with a huge arsenal of weapons, vehicles, gadgets, and drones at your disposal.
World War 3 at a glance Released 2022 Studio New Generation Games Player sentiment 54% positive of 54,564 Price Free FPSTacticalMilitaryShooterWarTeam-BasedFirst-PersonCombat
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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-PersonTacticalFPSWarCombatTeam-Based
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Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and War; released around the same time (2006).
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...
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 at a glance Released 2006 Studio Tripwire Interactive Player sentiment 87% positive of 2,542 Price $4.99 FPSShooterWarMilitaryTacticalTeam-BasedClassicFirst-Person
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Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 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-PersonClassicTacticalTeam-BasedMilitary
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Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered
Why it matched: both open world, war and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Military, FPS and Classic; released around the same time (2011).
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.
Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered at a glance Released 2011 Studio Bohemia Interactive Player sentiment 80% positive of 6,445 Price $4.99 MilitaryFPSClassicTacticalWarShooterFirst-PersonTeam-Based
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Squad
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 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-Person
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America's Army: Proving Grounds
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Military and Shooter; released around the same time (2013).
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.
America's Army: Proving Grounds at a glance Released 2013 Studio U.S. Army Player sentiment 79% positive of 11,051 Price Free FPSMilitaryShooterTacticalFirst-PersonWar
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Iron Front: Digital War Edition
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including War, Military and First-Person; released around the same time (2012).
Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes.
Iron Front: Digital War Edition at a glance Released 2012 Studio X1 Software Player sentiment 59% positive of 869 Price $14.99 WarMilitaryFirst-PersonFPSShooterTactical
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STAR WARS Republic Commando
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Tactical and Shooter; released around the same time (2009).
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.
STAR WARS Republic Commando at a glance Released 2009 Studio LucasArts Player sentiment 96% positive of 17,143 Price $9.99 FPSTacticalShooterFirst-PersonClassicTeam-BasedWar
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Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Team-Based and First-Person; released around the same time (2011).
Contains full Rising Storm content as well!
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm at a glance Released 2011 Studio Tripwire Interactive Player sentiment 93% positive of 38,119 Price $19.99 FPSTeam-BasedFirst-PersonWarTacticalShooterMilitary
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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Why it matched: both open world, war and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Military, Tactical and Shooter; released around the same time (2010).
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.
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead at a glance Released 2010 Studio Bohemia Interactive Player sentiment 92% positive of 22,247 Price $3.99 MilitaryTacticalShooterFPSWarTeam-BasedFirst-Person
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Insurgency
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 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-PersonWar
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Battlefield 2042
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both war; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military.
Battlefield™ 2042 is a first-person shooter that marks the return to the iconic all-out warfare of the franchise.
Battlefield 2042 at a glance Released 2021 Studio DICE Player sentiment 47% positive of 325,628 Price $59.99 FPSShooterMilitaryWarFirst-PersonCombatTeam-BasedVehicular Combat
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Insurgency: Sandstorm
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 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-PersonWar
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BattleBit Remastered
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military.
BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly, massive multiplayer FPS, supporting 254 players per server. Battle on a near-fully destructible map with various vehicles!
BattleBit Remastered at a glance Released 2023 Studio SgtOkiDoki Player sentiment 82% positive of 146,375 Price $14.99 FPSShooterMilitaryDestructionWarTacticalFirst-PersonTeam-Based
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America's Army 3
Why it matched: both open world, war and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Military and War; released around the same time (2009).
Download AA3 Today and Become a Member of the elite America's Army Team! America's Army fans and new players alike can now experience America's Army 3, the official U.S. Army game.
America's Army 3 at a glance Released 2009 Studio U.S. Army Player sentiment 71% positive of 2,481 Price Free FPSMilitaryWarShooterFirst-PersonTacticalTeam-Based
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Marauders
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
Marauders is a tactical first-person multiplayer looter shooter set in a sci-fi universe. As a space pirate, work solo, or in a squad with up to 3 other players to navigate a hostile battleground, hunt for loot, craft new weapons and gear, and salvage what you’ll need to survive.
Marauders at a glance Released 2022 Studio Small Impact Games Player sentiment 67% positive of 21,436 Price $29.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonMilitaryTacticalWar
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Day of Defeat: Source
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military; released around the same time (2010).
Valve's WWII Multiplayer Classic - Now available for Mac.
Day of Defeat: Source at a glance Released 2010 Studio Valve Player sentiment 92% positive of 23,601 Price $9.99 FPSShooterMilitaryWarTeam-BasedFirst-PersonClassicTactical
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Argo
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 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-PersonMilitary
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Ravenfield
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, War and Shooter.
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Ravenfield at a glance Released 2017 Studio SteelRaven7 Player sentiment 97% positive of 79,971 Price $17.99 FPSWarShooterMilitaryFirst-PersonTeam-BasedTactical
Common questions
What game is most like Battlefield: Bad Company 2?
Battlefield 3, 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: Bad Company 2" 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: Bad Company 2. 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: Bad Company 2 do?
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Battlefield V, Battlefield 2042 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.