Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Battlefield Hardline (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Battlefield Hardline 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 Hardline is tagged Action, Multiplayer, Shooter, Singleplayer, FPS, War, First-Person, Violent 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 3, Battlefield 1, Battlefield 4, Battlefield V, Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
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 war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 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-PersonPvPTacticalWarViolent
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Battlefield 1
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both war and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, War and Shooter; released around the same time (2016).
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-PersonPvPGoreViolent
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Battlefield 4
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both war and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and War; 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 FPSShooterWarFirst-PersonPvPViolentTactical
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Insurgency: Sandstorm
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Tactical; released around the same time (2018).
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 FPSShooterTacticalFirst-PersonWarGoreViolent
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2019).
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 FPSShooterFirst-PersonTacticalPvPGoreViolentWar
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, FPS and First-Person; released around the same time (2019).
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.
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts at a glance Released 2019 Studio CI Games Player sentiment 73% positive of 13,229 Price $2.99 ShooterFPSFirst-PersonGoreViolentTacticalPvP
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Battlefield V
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both war and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and War; released around the same time (2018).
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 FPSShooterWarFirst-PersonPvPViolent
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Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
Why it matched: both crime, war and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2017).
Go behind enemy lines with the ultimate modern military shooter. Play as an American sniper dropped in Georgia, near Russian border. Choose your own path to accomplish your missions across an unforgiving open world.
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 at a glance Released 2017 Studio CI Games Player sentiment 67% positive of 19,635 Price $19.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonViolentWarTacticalGore
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Black Squad
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2019).
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!
Black Squad at a glance Released 2019 Studio VALOFE Player sentiment 76% positive of 81,225 Price Free FPSShooterFirst-PersonPvPWarTacticalViolentGore
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Why it matched: made by the same studio, DICE; both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including FPS, Shooter and War.
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 FPSShooterWarFirst-PersonTactical
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Ready or Not
Why it matched: both crime, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Tactical, FPS and Shooter.
Become an elite SWAT commander and bring order to a city overwhelmed by chaos and corruption.
Ready or Not at a glance Released 2023 Studio VOID Interactive Player sentiment 79% positive of 344,226 Price $49.99 TacticalFPSShooterFirst-PersonViolentCrimeGore
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
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 FPSShooterFirst-PersonWarTacticalViolentGore
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Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including FPS, First-Person and War; 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 FPSFirst-PersonWarTacticalShooterGore
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Insurgency
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 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 FPSTacticalShooterFirst-PersonWarPvP
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Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including FPS, War and PvP; released around the same time (2017).
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.
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam at a glance Released 2017 Studio Antimatter Games Player sentiment 87% positive of 59,178 Price $24.99 FPSWarPvPFirst-PersonGoreTactical
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Police Stories
Why it matched: both crime, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Tactical, Villain Protagonist and Shooter; released around the same time (2019).
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!
Police Stories at a glance Released 2019 Studio HypeTrain Digital Player sentiment 85% positive of 9,697 Price $2.99 TacticalVillain ProtagonistShooterCrimeViolentGore
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Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 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-PersonTacticalGore
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Hell Let Loose
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Shooter, FPS and War.
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.
Hell Let Loose at a glance Released 2021 Studio Expression Games Player sentiment 82% positive of 149,565 Price $49.99 ShooterFPSWarTacticalFirst-PersonGorePvPViolent
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 8 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-PersonGorePvPTacticalViolentWar
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Argo
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Shooter, FPS and Tactical; released around the same time (2017).
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-PersonViolent
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War of Rights
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 7 player tags including War, FPS and First-Person; released around the same time (2018).
War of Rights is a first person multiplayer game featuring massive 400 player battles with a focus on historical authenticity, teamplay and immersion. It is set during the perilous days of the American Civil War, in the Maryland Campaign of September, 1862.
War of Rights at a glance Released 2018 Studio Campfire Games Player sentiment 88% positive of 15,040 Price $29.99 WarFPSFirst-PersonShooterViolentGoreTactical
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Counter-Strike: Source
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Shooter, FPS and First-Person.
Counter-Strike: Source blends Counter-Strike's award-winning teamplay action with the advanced technology of Source™ technology.
Counter-Strike: Source at a glance Released 2004 Studio Valve Player sentiment 96% positive of 193,040 Price $9.99 ShooterFPSFirst-PersonTacticalPvPWar
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Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 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-PersonWarTactical
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
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-PersonWarPvPTactical
Common questions
What game is most like Battlefield Hardline?
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 Hardline" 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 Hardline. 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 Hardline do?
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 1, Battlefield 4, Battlefield V, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 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.