Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War 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: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which made by the same studio, Sledgehammer Games.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is tagged Singleplayer, FPS, Multiplayer, Action, Zombies, Cold War, Shooter, First-Person 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.
- 5 are from the same studio: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011).
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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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Sledgehammer Games; both zombie, war, story-rich and strategy; shares 13 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military; 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 FPSShooterMilitaryFirst-PersonTacticalStory RichGun CustomizationPvP
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Treyarch; both war, story-rich and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military; released around the same time (2022).
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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Call of Duty: Black Ops
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Treyarch; both zombie, war and story-rich; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Zombies and Shooter.
The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
Call of Duty: Black Ops at a glance Released 2010 Studio Treyarch Player sentiment 91% positive of 43,106 Price $39.99 FPSZombiesShooterCold WarFirst-PersonWarMilitaryOnline Co-Op
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Raven Software; both zombie, war and story-rich; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Shooter and War.
One of the most critically-acclaimed games in history, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is back, remastered in true high-definition, featuring improved textures, physically based rendering, high-dynamic range lighting and much more.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) at a glance Released 2017 Studio Raven Software Player sentiment 54% positive of 15,762 Price $39.99 FPSShooterWarMilitaryFirst-PersonViolentStory RichGore
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A.V.A
Why it matched: both zombie, war and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, PvP and Shooter; released around the same time (2022).
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.
A.V.A at a glance Released 2022 Studio Valiant Player sentiment 48% positive of 7,770 Price Free FPSPvPShooterFirst-PersonMilitarySexual ContentViolentPvE
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; published by the same company.
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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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Infinity Ward; both zombie, war and story-rich; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
The best-selling first-person action series of all-time returns with an epic sequel to the multiple GOTY award winner Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) at a glance Released 2011 Studio Infinity Ward Player sentiment 89% positive of 39,710 Price $39.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonWarOnline Co-OpMilitaryStory RichZombies
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Battlefield 4
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military.
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-PersonPvPViolentTactical
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Battlefield 3
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Shooter, FPS and First-Person.
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-PersonPvPTacticalWarMilitaryViolent
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
Why it matched: both zombie, war and story-rich; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; published by the same company.
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...
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) at a glance Released 2007 Studio Infinity Ward Player sentiment 94% positive of 27,089 Price $19.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonMilitaryWarPvPStory RichZombies
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Insurgency: Sandstorm
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and strategy; shares 9 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-OpGore
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Shooter, Military and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2023).
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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Pavlov
Why it matched: both zombie and war; shares 9 player tags including Shooter, FPS and Military; released around the same time (2024).
Pavlov is a multiplayer shooter in VR with heavy focus on community features. Realistic reloading features and fast paced combat as part of the core experience. Play the #1 most popular VR shooter on PC today.
Pavlov at a glance Released 2024 Studio Vankrupt Games Player sentiment 89% positive of 40,539 Price $24.99 ShooterFPSMilitaryZombiesFirst-PersonGoreViolentPvP
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GTFO
Why it matched: both zombie and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Online Co-Op, FPS and Shooter; released around the same time (2021).
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
GTFO at a glance Released 2021 Studio 10 Chambers Player sentiment 84% positive of 66,650 Price $39.99 Online Co-OpFPSShooterTacticalGoreFirst-PersonZombiesPvE
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Gun Customization; released around the same time (2021).
SGW Contracts 2 is a modern warfare shooter set in the Middle East. Play as Raven, Contract Sniper Assassin, as you take out a series of targets across a dramatic single-player campaign. With extreme-range shots exceeding 1000m, gear up for the most challenging entry to the series yet.
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 at a glance Released 2021 Studio CI Games Player sentiment 84% positive of 14,887 Price $3.99 FPSShooterGun CustomizationTacticalMilitaryFirst-PersonWarGore
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Hell Let Loose
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Shooter, FPS and War; released around the same time (2021).
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 ShooterFPSWarMilitaryTacticalFirst-PersonGorePvP
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Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and strategy; shares 8 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 RichGore
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Deathloop
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Shooter; released around the same time (2021).
DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.
Deathloop at a glance Released 2021 Studio Arkane Studios Player sentiment 76% positive of 30,449 Price $59.99 FPSFirst-PersonShooterStory RichPvPViolentTacticalGore
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Black Squad
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 9 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-PersonMilitaryPvPWarTacticalViolent
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Ironsight
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Shooter and PvP; released around the same time (2019).
Online FPS game, near future background, Resource Warfare between Military Forces and PMC. More than 50 kinds of original weapons with customization option. Use Peripheral objects, Tactical drones, Active objects to experience dynamic warfare.
Ironsight at a glance Released 2019 Studio WipleGames Inc., Player sentiment 73% positive of 22,298 Price Not listed FPSShooterPvPViolentFirst-PersonGun CustomizationOnline Co-OpMilitary
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Shooter, FPS and Military; 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 ShooterFPSMilitaryFirst-PersonGoreViolentGun CustomizationTactical
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Gray Zone Warfare
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Online Co-Op, Tactical and FPS; released around the same time (2024).
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.
Gray Zone Warfare at a glance Released 2024 Studio MADFINGER Games, a.s. Player sentiment 72% positive of 78,632 Price $39.99 Online Co-OpTacticalFPSShooterFirst-PersonMilitaryWarPvP
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction
Why it matched: both zombie and war; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Online Co-Op and PvE; released around the same time (2022).
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.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction at a glance Released 2022 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 66% positive of 3,159 Price $39.99 FPSOnline Co-OpPvEShooterFirst-PersonGun CustomizationMilitaryViolent
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World War 3
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Online Co-Op and Tactical; released around the same time (2022).
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 FPSOnline Co-OpTacticalMilitaryPvPGun CustomizationShooterWar
Common questions
What game is most like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Sledgehammer Games. 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 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War" 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 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. 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 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War do?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) are also from Treyarch, 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.