Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like HELLDIVERS 2 (2026)
Every game below overlaps with HELLDIVERS 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: CONTROL Ultimate Edition, which both open world, horror, psychological, science fiction and difficult.
- HELLDIVERS 2 is tagged Online Co-Op, PvE, Third-Person Shooter, Multiplayer, Action, Shooter, Co-op, Sci-fi 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.
- 1 are from the same studio: HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition.
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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CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological, science fiction and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Third Person, Sci-fi and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Remedy Entertainment Player sentiment 86% positive of 63,191 Price $3.99 Third PersonSci-fiThird-Person ShooterPsychological HorrorShooterViolentDifficultGreat Soundtrack
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Returnal
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, science fiction and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Online Co-Op, Third-Person Shooter and Space; published by the same company; released around the same time (2023).
BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.
Returnal at a glance Released 2023 Studio Housemarque Player sentiment 81% positive of 11,035 Price $59.99 Online Co-OpThird-Person ShooterSpaceShooterSci-fiDifficultPsychological Horror
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Third Person, Great Soundtrack and Shooter.
Enter the world of a HITMAN - a world of crime, sin and greed. Delve into the mind of Agent 47 and encounter his greatest adversaries, completing the work that made him so brutally efficient and shaped him as an assassin. Eliminate your targets by any means necessary. There are no rules... only the contract, signed in blood.
Hitman: Contracts at a glance Released 2014 Studio Io-Interactive A/S Player sentiment 87% positive of 3,658 Price $8.99 Third PersonGreat SoundtrackShooterDifficultThird-Person ShooterGoreViolentPsychological Horror
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Alien: Isolation
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, science fiction and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Sci-fi, Space and Difficult.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Alien: Isolation at a glance Released 2014 Studio Creative Assembly Player sentiment 93% positive of 66,658 Price $11.99 Sci-fiSpaceDifficultPsychological HorrorGreat SoundtrackGoreShooter
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Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
Why it matched: both open world, horror and psychological; shares 8 player tags including Capitalism, Online Co-Op and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2024).
From the creators of Batman: Arkham, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a genre-defying third-person action shooter where the ultimate band of misfits must do the impossible: Kill the Justice League.
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League at a glance Released 2024 Studio Rocksteady Studios Player sentiment 61% positive of 18,048 Price $69.99 CapitalismOnline Co-OpThird-Person ShooterPvEThird PersonShooterPsychological HorrorViolent
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Dead Space
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and science fiction; shares 7 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Sci-fi and Space; released around the same time (2023).
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Dead Space at a glance Released 2023 Studio Motive Studio Player sentiment 91% positive of 70,458 Price $59.99 Third-Person ShooterSci-fiSpacePsychological HorrorShooterThird PersonViolent
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The Evil Within
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Psychological Horror, Gore and Third Person.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
The Evil Within at a glance Released 2014 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 85% positive of 33,579 Price $19.99 Psychological HorrorGoreThird PersonThird-Person ShooterDifficultShooter
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Hatred
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Gore, Violent and Shooter.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Hatred at a glance Released 2015 Studio Destructive Creations Player sentiment 84% positive of 29,694 Price $1.49 GoreViolentShooterPsychological HorrorThird-Person ShooterDifficult
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The Evil Within 2
Why it matched: both open world, horror and psychological; shares 7 player tags including Psychological Horror, Gore and Third-Person Shooter.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
The Evil Within 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 92% positive of 30,959 Price $39.99 Psychological HorrorGoreThird-Person ShooterThird PersonViolentShooterGreat Soundtrack
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RUINER
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Violent and Gore.
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
RUINER at a glance Released 2017 Studio Reikon Games Player sentiment 89% positive of 12,481 Price $19.99 Great SoundtrackViolentGoreDifficultSci-fiShooterThird Person
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Dead Space 3
Why it matched: both horror and science fiction; shares 8 player tags including Online Co-Op, Sci-fi and Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to discover and destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak.
Dead Space 3 at a glance Released 2020 Studio Visceral Games Player sentiment 72% positive of 14,960 Price $19.99 Online Co-OpSci-fiShooterThird-Person ShooterSpaceThird PersonGoreViolent
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Dead by Daylight
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Online Co-Op, Gore and Third Person.
10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.
Dead by Daylight at a glance Released 2016 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 78% positive of 931,065 Price $7.99 Online Co-OpGoreThird PersonViolentPsychological HorrorComedyDifficult
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Dark Sector
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Gore and Shooter.
A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.
Dark Sector at a glance Released 2009 Studio Digital Extremes Player sentiment 75% positive of 3,553 Price $9.99 Third-Person ShooterGoreShooterThird PersonViolentSci-fiDifficult
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Manhunt
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Gore, Violent and Psychological Horror.
You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.
Manhunt at a glance Released 2003 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 71% positive of 9,522 Price $3.49 GoreViolentPsychological HorrorThird PersonGreat SoundtrackDifficultShooter
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EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
Why it matched: both science fiction and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Online Co-Op, Third-Person Shooter and Shooter.
Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 at a glance Released 2019 Studio SANDLOT Player sentiment 94% positive of 11,522 Price $59.99 Online Co-OpThird-Person ShooterShooterSci-fiDifficultThird PersonViolentGore
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SCP: Secret Laboratory
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, science fiction and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Shooter, Online Co-Op and Sci-fi.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
SCP: Secret Laboratory at a glance Released 2017 Studio Northwood Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 234,020 Price Free ShooterOnline Co-OpSci-fiPsychological HorrorDifficult
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HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Arrowhead Game Studios; both science fiction and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Online Co-Op, Sci-fi and Shooter.
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition at a glance Released 2015 Studio Arrowhead Game Studios Player sentiment 90% positive of 33,376 Price $19.99 Online Co-OpSci-fiShooterComedySpaceDifficult
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Lucius
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Gore, Third Person and Psychological Horror.
Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
Lucius at a glance Released 2012 Studio Shiver Games Player sentiment 81% positive of 10,912 Price $1.99 GoreThird PersonPsychological HorrorViolentDifficult
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Friday the 13th: The Game
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Gore, Violent and Third Person.
Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!
Friday the 13th: The Game at a glance Released 2017 Studio IllFonic Player sentiment 80% positive of 76,840 Price Not listed GoreViolentThird PersonPsychological HorrorDifficult
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The Surge
Why it matched: both open world, horror, science fiction and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Sci-fi, Third Person and Difficult.
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
The Surge at a glance Released 2017 Studio Deck13 Player sentiment 75% positive of 12,215 Price $14.99 Sci-fiThird PersonDifficultViolentGore
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DOOM
Why it matched: both horror, science fiction and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Gore, Shooter and Great Soundtrack.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
DOOM at a glance Released 2016 Studio id Software Player sentiment 96% positive of 221,344 Price $19.99 GoreShooterGreat SoundtrackSci-fiDifficultViolent
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Serious Sam 4
Why it matched: both open world and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Gore, Shooter and Violent; released around the same time (2020).
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
Serious Sam 4 at a glance Released 2020 Studio Croteam Player sentiment 83% positive of 17,689 Price $39.99 GoreShooterViolentComedyGreat SoundtrackDifficultThird-Person Shooter
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Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Why it matched: both horror and science fiction; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, Third-Person Shooter and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2021).
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite at a glance Released 2021 Studio Cold Iron Studios Player sentiment 80% positive of 27,048 Price $29.99 ShooterThird-Person ShooterOnline Co-OpSci-fiSpaceThird PersonPvE
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OUTRIDERS
Why it matched: both open world and science fiction; shares 7 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Shooter and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2021).
Outriders’ brutal and bloody combat combines frenetic gunplay, violent powers and deep RPG systems to create a true genre hybrid.
OUTRIDERS at a glance Released 2021 Studio People Can Fly Player sentiment 67% positive of 61,283 Price $19.99 Third-Person ShooterShooterOnline Co-OpGoreSci-fiViolentThird Person
Common questions
What game is most like HELLDIVERS 2?
CONTROL Ultimate Edition, on the evidence we have. It both open world, horror, psychological, science fiction and difficult. 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 HELLDIVERS 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 HELLDIVERS 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 HELLDIVERS 2 do?
HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition is also from Arrowhead Game Studios, and appears 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.