Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Hired Ops (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Hired Ops 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: POLYGON: Multiplayer Shooter, which both war and atmospheric.
- Hired Ops is tagged FPS, Multiplayer, Free to Play, Action, Shooter, Modern, First-Person, Massively Multiplayer 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.
- 7 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
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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POLYGON: Multiplayer Shooter
Why it matched: both war and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
POLYGON is a tactical multiplayer team 1st person shooter. Using various weapons, you will battle with up to 32 players on large-scale maps. Properly managing your arsenal and skills, you will lead your team to victory!
POLYGON: Multiplayer Shooter at a glance Released 2020 Studio Redaster Studio Player sentiment 75% positive of 37,008 Price Free Free to PlayFPSShooterMilitaryFirst-PersonPvPMassively MultiplayerEarly Access
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
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-PersonMilitaryPvPModernController
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Insurgency: Sandstorm
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military; 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 FPSShooterMilitaryFirst-PersonMassively MultiplayerChoices Matter
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Squad
Why it matched: both war and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Military, FPS and Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
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 MilitaryFPSShooterFirst-PersonMassively MultiplayerModernPvP
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CRSED: F.O.A.D.
Why it matched: both war and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Battle Royale, Free to Play and Shooter; released around the same time (2018).
CRSED: Cuisine Royale – is a brutal MMO last-man-standing shooter with realistic weaponry, elements of lethal mystic forces and incredible superpowers!
CRSED: F.O.A.D. at a glance Released 2018 Studio Darkflow Software Player sentiment 79% positive of 38,607 Price Free Battle RoyaleFree to PlayShooterFPSMassively MultiplayerPvPFirst-Person
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and atmospheric; 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-PersonMilitaryPvPController
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Why it matched: both war and story-rich; shares 7 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-PersonModernPvPBattle Royale
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Battlefield V
Why it matched: both war and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military; 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 FPSShooterMilitaryFirst-PersonMassively MultiplayerPvPBattle Royale
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Medal of Honor
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military.
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-PersonModernController
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Battlefield 3
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 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-PersonPvPMilitaryController
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WARMODE
Why it matched: both war and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Shooter; released around the same time (2019).
Free to play shooter about the confrontation of two irreconcilable sides, represented by the government military housings and the armed hirelings. Try your hand at virtual battles with off-scale dynamics and hurricane gameplay in the spirit of the classical shooters.
WARMODE at a glance Released 2019 Studio Novalink Player sentiment 62% positive of 16,311 Price Free Free to PlayFPSShooterFirst-PersonEarly AccessMassively MultiplayerController
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World War 3
Why it matched: both war and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Military; 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 Free to PlayFPSMilitaryPvPShooterModernFirst-Person
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Black Squad
Why it matched: both war; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Shooter; 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 Free to PlayFPSShooterEarly AccessFirst-PersonMilitaryPvPMassively Multiplayer
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Battlefield 4
Why it matched: both war and story-rich; shares 7 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 FPSShooterMilitaryFirst-PersonPvPMassively MultiplayerController
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Pixel Strike 3D
Why it matched: both war; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
Pixel Strike 3D is a Multiplayer First-Person Shooter that features fast-paced gameplay and a wide variety of player customization. Battle friends and foes from all around the world in over 20 unique game modes, with over 70 available weapons.
Pixel Strike 3D at a glance Released 2020 Studio Vulcron Player sentiment 74% positive of 12,507 Price Free Free to PlayFPSShooterFirst-PersonMilitaryPvPBattle RoyaleMassively Multiplayer
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Ironsight
Why it matched: both war; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Shooter; 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 Free to PlayFPSShooterBattle RoyaleControllerPvPFirst-PersonMilitary
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World of Warplanes
Why it matched: both war and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Military and PvP; released around the same time (2022).
World of Warplanes is an aerial combat MMO action game set in the Golden Age of military aviation. The game throws players into a never-ending battle for dominance of the skies.
World of Warplanes at a glance Released 2022 Studio Wargaming Group Limited Player sentiment 70% positive of 5,651 Price Free FPSMilitaryPvPShooterFirst-PersonController
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 5 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-PersonModern
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The Culling
Why it matched: both atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Battle Royale, First-Person and Early Access; released around the same time (2017).
Battle Royale is back! In a remote island paradise, 16 contestants have 25 minutes to explore, scavenge items, craft weapons, build traps, hunt and kill each other. Only one will be crowned the winner, do you have the guts to survive?
The Culling at a glance Released 2017 Studio Xaviant Player sentiment 57% positive of 17,224 Price Not listed Battle RoyaleFirst-PersonEarly AccessPvPFPSBloodFree to PlayMassively Multiplayer
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military; released around the same time (2017).
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 FPSShooterMilitaryFirst-PersonController
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Survarium
Why it matched: both atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Shooter.
Survarium is a post-apocalyptic online FPS game. If you are looking for a shooter where skills matter, look no further! The opposing players and deadly anomalies will never stop you on the way to victory, right? Then start playing now for free!
Survarium at a glance Released 2015 Studio Vostok Games Player sentiment 55% positive of 25,266 Price Not listed Free to PlayFPSShooterFirst-PersonPvPEarly AccessMassively MultiplayerExploration
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BattleBit Remastered
Why it matched: both war; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military; released around the same time (2023).
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 FPSShooterMilitaryMassively MultiplayerPvPFirst-PersonEarly Access
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Deceit
Why it matched: both story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including PvP, Free to Play and Choices Matter; released around the same time (2017).
Test your instincts at trust and deception in an action-filled, multiplayer first-person shooter. You wake up in unknown surroundings to the sound of the Game Master’s unfamiliar voice, surrounded by five others. A third of your group have been infected with a virus, but who will escape?
Deceit at a glance Released 2017 Studio World Makers Player sentiment 79% positive of 92,193 Price Not listed PvPFree to PlayChoices MatterShooterFPSFirst-Person
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Gray Zone Warfare
Why it matched: both war; shares 7 player tags including Early Access, FPS and Shooter; 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 Early AccessFPSShooterFirst-PersonMilitaryMassively MultiplayerPvP
Common questions
What game is most like Hired Ops?
POLYGON: Multiplayer Shooter, on the evidence we have. It both war and atmospheric. 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 Hired Ops" 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 Hired Ops. 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.
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.