Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Insurgency: Sandstorm (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Insurgency: Sandstorm 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: Day of Infamy, which made by the same studio, New World Interactive.
- Insurgency: Sandstorm is tagged FPS, Realistic, Shooter, Military, Tactical, Multiplayer, Action, 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.
- 2 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 2 are from the same studio: Day of Infamy, Insurgency.
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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Day of Infamy
Why it matched: made by the same studio, New World Interactive; both open world, war and strategy; shares 12 player tags including FPS, War and Realistic; released around the same time (2017).
Experience close-quarters battles in iconic WWII settings. Defend the line, storm the beach, torch the enemy, or use a radio to call in fire support. Day of Infamy is a teamwork-oriented shooter that will keep you on your toes and coming back for more with its diverse game modes and authentic arsenal.
Day of Infamy at a glance Released 2017 Studio New World Interactive Player sentiment 82% positive of 22,100 Price $14.99 FPSWarRealisticShooterMilitaryTacticalFirst-PersonGore
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Argo
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 11 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-PersonRealisticMilitaryOnline Co-Op
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Insurgency
Why it matched: made by the same studio, New World Interactive; both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Realistic and Tactical; 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 FPSRealisticTacticalShooterMilitaryFirst-PersonWarOnline Co-Op
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; 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-PersonGoreViolentRealisticTactical
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Why it matched: both war, story-rich, atmospheric 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-PersonWarTacticalViolentRealistic
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Squad 44
Why it matched: both open world, war and strategy; shares 11 player tags including FPS, Simulation and Military; released around the same time (2018).
Team up and join the frontline in Squad 44, the most authentic tactical WW2 shooter. Experience ruthless realism with an immense arsenal of faithfully recreated weapons and vehicles across massive WW2 battlefields.
Squad 44 at a glance Released 2018 Studio Offworld Player sentiment 74% positive of 25,436 Price $19.99 FPSSimulationMilitaryRealisticMassively MultiplayerWarFirst-PersonShooter
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War of Rights
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 12 player tags including War, Realistic and Simulation; 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 WarRealisticSimulationMilitaryFPSFirst-PersonShooterMassively Multiplayer
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Hell Let Loose
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 12 player tags including Shooter, Realistic and FPS; 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 ShooterRealisticFPSWarMilitaryTacticalSimulationFirst-Person
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Squad
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Military, Realistic and FPS; 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 MilitaryRealisticFPSTacticalShooterWarFirst-PersonMassively Multiplayer
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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 takes the bulls-eye precision of its predecessor to new and exciting heights!
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 at a glance Released 2013 Studio City Interactive Player sentiment 76% positive of 18,757 Price $9.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonMilitaryTacticalOnline Co-OpSimulationDifficult
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Battlefield 3
Why it matched: both open world, war, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 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-PersonTacticalWarMilitaryViolentOnline Co-Op
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Day of Defeat: Source
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 12 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Military.
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 FPSShooterMilitaryWarFirst-PersonTacticalRealisticOnline Co-Op
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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Why it matched: both open world, war, strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Simulation, Military and Tactical.
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 SimulationMilitaryTacticalRealisticShooterFPSWarFirst-Person
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Why it matched: both war, story-rich and strategy; shares 10 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-PersonTacticalGoreViolentOnline Co-Op
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Battlefield 4
Why it matched: both open world, war, story-rich and strategy; shares 9 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-PersonViolentMassively MultiplayerTactical
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America's Army: Proving Grounds
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Military and Shooter.
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-PersonWarRealisticSimulation
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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Military and Tactical.
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 FPSMilitaryTacticalSimulationFirst-PersonShooterRealisticWar
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GROUND BRANCH
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Tactical, Realistic and Military.
From one of the developers behind the original Rainbow Six® and Ghost Recon® games, comes a thinking-man's first-person shooter featuring in-depth character and weapon customization. Take your time. Think ahead. Get the job done.
GROUND BRANCH at a glance Released 2026 Studio BlackFoot Studios Player sentiment 84% positive of 24,908 Price $23.99 TacticalRealisticMilitaryFPSShooterSimulationFirst-PersonWar
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Heroes & Generals
Why it matched: both open world, war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, War and Shooter; released around the same time (2016).
Shoot, blow sh!t up, fly or bark orders in the ultimate Free-to-Play, large scale, multiplayer, shooter experience. Thousands of players in multiple battles fighting one massive war of nations. The first to capture 15 cities takes the glory.
Heroes & Generals at a glance Released 2016 Studio TLM Partners Player sentiment 68% positive of 141,628 Price Not listed FPSWarShooterFirst-PersonMassively MultiplayerTacticalSimulationIndie
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Ravenfield
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, War and Shooter; released around the same time (2017).
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-PersonTacticalSimulationIndie
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Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Military and Massively Multiplayer; 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 FPSMilitaryMassively MultiplayerWarFirst-PersonGoreRealisticSimulation
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Counter-Strike: Source
Why it matched: both war, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 8 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-PersonTacticalMilitaryWarDifficultSimulation
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Police Stories
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Simulation, Tactical 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 SimulationTacticalShooterOnline Co-OpIndieRealisticViolentGore
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Why it matched: both war, strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Tactical and Shooter; released around the same time (2015).
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an elite, tactical team-based shooter where superior planning and execution triumph.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege at a glance Released 2015 Studio Ubisoft Toronto Player sentiment 82% positive of 1,546,025 Price Free FPSTacticalShooterOnline Co-OpMilitaryFirst-PersonRealisticWar
Common questions
What game is most like Insurgency: Sandstorm?
Day of Infamy, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, New World Interactive. 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 Insurgency: Sandstorm" 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 Insurgency: Sandstorm. 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 Insurgency: Sandstorm do?
Day of Infamy, Insurgency are also from New World Interactive, 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.