Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS (2026)
Every game below overlaps with PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 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: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, which both survival, stealth and strategy.
- PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is tagged Survival, Shooter, Battle Royale, Multiplayer, FPS, PvP, Third-Person Shooter, Action 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.
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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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Why it matched: both survival, stealth and strategy; shares 11 player tags including Shooter, Stealth and Tactical; released around the same time (2017).
Lead your elite team of Ghosts in this tactical third-person shooter. Explore a massive open world, infiltrate and destroy the deadly Santa Blanca cartel, and save Bolivia and its people.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands at a glance Released 2017 Studio Ubisoft Paris Player sentiment 78% positive of 113,815 Price $49.99 ShooterStealthTacticalThird-Person ShooterFPSOnline Co-OpThird PersonSurvival
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Counter-Strike: Source
Why it matched: both survival, strategy and difficult; shares 11 player tags including Shooter, FPS and Team-Based.
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 ShooterFPSTeam-BasedFirst-PersonCompetitiveTacticalPvPStrategy
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GTFO
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Online Co-Op, FPS and Difficult; 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-OpFPSDifficultShooterStealthTacticalTeam-BasedFirst-Person
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PAYDAY The Heist
Why it matched: both stealth, strategy and difficult; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Online Co-Op and Shooter.
Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”
PAYDAY The Heist at a glance Released 2011 Studio OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. Player sentiment 93% positive of 40,968 Price $9.99 FPSOnline Co-OpShooterFirst-PersonTeam-BasedStealthDifficultTactical
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Dead by Daylight
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Online Co-Op, Survival and Team-Based; released around the same time (2016).
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-OpSurvivalTeam-BasedStealthThird PersonFirst-PersonStrategyDifficult
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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
Why it matched: both stealth, strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Stealth; released around the same time (2013).
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 FPSShooterStealthFirst-PersonTacticalStrategyOnline Co-OpSimulation
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The Ship: Murder Party
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including First-Person, Stealth and Survival.
The Ship is a murder mystery multiplayer.
The Ship: Murder Party at a glance Released 2006 Studio Outerlight Ltd. Player sentiment 86% positive of 5,950 Price $9.99 First-PersonStealthSurvivalFPSSimulationShooterStrategyDifficult
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Zero Hour
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 11 player tags including Tactical, Shooter and FPS.
Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.
Zero Hour at a glance Released 2024 Studio AttritoM7 Productions Player sentiment 77% positive of 33,371 Price $9.99 TacticalShooterFPSFirst-PersonOnline Co-OpThird-Person ShooterPvPTeam-Based
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 10 player tags including FPS, PvP and Tactical; 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 FPSPvPTacticalShooterCompetitiveOnline Co-OpTeam-BasedStrategy
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Tom Clancy's The Division
Why it matched: both survival, stealth and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Shooter and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2016).
A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.
Tom Clancy's The Division at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ubisoft Reflections Player sentiment 71% positive of 96,706 Price $29.99 Third-Person ShooterShooterOnline Co-OpSurvivalTacticalThird PersonFPSStealth
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Gray Zone Warfare
Why it matched: both survival and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Early Access, Online Co-Op and Tactical.
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 AccessOnline Co-OpTacticalFPSShooterFirst-PersonCompetitivePvP
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Witch It
Why it matched: both survival, stealth and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Online Co-Op, Survival and Stealth; released around the same time (2020).
Witch It is a multiplayer hide & seek game set in a vibrant, magical world. Brave hunters seek hidden witches that curse their villages!
Witch It at a glance Released 2020 Studio Barrel Roll Games Player sentiment 89% positive of 19,870 Price $19.99 Online Co-OpSurvivalStealthEarly AccessFirst-PersonTeam-BasedPvPStrategy
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MechWarrior Online Solaris 7
Why it matched: both survival and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Shooter, Simulation and FPS; released around the same time (2015).
MechWarrior Online™ Legends is a tactical, 'Mech-based online shooter set in the vast BattleTech Universe. Assume the role of an elite MechWarrior, piloting powerful BattleMechs, fighting for supremacy over the Inner Sphere.
MechWarrior Online Solaris 7 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Piranha Games Inc. Player sentiment 80% positive of 12,817 Price Free ShooterSimulationFPSPvPStrategyFirst-PersonTacticalTeam-Based
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Who's Your Daddy?!
Why it matched: both survival, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including First-Person, Simulation and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2016).
Who's Your Daddy is a casual multiplayer game featuring a clueless father attempting to prevent his infant son from certain death. Play with up to 7 of your friends, and test your parenting skills in a competitive setup with wacky physics and over 67 potentially ominous household items.
Who's Your Daddy?! at a glance Released 2016 Studio Evil Tortilla Games Player sentiment 80% positive of 31,936 Price $9.99 First-PersonSimulationOnline Co-OpStrategyEarly AccessDifficultThird PersonSurvival
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Competitive.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at a glance Released 2012 Studio Valve Player sentiment 86% positive of 9,826,211 Price Free FPSShooterCompetitiveTeam-BasedTacticalFirst-PersonPvPOnline Co-Op
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Realm Royale
Why it matched: both survival; shares 11 player tags including Battle Royale, Shooter and Survival; released around the same time (2018).
Join 20+ million players and experience a new kind of battle royale in Realm Royale Reforged! Choose your class, forge deadly weapons, and master powerful abilities to be the last champion standing. Mount up alone or with a team to explore a fantasy world while outrunning the deadly fog.
Realm Royale at a glance Released 2018 Studio Heroic Leap Games Player sentiment 76% positive of 56,228 Price Not listed Battle RoyaleShooterSurvivalEarly AccessPvPThird-Person ShooterThird PersonFPS
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Ring of Elysium
Why it matched: both survival and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Battle Royale, Shooter and Survival; released around the same time (2019).
Escape an astonishing disaster in Ring of Elysium, a battle royale shooter developed by Aurora Studio.
Ring of Elysium at a glance Released 2019 Studio Aurora Studio Player sentiment 75% positive of 99,011 Price Not listed Battle RoyaleShooterSurvivalFPSThird-Person ShooterEarly AccessPvPTactical
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Hunt: Showdown 1896
Why it matched: both survival, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Tactical, FPS and Shooter; released around the same time (2019).
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 at a glance Released 2019 Studio Crytek Player sentiment 74% positive of 277,557 Price $15.99 TacticalFPSShooterPvPOnline Co-OpDifficultBattle RoyaleTeam-Based
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Tom Clancy’s The Division
Why it matched: both survival, stealth and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Shooter and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2016).
A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.
Tom Clancy’s The Division at a glance Released 2016 Studio Massive Entertainment Player sentiment 71% positive of 96,713 Price $29.99 Third-Person ShooterShooterOnline Co-OpSurvivalTacticalThird PersonFPSStealth
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Last Man Standing
Why it matched: both survival and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Survival, Shooter and Battle Royale; released around the same time (2017).
The Ultimate BATTLE ROYALE! Sharpen your skills and kill everyone in your way as you hunt for guns, gear and glory in a massive battlefield where only ONE can be crowned the LAST MAN STANDING. Earn cash prizes in a monthly competitions,
Last Man Standing at a glance Released 2017 Studio Free Reign Entertainment Player sentiment 61% positive of 17,338 Price Not listed SurvivalShooterBattle RoyalePvPFPSThird-Person ShooterFirst-PersonStrategy
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Desperados III
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Stealth and Tactical; released around the same time (2020).
Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
Desperados III at a glance Released 2020 Studio Mimimi Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 16,591 Price $39.99 StrategyStealthTacticalDifficultThird PersonSurvival
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Stealth, Strategy and Tactical; released around the same time (2016).
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun at a glance Released 2016 Studio Mimimi Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 38,415 Price $3.99 StealthStrategyTacticalDifficultThird PersonSurvival
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Holdfast: Nations At War
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 10 player tags including Shooter, FPS and Tactical; released around the same time (2020).
Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!
Holdfast: Nations At War at a glance Released 2020 Studio Anvil Game Studios Player sentiment 90% positive of 29,480 Price $19.99 ShooterFPSTacticalSimulationThird-Person ShooterPvPStrategyFirst-Person
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Payday 2
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Online Co-Op and Stealth; released around the same time (2013).
PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.
Payday 2 at a glance Released 2013 Studio Overkill Software Player sentiment 89% positive of 674,295 Price $9.99 FPSOnline Co-OpStealthShooterTeam-BasedFirst-PersonTacticalStrategy
Common questions
What game is most like PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS?
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, on the evidence we have. It both survival, stealth and strategy. 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 PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS" 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 PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. 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.