Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Ready or Not (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Ready or Not 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: PAYDAY 3, which both crime and strategy.
- Ready or Not is tagged Tactical, Realistic, FPS, Shooter, Multiplayer, Co-op, Singleplayer, Horror 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.
- 4 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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PAYDAY 3
Why it matched: both crime and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Crime, FPS and Shooter; released around the same time (2023).
PAYDAY 3 is the ultimate co-op FPS crime fantasy. Choose between stealth or loud playstyles, customize your character, and get ready to pull off the perfect heist.
PAYDAY 3 at a glance Released 2023 Studio Starbreeze Studios Player sentiment 46% positive of 65,328 Price $14.99 CrimeFPSShooterTacticalAmericaFirst-PersonGun CustomizationCombat
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Metro Exodus
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Horror; released around the same time (2020).
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
Metro Exodus at a glance Released 2020 Studio 4A Games Player sentiment 90% positive of 135,440 Price $29.99 FPSFirst-PersonHorrorShooterViolentGorePsychological Horror
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GTFO
Why it matched: both horror, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Horror, 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 HorrorFPSShooterTacticalGoreFirst-PersonViolent
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Realistic; 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 FPSShooterRealisticGun CustomizationTacticalFirst-PersonModernGore
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, crime and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Shooter, Crime and First-Person.
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 ShooterCrimeFirst-PersonGoreViolentPsychological Horror
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Gore.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard at a glance Released 2017 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 95% positive of 126,252 Price $19.99 HorrorFirst-PersonGorePsychological HorrorViolentFPSShooter
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Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, crime and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Psychological Horror; released around the same time (2020).
You only wanted to make a visit to your sick colleague, but what you encounter is beyond your imagination. Discover the secrets of your colleague and find a way to escape the trap.
Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege at a glance Released 2020 Studio Bitbeast Games Player sentiment 81% positive of 12,548 Price Free HorrorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorCrimeRealistic
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Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Gore and First-Person.
You wake up alone on the floor of an abandoned farmhouse. Daylight is quickly fading. You must find a way out. A thrilling horror experience for the five senses. This full model change to the "Isolated View", and photorealistic graphics of RE Engine mark a new beginning for survival horror.
Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour at a glance Released 2016 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 89% positive of 4,839 Price Free HorrorGoreFirst-PersonViolentPsychological HorrorFPSShooter
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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Horror, FPS and Gore.
Assume the role of Special Forces Sgt. Becket as your routine mission quickly turns into a fight for survival against the wrath of Alma Wade. As Alma's terrifying power surges out of control, your squad is forced to battle through an apocalyptic landscape in search of clues for how to destroy her!
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin at a glance Released 2009 Studio Monolith Player sentiment 85% positive of 9,496 Price $14.99 HorrorFPSGoreShooterPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonViolent
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
Why it matched: both atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Shooter, FPS and First-Person; 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 ShooterFPSFirst-PersonGoreViolentRealisticGun CustomizationTactical
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Battlefield Hardline
Why it matched: both crime, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, FPS and First-Person.
Strategy. Speed. Story. These are the core pillars of Battlefield™ Hardline, a cops vs. criminals experience unlike any other.
Battlefield Hardline at a glance Released 2015 Studio DICE Player sentiment 69% positive of 5,407 Price $39.99 ShooterFPSFirst-PersonViolentTacticalGoreCrime
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Why it matched: both atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; 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 FPSShooterFirst-PersonModernTacticalViolentRealisticGore
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World War 3
Why it matched: both atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Realistic 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 FPSRealisticTacticalGun CustomizationShooterModernFirst-PersonCombat
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Half-Life: Alyx
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Horror and Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
Half-Life: Alyx at a glance Released 2020 Studio Campo Santo Player sentiment 98% positive of 105,097 Price $59.99 FPSHorrorShooterFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorGore
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Resident Evil Village
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Gore; released around the same time (2021).
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Resident Evil Village at a glance Released 2021 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 96% positive of 153,329 Price $39.99 HorrorFirst-PersonGoreFPSViolentPsychological Horror
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Police Stories
Why it matched: both crime, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Tactical, Shooter and Crime; 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 TacticalShooterCrimeRealisticViolentGore
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GhostWire: Tokyo
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including First-Person, Horror and Combat; released around the same time (2022).
Tokyo's population has vanished, and deadly supernatural forces prowl the streets. Use an arsenal of elemental abilities to unravel the truth behind the disappearance and save Tokyo.
GhostWire: Tokyo at a glance Released 2022 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 83% positive of 21,047 Price $59.99 First-PersonHorrorCombatFPSRealisticPsychological Horror
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SCP: Secret Laboratory
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Horror, First-Person and Shooter.
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 HorrorFirst-PersonShooterFPSPsychological Horror
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Max Payne
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, crime and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Shooter, Crime and Violent.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
Max Payne at a glance Released 2001 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 89% positive of 15,818 Price $3.49 ShooterCrimeViolentPsychological HorrorHorror
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; 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 FPSShooterFirst-PersonTacticalModernGun CustomizationGoreViolent
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Scorn
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Gore, Horror and First-Person; released around the same time (2022).
Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.
Scorn at a glance Released 2022 Studio Ebb Software Player sentiment 77% positive of 19,678 Price $39.99 GoreHorrorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorViolentFPS
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Deceit
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Horror, Shooter and FPS.
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 HorrorShooterFPSFirst-PersonPsychological Horror
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Dead by Daylight
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Horror, Gore and Violent.
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 HorrorGoreViolentFirst-PersonPsychological Horror
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F.E.A.R.
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Horror, FPS and Shooter.
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
F.E.A.R. at a glance Released 2005 Studio Monolith Productions Player sentiment 94% positive of 19,502 Price $9.99 HorrorFPSShooterGoreFirst-PersonPsychological Horror
Common questions
What game is most like Ready or Not?
PAYDAY 3, on the evidence we have. It both crime 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 Ready or Not" 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 Ready or Not. 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.