Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Team Fortress 2 (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Team Fortress 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: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, which both strategy.
- Team Fortress 2 is tagged Free to Play, Hero Shooter, Multiplayer, FPS, Shooter, Action, Class-Based, Team-Based 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.
- 11 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 Rainbow Six Siege
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Tactical and Shooter.
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 FPSTacticalShooterCompetitiveOnline Co-OpHero ShooterTeam-BasedFirst-Person
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BRINK
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Free to Play; released around the same time (2011).
You decide the combat role you want to assume in the world of Brink as you fight to save yourself and mankind’s last refuge!
BRINK at a glance Released 2011 Studio Splash Damage Player sentiment 63% positive of 8,159 Price Free FPSShooterFree to PlayClass-BasedFirst-PersonTeam-BasedOnline Co-OpTactical
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Apex Legends
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Shooter.
Apex Legends is the award-winning, free-to-play Hero Shooter from Respawn Entertainment. Master an ever-growing roster of legendary characters with powerful abilities, and experience strategic squad play and innovative gameplay in the next evolution of Hero Shooter and Battle Royale.
Apex Legends at a glance Released 2019 Studio Iron Galaxy Studios Player sentiment 68% positive of 1,066,464 Price Free Free to PlayFPSShooterFirst-PersonHero ShooterTeam-BasedTacticalFunny
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Battleborn
Why it matched: shares 10 player tags including Hero Shooter, FPS and Shooter.
FREE PVP TRIAL AVAILABLE NOW! A tremendous band of badass heroes fight to protect the universe’s very last star from a mysterious evil in this Hero Shooter by the creators of Borderlands.
Battleborn at a glance Released 2016 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 63% positive of 9,719 Price Not listed Hero ShooterFPSShooterFree to PlayFirst-PersonComedyClass-BasedFunny
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Splitgate: Arena Warfare
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Shooter.
Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.
Splitgate: Arena Warfare at a glance Released 2019 Studio 1047 Games Player sentiment 91% positive of 110,493 Price Free Free to PlayFPSShooterFirst-PersonCompetitiveTeam-BasedTacticalOnline Co-Op
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Guns of Icarus Online
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Team-Based, Tactical and Competitive.
Assemble your crew, take to the skies in the premier PvP airship combat game. Guns of Icarus Online is all about flying massive airships, shooting big turret weapons, and working as a team for supremacy of the skies. Everyone as one, victory or death, together.
Guns of Icarus Online at a glance Released 2012 Studio Muse Games Player sentiment 90% positive of 14,674 Price $4.99 Team-BasedTacticalCompetitiveFPSOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonShooterClass-Based
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Team Fortress Classic
Why it matched: shares 9 player tags including FPS, Hero Shooter and Shooter.
One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress Classic features over nine character classes -- from Medic to Spy to Demolition Man -- enlisted in a unique style of online team warfare. Each character class possesses unique weapons, items, and abilities, as teams compete online in a variety of game play modes.
Team Fortress Classic at a glance Released 1999 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 87% positive of 9,273 Price $4.99 FPSHero ShooterShooterTeam-BasedClass-BasedFirst-PersonCompetitiveOnline Co-Op
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 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-PersonOnline Co-OpTrading
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Paladins
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Hero Shooter, Free to Play and FPS.
Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!
Paladins at a glance Released 2018 Studio Evil Mojo Games Player sentiment 85% positive of 345,436 Price Free Hero ShooterFree to PlayFPSShooterTeam-BasedFirst-PersonOnline Co-OpFunny
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Pixel Strike 3D
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Tactical.
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 PlayFPSTacticalShooterFirst-PersonOnline Co-OpTeam-BasedCompetitive
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The Cycle: Frontier
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Free to Play, Crafting and Shooter.
The Cycle: Frontier is a free-to-play PvPvE Extraction Shooter driven by suspense and danger. Prospect for resources and other riches on an abandoned alien world ravaged by a deadly storm, inhabited by monsters and other ambitious Prospectors.
The Cycle: Frontier at a glance Released 2022 Studio YAGER Player sentiment 64% positive of 45,267 Price Not listed Free to PlayCraftingShooterTacticalFirst-PersonFPSOnline Co-OpCompetitive
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Left 4 Dead
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2008).
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
Left 4 Dead at a glance Released 2008 Studio Valve Player sentiment 96% positive of 68,013 Price $9.99 FPSShooterOnline Co-OpTeam-BasedFirst-PersonTacticalCompetitive
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Day of Defeat: Source
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Team-Based; released around the same time (2010).
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 FPSShooterTeam-BasedFirst-PersonClass-BasedTacticalOnline Co-Op
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Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2004).
With its extensive Tour of Duty campaign, a near-limitless number of skirmish modes, updates and new content for Counter-Strike's award-winning multiplayer game play, plus over 12 bonus single player missions, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is a tremendous offering of single and multiplayer content.
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero at a glance Released 2004 Studio Valve Player sentiment 91% positive of 28,347 Price $9.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonTacticalTeam-BasedCompetitiveOnline Co-Op
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Payday 2
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Online Co-Op and Shooter.
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-OpShooterTeam-BasedFirst-PersonTacticalFunny
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Marvel Rivals
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Free to Play, Hero Shooter and Team-Based.
Marvel Rivals is a Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter! Assemble an all-star Marvel squad, devise countless strategies by combining powers to form unique Team-Up skills and fight in destructible, ever-changing battlefields across the continually evolving Marvel universe!
Marvel Rivals at a glance Released 2024 Studio NetEase Games Player sentiment 76% positive of 412,470 Price Free Free to PlayHero ShooterTeam-BasedCompetitiveShooterOnline Co-OpFPS
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Left 4 Dead 2
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2009).
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Left 4 Dead 2 at a glance Released 2009 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 98% positive of 1,055,804 Price $9.99 FPSShooterOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonTeam-BasedTactical
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Perfect Heist 2
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, Hero Shooter and FPS.
Perfect Heist 2 is a round-based online game, where robbers try to hide in plain sight while robbing a bank without being noticed by the cop team!
Perfect Heist 2 at a glance Released 2021 Studio yeswecamp Player sentiment 93% positive of 4,731 Price $3.99 ShooterHero ShooterFPSClass-BasedFirst-PersonTacticalFunny
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Insurgency
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Tactical and Shooter.
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 FPSTacticalShooterTeam-BasedFirst-PersonOnline Co-OpCompetitive
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Natural Selection 2
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Team-Based and Competitive.
A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!
Natural Selection 2 at a glance Released 2012 Studio Unknown Worlds Entertainment Player sentiment 85% positive of 13,363 Price $4.99 FPSTeam-BasedCompetitiveShooterTacticalFirst-PersonOnline Co-Op
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Battlefield 3
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 6 player tags including Shooter, FPS and First-Person; released around the same time (2011).
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-PersonTeam-BasedTacticalOnline Co-Op
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PlanetSide 2
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Shooter.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
PlanetSide 2 at a glance Released 2012 Studio Rogue Planet Games Player sentiment 80% positive of 74,813 Price Free Free to PlayFPSShooterTeam-BasedTacticalFirst-PersonOnline Co-Op
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MechWarrior Online Solaris 7
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Free to Play, Shooter and Robots.
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 Free to PlayShooterRobotsFPSFirst-PersonTacticalTeam-Based
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POLYGON: Multiplayer Shooter
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Free to Play, FPS and Shooter.
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 PlayFPSShooterFirst-PersonTacticalTeam-BasedCompetitive
Common questions
What game is most like Team Fortress 2?
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, on the evidence we have. It both 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 Team Fortress 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 Team Fortress 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.
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.