Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Zero Hour (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Zero Hour 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: Holdfast: Nations At War, which both war and strategy.
- Zero Hour is tagged Tactical, Shooter, FPS, Realistic, Multiplayer, Action, Singleplayer, Co-op 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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Holdfast: Nations At War
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 11 player tags including Shooter, FPS and Military; 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 ShooterFPSMilitaryTacticalSimulationCombatThird-Person ShooterPvP
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ARMA 3
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 12 player tags including Military, Shooter and Simulation.
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
ARMA 3 at a glance Released 2013 Studio Bohemia Interactive Player sentiment 90% positive of 294,969 Price $29.99 MilitaryShooterSimulationRealisticFirst-PersonTacticalFPSStrategy
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Squad
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 11 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 MilitaryRealisticFPSTacticalShooterTeam-BasedFirst-PersonStrategy
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Insurgency
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 11 player tags including FPS, Realistic and Tactical.
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 FPSRealisticTacticalShooterMilitaryTeam-BasedFirst-PersonStrategy
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Bodycam
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Realistic and Shooter; released around the same time (2024).
Bodycam is the first tactical multiplayer FPS with a true body-camera view in Unreal Engine 5. Close-quarters combats feel raw and loud. Every angle, callout, and bullet matters. Play Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Wingman on photoreal maps where teamplay, tactics, and clutch skill are key.
Bodycam at a glance Released 2024 Studio Reissad Studio Player sentiment 78% positive of 47,668 Price $33.32 FPSRealisticShooterMilitaryTeam-BasedImmersive SimPvPFirst-Person
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Why it matched: both stealth, war and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Shooter, Stealth and Tactical.
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 ShooterStealthTacticalMilitaryThird-Person ShooterFPSOnline Co-OpStrategy
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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Why it matched: both stealth, war and strategy; shares 10 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-PersonShooterRealisticStrategy
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GROUND BRANCH
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Tactical, Realistic and Military; released around the same time (2026).
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-PersonOnline Co-Op
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Why it matched: both stealth, war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Shooter, Military and Stealth; released around the same time (2023).
Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a tactical third-person shooter set in a vast open world. You must survive, adapt, and fight a rogue spec ops faction, using stealth, strategy, and high-tech gear in solo or co-op.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint at a glance Released 2023 Studio Ubisoft Paris Player sentiment 73% positive of 47,338 Price $59.99 ShooterMilitaryStealthThird-Person ShooterRealisticOnline Co-OpTacticalFPS
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Gray Zone Warfare
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Online Co-Op, Tactical and FPS; 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 Online Co-OpTacticalFPSRealisticShooterFirst-PersonMilitaryPvP
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PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 11 player tags including Shooter, FPS and PvP.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at a glance Released 2017 Studio PUBG Corporation Player sentiment 61% positive of 2,748,446 Price Free ShooterFPSPvPThird-Person ShooterOnline Co-OpTacticalFirst-PersonStrategy
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Hell Let Loose
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 9 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 ShooterRealisticFPSMilitaryTacticalSimulationFirst-PersonPvP
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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
Why it matched: both stealth, war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Stealth.
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-PersonMilitaryTacticalStrategyOnline Co-Op
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Why it matched: both stealth, war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Stealth, Third-Person Shooter and Tactical.
In Ghost Recon Future Soldier join an elite team of highly trained, cut-throat special-ops soldiers. Armed to the teeth with unrivalled combat technology, Ghost Recon takes you to the globe’s most deadly warzones to hunt down the highest value targets.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier at a glance Released 2012 Studio Ubisoft Paris Player sentiment 71% positive of 6,170 Price $19.99 StealthThird-Person ShooterTacticalShooterFPSMilitaryOnline Co-OpStrategy
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World War 3
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Realistic and Online Co-Op; 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 FPSRealisticOnline Co-OpTacticalMilitaryPvPShooterTeam-Based
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
Why it matched: both stealth, war and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Stealth and Shooter; 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 FPSStealthShooterRealisticTacticalMilitaryFirst-PersonCombat
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Day of Defeat: Source
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 10 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 FPSShooterMilitaryTeam-BasedFirst-PersonTacticalRealisticOnline Co-Op
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Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Why it matched: both war and strategy; 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 SimulationMilitaryTacticalRealisticStrategyShooterFPSTeam-Based
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Payday 2
Why it matched: both stealth and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Online Co-Op and Stealth.
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-PersonTacticalPvE
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Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Military and Immersive Sim.
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 FPSMilitaryImmersive SimPvPFirst-PersonTeam-BasedRealisticSimulation
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Team-Based.
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 FPSShooterTeam-BasedTacticalFirst-PersonPvPOnline Co-OpStrategy
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ARMA 2
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Simulation, Military and Tactical.
Building on 10 years of constant engine development, ARMA II boasts the most realistic combat environment in the world. It models real world ballistics & round deflection, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects.
ARMA 2 at a glance Released 2009 Studio Bohemia Interactive Player sentiment 84% positive of 2,114 Price $2.59 SimulationMilitaryTacticalRealisticFPSStrategyShooterFirst-Person
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 10 player tags including FPS, PvP and Tactical.
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 FPSPvPTacticalShooterOnline Co-OpTeam-BasedMilitaryStrategy
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Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered
Why it matched: both war and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Simulation, Military and Strategy.
The genre-defining military sim that began as Operation Flashpoint (2001), now a modernized, 64-bit, cross-platform build for Windows and Linux, with its engine released as open source. Over 2 million copies sold. The Cold War battlefield of Everon and Nogova, remastered for today's hardware.
Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered at a glance Released 2011 Studio Bohemia Interactive Player sentiment 80% positive of 6,445 Price $4.99 SimulationMilitaryStrategyFPSTacticalShooterRealisticFirst-Person
Common questions
What game is most like Zero Hour?
Holdfast: Nations At War, on the evidence we have. It both war 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 Zero Hour" 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 Zero Hour. 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.