What is the best game similar to Battlefield: Bad Company 2?

The closest game to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is Rise of the Tomb Raider, scoring 90/100 on our similarity scale. They share 12 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Battlefield: Bad Company 2?

The three closest games to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 are: 1. Rise of the Tomb Raider (90/100, 12 shared attributes) 2. Far Cry 4 (91/100, 14 shared attributes) 3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (86/100, 12 shared attributes). All share Battlefield: Bad Company 2's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 14 dimensions.

Is Far Cry 4 similar to Battlefield: Bad Company 2?

Yes, very much so — Far Cry 4 scores 91/100 similarity to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. They share 14 attributes, including shooter and adventure storytelling. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What FPS games are similar to Battlefield: Bad Company 2?

The best FPS games similar to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 are Rise of the Tomb Raider, Far Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Far Cry 3. All share the FPS genre alongside other key Battlefield: Bad Company 2 attributes like adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting.

How is similarity to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 calculated?

We compare Battlefield: Bad Company 2 against every game in our catalog using 14 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

Are there free games similar to Battlefield: Bad Company 2?

Yes — Halo Infinite is free and scores well on similarity to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. It's a great way to test whether the play style clicks before investing in other paid titles.

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Looking for games like Battlefield: Bad Company 2? We analyzed its gameplay DNA — first-person shooting, strong narrative focus and open world exploration — against over 6,700 titles. These 50 alternatives are ranked by real similarity, not marketing tags. Rise of the Tomb Raider leads with 90/100, followed by the rest of the list.

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Top games similar to Battlefield: Bad Company 2

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Each one has been evaluated across 14 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Rise of the Tomb RaiderClosest on genre

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeRangedNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 94%· 152KIGDB87· 25OC86· 108

Year 2015Dev Crystal Dynamics · Microsoft StudiosOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, puzzle design and third-person shooting, while skipping combat tactical

Bigger and better paced than the 2013 reboot: tombs are more numerous and more elaborate, and the crafting and hunting loops give the hub areas a reason to exist. Traversal is excellent. The story is forgettable and the survival framing sits awkwardly beside a protagonist who kills dozens of people without comment.

Where it drifts furthest from Battlefield: Bad Company 2: progression.

Released 5 years after Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

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#2Far Cry 4Closest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalRangedNarrativeOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 85%· 69KIGDB86· 19OC84· 97

Year 2014Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, adventure storytelling and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, survival mechanics and deep RPG systems

Where it drifts furthest from Battlefield: Bad Company 2: progression.

Released 4 years after Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

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#3Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasClosest on progression

iRank93

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeRangedNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 83KRAWG👍 93%· 4.1KMC93IGDB93· 6

Year 2004Dev Rockstar North · CapcomPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, sandbox freedom and third-person shooting, while skipping combat tactical

The largest of the PS2-era entries by a distance: three cities, countryside between them, and systems the series never repeated — stat training, gang territory, vehicle variety from bikes to planes. It is also the most uneven. Mission difficulty spikes without warning, and the RPG-ish stat grind sits oddly against the pace of everything else.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeRangedNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 88%· 129KIGDB90· 15

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping combat tactical

The template every later Far Cry followed: outposts to liberate, towers to climb, and a genuinely good stealth loop with a bow that makes clearing a camp silently the most satisfying thing in it. The second half loses the plot once the antagonist exits, and the island's activities repeat well before you finish clearing them.

Where it drifts furthest from Battlefield: Bad Company 2: progression.

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#5Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2

iRank68

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 76%· 19KIGDB52· 10

Year 2013Dev City InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics and online features, while skipping strong narrative focus

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Released 3 years after Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

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#6Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

iRank72

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalRangedOpen WorldHistoricalExploration

Steam👍 70%· 6.0KIGDB75· 10

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Paris · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, adventure storytelling and first-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, procedural generation and stealth mechanics, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Battlefield: Bad Company 2: visuals and world.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Combat83Setting60World30

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeTacticalOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 91%· 62KIGDB76· 19OC78· 133

Year 2017Dev Rebellion DevelopmentsOn PS4 · PC · iOS

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, adventure storytelling and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, dark, oppressive atmosphere and stealth mechanics, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Battlefield: Bad Company 2: tone.

Released 7 years after Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 67%· 5.7KIGDB33· 3

Year 2014Dev CI GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics, while skipping strong narrative focus

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Released 4 years after Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

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#9RAGE

iRank72

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opRangedMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 78%· 18KRAWG👍 52%· 834MC79IGDB81· 10

Year 2011Dev Aspyr Media · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: first-person shooting, shooter and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, deep RPG systems and horror tension, while skipping combat tactical

id Software shooting at its most precise, wrapped in a wasteland that mostly exists to connect combat arenas. The gunfeel and enemy animation still hold up. Everything around it is weaker: driving sections pad the runtime, the world is a hub-and-spoke rather than open, and it ends abruptly enough that many players assume they missed a final act.

Where it drifts furthest from Battlefield: Bad Company 2: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

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#10Halo InfiniteClosest on combat

iRank76

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opRangedMeleeTacticalNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 69%· 180KRAWG👍 63%· 730MC84IGDB88· 9OC87· 175

Year 2021Dev 343 Industries · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with first-person shooting, shooter and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings competitive edge, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping historical setting

Halo Infinite is the twelfth installment in the Halo franchise, and the sixth in the main series of science fiction first-person shooters. It is the sequel to Halo 5: Guardians and the third chapter in the Reclaimer Saga sub-series that was started by Halo 4. It is also the first game powered by the completely new Slipspace engine developed by Microsoft.

Where it drifts furthest from Battlefield: Bad Company 2: setting and tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Released 11 years after Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

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#11Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

iRank83

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalNarrativeOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 81%· 48KIGDB87· 22

Year 2017Dev MachineGames · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, stealth mechanics and setting scifi, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from Battlefield: Bad Company 2: tone.

Released 7 years after Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

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Steam GOG Xbox

#12Shadow of the Tomb Raider

iRank83

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldHistoricalExploration

Steam👍 85%· 86KIGDB80· 17OC80· 169

Year 2018Dev Eidos Montréal · Square EnixOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, third-person shooting and survival mechanics, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from Battlefield: Bad Company 2: visuals and combat.

Released 8 years after Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opRangedMeleeTacticalNarrativeOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 98%· 5.3KIGDB90· 1OC80· 24

Year 2024Dev Strange ScaffoldPlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: first-person shooting, shooter and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping adventure storytelling

More Strange Scaffoldhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1546310/El_Paso_Elsewhere/ About the GameI Am Your Beast is a shortform covert revenge thriller FPS about getting hunted across the North American wilderness by the military-industrial complex — and turning the tables.

Where it drifts furthest from Battlefield: Bad Company 2: tone.

Released 14 years after Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Genre100Combat100Setting100World100Progression100Visuals100

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 86%· 4.1KIGDB77· 3

Year 2008Dev Crytek Budapest · Electronic ArtsOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics, setting scifi and visual third person, while skipping strong narrative focus

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Steam GOG

#15Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood

iRank84

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 87%· 4.9KIGDB79· 7

Year 2009Dev TechlandOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, adventure storytelling and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics and fantasy world, while skipping ranged combat

Where it drifts furthest from Battlefield: Bad Company 2: combat.

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Complete list of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 alternatives

The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Battlefield: Bad Company 2, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

Homefront: The Revolution

Shooter · FPS

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3

Shooter · FPS

Just Cause 3

Adventure · Shooter

Resident Evil Village

Survival · Horror

Far Cry

FPS · Shooter

The Darkness II

Shooter · FPS

Crysis 3

Shooter · FPS

Grand Theft Auto IV

Adventure · Third-person shooter

Hunt: Showdown 1896

FPS · Shooter

Far Cry: Primal

Survival · Shooter

Far Cry New Dawn

Shooter · FPS

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

Adventure · Shooter

Hitman 3

Adventure · Shooter

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Battlefield 1

Shooter · FPS

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Shooter · FPS

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

Shooter · Adventure

Crysis

Shooter · FPS

Watch Dogs

Adventure · Shooter

POSTAL 2

Adventure · Sandbox

Lost Planet 3

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Generation Zero

Shooter · FPS

Mafia II (Classic)

Third-person shooter · Adventure

Gears 5

Adventure · Shooter

Far Cry 2

Shooter · FPS

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Third-person shooter · Adventure

Saints Row 2

Third-person shooter · Adventure

Saints Row

Shooter · Third-person shooter

Saints Row IV

Adventure · Shooter

Grand Theft Auto 2

Shooter · FPS

Just Cause 2

Third-person shooter · Adventure

Mafia III

Adventure · Shooter

Down To One

FPS · Survival

Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition

Third-person shooter · Shooter

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

Adventure · Survival

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Battlefield: Bad Company 2?: The closest game to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is Rise of the Tomb Raider, scoring 90/100 on our similarity scale. They share 12 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Battlefield: Bad Company 2?: The three closest games to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 are: 1. Rise of the Tomb Raider (90/100, 12 shared attributes) 2. Far Cry 4 (91/100, 14 shared attributes) 3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (86/100, 12 shared attributes). All share Battlefield: Bad Company 2's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 14 dimensions.
Is Far Cry 4 similar to Battlefield: Bad Company 2?: Yes, very much so — Far Cry 4 scores 91/100 similarity to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. They share 14 attributes, including shooter and adventure storytelling. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What FPS games are similar to Battlefield: Bad Company 2?: The best FPS games similar to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 are Rise of the Tomb Raider, Far Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Far Cry 3. All share the FPS genre alongside other key Battlefield: Bad Company 2 attributes like adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting.
How is similarity to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 calculated?: We compare Battlefield: Bad Company 2 against every game in our catalog using 14 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.
Are there free games similar to Battlefield: Bad Company 2?: Yes — Halo Infinite is free and scores well on similarity to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. It's a great way to test whether the play style clicks before investing in other paid titles.