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Steam👍 91%· 2.4KIGDB78· 5
Year 2008Dev Gearbox Software · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC
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The best games like Call of Duty 3 on PlayStation
35 similar games foundUpdated May 2026
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Call of Duty 3. Each one has been evaluated across 8 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.
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Steam👍 81%· 5.0KIGDB82· 4
Year 2007Dev EA Los Angeles · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC
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Year 1999Dev Dreamworks Interactive · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3
✓ Nearly identical: shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical.
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Steam👍 61%· 13KIGDB74· 9
Year 2011Dev Digital Extremes · SpikeOn PlayStation 3 · PC
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 58%· 8.7KIGDB56· 3
Year 2010Dev City InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
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Steam👍 95%· 7.6KRAWG👍 91%· 937MC91IGDB87· 3
Year 2003Dev Infinity Ward · AspyrPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox
✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical
≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, linear, story-driven structure and ranged combat
The original 2003 shooter that set the series template: squad-based World War II set pieces where scripted allies shout over each other and the war feels like it is happening around you rather than to you alone. The scripting is also its age showing — allied AI mostly exists to point at objectives, and the Volga River section on the hardest difficulty is a notorious wall.
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Steam👍 95%· 7.6KRAWG👍 91%· 937MC91IGDB87· 3
Year 2003Dev Infinity Ward · AspyrPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical
≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, linear, story-driven structure and ranged combat
Call of Duty is a World War II first-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward. It is the first game in the series by the same name. ###Plot During the game's singleplayer campaign, the players take control of three soldiers from different armies: Joey Martin from the U.S.
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Year 2000Dev Dreamworks Interactive · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical
≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics
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ShooterFPSTactical FPS
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Steam👍 90%· 23KIGDB76· 15OC78· 84
Year 2015Dev MachineGames · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere
Where it drifts furthest from Call of Duty 3: setting.
Released 9 years after Call of Duty 3.
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Steam👍 88%· 55KIGDB81· 12OC81· 130
Year 2019Dev Project Aces · Bandai Namco EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox
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Steam👍 93%· 9.1KRAWG👍 90%· 467MC88IGDB68· 5
Year 2001Dev Nerve Software · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with horror tension, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere
A Quake III-engine shooter split between grounded WWII combat and occult nonsense, and it commits fully to both. The stealth missions and the weapon feel still hold up. Enemy variety thins out badly in the second half, the supernatural turn loses some players entirely, and the level design assumes patience for hunting hidden switches.
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Steam👍 96%· 17KRAWG👍 88%· 530MC78IGDB81· 5OC70· 23
Year 2005Dev LucasArts Entertainment · Disney InteractivePlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and ranged combat
The game is set in the Star Wars universe during the Old Republic era. The player assumes the role of a Republic commando who leads his group of four Clone troopers, the Delta Squad, through various military missions.
Where it drifts furthest from Call of Duty 3: setting.
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Steam👍 82%· 147KRAWG👍 60%· 91MC77IGDB75· 2OC76· 29
Year 2019Dev Black Matter · Team17 DigitalPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox
✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical
≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, dark, oppressive atmosphere and ranged combat
You've never played World War 2 the way it was meant to be played... with lumbering tanks dominating the battlefield, crucial supply chains fuelling the frontlines, being a cog in the machine of colossal combined arms warfare.
Released 13 years after Call of Duty 3.
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Year 2012Dev Danger Close · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC
✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical
≠ Stands apart with stealth mechanics, while skipping historical setting
Released 6 years after Call of Duty 3.
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#15Sniper Elite
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Steam👍 76%· 4.1KRAWG👍 57%· 179MC76IGDB81· 2
Year 2005Dev RebellionPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Nintendo
✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, third-person shooting and stealth mechanics
The 2005 original that started the series: a lone OSS sniper in the ruins of Berlin, built around bullet drop, wind and breath control at a time when few shooters modelled any of it. The ballistics still hold up. Everything around them does not — movement is famously slippery and frame-rate dependent, the controls are unmapped and awkward, and the tutorials interrupt constantly.
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