5 Games like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on PS5 that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare down to the 5 that fit the “PS5” category. Star Wars: Squadrons, Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

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The best games like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on PS5

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Each one has been evaluated across 18 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.

#1Star Wars: SquadronsClosest on genre

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opPvPTacticalMeleeFirst Person

Steam👍 65%· 28KIGDB81· 12OC79· 121

Year 2020Dev Motive Studios · Electronic ArtsOn Xbox · PC · PS4

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: setting space, setting scifi and online features, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Released 13 years after Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

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#2Call of Duty: VanguardClosest overall match

iRank70

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflinePvPMeleeTacticalNarrativeHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 67%· 4.1KIGDB75· 8OC72· 153

Year 2021Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Released 14 years after Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

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#3Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflinePvPMeleeTacticalNarrativeHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 80%· 22KIGDB77· 9OC75· 161

Year 2020Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, ranged combat and horror setting, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: tone.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Released 13 years after Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

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#4Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIClosest on game mode

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalFirst Person

Steam👍 41%· 14KIGDB80· 4

Year 2022Dev Infinity Ward · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with visual third person, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Same studio: Infinity Ward.

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#5Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

iRank51

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalFirst Person

Steam👍 42%· 18KIGDB62· 7OC58· 119

Year 2023Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical.

≠ Missing: deep simulation.

The Makarov campaign's conclusion, plus a full multiplayer suite of remastered classic maps and an open-world extraction Zombies mode. The multiplayer is the part that is genuinely well regarded. The campaign is short and widely considered the weakest in the reboot trilogy, and cheating in the online modes is the complaint that dominates recent reviews rather than anything about the design.

Where it drifts furthest from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Released 16 years after Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

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