ShooterFPSTactical FPS
Co-opSoloMultiplayerOnlineTacticalMeleeRangedFirst Person
Steam👍 89%· 672KRAWG👍 62%· 2.2KMC79IGDB75· 17
Year 2013Dev 505 GamesPlaytime ~9hOn PC · Xbox · Linux
50 Games like Call of Duty®: Black Ops III that you should try
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More about this game →Call of Duty®: Black Ops III is hard to replace: few games combine shooter, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat in quite the same way. We compared Call of Duty®: Black Ops III against over 6,700 titles across 14 gameplay attributes and found 50 genuine alternatives — not generic genre suggestions. PAYDAY 2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield and Ready or Not lead the list, with PAYDAY 2 reaching a 98/100 similarity score. Every game here is ranked by how closely it replicates what makes Call of Duty®: Black Ops III special.
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The closest game to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III is PAYDAY 2 — scoring 98/100 on our similarity scale. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield and Ready or Not follow close behind.
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Top games similar to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
50 similar games foundUpdated July 2026
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. 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.
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeFirst Person
Steam👍 92%· 2.1KIGDB82· 3
Year 2003Dev Red Storm Entertainment · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PC · Mac
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalRangedMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person
Steam👍 78%· 329KRAWG👍 81%· 175IGDB84· 2OC82· 59
Year 2023Dev VOID InteractivePlaytime ~6hOn PC
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerRangedMeleeTacticalNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person
Steam👍 95%· 142KRAWG👍 90%· 1.1KMC86IGDB88· 3OC85· 16
Year 2020Dev Crowbar CollectivePlaytime ~6hOn PC · Linux
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineTacticalMeleeRangedFirst Person
Steam👍 85%· 6.0KRAWG👍 73%· 317MC78IGDB82· 5
Year 2008Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalRangedDarkNarrativeHorrorHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 80%· 22KIGDB77· 9OC75· 161
Year 2020Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 90%· 673
Year 1998Dev NovaLogicOn PC
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerRangedMeleeTacticalDarkNarrativeHistoricalHorrorFirst Person
Steam👍 93%· 9.1KRAWG👍 90%· 467MC88IGDB68· 5
Year 2001Dev Nerve Software · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeFirst Person
IGDB93· 4
Year 2005Dev Digital Illusions CE · Electronic ArtsOn PC
✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical
≠ Where it differs: brings visual third person, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineTacticalMeleeDarkHorrorHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 92%· 53KIGDB80· 7
Year 2008Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerSoloCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalNarrativeDarkHorrorHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 86%· 49KIGDB79· 17
Year 2012Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 87%· 1.1KIGDB73· 4
Year 2005Dev Gearbox SoftwareOn PC · Mac
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalRangedDarkNarrativeHorrorHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 67%· 4.1KIGDB75· 8OC72· 153
Year 2021Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC
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ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opRangedTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 92%· 125KRAWG👍 59%· 969MC74IGDB70· 1
Year 2014Dev New World InteractivePlaytime ~4hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeNarrativeDarkHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 91%· 2.4KIGDB78· 5
Year 2008Dev Gearbox Software · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the best game similar to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III?
- The closest game to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III is PAYDAY 2, scoring 98/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including shooter, first-person shooting and co op. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
- What are the top games like Call of Duty®: Black Ops III?
- The three closest games to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III are: 1. PAYDAY 2 (98/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (94/100, 8 shared attributes) 3. Ready or Not (96/100, 12 shared attributes). All share Call of Duty®: Black Ops III's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 14 dimensions.
- Is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield similar to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III?
- Yes, very much so — Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield scores 94/100 similarity to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. They share 8 attributes, including shooter and first-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
- What Shooter games are similar to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III?
- The best Shooter games similar to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III are PAYDAY 2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Ready or Not and Black Mesa. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Call of Duty®: Black Ops III attributes like shooter, first-person shooting and co op.
- How is similarity to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III calculated?
- We compare Call of Duty®: Black Ops III 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 Call of Duty®: Black Ops III experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.
- Are there free games similar to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III?
- Yes — World of Warships, War Thunder and Black Squad are free and score well on similarity to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. They're a great way to test whether the play style clicks before investing in other paid titles.