iRankGames
Day of Defeat: Source

50 Games like Day of Defeat: Source on PC that you should try

Games like Day of Defeat: Source · Find similar →

More about this game →
Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 50 games similar to Day of Defeat: Source down to the 50 that fit the “PC” category. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Day of Defeat and Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Day of Defeat: Source.

iRank85/ 100

Did you find what you were looking for?

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS
Tags
Multiplayer
Year 2005Dev Valve
Stores

Quick answer

Within the “PC” category, the closest game to Day of Defeat: Source is Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory — scoring 83/100 on our similarity scale. Day of Defeat and Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault follow close behind.

🗳️

Help us build the best rankings

Community powered

Vote on each result below — good match or not. Every vote directly shapes how we rank similar games for everyone.

The best games like Day of Defeat: Source on PC

50 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Day of Defeat: Source. 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.

#1Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 84%· 2.2K
Year 2003Dev Splash Damage · ActivisionOn Linux · PC · Mac

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

≠ Missing: skill tree progression.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting100Visuals100
Day of Defeat
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 90%· 7.3KIGDB71· 2
Year 2003Dev Valve · ActivisionOn Linux · PC · Mac

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

≠ Missing: skill tree progression.

Same studio: Valve.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting100Visuals100
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst Person
IGDB82· 3
Year 2004Dev EA Los Angeles · Electronic ArtsOn PC

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with single-player focus, while skipping skill tree progression

Genre100Combat100Setting100Visuals100Game mode78
Battlefield Vietnam
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst Person
IGDB80· 2
Year 2004Dev Digital Illusions CE: Canada · Electronic ArtsOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings single-player focus, while skipping skill tree progression

Genre100Combat100Setting100Visuals100Game mode78
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 88%· 2.1KIGDB92· 6
Year 2005Dev Gearbox Software · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PC · Mac

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation and single-player focus, while skipping skill tree progression

Genre100Combat100Setting100Visuals100Game mode78
Medal of Honor: Airborne
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 81%· 5.0KIGDB82· 4
Year 2007Dev EA Los Angeles · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: single-player focus, while skipping skill tree progression

Genre100Combat100Setting100Visuals100Game mode78
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 91%· 2.4KIGDB78· 5
Year 2008Dev Gearbox Software · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping skill tree progression

Released 3 years after Day of Defeat: Source.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Visuals100Game mode77
Homefront
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 61%· 13KIGDB74· 9
Year 2011Dev Digital Extremes · SpikeOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, fantasy world and single-player focus, while skipping skill tree progression

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Day of Defeat: Source.

Released 6 years after Day of Defeat: Source.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode78Setting78
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 87%· 1.1KIGDB73· 4
Year 2005Dev Gearbox SoftwareOn PC · Mac

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with single-player focus and co op, while skipping skill tree progression

Genre100Combat100Setting100Visuals100Game mode70
Sniper: Ghost Warrior
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 58%· 8.7KIGDB56· 3
Year 2010Dev City InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, adventure storytelling and stealth mechanics, while skipping skill tree progression

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Day of Defeat: Source.

Released 5 years after Day of Defeat: Source.

Genre100Setting100Visuals100Game mode78Combat75
Call of Duty Warchest
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst Person
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, while skipping skill tree progression

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.

Genre100Setting100Visuals100Game mode78Combat71
Call of Duty (2003)
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst Person
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, while skipping skill tree progression

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.

Genre100Setting100Visuals100Game mode78Combat71
Delta Force
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 90%· 673
Year 1998Dev NovaLogicOn PC

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings single-player focus, co op and visual third person, while skipping skill tree progression

Genre100Combat100Setting100Visuals73Game mode52
Toy Soldiers
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerMeleeTacticalHistoricalSolo
Steam👍 89%· 1.5KRAWG👍 63%· 62MC71IGDB80· 1
Year 2010Dev Signal Studios · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings tower defense planning, deep simulation and real-time strategy, while skipping skill tree progression

The Xbox LIVE® Arcade smash hit Toy Soldiers comes to PC! Toy Soldiers is an action-packed strategy-based game in which players command antique WWI toy soldiers vying for control of the trench-filled battlefields of Europe.

Where it drifts furthest from Day of Defeat: Source: visuals.

Released 5 years after Day of Defeat: Source.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Game mode77Visuals0
Battlefield 2
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerTacticalMeleeFirst PersonSolo
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 single-player focus and visual third person, while skipping historical setting

Genre100Combat100Game mode78Visuals72

Complete list of games like Day of Defeat: Source on PC

The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Day of Defeat: Source, 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.

Explore games similar to Day of Defeat: Source by category

Rankings in the same genre