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We filtered the 50 games similar to Deceit down to the 47 that fit the “Melee” category. Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: World at War top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Deceit.

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The best melee games like Deceit

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Deceit. 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.

#1Call of Duty: Black Ops IIClosest overall match

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 86%· 49KIGDB79· 17

Year 2012Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, setting scifi and historical setting, while skipping PvP competition

Where it drifts furthest from Deceit: game mode.

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#2Call of Duty: Vanguard

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opPvPMeleeTacticalDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst 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 horror tension

≠ Where it differs: brings ranged combat, historical setting and single-player focus, while skipping survival mechanics

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Deceit.

Released 4 years after Deceit.

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#3Call of Duty: World at War

iRank88

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 53KIGDB80· 7

Year 2008Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and historical setting, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Deceit: game mode.

It predates Deceit by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 78%· 329KRAWG👍 81%· 175IGDB84· 2OC82· 59

Year 2023Dev VOID InteractivePlaytime ~6hOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, deep simulation and ranged combat, while skipping survival mechanics

Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations. Please remember that the Beta build is still an incomplete version of the game.

Released 6 years after Deceit.

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#5Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opPvPMeleeTacticalDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst 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 dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with ranged combat, historical setting and single-player focus, while skipping horror tension

Released 3 years after Deceit.

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#6Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

iRank76

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opPvPTacticalMeleeNarrativeFirst Person

Steam👍 80%· 104KIGDB73· 20OC72· 132

Year 2017Dev Ubisoft Paris · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and sandbox freedom, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Deceit: setting.

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#7Halo 3

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opPvPTacticalMeleeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 91%· 3.0KIGDB91· 4

Year 2007Dev Bungie · Microsoft Game StudiosOn PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, sandbox world and setting scifi, while skipping horror tension

It predates Deceit by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Call of Duty: Ghosts

iRank69

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeNarrativeDarkFirst Person

Steam👍 65%· 32KIGDB74· 23OC72· 58

Year 2013Dev Neversoft Entertainment · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: stealth mechanics, setting scifi and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Deceit: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Deceit.

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#9Call of Duty: Black Ops

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 62%· 294IGDB81· 13

Year 2010Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

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

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics, historical setting and offline, while skipping horror tension

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Deceit.

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#10Battlefield 3Closest on game mode

iRank76

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opPvPMeleeTacticalNarrativeDarkFirst Person

Steam👍 72%· 18KIGDB85· 10

Year 2011Dev EA Digital Illusions CE · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: stealth mechanics, historical setting and single-player focus, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Deceit: setting.

Genre100Tone100Game mode93Combat76Visuals55Setting0

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerMeleeTacticalDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 91%· 215KIGDB86· 14OC89· 211

Year 2020Dev id Software · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, punishing difficulty and setting scifi, while skipping survival mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Deceit: game mode.

Released 3 years after Deceit.

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#12Call of Duty: WWII

iRank73

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 70%· 46KIGDB75· 18OC78· 155

Year 2017Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with historical setting, single-player focus and offline, while skipping horror tension

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#13Half-Life: Opposing Force

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerPvPTacticalMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 95%· 28KRAWG👍 80%· 750IGDB70· 1

Year 1999Dev Gearbox Software · ValvePlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

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

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, precision platforming and adventure storytelling, while skipping horror tension

Half-Life: Opposing Force is an expansion pack for the original first-person shooter Half-Life. The game setting is the same as the one in the original game: the story takes place in the science laboratory called Black Mesa Research Facility in New Mexico at the same time.

It predates Deceit by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

iRank69

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 61%· 30KIGDB77· 25OC75· 111

Year 2016Dev Infinity Ward · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, setting space and setting scifi, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Deceit: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Deceit.

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#15Half-Life

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerPvPMeleeTacticalNarrativeDarkHorrorFirst Person

Steam👍 97%· 161KRAWG👍 89%· 2.4KMC96IGDB80· 1

Year 1998Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and punishing difficulty, while skipping horror tension

Half-Life is the original game in the series. Being a revolutionary at the time, we follow the story of Gordon Freeman - a silent scientist at the facility called Black Mesa. Arriving late at work and hastily doing his routine he runs into the experiment field.

It predates Deceit by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

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