ShooterFPSTactical FPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeDarkHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB80· 2
Year 2005Dev Free Radical Design · Electronic Arts
27 Games with a sci-fi setting like Halo 3 that you should try
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More about this game →We filtered the 50 games similar to Halo 3 down to the 27 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect, TimeSplitters 2 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Halo 3.
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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Halo 3 is TimeSplitters: Future Perfect — scoring 99/100 on our similarity scale. TimeSplitters 2 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare follow close behind.
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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Halo 3
27 similar games foundUpdated July 2026
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Halo 3. Each one has been evaluated across 15 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
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeDarkHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB95· 2
Year 2002Dev Free Radical Design · Eidos Interactive
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerOfflineCo-opMeleeTacticalDarkHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 61%· 30KIGDB77· 25OC75· 111
Year 2016Dev Infinity Ward · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalDarkHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB87· 3
Year 2006Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3
✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping sandbox freedom
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerSoloCo-opOfflineMeleeTacticalDarkSci-FiHorrorFirst Person
Steam👍 86%· 49KIGDB79· 17
Year 2012Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalDarkSci-FiHorrorFirst Person
Steam👍 39%· 4.3KIGDB66· 4OC65· 132
Year 2025Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC
#7DOOM II
90
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeDarkHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
Year 2020Dev ELDRAZI-17On PC
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerPvPTacticalMeleeDarkSci-FiHorrorFirst Person
Steam👍 95%· 28KRAWG👍 80%· 750IGDB70· 1
Year 1999Dev Gearbox Software · ValvePlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalDarkHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 91%· 215KIGDB86· 14OC89· 211
Year 2020Dev id Software · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PS4 · PC
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opPvPTacticalMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB81· 6
Year 2004Dev Bungie · Microsoft Game StudiosOn PC · Xbox
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical
≠ Its own twist: setting space, while skipping sandbox freedom
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMeleeTacticalSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 96%· 4.6KIGDB73· 5OC71· 112
Year 2004Dev Pandemic Studios · Aspyr MediaOn PC · Mac
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMeleeTacticalDarkSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 90%· 14KIGDB78· 3
Year 2005Dev Croteam · Take-Two InteractiveOn Linux · PC
#13Titanfall 2
95
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ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opPvPMeleeTacticalDarkSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 96%· 280KIGDB89· 23OC87· 140
Year 2016Dev Respawn Entertainment · Electronic ArtsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB70· 2
Year 2004Dev Guerrilla Games · Sony Computer Entertainment
✓ Nearly identical: shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical.
≠ Missing: sandbox freedom.
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerSoloCo-opOfflineMeleeTacticalSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 95%· 54KIGDB76· 5
Year 2005Dev Pandemic Studios · LucasArtsOn PC
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