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We filtered the 50 games similar to Heroes & Generals down to the 35 that fit the “PlayStation” category. War Thunder, PlanetSide 2 and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Heroes & Generals.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS
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Year 2016Dev Reto-Moto

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Within the “PlayStation” category, the closest game to Heroes & Generals is War Thunder — scoring 94/100 on our similarity scale. PlanetSide 2 and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege follow close behind.

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The best games like Heroes & Generals on PlayStation

35 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

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

#1War Thunder
War Thunder
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineTacticalMeleeRangedHistoricalThird PersonFirst PersonFree to Play
Steam👍 72%· 747KRAWG👍 47%· 1.0KMC81IGDB65· 3OC75· 13
Year 2013Dev Gaijin EntertainmentPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, third-person shooting and setting modern, while skipping open world exploration

The vehicle modelling is the draw: aircraft, tanks and ships with per-component damage, and simulator modes that go far beyond arcade handling. Free to start. The grind is the well-known cost — progression slows sharply at higher tiers, repair costs punish bad matches, and the pressure toward premium purchases becomes hard to ignore.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode85Setting55
#2PlanetSide 2
PlanetSide 2
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerOnlineCo-opTacticalMeleeOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationFirst PersonThird PersonFree to Play
Steam👍 81%· 75KIGDB83· 6OC78· 16
Year 2012Dev Rogue Planet Games · Daybreak Game CompanyOn PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, setting scifi and PvP competition, while skipping ranged combat

Genre100World100Progression100Visuals100Game mode94Combat79
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineRangedTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst PersonFree to Play
Steam👍 82%· 1.5MRAWG👍 77%· 1.5KMC75OC76· 92
Year 2015Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~32hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with competitive edge, punishing difficulty and PvP competition, while skipping open world exploration

The gameplay of the game is based on intense strategic battles between the Navigator and the defenders in a limited space.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Game mode77Visuals65
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineTacticalMeleeOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationFirst PersonThird 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 open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and survival mechanics, while skipping ranged combat

Genre100Setting100Progression100Visuals100Game mode88World82
#5Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeRangedTacticalHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 91%· 42KRAWG👍 84%· 1.9KMC81OC79· 99
Year 2010Dev Raven Software · Square EnixPlaytime ~9hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, strong narrative focus and horror setting, while skipping open world exploration

Wall-running and thrust jumps make it the most mobile campaign in the series, and the four-player co-op campaign is a genuine structural change. Zombies is at its most elaborate here. The story is close to incomprehensible, the campaign is the weakest part of the package, and the PC version's supply-drop economy drew heavy criticism.

Genre100Combat100Game mode95Visuals67Setting62
Call of Duty: Vanguard
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalRangedHistoricalFirst 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 melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping open world exploration

Released 5 years after Heroes & Generals.

Genre100Combat100Visuals73Setting70Game mode69
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineTacticalMeleeRangedFirst PersonThird Person
Steam👍 85%· 6.0KRAWG👍 73%· 317MC78IGDB82· 5
Year 2008Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with stealth mechanics, single-player focus and offline, while skipping open world exploration

The peak of the cover-based Rainbow Six era: squad orders are quick to issue, the rappel-through-window breach is still satisfying, and Terrorist Hunt is the mode that kept it alive for years. The story is throwaway and reuses locations from the first game, and the tactical depth is far shallower than the pre-Vegas entries.

Where it drifts furthest from Heroes & Generals: progression.

It predates Heroes & Generals by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Combat94Game mode77Progression0
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalRangedHistoricalFirst 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 melee combat

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, strong narrative focus and horror setting, while skipping open world exploration

Released 4 years after Heroes & Generals.

Genre100Combat100Visuals73Game mode70Setting64
Rainbow Six Siege
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst PersonFree to Play
Steam👍 82%· 1.5MIGDB74· 18
Year 2015Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings competitive edge, punishing difficulty and PvP competition, while skipping open world exploration

Genre100Setting100Combat82Game mode77Visuals65
Brink
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeRangedTacticalFirst PersonFree to Play
Steam👍 63%· 8.1KIGDB73· 8
Year 2011Dev Splash Damage · Bethesda SoftworksOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, setting scifi and single-player focus, while skipping open world exploration

Where it drifts furthest from Heroes & Generals: setting and progression.

Genre100Combat100Game mode92Visuals73Setting0Progression0
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 89%· 39KIGDB81· 9
Year 2011Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, vibe casual and strong narrative focus, while skipping open world exploration

Genre100Setting100Combat81Game mode76Visuals73
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalRangedFirst Person
Steam👍 80%· 1.7KRAWG👍 69%· 272MC85IGDB86· 4
Year 2006Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, punishing difficulty and stealth mechanics, while skipping open world exploration

The sixth game in a series of action-packed books/games about special forces from the maestro of the genre Tom Clancy. The plot of the game has nothing to do with the previous parts.

Where it drifts furthest from Heroes & Generals: progression.

It predates Heroes & Generals by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat82Game mode77Visuals73Progression0
Sniper Elite
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalRangedHistoricalFirst PersonThird Person
Steam👍 76%· 4.1KRAWG👍 57%· 179MC76IGDB81· 2
Year 2005Dev RebellionPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Nintendo

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

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, third-person shooting and stealth mechanics, while skipping open world exploration

The 2005 original that started the series: a lone OSS sniper in the ruins of Berlin, built around bullet drop, wind and breath control at a time when few shooters modelled any of it. The ballistics still hold up. Everything around them does not — movement is famously slippery and frame-rate dependent, the controls are unmapped and awkward, and the tutorials interrupt constantly.

It predates Heroes & Generals by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Setting79Combat78Game mode63
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst 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 melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, horror tension and adventure storytelling, while skipping open world exploration

Genre100Combat80Game mode77Visuals73Setting53
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst Person
Steam👍 93%· 60KIGDB85· 10
Year 2009Dev Infinity Ward · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

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

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, stealth mechanics and single-player focus, while skipping open world exploration

Genre100Setting100Visuals73Game mode72Combat64

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