What is the best game similar to Insurgency?

The closest game to Insurgency is STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™, scoring 84/100 on our similarity scale. They share 9 gameplay attributes, including shooter, first-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Insurgency?

The three closest games to Insurgency are: 1. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™ (84/100, 9 shared attributes) 2. Call of Duty®: Black Ops III (84/100, 9 shared attributes) 3. Counter-Strike 2 (84/100, 9 shared attributes). All share Insurgency's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 9 dimensions.

Is Call of Duty®: Black Ops III similar to Insurgency?

Yes, very much so — Call of Duty®: Black Ops III scores 84/100 similarity to Insurgency. They share 9 attributes, including shooter and first-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Shooter games are similar to Insurgency?

The best Shooter games similar to Insurgency are STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™, Call of Duty®: Black Ops III, Counter-Strike 2 and Sniper Elite. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Insurgency attributes like shooter, first-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay.

How is similarity to Insurgency calculated?

We compare Insurgency against every game in our catalog using 9 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 Insurgency experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

Are there free games similar to Insurgency?

Yes — Counter-Strike 2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege and World of Warships are free and score well on similarity to Insurgency. They're a great way to test whether the play style clicks before investing in other paid titles.

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

Looking for games like Insurgency? We analyzed its gameplay DNA — shooter, ranged combat and historical setting — against over 6,700 titles. These 50 alternatives are ranked by real similarity, not marketing tags. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™ leads with 84/100, followed by the rest of the list.

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Top games similar to Insurgency

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Insurgency. Each one has been evaluated across 9 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.

#1STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™Closest on genre

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opMeleeRangedTacticalHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 96%· 17KRAWG👍 88%· 530MC78IGDB81· 5OC70· 23

Year 2005Dev LucasArts Entertainment · Disney InteractivePlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and setting scifi

The game is set in the Star Wars universe during the Old Republic era. The player assumes the role of a Republic commando who leads his group of four Clone troopers, the Delta Squad, through various military missions.

Where it drifts furthest from Insurgency: setting.

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

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#2Call of Duty®: Black Ops III

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opMeleeRangedTacticalHistoricalFirst 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

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.

Where it drifts furthest from Insurgency: setting.

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#3Counter-Strike 2Closest on setting

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opRangedTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 86%· 9.6MRAWG👍 62%· 211OC80· 10

Year 2023Dev Valve Software · ValveOn PC · Linux

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

≠ Where it differs: brings competitive edge, punishing difficulty and single-player focus

The same round structure that has run for twenty-five years, rebuilt on Source 2 with volumetric smoke that reacts to grenades and bullets — the one genuinely new tactical variable. Sub-tick netcode is the headline. It launched replacing CS:GO wholesale, losing modes and maps the community used, and the anti-cheat situation remains a common complaint.

Released 9 years after Insurgency.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalRangedHistoricalFirst 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

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.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Insurgency.

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

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#5Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opRangedTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst Person

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

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

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst 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 and visual third person, while skipping ranged combat

It predates Insurgency by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeRangedHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 77%· 155KRAWG👍 46%· 176MC81IGDB82· 5OC79· 18

Year 2015Dev Wargaming Group · WargamingPlaytime ~2hOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, real-time strategy and third-person shooting

Naval combat played at the pace of a strategy game: shells take seconds to land, so you fire where a ship will be, and positioning matters more than aim. Ship modelling is detailed. Progression slows sharply past mid-tier, and matches can be decided in the first two minutes by a single flank collapsing.

Where it drifts furthest from Insurgency: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Insurgency.

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#8Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalRangedHistoricalFirst 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

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Insurgency.

Released 6 years after Insurgency.

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#9Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

iRank84

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 1.6KIGDB68· 3

Year 2001Dev Red Storm Entertainment · Ubi Soft EntertainmentOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, adventure storytelling and punishing difficulty, while skipping ranged combat

It predates Insurgency by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood

iRank82

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst 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, while skipping ranged combat

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

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opTacticalRangedMeleeFirst 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 combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, deep simulation and horror tension, while skipping historical setting

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.

Where it drifts furthest from Insurgency: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Insurgency.

Released 9 years after Insurgency.

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#12Call of Duty Warchest

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerRangedTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst 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 ranged combat

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, linear, story-driven structure and single-player focus, while skipping co op

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.

It predates Insurgency by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#13Call of Duty (2003)

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MultiplayerRangedTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst 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 ranged combat

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, linear, story-driven structure and single-player focus, while skipping co op

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.

It predates Insurgency by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14PAYDAY 2

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

Co-opMultiplayerTacticalMeleeRangedFirst Person

Steam👍 89%· 672KRAWG👍 62%· 2.2KMC79IGDB75· 17

Year 2013Dev 505 GamesPlaytime ~9hOn PC · Xbox · Linux

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

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, deep simulation and stealth mechanics, while skipping historical setting

The gang is back, and they have bigger and better plans. Objective based cooperative FPS became more complicated. The classic group of Hoxton, Dallas, Chains and Wolf got reinforcement, and now Payday Gang consists of 21 heisters, some of which are based on movie characters or even Youtubers.

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#15Call of Duty: Vanguard

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalRangedHistoricalFirst 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

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Insurgency.

Released 7 years after Insurgency.

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Complete list of Insurgency alternatives

The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Insurgency, 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.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Shooter · FPS

Heroes & Generals

Shooter · FPS

War Thunder

Shooter · FPS

Call of Duty 2

Shooter · FPS

Black Squad

Shooter · FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

Shooter · FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas

Shooter · FPS

Titanfall 2

Shooter · FPS

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Shooter · FPS

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Shooter · FPS

Commandos 2: Men of Courage

Shooter · FPS

Medal of Honor

Shooter · FPS

Brink

Shooter · FPS

Sniper Elite V2

Shooter · FPS

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

Shooter · FPS

Battlefield 3

Shooter · FPS

Rainbow Six Siege

Shooter · FPS

Hired Ops

Shooter · FPS

Counter-Strike: Source

Shooter · FPS

Full Mojo Rampage

Shooter · FPS

Counter-Strike

Shooter · FPS

Hell Let Loose

Shooter · FPS

World of Tanks

Shooter · FPS

Call of Duty: WWII

Shooter · FPS

Payday: The Heist

Shooter · FPS

Day of Defeat: Source

Shooter · FPS

DOOM II

Shooter · FPS

Halo 5: Guardians

Shooter · FPS

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Shooter · FPS

Day of Defeat

Shooter · FPS

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

Shooter · FPS

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

Shooter · FPS

Takedown: Red Sabre

Shooter · FPS

SWAT 4

Shooter · FPS

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

Shooter · FPS

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Insurgency?: The closest game to Insurgency is STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™, scoring 84/100 on our similarity scale. They share 9 gameplay attributes, including shooter, first-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Insurgency?: The three closest games to Insurgency are: 1. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™ (84/100, 9 shared attributes) 2. Call of Duty®: Black Ops III (84/100, 9 shared attributes) 3. Counter-Strike 2 (84/100, 9 shared attributes). All share Insurgency's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 9 dimensions.
Is Call of Duty®: Black Ops III similar to Insurgency?: Yes, very much so — Call of Duty®: Black Ops III scores 84/100 similarity to Insurgency. They share 9 attributes, including shooter and first-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Shooter games are similar to Insurgency?: The best Shooter games similar to Insurgency are STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™, Call of Duty®: Black Ops III, Counter-Strike 2 and Sniper Elite. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Insurgency attributes like shooter, first-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay.
How is similarity to Insurgency calculated?: We compare Insurgency against every game in our catalog using 9 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 Insurgency experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.
Are there free games similar to Insurgency?: Yes — Counter-Strike 2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege and World of Warships are free and score well on similarity to Insurgency. They're a great way to test whether the play style clicks before investing in other paid titles.