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We filtered the 50 games similar to Killzone 3 down to the 27 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Perfect Dark, Halo 3: ODST and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Killzone 3.

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Year 2011Dev Guerrilla Games

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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Killzone 3 is Perfect Dark — scoring 98/100 on our similarity scale. Halo 3: ODST and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Killzone 3

27 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Killzone 3. Each one has been evaluated across 11 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.

Perfect Dark
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalStealthMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB70
Year 2000Dev Rare

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

≠ Stands apart with setting cyberpunk

Halo 3: ODST
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opStealthTacticalMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 86%· 1.8KIGDB78· 6
Year 2009Dev Bungie · Microsoft Game StudiosOn PC · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, while skipping offline

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerOfflineCo-opMeleeTacticalSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 65%· 25KIGDB80· 20OC81· 99
Year 2014Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings linear, story-driven structure and historical setting, while skipping stealth mechanics

Star Wars: Battlefront
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMeleeTacticalSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 96%· 4.6KIGDB73· 5OC71· 112
Year 2004Dev Pandemic Studios · Aspyr MediaOn PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, setting space and visual third person, while skipping stealth mechanics

Killzone
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: stealth mechanics.

TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB80· 2
Year 2005Dev Free Radical Design · Electronic Arts

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

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping stealth mechanics

Serious Sam II
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineMeleeTacticalSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 90%· 14KIGDB78· 3
Year 2005Dev Croteam · Take-Two InteractiveOn Linux · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting space, while skipping stealth mechanics

Serious Sam 3: BFE
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 88%· 28KIGDB71· 6
Year 2011Dev Croteam · Devolver DigitalOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping stealth mechanics

Halo 3
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeSci-FiFirst 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 combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, dark, oppressive atmosphere and sandbox world, while skipping stealth mechanics

Star Wars: Battlefront II
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerSoloCo-opOfflineMeleeTacticalSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 95%· 54KIGDB76· 5
Year 2005Dev Pandemic Studios · LucasArtsOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and setting space, while skipping stealth mechanics

Blazing Chrome
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloCo-opMultiplayerOfflineMeleeTacticalSci-Fi
Steam👍 88%· 1.9KIGDB77· 8OC80· 67
Year 2019Dev JoyMasher · The Arcade CrewOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, punishing difficulty and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping stealth mechanics

Call of Duty: Ghosts
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerSoloCo-opStealthTacticalMeleeSci-FiFirst 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 stealth mechanics

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping offline

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerOfflineCo-opMeleeTacticalSci-FiFirst 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 melee combat

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping stealth mechanics

Call of Duty: Black Ops II
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
MultiplayerSoloCo-opOfflineMeleeTacticalSci-FiFirst 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 stealth mechanics

Halo 2
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeSci-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 and PvP competition, while skipping stealth mechanics

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