10 Games like Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare on Xbox that you should try

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare down to the 10 that fit the “Xbox” category. Iron Brigade, Gears of War 4 and Gears of War: Ultimate Edition top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.

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The best games like Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare on Xbox

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. Each one has been evaluated across 10 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.

#1Iron BrigadeClosest on genre

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Co-opMultiplayerThird PersonSoloMelee

Steam👍 86%· 1.2KRAWG👍 34%· 98MC75

Year 2010Dev Double Fine Productions · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and tower defense planning

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, ranged combat and fantasy world, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Iron Brigade (formerly Trenched) is a third-person tower defense in the setting of the World War I.

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare: combat and setting.

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#2Gears of War 4Closest overall match

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OfflineMultiplayerCo-opDarkHorrorThird Person

IGDB83· 27OC85· 155

Year 2016Dev The Coalition · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi and single-player focus, while skipping tower defense planning

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#3Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

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OfflineMultiplayerCo-opDarkHorrorThird Person

IGDB78· 18

Year 2015Dev Epic Games · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi and single-player focus, while skipping tower defense planning

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#4Rogue CompanyClosest on combat

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MultiplayerCo-opTacticalThird PersonSolo

Steam👍 74%· 26KIGDB85· 1OC75· 17

Year 2020Dev First Watch Games · Hi-Rez StudiosOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with single-player focus and free to play, while skipping tower defense planning

Released 6 years after Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.

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#5Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction

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MultiplayerCo-opTacticalThird PersonSolo

Steam👍 72%· 5.0KIGDB85· 4

Year 2010Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Android · PC · iOS

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

≠ Its own twist: melee combat, stealth mechanics and single-player focus, while skipping tower defense planning

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare: combat.

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MultiplayerCo-opThird PersonSci-FiPost-Apocalyptic

Steam👍 84%· 395KIGDB89· 4OC87· 95

Year 2025Dev Embark StudiosOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi, post-apocalyptic world and skill tree progression, while skipping tower defense planning

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare: setting.

Released 11 years after Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

MultiplayerOfflineCo-opThird PersonSolo

Steam👍 95%· 516RAWG👍 73%· 59MC69IGDB76· 3

Year 2006Dev RebellionPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay

≠ Its own twist: melee combat, stealth mechanics and ranged combat, while skipping tower defense planning

Nu Earth: a poisoned planet where endless war rages between the Norts and the Southers. A futile struggle on a hostile planet with no end in sight. But there are tales of a lone warrior.

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare: combat and setting.

It predates Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Halo: Spartan Assault

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MultiplayerCo-opTacticalThird PersonSolo

Steam👍 78%· 4.9KRAWG👍 34%· 216MC70IGDB66· 10OC61· 37

Year 2013Dev 343 Industries · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Xbox · iOS

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

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, ranged combat and setting scifi, while skipping tower defense planning

Halo is a franchise of first-person shooters that is set in the far future, on the frontiers of colonized planets, in a war with the Covenant. But Halo: Spartan Assault takes the formula and changes one element of the setting.

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare: setting and visuals.

Genre100Game mode66Combat49Visuals38Setting0

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

MultiplayerCo-opThird PersonSoloOpen World

IGDB62· 11OC63· 124

Year 2019Dev Sumo Digital · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay

≠ Its own twist: open world exploration, setting scifi and single-player focus, while skipping tower defense planning

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare: setting.

Released 5 years after Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.

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#10Dark Sector

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MultiplayerDarkHorrorThird PersonSolo

Steam👍 75%· 3.4KRAWG👍 45%· 165MC66IGDB70· 5

Year 2008Dev Digital Extremes · D3 PublisherPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, melee combat and ranged combat, while skipping tower defense planning

Dark Sector thrusts players into the role of Hayden Tenno, a covert operative sent on a dangerous mission into Lasria, an Eastern European city on the brink of ruin that hides a deadly Cold War secret.

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare: combat and game mode.

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