40 Games with a historical setting like Sniper Elite: Resistance that you should try

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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.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Sniper Elite: Resistance down to the 40 that fit the “Historical” category. Sniper Elite, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Sniper Elite: Resistance.

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The best games with a historical setting like Sniper Elite: Resistance

40 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Sniper Elite: Resistance. 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.

#1Sniper EliteClosest overall match

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeStealthTacticalHistoricalFirst 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 deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: ranged combat and fantasy world, while skipping adventure storytelling

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 Sniper Elite: Resistance by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Tom Clancy's Ghost ReconClosest on combat

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeStealthHistoricalFirst 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 deep simulation

≠ Stands apart with punishing difficulty, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Sniper Elite: Resistance: tone.

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 24 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalStealthMeleeHistoricalFirst 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 adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Sniper Elite: Resistance: tone.

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Sniper: Ghost Warrior

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalStealthHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 58%· 8.7KIGDB56· 3

Year 2010Dev City InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, first-person shooting and deep simulation.

≠ Missing: third-person shooting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Sniper Elite: Resistance.

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Star Wars: Battlefront II

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst PersonThird Person

Steam👍 95%· 54KIGDB76· 5

Year 2005Dev Pandemic Studios · LucasArtsOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi, setting space and offline, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Sniper Elite: Resistance: setting.

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Combat86Game mode78Setting38

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalStealthDarkHistoricalThird Person

Steam👍 93%· 56KIGDB77· 9

Year 2012Dev Yager Development · 2K GamesOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, strong narrative focus and horror setting, while skipping deep simulation

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeStealthHistoricalThird Person

Steam👍 88%· 25KIGDB67· 11

Year 2012Dev Rebellion Developments · 505 GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Nearly identical: shooter, first-person shooting and third-person shooting.

≠ Missing: adventure storytelling.

Same studio: Rebellion Developments.

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#8Call of Duty: World at WarClosest on tone

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeStealthDarkHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 53KIGDB80· 7

Year 2008Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror tension and horror setting, while skipping deep simulation

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Commandos 2: Men of Courage

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

Co-opSoloMultiplayerTacticalStealthMeleeHistorical

Steam👍 86%· 2.8KRAWG👍 88%· 220MC87IGDB90· 1

Year 2001Dev Pyro Studios · Merge GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings real-time strategy and visual isometric, while skipping deep simulation

Set during the World War II, this isometric tactic game offers the player to lead an Allied commando squad through a series of secret military operations.

Where it drifts furthest from Sniper Elite: Resistance: visuals.

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 24 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeHistoricalThird PersonFirst Person

Steam👍 80%· 99KIGDB73· 11OC75· 19

Year 2011Dev Wargaming.netOn PC

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

≠ Stands apart with online features, PvP competition and visual isometric, while skipping adventure storytelling

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Titanfall 2

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalDarkHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 96%· 280KIGDB89· 23OC87· 140

Year 2016Dev Respawn Entertainment · Electronic ArtsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi and PvP competition, while skipping deep simulation

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalHistoricalThird Person

Steam👍 95%· 2.7KIGDB70· 1

Year 2003Dev IO Interactive · Electronic ArtsOn PC

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

≠ Its own twist: fantasy world and visual 3d, while skipping adventure storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Sniper Elite: Resistance: visuals.

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 22 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalStealthDarkHistoricalFirst PersonThird Person

Steam👍 72%· 18KIGDB85· 10

Year 2011Dev EA Digital Illusions CE · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, PvP competition and visual isometric, while skipping adventure storytelling

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalDarkHistoricalFirst 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 adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, horror setting and setting space, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Sniper Elite: Resistance: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Sniper Elite: Resistance.

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#15Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalStealthDarkHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 90%· 23KIGDB76· 15OC78· 84

Year 2015Dev MachineGames · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, strong narrative focus and horror setting, while skipping deep simulation

It predates Sniper Elite: Resistance by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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