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We filtered the 50 games similar to Soldier of Fortune: Payback down to the 21 that fit the “Xbox” category. Battlefield 6, Doom Eternal and Battlefield Hardline top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

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Year 2007Dev Cauldron HQ
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Within the “Xbox” category, the closest game to Soldier of Fortune: Payback is Battlefield 6 — scoring 80/100 on our similarity scale. Doom Eternal and Battlefield Hardline follow close behind.

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The best games like Soldier of Fortune: Payback on Xbox

21 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Soldier of Fortune: Payback. Each one has been evaluated across 6 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.

#1Battlefield 6
Battlefield 6
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonIsometric
Steam👍 65%· 340KIGDB86· 3OC83· 163
Year 2025Dev EA Digital Illusions CE · Electronic ArtsOn Xbox · PC · PS5

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

≠ Its own twist: visual isometric

Released 18 years after Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals66
#2Doom Eternal
Doom Eternal
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonMelee
Steam👍 91%· 215KIGDB86· 14OC89· 211
Year 2020Dev id Software · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere

Released 13 years after Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Combat65
Battlefield Hardline
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonStealth
IGDB73· 14OC72· 83
Year 2015Dev Visceral Games · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: stealth mechanics and visual third person

Released 8 years after Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals71Combat61
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonCo-op
Steam👍 39%· 4.3KIGDB66· 4OC65· 132
Year 2025Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, setting scifi and horror setting

Released 18 years after Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode71
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonCo-op
Steam👍 42%· 18KIGDB62· 7OC58· 119
Year 2023Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with co op

The Makarov campaign's conclusion, plus a full multiplayer suite of remastered classic maps and an open-world extraction Zombies mode. The multiplayer is the part that is genuinely well regarded. The campaign is short and widely considered the weakest in the reboot trilogy, and cheating in the online modes is the complaint that dominates recent reviews rather than anything about the design.

Released 16 years after Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode71
Call of Duty Warchest
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonRanged
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 combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, linear, story-driven structure and ranged combat

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.

Where it drifts furthest from Soldier of Fortune: Payback: combat.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Combat49
Call of Duty (2003)
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonRanged
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 combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, linear, story-driven structure and ranged combat

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.

Where it drifts furthest from Soldier of Fortune: Payback: combat.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Combat49
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonMelee
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 combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere

Where it drifts furthest from Soldier of Fortune: Payback: combat.

Released 8 years after Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals100Combat47
Halo 5: Guardians
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonCo-op
IGDB84· 19OC84· 123
Year 2015Dev 343 Industries · Microsoft StudiosOn Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: melee combat, setting scifi and co op

Released 8 years after Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Genre100Combat83Game mode71Visuals71
Rogue Warrior
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonMelee
Steam👍 67%· 1.6KRAWG👍 13%· 45MC29IGDB54· 2
Year 2009Dev Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere

Rogue Warrior is a character-driven, first-person-shooter, featuring Richard 'Demo Dick' Marcinko's explosive personality in an action-packed single player campaign, and intense multiplayer combat.

Where it drifts furthest from Soldier of Fortune: Payback: combat.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals72Combat38
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonPvP
Steam👍 88%· 55KIGDB81· 12OC81· 130
Year 2019Dev Project Aces · Bandai Namco EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, strong narrative focus and melee combat

Released 12 years after Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Genre100Combat79Game mode71Visuals51
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonCo-op
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 combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and melee combat

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 Soldier of Fortune: Payback: combat.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode90Combat46
Toy Soldiers
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeCasual
Steam👍 89%· 1.5KRAWG👍 63%· 62MC71IGDB80· 1
Year 2010Dev Signal Studios · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings tower defense planning, deep simulation and real-time strategy, while skipping visual first person

The Xbox LIVE® Arcade smash hit Toy Soldiers comes to PC! Toy Soldiers is an action-packed strategy-based game in which players command antique WWI toy soldiers vying for control of the trench-filled battlefields of Europe.

Where it drifts furthest from Soldier of Fortune: Payback: visuals.

Released 3 years after Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Genre100Game mode100Combat69Visuals0
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonOffline
IGDB83· 17OC84· 135
Year 2018Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and offline

Released 11 years after Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode51
Delta Force
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonCo-op
Steam👍 58%· 183KIGDB80· 1
Year 2024Dev TiMi Studio Group · GarenaOn Xbox · Android · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, co op and online features

Released 17 years after Soldier of Fortune: Payback.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode50

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