14 Dark games like Verdun 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 Verdun down to the 14 that fit the “Dark” category. Call of Duty: Vanguard, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Battlefield 3 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Verdun.

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The best dark games like Verdun

14 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Verdun. 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.

#1Call of Duty: VanguardClosest overall match

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opPvPOnlineMeleeTacticalDarkNarrativeHistoricalFirst 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 dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, ranged combat and horror setting, while skipping deep simulation

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

Released 6 years after Verdun.

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#2Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

iRank78

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opPvPOnlineMeleeTacticalDarkNarrativeHistoricalFirst 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 dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with ranged combat, horror setting and offline, while skipping deep simulation

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

Released 5 years after Verdun.

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#3Battlefield 3Closest on setting

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opPvPMeleeTacticalNarrativeDarkHistoricalFirst 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 strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: stealth mechanics, visual isometric and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation

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

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#4Call of Duty: Black Ops IIClosest on combat

iRank84

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerSoloCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalNarrativeDarkHistoricalFirst 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 strong narrative focus

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

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#5Call of Duty®: Black Ops III

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MultiplayerSoloCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalDarkNarrativeHistoricalFirst 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 dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings ranged combat and horror setting, while skipping deep simulation

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.

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#6Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeNarrativeDarkHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 91%· 2.4KIGDB78· 5

Year 2008Dev Gearbox Software · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Missing: turn-based strategy.

Where it drifts furthest from Verdun: game mode.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeDarkNarrativeHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 70%· 46KIGDB75· 18OC78· 155

Year 2017Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with horror setting and offline, while skipping deep simulation

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

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#8Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalDarkNarrativeHistoricalFirst 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 dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, horror setting and setting space, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Verdun: setting.

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

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#9Black SquadClosest on game mode

iRank55

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerOnlineSoloPvPCo-opMeleeTacticalDarkHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 76%· 81KRAWG👍 23%· 240

Year 2017Dev NS STUDIO · NEOWIZPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: ranged combat, free to play and early access, while skipping deep simulation

A free-to-play tactical shooter with a large weapon roster and the standard competitive mode list, deliberately close to classic Counter-Strike pacing and free to try with no catch at the door. Its problem is not the design but the state it is in: long-term players describe a shrinking population and cheating that goes unaddressed, which is fatal for a game that is only multiplayer.

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

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerSoloPvPTacticalMeleeDarkHistoricalFirst Person

Steam👍 82%· 147KRAWG👍 60%· 91MC77IGDB75· 2OC76· 29

Year 2019Dev Black Matter · Team17 DigitalPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings ranged combat, while skipping turn-based strategy

You've never played World War 2 the way it was meant to be played... with lumbering tanks dominating the battlefield, crucial supply chains fuelling the frontlines, being a cog in the machine of colossal combined arms warfare.

Released 4 years after Verdun.

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#11Destiny

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