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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 50 games similar to War Robots: Frontiers down to the 29 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Robocraft, Halo: Spartan Assault and Gears of War 2 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to War Robots: Frontiers.

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NarrativeMultiplayerCo-op
Year 2022Dev Pixonic
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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to War Robots: Frontiers is Robocraft — scoring 88/100 on our similarity scale. Halo: Spartan Assault and Gears of War 2 follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like War Robots: Frontiers

29 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to War Robots: Frontiers. 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.

#1Robocraft
Robocraft
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opPvPTacticalMeleeRangedSci-FiThird PersonFree to Play
Steam👍 73%· 118KRAWG👍 26%· 411
Year 2014Dev FreejamPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping strong narrative focus

Robocraft is a free-to-play multiplayer third-person action game developed by Freejam Games.

Where it drifts furthest from War Robots: Frontiers: progression.

It predates War Robots: Frontiers by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Visuals100Game mode75Setting68Progression0
Halo: Spartan Assault
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opMeleeRangedTacticalSci-FiThird Person
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 melee combat

≠ Stands apart with single-player focus, visual isometric and visual topdown, while skipping deep simulation

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 War Robots: Frontiers: visuals.

It predates War Robots: Frontiers by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Setting68Game mode66Visuals38
Gears of War 2
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opMeleeRangedSci-FiThird Person
IGDB90· 5
Year 2008Dev Epic Games · Microsoft Game Studios

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

≠ Stands apart with post-apocalyptic world, offline and single-player focus, while skipping deep simulation

It predates War Robots: Frontiers by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Combat73Game mode53Setting50
#4Splatoon 3
Splatoon 3
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opSci-FiSkill TreeThird Person
IGDB82· 6OC83· 124
Year 2022Dev Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5 · NintendoOn Switch

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming and single-player focus, while skipping deep simulation

Genre100Progression100Visuals100Game mode67Setting66
ARC Raiders
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opSci-FiSkill TreeThird Person
Steam👍 84%· 395KIGDB89· 4OC87· 95
Year 2025Dev Embark StudiosOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings post-apocalyptic world and crafting mechanics, while skipping deep simulation

Released 3 years after War Robots: Frontiers.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode73Progression62Setting50
Rogue Trooper
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opMeleeRangedSci-FiThird Person
Steam👍 95%· 516RAWG👍 73%· 59MC69IGDB76· 3
Year 2006Dev RebellionPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: stealth mechanics, post-apocalyptic world and setting cyberpunk, while skipping deep simulation

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 War Robots: Frontiers: setting.

It predates War Robots: Frontiers by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Combat60Game mode54Setting41
Gears of War: Judgment
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opSci-FiSkill TreeThird Person
IGDB77· 9
Year 2013Dev People Can Fly · Microsoft Studios

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: offline, single-player focus and loot and gear systems, while skipping deep simulation

It predates War Robots: Frontiers by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Setting66Progression63Game mode53
Contra
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opTacticalSci-FiThird Person
IGDB50
Year 1987Dev Konami

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, single-player focus and visual 2d, while skipping deep simulation

It predates War Robots: Frontiers by 35 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode67Setting66Combat51Visuals51
Splatoon 2
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird PersonSolo
IGDB83· 17OC83· 118
Year 2017Dev Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development · NintendoOn Switch

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming and single-player focus, while skipping deep simulation

Genre100Visuals100Game mode67Setting66
Jet Force Gemini
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird PersonSolo
Year 1999Dev Rare

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, adventure storytelling and single-player focus, while skipping deep simulation

It predates War Robots: Frontiers by 23 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode67Setting66
Risk of Rain 2
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opRangedMeleeSci-FiThird Person
Steam👍 94%· 347KRAWG👍 85%· 696MC82IGDB87· 6OC86· 34
Year 2020Dev Hopoo Games · Gearbox PublishingPlaytime ~8hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics, while skipping deep simulation

Risk of Rain 2 is a 3D roguelite sci-fi third-person shooter developed by Hopoo Games and published by Gearbox Publishing. Hopoo Games is composed of Paul Morse, Duncan Drummond and Jeffrey Hunt. The game released in early access during March of 2019 after it was showcased at PAX East.

Where it drifts furthest from War Robots: Frontiers: tone and progression.

Genre100Visuals100Combat80Setting66Game mode49Tone0
Crackdown 3
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird PersonSolo
IGDB62· 11OC63· 124
Year 2019Dev Sumo Digital · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: open world exploration, single-player focus and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from War Robots: Frontiers: progression.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode67Setting66Progression0
Star Fox: Assault
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird PersonOffline
IGDB50· 1
Year 2005Dev Namco · Nintendo

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, offline and single-player focus, while skipping deep simulation

It predates War Robots: Frontiers by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode53Setting52
Contra III: The Alien Wars
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opSci-FiThird PersonOffline
Year 1992Dev Konami

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, post-apocalyptic world and offline, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from War Robots: Frontiers: visuals.

It predates War Robots: Frontiers by 30 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode53Setting50Visuals46
Gears of War
ShooterTPS
MultiplayerCo-opRangedSci-FiSkill TreeThird Person
IGDB84· 3
Year 2006Dev Epic Games · Microsoft Game Studios

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

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and offline, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from War Robots: Frontiers: tone and setting.

It predates War Robots: Frontiers by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Visuals100Progression63Combat57Game mode53Setting49

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