7 Third-person shooter games like Zombie Army Trilogy 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 Zombie Army Trilogy down to the 7 that fit the “Third-person shooter” category. Star Wars Battlefront II, Transformers: War for Cybertron and War Thunder top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Zombie Army Trilogy.

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The best third-person shooter games like Zombie Army Trilogy

7 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Zombie Army Trilogy. Each one has been evaluated across 20 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.

#1Star Wars Battlefront IIClosest overall match

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerSoloCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalFirst PersonThird Person

Steam👍 88%· 96KIGDB72· 17

Year 2017Dev EA Digital Illusions CE · Electronic ArtsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi, setting space and fantasy world, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army Trilogy: setting and progression.

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#2Transformers: War for Cybertron

iRank84

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalThird Person

Steam👍 90%· 1.6KIGDB71· 8

Year 2010Dev High Moon Studios · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army Trilogy: setting.

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#3War ThunderClosest on game mode

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerSoloCo-opOnlineTacticalMeleeHistoricalThird PersonFirst Person

Steam👍 72%· 747KRAWG👍 47%· 1.0KMC81IGDB65· 3OC75· 13

Year 2013Dev Gaijin EntertainmentPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, ranged combat and setting modern, while skipping adventure storytelling

The vehicle modelling is the draw: aircraft, tanks and ships with per-component damage, and simulator modes that go far beyond arcade handling. Free to start. The grind is the well-known cost — progression slows sharply at higher tiers, repair costs punish bad matches, and the pressure toward premium purchases becomes hard to ignore.

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army Trilogy: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Zombie Army Trilogy.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerOnlineCo-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 third-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, PvP competition and visual isometric, while skipping adventure storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army Trilogy: setting.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerCo-opOnlineTacticalMeleeHistoricalFirst PersonThird Person

Steam👍 77%· 155KRAWG👍 46%· 176MC81IGDB82· 5OC79· 18

Year 2015Dev Wargaming Group · WargamingPlaytime ~2hOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, real-time strategy and ranged combat, while skipping adventure storytelling

Naval combat played at the pace of a strategy game: shells take seconds to land, so you fire where a ship will be, and positioning matters more than aim. Ship modelling is detailed. Progression slows sharply past mid-tier, and matches can be decided in the first two minutes by a single flank collapsing.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Zombie Army Trilogy.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalHistoricalFirst 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 third-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, stealth mechanics and ranged combat, 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.

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army Trilogy: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Zombie Army Trilogy.

It predates Zombie Army Trilogy by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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