Games like Counter Strike Global Offensive
Closest overall match: Counter-Strike: Source (★ 3.8). Highest rated: Portal 2 at ★ 4.6. Quickest to finish: Homefront at about 2 hours.
We compared Counter-Strike: Global Offensive against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 25 came closest. What ties them together most: First-Person, War and Military. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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68%
1. Counter-Strike: Source
Shares e-sports, Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Military, Team-Based and Moddable and 6 more tags; same developer; about 57h shorter.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
60%
2. Battlefield 4
Shares Military, War, PvP, First-Person and Full controller support and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; about 58h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
59%
3. Homefront
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, First-Person, cooperative and Steam Achievements; rated 0.6 lower; about 62h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
59%
4. Far Cry 4
Shares Online Co-Op, First-Person and cooperative; about 47h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 17h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
58%
5. Medal of Honor
Shares Military, War, Realistic, First-Person and cooperative; about 62h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
57%
6. Left 4 Dead 2
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Team-Based, Moddable, Steam Workshop and Tactical and 7 more tags; same developer; rated 0.5 higher; about 55h shorter.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
57%
7. Call of Duty: World at War
Shares Moddable, War, Online Co-Op, First-Person and cooperative; rated 0.4 higher; about 56h shorter.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
56%
8. Portal 2
Shares Steam Workshop, stats, Online Co-Op, First-Person and cooperative and 3 more tags; same developer; rated 1.0 higher; about 53h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.6
- Metacritic
- 95
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
56%
9. Team Fortress 2
Shares Trading, Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Team-Based, Moddable and In-App Purchases and 8 more tags; same developer; about 56h shorter.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
55%
10. Insurgency
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Military, Team-Based, War and Realistic and 9 more tags; about 60h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 26%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
55%
11. Battlefield 3
Shares Military, Team-Based, War, PvP and Tactical and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; about 60h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
54%
12. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Shares Team-Based, Realistic, Tactical, Online Co-Op and First-Person and 1 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; about 32h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 32h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
54%
13. Left 4 Dead
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Team-Based, Moddable, Tactical and stats and 5 more tags; same developer; rated 0.5 higher; about 59h shorter.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
54%
14. Call of Duty
Shares Military, War and First-Person; rated 0.6 higher; about 58h shorter.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
54%
15. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Shares Military, Team-Based, War, Tactical and First-Person and 1 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; about 57h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
52%
16. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Team-Based, War, Tactical and Online Co-Op and 5 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; about 59h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
52%
17. Insurgency: Sandstorm
Shares Military, War, Realistic, Tactical and Online Co-Op and 4 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; about 58h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
52%
18. Halo: Reach
Rated 0.7 higher; about 53h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
51%
19. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, War, Online Co-Op, First-Person and cooperative and 2 more tags; about 54h shorter.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
51%
20. PAYDAY 2
Shares Team-Based, In-App Purchases, Tactical, Online Co-Op and First-Person and 4 more tags; about 55h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
51%
21. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Military, War, Online Co-Op and First-Person and 2 more tags; about 56h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
51%
22. Call of Duty: Ghosts
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Military, Team-Based, War and Tactical and 5 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 58h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
51%
23. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
Shares Military, Tactical, Online Co-Op, First-Person and cooperative and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; about 62h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 52
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
51%
24. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Shares Military, War, Tactical and cooperative; about 59h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 2
-
50%
25. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Steam Workshop, First-Person, cooperative and Full controller support and 1 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; about 48h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 16h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 2
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What is the best game like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive?
On our similarity model, Counter-Strike: Source is the closest match to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive — shares e-sports, Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Military, Team-Based and Moddable and 6 more tags; same developer; about 57h shorter.
Which game like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is rated highest?
Portal 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.6/5 from 6,147 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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