Games like Fear
Closest overall match: F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Doom 3 at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like F.E.A.R.? Our model ranked 25 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: Singleplayer, First-Person and Great Soundtrack. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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1. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Shares Bullet Time, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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66%
2. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Shares Bullet Time, First-Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
66%
3. F.E.A.R. 3
Shares Bullet Time, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
64%
4. Hitman: Blood Money
Shares Dark, First-Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
64%
5. BioShock
Shares Dark, Horror, First-Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 96
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
63%
6. Doom 3
Shares Survival Horror, Dark, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
63%
7. Dead Space (2008)
Shares Survival Horror, Dark, Horror and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
63%
8. Quake IV
Shares Dark, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
63%
9. Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005)
Shares First-Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
62%
10. Star Wars: Republic Commando
Shares Dark, First-Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
61%
11. Far Cry
Shares Horror, First-Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
12. Max Payne 3
Shares Bullet Time, Dark, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; about 8h longer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
13. Crysis
Shares First-Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
14. Condemned: Criminal Origins
Shares Survival Horror, Dark, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.4 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
59%
15. Metro 2033
Shares Survival Horror, Dark, Horror, First-Person and Great Soundtrack and 1 more tags; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
59%
16. Aliens vs. Predator
Shares Survival Horror, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
59%
17. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
Shares First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
59%
18. Dead Space 2
Shares Survival Horror, Horror and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
59%
19. Far Cry 2
Shares First-Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
20. Call of Juarez
Shares First-Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
21. Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Shares Bullet Time, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 1.3 lower.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 55
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
22. Hitman: Contracts
Shares Dark, First-Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
23. Dead Space 3
Shares Survival Horror, Dark, Horror and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
24. Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Shares First-Person, Great Soundtrack and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
25. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 93%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like F.E.A.R.?
On our similarity model, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is the closest match to F.E.A.R. — shares Bullet Time, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.4 lower.
Which game like F.E.A.R. is rated highest?
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 1,639 players.
Are there games like F.E.A.R. on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 5 games like F.E.A.R. on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against F.E.A.R. 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.
Base game data via RAWG.