Games like Gears of War
Closest overall match: Crackdown 3 (★ 2.9). Highest rated: Titanfall 2 at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Alien Rage - Unlimited at about 1 hours.
We compared Gears of War 4 against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 25 came closest. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Violent and exclusive.
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65%
1. Crackdown 3
Shares w10 exclusive, exclusive and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 57
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
63%
2. Gears 5
Shares Violent and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
3. Quantum Break
Shares Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
4. Halo 3: ODST
Shares Aliens, exclusive and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 19h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
5. Titanfall
Shares Violent; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
6. Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2
Same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 81
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
7. Alien Rage - Unlimited
Shares Aliens and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 52
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
8. Battlefield 1
Shares Violent and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 64%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
9. Halo 4
Shares exclusive.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 75h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
10. Hunt: Showdown
Shares Violent; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
11. Hitman 2
Shares Violent and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
12. Quake Champions
Shares exclusive and Violent; rated 0.7 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 14%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
13. Metro 2033
Shares Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
14. Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
15. Titanfall 2
Shares Violent and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
16. PAYDAY 2
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
17. Battlefield Hardline
Shares Violent and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
18. WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
Shares Violent and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
19. Lost Planet 3
Shares Aliens and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
20. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Shares Aliens and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 49%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
21. Dead Space 3
Shares Violent and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
22. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Rated 0.6 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 84
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
23. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 71
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
24. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Shares Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
25. Far Cry Primal
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Gears of War 4?
On our similarity model, Crackdown 3 is the closest match to Gears of War 4 — shares w10 exclusive, exclusive and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower.
Which game like Gears of War 4 is rated highest?
Titanfall 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 2,087 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Gears of War 4 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.