Games like Halo 2
Closest overall match: Halo: Combat Evolved (★ 4.3). Highest rated: Half-Life 2 at ★ 4.5. Quickest to finish: Halo: Combat Evolved at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Halo 2 — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era.
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61%
1. Halo: Combat Evolved
Same developer; about 7h shorter.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
2. Halo 3: ODST
Same developer; rated 0.4 lower; about 11h longer.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 19h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
3. Gears of War
Released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
4. Call of Juarez
Rated 0.6 lower; about 5h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
5. Half-Life 2
Same release year.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- Metacritic
- 96
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
6. Left 4 Dead
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
7. Quake IV
Rated 0.7 lower; about 7h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
8. Left 4 Dead 2
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
9. Counter-Strike
Rated 0.3 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2000
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
10. Unreal 2: The Awakening
Rated 0.9 lower; about 7h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
11. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
About 5h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 93%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
12. F.E.A.R.
About 6h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Halo 2?
On our similarity model, Halo: Combat Evolved is the closest match to Halo 2 — same developer; about 7h shorter.
Which game like Halo 2 is rated highest?
Half-Life 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.5/5 from 4,129 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Halo 2 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.