Games like Halo: Combat Evolved on Xbox
Closest overall match: Halo 2 (★ 4.4). Highest rated: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Unreal 2: The Awakening at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Halo: Combat Evolved? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are combat.
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61%
1. Halo 2
Same developer; about 7h longer.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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58%
2. Counter-Strike
Released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2000
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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57%
3. Freedom Fighters
Shares combat; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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57%
4. Unreal 2: The Awakening
Rated 0.8 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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56%
5. Halo 3: ODST
Same developer; about 18h longer.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 19h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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56%
6. Quake IV
Rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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55%
7. Call of Juarez
Rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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55%
8. Grand Theft Auto III
Same release year.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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55%
9. Gears of War
About 6h longer.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
10. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Shares combat; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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54%
11. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
Shares combat; rated 0.8 lower.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
12. 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 Halo: Combat Evolved on Xbox?
On our similarity model, Halo 2 is the closest match to Halo: Combat Evolved on Xbox — same developer; about 7h longer.
Which game like Halo: Combat Evolved 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.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Halo: Combat Evolved 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.