Games like Quake
Closest overall match: Doom 3 (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Doom 3 at about 1 hours.
We compared Quake IV 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, Singleplayer and Horror. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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65%
1. Doom 3
Shares Dark, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
63%
2. Quake III Arena
Shares Arena Shooter, First-Person, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.6 higher.
- Year
- 1999
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
63%
3. F.E.A.R.
Shares Dark, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
61%
4. Call of Juarez
Shares First-Person and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
61%
5. Metro 2033
Shares Dark, Horror, First-Person, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
6. Rage
Shares Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
7. Star Wars: Republic Commando
Shares Dark, First-Person, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
59%
8. Quake Champions
Shares Arena Shooter, Horror and First-Person; same developer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 14%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
59%
9. Far Cry
Shares Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
59%
10. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Shares First-Person; same developer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
59%
11. Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Shares First-Person, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
59%
12. Hitman: Blood Money
Shares Dark, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
59%
13. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Shares Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
14. Left 4 Dead
Shares Horror, First-Person, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
15. BioShock
Shares Dark, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 96
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
16. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
Shares First-Person and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
17. Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005)
Shares First-Person, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
18. Condemned: Criminal Origins
Shares Dark, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
57%
19. Left 4 Dead 2
Shares Horror, First-Person, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; about 8h longer.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
57%
20. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Shares First-Person and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.7 higher; about 5h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 94%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
57%
21. Gears of War
Rated 0.4 higher; about 6h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
57%
22. Halo 3: ODST
Shares First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher; about 18h longer.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 19h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
23. Dead Space (2008)
Shares Dark, Horror and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 higher.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
24. Hitman: Contracts
Shares Dark, First-Person and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
25. Aliens vs. Predator
Shares Horror, First-Person, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Quake IV?
On our similarity model, Doom 3 is the closest match to Quake IV — shares Dark, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; same developer; released within 1 year.
Which game like Quake IV is rated highest?
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 1,859 players.
Are there games like Quake IV on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 6 games like Quake IV on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Quake IV 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.