Games like Squad
Closest overall match: Insurgency: Sandstorm (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Black Mesa at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: America's Army: Proving Grounds at about 1 hours.
We compared Squad 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, Tactical and War. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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66%
1. Insurgency: Sandstorm
Shares Military, War, Realistic, Tactical and Online multiplayer and 5 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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63%
2. Insurgency
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Military, Team-Based, War and Realistic and 4 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 26%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
61%
3. Quake Champions
Shares true exclusive, Early Access, Online multiplayer and First-Person; rated 0.6 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 14%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
4. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Shares Military, Team-Based, War, Tactical and First-Person and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
60%
5. Gears 5
Shares Military, Online multiplayer, Partial Controller Support and cooperative; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
6. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Shares Team-Based, Realistic, Tactical, First-Person and Partial Controller Support and 1 more tags; about 25h longer.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 32h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
7. Dirty Bomb
Shares Team-Based, First-Person, Open World, cooperative and steam-trading-cards; rated 1.2 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 63
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 17%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Shares Military, War, Realistic, Tactical and First-Person and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
9. America's Army: Proving Grounds
Shares Military, War, Realistic, Tactical and First-Person and 4 more tags; rated 1.3 lower; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 18%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Shares Military, War, Tactical, First-Person and cooperative; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
57%
11. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, War, Online multiplayer, First-Person and Open World and 1 more tags; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
57%
12. Black Mesa
Shares true exclusive, Early Access, Online multiplayer, First-Person and Partial Controller Support; rated 0.5 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
57%
13. Arma 3
Shares Military, Team-Based, War, Realistic and Tactical and 5 more tags; about 9h longer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 16h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
57%
14. Team Fortress 2
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Team-Based, Tactical, First-Person and Partial Controller Support and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
57%
15. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
Shares Military, War, Realistic, Tactical and First-Person and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
57%
16. Hunt: Showdown
Shares Early Access, Online multiplayer and cooperative; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
17. Black Squad
Shares Military, Team-Based, War, Tactical and Early Access and 4 more tags; rated 1.3 lower; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 13%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
56%
18. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Shares Military, Walking Simulator, War, Realistic and Tactical and 4 more tags; rated 1.1 lower; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
19. Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Military, Team-Based, War and Realistic and 4 more tags; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
56%
20. Paladins
Shares Team-Based, Early Access, Online multiplayer, First-Person and Partial Controller Support and 2 more tags; rated 0.8 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 16%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
56%
21. Returnal
Shares true exclusive and cooperative; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
22. Battlefield 3
Shares Military, Team-Based, War, Tactical and First-Person.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
55%
23. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Shares Valve Anti-Cheat enabled, Team-Based, War, Tactical and First-Person and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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55%
24. The Finals
Shares Team-Based, Realistic, Tactical, First-Person and Partial Controller Support.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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55%
25. PAYDAY 2
Shares Team-Based, Tactical, First-Person, cooperative and steam-trading-cards; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Squad?
On our similarity model, Insurgency: Sandstorm is the closest match to Squad — shares Military, War, Realistic, Tactical and Online multiplayer and 5 more tags; released within 2 years.
Which game like Squad is rated highest?
Black Mesa holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 1,076 players.
Are there games like Squad on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 5 games like Squad on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Squad 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.