Games like Gears of War
Loved Gears of War by Epic Games? Here are 24 games that genuinely play like it — ranked by shared genres, mechanics and themes, not just labels.
Gears of War2006MC 94
Epic Games · ~12h to beat
A third-person tactical shooter from Epic, running on the Unreal Engine 3. Gears of War thrusts gamers into a deep and harrowing story of humankind's epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet. Unlike other shooters,…
24 games similar to Gears of War
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5.0
The Order: 1886
49% similarThird-PersonMilitaryWar
92
5.0
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
45% similarThird-PersonRpg ElementsCooperative
89
5.8
Left 4 Dead 2
44% similarPost-ApocalypticCooperativeShooter
93
5.0
Mass Effect 3
42% similarThird-PersonAliensMilitary
84
5.0
Borderlands
41% similarPost-ApocalypticMilitaryRpg Elements
93
5.0
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
41% similarThird-PersonMultiple ProtagonistsBuilding
82
5.0
Resident Evil: Revelations
40% similarThird-PersonMultiple ProtagonistsMilitary
83
5.0
Resident Evil 5
40% similarThird-PersonLocal MultiplayerMultiple Protagonists
91
5.0
Mass Effect
38% similarThird-PersonAliensMilitary
87
5.1
Call of Duty: Black Ops
38% similarLocal MultiplayerMultiple ProtagonistsPost-Apocalyptic
96
5.0
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
38% similarThird-PersonRpg ElementsCooperative
67
5.0
Resident Evil 6
38% similarThird-PersonLocal MultiplayerMultiple Protagonists
89
5.0
Left 4 Dead
38% similarPost-ApocalypticMilitaryCooperative
91
5.7
Crysis
37% similarAliensMilitaryTactical
95
5.2
The Last of Us
36% similarThird-PersonMultiple ProtagonistsPost-Apocalyptic
71
5.0
Far Cry New Dawn
36% similarPost-ApocalypticCooperativeSurvival
94
5.0
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
36% similarMilitaryShooterWar
97
5.0
Halo: Combat Evolved
36% similarAliensLocal MultiplayerMilitary
84
5.0
Call of Duty: World at War
36% similarLocal MultiplayerMultiple ProtagonistsPost-Apocalyptic
86
5.0
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
35% similarMultiple ProtagonistsShooterBuilding
68
5.0
Star Wars Battlefront II
35% similarThird-PersonAliensLocal Multiplayer
80
5.0
Tom Clancy’s The Division
35% similarThird-PersonPost-ApocalypticMilitary
76
5.0
Crysis 3
35% similarAliensRpg ElementsShooter
65
5.0
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
35% similarThird-PersonLocal MultiplayerMultiple Protagonists