What games are like Counter-Strike?

The best games like Counter-Strike on Steam right now include Counter-Strike 2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. They share Counter-Strike's genre and gameplay (FPS, Shooter, Classic) and are ranked using live Steam similarity and current follower momentum, updated daily.

How are these similar games chosen?

Each game is scored by how many Steam genres and gameplay modes it shares with Counter-Strike, plus a bonus for the same developer, then tie-broken by how fast it is gaining Steam followers right now.

Games Like Counter-Strike (2026)

The best similar games on Steam — matched by shared genre and gameplay, with a reason for every pick.

Updated daily · July 17, 2026

Looking for games like Counter-Strike? The closest matches on Steam right now are Counter-Strike 2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS — chosen by shared genre and gameplay (FPS, Shooter, Classic) and ranked by how fast each is currently gaining followers. Full ranked list of 12 below, each with why it's a match.

Best games similar to Counter-Strike

#	Game	Genre	Shared with Counter-Strike
1	Counter-Strike 2 🔥	Action	Shooter, PvP, FPS, Team-Based
2	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Action	Shooter, PvP, FPS, Team-Based
3	PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS ▲	Action	Shooter, PvP, FPS, Team-Based
4	Gray Zone Warfare	Action	Shooter, PvP, FPS, Team-Based
5	Left 4 Dead	Action	Shooter, FPS, Team-Based, Survival
6	Counter-Strike:Global Offensive	Action	Action, multiplayer
7	Battlefield™ 6	Action	Action, multiplayer, online PvP, PvP
8	Team Fortress 2 ▲	Action	Shooter, FPS, Team-Based, First-Person
9	Squad	Action	Shooter, PvP, FPS, Team-Based
10	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands	Action	Shooter, PvP, FPS, Survival
11	Left 4 Dead 2 ▲	Action	Shooter, FPS, Team-Based, Survival
12	Half-Life	Action	Classic, Shooter, PvP, FPS

Why these are like Counter-Strike

1. Counter-Strike 2

From the same studio; both are tagged shooter, pvp, fps. For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe.

2. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Both are tagged shooter, pvp, fps; both offer multiplayer and online pvp. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an elite, tactical team-based shooter where superior planning and execution triumph.

3. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

Both are tagged shooter, pvp, fps; both offer multiplayer and online pvp. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play!

4. Gray Zone Warfare

Both are tagged shooter, pvp, fps; both offer multiplayer and online pvp. Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare.

5. Left 4 Dead

From the same studio; both are tagged shooter, fps, team-based. From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie

6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

From the same studio; both are action games. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago.

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