Games like Dota 2 and Garry's Mod
Looking for games like both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod? Below are 24 Steam games ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender for players who enjoy both titles. Each pick is scored by combining collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries — players who own Dota 2 and Garry's Mod also tend to own these — with content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, plus review-mined vibe embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when genre labels differ. No Steam login required.
Best matches for fans of both games
Ranked by collaborative filtering, genre overlap, and review-mined vibes — the same signals that power imho.run.
- 1
Counter-Strike
Top pick for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action with both games.
Play the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly popular team-based game. Ally with teammates to complete strategic missions. Take out enemy sites. Rescue hostages. Your role affects your team's success. Your team's success affects your role.
- 2
Team Fortress 2
Second pick for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
- 3
Overwatch®
Third pick for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
Overwatch®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl.
- 4
Half-Life 2
Ranked #4 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action with both games.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
- 5
Left 4 Dead 2
Ranked #5 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action with both games.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
- 6
Battlerite
Ranked #6 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
BATTLERITE is an action-packed team arena brawler. Experience the unique combination of top-down shooter meets fast-paced fighting game and challenge friends and foes in a battle of reaction. The Arena awaits!
- 7
Arma 3
Ranked #7 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
- 8
Insurgency
Ranked #8 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.
- 9
Rust
Ranked #9 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Indie with both games.
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
- 10
- 11
Don't Starve Together
Ranked #11 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
- 12
Factorio
Ranked #12 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Strategy and Indie with both games.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
- 13
SMITE®
Ranked #13 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Join 40+ million players in SMITE, the Battleground of the Gods! Wield Thor’s hammer, turn your foes to stone as Medusa, or flex your divine power as one of 100+ other mythological icons. Become a God and play FREE today!
- 14
Rocket League®
Ranked #14 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Sports with both games.
Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Rocket League includes casual and competitive Online Matches, a fully-featured offline Season Mode, special “Mutators” that let you change the rules entirely, hockey and...
- 15
Natural Selection 2
Ranked #15 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!
- 16
- 17
Paladins®
Ranked #17 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!
- 18
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Ranked #18 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Free To Play with both games.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
- 19
Predecessor
Ranked #19 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Inspired by the legacy of Paragon, built with love by the community, and powered by Unreal Engine 5, Predecessor is the ultimate fusion of shooter action and MOBA strategy. Join more than 2,000,000 players and play for FREE now!
- 20
- 21
Teardown
Ranked #21 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action and Strategy with both games.
Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.
- 22
Satisfactory
Ranked #22 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Strategy and Indie with both games.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
- 23
Element TD 2 - Tower Defense
Ranked #23 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Strategy and Indie with both games.
Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.
- 24
Battlefield™ 6
Ranked #24 for fans of both Dota 2 and Garry's Mod. Shares Action with both games.
The ultimate all-out warfare experience. In a war of tanks, fighter jets, and massive combat arsenals, your squad is the deadliest weapon.
ActionSteam ↗