Games like Battlefield™ 2042
If Battlefield™ 2042 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Battlefield™ 6, HYPERFRAG and Battlefield™ V — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, epic and grand. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Battlefield 2042 is a first-person action shooter set in a near-future military setting developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. The game features large-scale multiplayer combat supporting up to 128 players, vehicle combat, and a reworked class system. Players have described the experience as challenging, epic, grand, and intense. Reviewers highlight that the class system adds variety, the futurism feels grounded without over-the-top elements, maps feel alive at high player counts, performance has improved dramatically, and weapon attachments feel customizable. The game also includes a weapon attachment system and map reworks. Battlefield 2042 released in 2021 and is currently priced at $2.99 USD, with 47% positive reviews from 106,320 Steam reviews. The game is not supported on Steam Deck.
About Battlefield™ 2042: Battlefield™ 2042 is a first-person shooter that marks the return to the iconic all-out warfare of the franchise.
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Steam players who put hours into Battlefield™ 2042 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Battlefield™ 6
WHY THIS
Shares large scale multiplayer, vehicle combat and an epic mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Top pick for Battlefield™ 2042 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
The ultimate all-out warfare experience. In a war of tanks, fighter jets, and massive combat arsenals, your squad is the deadliest weapon.
HYPERFRAG
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Battlefield™ 2042 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
Instantly dive into ultra-dynamic 1v1 and 2v2 arena combat. Face off in bite-sized, high-speed maps where pure reflexes and a massive, wild arsenal dictate who stays alive. Fast rounds, instant respawns, and non-stop momentum : welcome to HYPERFRAG.
Battlefield™ V
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Third-strongest match for Battlefield™ 2042 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
This is the ultimate Battlefield V experience. Enter mankind’s greatest conflict with the complete arsenal of weapons, vehicles, and gadgets plus the best customization content of Year 1 and 2.
Call of Duty®
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Ranked #4 for Battlefield™ 2042 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
The Call of Duty® experience supports Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6, and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.
Battlefield™ REDSEC
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Ranked #5 for Battlefield™ 2042 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
Now entering REDSEC, the ultimate free-to-play FPS destination built on Battlefield’s iconic DNA. Featuring Battle Royale, Gauntlet, & the power of Portal.
Battlefield 4™
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle combat and an epic mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Ranked #6 for Battlefield™ 2042 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.
Battlefield 3™
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Ranked #7 for Battlefield™ 2042 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
Enjoy total freedom to fight the way you want. Explore 29 massive multiplayer maps and use loads of vehicles, weapons, and gadgets to help you turn up the heat. Every second of battle gets you closer to unlocking tons of extras and moving up in the Ranks. So get in the action.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Battlefield™ 2042 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
In Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Treyarch and Raven Software are bringing players the biggest Black Ops ever across an innovative Co-Op Campaign, an electrifying Multiplayer experience, and the legendary Round-Based Zombies mode.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Battlefield™ 2042
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Easy Red 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Reviewers of Battlefield™ 2042 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
Experience massive battles with infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft on large destructible open-world maps. Equip yourself, coordinate with your squad, and fight through World War II in singleplayer, co-op, or multiplayer!
Insurgency: Sandstorm
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Battlefield™ 2042 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.
Arma 3
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Reviewers of Battlefield™ 2042 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
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.
Ready or Not
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Battlefield™ 2042 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
Ravenfield
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Reviewers of Battlefield™ 2042 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Reviewers of Battlefield™ 2042 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.
WARZONE
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Battlefield™ 2042 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
WARZONE is a tactical turn-based war game which requires a chess level of logical thinking and which provides an entertainment comparable to that of a tank shooter.
Destiny 2
WHY THIS
Shares a grand mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Reviewers of Battlefield™ 2042 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
Destiny 2 is an action MMO with a single evolving world that you and your friends can join anytime, anywhere, absolutely free.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Battlefield™ 2042 at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Battlefield™ 2042 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under Battlefield™ 2042 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Battlefield™ 2042 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Battlefield™ 2042 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Battlefield™ 2042.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
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Priced ~67% under Battlefield™ 2042 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Battlefield™ 2042.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under Battlefield™ 2042 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Battlefield™ 2042 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Battlefield™ 2042.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Battlefield™ 2042.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
93, Kuindzhi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
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More from DICE
Other recommendable Steam games by DICE, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Battlefield™ V
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Another title from DICE, the studio behind Battlefield™ 2042. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
This is the ultimate Battlefield V experience. Enter mankind’s greatest conflict with the complete arsenal of weapons, vehicles, and gadgets plus the best customization content of Year 1 and 2.
Battlefield™ 1
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Another title from DICE, the studio behind Battlefield™ 2042. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
Battlefield™ 1 takes you back to The Great War, WW1, where new technology and worldwide conflict changed the face of warfare forever.
STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II
WHY THIS
Shares a grand mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Another title from DICE, the studio behind Battlefield™ 2042. Shares Action and Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
Be the hero in the ultimate STAR WARS™ battle fantasy with STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II: Celebration Edition!
Battlefield 4™
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle combat and an epic mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Another title from DICE, the studio behind Battlefield™ 2042. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.
Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Another title from DICE, the studio behind Battlefield™ 2042. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2™ brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected "Battlefield moments." New vehicles like the ATV and a transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics on the Battlefield. With the Frostbite-enabled Destruction 2.
Mirror's Edge™
WHY THIS
Another title from DICE, the studio behind Battlefield™ 2042. Shares Action and Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.
Battlefield 3™
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Battlefield™ 2042.
Another title from DICE, the studio behind Battlefield™ 2042. Shares Action with Battlefield™ 2042.
Enjoy total freedom to fight the way you want. Explore 29 massive multiplayer maps and use loads of vehicles, weapons, and gadgets to help you turn up the heat. Every second of battle gets you closer to unlocking tons of extras and moving up in the Ranks. So get in the action.
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst
WHY THIS
Another title from DICE, the studio behind Battlefield™ 2042. Shares Action and Adventure with Battlefield™ 2042.
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst raises the action-adventure bar through fluid, first person action and immerses players in Faith's story as she fights for freedom.
Frequently asked about Battlefield™ 2042
- Does Battlefield™ 2042 work on Steam Deck?
- Battlefield™ 2042 is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Battlefield™ 2042 cost?
- Battlefield™ 2042 is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Battlefield™ 2042 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Battlefield™ 2042 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Battlefield™ 2042?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Battlefield™ 2042 are Battlefield™ 6, HYPERFRAG, Battlefield™ V.
- Who developed Battlefield™ 2042?
- Battlefield™ 2042 was developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts.
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