Rank 01Games like Blacklight: Tango Down
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- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Blacklight: Tango Down also play
The closest matches to Blacklight: Tango Down: BRINK, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2, Unreal Tournament 3, Frontlines™: Fuel of War™, and Contagion. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Same tense mood as Blacklight: Tango Down.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
- 2008
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Contagion
Why this: Same dark mood as Blacklight: Tango Down.
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Blood Reaver
Why this: Shares loadout customization with Blacklight: Tango Down.
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- Released: 2010
- Developer: Zombie Studios
- 42% of 226 reviews
- Genres: Action
- Metacritic 65
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Co op missions are short but satisfying
- Cyberpunk aesthetic blends 90s anime with modern military gear
- Peer to peer netcode keeps multiplayer alive
- Challenging
- Dark
- Retro
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About Blacklight: Tango Down
The closest matches to Blacklight: Tango Down: BRINK, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2, Unreal Tournament 3, Frontlines™: Fuel of War™, and Contagion. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Blacklight: Tango Down is your kind of game, the closest matches are BRINK, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 and Unreal Tournament 3 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, dark and retro, and single out its co op missions and loadout customization. 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.
About Blacklight: Tango Down: In Blacklight: Tango Down, experience the bleeding edge of advanced warfare. Participate in the “NetWar”: a hyper-realistic battlefield letting you fight tomorrow’s conflicts with or against your friends in the gritty Blacklight universe.
Is Blacklight: Tango Down worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 42% of 226 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 2.7 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Co op missions are short but satisfying
- Cyberpunk aesthetic blends 90s anime with modern military gear
- Peer to peer netcode keeps multiplayer alive
- Surprisingly deep loadout customization for a 099 game
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Seeing this game just makes me bitter. I bought it in 2010 for full price, and literally only was able to play 1 or 2 games because there were no players and no AI, and no refunds at that period in time of course. Perhaps it got better or…”
People who play it also play: BRINK, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2, Unreal Tournament 3
Frequently asked about Blacklight: Tango Down
Can I run it?
Does Blacklight: Tango Down have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Blacklight: Tango Down supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Blacklight: Tango Down?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blacklight: Tango Down are BRINK, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2, Unreal Tournament 3.
Who developed Blacklight: Tango Down?
Blacklight: Tango Down was developed by Zombie Studios and published by Ignition Entertainment.