Games like Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
If Call of Duty®: Black Ops III is your kind of game, the closest matches are Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare, SurvivalEXtreme and BREAKPOINT: Viper Squad — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its competitive, dark and intense. 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 →Call of Duty: Black Ops III is a 2015 action-adventure shooter set in a near-future setting where players engage in both single-player and cooperative gameplay. The game introduces exo-movement mechanics that add vertical combat options, while weapon customization allows for extensive tactical loadout building. Reviewers and players highlight that custom maps and modding support offer significant replayability, with the zombies survival mode remaining a standout feature. Multiplayer encounters are described as intense and competitive, where tactical positioning matters in firefights. The title achieved a 90% positive rating from over 115,000 Steam reviews and runs in playable state on Steam Deck. Treyarch developed the core experience with Aspyr handling the Mac port.
About Call of Duty®: Black Ops III: Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.
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Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare
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Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Top pick for Call of Duty®: Black Ops III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Infinite Warfare delivers three unique game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies.
SurvivalEXtreme
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Call of Duty®: Black Ops III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Enter a world devastated by the 2050 apocalypse. Fifty years later, humanity has returned… The war to reclaim Earth has begun, and only the bravest will be able to face the demons that now rule it. The world has fallen. Now it's your turn to rise.
BREAKPOINT: Viper Squad
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Call of Duty®: Black Ops III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
A high-velocity sci-fi shooter built around charge management, explosive team fights, and Drivers who flip the match with their abilities.
Titanfall™
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Ranked #4 for Call of Duty®: Black Ops III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Titanfall delivers fast-paced, hyperkinetic vertical warfare that gives shooter fans the freedom to fight their way as both elite assault Pilots and fast, heavily armored Titans.
Call of Duty: World at War
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Ranked #5 for Call of Duty®: Black Ops III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Call of Duty is back, redefining war like you've never experienced before. Building on the Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare engine, Call of Duty: World at War immerses players into the most gritty and chaotic WWII combat ever experienced.
Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Ranked #6 for Call of Duty®: Black Ops III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare envisions a powerful future, where both technology and tactics have evolved to usher in a new era of combat for the franchise.Power Changes Everything.
Utopia City
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Call of Duty®: Black Ops III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
You are responsible for the salvation of humankind - destroy Utopia City or suffer indefinite virtual slavery. Fight for the future of the real world as you become involved in massive combat scenes against a host of powerful opponents. You are the last hope for the survival of your race!
Call of Duty®: Black Ops
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Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Ranked #8 for Call of Duty®: Black Ops III fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
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Titanfall® 2
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Shares an intense mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Black Ops III cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Insurgency: Sandstorm
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Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Black Ops III cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
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.
BattleBit Remastered
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Shares an intense mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Black Ops III cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly, massive multiplayer FPS, supporting 254 players per server. Battle on a near-fully destructible map with various vehicles!
Call of Duty: World at War
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Black Ops III cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Call of Duty is back, redefining war like you've never experienced before. Building on the Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare engine, Call of Duty: World at War immerses players into the most gritty and chaotic WWII combat ever experienced.
Overwatch®
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Black Ops III cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
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.
Destiny 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Black Ops III cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Destiny 2 is an action MMO with a single evolving world that you and your friends can join anytime, anywhere, absolutely free.
THE FINALS
WHY THIS
Shares weapon customization and an intense mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Black Ops III cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
THE FINALS is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future! Fight for Fans and fortune in fully-destructible, virtual Arenas that guarantee no two rounds will ever play the same!
Battlefield™ 2042
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Black Ops III cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Battlefield™ 2042 is a first-person shooter that marks the return to the iconic all-out warfare of the franchise.
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Call of Duty®: Black Ops III at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~83% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~67% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~83% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~83% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
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.
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Priced ~67% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Subnautica
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Priced ~50% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~75% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
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Priced ~67% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
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STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
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 Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
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.).
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Call of Duty®
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Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
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Call of Duty: World at War
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Call of Duty is back, redefining war like you've never experienced before. Building on the Call of Duty 4®: Modern Warfare engine, Call of Duty: World at War immerses players into the most gritty and chaotic WWII combat ever experienced.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War
Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II propels players into a near future Cold War
Call of Duty®: Black Ops
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Black Ops Cold War, the direct sequel to Call of Duty®: Black Ops, will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III
WHY THIS
Shares weapon customization and a competitive mood with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Another title from Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
In the direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II, Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against the ultimate threat.
Frequently asked about Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
- Does Call of Duty®: Black Ops III run on Steam Deck?
- Call of Duty®: Black Ops III is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Call of Duty®: Black Ops III cost?
- Call of Duty®: Black Ops III is listed on Steam at 59.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Call of Duty®: Black Ops III have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Call of Duty®: Black Ops III supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Call of Duty®: Black Ops III?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Call of Duty®: Black Ops III are Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare, SurvivalEXtreme, BREAKPOINT: Viper Squad.
- Who developed Call of Duty®: Black Ops III?
- Call of Duty®: Black Ops III was developed by Treyarch, Aspyr (Mac) and published by Activision, Aspyr (Mac).
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