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®: Black Ops III, ARCADE and BattleBlock Theater® — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its competitive, intense and tense. 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.
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Players who liked Call of Duty®: Black Ops III also play
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Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
WHY THIS
Shares weapon customization and a competitive 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.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.
ARCADE
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match 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.
ARCADE is an ARCADE game in which you shoot 'n' dodge. Are you dead? Press START button and shoot 'n' dodge again! Sounds easy, doesn't it? I would argue with you!
BattleBlock Theater®
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match 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.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
Sonic Mania
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 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.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
ibb & obb
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 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.
ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 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.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
Fury Unleashed
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.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
Terror of Hemasaurus
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 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.
A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Call of Duty®: Black Ops III at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. 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.
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~93% under Call of Duty®: Black Ops III on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
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.
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 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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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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More from Treyarch
Other recommendable Steam games by Treyarch, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Call of Duty®
WHY THIS
Shares a tense 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 Call of Duty® experience supports Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6, and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 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 and Adventure with 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.
Call of Duty: World at War
WHY THIS
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
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 tense 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 tense 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.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ARCADE
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
ARCADE is an ARCADE game in which you shoot 'n' dodge. Are you dead? Press START button and shoot 'n' dodge again! Sounds easy, doesn't it? I would argue with you!
BattleBlock Theater®
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
Sonic Mania
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
ibb & obb
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.
Fury Unleashed
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
Terror of Hemasaurus
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III.
A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.
Frequently asked about Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
- How much does Call of Duty®: Black Ops III cost?
- Call of Duty®: Black Ops III is listed on Steam at 14.99 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®: Black Ops III, ARCADE, BattleBlock Theater®.
- 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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