Games like Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
If Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) is your kind of game, the closest matches are Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009), Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007) and Call of Duty®: Black Ops — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cinematic, epic and nostalgic. 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 →The third installment in the Modern Warfare sub-series continues the narrative arc as Task Force 141 pursues the terrorist Makarov across global locations. Players describe the campaign as cinematic and satisfying, with the revenge-driven storyline against Makarov resonating as epic. The co-op Spec Ops mode offers missions that reviewers highlight as tense and replayable, while the competitive multiplayer component features leaderboard-ranked play where tactical positioning matters. Survival mode adds additional challenge for solo players. The package delivers massive content spanning campaign, cooperative, and competitive modes. Priced at 39.99 USD, the game holds an 88% positive rating from over 6,900 Steam reviews.
About Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011): The best-selling first-person action series of all-time returns with an epic sequel to the multiple GOTY award winner Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2
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Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
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Shares a cinematic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Top pick for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.
Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)
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Shares a cinematic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Second-strongest match for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
The new action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, the creators of the Call of Duty® series, delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare arms gamers with an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower and transports them to the most treacherous hotspots...
Call of Duty®: Black Ops
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Shares an epic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Third-strongest match for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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® (2003)
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Shares a tense mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Ranked #4 for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Call of Duty® delivers the gritty realism and cinematic intensity of World War II's epic battlefield moments like never before.
Call of Duty®: Warzone™
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Ranked #5 for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Welcome to Call of Duty®: Warzone™, the massive free-to-play combat arena. Experience thrilling modes & new gameplay features across Endgame (for a limited time), Battle Royale, Black Ops Royale, and Resurgence.
Call of Duty®: Ghosts
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Shares a cinematic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Ranked #6 for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Outnumbered and outgunned, but not outmatched.Call of Duty®: Ghosts is an extraordinary step forward for one of the largest entertainment franchises of all-time. This new chapter in the Call of Duty® franchise features a new dynamic where players are on the side of a crippled nation fighting not for freedom, or liberty, but simply to...
Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition
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Shares a cinematic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Ranked #7 for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II
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Shares an epic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Ranked #8 for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II drops players into an unprecedented global conflict that features the iconic Operators of Task Force 141.
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Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
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Shares a cinematic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.
Medal of Honor: Airborne
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Shares an epic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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Step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the “All-American” 82nd Airborne Division, and revolutionize the way the war is fought. From a rocky beginning in Sicily to war winning triumphs in the heart of Germany, fight the epic WWII battles that turned America’s first paratroopers into combat legends.
Spec Ops: The Line
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Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
A Third-Person modern military Shooter designed to challenge players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
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The best-selling first-person action series of all-time returns with an epic sequel to the multiple GOTY award winner Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2
PAYDAY 2
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Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.
Battlefield™ 1
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Shares a cinematic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Battlefield™ 1 takes you back to The Great War, WW1, where new technology and worldwide conflict changed the face of warfare forever.
Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)
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Shares a cinematic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
The new action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, the creators of the Call of Duty® series, delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare arms gamers with an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower and transports them to the most treacherous hotspots...
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III
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Shares a tense mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Reviewers of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~75% under Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~50% under Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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 ~75% under Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~75% under Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~63% under Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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 ~50% under Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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.
People Playground
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Priced ~75% under Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) on Steam right now. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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.
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Call of Duty®
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Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®
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Shares a cinematic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Another title from Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011). Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Experience a visceral Campaign or assemble your team in the ultimate online playground with multiple Special Ops challenges and a mix of Multiplayer maps and modes.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
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Shares a cinematic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Another title from Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011). Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
WHY THIS
Another title from Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011). Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.
Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Another title from Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011). Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
The new action-thriller from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, the creators of the Call of Duty® series, delivers the most intense and cinematic action experience ever. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare arms gamers with an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower and transports them to the most treacherous hotspots...
Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Another title from Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011). Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Infinite Warfare delivers three unique game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III
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Shares a tense mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Another title from Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011). Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
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.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
Another title from Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011). Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).
The best-selling first-person action series of all-time returns with an epic sequel to the multiple GOTY award winner Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2
Frequently asked about Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
- Does Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) work on Steam Deck?
- Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) cost?
- Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) are Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009), Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007), Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
- Who developed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)?
- Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) was developed by Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision.
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