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Single-player games like Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)

Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011), ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.

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Ranked picks

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    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009) — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2009Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007) — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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...

    2007Action19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty®: Black Ops — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Black Ops

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2010Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty® (2003) — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty® (2003)

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2006Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty®: Warzone™ — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Warzone™

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2022ActionFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty®: Ghosts — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Ghosts

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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...

    2014Action59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2014Action59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2022Action69.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Medal of Honor: Airborne — Steam game cover

    Medal of Honor: Airborne

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).

    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.

    2009ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spec Ops: The Line — Steam game cover

    Spec Ops: The Line

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2012ActionAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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

    2011Action39.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PAYDAY 2 — Steam game cover

    PAYDAY 2

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2013ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battlefield™ 1 — Steam game cover

    Battlefield™ 1

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2020ActionMassively Multiplayer1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2023Action69.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty® — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).

    The Call of Duty® experience supports Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6, and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.

    2022ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2023Action59.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009) — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2009Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare — Steam game cover

    Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare

    Single-player alternative to Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011).

    Infinite Warfare delivers three unique game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies.

    2016ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →