Rank 01Games like PlanetSide Arena
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- Updated Nov 8, 2026
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The closest matches to PlanetSide Arena: PlanetSide 2, Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale, Crucible Beta, Wildgate, and Battlefield™ 6. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Wildgate
Why this: Shares loadout customization with PlanetSide Arena.
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- Released: 2019
- Developer: Daybreak Game Company
- 85% of 52 reviews
- Genres: Action, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- 12 player squads make every death less punishing
- Deployable vehicles level the playing field
- Loadouts let you adapt mid match
- Challenging
- Competitive
- Epic
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Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to PlanetSide Arena, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Darwin Project
Why this: Same competitive mood as PlanetSide Arena.
Orbital Gear
Why this: Also Arena Shooter and Space, like PlanetSide Arena.
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
Why this: Same intense mood as PlanetSide Arena.
Warframe
Why this: Same challenging mood as PlanetSide Arena.
More from Daybreak Game Company
Other recommendable Steam games by Daybreak Game Company, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Z1 Battle Royale
Why this: Same intense mood as PlanetSide Arena.
Z1 Battle Royale: Test Server
Why this: Same competitive mood as PlanetSide Arena.
About PlanetSide Arena
The closest matches to PlanetSide Arena: PlanetSide 2, Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale, Crucible Beta, Wildgate, and Battlefield™ 6. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If PlanetSide Arena is your kind of game, the closest matches are PlanetSide 2, Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale and Crucible Beta — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, competitive and epic, and single out its combined arms and deployable vehicles. 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 PlanetSide Arena: PlanetSide Arena servers will be shutting down on January 10, 2020. Read our dev letter to learn more.
Is PlanetSide Arena worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 85% of 52 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 6 h before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- 12 player squads make every death less punishing
- Deployable vehicles level the playing field
- Loadouts let you adapt mid match
- Positioning and movement carry real weight
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Cash grab. I gave the game a shot and even bought the legendary pack to give Daybreak a chance. 235 crates later all from the opening the crates given to me still did not unlock the limited amount of items available to unlock. If someone…”
“At it's peak, this game is amazing. Almost a worthy spiritual successor to Planetside 2. But that peak is few and far between. The matchmaking is just bad and there is no tutorial so you are more often than not stuck with 1st time players…”
People who play it also play: PlanetSide 2, Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale, Crucible Beta
Frequently asked about PlanetSide Arena
Can I run it?
Does PlanetSide Arena have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — PlanetSide Arena supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to PlanetSide Arena?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PlanetSide Arena are PlanetSide 2, Islands of Nyne: Battle Royale, Crucible Beta.
Who developed PlanetSide Arena?
PlanetSide Arena was developed by Daybreak Game Company.