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Looking for games like The Wastes? Here are top open world shooter recommendations with a post-apocalyptic and violence focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Contagion, Rage or Toxikk.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    73% User Score Based on 10,844 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

    Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built-in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever-changing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Contagion.

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  2. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    75% User Score Based on 9,452 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 8 reviews

    After an asteroid impacts Earth, humanity attempts to rebuild. Sheltered in cryogenic lifeboats, survivors emerge years after impact to a devastated planet where some of mankind survived in struggling settlements or murderous bandit clans, while horrific mutants roam the dead cities. And a mysterious tyrannical government is on the hunt… for you If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rage.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    76% User Score Based on 3,905 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    TOXIKK plays as if today's military and MOBA shooters never existed: The game combines the simple and intuitive mechanics of old-school FPS giants with a fresh setting, slick graphics and our vision to carefully evolve the genre with some new ideas elaborated with Arena-FPS enthusiasts. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Toxikk.

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  4. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    84% User Score Based on 1,716 reviews

    Enjoy fast-paced multiplayer gaming with Deathmatch Classic. Valve's tribute to the work of id software, DMC invites players to grab their rocket launchers and put their reflexes to the test in a collection of futuristic settings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deathmatch Classic.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    92% User Score Based on 71,372 reviews

    Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine-based experience. The follow-up game to the award-winning Source mod, Insurgency is highly competitive and unforgivingly lethal, striking a balance between one-life gameplay and prolonged action. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insurgency.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 1,197 reviews

    Unloved is based on the community award-winning mod for Doom2 with the same name by the same creator. Unloved is a strange place. A twisted reality. A nightmare that comes to life. A place where demons and abhorrent monsters manifest and possess the living with only one goal: to end you. Nothing wants you here. And there is no way out. Only the elevator that leads further and further down into the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UNLOVED.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    86% User Score Based on 594 reviews

    Red Eclipse is a fun-filled new take on the first person arena shooter, featuring parkour, impulse boosts, and more. The development is geared toward balanced gameplay, with a general theme of agility in a variety of environments. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Eclipse.

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  9. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 1,132 reviews
    Critic Score 53%Based on 19 reviews

    Earthfall is a co-operative shooter for up to four players. Using team-based tactics to fortify holdouts and complete objectives, players must work together to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Earthfall.

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  11. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 9,762 reviews

    Humanity is on the brink of extinction. From New York to Moscow and Jerusalem, the undead apocalypse continues to spread. As the end looms, a hardened few bands together to defeat the horde and outlive the dead. World War Z is a heart-pounding co-op third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring swarms of hundreds of zombies. Based on the Paramount Pictures film, World War Z focuses on fast-p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to World War Z.

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  12. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 6,777 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 6 reviews

    Fast multiplayer action set in the Half-Life 2 universe! HL2's physics adds a new dimension to deathmatch play. Play straight deathmatch or try Combine vs. Resistance teamplay. Toss a toilet at your friend today! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Half-Life 2: Deathmatch.

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  13. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    89% User Score Based on 4,948 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    Halo-inspired. Compete in classic Deathmatch & CTF or be the zombie in Infection & devour corpses to level up. Vehicles. Destructible & constructible environments. Zombie survival. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Murder Miners.

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  14. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    86% User Score Based on 438 reviews

    As zombie crisis broke out around the world,you will play one of the warrior of S.E.A.T(Special Event Action Team)to fight against the zombies all over the world.ZomDay is a fast pace VR shooting game contains multi-player mod,exciting Boss fight,character perk and hardcore weapon system. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ZomDay.

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  15. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, monetization
    88% User Score Based on 1,098 reviews

    A class-based infantry multiplayer first-person shooter set in the Vietnam War. Side with the Viet Cong or the U.S. Army in an intensive face to face combat in urban, suburban and rural settings of Vietnam. The game features an objective based gameplay and rewards teamwork. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Military Conflict: Vietnam.

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  16. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 33,336 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 61 reviews

    Buy Back 4 Blood on PS4 and PS5. Battle the hideous Ridden in a thrilling co-op first-person shooter, from the creators of the Left 4 Dead franchise. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Back 4 Blood.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 34,114 reviews
    Critic Score 88%Based on 4 reviews

    From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters. Set in the immediate aftermath of the zombie apocalypse, L4D's survival co-op mode lets you blast a path through the infected in four uniqu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Left 4 Dead.

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    51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    51% User Score Based on 1,370 reviews

    D.R.O.N.E. is a sci-fi multiplayer arena shooter with an unprecedented amount of creative freedom. Compete in an ever growing number of community created arenas, with your own unique drone designs, in order to become the smoothest drone operator in the galaxy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DRONE The Game.

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  19. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, story
    88% User Score Based on 79,784 reviews
    Critic Score 84%Based on 10 reviews

    In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Killing Floor 2.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    74% User Score Based on 398 reviews

    Be the nameless heroine in the wastelands of Dustwind's story campaign or find with two friends a new home or fight against and with human players in the elaborate Multiplayer mode or design your very own story campaigns and maps in the mighty map editor! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dustwind.

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  21. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 922 reviews

    Gene Shift Auto is an ultra-fast battle royale set in a chaotic GTA-inspired city. Do missions and fight cops to level up tactical roguelike abilities, then use them to outplay your enemies in high-stakes showdowns. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skillshot City.

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  22. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 15,630 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 42 reviews

    The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community with up to three of your friends in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to State of Decay 2.

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  23. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    81% User Score Based on 4,842 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    Take part of history's greatest battle of Green vs. Tan. Fight amongst and against others online. Jump, shoot and roll your way into victory with fast paced objective based gameplay. Sometimes the greatest battles are fought by the smallest of soldiers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Mean Greens: Plastic Warfare.

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  24. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    89% User Score Based on 3,499 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 6 reviews

    Fast multiplayer action set in the Half-Life 2 universe! HL2's physics adds a new dimension to deathmatch play. Play straight deathmatch or try Combine vs. Resistance teamplay. Toss a toilet at your friend today! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Half-Life 2: Deathmatch.

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  25. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 7,069 reviews
    Critic Score 58%Based on 8 reviews

    Feel like the star of a martial arts film in Overgrowth, as you jump, kick, throw, and slash your way to victory. Free the rabbits from their evil overlords in the main story, then play through the prequel story, and finally, try out nine years of mods developed by the community, or create your own! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Overgrowth.

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  26. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    85% User Score Based on 43,609 reviews
    Critic Score 91%Based on 8 reviews

    This Ultimate Edition includes all bonus DLC content: Monkey Business Pack, Lost Expeditions, Warrior Pack, and Predator Pack. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Far Cry 3.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    78% User Score Based on 1,506 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 2 reviews

    Nuclear Dawn is a Source engine based Multiplayer game that combines the visceral action of a First Person Shooter with the deep branching gameplay of a Real Time Strategy title If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nuclear Dawn.

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  28. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    78% User Score Based on 2,514 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 10 reviews

    3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, presents a hard-core first person shooter, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Crafted by the hands of Quake-scene necromancers, WRATH is the real deal. You will not survive... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    56% User Score Based on 2,938 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 6 reviews

    Extend your customization options even further with the exclusive Fallout®/SpecOps combo pack. Each pack contains unique apparel, tattoos, weapons and weapon attachments for your in-game character. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BRINK.

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  30. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    89% User Score Based on 2,168 reviews

    Serious Sam Classics: Revolution is a unified version of the Croteam's original Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter and Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter experience, which is currently in development by Alligator Pit, an indie development team made of Serious Sam fans with the support of Croteam. Serious Sam Classics: Revolution, along with newly developed content by Alligator Pit, al… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Serious Sam Classics: Revolution.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, monetization
    71% User Score Based on 19,788 reviews

    The fast, skill-based arena-style competition that turned the original Quake games into multiplayer legends is making a return with Quake Champions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quake Champions.

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    45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    45% User Score Based on 382 reviews

    Wickland is an indie arena FPS game heavily inspired by classic shooters of the 90's. Morph into several different deadly beasts to use their own unique abilities, blaze through maps at insane speed to pick up power-ups and fight your friends or foes in classic maze-like arena maps, just like the good old days. Wickland is an arena FPS dedicated to PC Gamers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wickland.

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  33. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    81% User Score Based on 1,306 reviews

    Combat in Shark Attack Deathmatch 2 is savage, gritty and brutal. Players hunt each other down in various game modes with the constant threat of terrifying sharks joining in on the bloodshed.Tear divers apart as you take on the the role as the ocean's top apex predator, The Great White. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shark Attack Deathmatch 2.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 684 reviews

    Roadmap About the GameYou’ve been drafted, recruit!  You're about to be dropped into the thick of stylized WWII chaos. Flying bullets, roaring tanks, and planes swarm everywhere. In Heroes of Valor, there's no room for hesitation. Blow your enemies to smithereens and take home the win for your platoon. Only the most valiant will make it. Welcome to war! Axis or Allies? Step onto diverse… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heroes of Valor.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    94% User Score Based on 1,796 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 3 reviews

    A new six-degree-of-freedom shooter from the creators of Descent with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics, and the best zero-G robot-blasting combat ever devised. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Overload.

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  36. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 78,874 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 1 reviews

    Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide. Fight together with your friends against the forces of Chaos and Skaven in this epic 4-player co-op game set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battles world. Vermintide 2 expands the intense first-person combat with a brand new enemy faction, 15 new career paths, talent trees, new weapons, an improved loot … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Warhammer: Vermintide 2.

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  37. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    69% User Score Based on 3,890 reviews

    This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No One Survived.

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  38. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 5,738 reviews

    Easy Red 2 is the game for who want to experience the immersion of huge battles of World War 2 in a realistic and simulative key. Fight your way through soldiers, tanks and explosions and learn how to survive in a battlefield with your squad. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Easy Red 2.

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  39. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    74% User Score Based on 3,636 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 4 reviews

    Heliborne Collection offers two games through a launcher. Choose to play Heliborne or Heliborne Enhanced Edition. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heliborne.

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  41. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    85% User Score Based on 1,336 reviews

    The Black Edition is a complete Unreal Tournament III package -- included is the complete UT3 (with patch 2.0) as well as the Titan Pack. The “Titan Pack” gives players a substantial amount of enhanced features and new content, including many original environments, new gametypes, the namesake Titan mutator, powerful deployables and weapons, new characters, and the Stealthbender vehicle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unreal Tournament III: Black Edition.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 7,492 reviews
    Critic Score 93%Based on 1 reviews

    Quake is a first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996 and featured music composed by Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails. It is the first game in the popular Quake series. In the game, players must find their way through various maze-like, medieval environments while battling a variety of monsters using a wide array of weapons. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quake.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 41,504 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 4 reviews

    Killing Floor is a Co-op Survival Horror FPS set in the devastated cities and countryside of England after a series of cloning experiments for the military goes horribly wrong. You and your friends are members of the military dropped into these locations with a simple mission: Survive long enough to cleanse the area of the failed experiments! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Killing Floor.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 9,848 reviews

    NoteThe mod is NOT abandoned, it still gets updated, I just don't check the itch.io page that much (QUITE RARELY IN FACT, AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL). The download link is linked to a google drive where the up-to-date version of the mod always is (and if it's not up to date it will be later) If you have technical difficulties and/or want to ask me a question you're gonna have better chances … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Not Enough Madness.

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  45. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    86% User Score Based on 7,698 reviews

    One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress Classic features over nine character classes -- from Medic to Spy to Demolition Man -- enlisted in a unique style of online team warfare. Each character class possesses unique weapons, items, and abilities, as teams compete online in a variety of game play modes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Team Fortress Classic.

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  46. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 70,816 reviews
    Critic Score 54%Based on 4 reviews

    Buy Fallout 76 on PlayStation Store. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer prequel to the Fallout story. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fallout 76.

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  47. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    65% User Score Based on 796 reviews
    Critic Score 55%Based on 7 reviews

    Gunscape provides a toolbox full of inconic weapons, monsters and level elements as the foundation for players to build co-op, and single-player, FPS levels or MP Arenas in the most intuitive way possible. It does so by offering a series of simple tools based on a block-placement interface that many gamers will be familiar with. Unlike similar tools Gunscape aims to empower its authors to enjoy th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gunscape.

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  48. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    85% User Score Based on 15,470 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 5 reviews

    The Limited Edition includes: - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - Early access to the following six ingame-unlocks: - Improved Vehicle Armor - Supreme Vehicle Firepower - Vehicle Motion Sensor - Tracer Dart Pistol - M1A1 Submachine Gun (from Battlefield 1943) - M1911 Pistol (from Battlefield 1943) If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battlefield Bad Company 2.

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  50. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 7,259 reviews

    MADNESS: Project Nexus is a third-person Run n' Gun / Beat'Em Up filled with arcade-style action and button-mashing brutality. Shoot, stab, bash, chop, and slaughter your way through droves of bad guys in the Story Campaign, or build your perfect killing machine in the neverending onslaught of Arena Mode. Wading through the dismembered remnants of those who fell to your bullets and steel, only one… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MADNESS: Project Nexus.

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