Games like Counter-Strike: Source
If you like Counter-Strike: Source (shooter, competitive and tactical), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Counter-Strike 2
- In common: multiplayer and action
When you're fired up and want to compete seriously. The quick modes allow 15-20 minute matches.
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
- In common: multiplayer and action
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy a tense, tactical online team battle where one shot is enough and taking cover is everything.
Apex Legends
- In common: multiplayer and action
- Difference: more progression
When you're fired up and want adrenaline-filled 20-minute competitive matches.
Shotgun Farmers
- In common: multiplayer and action
- Difference: easier
When you fancy a silly, light-hearted online shooter with corncob shotguns and chicken chases.
Team Fortress 2
- In common: multiplayer and action
- Difference: more progression
When you want to shoot without taking it seriously: join a server, play a round and laugh along the way.
STRAFTAT
- In common: multiplayer and action
When you have a short break and want to compete: each round lasts seconds and you can always play another.
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
- In common: action
- Difference: less multiplayer
When you want a short, intense campaign for a weekend: it takes around 4-6 hours on normal difficulty.
Dota 2
- In common: multiplayer and competing
- Difference: longer sessions
When you have energy, a long hour and want to compete as a team at the highest level.
Star Wars: Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)
- In common: action and short sessions
- Difference: less competitive
When you fancy jumping into a battle from the films for a while, even if only against bots.
Street Fighter 6
- In common: multiplayer and competing
- Difference: more progression
When you have a short break and fancy competing head to head, or practising combos.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Counter-Strike: Source
Classic terrorists-versus-counter-terrorists Counter-Strike on the Half-Life 2 engine. Short rounds, team economy and aiming on community servers that keep both old-school and invented modes alive.
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