Games Like Valorant

In common: Tactical · Team vs team. One team tries to plant a bomb and the other has to stop them or defuse it, in rounds where the dead don't respawn. Money earned each round buys the weapons for the next one.

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In common: Tactical · Team vs team. Attackers storm a building to defuse a bomb or rescue a hostage while defenders fortify it with barricades and traps. Each operator has a unique gadget, and many walls and floors can be breached.

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In common: Tactical · Team vs team. It's a military simulator with infantry, vehicles, helicopters and jets on islands of up to 270 square kilometers. Most play happens in community-made missions and modes built with the in-game editor.

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In common: Tactical · Team vs team. In a modern Middle East conflict, you capture and defend objectives against another team or bots. A shot or two kills, and ammo is tracked by magazine with no bullet counter.

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In common: Tactical · Team vs team. Terrorists and counter-terrorists face off in rounds to plant or defuse a bomb, or to hold or rescue hostages. This is the 2004 version, with community servers running modes like surf or zombies.

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In common: Tactical · Team vs team. This is the original Counter-Strike from 2000: terrorists and counter-terrorists face off in rounds to plant or defuse a bomb. Round money buys guns, and anyone who dies waits for the next round.

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In common: Tactical. A SWAT team enters buildings with armed suspects and civilians inside, clearing each room, making arrests and rescuing hostages. Rules of engagement penalize shooting anyone who isn't a threat.

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In common: Team vs team. Up to a hundred players parachute onto an island, search buildings for weapons and gear, and fight as the safe zone shrinks until one team is left. Bullets drop over distance.

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In common: Team vs team · Sci-fi. Squads drop onto a shrinking map, scavenge weapons and fight until one is left. Each character has unique abilities, and eliminated teammates can come back if someone carries their banner to a respawn beacon.

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In common: Team vs team. It bundles the recent Call of Duty games: team matches, round-based Zombies and Warzone, with squads on a large map that closes in. There, players who die can return by winning a Gulag duel.

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In common: Team vs team · Sci-fi. Two teams of heroes with unique abilities fight over objectives like escorting a payload, capturing points or pushing a robot. Heroes are split into tank, damage and support, and you can switch during the match.

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In common: Team vs team. Teams compete in a virtual game show to grab cash from vaults and carry it to a cashout station they then have to defend. Almost every building can be destroyed.

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