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57 Great Games Like Overwatch

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Overwatch is a shooting game but with the focus on teamwork and skill rather than violence. Along with games like Rocket League it has professional e-sports competitions where players compete for prizes.

Unfortunately, Overwatch is not available on Android, Mac or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:

Overwatch

Game Details

Release Date: 24/05/2016, updated in 2022

Price: Free

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Content Rating: PEGI 12

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Players: 1 (12 online)

Genres: Shooting (Action, Fighting and Traversal)

Accessibility: 18 features

Developer: Blizzard Ent (@Blizzard_Ent)

Costs: Free. In-Game Loot Boxes

43 Similar Games Long List

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Platforms: Mac, PC and Switch

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

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Valorant

Release Date: 02/06/2020

Platforms: PC, PS4 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds

Valorant is a team-based online shooting game, where two teams of five compete under the role of agents with unique abilities. It's designed to be competitive and requires considerable skill and practice to win matches. Between rounds, players spend...

Risk of Rain 2

Risk of Rain 2 (Series)

Release Date: 30/08/2019

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

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Fortnite

Release Date: 25/07/2017, updated in 2018

Platforms: Android, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: Open World

Fortnite (sometimes misspelled Fortnight) rose to popularity via its Battle Royale mode where 100 players fight against each other in online battles to the death. While they play, using shooting, evasion and building skills to survive, a storm is...

Krunker

Release Date: 29/01/2019

Platforms: Web

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Krunker (Krunker.io and Krunker Free) is a shooting game where you compete against online opponents on various maps. As you level up you unlock weapons that help you in the game. It's unusual because you play it in any web browser with no need to...

Phantom Forces

Phantom Forces (Roblox)

Release Date: 31/08/2015

Platforms: Mac, PC, Xbox One and iOS

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

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Splatoon 3

Splatoon 3 (Series)

Release Date: 21/07/2017, updated in 2022

Platforms: Switch and Wii U

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Splatoon on the Wii U, Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3 on the Switch are games where you shoot ink rather than bullets in this deeply skilled combat game. As well as taking out opponents, teams work together to cover the arena with their colour of ink. This...

Free Fire

Free Fire (Series)

Release Date: 29/10/2018

Platforms: Android and iOS

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Plants Vs. Zombies

Plants Vs. Zombies (Series)

Release Date: 04/09/2019

Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare is a series of third-person shooting games about the battle for supremacy between weaponised plants and attacking zombies. It's good for families because the comedic zombies and funny plant powers keep things away from...

Rogue Company

Release Date: 30/06/2020

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds

Components: Open World

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Apex Legends

Release Date: 04/02/2019

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Components: Open World

Apex Legends is a shooting game where you work with two other players landing on an island and searching for weapons and supplies. You mission is to defeat the other 50 players to be the last team standing.

Enlisted

Release Date: 10/11/2020, updated in 2021

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: Open World

Enlisted is an online shooting game set in historically accurate World War II battle. You play a squad of soldiers and can switch between them as you take on other players doing the same in large online battles. It's unusual not only for its historical...

Star Wars: Republic Commando

Release Date: 28/02/2005, updated in 2021

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Star Wars: Republic Commando is a shooting game set in the Star Wars universe, where you complete missions as part of an elite squad of Clones. Still regarded as one of the best Star Wars games over 16 years after its initial release, its fast-paced...

Dauntless

Release Date: 21/05/2019

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: Open World

Dauntless is an action fighting video game where you play a monster hunter in a fantasy world. Cataclysmic events have released Behemoth creatures that prey on the surviving humans. You play a monster hunter who hunts and kills large fantasy creatures,...

Bad Business

Bad Business (Roblox)

Release Date: 29/05/2019

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, Xbox One and iOS

Components: 3D First-Person

Bad Business on Roblox, is a first-person shooting game. It's similar to Call of Duty and Battlefield with shooting, running and sniping with different weapons.

Otterman Empire

Release Date: 02/07/2020

Platforms: PC, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

The Otterman Empire is a fun shooting game where you battle anthropomorphic characters in Splatoon-like arena encounters.

Knockout City

Release Date: 21/05/2021

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Knockout City is a futuristic sports game where rival crews take on dodgeball style battles. It combines arena battles with projectile combat. With the focus on the ball as much as the other players, this brings more strategy and a great emphasis on...

Hypercharge: Unboxed

Release Date: 31/01/2020

Platforms: PC and Switch

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Hypercharge: Unboxed is a shooting game where you play a small toy from the 1990s in human-sized arenas like a toy shop, back garden and a garage. It combines base defence play with exploration and collection running and jumping in a wide range of...

Paladins: Champions of the Realm

Release Date: 31/03/2017

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Paladins: Champions of the Realm is a free online shooting game, like Overwatch that lets you play as different heroes in the battles. It's set in a world combining fantasy and science fiction, including medieval-looking...

Crossfire X

Release Date: 31/08/2011

Platforms: PC and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

Release Date: 20/12/2017, updated in 2018

Platforms: Android, PC, PS4, Stadia, Xbox One and iOS

Components: Open World

Playunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) is a battle-royale shooting game where you take on 100 players. Like a more realistic version of Fortnite, you collect supplies and out strategize your opponents to become the last person standing.

Pokémon Unite

PEGI 7 Video Game Age Rating for Pokmon Unite in UK and Europe

Pokémon Unite

Release Date: 21/07/2021, updated in 2021

Platforms: Android, Switch and iOS

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

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Deep Rock Galactic

Release Date: 13/05/2020

Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

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Titanfall

Titanfall (Series)

Release Date: 20/10/2016

Platforms: PC, PS4 and Xbox One

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Release Date: 26/05/2020

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds

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Release Date: 24/06/2020

Platforms: Switch

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Wolfenstein

Wolfenstein (Series)

Release Date: 01/09/1981, updated in 2019

Platforms: Mac, PC, PS2, PS3, PS4, Stadia, Switch and Xbox One

Components: 3D First-Person

Wolfenstein is a series of World War II shooting video games. They are mostly set in an alternate history of 1960s Europe where the Nazis won the Second World War. You explore on foot with various weapons at the ready. It's a combination of fear and...

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Release Date: 27/10/2009

Platforms: Mac and PC

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

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Components: 3D First-Person

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Rawmen

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

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Release Date: 26/04/2022

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

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Release Date: 09/06/2013, updated in 2013

Platforms: Mac and PC

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Platforms: Mac, PC and PS4

Components: Open World

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Release Date: 20/11/2012, updated in 2019

Platforms: PC and PS4

Components: 3D First-Person and Open World

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Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3 (Series)

Release Date: 20/10/2009, updated in 2019

Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iOS

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Release Date: 02/02/2021

Platforms: PS5

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

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Release Date: 07/09/2017

Platforms: PC

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Rocket Arena

Release Date: 14/07/2020

Platforms: PC, PS4 and Xbox One

Rocket Arena is online shooting game where two teams of three battle each other. The twist is that you never die and leave the action. To win you use your characters unique rocket attacks and abilities to champion the other team.

Crucible

Release Date: 10/05/2020

Platforms: PC

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The Finals

Release Date: Coming soon

Platforms: PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

Components: 3D First-Person, Day and Night and Weather

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Platforms: Apple TV, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

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Warframe

Release Date: 25/03/2013, updated in 2021

Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Warframe is a role-playing and shooting game with a focus on narrative-driven adventures and fast-paced, skill-based combat. It offers the fighting and shooting from games like Halo, but in a galaxy on a par with No Man's...

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Release Date: 18/06/2020

Platforms: iOS

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