Counter-Strike (Series) AlternativesTop First-Person Shooters and other similar apps like Counter-Strike (Series)

One of the most popular alternatives to Counter-Strike is Xonotic, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Unreal Tournament, Call of Duty, Valorant and AssaultCube. First-Person Shooters like Counter-Strike are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Android.

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  1. Xonotic icon
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    Xonotic is a free (GPL), fast-paced first-person multiplayer shooter that works on Windows, OS X and Linux. The project is geared towards providing addictive arena shooter gameplay which is all spawned and driven by the community itself.

    40 Xonotic alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  2. Unreal is a series of first-person shooter video games developed by Epic Games.

    42 Unreal Tournament alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  3. Call of Duty icon
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    Call of Duty is a military video game series and media franchise published by Activision, starting in 2003. The games were first developed by Infinity Ward, then by Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games. Several spin-off and handheld games were made by other developers.

    63 Call of Duty alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Battle.net
    • Xbox
    • Android Tablet
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  4. Valorant icon
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    Immerse yourself in this near-future tactical shooter featuring agents with unique abilities, diverse weaponry, and a strategic economic system. Valorant's dynamic team-based gameplay requires players to choose from 14 distinct agents, each offering varied strategies and ultimate abilities.

    14 Valorant alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Epic Games Store
    • Xbox
    • Playstation
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  5. AssaultCube icon
     40 likes

    AssaultCube is a free, multiplayer, first-person shooter game, based on the CUBE engine.

    Taking place in realistic environments, with fast, arcade gameplay, it's addictive and fun!

    60 AssaultCube alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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  6. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is a media franchise created by American author Tom Clancy about a fictional international counter-terrorist unit called "Rainbow." The franchise began with Clancy's novel Rainbow Six, which was adapted into a successful series of...

    14 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Epic Games Store
    • Origin
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Uplay
    • Xbox
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  7. Insurgency icon
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    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.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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  8. Splitgate icon
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    A free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. It takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat. IGN describes Splitgate as “Halo meets Portal".

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. A group of people from different background and classes were brought to an isolated island by a mysterious organization called 'FF'. They were told only 1 people can leave this island alive.

    69 Garena Free Fire alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  10. Arma icon
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    Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploying a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, over 20 vehicles and 40 weapons, and limitless opportunities for content creation, this is the PC’s premier military game.

    36 Arma alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Windows
    • Steam
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  11. Ready or Not is a tactical first-person shooter developed by Ireland-based VOID Interactive. Ready or Not follows the operations of a police SWAT team in the fictional city of Los Suenos, California, in the midst of a crime...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
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  12. With brand new space combat, playable Jedi characters, and over 16 all new battlefronts, Star Wars Battlefront II gives you more ways than ever before to play the classic Star Wars battles any way you want.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Origin
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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