33 Games with a historical setting like Call of Duty: Black Ops that you should try

The resemblance to Call of Duty: Black Ops is about as close as this list gets: they line up on genre, combat and tone. Both also lean on loot and gear systems, and co-op play. What it adds of its own: adventure storytelling and online features.

The thread back to Call of Duty: Black Ops runs through dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. It sets itself apart with horror tension and strong narrative focus.

What brings it close to Call of Duty: Black Ops is dark, oppressive atmosphere, tactical combat and historical setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and setting. To that it adds single-player focus and a first-person view. Its own ground is strong narrative focus.

If Call of Duty: Black Ops worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, tactical combat and horror setting, the same is here. To that it adds single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.

The thread back to Call of Duty: Black Ops runs through dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds a first-person view and single-player focus. They part company on setting: this one brings a space setting.

What brings it close to Call of Duty: Black Ops is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, setting and visuals. To that it adds multiplayer gameplay and a first-person view. Its own ground is horror tension and strong narrative focus.

If Call of Duty: Black Ops worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, the same is here. The common ground extends to co-op play and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is combat: ranged combat.

What brings it close to Call of Duty: Black Ops is dark, oppressive atmosphere, tactical combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. Both also lean on skill tree progression and a first-person view. The distance is in combat — its own ground is adventure storytelling and fantasy world.

What brings it close to Call of Duty: Black Ops is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, and the two track each other on genre, setting and visuals. To that it adds co-op play and a first-person view. They part company on combat and game mode: this one brings ranged combat and online features.

Its point of contact with Call of Duty: Black Ops is dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and historical setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in game mode — its own ground is adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus.

Held in common with Call of Duty: Black Ops: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and historical setting. The common ground extends to multiplayer gameplay and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode: horror tension and strong narrative focus.

The genre is the same as Call of Duty: Black Ops’s, and with it dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and historical setting. Both also lean on multiplayer gameplay. The distance is in visuals and game mode — its own ground is strong narrative focus and a third-person camera.

It shares the essentials of what Call of Duty: Black Ops does: melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. To that it adds loot and gear systems, and a first-person view. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings strong narrative focus and a contemporary setting.

What carries over from Call of Duty: Black Ops is melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. To that it adds a first-person view. They part company on setting: this one brings a sci-fi setting.

Genre puts it alongside Call of Duty: Black Ops, and so does melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on a first-person view. The distance is in tone and setting — its own ground is strong narrative focus.