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5 Games like Half-Life: Opposing Force on PS5 that you should try

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Half-Life: Opposing Force down to the 5 that fit the “PS5” category. Doom Eternal, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Vanguard top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Half-Life: Opposing Force.

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NarrativeDarkSoloMultiplayer
Year 1999Dev Gearbox Software
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Within the “PS5” category, the closest game to Half-Life: Opposing Force is Doom Eternal — scoring 75/100 on our similarity scale. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Vanguard follow close behind.

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The best games like Half-Life: Opposing Force on PS5

5 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Half-Life: Opposing Force. Each one has been evaluated across 16 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

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Doom Eternal

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Doom Eternal
Closest overall match
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalDarkNarrativeHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
Year 2020Dev id Software · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

Genre puts it alongside Half-Life: Opposing Force, and so does dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in combat and setting — its own ground is fantasy world.

Released 21 years after Half-Life: Opposing Force.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode79Tone79Setting69Combat66
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Closest on combat
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerPvPMeleeTacticalRangedDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person
Year 2020Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

If Half-Life: Opposing Force worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting, the same is here. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in setting and game mode — its own ground is historical setting and co-op play.

Released 21 years after Half-Life: Opposing Force.

Genre100Combat100Tone100Visuals100Game mode57Setting47
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Call of Duty: Vanguard

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Call of Duty: Vanguard
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerPvPMeleeTacticalRangedDarkNarrativeHorrorFirst Person
Year 2021Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

If Half-Life: Opposing Force worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee 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 and game mode: this one brings historical setting and co-op play.

Released 22 years after Half-Life: Opposing Force.

Genre100Combat100Tone100Visuals100Game mode58Setting44
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Star Wars: Squadrons

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Star Wars: Squadrons
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerPvPTacticalMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
Year 2020Dev Motive Studios · Electronic ArtsOn Xbox · PC · PS4

Genre puts it alongside Half-Life: Opposing Force, and so does tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a first-person view. Where the two diverge is setting and combat: a space setting.

Released 21 years after Half-Life: Opposing Force.

Genre100Visuals100Game mode71Combat63Setting42
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Battlefield 6

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Battlefield 6
ShooterFPSTactical FPS
SoloMultiplayerTacticalFirst PersonIsometric
Year 2025Dev EA Digital Illusions CE · Electronic ArtsOn Xbox · PC · PS5

The genre is the same as Half-Life: Opposing Force’s, and with it tactical combat, single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on combat and visuals: this one brings an isometric view.

Released 26 years after Half-Life: Opposing Force.

Genre100Game mode78Visuals67Combat46

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