8 Games like Halo 3 on PS5 that you should try

Held in common with Halo 3: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds offline play and a first-person view. They part company on setting: this one brings historical setting.

It meets Halo 3 on dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is setting: historical setting.

The thread back to Halo 3 runs through tactical combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds a first-person view. They part company on setting: this one brings a space setting.

It shares the essentials of what Halo 3 does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, tactical combat and a sci-fi setting. To that it adds a first-person view and single-player focus. They part company on game mode.

What carries over from Halo 3 is tactical combat, offline play and a first-person view. What it adds of its own: a third-person camera.

The genre is the same as Halo 3’s, and with it dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to multiplayer gameplay and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode and tone: punishing difficulty and fantasy world.

It meets Halo 3 on tactical combat, single-player focus and a first-person view. Where they diverge is game mode.

On paper it is what Halo 3 is — tactical combat, single-player focus and a first-person view — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on game mode and visuals: this one brings an isometric view.