Co-op games like OPERATOR

Chasing that brutal and tense feeling you got from OPERATOR? These co-op games are a good place to start. Many of them are fun to share with friends.

GROUND BRANCH
GROUND BRANCH is a slow, deliberate tactical shooter for up to 8 co-op friends or 8v8 adversarial rounds. You plan in a shared Ready Room, pick insertion points, then clear non-linear maps with no hit markers and no second chances. Built for talk-it-through teamwork, not run-and-gun.
Brutal, Tense, Competitive
83% of 22,535 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 264$23.99
GERONIMO
GERONIMO is a VR tactical CQB shooter where you and up to five co-op friends clear rooms as Tier 1 operators. Plan the loadout, stack on the door, then breach missions inspired by real raids. Built for careful teamwork, not run-and-gun.
Brutal, Tense, Replayable
80% of 1,364 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 39$19.99
Dagger Directive
Dagger Directive is a retro-styled tactical FPS built for co-op friends to plan and clear missions together. Pick loadouts, choose day or night, then move through jungles, frozen coasts, and cities with drones, mines, and 25+ customizable weapons.
Brutal, Tense, Replayable
82% of 853 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Zero Caliber VR
Grab up to three co-op friends and run a full VR military campaign together, with manual reloads, cover to crouch behind, and zombies and PvP on the side. With 40+ guns to tune and unlock, it is built for evenings when everyone just wants to load up and shoot.
Brutal, Tense, Competitive
78% of 3,774 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$7.49
Insurgency: Sandstorm
A hardcore tactical shooter where every bullet can end you. Team up with co-op friends to clear war-torn streets, hold objectives, and call in support fire, or jump into 14v14 PvP. Slow, tense, and built on talking to each other.
Brutal, Tense, Competitive
85% of 104,580 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,328$29.99
Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Command special ops squads in top-down raids where every door can hide a bomber or a hostage. Plan with pause-at-will, breach walls, and coordinate with co-op friends in tense missions for up to 4 players. Worth playing for the satisfaction of a clean, well-timed entry.
Brutal, Tense, Replayable
96% of 12,503 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 599$24.99
Incursion Red River
A tactical PvE extraction shooter in modern-day Vietnam where you and up to three co-op friends drop in as mercenaries, take jobs from three rival factions, and try to get out alive with the loot. Slow, careful teamwork beats fast reflexes here.
Brutal, Tense, Dark
76% of 8,823 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,762$21.99
Tactical Assault VR
Tactical Assault VR is a tactical shooter about close-quarters work: stack up with your squad, breach doors, and clear rooms together. Play solo or team up in online co-op with up to 8 players across missions around the world. Worth a look for co-op friends who want planned entries over run-and-gun.
Tense, Competitive
77% of 3,402 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$19.99
Operation Athena
Operation Athena is a tactical first-person shooter inspired by classic tactical shooters, with modern mechanics and a more action-oriented pace. Play solo or with up to 4 players as an Athena Team Operator fighting against a global terrorist threat.
Tense, Competitive
64% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Zero Hour
Zero Hour is a slow, methodical tactical shooter set across real-scale locations in Bangladesh. You and up to nine co-op friends clear rooms, rescue hostages, and defuse bombs, where losing your guns on death makes every doorway matter.
Tense, Competitive
78% of 28,586 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 48$4.99
Gray Zone Warfare
Gray Zone Warfare is a PvE-first open-world tactical shooter on a quarantined island torn by faction fighting. You deploy as an operator, join a squad or go solo, run missions for reputation, loot weapons and gear, and piece together what caused the conflict.
Tense, Competitive, Dark
72% of 71,487 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13,564$39.99
SWAT Commander
Lead a SWAT unit room by room with an AI squad or co-op friends in private or public lobbies. Study the briefing, kit out the team with lethal or less-lethal weapons and tools, then seize suspects and rescue civilians across shifting offices, factories, farms and estates.
Tense, Replayable
77% of 697 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99

Cheaper than OPERATOR

Zero Caliber VR

Grab up to three co-op friends and run a full VR military campaign together, with manual reloads, cover to crouch behind, and zombies and PvP on the…

$7.49

Operation Athena

Operation Athena is a tactical first-person shooter inspired by classic tactical shooters, with modern mechanics and a more action-oriented pace.

$9.99

Contain

Contain is a Tactical Co-Op FPS game. Form your squad of four players to fight against the anomalies.

$13.99

Zero Hour

Zero Hour is a slow, methodical tactical shooter set across real-scale locations in Bangladesh.

$4.99

Takedown: Red Sabre

TAKEDOWN is a thinking-person’s shooter; brutal, hardcore and deadly - like the real thing.

$4.99

Phantom Squad

Phantom Squad is a 1-4 player co-op tactical top-down shooter blending fast-paced combat with real-time strategy.

$13.99

DIRECT CONTACT

Direct Contact delivers an authentic and immersive first-person, Co-Op tactical experience, built for those who demand realism, strategy, and…

$14.99

Insurgency

A slow, lethal team shooter where a few bullets end a fight.

$14.99

RUNNING WITH RIFLES

RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter where you are one ordinary soldier among thousands.

$14.99

Rogue Point

From the creators of Black Mesa: Welcome to Rogue Point! A 4-player co-op shooter where teamwork is everything.

$9.99

DRONE PERSPECTIVE

Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration.

$12.99

Hot Brass

As an elite SWAT operator, think fast and put your tactics to the test to master a series of missions and save lives.

$14.99

Hidden gems like OPERATOR

Dagger Directive

Dagger Directive is a retro-styled tactical FPS built for co-op friends to plan and clear missions together.

$19.99

GERONIMO

GERONIMO is a VR tactical CQB shooter where you and up to five co-op friends clear rooms as Tier 1 operators.

$19.99

Glory To The Heroes™

A tactical PvPvE shooter set in the Russian-Ukrainian war, built around squads, real battle locations, and gear you can lose.

$29.99

Phantom Squad

Phantom Squad is a 1-4 player co-op tactical top-down shooter blending fast-paced combat with real-time strategy.

$13.99

Zero Caliber 2 Remastered

A full VR military shooter with a campaign built for two: you and co-op friends move through cinematic firefights, call airstrikes, and unlock a big…

$24.99

Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

Command special ops squads in top-down raids where every door can hide a bomber or a hostage.

$24.99

SWAT Commander

Lead a SWAT unit room by room with an AI squad or co-op friends in private or public lobbies.

$19.99

Into the Radius 2

Grab up to three co-op friends and head into the Pechorsk Anomaly together in VR.

$39.99

Alpha Response

From Gooseman, creator of the original Counter-Strike mod - Alpha Response delivers intense police action in dynamic, real-world environments.

$19.99

GROUND BRANCH

GROUND BRANCH is a slow, deliberate tactical shooter for up to 8 co-op friends or 8v8 adversarial rounds.

$23.99

Zero Caliber VR

Grab up to three co-op friends and run a full VR military campaign together, with manual reloads, cover to crouch behind, and zombies and PvP on the…

$7.49

Tactical Assault VR

Tactical Assault VR is a tactical shooter about close-quarters work: stack up with your squad, breach doors, and clear rooms together.

$19.99

Newest co-op games like OPERATOR