Games like Ready or Not

If Ready or Not scratched a tense and brutal itch for you, keep reading. These games keep things close enough to feel familiar. You can bring friends along for most of these.

SWAT Commander
Lead a SWAT unit through high-risk calls: study the briefing, kit out your squad, then clear a building room by room with disciplined precision. Run it solo with AI officers or in online co-op, and adapt every deployment, because no two interventions play out the same.
Also in Co-op · Tense
77% of 697 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$19.99
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. Summon your team of up to four players in online and local co-op, or hone your skills solo. Don’t just be the best—be the best of the best.
Also in Co-op · Tense
81% of 491 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Police Stories
A top-down tactical shooter where shooting first is not an option. Breach doors, peek under them with cameras, arrest suspects alive and defuse bombs, alone or in online co-op. Pixel art, split-second calls and a scoring system that judges every shot you take.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Brutal, Dark
85% of 7,952 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$19.99
Zero Hour
A tactical FPS set across fictional locations in Bangladesh, where you plan the operation, pick your loadout, and breach doors with four friends or nine AI squad mates. Slow, methodical close-quarters work: cut the lights, watch for traps, and clear rooms where one mistake ends the mission.
Also in Co-op · Tense
78% of 28,586 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 48$4.99
SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition
Uncompromised duty, honor and valor.
Tense, Brutal, Dark
67% of 353 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Alpha Response
From Gooseman, creator of the original Counter-Strike mod - Alpha Response delivers intense police action in dynamic, real-world environments. Fight solo or with friends against diverse enemies in high-stakes missions that demand fast reflexes, teamwork and split-second decision making.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Cinematic
77% of 788 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Door Kickers
You draw the routes, pick the breach points, then watch your SWAT plan unfold in real time. When it works, troopers flow through a building like clockwork. When it doesn't, a hidden gunman in a toilet ruins everything. Pause anytime, adjust, go again. Most missions take minutes; mastery takes much longer.
Also in Co-op · Tense
94% of 8,060 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$19.99
OPERATOR
OPERATOR is a slow, strict tactical shooter where you play a Tier 1 operator on clandestine missions around the world. Every corner, doorway, and magazine counts, with full-body first person movement, detailed weapon building, and planning to match. Worth playing if you want gunfights that punish rushing.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Brutal, Dark
86% of 9,270 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 832$19.99
GROUND BRANCH
A tactical shooter built the slow, deliberate way: true first-person, deep weapon and gear customization, and unforgiving firefights where one mistake ends the round. Play 8-player co-op or 8v8 PvP with friends who plan before they shoot. Take your time, think ahead, get the job done.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Brutal, Dark
83% of 22,545 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 709$23.99
Takedown: Red Sabre
TAKEDOWN is a thinking-person’s shooter; brutal, hardcore and deadly - like the real thing. Not for the faint hearted, Takedown requires you to bring your 'A' game - FPS fans looking for an ultra hardcore experience only need apply!
Also in Co-op · Tense, Brutal
41% of 3,552 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$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. Play solo or team up through online co-op and matchmaking, coordinating movement, positioning, and split-second decisions to survive intense, high-risk missions.
Also in Co-op · Tense, Brutal
80% of 420 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$13.99
Thunder Tier One
A realistic top-down tactical shooter set in 1990s Eastern Europe. Lead an elite four-man team through a nine-mission campaign against a terrorist organization, plan every loadout down to the ammo type, and clear buildings with friends or AI teammates.
Tense, Brutal
69% of 5,822 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 27Free

Cheaper than Ready or Not

SWAT Commander

Brief your squad, pick their loadouts and clear dangerous buildings one careful room at a time, alone or with friends.

$19.99

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

Police Stories

A top-down tactical shooter where shooting first is not an option.

$19.99

Zero Hour

Coordinate with your squad, clear rooms door by door, and live with every split-second call when one mistake ends the mission.

$4.99

SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition

Uncompromised duty, honor and valor.

$9.99

Alpha Response

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

$19.99

Door Kickers

Draw routes for your SWAT squad, pick where to breach, and pause the action whenever a plan needs fixing.

$19.99

Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

Draw up a squad plan, pause the action to adjust it, and watch the breach unfold in real time.

$24.99

OPERATOR

A tactical shooter where every corner and magazine counts, on clandestine missions around the world.

$19.99

GROUND BRANCH

A tactical shooter built the slow, deliberate way: true first-person, deep weapon and gear customization, and unforgiving firefights where one…

$23.99

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

Hidden gems like Ready or Not

Dagger Directive

Plan the op, gear up, pick dusk or midnight, and take on a global special forces campaign solo or with friends.

$19.99

GERONIMO

Stack up at the door, pick your way in, and clear the room with a squad of six or on your own.

$19.99

Psycho Patrol R

A brutal, funny mecha cop sim in a decaying open world, where the cases are strange and every quest is optional.

$39.99

A.A.U. Black Site

As an agent of the secret special forces A.A.U., your covert mission in Serbia goes wrong fast.

$11.99

They Killed Your Cat

A short but relentless first-person shooter featuring manual reloading, walking, and blinking, with settings that let you customize your experience.

$6.99

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

No Plan B

Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles.

$14.99

Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

Draw up a squad plan, pause the action to adjust it, and watch the breach unfold in real time.

$24.99

SWAT Commander

Brief your squad, pick their loadouts and clear dangerous buildings one careful room at a time, alone or with friends.

$19.99

Hood Warfare 2

Battle rival gangs for control of Chicago in quick, chaotic multiplayer shootouts.

$5.99

Police Stories: The Academy

Clear rooms as rookie cops in a tactical top-down shooter where arrests score higher than bullets.

Free

Alpha Response

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

$19.99

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