Battlefield 4™ similar games & best alternatives

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Battlefield 4™

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One • 2020

Should you play it?

Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.

What works

  • Large-scale, chaotic multiplayer with teamwork
  • Dynamic destruction and immersive sound design
  • Extensive weapon and vehicle customization
  • Active community and server availability
  • Strong post-launch support and dlc content

Things to keep in mind

  • Campaign is weak and buggy
  • Technical issues at launch and occasional bugs
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Server latency issues in some regions
  • Some maps are overplayed leading to repetition

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • PlanetSide 2

  • Blood Strike

  • Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Soulstorm

  • Hunt: Showdown 1896

  • ARC Raiders

  • Marathon

Less dominating

Games that feels like Battlefield 4™ but with less domination over others

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Iron Brigade

  • Over The Top: WWI

  • Borderlands 2

  • Dirty Bomb®

  • Enlisted

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Battlefield 4™ but with less imaginative fiction

  • Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

  • Tannenberg

  • Verdun

  • Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

  • Insurgency: Sandstorm

  • Battlefield™ 1

Less competitive

Games that feels like Battlefield 4™ but with less competition against others

  • Starship Troopers: Extermination

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

  • EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair

  • Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

  • John Carpenter's Toxic Commando

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

More relaxing

Games that feels like Battlefield 4™ but with a more relaxing feel

  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection

  • Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks

  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

  • Titanfall® 2

  • Gears 5

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Battlefield™ V

  • Battlefield™ 1

  • Battlefield 3™

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront

  • Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Battlefield 4™. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Battlefield 4™. These titles are not in What to play next.

Battlefield 4™: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026