Call of Duty®: Black Ops III similar games & best alternatives

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Call of Duty®: Black Ops III

2015

Should you play it?

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Edition includes the full base game plus the Zombies Chronicles content expansion.

What works

  • Extensive zombies mode with rich lore and community mod support
  • Engaging cooperative gameplay
  • Advanced movement and combat mechanics
  • Customization and expression options
  • Replayability through mods and dlc

Things to keep in mind

  • Multiplayer population decline and hacking issues
  • Poor optimization on some systems
  • High price for an older game
  • Campaign considered weak or confusing
  • Security concerns on older pc ports (patched but noted)

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SAMURAI WARRIORS 4-II

  • Destiny 2

  • Arizona Sunshine® VR 2

  • Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012)

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • After the Fall®

More value-seeking

Games that feels like Call of Duty®: Black Ops III but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • Dead Effect 2 VR

  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection

  • Borderlands 2

  • Gears 5

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

  • Dead Rising® 2

Less intimate

Games that feels like Call of Duty®: Black Ops III but with less focus on close relationships

  • Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

  • Borderlands 3

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition

  • Zombie Army 4: Dead War

  • Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

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  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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 Call of Duty®: Black Ops III. These titles are not in What to play next.

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Domination.

Last update: 21/08/2026