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Games like Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

What to play if you like Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Start with Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike 2, ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™. These games share the strongest Game DNA signals with Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, then show where the experience changes.

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These are anonymous game-to-game comparisons, not personal recommendations or player-behaviour claims.

Counter-Strike: Source cover86% shared experience

Counter-Strike: Source

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Build crafting depth

Changes: Stress intensity

Counter-Strike 2 cover80% shared experience

Counter-Strike 2

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™ cover68% shared experience

ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

Totally Accurate Battlegrounds cover67% shared experience

Totally Accurate Battlegrounds

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

Left 4 Dead cover67% shared experience

Left 4 Dead

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Build crafting depth

Resident Evil 3 cover67% shared experience

Resident Evil 3

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

Battlefield™ V cover66% shared experience

Battlefield™ V

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

Changes: Build crafting depth

Gorilla Tag cover66% shared experience

Gorilla Tag

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

Team Fortress 2 cover66% shared experience

Team Fortress 2

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Build crafting depth

Changes: Stress intensity and Experimentation

Need for Speed™ Unbound cover66% shared experience

Need for Speed™ Unbound

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

Half-Life cover66% shared experience

Half-Life

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

DOOM Eternal cover65% shared experience

DOOM Eternal

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

Dirty Bomb® cover65% shared experience

Dirty Bomb®

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

Changes: Build crafting depth

Titanfall® 2 cover63% shared experience

Titanfall® 2

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

Changes: Build crafting depth

Eternal Return cover63% shared experience

Eternal Return

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

Counter-Strike cover63% shared experience

Counter-Strike

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

TEKKEN 8 cover63% shared experience

TEKKEN 8

Preserves: Competitive intensity and Social dependency

Changes: Build crafting depth

R.E.P.O. cover62% shared experience

R.E.P.O.

Preserves: Social dependency and Stress intensity

Changes: Competitive intensity

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