Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood™ similar games & best alternatives

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Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood™

Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2 • 2009

Should you play it?

With its unprecedented combination of authenticity, compelling story and squad-based action, the Brothers in Arms franchise has established itself as a benchmark for military action games, receiving the highest average review scores of any console WWII game to date (www.gamerankings.com).

What works

  • Authentic wwii atmosphere and historical accuracy
  • Engaging tactical squad-based gameplay
  • Strong narrative and character development
  • Improved enemy ai and mission variety
  • Cooperative multiplayer mode

Things to keep in mind

  • Minimal graphical improvements over predecessor
  • Occasional ai issues with squadmates
  • Linear level design limits exploration
  • No health regeneration or medkits
  • Multiplayer largely inactive

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30™

  • 63 Days

  • Six Days in Fallujah

  • Alpha Response

  • Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway™

  • Hell Let Loose

More competitive

Games that feels like Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood™ but with more competition against others

  • America's Army: Proving Grounds

  • Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition

  • Battlefield™ V

  • Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm

  • Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

  • Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)

More expressive

Games that feels like Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood™ but with more self-expression and customization

  • Black One Blood Brothers

  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2

  • Arma Reforger

  • ARMA: Cold War Assault

  • Easy Red 2

  • Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

More fantastical

Games that feels like Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood™ but with more imaginative fiction

  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

  • STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

  • Freedom Fighters

  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist

  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction™

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood™ but with less narrative immersion

  • Day of Defeat

  • Day of Defeat: Source

  • Squad

  • GROUND BRANCH

  • OPERATOR

  • Day of Infamy

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30™

  • Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway™

  • Counter-Strike: Condition Zero

  • Half-Life: Opposing Force

  • Borderlands 2

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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).

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood™: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Expression.

Last update: 06/08/2026