Best Class-Based Games on Steam
Games where distinct character classes define roles, abilities, and team composition.
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1Team Fortress 2
- Players say: Choose from nine distinct mercenary classes and team up in fast-paced, objective-based matches across several game modes. Players like: Distinct Class Playstyles · Chaotic Match Humor · Memorable Character Design
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Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
Oct 10, 2007
In this game, you can…
- join a match that turns into a ceasefire where both teams build sentries, drain their ammo to make them click, then stack into towers on top.
- watch the objective get stolen and then join a conga line that marches across the map until both teams are partying in the goal room.
- blast-jump yourself across the map with rockets to reach rooftops, flank fights, and escape danger.
- switch between nine totally different classes with roles that change how you move, fight, and support your team.
- go invisible as a spy, sneak behind the enemy line, and take people out up close before vanishing again.
- play a co-op mode where you team up to survive wave after wave of attacking robots.
- get headshot while you're doing a taunt because a sniper is calmly posted on a distant tower.
- walk into a live round and end up playing rock-paper-scissors with an enemy instead of fighting.
2Baldur's Gate 3
- Players say: Lead a parasite-infected hero and party through a choice-driven fantasy quest of exploration, dialogue, and tactical turn-based combat. Players like: Meaningful Choices · Companion Stories · Environmental Tactics
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.
Aug 3, 2023
In this game, you can…
- possess a guard, make them open a gate that releases giant spiders, then watch the chaos from the rafters.
- stack a bunch of boxes into a tower, then climb it to reach places you couldn't otherwise.
- romance wildly different beings, including vampires, ogres, lizards, and even a tentacled god.
- surround a boss with explosive barrels before the fight, then blow them up instead of fighting fair.
- turn a flooded room into an electric trap, then have the enemy freeze it into ice so everyone slips while you hold the door.
- pick up a locked chest and carry it back to camp to open later instead of unlocking it on the spot.
- earn a dog's trust step by step, pet them, play fetch, and eventually have them become your familiar.
- talk your way through conflicts, befriend enemies, or side with or kill basically any faction and watch regions treat you differently afterward.
3Deep Rock Galactic
- Players say: Lead a team of space dwarves through shifting alien caves, mining resources, fighting bug swarms, and escaping together. Players like: Co-op Teamwork · Procedural Cave Runs · Class And Weapon Builds
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Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
May 13, 2020
In this game, you can…
- drink a round that rockets the whole team forward, then slam into each other and the station while shouting and tossing mugs.
- freeze enemies solid, drill them to pieces, and heal off them while they can't move or fight back.
- hit the drop pod with seconds left, spot a teammate down far away, and turn the escape into a full rescue run mid-extraction.
- turn a pre-mission lobby into a hangout with beer, dancing, minigames, and physical goofing around instead of menus.
- grapple to impossible-to-reach minerals, then have a teammate shoot a platform under you so you can mine safely and get out.
- finish the objective, call extraction, then carve a brand-new tunnel straight to the drop pod while bugs race you through it.
- fight off swarms in caves that aren't preset arenas, so every defense turns into a new improvisation based on cliffs, tunnels, and open voids.
- bring a solo drone that mines, lights caves, carries minerals, digs paths, and can revive you so you can still finish missions alone.
4Killing Floor
- Players say: Fight mutant waves in England as a soldier, choosing your class, weapons, and holdout tactics alone or with up to five others. Players like: Dark Horror Atmosphere · Co-op Wave Combat · Satisfying Weapon Feel
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6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
May 14, 2009
In this game, you can…
- watch the whole fight drop into slow motion for a few seconds so you can line up shots and see bodies get torn apart in detail.
- face a boss with a minigun arm and rocket launcher who can turn invisible, then reappear to wipe the squad.
- weld doors shut to reroute the horde, then hold the choke point while you listen to the barricade get pounded down.
- survive wave after wave with up to five friends.
- sprint to a pop-up shop between waves, toss your cash to a teammate, and still make it back before it closes.
- fight enemies that crawl out of ceilings, spit fireballs, or scream to shut down your team's projectiles.
- be the last player alive while everyone spectates, and win the wave anyway by kiting the whole horde around the map.
- buy and use weapons like katanas, chainsaws, grenade launchers, rocket launchers, and flamethrowers.
5Risk of Rain Returns
- Players say: Choose a survivor and fight across 2D alien stages, collecting items to outlast escalating hordes alone or in co-op. Players like: Polished Remake · Item Combinations · Pixel-Art Visuals
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Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! Dive into the iconic roguelike full of unique loot combinations, enhanced with new Survivors, overhauled multiplayer, fan favorite content from Risk of Rain 2, and more!
Nov 8, 2023
In this game, you can…
- stack items until your basic shots trigger chain lightning and explosions that leap across the whole screen.
- play a survivor who scraps enemies, spawns temporary power-up items for teammates, then steals them back to fuel a huge area blast.
- turn on artifacts that make equipment reroll into something random every use, then stack item synergies until every fight rewrites itself.
- activate extra difficulty shrines, then fight a powered-up boss while the stage keeps spawning enemies like nothing's changed.
- switch a character's alternate skills to make them play like a completely different fighter, not just a stat tweak.
- use 2D terrain like a weapon by kiting enemies into geysers, perching on ledges, and forcing pathing mistakes.
- beat a stage by killing the boss, then surviving 90 seconds instead of wiping every last enemy.
- hunt secrets by poking under logs and stones, slipping through no-collision walls, and uncovering hidden artifacts.
- run couch co-op or seamless online co-op without any port-forwarding hassle.
6Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
- Players say: Lead marines through alien-infested facilities, combining top-down shooting, class tactics and mission objectives. Players like: Co-op With Friends · Team Class Roles · Workshop Content
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Co-operative top-down shooter game available for free. An epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics.
Apr 20, 2017
In this game, you can…
- watch a teammate's hacking puzzle live, including their mouse cursor, while aliens try to break your defense.
- bring up to 8 bots, command them to hold positions or hack machines, and clear missions solo.
- blow yourself up to clear a face-parasite while your squad is in the blast radius.
- weld doors shut, drop turrets and mines, and hold a choke point while someone hacks the objective.
- trigger endless alien spawns by staying too long, then get forced to abandon the fight and push forward.
- hit a perk that slows the whole world down while the music speeds up, and keep fighting in that stretched-out moment.
- carry a 70-shell automatic shotgun, or swap to miniguns, flamethrowers, rail guns, and other heavy weapons mid-mission.
- play custom Workshop campaigns that swap everyone into total conversions like Halo marines or 40k marines.
7Day of Defeat: Source
- Players say: Join WWII online infantry battles as a fixed-weapon class, fighting with a team to seize and defend map control points. Players like: Old-School Simplicity · Team-Based Objectives · Class-Based Roles
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Valve's WWII Multiplayer Classic - Now available for Mac.
Jul 12, 2010
In this game, you can…
- climb into a clocktower, wait out a whole firefight, then drop a single sniper shot that deletes the enemy's best player mid-sentence.
- mount a machine gun to hold a lane, then fire unmounted and watch the recoil kick your aim straight up.
- punch with your gun instead of aiming down sights, turning firefights into close-range brawls.
- throw smoke and sprint across an open street while machine guns chew up the lane.
- rush into a capture point with your team, lose it, regroup, then pull off a last-second comeback cap under full pressure.
- arm charges on an objective while defenders swarm, then either get the plant off or stop it at the last moment.
- sneak into a close-quarters fight and win it with a shovel instead of a gun.
- watch enemies ragdoll into ridiculous launches and collapses after a kill.
8Alien Swarm
- Players say: Lead a four-Marine squad through alien-infested missions, coordinating classes, weapons, and tactics in a top-down co-op shooter. Players like: Cooperative Teamwork · Class-Based Tactics · Intense Alien Fights
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Co-operative multiplayer game and complete code base available for free.
Jul 19, 2010
In this game, you can…
- prime a nuclear warhead for detonation, then have a teammate weld a door and trap the team in the blast.
- use assault jets to fly over walls and gaps, turning missions into weirdly vertical speedruns.
- turn on endless wave mode, then enable hardcore friendly fire so every stray shot can wreck the run.
- weld doors shut to buy seconds while aliens smash through.
- drop sentry guns and motion sensors while you hack objectives and weld faster than anyone else.
- barbecue waves with flamethrowers and fire traps until the swarm pushes through and forces a retreat.
- draw on the shared mission map together to plan routes mid-run.
9Guns of Icarus Online
- Players say: Crew a steampunk airship as pilot, gunner, or engineer, coordinating repairs and broadsides in team-based PvP battles. Players like: Team-Based Roles · Airship Battles · Distinctive Setting
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Assemble your crew, take to the skies in the premier PvP airship combat game. Guns of Icarus Online is all about flying massive airships, shooting big turret weapons, and working as a team for supremacy of the skies. Everyone as one, victory or death, together.
Oct 29, 2012
In this game, you can…
- grind your hull against a canyon wall to force a turn, land a last broadside kill, then freefall into emergency balloon repairs and climb back up.
- hide your airship in the clouds in total silence, then erupt into callouts and a coordinated ambush the second someone spots a target.
- choose to stop repairing a dying hull, jump on a cannon, and win by killing the enemy faster than you could fix your ship.
- drop out of the sky or rise from mist below to attack from above or underneath, using vertical positioning to ambush ships that never saw you coming.
- hose an enemy ship with flamethrowers until every component is burning, while your crew keeps your own vessel fireproof enough to stay functional.
- run a nonstop engineer sprint between hull, balloon, engines, guns, and fires, fixing one failure after another while the pilot keeps you in the fight.
- coordinate with allied captains in real time to set up flanks and crossfires, pushing enemies into bad terrain and finishing them together.
- wait for an enemy's armor to break, then land a delayed heavy flak shot right as a rocket volley disables their guns and engines for the kill.
10Rabbit and Steel
- Players say: Choose a rabbit class and face raid-style bosses solo or with up to three friends, adapting to attack patterns and random loot. Players like: Raid-Style Bosses · Co-op Coordination · Build Variety
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RABBIT & STEEL is a co-op action roguelike that recreates the essence of high-level MMO raiding in a randomized, simplified, bunny-sized package. Choose your class, gather your rabbit-eared companions and battle your way to the Moonlit Pinnacle!
May 9, 2024
In this game, you can…
- kill your friend just by clipping them with a spread marker.
- unlock a class with a dragon pet and take on two bosses at once as an extra combat body joins the fight.
- watch fights change depending on whether there are 1, 2, 3, or 4 players, with mechanics swapping instead of just scaling numbers.
- flip a co-op raid mechanic into a solo bullet-hell survival test.
- get boss commands like jump, stack, or spread and obey them instantly while the screen is already full.
- start as a wizard lobbing tiny fireballs, then escalate into chain lightning, arcane bombs, and meteors that cover the whole arena.
- thread four separate movement paths through a raid-style set piece without ever touching each other.
- salvage a doomed run when one item combo suddenly clicks and your whole build pivots mid-boss.
