I kind of quit Overwatch after they sucked the soul out of it and called it a sequel. It's not entirely a replacement, but as a fun shooter to play with friends/ family, I've mostly moved to playing Deep Rock Galactic. In some ways it scratches the itch: various classes/ roles, weapons, abilities, cooperation and teamwork to accomplish objectives, clicking heads and making things die, and purely cosmetic skins. It doesn't quite have the satisfaction of a good back and forth grudge match (on account of being a PvE game), but the community is super chill, the game design about as far from predatory as you can get (while there are a handful of exclusive fomo items, it's mostly just annual anniversary hats, or gifts to commemorate steam award nominations and such, there's no collection interface to mock you or rub it in for not having them), and the devs are just all around great. Bonus points for being able to spin up or join missions pretty much whenever.

Team Fortress 2? That was the game Overwatch was kinda imitating, so might be worth trying it out if you haven't. Just keep in mind that you might have to avoid matchmaking and manually browse for servers. TF2 was having a bot problem, I dunno if valve ever fixed it.

Wait for Deadlock to come out or find someone in the beta who can get you into it.

Maybe Deadlock?

Paladins?

I'd be suggesting Battleborn if it wasn't dead...

Maybe Predecessor (paragon reboot)?

Marvel Rivals might be a bit too close to Overwatch, or maybe that's a good thing?

You might consider just not playing ranked. In anything. Assigning a number to my skill level and that of others had a negative effect on my relationship with games and using them to have fun. Recognizing that and just playing to play instead of to appease the rating system, has led to much more fun coming out of my fun.

It doesn't mean you can't get better at the game over time, only that you'll be the judge of your progress, instead of an arbitrary number that won't ever feel truly fair.

Splatoon is great if you have Switches.

Helldivers 2 is PvE but is a great group experience.

Extraction shooters might be a thing? Hunt: Showdown?

For Honour. It's a competitive sword fighting game. You'll like the combat system. She'll like devising a strategy on how best to lead the creeps to overrun the enemy castle.

Or maybe you'll prefer Foxhole, a persistent trench warfare simulation game where players manufacture every bullet and build every fortification. It's not as fast paced as Overwatch, but I bet she'll like digging a trench for you to use for cover as you nail fools and slowly take ground from the enemy.

Others have suggested Deadlock and that really sounds like the perfect game for you two, but be aware of one thing: it does require shooting. In the laning phase last hitting and securing the orbs from creep kills by shooting them is absolutely crucial, as the game will snowball out of control if one team outfarms the other.

Gigantic was recently re-released, but I don't know if they've fixed the worst of the bugs yet.

If your rank is the same as hers, you wouldn't be getting wide matches. Wide matches are specifically for teams of people with a very wide distribution of rankings, therefore the name "wide". So finish your placements and see what you get. But for me and my friends, even if we get wide matches, the longest we've ever waited was 8 minutes for a game.

It's not out yet but Marvel Rivals looks like it may be a good fit. Hopefully they'll announce the release date soon now that the closed beta is over.

If you want to be confused, aggravated, and generally upset at how your life is turning out destiny 2 is a really good game.

Sounds more like a playerbase problem rather than a problem with the game. Paladins is a hero shooter very similar to Overwatch and while the playerbase (EU) isnt that big ive been finding matches for years now whenever i feel like.

This sounds like you want Deadlock. MOBA with third-person shooter mechanics.

Valorant?

I just started myself, after missing Overwatch 1 and thinking it was similar. To my surprise it is like an Overwatch with a Counterstrike feel to it, which I quite enjoy.

If you wish to turn your brain off and pass some time then you can’t go wrong with either Destiny 2 (which is free-to-play) or Borderlands (1-3 it doesn’t matter) These are fun games with extremely addictive gunplay and all of them have Classes/Roles systems. I’d say test the waters with D2 with its fun customisation system (transmog, armour colours etc) and if that is not your cup of tea then go for Borderlands which you should find pretty cheap.

Call me a broken record, but TF2 is an excellent war-themed hat simulator

once mecha break comes out next year, mecha break. its waay more fun and teamplay is just as important if not moreso.

As someone who has searched hard, there is no high quality replacement.

apex, pokemon unite

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