- #1 Chasm: The Rift
91% matchVery Positive84% of 448 reviews2022
Dev: Action FormsPub: SNEG
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Prepare for terror in this ground-breaking classic old-school FPS. Following the destruction of Time you are left to battle in this horrific hellhole of multilevel interconnected missions populated by gruesome grotesque creatures.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 18.8% ★, 1990's 15.7%, Violent 15.3%, Retro 12.8%, Old School 11.8%
- #2 CyClones
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Raven SoftwarePub: SNEG
Windows
CyClones is a first-person shooter (FPS) classic from the 90s that challenges players to explore maze-like environments and take down flesh-steel monstrosities using an impressive arsenal of hi-tech weaponry.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 23.4% ★, Arena Shooter 20%, 1990's 13.3%, Shooter 10.5%, Violent 9.5%
- #3 Quake
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,265 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Why similar: 1990's 28%, Shooter 16.9%, Old School 14%, Retro 12.1%, Arena Shooter 10.3%
- #4 Ion Fury
86% matchVery Positive93% of 6,682 reviews2019
Dev: Voidpoint, LLCPub: 3D Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Why similar: Violent 20.5%, 1990's 19.4%, Retro 17.4%, Old School 14%, Shooter 11.3%
- #5 Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,359 reviews2023
Dev: Big Z Studios Inc.Pub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
So.... got what it takes to be a X Slayer?!?... 7 weapons, blood and gore, twisted music by Seepage & Psyko Syndikate, and maps where you can blow up everything. its awesome. started making it in 1998 in high school with my friend and now im 37, so i have life experience now.
Why similar: 1990's 25.9%, Retro 18%, Shooter 12.1%, Violent 11.9%, Old School 10.3%
- #6 Quake II
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,944 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
Why similar: 1990's 29.4%, Shooter 14.6%, Arena Shooter 12.4%, Action 10.2%, Retro 9.8%
- #7 Hellbound
84% matchMixed64% of 1,496 reviews2020
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!
Why similar: Violent 21.5%, Arena Shooter 17.8%, 1990's 14.2%, Retro 10.1%, Old School 9.5%
- #8 DOOM + DOOM II
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 27,707 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Why similar: 1990's 29.3%, Retro 15.9%, Violent 14.7%, Old School 13.7%, Shooter 10.4%
- #9 No Fear
81% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: EKO Games
Windows
No Fear is a top-down arena shooter in which the player has to fight against hordes of various monsters. Challenge them using various weapons. You must survive!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 27.4% ★, Arena Shooter 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Top-Down 10%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%
- #10 Paragone Bomb
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Millant
Windows
Top-down shooter with a bird's-eye view. Epic hunt against various enemies using tactical maneuvers, different weapons, and the protagonist's abilities.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.9%, Top-Down 16.5%, Violent 14.4%, Shooter 14.1%, Action 9.1%
- #11 Project Warlock II
76% matchVery Positive81% of 1,277 reviews2025
Dev: Buckshot SoftwarePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Adrenaline-pumping gore retro funhouse that’s full of guns, magic, demons, vertical arenas, 3D visuals, 2D sprites, and heavy metal music. Inspired by FPS classics like Quake and Doom 64, Project Warlock II is the explosive boomer shooter sequel you were too shy to ask for.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 21.4% ★, 1990's 17.8%, Arena Shooter 15.9%, Retro 12.3%, Old School 12.3%
- #12 DUSK
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 24,900 reviews2018
Dev: David SzymanskiPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Why similar: 1990's 22.5%, Retro 21.9%, Arena Shooter 18.6%, Old School 16.3%, Shooter 14.8%
- #13 Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 210,873 reviews2022
Dev: Techland
Windows
Median: 31.6 hrsMean: 62.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.
Why similar: Violent 38.5%, Post-apocalyptic 30.9%, Combat 11.4%, Action 9.6%, Gore 7.6%
- #14 Deck of Bullets
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liberinno Games
Windows
Unleash explosive action in a deck-building top-down shooter. Customize your bullets with a strategic deck of cards for devastating effects.
Why similar: 1990's 22.1%, Arena Shooter 18.7%, Hero Shooter 17.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Retro 14.2%
- #15 DOOM 64
75% matchVery Positive93% of 8,413 reviews2020
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Play the enhanced version of the original game released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Years have passed since you stopped Hell’s invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now.
Why similar: 1990's 29.3%, Violent 20.3%, Retro 16.4%, Shooter 10.8%, Action 9.8%
- #16 HROT
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,261 reviews2023
Dev: Spytihněv
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
Why similar: Retro 32.4%, Violent 22.6%, Shooter 16.5%, Old School 16.4%, Action 6.6%
- #17 Warp Commander
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: AngrySodaCan
Windows
A top-down 2D arena shooter in the style of a retro arcade game. The player fights against waves of enemy spaceships to defend space as we know it.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Retro 14.4%, Shooter 12.9%, 1990's 12%
- #18 Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
75% matchVery Positive84% of 6,278 reviews2016
Dev: Nerve Software, Gearbox Software, LLCPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
Why similar: 1990's 40.9%, Retro 23.1%, Shooter 18%, Action 9.9%, Gore 7%
- #19 CYNOROID FORSAKEN
74% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Crush-vAdin
Windows
CYNOROID FORSAKEN is a free aim platformer that uses the mouse to aim and It is a free aim platformer where you aim with the mouse and move with the WASD keys. With multiple weapons, a laser chainsaw that can be used by right-clicking, and the ability to eat enemy carcasses.
Why similar: 1990's 24.6%, Shooter 14.1%, Old School 13.6%, Violent 12.2%, Retro 11.1%
- #20 GUN KING
73% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: FROGBERT
Windows · Mac · Linux
GUN KING is a fast-paced top-down arcade shooter with unique gun mods that lets you play your way. Unlock and equip powerful gun mods to create wild synergies, amp up your firepower, and blast through hordes of enemies.
Why similar: 1990's 26.3%, Arena Shooter 15%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Old School 13.6%, Retro 10.5%
- #21 AMID EVIL
73% matchVery Positive93% of 7,556 reviews2019
Dev: IndefatigablePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 25.2%, 1990's 17.2%, Old School 15.1%, Retro 12.3%, Shooter 11.8%
- #22 The Apogee Throwback Pack
75% matchVery Positive90% of 346 reviews2013
Dev: Apogee SoftwarePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
The Apogee Throwback Pack is a collection of four classic Apogee Software titles all in one kick ass package. Blast your way across the galaxy as British Special Agent Blake Stone in "Aliens of Gold" and "Planet Strike", then take on an ancient evil menace as the H.U.N.T in "Rise of the Triad".
Why similar: Violent 22.2%, 1990's 20.7%, Retro 15%, Shooter 12.3%, Old School 11.6%
- #23 SOS: SPECIAL OPERATIVE STORIES
74% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2016
Dev: ATTACK MOUNTAIN
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
These are the tense, action-packed stories of a special operative's past.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 24.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, 1990's 15.7%, Top-Down 10.3%, Retro 10.3%
- #24 CULTIC
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,221 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Why similar: Old School 23.9%, Shooter 20%, Violent 19.2%, Retro 18.4%, Action 9%
- #25 Ripper
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unheard Software
Windows · Linux
Ripper is a top-down shooter with fully destructible environments, fog of war, and Steam multiplayer. Break through walls, survive enemy waves, and battle your friends.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Top-Down 10.4%, Shooter 9.9%
- #26 The Last Feather
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raven
Windows
The Last Feather is a high-octane top-down shooter packed with raw brutality, hard-edged gunfights, and bone-crushing close combat. Through neon-soaked streets and relentless encounters, it delivers a fierce journey of vengeance with every step.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Shooter 11.9%, Violent 11.8%, Action 9.8%
- #27 3 SECONDS REMAINING
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: tiny.ROM
Windows
3 SECONDS REMAINING is a simple top-down shooter made by tiny.ROM,
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37%, Violent 16.1%, Shooter 15.4%, Top-Down 15.1%, Action 8.3%
- #28 Parsec
70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Speedbird
Windows
In Parsec you pilot a spaceship through a field of asteroids trying to destroy as many as possible before they destroy you. You have three different weapons that can be picked up around the world. Health can also be picked up from random spawns and sometimes dropped by asteroids.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Top-Down 14.2%, Shooter 13.6%, Old School 13.2%, Retro 12.3%
- #29 Galvanized
70% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Albino Moose Games
Windows
A fast paced, movement focused FPS in a foreboding, post-apocalyptic setting.
Why similar: 1990's 24.8%, Retro 19%, Shooter 18.2%, Violent 17.6%, Action 10.6%
- #30 The Citadel
71% matchVery Positive93% of 2,724 reviews2020
Dev: doekuramori
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The Citadel is a brutal first person shooter, and a love letter to classic games such as Marathon, Doom and Wolfenstein 3d. Descend into the depths of a dark citadel, and fight through 6 Episodes and 30 levels of action packed with 6 challenging bosses. Go forth, Martyr.
Why similar: Violent 22.6%, Retro 17.5%, 1990's 15.7%, Old School 15.5%, Shooter 10%
- #31 JUST DEFENSE
71% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: BlueFogs
Windows
"Just Defense" is a simple Topdown view defense game.Upgrade your weapons, build turrets and kill enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.3%, Top-Down 18.6%, Shooter 17.4%, Action 13.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #32 Nevedomo
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Equilibrium Arts
Windows
Nevedomo is a dynamic arena first-person shooter with a Zetlex robot. Future. Two warring factions Bullets and Rockets participate in deadly competitions under the leadership of the Texer Force Corporation in order to capture the world's resources. Have a good fight!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 26.4%, Violent 16.6%, 1990's 15%, Shooter 11.9%, Old School 7.1%
- #33 Medved Hellraiser 2
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Cow Games, Falco Software
Windows
Continuation of the carbon monoxide trash shooter. The player has to go through all the levels, burning enemies with a fire ax, and shooting them with a shotgun and grenade launcher musket.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 32.9%, 1990's 22.4%, Violent 14.8%, Shooter 13.9%, Action 9%
- #34 LaserShotz
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: XcryptGames
Windows
LaserShotz is an online PvP competitive arena shooter! Compete for the best rating on the leaderboards!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 27.7% ★, Arena Shooter 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Shooter 9.7%, Top-Down 9.3%
- #35 New Tanks
71% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: PS Games
Windows · Mac
A new dizzying game about tanks. Dynamic battles that will not let you relax and get bored.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Shooter 12.6%, Top-Down 10.8%, Action 10%
- #36 Bullets tracks: Son of
72% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stefano Di Filippo
Windows · Linux
this is a legendary story of crime, you fight aganist the crime for go to the liberty, in this epic adventure you shot and move by side of enemy bullets, you go and become action legend
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, Violent 14.3%, Retro 14.3%, Shooter 14%, Action 11.5%
- #37 Skyfire Legends
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Benjo Games
Windows
Battle through 4 action-packed levels with the pilot of your choice. Face relentless waves of enemies as you fight your way to 4 powerful bosses. Compete against players worldwide — can you be the fastest to conquer the top of the scoreboard?
Why similar: Hero Shooter 25.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18%, 1990's 15.9%, Top-Down 10.4%, Shooter 9.4%
- #38 Cosmotrons
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LeatherBeard Interactive LLC
Windows
Cosmotrons is a cosmic battleground where skill and strategy collide. Choose your ship and customize its weaponry, engage in epic dogfights, navigate treacherous environments and outmaneuver your opponents in intense, fast-paced multiplayer battles. Are you ready to become a true space ace?
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Top-Down 12.5%, Shooter 9%, Retro 8.4%
- #39 Heretic + Hexen
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,732 reviews2025
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.
Why similar: 1990's 26.6%, Violent 17%, Shooter 16.5%, Action 14.5%, Old School 10.8%
- #40 Gun Gladiator
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qubit Studio
Windows
Brutally defeat your enemies, upgrade your equipment, influence the crowd, master the arena and become the new champion in a gory and fast-paced retro FPS set in a post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 21%, 1990's 18.8%, Retro 13.9%, Violent 11.9%, Shooter 10.6%
- #41 Invention 8
69% matchMixed57% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Falco Software
Windows
Invasion 8 is a continuation of a small indie shooter about the adventures of a group of cyborgs in the world of post-apocalypse and monsters.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.1%, Old School 21.4%, Violent 20.9%, Action 15.1%, Shooter 14.9%
- #42 Return to Castle Wolfenstein
70% matchVery Positive93% of 8,949 reviews2007
Dev: Gray Matter StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
World War II rages and nations fall. The Nazis are twisting science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. As US Army Ranger William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop them...or die trying.
Why similar: Shooter 30.6%, Action 26.1%, Retro 14%, Old School 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #43 Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
70% matchVery Positive90% of 3,591 reviews2013
Dev: General ArcadePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The definitive version of the cult classic shooter, Shadow Warrior Classic Redux features remastered visuals and two massive expansion packs. Corporations rule every facet of life in a near-future Japan and employ Shadow Warriors, one-man armies of unparalleled skill, to protect their power and forcefully remove all opposition.
Why similar: Retro 19.3%, 1990's 17.2%, Old School 16.5%, Violent 15.5%, Shooter 15.2%
- #44 Meteor Storm
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Z Sculpt Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, 1990's 19%, Top-Down 12.5%, Shooter 12.2%, Old School 10.7%
- #45 Santa's War on Christmas
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: ElgSoft
Windows
Santa’s War on Christmas is a top-down action game where Santa is fighting to stop the naughty Cabal with Coal, Gingerbread Stars, Candy Canes and Walnuts to once more be able to spread happiness and joy for all.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.6%, Top-Down 17.7%, Violent 17.2%, Shooter 16.5%, Action 13%
- #46 Shoot 'm Up
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: DukeSoft
Windows · Linux
Tactical multiplayer chaos.That's what would describe this game in 3 words. It's fast, it's messy, it's challenging. Do you like blowing up zombies to bits together with your friends? Protecting your base from the enemy team? Grab your gear and start the chaos!
Why similar: Violent 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Arena Shooter 14.3%, Top-Down 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%
- #47 Bounty Hunter
73% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Avalon Studio
Windows
Top down shooter, with you as a cowboy on a mission to save the world from mad zombie scientist, and his horde of zombies. You are the only survivor in the area, so you will need lots of luck, and some bullets to clean the area. Go out there and be a hero
Why similar: Violent 40.5%, Top-Down Shooter 24.8%, Top-Down 13.9%, Shooter 10.9%, Action 9.9%
- #48 Total War: WARHAMMER II
68% matchVery Positive93% of 121,264 reviews2017
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 41.5 hrsMean: 180.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.
Why similar: Action 84.6%, Singleplayer 15.4%
- #49 Super Hero I.T. Software
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: SurfDev
Windows
You are the I.T. Department's lowest paid security grunt, and a hacker is malware-bombing the company network. Your shift ends in an hour. The break room coffee pot is cold. Log in, 'cause it's gonna be a long night.
Why similar: 1990's 39.3%, Top-Down Shooter 34.5%, Top-Down 11.6%, Action 8.9%, Combat 4.3%
- #50 Total War: WARHAMMER III
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 140,992 reviews2022
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 32.7 hrsMean: 152.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?
Why similar: Action 88.4%, Singleplayer 11.6%
- #51 Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
67% matchVery Positive90% of 17,198 reviews2023
Dev: Auroch DigitalPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
Why similar: Retro 19.4%, 1990's 16.1%, Old School 15%, Shooter 14.2%, Violent 14%
- #52 Chlorofell
67% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Laughing StockPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Master an arm cannon built from the scraps of your enemies, specialized ammo, and quick thinking, to tear your way to the heart of the mechanical scourge threatening your planet.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 32.4%, Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Shooter 12.8%, Top-Down 12%, Action 6.6%
- #53 Turbo Overkill
66% matchVery Positive94% of 7,148 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Why similar: Violent 22.4%, Arena Shooter 18.4%, Shooter 17.8%, Retro 17%, Action 9.3%
- #54 Space Force Bargain Bin
66% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Sled Dog Games
Windows · Linux
Repel the humans! Safeguard the future of all alienkind! Fueled by a large selection of quirky upgrades and power-ups, strengthen the alien alliance to destroy Humanity's Last Hope in this fast-paced retro action-arcade shooter with roguelite and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.4%, 1990's 14%, Shooter 14%, Retro 12.5%, Action 10.8%
- #55 Prodeus
66% matchVery Positive92% of 8,015 reviews2022
Dev: Bounding Box Software Inc.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
Why similar: Retro 32.1%, Violent 25.3%, Shooter 15.8%, Action 8.1%, Arena Shooter 8.1%
- #56 DOOM 3
69% matchVery Positive86% of 12,087 reviews2012
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.
Why similar: Shooter 40.6%, Action 23.4%, Sci-fi 23.1%, Gore 9.9%, Singleplayer 3%
- #57 Project Serotonin
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cable Games
Windows
A top-down 2D shooter where your health is happiness and the sad ones want to take it away from you.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 39.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Shooter 15.4%, Action 12.2%, Combat 4.5%
- #58 POSTAL: Brain Damaged
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,506 reviews2022
Dev: HyperstrangePub: Running With Scissors
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
POSTAL: Brain Damaged is a new, action-oriented take on the Running With Scissors’ cult game series with throwback graphics, and fast-paced, modern gameplay. Take a wild roller coaster ride through the twisted wonderland encased in the POSTAL DUDE’S messed-up mind.
Why similar: Violent 35%, Shooter 25.3%, Retro 21.5%, Action 11.8%, Gore 6.3%