Games Like Better Than Dead

Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.

Why similar: Bullet Time 21.7% ★, FPS 18.6%, Gore 17.1%, Shooter 15.3%, Violent 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the closest modern experience to the seed game, featuring intense bullet-time, brutal gore, and high-octane tactical FPS combat.

MAXIMUM Action is a brutal and satisfying physics-based first person shooter influenced by Hong Kong cinema, heroic slow motion bloodshed, and old-school FPS ACTION.

Why similar: Bullet Time 22.5% ★, Gore 18.2%, FPS 17.4%, Shooter 11.2%, Violent 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-driven sandbox shooter that perfectly replicates the cinematic, slow-motion gunplay found in classic action films.

An intense single-player FPS featuring a stylish movement system, completely destructible levels, and an acclaimed OST.

Why similar: Bullet Time 29.9% ★, FPS 22.5%, Shooter 14.1%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, First-Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, movement-focused FPS that rewards players for utilizing acrobatic bullet-time maneuvers.

Selaco is a brand new original shooter inspired by classics, featuring thrilling action set pieces, destructibility, smart enemies and a fleshed out story taking place within an immersive game world.

Why similar: FPS 25.6%, Shooter 18%, Gore 17.5%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, First-Person 11%

Why You'll Like It: A highly polished, tactical FPS that emphasizes smart AI and environmental destruction, similar to the intensity of the seed game.

Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.

Why similar: Bullet Time 30.5% ★, Gore 19.4%, Shooter 13.5%, Violent 13.4%, Realistic 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the exact thematic setting and revenge-driven narrative while focusing on top-down, high-speed bullet-time combat.

SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.

Why similar: Bullet Time 36.1% ★, FPS 27.7%, Shooter 12.2%, First-Person 10.4%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique take on the genre where time only moves when you do, forcing players to master bullet-time strategy.

Wanted: Dead is a new hybrid slasher/shooter from the makers of Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive. The game follows a week in life of the Zombie Unit, an elite Hong Kong police squad on a mission to uncover a major corporate conspiracy.

Why similar: Bullet Time 36.1% ★, Shooter 25.8%, Female Protagonist 23.9%, Gore 7.3%, Action 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, hyper-violent action game featuring a female protagonist and a heavy focus on melee-shooter hybrid combat.

You wake up with an explosive headache in a pool of your own blood. You're Exit, a terrible woman whose awful past has finally caught up to her. Fulfill contracts for the people who drilled into your skull — guns-blazing, slow and tactical — it doesn’t matter. They know you’ll do whatever it takes.

Why similar: FPS 21.1%, Shooter 16.7%, Gore 15.6%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, First-Person 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, immersive-sim shooter featuring a female protagonist that emphasizes raw, chaotic combat.

Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…

Why similar: Bullet Time 30.7% ★, Noir 30.6%, Crime 10.6%, Shooter 9.3%, Dark 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive revenge-fueled shooter that pioneered the bullet-time mechanic in a gritty, noir-inspired setting.

A fast-paced PvP FPS built around skill-based movement and deep build crafting, with cinematic, high-intensity combat set in a brutal cyberpunk world inspired by 90s anime.

Why similar: Bullet Time 27.2% ★, FPS 22.6%, Shooter 15.7%, First-Person 9.6%, Gore 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish, cyberpunk-inspired FPS that captures the high-speed, visceral nature of modern bodycam shooters.

My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.

Why similar: Bullet Time 32.9% ★, Gore 22.1%, Shooter 20.1%, Violent 14.3%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: An acrobatic, stylish shooter that leans heavily into slow-motion gunplay and creative kill chains.

COVEN is a hyper-violent retro FPS where your path of vengeance will take you across time and space. Destroy your enemies and eat their flesh.

Why similar: FPS 22%, Gore 19.3%, Shooter 14.5%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Violent 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, gore-filled boomer-shooter with a female protagonist that captures the same gritty intensity as the seed game.

The A.C.E.S. Once the watchful guardians of Switchblade City - are being taken down, one by one. Now it's up to one man, with two fists, to get to the bottom of it all. Fallen Aces is a crime noir FPS that plays right out of the '90s and looks like it's right outta the comics.

Why similar: Noir 27.5%, FPS 24%, Gore 17.3%, Shooter 14.4%, Violent 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A noir-inspired immersive sim that delivers brutal, up-close combat with a distinct, stylized aesthetic.

Get ready to put a sizable dent in the profits of megacorporations in Deadlink, a guns-blazing cyberpunk FPS with roguelite elements. Your mission is to conduct covert ops while piloting a humanoid combat shell. And no, "covert" doesn’t mean "quiet."

Why similar: FPS 41.7%, Shooter 29.3%, First-Person 19%, Action 5.8%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, cyberpunk-themed FPS that emphasizes aggressive movement and high-speed combat loops.

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: FPS 30.1%, Shooter 20%, Gore 14.7%, First-Person 10.5%, Violent 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A visceral, retro-inspired shooter that excels at making every shot feel impactful and satisfyingly gory.

Beyond Citadel is an anime style retro throwback shooter inspired by the classics of the 90's, with realistic gunplay mechanics, anime violence and fast paced combat. Fight your way through the heavily armed mechanical fortress and discover the secret that lies beneath.

Why similar: FPS 27.3%, Gore 20%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Shooter 17.2%, First-Person 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced FPS with a female protagonist that focuses on fluid movement and relentless combat encounters.

An adrenaline-rush sci-fi FPS. A HYPER UNIT ASKA is sent on a suicide mission to rescue citizens' COREs from MOEBIUS, an orbital city turned into a deadly trap. Dive into cybernetic warfare, face the ENGINEERS, and uncover the secrets of METAL EDEN.

Why similar: FPS 22.7%, Shooter 17.4%, Gore 12.3%, Realistic 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane, cyberpunk-themed shooter that focuses on spectacle and rapid-fire combat.

The Cleaner is a hardcore die 'n' retry inspired by John Wick, Hotline Miami and SuperHot. You control a highly-trained " cleaner " with a unique power. No cliché storyline, no cutscenes, start the game and play.

Why similar: Gore 20.9%, FPS 19.6%, Bullet Time 18% ★, Violent 14.1%, Shooter 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: A violent, action-packed shooter that emphasizes quick reflexes and efficient room-clearing mechanics.

Explore a decaying industrial world left behind in humanity's never-ending race to conquer the stars. Beneath its iron skies, desperate souls kill and steal for passage to the still-plentiful frontier worlds. Sink or swim in this high-octane first-person shooter with immersive sim elements.

Why similar: FPS 40.8%, Female Protagonist 21.9%, Shooter 15.8%, First-Person 13.4%, Action 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, cyberpunk-themed immersive sim that allows for creative, high-speed tactical approaches to combat.

Ultraviolent, fast-paced, merciless retro FPS action. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes, and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth.

Why similar: FPS 29.6%, Gore 20.8%, Shooter 20.6%, First-Person 13.7%, 1990's 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, fast-paced shooter that captures the same sense of chaotic, high-stakes violence found in modern FPS titles.

Hit Zero: Chronos is a 2D shooter game. You’re given the power to control time, time moves only when you move! Use your time stopping powers to erase every enemies in the area.

Why similar: Assassins 25.5% ★, Bullet Time 24.9% ★, Gore 15.3%, Violent 10.3%, Shooter 10%

Why You'll Like It: A focused, bullet-time heavy shooter that prioritizes gore and fast-paced action sequences.

SharpShooter3D is a first-person subculture shooter in the best old school traditions. Burn! Destroy! Kill! Kill! Kill!

Why similar: Crime 23.2%, FPS 18.1%, Shooter 12.6%, First-Person 8.4%, Violent 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, first-person shooter that focuses on precision and aggressive movement in tight corridors.

Punch enemies, take their weapons, and switch combat styles on the fly. Blend combat skills and movement into hectic first-person gun-fu based on three movesets for punches, melee weapons and firearms.

Why similar: FPS 28.1%, Noir 21.2%, Shooter 15.6%, Dark 8.5%, First-Person 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An arena-style shooter that emphasizes spectacle-fighter mechanics within a gritty, cyberpunk environment.

Join BRUTAL JOHN and BRUTAL DOG in a ultraviolent old-school FPS set in a world overrun by crypto-mining technologies, where it’s up to you to destroy them and reclaim control. Prepare for an adrenaline ride that pays homage to the best shooters of the '90s.

Why similar: FPS 26.2%, Gore 23.3%, Shooter 18.1%, Violent 15.4%, First-Person 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A gore-focused, retro-inspired shooter that leans into the same over-the-top, violent aesthetic as the seed game.

Mr. Fast is a top-down shooting game with a bullet time twist! Enemy's time moves more slowly than yours. You're fast enough and you can kill others with one shot.

Why similar: Bullet Time 22.5% ★, Crime 18.7%, Noir 15.6%, Gore 10.9%, Assassins 9.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: A stylish, noir-inspired shooter that utilizes bullet-time to emphasize the speed and lethality of the protagonist.

Execute ultra-violent raids in 1970s casino hotels. Take down the Las Vegas mob as a drug super-powered hitman in physics-fueled top-down close combat

Why similar: Bullet Time 24.9% ★, Crime 17.1%, Noir 15.8%, Shooter 12.5%, Violent 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, bullet-time heavy shooter that demands high precision and quick decision-making under pressure.

Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.

Why similar: Assassins 27.6% ★, Bullet Time 27.4% ★, Gore 18.8%, Violent 12.2%, Shooter 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A violent, action-heavy shooter that features a focus on bullet-time and cinematic takedowns.

Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!

Why similar: Bullet Time 26.1% ★, FPS 19.4%, Gore 13.9%, Shooter 12.9%, Violent 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled shooter that incorporates bullet-time mechanics to manage its fast-paced, overwhelming combat scenarios.

An unique blend of retro-fps, metroidvania and adventure. Escape the cyber afterlife you've been trapped into, hop between realities and shoot your way out with the help of your new allies. But are they really your friends? The Arena conspiracy goes deeper than you could possibly imagine...

Why similar: FPS 33.8%, Shooter 16.5%, Dark 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, First-Person 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired arena shooter that provides intense, fast-paced combat encounters similar to the seed game's pacing.

Bright Memory: Infinite is an all-new lightning-fast fusion of the FPS and action genres, created by FYQD-Studio. Combine a wide variety of skills and abilities to unleash dazzling combo attacks.

Why similar: FPS 25.9%, Female Protagonist 21.6%, Shooter 13.1%, Gore 12.5%, Violent 7.7%

HARD BULLET is a physics-based action game, where enemies flood the neon-lit city bringing destruction to its streets. Use slow-motion, a huge arsenal, and brutal combat to survive and unlock new weapons. Prepare for the next RIDE by mastering your skills in Sandbox and Arena modes.

Why similar: Bullet Time 27.4% ★, Shooter 17.5%, Violent 16.8%, Gore 15.1%, First-Person 9.7%

A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements

Why similar: FPS 22%, Gore 21%, Shooter 18.2%, First-Person 15.2%, Violent 11.4%

A Night in Berlin is a narrative-driven third-person shooter featuring brutal fast-paced gameplay in a dark and atmospheric world.

Why similar: Bullet Time 26.1% ★, Crime 22.6%, Shooter 15%, Assassins 8.8% ★, Gore 8.3%

Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.

Why similar: FPS 30.1%, Shooter 16.5%, Violent 15.3%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, First-Person 9.7%

Explore your decaying mind in this story driven retro survival horror FPS. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and fight your way back to the living.

Why similar: FPS 21.8%, Violent 20.5%, First-Person 17.5%, Shooter 17.2%, Female Protagonist 14.4%

High Hell is a neon-soaked, arcade-action first-person shooter from Terri Vellmann (Heavy Bullets) and Doseone (Enter the Gungeon, Gang Beasts).

Why similar: FPS 31.1%, Gore 16.7%, Shooter 15.1%, Violent 12.5%, First-Person 11%

Dead Second is the award-winning rail-shooter inspired by arcade classics like Time Crisis. Easy to learn but hard to master, use the 'Dead Second' bullet time system to take down enemies with high fidelity impact physics reactions. Experience intense shootouts and gunplay unlike any game before it!

Why similar: FPS 22.1%, Assassins 21.6% ★, Shooter 17.6%, Bullet Time 14.5% ★, Violent 7.1%

This is a TPS game. Shooting, fighting, dress-up, puzzle solving, and more. In the future, a special germ causes humans to be constantly infected and mutated. The protagonist, Jodi, is a brave journalist who goes on her way to find the legendary antidote and is in danger.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.6%, Assassins 22.9% ★, Shooter 21.2%, Realistic 14.1%, Action 4.5%

Meatgrinder is a chaotic and fast-paced FPS. Use agility and guns to jump your way through insane levels on top of speeding trucks, trains and planes. No cutscenes or storylines, just pure action.

Why similar: FPS 31.5%, Shooter 24.5%, Gore 23.6%, 1990's 8.8%, Combat 6.9%

Become an elite SWAT commander and bring order to a city overwhelmed by chaos and corruption.

Why similar: FPS 22.8%, Realistic 17.5%, Crime 15%, Shooter 14.5%, Gore 8.9%

A rogue AI is hell-bent on destroying its creators and has swept you up in its plans. Use your superhuman abilities to run, jump, slide, and pull hundreds of objects as projectile weapons to blast everything in your path in this funny and chaotic first-person telekinetic brawler, STOP DEAD.

Why similar: FPS 33.2%, Shooter 23.6%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, First-Person 14.8%, Action 4.3%

Corporations turned crime-infested streets into profit margins for bounty hunters and John Sawyer is going to make a killing. Hunt, die, upgrade, repeat in this explosive roguelite prequel where every strategic upgrade strips away more flesh and builds a cybernetic fighter one chrome limb at a time.

Why similar: Gore 38.8%, Violent 30.9%, Action 13.9%, Combat 12.2%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Cyberpunk first-person shooter with a rich story and RPG elements. You are Lucy, an enhanced street samurai searching for lost memories. Fight in large, open, interactive levels overtaken by yakuza, zombies, robots and bosses!

Why similar: FPS 39.1%, Shooter 28.3%, First-Person 18.1%, 1990's 8.7%, Action 5.8%

ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.

Why similar: FPS 36.1%, Gore 34.9%, Shooter 14.7%, First-Person 9.1%, Action 2.6%

Become a Hired Gun. The money’s good, the dog’s loyal, and the gun’s reliable. Embark on a fast-paced, violent, and thrilling FPS set in the darkest reaches of Warhammer 40,000’s most infamous hive city.

Why similar: FPS 25.1%, Gore 20%, Shooter 18.3%, Violent 12.5%, First-Person 10.3%

A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into “the life” by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.

Why similar: Gore 37.1%, Violent 25.5%, Combat 13.2%, Action 12%, 3D 5.2%

NYC 2055: a city beyond salvation. Blast your way through this dense cyberpunk jungle in NEON INFERNO, an explosive fusion of 2D run-and-gun and gallery-shooter, and help the Family dominate its streets!

Why similar: Assassins 35.5% ★, Bullet Time 31.7% ★, Shooter 14.1%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Action 3.2%

A short but relentless first-person shooter featuring manual reloading, walking, and blinking, with settings that let you customize your experience.

Why similar: FPS 22.6%, Gore 19%, Shooter 16.1%, Realistic 13.3%, First-Person 9.5%

Fast paced Bullet hell Roguelite FPS 🔴 Fight relentless machines driven by a hostile AI. Escape an endless cycle. Craft infinite weapon variants with deep gun modding. Forge deadly synergies. Carve your way out through enviro destruction /BREAK THE SYSTEM /BREAK FREE

Why similar: FPS 38%, Shooter 26.5%, First-Person 15.2%, Combat 11.9%, Action 4.8%

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: FPS 35.8%, Shooter 19.4%, Gore 15.3%, Violent 10.8%, First-Person 6.4%

You are Killer Bean, a rogue assassin coffee bean, who takes out the trash in this world, one bullet at a time. This is a first person / third person action roguelike.

Why similar: Bullet Time 38.3% ★, FPS 26.3%, Shooter 18.6%, First-Person 10.7%, Action 3.5%

Get ready to kill drug dealers, crime bosses and anyone who stands in your way as you seek revenge for your father’s murder. The Slater is a story-driven first-person stealth-action-puzzle game that puts you in the shoes of a former cop Mark Slater.

Why similar: Assassins 28% ★, Crime 15%, Gore 13.5%, Violent 13.3%, Shooter 7.2%

In RED NIGHT, you play as Tess and face a demonic artificial intelligence in a horror anthology game. Each level explores a universal fear through unique and chilling worlds.

Why similar: FPS 34.9%, Shooter 15.1%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Realistic 13.5%, First-Person 6.1%

An immersive FPS adventure set in a dark and surreal sci-fi world

Why similar: Crime 34.7%, FPS 29.9%, Shooter 14.3%, First-Person 7.5%, Violent 7.2%

Slay to the rhythm of metal and vengeance on an infernal journey through the eight Hells. Make them fear the beat. Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm FPS bursting with demons, badass weapons, and heavy metal music.

Why similar: FPS 26.4%, Shooter 17.9%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, First-Person 10.5%, Dark 8%

Slick, stylish and brutal, 3D Cyberpunk Shooter. Located in a dystopian future, you'll experience the intertwined stories of three different characters, each with their own abilities, playstyles, strengths and weaknesses. Kill or die, learn and repeat before you unveil the secrets of Esse Proxy.

Why similar: Bullet Time 42% ★, Gore 24.3%, Violent 23.1%, Action 3.9%, 3D 3.5%

You are Marie, a cyborg mercenary dropped into the rot of a post-Soviet city of corruption and opportunity. Shoot, sneak, hack, climb or talk your way through alt-history cyberpunk Poland in an immersive sim where every problem has multiple solutions and every rooftop is reachable.

Why similar: FPS 52.3%, First-Person 18.9%, Dark 17.9%, Action 6.1%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Time Recoil is a top-down shooter with a slow motion twist! Punch through walls guns blazing while time slows down! See your enemies drop down like flies - and save the world from a mad scientist dictator!

Why similar: Bullet Time 32.5% ★, Gore 18.2%, Shooter 15.6%, Violent 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.1%

Gravelord is a fast-paced boomer shooter voiced by a badass protagonist featuring hand-crafted levels filled with secrets and hordes of enemies to kill. Dish out some brutal carnage with powerful guns and collect Tarot Cards to gain even more killing power. Let's put the fun back in funeral!

Why similar: FPS 35.7%, Shooter 22.2%, First-Person 15.3%, Gore 10.6%, Action 5.4%

"Kill The Crows" is a fast-paced top-down arena shooter set in the twisted western world. A gunslinger burning with vengeance steps into the ruins of a forsaken town, ready to face death. Prepare for one-shot, one-kill gunfights using classic revolvers and fanning techniques.

Why similar: Bullet Time 50.8% ★, Female Protagonist 29.5%, Shooter 9.7%, Action 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%