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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Difficult, Gore, Indie.

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One-hit kill die-retry murderballet. Left for dead by a colorful band of bandits: you will chain killing sprees to exact revenge on the treacherous Mr. Black Wolf. Improvise your kills with utterly everything you can get your hands on: from carrots to plasma guns.

Reviews: Very Positive — 90% — of 307 reviews
Released: 2021-03-12
Developer: Paper Cult
Genres: Action, Indie
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 2.6 hrs
Mean playtime: 7.6 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 78%

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    97% matchVery Positive88% of 2,119 reviews2020
    Dev: RetrificPub: Headup
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum! Colt Canyon is a stylish pixel art shooter with roguelike elements and real-time combat where you save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits.

    Why similar: Western 58.1%, Gore 12%, Fast-Paced 10.5%, Violent 6%, Top-Down Shooter 5.9%

  2. #2 Kill The Crows
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,153 reviews2023
    Dev: 5minlab Corp.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    "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: Western 52.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Beat 'em up 9.3%, Arcade 6.8%, Action 4.6%

  3. #3 West of Dead
    96% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,221 reviews2020
    Dev: Upstream ArcadePub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Descend into the grim and gritty world of Purgatory in this cover-based shooter which combines the fluidity of twin-stick controls and tactical cover usage. Dodge behind cover as you try to outgun your enemies in the unknown procedurally generated hunting grounds.

    Why similar: Western 40.9%, Fast-Paced 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Difficult 15.8%, Action 3%

  4. #4 APE OUT
    95% matchVery Positive95% of 4,112 reviews2019
    Dev: Gabe CuzzilloPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

    Why similar: Fast-Paced 15.2%, Beat 'em up 14%, Gore 13.1%, Violent 12.6%, Soundtrack 11.8%

  5. #5 Dead Dust
    94% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2018
    Dev: HugePixel, Diedemor studioPub: HugePixel
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%

    The game "Dead Dust" take place in the Wild West saturated with cowboy romance, gunpower smell, endless prairies and crazy gunfights of course. The main character, a tireless bounty hunter with name Shlango receives a letter from an influential person, who have his own many Saloons over all Wild West.

    Why similar: Western 44.9%, Violent 28.2%, Difficult 8.9%, Top-Down 7.1%, Action 5.9%

  6. #6 Bloody Streets
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 126 reviews2015
    Dev: Headless Wizard
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Bloody Streets is a brutal top-down shooter which will challenge you with areas swarmed by undead in a beautifully stylized and hand painted 2D world complemented by high energy rock music. How long can you survive the sea of monsters while pumping round after round of bullets?

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.1%, Gore 28%, Difficult 24.5%, Action 8.5%

  7. #7 God's Trigger
    93% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,003 reviews2019
    Dev: One More LevelPub: Techland Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Slay enemies with speed and precision in an over-the-top show of blood and explosions. Play solo or with others, make split-second decisions, dodge bullets, and use weapons and abilities to inflict violence in the most graphic way possible.

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Hack and Slash 22%, Difficult 21.9%, Top-Down 12.1%, Action-Adventure 7.6%

  8. #8 BUTCHER
    92% matchVery Positive86% of 1,408 reviews2016
    Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Crunching Koalas
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.

    Why similar: Gore 38.9%, Violent 23.1%, Difficult 22.6%, Action 7.8%, Arcade 2.3%

  9. #9 Suit for Hire
    90% matchVery Positive93% of 3,292 reviews2025
    Dev: Godmode Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%

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

    Why similar: Fast-Paced 18.7%, Gore 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Violent 13.8%, Beat 'em up 13.6%

  10. #10 Blood Harvest 3
    91% matchMostly Positive75% of 217 reviews2018
    Dev: BekkerDev Studio
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.

    Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.9%, Gore 19.9%, Violent 17.4%, Difficult 17.1%, Action 10.6%

  11. #11 CROSSBOW: Bloodnight
    91% matchMostly Positive75% of 523 reviews2020
    Dev: Hyperstrange
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    CROSSBOW: Bloodnight is a frantic score-attack arena shooter set in a world of camp horror and gore. Master the occult powers of your automatic crossbow and fight for every second of survival against a relentless demonic horde! Hunt. Die. Hunt again.

    Why similar: Difficult 26.6%, Gore 22.2%, Violent 20.6%, Fast-Paced 14.9%, Arcade 8.4%

  12. #12 Paint the Town Red
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 32,464 reviews2021
    Dev: South East Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.

    Why similar: Gore 34%, Violent 21.8%, Beat 'em up 21%, Difficult 10.8%, Action 4.2%

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    88% matchVery Positive92% of 6,643 reviews2023
    Dev: Brainwash GangPub: Thunderful Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Laika: Aged Through Blood is an action-adventure Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic western world. Play as Laika, a coyote mother and fierce warrior, and carve your motorbike through a land ravaged by betrayal and loss as you uncover dark secrets in the pursuit of vengeance against oppression.

    Why similar: Soundtrack 32.3%, Gore 18.3%, Violent 17.5%, Difficult 17.2%, Arcade 7.8%

  14. #14 One Try, One Kill
    89% matchVery Positive83% of 84 reviews2020
    Dev: Repa GamesPub: KuKo
    Windows

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  15. #15 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
    86% matchVery Positive94% of 79,921 reviews2015
    Dev: Dennaton GamesPub: Devolver Digital
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    87% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2021
    Dev: Jack Goddard
    Windows

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    Dev: E-StudioPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    85% matchVery Positive93% of 426 reviews2016
    Dev: Anarchy Enterprises
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    Dev: PlaySide
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%

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  21. #21 RED HOT VENGEANCE
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,596 reviews2019
    Dev: Bros Before Giraffes
    Windows

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    81% matchVery Positive91% of 302 reviews2026
    Dev: CIRCLEfromDOTPub: PQube
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%

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    83% matchMostly Positive73% of 84 reviews2021
    Dev: Eirik Wiklund
    Windows

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    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,640 reviews2016
    Dev: Hopoo Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  25. #25 My Friend Pedro
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 28,456 reviews2019
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    Windows
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  26. #26 Dead
    82% matchVery Positive91% of 278 reviews2018
    Dev: Alec SmithPub: Milo Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    79% matchVery Positive84% of 10,266 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    79% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2017
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 127,670 reviews2012
    Dev: Dennaton GamesPub: Devolver Digital
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    77% matchVery Positive87% of 111 reviews2017
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  34. #34 BLOODKILL
    76% matchMostly Positive72% of 64 reviews2024
    Dev: SLAM AWAY GAMES
    Windows

    BRUTAL First Person Shooter focused on action, gore, and exploration. Fueled by adrenaline-pumping trap-metal soundtrack.

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    76% matchVery Positive86% of 256 reviews2016
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    Windows
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    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 265 reviews2026
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    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

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    72% matchVery Positive91% of 233 reviews2025
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  38. #38 In Celebration of Violence
    74% matchVery Positive87% of 507 reviews2018
    Dev: Julian Edison
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    73% matchVery Positive88% of 3,191 reviews2017
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    Windows
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    70% matchVery Positive100% of 93 reviews2026
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    70% matchVery Positive90% of 6,662 reviews2023
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    73% matchVery Positive85% of 3,723 reviews2012
    Dev: ArkedoPub: SEGA
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%

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    71% matchMixed70% of 202 reviews2025
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    Blood Running is a stylish extraction shooter where you'll enter the cyber-wasteland, fight off creatures and bandits, loot valuable gear, and venture into the remnants of a world in ruins. Are you willing to bleed to survive, Blood Runner?

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    75% matchMixed62% of 492 reviews2015
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    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    71% matchMixed64% of 684 reviews2025
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    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    74% matchMixed56% of 89 reviews2020
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    71% matchVery Positive85% of 4,533 reviews2017
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    72% matchMostly Positive75% of 77 reviews2017
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    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 228 reviews2018
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  56. #56 Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint
    68% matchMostly Positive72% of 133 reviews2023
    Dev: Hack The PublisherPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac

    Embody a hard-boiled detective seeking bloody justice. in an old-school, Korean-style beat-’em-up. Plow through the criminal underworld to find and punish those responsible for his sister's death...before his mind unravels and his vengeance completely destroys him.

    Why similar: Beat 'em up 40.7%, Gore 14.6%, Hack and Slash 13.8%, Violent 12.5%, Combat 8.1%

  57. #57 Echoes of Red
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 144 reviews2026
    Dev: TERMAX Studios
    Windows

    ECHOES OF RED is a fast-paced roguelite shooter where you can carry unlimited weapons at once, face endless enemies ever stronger and build your perfect custom loadout. OBLITERATE tens of thousands of enemies who dared to challenge you and MAKE THEM REGRET STANDING AGAINST YOU.

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 62.2%, Top-Down 24.1%, Action 8.1%, Singleplayer 5.7%

  58. #58 Biters & Bullets: Prologue
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 358 reviews2022
    Dev: Night Owls
    Windows

    Battle and survive hordes of monsters in this high octane casual game with rogue-lite elements. Defeat bosses, hot-wire cars and stack powerups. How long will you survive?

    Why similar: Top-Down 37%, Combat 20.9%, Gore 15.8%, Action 15.2%, Violent 8.9%

  59. #59 The Hong Kong Massacre
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,028 reviews2019
    Dev: VRESKIPub: Untold Tales
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    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: Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Gore 21%, Violent 19.5%, Difficult 15.8%, Top-Down 11%

  60. #60 STRAFE: Gold Edition
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,455 reviews2017
    Dev: Pixel TitansPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    STRAFE® is the worlds bloodiest roguelike first-person shooter! Featuring mind melting secrets and persistent gore that allows you to paint levels red with the excessive entrails of your enemies. 30+ weapons, 20+ enemies, & a red hot soundtrack.

    Why similar: Soundtrack 22.5%, Gore 21.1%, Fast-Paced 19.9%, Violent 17.8%, Difficult 12.3%

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