- #1 Hotline Miami
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 128,462 reviews2012
Dev: Dennaton GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Why similar: Violent 49.3%, Gore 24%, Action 14%, Indie 8.8%, Shooter 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same top-down, hyper-violent, fast-paced action and gritty tone found in BOMJMAN.
- #2 RUINER
96% matchVery Positive89% of 12,535 reviews2017
Dev: Reikon GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 42.7%, Violent 23.2%, Gore 14.4%, Action 11.2%, Indie 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a grimy, neon-soaked cyberpunk aesthetic combined with brutal, high-octane action.
- #3 My Friend Pedro
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 28,510 reviews2019
Dev: DeadToast EntertainmentPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Violent 32.5%, Gore 23.6%, Action 17.6%, Shooter 9.9%, Indie 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same over-the-top, acrobatic violence and dark humor.
- #4 MULLET MADJACK
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,600 reviews2024
Dev: HAMMER95Pub: Epopeia Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 41.9%, 2.5D 21.5%, Action 14.6%, Shooter 11.5%, Indie 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the fast-paced, high-stakes action and retro-futuristic arcade shooter vibe.
- #5 Anger Foot
94% matchVery Positive93% of 4,140 reviews2024
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Anger Foot is a lightning fast action FPS where the only things harder than your ass kicking feet are the ass kicking beats.
Why similar: Violent 42.1%, Gore 26.3%, Action 13.6%, Shooter 10.7%, Indie 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Leans into the same gritty, fast-moving, and violent urban ass-kicking experience.
- #6 BUTCHER
94% matchVery Positive86% of 1,419 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 33.9%, Violent 32.1%, Action 16.7%, Indie 10%, Shooter 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the same relentless, ultra-violent, 2.5D action and unforgiving difficulty.
- #7 Turbo Overkill
92% matchVery Positive94% of 7,559 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.4 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: Cyberpunk 31.9%, Violent 24.1%, Gore 15.8%, Action 12.2%, Shooter 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the intense, over-the-top gore and fast-paced cyberpunk shooter gameplay.
- #8 NOT A HERO
93% matchVery Positive87% of 2,052 reviews2016
Dev: Roll7Pub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.
Why similar: Gore 29.9%, Violent 23.1%, Action 21.2%, Indie 14.2%, Shooter 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines quirky anti-hero themes with chaotic, cover-based shooter action.
- #9 Katana ZERO
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 76,196 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 34.7%, Violent 27.5%, Action 15.1%, Gore 14.6%, Indie 8%
Why You'll Like It: Features stylish, fast-paced action and a dark, neo-noir narrative.
- #10 RoboCop: Rogue City
90% matchVery Positive87% of 37,597 reviews2023
Dev: TeyonPub: Nacon
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Become the legendary part man, part machine, all cop hero and deliver justice in Old Detroit.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 30.2%, Violent 27.2%, Gore 21.6%, Action 12.5%, Shooter 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Puts you in the boots of an unstoppable urban law enforcer cleaning up a cyberpunk city.
- #11 Mother Russia Bleeds
91% matchVery Positive87% of 5,422 reviews2016
Dev: Le Cartel StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
Why similar: Violent 32.6%, Beat 'em up 28.4%, Gore 24%, Action 9.4%, Indie 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses players in a gritty, ultra-violent brawler with a dark urban atmosphere.
- #12 Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,721 reviews2023
Dev: Team Reptile
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is 1 second per second of advanced funkstyle. Battle rival crews and dispatch militarized police to conquer the five boroughs of New Amsterdam. Become All City.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 51.3%, Action 22.3%, 3D Platformer 20.3%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: Features vibrant urban rebellion and parkour-heavy movement through a stylized city.
- #13 Post Void
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,413 reviews2020
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
Why similar: Violent 62.8%, Action 19.3%, Shooter 17.9%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same hyper-fast, adrenaline-fueled, and chaotic indie shooter experience.
- #14 DEADBOLT
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,647 reviews2016
Dev: Hopoo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.
Why similar: Gore 33.7%, Violent 25.2%, Action 17.2%, Indie 15.6%, Shooter 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends tactical stealth with brutal, fast-paced action and a dark urban underworld setting.
- #15 The Hong Kong Massacre
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,045 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: Violent 36.4%, Gore 24.6%, 2.5D 11.7%, Action 11.6%, Shooter 8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers gritty, top-down gunplay focused on raw action and cinematic violence.
- #16 Redeemer: Enhanced Edition
86% matchVery Positive88% of 3,202 reviews2017
Dev: Sobaka StudioPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition is a brutal close-quarters brawler. Punch, crush, shoot, and use the environment to destroy enemies. Master deep melee combat, execute savage finishers, and fight for redemption as Vasily, a former elite operative hunted by a cybernetic corporation.
Why similar: Violent 31.4%, Beat 'em up 25.5%, Gore 21.3%, Action 12.4%, Indie 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal top-down brawler focused on taking down criminal elements with extreme prejudice.
- #17 12 is Better Than 6
86% matchVery Positive84% of 10,333 reviews2015
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The story puts you in the shoes of escaped slave fleeing to the United States in 1873.
Why similar: Violent 30.1%, Action 27%, Gore 20.5%, Shooter 13.8%, Indie 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a gritty, violent indie action style with rough-around-the-edges charm.
- #18 Trepang2
82% matchVery Positive93% of 19,704 reviews2023
Dev: Trepang StudiosPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Violent 41.3%, Gore 29.2%, Shooter 12.3%, Action 11.4%, Indie 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers explosive, high-octane violence and an overpowered protagonist tearing through enemies.
- #19 Roombo: First Blood
85% matchVery Positive87% of 419 reviews2019
Dev: Samurai Punk
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Roombo: First Blood is a comedic, top-down, stealth-action game about being a robot vacuum cleaner and fending off burglars from your home. A short, experimental game and the first in the JUSTICE SUCKS series.
Why similar: Violent 51.8%, Gore 24.8%, Action 16.3%, Indie 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers surprisingly violent, dark comedic action from a unique perspective.
- #20 Cyber Hook
83% matchVery Positive95% of 4,196 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing StickPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Speed through a gorgeous retrowave world using parkour skills and a grappling hook to scale and ride walls in this fast-paced, 3D platformer. Blast enemies, manipulate time and abuse physics to avoid falling to your death.
Why similar: Action 30%, 3D Platformer 29.7%, Indie 24.2%, Shooter 16.2%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the fast-paced, neon-drenched movement and action of futuristic platforming.
- #21 Furi
84% matchVery Positive90% of 14,080 reviews2016
Dev: The Game Bakers
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The jailer is the key, kill him and you’ll be free. Fight your way free in this ultra-responsive, fast-paced sword-fighting and dual-stick shooting game.
Why similar: Violent 30.6%, Cyberpunk 28.1%, Beat 'em up 24.8%, Action 9.9%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on intense, unyielding boss fights and a striking stylized aesthetic.
- #22 Hard Reset Redux
84% matchVery Positive81% of 2,393 reviews2016
Dev: Flying Wild HogPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hard Reset Redux is an action-packed and hardcore single-player shooter which embraces the best qualities that the genre has it offer. It includes over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety, a challenging campaign and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 55.5%, Action 30.9%, Shooter 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a heavy, mechanical cyberpunk shooter experience with plenty of explosions.
- #23 Serial Cleaner
82% matchVery Positive84% of 4,290 reviews2017
Dev: Draw DistancePub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Slip on your flares, grab your shades and hop in your station wagon, it's time to work… as a professional mob cleaner. In this stylish award winning 2D action-stealth game you have to make sure you get in, clean up and get out without leaving a trace - Queue the funky 70s inspired soundtrack!
Why similar: Gore 48.7%, Action 29.7%, Indie 21.5%
Why You'll Like It: Explores the criminal underbelly of a city with a quirky, stylized indie perspective.
- #24 Blood West
79% matchVery Positive90% of 6,740 reviews2023
Dev: HyperstrangePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
Why similar: Action 53.6%, Shooter 46.4%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a dark, gritty atmosphere with intense first-person combat against corrupt forces.
- #25 Akane
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,909 reviews2018
Dev: Ludic Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. Akane is an arena arcade slasher. Take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 32.9%, Violent 27.5%, Gore 19.6%, Action 10.7%, Indie 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, one-hit-kill arcade action game with a heavy cyberpunk aesthetic.
- #26 Freedom Finger
81% matchVery Positive93% of 160 reviews2019
Dev: Wide Right Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Freedom Finger is a music driven, side-scrolling shooter that sends you blasting and punching through 40 levels of bat$#!% crazy action. Starring Nolan North, John DiMaggio, and Sam Riegel! Soundtrack by Aesop Rock, Red Fang, Com Truise, Power Trip, Ty Segall, and many more!
Why similar: Action 39.1%, Indie 31.8%, Shooter 29.1%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the irreverent, over-the-top humor and chaotic action of low-budget indie passion projects.
- #27 Shank
80% matchVery Positive90% of 4,069 reviews2010
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Shank is the cult-classic revival of the sidescrolling beat-em-up. Play as Shank in an over-the-top grindhouse game, packed to the rim with enemies, bosses, combos, and more by the award-winning team at Klei Entertainment.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 40.7%, Action 20.6%, Gore 16.3%, Indie 11.8%, Violent 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic violent brawler featuring gritty comic-book visuals and relentless combat.
- #28 BrebeMan
75% matchVery Positive100% of 119 reviews2026
Dev: MetaFormingProPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Save the world with breakbeats.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #29 SharpShooter3D
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,285 reviews2023
Dev: HeadHunters games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
SharpShooter3D is a first-person subculture shooter in the best old school traditions. Burn! Destroy! Kill! Kill! Kill!
Why similar: Violent 57.2%, Action 23.4%, Shooter 19.4%
- #30 POSTAL Redux
78% matchVery Positive92% of 8,283 reviews2016
Dev: Running With Scissors
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
POSTAL Redux is a high definition remake of the classic dark and surreal twin-stick isometric shooter. Take control of The POSTAL Dude as he fights to survive in a world gone mad with violence.
Why similar: Violent 46%, Gore 36.6%, Action 9.6%, Shooter 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same raw, unhinged, and unapologetically violent indie shooter experience.
- #31 Shank 2
79% matchVery Positive82% of 3,633 reviews2012
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automatic weapons, chainsaws, machetes, grenades, plus all-new weaponry and moves to use in order to...
Why similar: Beat 'em up 42.3%, Action 21%, Gore 16%, Indie 9.2%, Violent 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the brutal beat-em-up mechanics and gritty tone of the original.
- #32 The Mercury Man
77% matchVery Positive83% of 594 reviews2018
Dev: Mehsoft
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
The Mercury Man is an isometric game in the action genre with some adventure elements. It is set in the far grim dark future of its unique sci-fi world.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 42.2%, Violent 20.9%, Indie 20.4%, Action 16.5%
- #33 Star Fetchers
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,394 reviews2020
Dev: Svavelstickan
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Why similar: Violent 29.1%, Action 20.2%, Gore 17.6%, Indie 16.8%, Cyberpunk 16.3%
- #34 Tokyo 42
78% matchMixed69% of 677 reviews2017
Dev: SMAC GamesPub: Mode 7
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Tokyo 42 is a hyper-stylish isometric open-world shooter. Framed for a murder you didn't commit, you'll delve into a world of assassins, deadly corporate intrigue and cats. Explore this beautifully hand-crafted micro Tokyo and discover its secrets.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 54.1%, Action 21.9%, Indie 14.6%, Shooter 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers stylish isometric action set in a vibrant, futuristic cyberpunk city.
- #35 BRUTAL JOHN 2
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 628 reviews2025
Dev: OldSchool Laws Team
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Violent 44%, Gore 31%, Action 13.7%, Shooter 11.3%
- #36 Run Dude
77% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Skull Box Games
Windows
Hardcore, bloody platformer with a simple dude.
Why similar: Violent 41.7%, Gore 27.5%, Action 17.7%, Indie 13.1%
- #37 Street Cleaner: The Video Game
76% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2021
Dev: Creaky Lantern Games
Windows
From the dark streets of San Diego to the deepest depths of the criminal underworld, control the Street Cleaner as he takes down outlaw scum in search of justice.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 40.3%, Action 35.3%, Indie 24.4%
- #38 Shotgun Cop Man
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 709 reviews2025
Dev: DeadToast EntertainmentPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 57%
GO TO HELL, ARREST SATAN. Propel yourself to justice and glory on a journey through hell in this punchy, crunchy, son-of-a-gun precision platformer from the creator of My Friend Pedro.
Why similar: Action 53.6%, Shooter 41.3%, Indie 5%
- #39 Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk FPS
72% matchVery Positive91% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk FPS is a brutal, funny, bloody FPS game with an advanced gore system. Featuring 15 beautiful levels, a variety of weapons and a deeply engaging story that follows the journey of a young man and his friend tackling on a criminal underground to give his AI wife a real body.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 50.6%, Action 20.5%, Shooter 14.2%, Violent 8.7%, Gore 6%
- #40 Rampage Miami
74% matchVery Positive86% of 236 reviews2019
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Find yourself diving into a retro-futuristic city infested with bad guys!
Why similar: Violent 41.1%, Cyberpunk 34.4%, Action 14.2%, Shooter 5.4%, Indie 4.9%
- #41 BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,216 reviews2019
Dev: Big Way Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
BDSM is the first satirical action RPG where you get to play Lou, Satan’s son! Get some booze, kill the traitors, save Hell and rescue the hottest demoness from the clutches of those nasty people and mega-corporations!
Why similar: Violent 63.7%, Gore 24%, Shooter 12.3%
- #42 Night Jackal: Blood Debt
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Nothing Rhymes With EntertainmentPub: DOSMan Games
Windows
A masked vigilante seeks revenge, unravels a conspiracy, and teeters on the edge of sanity in this retro-inspired boomer shooter.
Why similar: Violent 39.5%, Action 27.9%, Shooter 17.3%, Gore 15.4%
- #43 Skibidi Toilet Hero
70% matchVery Positive86% of 989 reviews2023
Dev: Skibidi Toilet GamesPub: U.S.A. Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Fast-Paced ULTRAKILL and DOOM like game where you are playing as the last Cameraman, who has to fight off the army of Skibidi Toilets using various weapons and cheerful music 🚽 (And little bit of pure brainrot)
Why similar: Action 51.1%, Shooter 39.2%, Indie 9.7%
- #44 Weird Hero
74% matchMixed68% of 209 reviews2016
Dev: Snail-Ninja Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Weird Hero is a humorous and challenging shoot'em up where the hero, SuperMegaDude, battles countless foes with his arsenal of weird weapons: the Flickinator, the Atomic Toaster, a magician's hat and other strange devices.
Why similar: Action 54%, Indie 29.5%, Shooter 16.5%
- #45 Geeksos
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 60 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Survive in a city controlled by a game corporation. Residents have to buy DLC for every unfinished product, developers are forced to make endless sequels, and lootboxes are now sold even at the grocery store. Stop the madness or join it in the cybernetic stealth-shooter Geeksos.
Why similar: Violent 41.8%, Cyberpunk 23.3%, Action 13.5%, Gore 10.8%, Indie 10.6%
- #46 Gori: Cuddly Carnage
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,810 reviews2024
Dev: Angry Demon StudioPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humanity has been destroyed - and it's up to Gori, along with his deadly but wise-cracking sentient hoverboard, F.R.A.N.K, and morose AI companion, CH1-P, to shred and slay the evil Adorable Army!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 42.8%, Gore 36.4%, Action 11.5%, 3D Platformer 9.3%
- #47 Bullshot
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 282 reviews2016
Dev: GATO STUDIO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Help Frank F. Franky fight the evil cardesians, zombies & robots while setting your arrested friends free. Bullshot is a run 'n gun game that tries to recover the essence of the 90s classics, such as Abuse, Contra or the Metal Slug sagas.
Why similar: Action 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #48 Dark Light
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 752 reviews2022
Dev: Mirari&Co.
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 31.2%, Violent 24.6%, Gore 21.5%, Action 13.1%, Indie 5.7%
- #49 Deadliest Pigeon
66% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: Rusty RexPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Unleash total destruction to avenge the little chick! Soar through chaos, weaponize yourself to obliterate physics-based enemies and everything in your path.
Why similar: Violent 30.3%, Action 24.7%, Shooter 19.4%, Gore 19%, Indie 6.6%
- #50 Blood Harvest 3
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 219 reviews2018
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Violent 30.4%, Action 28.5%, Gore 21.7%, Indie 19.5%
- #51 Neon City Riders
70% matchVery Positive81% of 68 reviews2020
Dev: Mecha Studios
Windows
Explore a decaying futuristic city in this action adventure experience. Search for items, unlock superpowers, recruit companions, and free every turf from ruthless gangs to unite the people once again.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #52 Boet Fighter
69% matchVery Positive88% of 118 reviews2019
Dev: Califourways
Windows
BOET FIGHTER is a mega-schweet faaghting video game where Hard Eddy and his taaghtest charnas must moer all of Fourways in the face, as they faaght to reclaim his stolen binnet! It's got creatine, vaalence and house beats, boet!
Why similar: Violent 65.3%, Action 19.9%, Indie 14.8%
- #53 Tokyo Underground Killer
64% matchVery Positive89% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Phoenix Game ProductionsPub: 3DM Games
Windows
Dive into the neon-drenched deep underground of Tokyo as Kobayashi, a deadly assassin who harnesses the power of blood energy. Use your sword, mystical abilities and powerful weapons to assassinate highly dangerous maniacs and stop the invasion of the brutal Flatliners terrorizing Tokyo.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 53.2%, Action 20%, Shooter 16.1%, Indie 10.7%
- #54 Zombotron
67% matchVery Positive89% of 3,631 reviews2019
Dev: Ant.Karlov Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Fight to survive on a mysterious alien planet, outwit its vicious inhabitants, and do whatever it takes to find a way off that wretched rock.
Why similar: Action 43.1%, Shooter 29.5%, Indie 27.5%
- #55 SturmFront - The Mutant War: Übel Edition
69% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Andrade Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Arcade action game in the vein of Commando, Ikari Warriors and Shock Troopers, mixed with bullet hell elements. You play as an experimental cyborg battle unit fighting against unrelenting mutant hordes to a soundtrack of aggressive heavy metal and psychedelic electronica.
Why similar: Violent 40.6%, Gore 26.7%, Action 19.7%, Indie 13%
- #56 ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN
61% matchVery Positive88% of 2,202 reviews2026
Dev: GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Paint the screen red and travel the cosmos in this bloodstained action adventure game! Witness the latest from Grasshopper Manufacture: the advent of ULTRA-VIOLENT SCIENCE FICTION!
Why similar: Violent 44%, Gore 28.2%, Action 27.8%
- #57 Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
68% matchVery Positive85% of 3,731 reviews2012
Dev: ArkedoPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.
Why similar: Action 43.8%, Gore 33.2%, Violent 19.2%, Indie 3.8%
- #58 Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 134 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 39%, Violent 24%, Gore 17.5%, Action 16.5%, Indie 3%
- #59 Skeleton Boomerang
67% matchVery Positive96% of 186 reviews2017
Dev: Skeleboom ProjectPub: Artisano
Windows
Skeleton Boomerang is a platformer where the hero, Hunter, must use an enchanted boomerang to put an end to an army of bony soldiers led by the voodoo master Mr. Saturday. Get high scores, collect upgrades, find secrets, and overcome many skeletal challenges!
Why similar: Action 59.3%, Indie 40.7%
- #60 Bannerman
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 152 reviews2017
Dev: Armitage Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Bannerman is a gritty and atmospheric medieval action/adventure with a bleak narrative and focus on historically accurate, challenging skill-based swordfighting!
Why similar: Violent 45.8%, Gore 29%, Action 14.4%, Indie 10.7%