- #1 WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,966 reviews2024
Dev: KillPixel GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 35.6% ★, FPS 12.5%, Gore 9.1%, Retro 9%, Violent 8.1%
- #2 Turbo Overkill
96% matchVery Positive94% of 7,490 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Boomer Shooter 34.9% ★, FPS 14.2%, Fast-Paced 13.2%, Gore 7.4%, Shooter 6.8%
- #3 INCISION
96% matchVery Positive86% of 1,121 reviews2025
Dev: SmoothBrainDevPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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: Boomer Shooter 36% ★, FPS 12.2%, Old School 11.9%, Gore 10.4%, Retro 9.2%
- #4 CULTIC
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,626 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.6 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: Boomer Shooter 41.8% ★, FPS 12.9%, Old School 11.2%, Gore 7.6%, Shooter 7.5%
- #5 DUSK
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,449 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: Boomer Shooter 31.5% ★, Fast-Paced 13.7%, FPS 11.1%, Gore 8.2%, Retro 8.2%
- #6 Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
94% matchVery Positive90% of 18,097 reviews2023
Dev: Auroch DigitalPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 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: Boomer Shooter 45.6% ★, FPS 12.9%, Old School 7.6%, Retro 7.6%, Gore 6.5%
- #7 Forgive Me Father 2
93% matchVery Positive82% of 2,445 reviews2024
Dev: Byte BarrelPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey into the darkest nightmares to restore your sanity. Blast your way through hordes of possessed enemies, unlock an arsenal of deadly weapons and unearthly abilities, and get ready to face even more Lovecraftian madness in this action-packed FPS sequel.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 35.5% ★, FPS 13.9%, Fast-Paced 13.2%, Violent 8%, Retro 7.4%
- #8 Dread Templar
92% matchVery Positive82% of 1,731 reviews2023
Dev: T19 GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Boomer Shooter 31.8% ★, Fast-Paced 14.9%, FPS 9.4%, Gore 8.1%, Old School 7.7%
- #9 Hellbound
91% matchMixed64% of 1,521 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: Boomer Shooter 20% ★, Gore 11.9%, Fast-Paced 10.7%, Violent 10.3%, FPS 9.9%
- #10 Project Warlock II
90% matchVery Positive81% of 1,355 reviews2025
Dev: Buckshot SoftwarePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Boomer Shooter 36.5% ★, Old School 10.9%, Gore 9.9%, FPS 9.6%, Arena Shooter 9.4%
- #11 Maximum Action
91% matchVery Positive89% of 3,897 reviews2018
Dev: George MandellPub: Balloon Moose Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Fast-Paced 19.2%, Gore 17.2%, FPS 13.5%, Violent 12.8%, Old School 10.8%
- #12 ULTRAKILL
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 241,591 reviews2020
Dev: Arsi "Hakita" PatalaPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 33.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Boomer Shooter 28.9% ★, Fast-Paced 20.1%, Gore 13%, FPS 11.2%, Arena Shooter 9.8%
- #13 Prodeus
89% matchVery Positive92% of 8,193 reviews2022
Dev: Bounding Box Software Inc.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.7 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: Boomer Shooter 40.5% ★, FPS 14.7%, Retro 10%, Gore 9.8%, Violent 6.3%
- #14 POSTAL: Brain Damaged
87% matchVery Positive95% of 11,163 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: Boomer Shooter 28.9% ★, Fast-Paced 13.9%, Gore 9.3%, FPS 8.3%, Old School 7.9%
- #15 Selaco
86% matchVery Positive94% of 5,098 reviews2024
Dev: Altered Orbit Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Boomer Shooter 25.8% ★, Fast-Paced 14.1%, FPS 11.6%, Gore 9.5%, Old School 9%
- #16 BLOODKILL
88% 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.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 21.5% ★, Fast-Paced 13.3%, Gore 9.9%, FPS 9.2%, Arena Shooter 9%
- #17 Blood: Refreshed Supply™
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 720 reviews2025
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 42.7% ★, FPS 15%, Gore 10.3%, Shooter 9.5%, Violent 7.5%
- #18 Bloodhound
86% matchMixed68% of 385 reviews2023
Dev: Kruger & Flint Productions
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Crush the cult of Astaroth and vanquish her hellspawn, make them squeal and hide where they came from. Enjoy a Fresh Look & Old Fun in this arcade horror FPS game inspired by the legends of the 90s.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 36.3% ★, FPS 11.8%, Gore 9.4%, Shooter 7.5%, Fast-Paced 7.4%
- #19 SPRAWL
84% matchVery Positive87% of 2,760 reviews2023
Dev: MAETHPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
SPRAWL is a hardcore retro FPS set in an endless cyberpunk megalopolis. Escape the walled city and take on the militarized government of the sprawl. Fueled by the blood of your enemies and a mysterious voice in your head, make your way towards the spire to topple whatever lays within.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 25.1% ★, Fast-Paced 15.5%, FPS 10.3%, Arena Shooter 10.2%, Old School 9.6%
- #20 Trepang2
83% matchVery Positive93% of 19,322 reviews2023
Dev: Trepang StudiosPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.1 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: Boomer Shooter 18.3% ★, Gore 16.4%, Fast-Paced 14.8%, FPS 14.7%, Violent 13.1%
- #21 AMID EVIL
84% matchVery Positive93% of 7,716 reviews2019
Dev: IndefatigablePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Boomer Shooter 32.2% ★, Arena Shooter 13.5%, Old School 12.3%, FPS 12.1%, Shooter 7.8%
- #22 COVEN
82% matchVery Positive93% of 280 reviews2024
Dev: Gator ShinsPub: Hellforge Studios
Windows · Linux
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: Boomer Shooter 33% ★, Gore 12.7%, FPS 11.9%, Old School 11.1%, Violent 8.2%
- #23 I Am Your Beast
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,548 reviews2024
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Hunt the military-industrial complex across stylish comic book micro-sandboxes in this fast-paced covert revenge thriller FPS from the developers of El Paso, Elsewhere.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 22.1% ★, Gore 15.8%, Fast-Paced 14.7%, Arena Shooter 8.9%, FPS 8.9%
- #24 MULLET MADJACK
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,486 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: Boomer Shooter 37.8% ★, Fast-Paced 24.2%, FPS 15.1%, Shooter 8%, Retro 6.4%
- #25 Perilous Warp
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 386 reviews2020
Dev: Crystice Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Perilous Warp is a fast-paced indie retro-shooter inspired by the classic 3D-actions. Communication with a distant space colony has been lost, and you bravely step into the teleporter with the desire for glorious adventures. But do not expect to win in a heartbeat!
Why similar: Gore 17.3%, Violent 15%, Boomer Shooter 14% ★, Fast-Paced 11.3%, FPS 11.1%
- #26 Only Lead Can Stop Them
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 158 reviews2024
Dev: Warcry InteractivePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Boot up your 486 and launch olcst.exe for this retro fps from an alternate 1990's. Descend into the madness of the Spanish Civil War fighting vicious fascist forces and supernatural monsters. Conquer three action packed episodes wielding machine guns, rifles, flamethrowers and explosives.
Why similar: FPS 22.2%, Boomer Shooter 19.8% ★, Old School 12.3%, Retro 12%, Shooter 11.7%
- #27 Bloodshed
78% matchVery Positive84% of 1,910 reviews2025
Dev: com8com1 SoftwarePub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Bloodshed is a Roguelite Survivors FPS; an exhilarating fusion of Roguelite elements merged with retro-styled visuals and first-person “Survivors-like” frenetic combat action!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 35.2% ★, Arena Shooter 14.3%, FPS 13.5%, Old School 12.5%, Shooter 8.2%
- #28 Ion Fury
79% matchVery Positive93% of 6,764 reviews2019
Dev: Voidpoint, LLCPub: 3D Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 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: Boomer Shooter 33.1% ★, Fast-Paced 18%, FPS 11.5%, Old School 8.3%, Retro 7.8%
- #29 Gravelord
78% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2026
Dev: Fatbot Games, s. r. o.
Windows
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: Boomer Shooter 37.9% ★, FPS 15.1%, Shooter 8.3%, Arena Shooter 7.6%, Retro 6.7%
- #30 DEAD TRASH
77% matchVery Positive88% of 458 reviews2025
Dev: Crowhill StudiosPub: DOSMan Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Years into a brutal lockdown, a once-thriving city lies in ruins, abandoned by its government and overrun by vicious, mindless infected. Grab your hammer, collect your nerves and enter the mayhem.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 41.8% ★, FPS 13.8%, Shooter 8.3%, Violent 7.6%, Old School 7.4%
- #31 Chains of Fury
79% matchMostly Negative31% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Cobble GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Welcome to Volume I of a high adrenaline, fast-paced Boomer Shooter where you have only one goal: spread furious mayhem among the scumbags keeping you locked up. Stuck looking for an exit? Just punch through walls and then shoot the suckers behind them.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 19.4% ★, Fast-Paced 13.8%, Gore 12.9%, Arena Shooter 12.6%, FPS 11.7%
- #32 Dino Trauma
76% matchVery Positive91% of 407 reviews2023
Dev: Phobia Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Dino Trauma introduces you to a secret laboratory somewhere in eastern Europe where gore and dinosaurs aren't unusual things. Retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 35% ★, FPS 14.1%, Gore 12.8%, Retro 10.1%, Violent 7%
- #33 Project Warlock
77% matchVery Positive87% of 6,202 reviews2018
Dev: Buckshot SoftwarePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Project Warlock is a first-person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen, and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells, and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non-stop action, packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 36.4% ★, FPS 13.3%, Fast-Paced 13%, Gore 11.1%, Retro 8%
- #34 >SYS//PURGE_
75% matchVery Positive90% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: tomo2515x
Windows
>SYS//PURGE_ is a free, fast-paced FPS inspired by 90's classics, with roguelike elements. Collect items, stay alive and descend deeper into the facility. You take control of an LN-X unit, a glitch breaks you out of the Overseer's control. Make it burn.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 36.2% ★, FPS 13.7%, Shooter 10.2%, Military 8.4%, Gore 7.5%
- #35 VLADiK BRUTAL
74% matchVery Positive90% of 10,423 reviews2024
Dev: BRUTAL SOFTWARE
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Fight under the onslaught of mutated monsters, obsessed soldiers and even darker bosses. Just try to survive and find out what to do next in this life, simultaneously tearing your enemies to pieces.
Why similar: FPS 37%, Shooter 22.8%, First-Person 15.3%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Action 7.6%
- #36 Quake II
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,353 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Boomer Shooter 28.8% ★, FPS 21.1%, Fast-Paced 10.3%, Gore 8.8%, Shooter 7.2%
- #37 CRUEL
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,855 reviews2025
Dev: James Dornan
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 41.8% ★, Gore 13.9%, FPS 12%, Violent 9.2%, Shooter 8.8%
- #38 Darkenstein 3D
72% matchVery Positive91% of 1,646 reviews2025
Dev: RowyePub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A retro shooter inspired by classics like Wolfenstein and Doom. Think of it as a tribute, a love letter to the games that defined a generation, with a few modern touches of my own. It’s tough, fast, and demands skill, just the way those old-school shooters did.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 28% ★, FPS 21.5%, Shooter 11.2%, Military 9.8%, Violent 8.7%
- #39 DIMENSIONAL SLAUGHTER
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2022
Dev: Bashir "ManliestDev" KashaloPub: ManliestDev
Windows
Kill to heal, and never stop moving in this retro-styled ADHD-fueled frantic fast-paced rogue-lite movement shooter. A short, yet intense multi-dimensional speedrun FPS experience for people with tiny attention spans. Do you have what it takes to subvert your infinite demise?
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 28% ★, Fast-Paced 17.3%, Gore 11.7%, Arena Shooter 10.4%, FPS 10.3%
- #40 Shrine II
74% matchVery Positive92% of 863 reviews2020
Dev: Scumhead
Windows · Linux
Shrine II is a retro FPS game with a focus on atmosphere and exploration. Explore a nightmarish world and battle great bosses where the surprises never end...
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 21.4% ★, FPS 16.4%, Arena Shooter 13.7%, Gore 10.6%, Shooter 9.6%
- #41 Relentless Frontier
73% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Fission OgrePub: Hellforge Studios
Windows
Relentless Frontier is a fast paced sci-fi FPS running on the GZDoom Engine, with a strong focus on mobility, strategy, and exploration. Use your Omnistruct to replicate new weapons and abilities to help you traverse the terrain and demolish threats, while escaping from Ross 128-b in one piece.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 39.5% ★, FPS 13.6%, Military 10.3%, Shooter 9.2%, Retro 7%
- #42 Chasm: The Rift
73% matchVery Positive82% of 506 reviews2022
Dev: Action FormsPub: SNEG
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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: Boomer Shooter 20.8% ★, FPS 15.1%, Old School 12.8%, Gore 11.9%, Retro 10.5%
- #43 Devilated
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 255 reviews2024
Dev: TrunkaPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Devilated is an ultraviolent RPG old-school shooter where you brutalize and cannibalize your demonic foes in equal measure. Eat their face before they eat yours.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 26.1% ★, Fast-Paced 15.6%, Arena Shooter 11.4%, FPS 9.9%, Gore 9.6%
- #44 Blood Rush
70% matchVery Positive98% of 172 reviews2025
Dev: MaxEstLa
Windows
BLOOD RUSH is a fast paced, skill based FPS, mixed with roguelites elements. Upgrade yourself, buy unique guns, drain miracles from relics and destroy anyone or anything standing on your way!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 33% ★, Fast-Paced 20.2%, Arena Shooter 11.9%, FPS 11%, Shooter 6.9%
- #45 WRATH: Aeon of Ruin VR - Brutal Edition
69% matchVery Positive96% of 178 reviews2026
Dev: Team BeefPub: Flat2VR Studios
Windows
Hunt the corrupted Guardians and purge a dying world in Wrath: Aeon of Ruin VR, a brutal old-school FPS built in the legendary Quake engine and reimagined for virtual reality. With dual-wielding combat, physical reloading, and deadly artifacts at your command, the darkness doesn’t stand a chance.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 41.2% ★, Old School 13.2%, Gore 11.6%, Shooter 11.3%, Violent 9.6%
- #46 Phantom Fury
71% matchMixed62% of 946 reviews2024
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison is back in this highly interactive mix of first person action and road movie adventure. Embark on an adrenaline-fueled journey around the USA. Use an enormous arsenal of weapons and skills to battle treacherous soldiers and vile mutants, all while trying to save mankind.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 18.7%, FPS 17.6%, Old School 17.4%, Futuristic 10.6%, Retro 10.3%
- #47 Fallen Aces
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,889 reviews2024
Dev: Trey PowellPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: FPS 16.6%, Gore 14.4%, Fast-Paced 12.9%, Violent 11.6%, Old School 10.8%
- #48 HROT
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,502 reviews2023
Dev: Spytihněv
Windows
Median: 3.8 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: Boomer Shooter 28.6% ★, FPS 16%, Retro 13.2%, Gore 9%, Old School 8.8%
- #49 Extraneum
70% matchVery Positive95% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: David JalbertPub: Hellforge Studios
Windows · Linux
Extraneum is an old-school, sci-fi single-player first person shooter with an emphasis on exploration and secret hunting. Fight your way through biohacked monstrosities and stop their progress before they take control of the entire world.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 38.8% ★, Old School 14.3%, FPS 13%, Retro 10.2%, Shooter 8.5%
- #50 CARNAL
71% matchVery Positive89% of 341 reviews2021
Dev: JG RoosPub: Tendokore
Windows
CARNAL is a fast and challenging retro FPS straight from the mid '90s. The Sons of Anak are opening portals to extract Dark Matter from the "other side". Combat the possessed soldiers, the manifested demons helping them, and any inanimate objects standing in your way!
Why similar: FPS 21%, Old School 18.5%, Retro 15.3%, Gore 10.1%, Shooter 9.2%
- #51 Anomalous
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 177 reviews2024
Dev: Byron Dunwoody
Windows
A SHORT and sweet pixelated low fidelity 90s throwback hyper-fast action shooter. Survive and fight through a city overrun with manufactured monstrosities, biomass horrors, and a military authority trying to purge everything living. Heavy metal / techno soundtrack featuring BOD Music
Why similar: FPS 20.8%, Boomer Shooter 20.7% ★, Shooter 11.8%, Old School 11.1%, Gore 10.1%
- #52 BUTCHER
71% 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 40.2%, Violent 21.7%, Shooter 13.4%, Retro 9.9%, Action 8.7%
- #53 FLESHCANCER
68% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: Empires of the CakePub: NoQuarter
Windows
FLESHCANCER is a Fast-paced Boomer Shooter with surreal environments and old-school violence. Fight cannibal cultists, terrorists, grotesque aberrations and more. MAKE IT RAIN FLESH, ORGANS, AND BLOOD LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 44.7% ★, Old School 11.1%, FPS 9.4%, Shooter 9.3%, Arena Shooter 8.8%
- #54 SharpShooter3D
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,283 reviews2023
Dev: HeadHunters games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
SharpShooter3D is a first-person subculture shooter in the best old school traditions. Burn! Destroy! Kill! Kill! Kill!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 36.2% ★, FPS 14.4%, Old School 12.1%, Violent 9.4%, Retro 9.1%
- #55 REKKR: Sunken Land
69% matchVery Positive89% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Mockingbird Softworks
Windows
A retro FPS set in a faux norse-celtic fantasy world in the midst of a war with the dead. Grab an axe, get revenge.
Why similar: FPS 21.1%, Boomer Shooter 20.8% ★, Retro 12.9%, Shooter 10.3%, Gore 9.2%
- #56 MEATGRINDER
68% matchVery Positive88% of 281 reviews2023
Dev: Vampire Squid
Windows
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 15.2%, Fast-Paced 14.3%, Gore 13.7%, Arena Shooter 11.8%, Old School 11.4%
- #57 Unchained
66% matchVery Positive91% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Double Time Studios
Windows · Mac
Unchained is a fast paced retro multiplayer first person shooter in which you can compete in different game modes and maps, using a large arsenal of unique and deadly weapons (And some cool powerups too) to defeat your enemies.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 39.4% ★, Retro 12.9%, Gore 12.5%, Violent 10.2%, FPS 6.7%
- #58 SATAN
66% matchVery Positive82% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: GamefruitPub: DOSMan Games
Windows
Experience the thrill of retro boomer shooters in this action-packed game where you'll battle hordes of demons and face the ultimate challenge: Satan himself. Relive the glory days of classic shooters with intense gameplay, a variety of weapons, and relentless enemies.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 45.3% ★, Shooter 11.3%, Retro 10.8%, Gore 9.3%, First-Person 7.1%
- #59 FUMES
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,851 reviews2025
Dev: FUMES team
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Arm your vehicle with deadly weapons and roam endless wastelands in this fast-paced single-player / online co-op car combat game. Collect upgrades for your car to melt enemies and giant bosses in this bizarre world. Retro vibe. Retro cars. Retro gameplay!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 39.6% ★, Offroad 33.2% ★, Retro 10.5%, Shooter 8.8%, Exploration 3.4%
- #60 Nightmare Reaper
65% matchVery Positive93% of 3,785 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Boomer Shooter 42.4% ★, FPS 13.6%, Violent 10.2%, Retro 9.5%, Old School 9%