Games Like Children of the Sun

STAKES. GUNS. SLOW-MO. Fight werewolves and vampires in a reality-shifting motel. Dive through barricades to escape the grasp of evil puppets. Destroy the villain you loved. A new, third-person love letter to classic shooters. Neo-noir never looked so good.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 38%, Shooter 15.6%, Dark 10%, Action 9.7%, Third Person 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the moody, vengeful atmosphere and slow-motion third-person gunplay found in the seed game.

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: Action 35.9%, Shooter 35.8%, Puzzle 15.3%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: The core mechanic of time only moving when you move creates a similar high-stakes, puzzle-like approach to combat.

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: Action 75.8%, Indie 16.8%, Singleplayer 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features fast-paced, one-hit-kill tactical action with a strong emphasis on planning and cinematic execution.

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Why similar: Psychedelic 48.3%, Action 24.4%, Shooter 14.6%, Indie 6.4%, Atmospheric 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same intense, one-hit-kill tactical gameplay wrapped in a surreal, psychedelic aesthetic.

Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.

Why similar: Action 45%, Shooter 25.7%, Strategy 23%, Singleplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines high-speed movement with one-hit-kill precision that rewards perfect tactical execution.

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: Shooter 48.6%, Action 39.4%, Indie 8.7%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on physics-based, stylized shooting that encourages creative and precise kill chains.

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: Psychedelic 34.8%, Assassin 26.3% ★, Shooter 17.1%, Stylized 9.8%, Action 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similarly bizarre, psychedelic aesthetic paired with intense, tactical, and unforgiving gameplay.

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: Shooter 48.1%, Action 20.7%, Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense, slow-motion combat that focuses on visceral, high-skill gunplay.

Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.

Why similar: Shooter 36%, Stylized 22.8%, Action 21.3%, 3D 10.5%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A speed-running puzzle-shooter that demands extreme precision and mastery of movement.

"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: Arcade 34.5%, Action 23.6%, Female Protagonist 20.6%, Shooter 11%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, one-hit-kill western shooter that demands quick reflexes and tactical positioning.

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: Shooter 36.9%, Action 19%, Stylized 12%, Dark 11.9%, Horror 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: An old-school, tactical shooter that rewards careful movement and precision in combat.

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

Why similar: Shooter 31.6%, Stylized 18.8%, Action 18.8%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, 3D 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features fluid, acrobatic movement and precision shooting in a fully destructible environment.

House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.

Why similar: Action 39.8%, Shooter 26.6%, Strategy 13%, Indie 10.4%, Tactical 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Tactical space combat that emphasizes precision and high-stakes maneuvers in a dark setting.

As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.

Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Dark 13.8%, Tactical 10.9%, Horror 6%

Why You'll Like It: Features tactical, turn-based combat with a dark, stylized art direction that matches the game's tone.

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: Shooter 29%, Arcade 24.4%, Action 19.2%, Stylized 14.2%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, slow-motion tactical shooter that emphasizes planning and precise positioning.

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: Shooter 27.3%, Action 26.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Indie 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, one-hit-kill stealth-action game where every shot must be carefully calculated.

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: Psychedelic 48%, Shooter 21.8%, Arcade 17.4%, Action 10.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychedelic, high-octane shooter that mirrors the frantic and surreal energy of the seed game.

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: Action 42.1%, Shooter 25.8%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Third Person 9.2%, Indie 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides brutal, stylized top-down action that demands high tactical awareness and quick reflexes.

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: Shooter 34.4%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Action 15.1%, Dark 14.7%, Horror 9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired shooter with a focus on fast, satisfying combat and stylized visuals.

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: Shooter 41.1%, Action 27.8%, Stylized 19.9%, Indie 7.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-driven, slow-motion action game that allows you to choreograph your own tactical gunfights.

Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Why similar: Assassin 58% ★, Tactical 14.1%, Shooter 9%, Strategy 7.2%, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, stealth-oriented shooter where precision and planning are essential for survival.

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: Third Person 33%, Action 32.7%, Atmospheric 19.1%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A high-intensity, precision-based boss-rush game with a distinct, stylized aesthetic.

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: Shooter 35%, Action 19.8%, Dark 18.9%, Horror 13.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized, tactical cover-shooter with a dark, atmospheric setting and methodical gameplay.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.

Why similar: Action 32.1%, Shooter 26.5%, Arcade 19.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the brutal, one-hit-kill tactical gameplay of the original with more complex scenarios.

Venture into an old, magical ruin to seek an ancient power in this highly replayable roguelike twin-stick shooter. Optimise spells and build ultimate combos to defeat twisted monstrosities and delve deeper into the Lone Ruin.

Why similar: Psychedelic 26%, Arcade 23.4%, Shooter 21%, Action 8.5%, Stylized 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Fast-paced, arcade-style action that tests your reflexes and tactical positioning in a stylized arena.

You are a sniper who controls time and space. Eliminate all enemies with a single bullet.

Why similar: Sniper 52.5% ★, Assassin 24% ★, Puzzle 15.3%, Tactical 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Thrilling action and stealth gameplay enhanced by the Fear system, an exciting story and ultra-stylish cutscenes. Harness your team’s dynamic abilities to tackle enemies and puzzles like never before.

Why similar: Strategy 40.3%, Action 28.7%, Puzzle 14.1%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, isometric action-adventure with a heavy focus on puzzle-solving and combat.

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

Why similar: Assassin 33.3% ★, Third-Person Shooter 24.6%, Arcade 11.8%, Shooter 11.1%, Action 10%

The long-awaited third game in the groundbreaking SUPERHOT franchise - MIND CONTROL DELETE gives you more insight into the world of SUPERHOT, more story, more signature gameplay. Keep dancing the slow-motion ballet of destruction for so much longer than ever before.

Why similar: Shooter 34.8%, Stylized 20.3%, Action 18.6%, Puzzle 15%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Refines the time-manipulation puzzle-shooter formula into a deeper, more replayable experience.

Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 45.2%, Strategy 30.8%, Action 18.2%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: Real-time tactical management that requires precise control over your squad in high-pressure situations.

Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy is a turn-based, tactical RPG featuring strategic battles, intriguing puzzles and exciting quests. Customize your heroes’ unique, class-based attacks and abilities to defeat Father Eldritch's oppressive armies throughout dozens of unique, hand-crafted maps!

Why similar: Strategy 30.1%, Stylized 20.6%, Dark 17%, Action 15.6%, 3D 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Strategic, turn-based combat that emphasizes careful planning and positioning on the battlefield.

Eliminate your victims as a serial killer dubbed ‘The Sniper Killer’. Terrorize the city with your keen eye and thirst for blood while staying one step ahead of a detective hell bent on bringing you to justice.

Why similar: Sniper 39.9% ★, Shooter 19.4%, Dark 12.1%, Action 11.5%, Horror 7.8%

Ordon’s armies have invaded Hailstone and are plundering their resources. Become Andara, the tyrant’s daughter, in this frenetic third-person shooter. Engage enemy weak points and move fast in a brief yet intense single-player campaign. Rise for rebellion.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 29%, Shooter 22%, Action 19.8%, Third Person 7.8%, Arcade 5.8%

Crisol is a survival horror adventure set in a twisted version of Spain. As a soldier captured by religious dogmatism, you must use your own blood as ammunition, without draining to the point of death. Explore the cursed island of Tormentosa, uncover dark secrets, and battle horrifying enemies.

Why similar: Shooter 32.5%, Action 16.6%, Puzzle 15.3%, Dark 15.2%, Horror 11.7%

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: Shooter 26.5%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Action 15.1%, Arcade 11.5%, Horror 10.7%

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

Why similar: Shooter 34.8%, Action 19.1%, Dark 18.9%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, 3D 11.6%

Get a taste for vengeance in the Prologue for this hardcore tactical game. Use your paranormal abilities to possess your foes, slip past guards, and fight enemies, as you balance between stealth and action-based violence.

Why similar: Action 25.2%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Stylized 15.6%, Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 12.5%

The most intense game of "connect the dots" you'll ever play. Dodge waves of attacks while marking the points of "magic" runes to defeat 10 massive eldritch monstrosities.

Why similar: Psychedelic 31.2%, Arcade 17.5%, Stylized 12%, Action 11.5%, Puzzle 9.5%

Light is my Sword, Darkness shall perish.

Why similar: Psychedelic 40.6%, Shooter 21.5%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 9.2%, Action 5.6%

Сreated by a solo developer, Wonhon is a paranormal stealth-action and tactics game about a young Korean girl killed in a military conflict and returned from the dead to exact her revenge.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 38.6%, Strategy 19.8%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Tactical 9.5%, Action 8.9%

Lead an unlikely team of commando scientists behind enemy lines to fight Nazis, uncover arcane mysteries, and wield experimental technology to turn the tide of WWII in this real-time tactical stealth adventure.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 31.6%, Action 24.9%, 3D 13.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Strategy 8.7%

Control your Hero to aid your Turrets and Traps in battle in this grim, dark Tower Defense & Action RPG with a scifi-grindhouse aesthetic. Create deadly weapon barrages and fuse together Bleed, Burn, Shock, Freeze, Stun and many more elements to annihilate your enemies.

Why similar: Strategy 39.7%, Dark 16.7%, Arcade 13.7%, Action 11.8%, Horror 8.4%

Wield your high-tech umbrella to take down Italy’s last mafia family while evading capture by your own agency in this thrilling third-person action-adventure shooter.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 33.7%, Shooter 14%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Stylized 11%, Action 9.9%

Sakura Miko and 35P are ready for battle! Miko Sniper is a chaotic shooting game where you get to shoot, burn and explode your enemies!

Why similar: Shooter 38%, Strategy 28%, Female Protagonist 20.4%, Action 12.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%

A Surreal Puzzle Shooter Adventure Fueled By Madness!

Why similar: Psychedelic 50.2%, Puzzle 18.2%, Action 12.6%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Indie 6.5%

Overwhelmingly bizarre beauty. Shoot, dodge, and destroy! A shmup where an apocalyptic world awakens to primal desires!

Why similar: Psychedelic 42.9%, Shooter 26%, Action 15.4%, Dark 10.8%, Horror 4.9%

As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26.9%, Strategy 24.1%, Tactical 16.2%, Action 15.8%, Dark 9.6%

Day of the Shell is a “one-click, one-turn” tactical rogue-lite. In a shattered and flooded world, travel from island to island with only hope and a revolver, challenging and appeasing the gods.

Why similar: Strategy 31.5%, Tactical 25.8%, 3D 14%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Female Protagonist 13%

A modern-day horror RPG with tactical combat and survival horror roots. Customize your loadout, manage limited resources, and exploit enemy weaknesses in tense, strategic encounters.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 23.8%, Third Person 18.8%, Dark 13.9%, Action 12.5%, Horror 11.1%

Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 35.5%, Assassin 27.4% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Action 7.1%, Puzzle 5.3%

A dark history comes calling in this "African Mythology meets Survival-Horror and Souls-like" experience! You play as the soldier who mysteriously ends up in a supernatural realm, of which her only way out is to partake in an ancient ritual... or so she believes.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 28.6%, Shooter 17.5%, Puzzle 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Dark 8.2%

Project KILLDANCE is a Noir tactical action featuring a one-army strategy and instant-death combat. Slowly observe surroundings, choreograph each killing move, leave no survivor, and become the spectral death.

Why similar: Strategy 58.2%, Action 18.6%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Tactical 7.1%, Indie 3.3%

A short, minimalist stealth-action game about the importance of art. We painted the sky ashen gray. Burned the heavens to starve each other. Now we walk an endless cemetery of regret.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 37.4%, Action 24.9%, Shooter 18%, Third Person 9.5%, 3D 6.8%

A dark tale of survival and conscience, blending platforming, puzzles, and haunting beauty. Journey through surreal lands where every choice shapes the fate of a world on the edge of ruin will you restore the light or embrace the darkness?

Why similar: Dark 20%, Puzzle 16.3%, Third Person 16.1%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Horror 12.3%

The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.4%, Stylized 19.9%, Action 17.6%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Horror 10.5%

Her Name Was Fire is a Tarotpunk twin stick roguelike where you progressively unlock spells and upgrades to defeat hordes of void creatures. Survive the 5 stages of grief and vanquish the Major Allegories.

Why similar: Arcade 32.2%, Female Protagonist 22.5%, Action 21.5%, Horror 14.2%, Indie 5.8%

Drawing heavily from classic survival horror tropes, Carnival Massacre takes players on a haunting quest in a cursed theme park. Explore your surroundings, manage your messy inventory, solve puzzles and kill the four ringleaders of the park!

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 24.3%, Action 14.8%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Horror 10.5%, Third Person 9.7%

A third person survival horror game. Search for key objects, solve puzzles and face dangers in order to escape. Inspired by the old survival horror, with two playable characters and modern mechanics delve into the narrative story of Selene's Unbearable night.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 36.3%, Action 14.7%, Third Person 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Horror 8.8%

Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!

Why similar: Action 47.2%, Female Protagonist 36.2%, Indie 13.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%