Games Like Cruelty Squad

FPS/mecha hybrid europolice sim with emphasis on interacting with NPCs and different gameplay systems.

Why similar: Capitalism 30.7%, Immersive Sim 18.3%, FPS 17.2%, Stealth 11.6%, Shooter 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: From the creator of Cruelty Squad, it carries forward the same abrasive anti-corporate surrealism into a mech-focused immersive-sim shooter.

A dystopian simulator where your choices shape a decaying city. Join other players to protect the metropolis from ruin, hasten its downfall, or simply work in the factories. With no set goals or rules, every action has consequences in a world teetering on the brink.

Why similar: Surreal 16.6%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Dystopian 14.7%, Psychedelic 14.2%, FPS 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its oppressive dystopian setting, player-driven systems, psychological horror, and strange social simulation make it a natural fit for Cruelty Squad's mood.

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: Immersive Sim 22.2%, Cyberpunk 20.5%, FPS 18.2%, Dystopian 17.7%, Stealth 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: This cyberpunk immersive sim emphasizes open-ended stealth, hacking, combat experimentation, and a grimy weird-fiction world.

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

Why similar: FPS 25.9%, Immersive Sim 25.4%, Stealth 16.2%, Dystopian 9.8%, Shooter 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its grotesque first-person combat, exploration, and immersive-sim approach strongly suit players looking for another hostile and bizarre simulation.

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: Immersive Sim 29.2%, FPS 27.9%, Shooter 15.9%, First-Person 9.2%, Tactical 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast, violent first-person immersive sim with mission flexibility and a deliberately grimy, confrontational tone.

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: Immersive Sim 18.9%, FPS 16.9%, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Capitalism 14.8%, Stealth 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It combines crunchy cyberpunk gunplay, environmental exploration, and immersive-sim level design with a grimy retro-futurist feel.

A squirmy, bouncy shooter filled with lovely sights and horrible places. Careen across the planet, blast yourself to new heights, and discover the dark tunnels and deep places of a world beneath our own.

Why similar: Capitalism 28.3%, Surreal 16.3%, FPS 15.5%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Lore-Rich 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its satirical capitalist dystopia, ugly-surreal visual sensibility, and exploratory FPS structure closely align with Cruelty Squad's worldview.

A murky first-person immersive sim with tightly-wound melee combat and tangled, vertical levels to explore. Use your forked tail to tie your enemies in knots and climb impossible heights. Kill your mark with quickness and cunning, using whatever tools you see fit.

Why similar: Assassins 28.9% ★, Immersive Sim 21.8%, FPS 16.3%, Stealth 15.1%, Shooter 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A grimy assassination-focused immersive sim built around stealth, violence, and navigating a bizarre criminal underworld.

A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 30.5%, Cyberpunk 29.3%, FPS 22.1%, Shooter 7.9%, First-Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational immersive sim whose hostile cyberpunk spaces, hacking, upgrades, and unsettling AI-driven atmosphere remain a strong thematic match.

In a dark Cyberpunk world, you (and up to 3 friends) wage war against the all-powerful Federation in this Source-powered FPS/RPG.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 40.7%, FPS 26.3%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Surreal 9.8%, Stealth 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This deeply strange cyberpunk FPS offers dense systems, augmentation, conspiratorial worldbuilding, and wonderfully unhinged dialogue.

Psychopomp is BACK. The catacombs stretch down farther than ever before. Your entire life has been a lie. Delve into the depths, and discover the horrors that lie below. More realms, more modes, more secrets. An ancient voice calls to you from the center of the earth. Will you answer it?

Why similar: Surreal 51.6%, Psychological Horror 31.9%, First-Person 8.7%, Psychedelic 7.2%, Action 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its lo-fi nightmare spaces, grotesque imagery, and cryptic first-person exploration capture Cruelty Squad's deliberately disorienting aesthetic.

Rip out organs and equip them in your own body. Fight biopunk monsters and drugged-up space bandits. You are a Gajeshian Cultist: A near-mythological being built from the bodies of long-dead saints.

Why similar: FPS 37.3%, Cyberpunk 28.6%, Retro 11.5%, Shooter 11.2%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A grotesque body-modification FPS where harvested organs become upgrades, matching the seed game's fascination with flesh, systems, and excess.

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: Immersive Sim 29.8%, FPS 27.5%, Stealth 20.3%, Shooter 11.9%, Retro 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized first-person immersive sim built around improvisational violence, stealthy infiltration, and a sleazy criminal world.

Brigand: Oaxaca is a highly difficult post-apocalyptic RPG/FPS set in Mexico. Emphasis is on challenge, a branching story with multiple endings, and total freedom of action (kill friendly characters, rob stores, jump across roofs, etc.).

Why similar: Immersive Sim 41.1%, FPS 36.8%, Shooter 17.9%, Simulation 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: An exceptionally rough, systemic first-person RPG where scavenging, stealth, survival, and ugly post-apocalyptic weirdness define every encounter.

Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 31.6%, FPS 22.6%, Stealth 22.5%, Shooter 8.8%, First-Person 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This stealth-driven immersive sim rewards careful exploration, resourcefulness, and creative use of interconnected horror spaces.

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 58.2%, Shooter 17.1%, First-Person 10.8%, Retro 10.6%, Action 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: While more arcade-focused, its extreme mobility, grotesque violence, industrial hellscapes, and aggressive audiovisual style appeal to the same appetite for sensory overload.

The year is 2052. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider. Worst of all, an ages old conspiracy bent on world domination has decided that the time is right to emerge from the shadows and take control.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.8%, Immersive Sim 20.3%, FPS 16.6%, Stealth 16.2%, Dystopian 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its conspiracy-heavy cyberpunk setting and unusually broad stealth, hacking, dialogue, and combat options helped define the immersive-sim lineage Cruelty Squad twists.

Innovative genre mashup (first-person immersive sim puzzler FPS RPG) with emphasis on problem-solving and creativity. Unique vibes and original mechanics that you won't have experienced before. One of the best games of 2022 according to various credible sources!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 36.4%, FPS 25.1%, Stealth 23.5%, First-Person 6.6%, Retro 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its elaborate systemic puzzles and possession-based problem solving provide the same rewarding freedom to exploit a simulation from unexpected angles.

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 32%, FPS 22.7%, Surreal 22%, Shooter 9.8%, First-Person 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A short, psychedelic FPS sprint built around constant pressure, lurid visuals, and a deliberately overwhelming fever-dream presentation.

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: FPS 28%, Immersive Sim 23.6%, Stealth 20.2%, Shooter 10.5%, First-Person 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A weird-horror immersive sim with nonlinear maps, stealth, scavenging, strange upgrades, and an oppressive atmosphere.

Eat weapons, be scared and question your own mind in this Survival-Horror FPS Prop Hunt Roguelike about meat. Walls are watching you!

Why similar: Psychedelic 19%, Surreal 17.3%, Stealth 15.8%, FPS 13.8%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This grotesque procedural horror FPS turns flesh, weapons, and environments into unstable surreal threats with a similarly abrasive sense of humor.

HYPER DEMON is an FPS like no other. a pearl of lightning. a dream from the future. a drop of poison. a swan song. The faster you slay demons, the harder the game and the higher your score. There is an end. Will it see you?

Why similar: FPS 32.6%, Psychedelic 31.9%, Surreal 22%, Shooter 10.6%, Action 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its cryptic hyper-fast arena shooting and hostile neon surrealism offer a similarly uncompromising and disorienting experience.

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 39.3%, Cyberpunk 29.2%, Shooter 15.2%, Retro 7.3%, First-Person 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fast cyberpunk boomer shooter filled with body augmentation, corporate dystopia, and gleefully excessive combat.

A norwegian happysad game set in a northern land! Adventure through a beautiful and very varied wilderness. Dive, fly, use ziplines and find different weapons to aid your journey to reach the cold mountains and below. Encounter over 50 unique bosses and enemy types!

Why similar: FPS 40.5%, Dark Humor 18.4%, Shooter 14.8%, Retro 12%, First-Person 11%

Why You'll Like It: Its surreal first-person fantasy world, unsettling characters, off-kilter humor, and unpredictable exploration make it ideal for players who value bizarre atmosphere.

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: FPS 39.2%, Dark Humor 19.2%, Shooter 17.1%, Retro 12.8%, First-Person 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its oppressive low-poly horror mood, occult grotesquerie, and aggressive retro FPS action make it a strong tonal companion despite being less systemic.

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Surreal 30.5%, Immersive Sim 25.2%, Dystopian 20%, Psychological Horror 17.8%, First-Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A punishing first-person nightmare about navigating a diseased town, hostile social systems, and impossible economic pressures.

Meet Zortch Maxinum: short order cook, amateur engineer and professional slacker; Bored and tired of her day job she decides to go on a holiday but alas she picks a cheap option: turns out it's a scheme by aliens who capture humans to eat their brains! also this game is a sci-fi horror comedy fps

Why similar: FPS 55.2%, Shooter 21.1%, First-Person 12%, Retro 7.2%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A colorful, surreal low-poly FPS whose strange alien spaces and absurd enemy design evoke Cruelty Squad's psychedelic visual assault.

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: FPS 32.1%, Cyberpunk 28%, Shooter 13.8%, Stylized 9.3%, First-Person 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its hyperviolent cyberpunk shooting and explicit satire of corporate entertainment culture make it a more streamlined but thematically compatible alternative.

The Citadel is a brutal first person shooter, and a love letter to classic games such as Marathon, Doom and Wolfenstein 3d. Descend into the depths of a dark citadel, and fight through 6 Episodes and 30 levels of action packed with 6 challenging bosses. Go forth, Martyr.

Why similar: FPS 54.7%, Shooter 17.7%, Retro 15.7%, First-Person 8.2%, Action 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A vicious retro cyberpunk FPS set in an oppressive dystopia, with excessive gore and a grim industrial atmosphere.

A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements

Why similar: FPS 38.5%, Shooter 22.7%, First-Person 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Action 7.9%

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: FPS 49.4%, Shooter 21.4%, First-Person 14.3%, Retro 9.5%, Action 5.4%

Sneak into a world of underground assassins as Harman Smith, a man who manifests 7 deadly personalities, the killer7. Take control of this distinct murderers' row as they hunt down the sinister Kun Lan to thwart his plan of world dominance.

Why similar: Surreal 56.1%, Stylized 12.3%, FPS 12.1%, Shooter 7%, First-Person 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its bizarre political satire, fragmented storytelling, stylized violence, and surreal assassin-world atmosphere fit Cruelty Squad's love of alienating weirdness.

DOPAMINE - NON STOP KILLING - BLOOD - BUNNY HOPPING - HIGH SKILL CEILING - MORE BLOOD - NO HAND HOLDING - STOCK TRADING - EVEN MORE BLOOD - ODDLY SENSUAL

Why similar: Capitalism 22.4%, Surreal 14.7%, Psychedelic 14.4%, FPS 11.9%, Dark Humor 10.3%

Hunt squirrels, staple them to a corpse, and meet god.

Why similar: Dark Humor 27.7%, FPS 26.2%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Shooter 12.4%, First-Person 8.5%

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 28.6%, Surreal 25%, Shooter 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, First-Person 9.5%

Embody the ultimate cybernetic corporate agent. Master deadly gunplay, time manipulation, and supernatural abilities. Hack computers, people, even the individual bullets flying at you. Confront the future, and die trying.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 36.6%, Dystopian 25.3%, Stealth 21.9%, Retro 7.4%, Simulation 4.6%

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: FPS 36.5%, Shooter 21.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Stealth 13.4%, First-Person 10.3%

PARKSIDE is an FPS-Immersive Sim that chronicles the future of biomechanical subterfuge and suffering. Shoot, hack, and either save or sour the future of humanity in the dystopian city of Abbotsford, California in the awful year of 2038. Will you serve the Divine Rod?

Why similar: Immersive Sim 23.6%, Dystopian 21.2%, Cyberpunk 19.6%, Shooter 11.6%, Stealth 8.8%

A BRAZILIAN BOOMER SHOOTER GAME MADE USING THE ID TECH 2 ENGINE! SHOOT, JUMP, EMBARK ON A JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, HELL AND EVEN HEAVEN! SAVE BRAZIL!

Why similar: Surreal 26.8%, FPS 22.8%, Lore-Rich 17%, Shooter 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%

Animalistic is a fast-paced, ultraviolent, and stylish indie FPS game where you brutally clear room after room of creepy humanoid animals. Featuring a story-mode and endless wave mode!

Why similar: Psychedelic 26%, Surreal 21.7%, FPS 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Shooter 9.4%

A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.

Why similar: Surreal 30.4%, Dark Humor 22.4%, Lore-Rich 17.7%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, First-Person 9.6%

First-person horror metroidvania about fisting your way through a prison island crawling with cybernetic monstrosities. Explore, evolve, escape. Inspired by Tetsuo: The Iron Man.

Why similar: Psychedelic 16.9%, Surreal 15.9%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, FPS 14.7%, Cyberpunk 13.5%

Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 26.7%, FPS 25.3%, Stealth 13.3%, Shooter 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%

Splatter is a first-person fever dream where you blast constantly-adapting enemies into neon sprays of pulp and slime. Enter a digital mindscape constructed by four anonymous administrators. Can you survive? Can you remain sane? Can you remain yourself?

Why similar: Surreal 25.9%, Psychedelic 21.7%, FPS 20.5%, Dark Humor 13.3%, Shooter 10.1%

Experience death from the comfort of your seat.

Why similar: Surreal 37.2%, Psychedelic 31.8%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Dark Humor 11.1%, First-Person 3.1%

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: FPS 41.3%, Shooter 19.3%, Retro 12.7%, First-Person 12.1%, Stylized 9%

Casual & Hard FPS. Be careful with jam.

Why similar: FPS 33.9%, Surreal 30.1%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Shooter 8.7%, First-Person 5.7%

F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 100%

Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.

Why similar: Surreal 54.4%, Psychedelic 43.8%, Stylized 1.8%

Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 27.9%, FPS 25.3%, Stealth 20.8%, Shooter 10.2%, Tactical 6.9%

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: Assassins 23.3% ★, Cyberpunk 20.2%, FPS 19.7%, Dystopian 18.2%, Shooter 10.2%

What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 73.5%, Retro 26.5%

An FPS horror game set in a surreal, dark and deadly biomechanical world never seen before. Humankind is just a small part of a hostile universe. Want to survive? Discover its secrets.

Why similar: Surreal 22.6%, FPS 21.3%, Psychedelic 14.8%, Dystopian 13.7%, Shooter 9.7%

Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

Why similar: Surreal 39.8%, Psychedelic 27%, Dark Humor 12%, Stylized 7.8%, First-Person 7.1%

Workaholic is a frantic rouge-lite FPS where you go on a rampage through a hellish office space as your grasp on reality crumbles.

Why similar: Psychedelic 32.1%, FPS 23.7%, Capitalism 18.5%, Dark Humor 11.4%, Stylized 5.6%

Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 100%

Isometric insurgent simulator. Fight on foot and in vehicles, build and steal a private arsenal and bring the war home to the businessmen who started it all in this continuation of the Brigador saga.

Why similar: Capitalism 39%, Cyberpunk 24.6%, Dystopian 22.5%, Shooter 11%, Action 2.9%

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: FPS 47.1%, Shooter 17.2%, Retro 17.2%, First-Person 10.2%, Psychological Horror 4.9%

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: Psychedelic 27.5%, Surreal 26.1%, FPS 20.6%, Shooter 10.7%, First-Person 7%

An atmospheric survival shooter placing you inside a hyper-violent maze of urban waste, environmental biohazards, and societal ruin. Scavenge, explore, and survive while finding a path out of a late stage modern Shinar

Why similar: Dystopian 49.6%, Psychological Horror 41.3%, Simulation 9.1%