Games Like CRUX

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: Fast-Paced 16.9%, Boomer Shooter 15.9% ★, Arena Shooter 14.5%, FPS 8.3%, Action Roguelike 8.2%

Hi-octane arena shooter where you face waves of nasty enemies. Use destructive weapons and high mobility to secure your spot on global leaderboards. Expect tight gunplay, satisfying kills, and meaningful upgrades.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 18.6%, Boomer Shooter 14.1% ★, Action Roguelike 11.3%, Score Attack 10.9%, Bullet Hell 10%

Divine Wish is a fast-paced roguelike shooter with various classes and special abilities. Find your play style, survive waves of enemies, and use artifacts to change the tides of the battle. Die, learn, adapt!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 21.8%, Arena Shooter 15.9%, Boomer Shooter 15.7% ★, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelike 9%

A lo-fi PS1 roguelite FPS where every arena is generated at runtime. Dash, slide and wall-kick through rooms that never repeat, weave through slow glowing bullets, and bank your kill-streak before something takes it from you. Die, upgrade at the Underdock, and dive again.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 19.2%, Boomer Shooter 18.3% ★, Arena Shooter 16.9%, FPS 11%, Action Roguelike 9.8%

Single-player arena shooter. Weird weapons. Relentless robots. Easy to play, hard to score. Enter the chaos, shoot the bots, and compete in the Monthly Challenge.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 16.6%, Boomer Shooter 14.7% ★, Fast-Paced 14.2%, Action Roguelike 9.4%, FPS 9.3%

INFINITE CHUMP is an ultra-fast, boomer shooter roguelite tripfest where you graft spell-casting arms to your body. Put rings on your new fingers to create spells on the fly. Inspired by 90's FPS games with a trippy twist.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 16.5% ★, Arena Shooter 14.7%, Action Roguelike 9.5%, Fast-Paced 9.1%, FPS 8.6%

HELLBREAK is a fast-paced roguelite, survivor-like FPS where you fight through escalating waves in brutal arenas in Hell. Build powerful loadouts, earn favor from demon lords to unlock new gear, and climb the leaderboards for your salvation.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 16%, Boomer Shooter 14.4% ★, Fast-Paced 14.4%, Action Roguelike 10.2%, Bullet Hell 8.8%

DIESELDOME is an ultra-violent Roguelite FPS that fuses movement shooter combat with Survivors-like mechanics. Enter a brutal tournament, shred endless hordes, gamble your gold, bet your blood, and break the game with absurd power for the entertainment of a ruthless Roman-punk crowd.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 14.9%, Arena Shooter 13.3%, Boomer Shooter 13.1% ★, Action Roguelike 8.6%, Bullet Hell 7.7%

A brutal first-person roguelike shooter with fluid combat, responsive movement, and endless build possibilities.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 15.9% ★, Fast-Paced 14%, Action Roguelike 11.8%, Perma Death 11.4%, Bullet Hell 11.3%

A fast-paced bullet hell shooter where mutant hamster-men kidnap you—and regret it. Blast through their creepy lab, wield wild weapons, and turn every furry freak into bloody chunks.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 20.1% ★, Fast-Paced 18.7%, Gore 9.8%, FPS 9.5%, Score Attack 9.3%

A BLOOD-soaking Movement-FPS platformer🩸where you Splatter walls and floors with your foe’s BLOOD. Stand in that BLOOD to [ALTER] yourself and your Weapons. Soak up BLOOD to replenish and keep fighting. MOTHER created you to stop them. Beckon our Extinction.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 15.2%, Boomer Shooter 14% ★, Arena Shooter 13.8%, Score Attack 9.2%, FPS 7.4%

PSYCHOFINGER – it's a game where pointing fingers isn't just rude... It's essential! Become an agent at the Department of Metaphysical Investigations, survive hordes of enemies, and upgrade your character.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 16.3%, Boomer Shooter 15.2% ★, Fast-Paced 15.2%, Action Roguelike 11.3%, Bullet Hell 9.7%

As the Arsenal Demon, run and shoot through hordes of robot angels to survive in an arena that changes each time you enter it. Choose a combination from a loaded arsenal of dual wieldable weapons and compete against other Demons for the best score.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 17.6%, Arena Shooter 17%, Boomer Shooter 15.3% ★, FPS 9.4%, Roguelike 8.1%

As ninja Akiji, you will blow up and slash hordes of akumas/yokais that are attacking his japanese village. Move quickly through the arena by climbing and dashing, leaving a trail of demon's blood and meat slices!

Why similar: Arena Shooter 19.5%, Boomer Shooter 17.8% ★, Fast-Paced 15.4%, FPS 9.3%, Score Attack 7.5%

Descend through ever-changing levels of a living nightmare, master a weapon that grows with you, and face colossal demons to a soundtrack that will pump you up.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.9%, Boomer Shooter 18.8% ★, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Perma Death 11.6%, FPS 9.5%

Become an unstoppable force of destruction as you climb an endless tower of darkness. Project: Ascent is a fast-paced boomer shooter roguelite with retro graphics, insane power-up synergies, and an evolving arsenal of weapons.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 19.3% ★, Arena Shooter 17.7%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Perma Death 11.2%, FPS 9.7%

You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!

Why similar: Arena Shooter 16.7%, Boomer Shooter 15.8% ★, Perma Death 11.1%, Action Roguelike 9.2%, Bullet Hell 8.7%

Ziggurat is back, and now it's even better! Use powerful weapons and spells to break through hordes of enemies and explore labyrinthine dungeons in this hectic roguelite FPS, while you improve your skills and discover new equipment.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 17.2%, Boomer Shooter 17.1% ★, Fast-Paced 14.3%, Action Roguelike 9.9%, FPS 9.8%

Cast spells against the skeletal servants of Osso in this dark fantasy action-roguelike auto-shooting FPS. Featuring a striking comic book visual style and dungeon-synth soundtrack by Witch Bolt.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 15.3%, Boomer Shooter 13.8% ★, Action Roguelike 12.1%, FPS 11.2%, Dark Fantasy 10%

Smash your way out of corporate purgatory. Decorporation is a fast-paced rogue-lite FPS where keyboards, monitors, and rolling chairs are deadlier than guns. Dodge bullets in slow motion, take out brainwashed coworkers, and battle through procedurally generated office floors to confront the CEO.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 17.4%, Boomer Shooter 16% ★, Arena Shooter 13.3%, Action Roguelike 10.7%, FPS 8.5%

A fast-paced FPS where you can Shoot Yourself to make bullets stronger. Prioritize, Move Fast, and Shoot Yourself to Fight the overwhelming amount of enemies. Inspired by modern boomer shooters.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 19%, Boomer Shooter 18.7% ★, Arena Shooter 17.4%, FPS 9.5%, Bullet Hell 8.4%

THEOMACHIA is a high octane, physics-based wave shooter where you use a vast array of psychokinetic abilities. The environment is your only weapon; use it to fight off dangerous enemies - beings from another dimension sent to conquer yours.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 18.2%, Arena Shooter 18.1%, Perma Death 12.9%, Score Attack 10.6%, Action Roguelike 9.3%

Slay demons and demigods in this fast-paced roguelite FPS. Create devastating weapon builds as you journey through massive dark fantasy environments on your quest to avenge god. Challenge the demigods, face inevitable death, and rise stronger with every rebirth.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 17.6%, Arena Shooter 16.2%, Boomer Shooter 14.6% ★, Action Roguelike 10.4%, FPS 9%

Bloodspill is a fast-paced, pvp retro fps with one hit combat, featuring classic gamemodes like deathmatch, capture the flag and conquest!

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 20.8% ★, Arena Shooter 20.7%, Fast-Paced 18.2%, FPS 10%, Retro 6.9%

Demons are not the danger, YOU ARE THE DANGER!!! play as Angelica Amadeus, a nun with the power of faith and guns. Slay demons at your heart's content on bizarre stages with strange gravity fields. Get highscores to unlock more stages and weapons and teach those filthy demons their place.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 23.4%, Boomer Shooter 19.8% ★, Arena Shooter 16.3%, FPS 11.2%, Gore 9.5%

Brutally defeat your enemies, upgrade your equipment, influence the crowd, master the arena and become the new champion in a gory and fast-paced retro FPS set in a post-apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.3%, Boomer Shooter 17.9% ★, FPS 12.6%, Action Roguelike 10.1%, Retro 9.8%

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 23.4% ★, Fast-Paced 14.5%, FPS 12.1%, Gore 8.6%, Retro 8.1%

AIR STRAFE, ROCKET JUMP, and SURF your way through dimensions in this HYPER-intensive skill-based movement shooter of old. The onslaught of foes in your way are invading worlds, and the only way to stop them is to show you will be FATAL.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 19.6% ★, Arena Shooter 16.7%, Score Attack 12.3%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, FPS 10.9%

ROSE is a violent rogue-lite arena shooter where you sacrifice your body parts to progress and gain new weapons and abilities. Slaughter waves of monstrous enemies and defeat titanic bosses in randomized arenas or die trying!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 20.9%, Arena Shooter 20.5%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, FPS 11%, Gore 8.6%

Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 21.3%, Fast-Paced 19.6%, Score Attack 13.5%, Bullet Hell 11.6%, FPS 10%

Become Seth, god of storms, and crush Apophis’s legions in a fast-paced roguelite FPS blending Egyptian mythology with science fiction. Fast combat, random challenges, and divine power in every run.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 20.2% ★, Arena Shooter 18.1%, Perma Death 13.5%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, FPS 9.2%

A fast-paced arena shooter where you grind demons into piles of bones and meat. Choose your favorite weapon and unleash uncompromising carnage. Survive as long as you can, break your limits, and drown the arena in blood.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 19.9%, Boomer Shooter 18.2% ★, Fast-Paced 10.8%, Score Attack 9.9%, FPS 9.6%

Bullet speed is a lightning fast paced arena shooter seeing blood fueled robotic avatars cracked on adrenaline shooting each other. Move fast. Kill with style. Repeat.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 21.8%, Boomer Shooter 20.3% ★, Arena Shooter 20%, Old School 9.5%, FPS 9.3%

Bound to the stake, beset by the damned; seize weapons, shatter them in fury, and fight for your life in this brutal first-person hack-and-slash arena. Armed with an ever-shifting arsenal and the very chain that binds you, carve through endless hordes in a desperate struggle for survival.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 19.8%, Arena Shooter 19.2%, Boomer Shooter 16.1% ★, FPS 10.1%, Action Roguelike 8.7%

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 23.9% ★, FPS 13.5%, Arena Shooter 11.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%, Shooter 7%

To hunt vampires, you'll need guns. Lots of guns. Mow down hordes of undead creatures by stacking your guns into absurd, over-the-top builds. Unleash your firepower and survive the mayhem in this Roguelite Survivors FPS.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 15.3%, Boomer Shooter 15.1% ★, Score Attack 10.4%, Action Roguelike 10.4%, Bullet Hell 9.1%

Interlopers is a solo-developed FPS inspired by retro classics. Wield big guns, shoot hordes of enemy robots, and explore hand-crafted levels set on multiple alien worlds.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 20.4% ★, Arena Shooter 18.4%, Fast-Paced 14.3%, Old School 11.3%, FPS 10.9%

Build devastating weapons on the fly in this blend of movement shooter and roguelike action. Sprint, slide, and dash to plunder high-tech vaults. Stack gun upgrades, abilities, and grenades for wild synergies as you survive a spreading infestation.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 20.6%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Arena Shooter 11.8%, Bullet Hell 10.3%, FPS 10.1%

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: Arena Shooter 16.4%, Boomer Shooter 16.4% ★, Score Attack 11.3%, Action Roguelike 10.9%, Bullet Hell 9.4%

A retro WW2 FPS with PSX-style graphics inspired by classic shooters. Fight online with up to 24 players or play fully solo against smart bots across several maps.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 20% ★, Fast-Paced 19.7%, Arena Shooter 10.8%, FPS 10.3%, Old School 8.9%

What would you do if you realised your breakfast was going to be entirely free of beans, and how far would you go to make it right?

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 20.5% ★, Arena Shooter 20.4%, Bullet Hell 11.2%, FPS 9.9%, Fast-Paced 9.4%

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: Fast-Paced 19%, Boomer Shooter 17.9% ★, Arena Shooter 15.9%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, FPS 8.5%

Immortal Redneck is a FPS set in Egypt with rogue-lite elements. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and 9 classes with different traits.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 23.4% ★, Fast-Paced 22.3%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, FPS 12.4%, Arena Shooter 6.8%

ACHERON is a fast-paced, brutal old-school FPS inspired by Quake, blending brutalistic architecture, Lovecraftian alien horrors, and Hellraiser-esque nightmare fuel in a gritty PSX-style aesthetic.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 18.2% ★, Arena Shooter 17.7%, Fast-Paced 15%, FPS 9.2%, Gore 8.2%

BRUTAL shooter focused on action, gore, and old school death metal music. Unleash your overpowered arsenal to goreblast hordes of ferocious beasts on your way through ancient dark forest.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 16.7% ★, Arena Shooter 15.9%, Fast-Paced 14.8%, FPS 10.7%, Gore 9.7%

Fight through relentless swarms of enemies in this fast-paced, retro-style FPS. Collect powerful upgrades and master high-speed movement to survive the arena.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.4%, Boomer Shooter 18.8% ★, Action Roguelike 13.4%, FPS 9.8%, Score Attack 8.5%

Impaler Gold is a fast-paced minimalistic arena shooter - now expanded and improved. Summon spikes to slay monsters, build barriers, and propel yourself into the air. Challenge yourself in this highly replayable rogue-lite shooter inspired by the classics.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 16.6%, Boomer Shooter 16.2% ★, Action Roguelike 11.3%, Score Attack 10%, Bullet Hell 8.9%

DEADBOOT is a fast-paced retro roguelike FPS. Blast through randomized levels, scavenge weapons and upgrades along the way, and see how far you can make it in this neon death zone.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 26.5%, Boomer Shooter 20.6% ★, Action Roguelike 14.1%, FPS 9.9%, Roguelike 7.1%

A fast-paced gothic arena FPS focusing on stellar game feel. Survive as a gunslinger against waves of monsters, utilising smooth and expressive movement, sliding, rocket jumping, and formidable duel handguns.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 18.9%, Fast-Paced 18.1%, Boomer Shooter 17.8% ★, FPS 10%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%

Zero is a fast-paced, permadeath first-person shooter that blends roguelike structure with soulslike difficulty and powerful melee combat. Set in a brutal cyberpunk world with a stronger focus on close-range melee attacks over guns, survival relies on aggression, agility and mobility.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 23.4%, FPS 13.2%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Gore 12.3%, Perma Death 10.1%

EXUVIA is a surreal, fast-paced, FPS action roguelite set in the center of a dimension left forgotten. Clear rooms of enemies, obtain unique items, and break out of the exuvium.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.6%, Boomer Shooter 21.2% ★, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, FPS 10%

Battle rogue cartoons in Tooncop, a fast-paced FPS horde shooter! Survive 15 minutes, level up, and rack up cash while taking down waves of chaotic, mischievous toons.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.1%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Action Roguelike 13.1%, Roguelike 10.7%, FPS 9%

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: Fast-Paced 19.4%, Boomer Shooter 19.3% ★, Arena Shooter 13.5%, FPS 9.8%, Gore 9%

A short, fast-paced Boomer Shooter. Blast and Dash through the Cult of the Serious and their curious lair to save your dog, Lucky.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 22.4% ★, Arena Shooter 22.2%, Fast-Paced 13.1%, FPS 11%, Old School 7.3%

JERONIMO is a roguelite shooter where you play as the Eraser against your eternal enemy: the Drawer, a frantic pencil who summons waves from his rolling lab. Wield up to 6 unique weapons, stack broken builds, and crush the hordes. Every enemy is a drawing from my 6-year-old nephew's notebook.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 21.7%, Action Roguelike 17.8%, Fast-Paced 14%, Perma Death 13.3%, Bullet Hell 13%

Tear through waves of doodle enemies in a fast-paced FPS where the Pencil, Stapler, and Paintbrush are your weapons. Keep moving, chain kills, and finish stunned enemies by tearing them apart.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 28.6%, Boomer Shooter 24.3% ★, FPS 12.2%, PvE 7.3%, Shooter 6.7%

Gladiator Survivors is an explosive mix of fast-paced FPS, bullet heaven, and roguelike gameplay. Play as a gladiator wielding up to 6 futuristic weapons simultaneously, and survive wave after wave of enemies swarming the arenas.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 18.5%, Arena Shooter 18%, Boomer Shooter 15.2% ★, Action Roguelike 11.5%, FPS 10.4%

A hyper brutal SPEEDRUN-FPS with a stylized boomer-shooter aesthetic and a heart of gold, that requires lightning fast reactions as well as strategic thinking in mapping out the best run through the bite-sized levels. But all of this is just the surface of the trip...

Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.2%, Arena Shooter 20.6%, Boomer Shooter 18.1% ★, FPS 13.8%, Gore 10.8%

OVERHEAT PROTOCOL is a fast-paced arena FPS with roguelite upgrades. Fight escalating waves of hostile machines, shape your rifle with every level, combine Lightning, Explosion, and Shatter effects, and survive until the arena finally overwhelms you.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 26%, Action Roguelike 19.3%, FPS 14.2%, Score Attack 9.9%, Perma Death 8.8%