Games Like DEADBOLT

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: Stealth 50.4%, Difficult 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Violent 3.7%, Shooter 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical stealth-action game that emphasizes planning and environmental awareness, much like the core loop of DEADBOLT.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 46%, Gore 14%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Difficult 8.5%, Violent 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same brutal, one-hit-kill gameplay loop and high-octane, stylish action that defines the genre.

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: Great Soundtrack 39.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Difficult 10.6%, Gore 9.8%, Violent 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features similar precision-based, one-hit-kill combat with a strong emphasis on narrative and stylish, fast-paced action.

It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

Why similar: Stealth 29.3%, Great Soundtrack 21%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Gore 11.9%, Violent 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic stealth game where you must eliminate targets without being detected, mirroring the methodical approach required in DEADBOLT.

Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.

Why similar: Stealth 53.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Indie 4.6%, 2D 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines stealth and puzzle-solving mechanics with a noir aesthetic, focusing on clever infiltration rather than brute force.

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 24.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Difficult 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Violent 7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, ultra-violent 2D shooter that captures the same gritty, pixelated gore aesthetic.

In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.

Why similar: Stealth 72.9%, Side Scroller 6.7%, 2D 5.3%, Indie 4.3%, Platformer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive 2D stealth experience that rewards patience and tactical movement in a way that aligns perfectly with DEADBOLT's stealth focus.

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: Great Soundtrack 23%, Pixel Graphics 20.9%, Gore 18.2%, Difficult 7.5%, Shooter 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cover-based 2D action game that requires careful positioning and quick reflexes to clear rooms of enemies.

CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.

Why similar: Gore 36.4%, Pixel Graphics 21.6%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, Violent 9.3%, 2D 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a villain-protagonist perspective with heavy gore and stealth-action mechanics that feel right at home with DEADBOLT's themes.

Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

Why similar: Stealth 73.3%, Indie 8.1%, Action 7.6%, 2D 4.4%, Strategy 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep tactical infiltration mechanics where you must plan and execute complex missions in a hostile environment.

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: Great Soundtrack 40.5%, Gore 18.6%, Difficult 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Violent 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the intense, rhythmic, and violent gameplay of its predecessor with even more challenging level design.

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: Gore 31.5%, Difficult 22.6%, Violent 13.5%, Shooter 10.5%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that focuses on extreme difficulty, one-hit-kill mechanics, and slow-motion tactical movement.

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 43.5%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Difficult 18.2%, Atmospheric 4.8%, Indie 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, pixel-art action game that features challenging combat and a heavy focus on player skill.

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: Great Soundtrack 33%, Gore 20.1%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Shooter 8.9%, Violent 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers stylish, high-octane 2D action that emphasizes creative movement and precision aiming.

Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.5%, Gore 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Difficult 13.3%, Action 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, heavy-metal-infused action platformer that matches the gore and high difficulty level of DEADBOLT.

Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 32.9%, Zombies 20.1%, Shooter 15.9%, 2D 11.2%, Action 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling tactical shooter that demands careful planning and coordination to neutralize threats efficiently.

SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.7%, Great Soundtrack 23.3%, Difficult 11.7%, Side Scroller 8.7%, Action 8%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, precision-based action platformer with a strong narrative and satisfying movement mechanics.

Ronin is stylish a turn-based action platformer following the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation.

Why similar: Stealth 47%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Difficult 12.8%, Indie 7.5%, Action 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based action platformer that emphasizes stealth and tactical planning before executing strikes.

Throw on your invisibility cloak and put your reflexes to the test in this brutal precision platformer brimming with espionage, intrigue, and betrayal! Featuring an Original Soundtrack by Grammy Award Winner RAC.

Why similar: Stealth 31%, Great Soundtrack 26.8%, Difficult 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused platformer that requires precise timing and careful observation to bypass security systems.

Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.

Why similar: Stealth 66.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%, Indie 5.4%, Difficult 5.3%, Platformer 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A pure stealth-platformer that focuses on avoiding detection through clever movement and timing.

You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Difficult 15.6%, Action 12.6%, Indie 12%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, atmospheric action-platformer where every enemy is a threat and survival requires constant vigilance.

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: Great Soundtrack 33.1%, Gore 24.7%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Violent 9.8%, Difficult 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, ultra-violent brawler that shares the dark, visceral tone and high-difficulty combat of DEADBOLT.

Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25%, Gore 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Side Scroller 8.5%, Difficult 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A heavy-metal-inspired action game with gorgeous pixel art and challenging, gore-filled combat encounters.

APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

Why similar: Gore 26.3%, Great Soundtrack 21.5%, Difficult 18.8%, Violent 11.8%, Indie 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A rhythmic, top-down action game that focuses on chaotic, violent movement and reactive gameplay.

Bloody stealth platformer, about the ninja in which you cut the enemies into pieces.

Why similar: Stealth 25.9%, Gore 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Difficult 11.7%, Side Scroller 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A ninja-themed action game that blends stealth mechanics with fast-paced combat in a 2D environment.

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: Great Soundtrack 39.8%, Difficult 29.5%, Violent 11%, Action 9.6%, Shooter 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it perfectly captures the one-hit-kill precision and high-speed tactical combat found in 2D stealth-action games.

Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.1%, Difficult 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Indie 6.2%, Action 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, fast-paced roguelike shooter that rewards quick reactions and mastery of its pixelated combat systems.

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.2%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Gore 15.7%, Difficult 7.1%, Side Scroller 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer with fluid action mechanics and a dark, atmospheric world that rewards careful exploration.

Cornered with nowhere else to turn, can you escape the monster-filled mansion? Dead Estate is a gory, fast-paced, challenging roguelike shooter with a heavy emphasis on horror.

Why similar: Difficult 27.3%, Gore 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Zombies 12.3%, Shooter 10.1%

They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.

Why similar: Gore 32.5%, Difficult 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Side Scroller 9%, Action 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, gore-heavy precision platformer that tests your reflexes and combat skills.

Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.

Why similar: Zombies 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Gore 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Action 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that flips the script on the undead theme, requiring tactical planning to guide your horde.

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42.4%, Difficult 26.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Indie 6.5%, Platformer 5.4%

FAKE SIGNALS is an action hybrid rogue-lite that you sneak in the enemies' camps, get various weapons and eliminate them.

Why similar: Stealth 37.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Gore 15.3%, 2D 7.1%, Action 5.9%

The followup to 2009's Dead Samurai, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a combo-fueled, fast-paced, stylistic 2D action platformer that features the series' staple gritty, graphic novel-inspired art style, built on a new engine that allows for an even more visually gruesome experience.

Why similar: Vampires 30.9% ★, Gore 22.9%, Great Soundtrack 15.1%, Action 8.5%, Difficult 6.9%

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Why similar: Difficult 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 27.2%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Indie 8.3%, Action 7.3%

Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.

Why similar: Stealth 39%, Gore 14.4%, Difficult 12.2%, Shooter 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.8%, Gore 13.8%, Difficult 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Side Scroller 9.5%

It's 3am and you just want to get some sleep. Welcome back to Party Hard! Stop parties using hundreds of new ways, incidentally destroy a drug syndicate, and save the Earth from an alien invasion. May the chickens be with you!

Why similar: Stealth 30.4%, Great Soundtrack 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Violent 8.4%, Difficult 7.7%

The universe wants you dead. Take on the ten great spirits of the universe in this intense boss fighting challenge!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.8%, Difficult 24.1%, Action 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Indie 9.2%

In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation.

Why similar: Stealth 56.8%, Gore 11%, Side Scroller 8.5%, Violent 5.8%, 2D 5.5%

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: Gore 22.5%, Stealth 18.9%, Great Soundtrack 16.9%, Shooter 9.7%, Violent 9.3%

After Death is a platform / exploration game in a dark and hostile world. With the help from lost souls, you will have to find a way to open a gate which seems to be the only exit from this mysterious world infected by monsters.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 52.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Side Scroller 9.7%, Action 8%, Indie 7.6%

STRAFE® is the worlds bloodiest roguelike first-person shooter! Featuring mind melting secrets and persistent gore that allows you to paint levels red with the excessive entrails of your enemies. 30+ weapons, 20+ enemies, & a red hot soundtrack.

Why similar: Gore 30.5%, Difficult 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Shooter 12.2%, Violent 12%

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: Great Soundtrack 27.5%, Difficult 12.6%, Zombies 12.4%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Shooter 9%

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44.3%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, 2D 6.2%, Indie 6.1%, Difficult 5.4%

The Rare Nine - ultrafast and explosive beat 'em up, in which you should break through the darkness and hordes of undead in a giant skyscraper. Also you can enjoy a lot of great chiptune music.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.1%, Gore 11.9%, Difficult 9.7%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%

A full-blown adventure played with only two buttons. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.9%, Difficult 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Action 12.7%, Indie 11.1%

N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.

Why similar: Difficult 59.8%, Action 15.3%, Indie 12.3%, Platformer 7.5%, Singleplayer 5.2%

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.3%, Pixel Graphics 28.9%, Difficult 14.8%, Indie 6.7%, Action 6%

Dead Purge: Outbreak is a modern first-person shooter set in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic world where every minute can be your last.

Why similar: Gore 28.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Violent 12.5%, Zombies 9.1%, Difficult 7.7%

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: Gore 25.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.1%, Zombies 11.1%, Violent 8.6%, Difficult 8.1%

“Probably the best downloadable title on the market right now.” 9/10 – Eurogamer.se

Why similar: Zombies 30.6%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Action 8.1%, Platformer 8.1%

Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 26.4%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Difficult 17.7%, 2D 8.7%, Action 7.7%

Enter an inexplicable, abstract mansion to rescue a loved one in this fast-paced, brutal, and dark roguelite filled with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending slow motion. Face your inner demons and unveil the secrets of the Mansion.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 38.7%, Gore 26.8%, Violent 15.2%, Shooter 8.1%, Action 5%

Still Not Dead is a challenging roguelite FPS that merges the fast satisfying gunplay of Doom with open stages, insane weaponry, tactical choice and being pursued by death itself. The unique blessing and curse system, plus unlockable skill skulls set the game apart from everything else.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.1%, Gore 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Difficult 11.5%, Zombies 9.1%

Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.2%, Pixel Graphics 24%, Zombies 18.6%, Difficult 11.1%, Action 5%

Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.7%, Difficult 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 16%, Gore 8.3%, Indie 8.1%

The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 46.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, 2D 7.4%, Indie 6.8%, Difficult 6.7%

Super Cyborg is an old school non-stop hardcore run'n'gun action game! You are an elite battle cyborg who is sent in to investigate a series of anomalies on a mysterious island. The merciless alien known as the 'Xirxul life form' has been awakened by unwitting scientists and now: all humanity is in danger!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.6%, Gore 17.4%, Difficult 12%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Action 8.2%

Bloody Streets is a brutal top-down shooter which will challenge you with areas swarmed by undead in a beautifully stylized and hand painted 2D world complemented by high energy rock music. How long can you survive the sea of monsters while pumping round after round of bullets?

Why similar: Gore 30.8%, Difficult 25.8%, Zombies 20.4%, Action 11.5%, Indie 11.5%