Games Like 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 47.1%, Gore 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Violent 8.7%, Difficult 8.7%

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

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 51%, Difficult 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Violent 3.8%, 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.

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 40.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Difficult 10.9%, Gore 8%, Violent 5.5%

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 30.3%, Great Soundtrack 21.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Gore 9.5%, Violent 6.8%

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 54.3%, Great Soundtrack 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Indie 4.7%, 2D 4.4%

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 20.6%, Difficult 15%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Violent 7.5%

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

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 23.1%, Blood 19.7% ★, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Great Soundtrack 8.6%, Violent 8.4%

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.

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 6.6%, 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 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, Gore 15.1%, Difficult 7.7%, Shooter 7.5%

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

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 73.2%, Indie 8.2%, Action 7.5%, 2D 4.5%, 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 38.1%, Gore 13.1%, Difficult 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Blood 9.7% ★

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

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 31.7%, Gore 12.8%, Blood 11.8% ★, Side Scroller 9.3%, Shooter 8.5%

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

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: Blood 29% ★, Difficult 18.2%, Gore 18%, Violent 10.9%, Shooter 8.4%

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%, Pixel Graphics 20.9%, Difficult 18.2%, Atmospheric 4.9%, Indie 4.6%

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

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 28.4%, Gore 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Difficult 13.9%, Action 5.5%

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

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 28.9%, Great Soundtrack 22.8%, Difficult 11.7%, Side Scroller 8.6%, Action 8%

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

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 33%, Zombies 20%, Shooter 15.7%, 2D 11.3%, Action 9.6%

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

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 47.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Difficult 12.4%, Indie 7.7%, Action 7.2%

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

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 34.5%, Gore 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Violent 10.4%, Difficult 6.4%

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

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 24.6%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Gore 13.2%, Difficult 7.4%, Indie 6.5%

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

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 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Difficult 15.6%, Action 12.5%, Indie 12.2%

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

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 66.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Indie 5.5%, Difficult 5.3%, Platformer 4.3%

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

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 25.8%, Gore 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Side Scroller 8.8%, Difficult 8.2%

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

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

Why similar: Stealth 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Difficult 12%, Gore 11%, Side Scroller 8.6%

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 39.6%, Difficult 29.5%, Violent 11.1%, Action 9.6%, Shooter 5.2%

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.

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

Why similar: Blood 26.9% ★, Gore 19.8%, Difficult 19.1%, Violent 12%, Indie 5.7%

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

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 32.7%, Difficult 25.6%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Indie 6.3%, 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.

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 31.5%, Great Soundtrack 26.8%, Difficult 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Action 3.9%

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

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 31.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Gore 15%, Zombies 12.5%, Shooter 10.7%

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 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Gore 10.2%, Blood 7.5% ★

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 41.7%, Difficult 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Indie 6.6%, Platformer 5.5%

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

Why similar: Blood 26.9% ★, Difficult 18.8%, Gore 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Side Scroller 7.6%

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

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

Why similar: Stealth 33%, Blood 14% ★, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Gore 11%, 2D 6.4%

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%, Pixel Graphics 27.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Indie 8.5%, Action 7.3%

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.1%, Difficult 11.7%, Gore 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Side Scroller 9.7%

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 30.9%, Great Soundtrack 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Violent 8.6%, Difficult 7.7%

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: Blood 19.7% ★, Gore 19.2%, Difficult 15%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Shooter 10.6%

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 58.4%, Side Scroller 8.7%, Gore 8.6%, Violent 5.9%, 2D 5.7%

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 37.1%, Difficult 24.1%, Action 10.9%, Indie 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%

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 27.3%, Difficult 12.7%, Zombies 12.4%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Shooter 8.9%

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 40%, Difficult 12.6%, Gore 12.1%, Shooter 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.3%, Pixel Graphics 28.7%, Difficult 14.5%, Indie 6.8%, Action 6.2%

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 52.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Action 7.9%, Indie 7.8%

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 20.9%, Great Soundtrack 16.4%, Blood 13.8% ★, Violent 11.4%, Zombies 8.3%

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 43.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.7%, 2D 6.3%, Indie 6.2%, Difficult 5.5%

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: Gore 25.4%, Great Soundtrack 22%, Action 12.4%, Vampire 11.5% ★, Difficult 10.2%

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 34.5%, Difficult 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Action 12.7%, Indie 11.3%

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 59.7%, Action 15.2%, Indie 12.4%, Platformer 7.4%, Singleplayer 5.3%

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 23.4%, Difficult 10%, Gore 9.9%, Side Scroller 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.

Why similar: Difficult 38.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Shooter 11%, Action 8.2%, Indie 8.2%

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 77.3%, 2D 22.7%

DOOMED is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.4%, Blood 19.6% ★, Gore 12.4%, Difficult 10%, Action 8.6%

Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.7%, Great Soundtrack 18.5%, Zombies 12.8%, 2D 8%, Side Scroller 7.2%

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 26.6%, Great Soundtrack 18.6%, Difficult 17.5%, 2D 8.8%, Action 7.6%

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 29.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Difficult 11.8%, Gore 11.7%, Zombies 9.3%

Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! Dive into the iconic roguelike full of unique loot combinations, enhanced with new Survivors, overhauled multiplayer, fan favorite content from Risk of Rain 2, and more!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 37%, 2D 28.5%, Action 18.2%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Singleplayer 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 26.2%, Difficult 25.7%, Great Soundtrack 16.1%, Indie 8.4%, Gore 6.6%

Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Gore 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Blood 13.5% ★, Difficult 12%

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: Difficult 27.3%, Gore 26.6%, Zombies 21.5%, Indie 12.4%, Action 12.1%

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

Why similar: Zombies 30.7%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Action 8.2%, Platformer 8.1%