Games Like DUSK

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: Boomer Shooter 44.3% ★, FPS 13.8%, Old School 9.3%, Shooter 7%, Retro 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its grim cult-horror setting, explosive arsenal, secret-heavy levels, and crunchy retro gunplay make it perhaps the closest modern companion to DUSK.

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: Boomer Shooter 35.2% ★, FPS 13.2%, Old School 10.4%, Arena Shooter 10%, Retro 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: From DUSK's publisher, it delivers fast Quake-like movement and inventive weaponry in a similarly surreal, dark-fantasy campaign.

Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.

Why similar: Classic 19% ★, FPS 17%, Boomer Shooter 15.5% ★, Fast-Paced 6.6%, Shooter 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: DUSK draws heavily from Quake's strafing, vertical level design, abstract gothic spaces, and hostile eldritch atmosphere.

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: Boomer Shooter 32.9% ★, FPS 18.3%, Retro 14.8%, Old School 7.9%, Shooter 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its lo-fi visuals, bleak Eastern European environments, unnerving horror mood, and classic FPS pacing closely match DUSK's grimy appeal.

Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 43.3% ★, FPS 15.6%, Retro 10.5%, Gore 7.2%, Fast-Paced 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers exceptionally responsive old-school shooting, elaborate secrets, gore, and modernized retro visuals for players who enjoy DUSK's combat flow.

Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 37.8% ★, FPS 13.2%, Retro 9.3%, Gore 6.6%, Old School 6%

Why You'll Like It: Built around Quake-era movement and exploration, it delivers a somber supernatural world full of hidden paths and dangerous encounters.

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: Boomer Shooter 39.5% ★, FPS 14.2%, Gore 10.4%, Old School 10.2%, Shooter 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This occult boomer shooter pairs blood-soaked spellcasting and acrobatic shooting with a dark, aggressive style that feels tailored to DUSK fans.

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: Boomer Shooter 35.9% ★, FPS 12.1%, Old School 9.1%, Retro 8.9%, 1990's 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its grotesque industrial-horror world and brutally fast, weapon-driven combat push the same nightmarish retro-FPS energy into more extreme territory.

Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 38.2% ★, Lovecraftian 18.5%, FPS 15.5%, Retro 7.8%, Shooter 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Lovecraftian monsters, sanity-themed horror, and rapid-fire retro FPS combat make this a strong thematic and mechanical match.

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: Boomer Shooter 31.4% ★, Fast-Paced 16.3%, FPS 12.1%, Gore 9.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more score-driven and acrobatic, its ferocious movement, weapon swapping, gore, and old-school combat philosophy strongly overlap with DUSK.

Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 36.9% ★, Fast-Paced 12.9%, FPS 10.8%, Retro 7.6%, Old School 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its demon-infested stages, secret hunting, weapon upgrades, and hypermobile shooting suit DUSK players seeking more high-speed carnage.

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 39.6% ★, FPS 14.4%, Fast-Paced 10.7%, Retro 8.5%, Gore 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its compact retro levels, bloody monster blasting, magic, and upgrade-driven arsenal recreate the immediate pleasures of 1990s FPS games.

Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 47.4% ★, FPS 14.5%, Shooter 7.9%, 1990's 7.7%, Gore 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its gloomy fantasy settings, supernatural enemies, environmental puzzles, and classic id-engine feel make it a natural fit for DUSK's occult side.

Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 20.3% ★, Classic 17.9% ★, FPS 14.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, Fast-Paced 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: These genre-defining campaigns provide the maze-like levels, demonic hordes, shotgun-driven action, and tense exploration behind much of DUSK's design.

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: Boomer Shooter 46% ★, FPS 14.7%, Retro 10%, Old School 7.6%, Shooter 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines chunky retro shooting, horror imagery, huge weapon variety, and breakneck action in a darker roguelite structure.

Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 49.7% ★, FPS 14.1%, Retro 8%, Old School 6.4%, Shooter 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the relentless run-and-gun rhythm, pixelated gore, heavy metal energy, and secret-packed level design DUSK players enjoy.

3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 36.5% ★, Fast-Paced 14.9%, FPS 12.7%, Retro 8.4%, Old School 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its expertly made Build-engine gunplay, dense secrets, and highly interactive environments offer a polished old-school FPS alternative despite its cyberpunk setting.

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: Boomer Shooter 39.9% ★, FPS 16.2%, Fast-Paced 11.3%, Shooter 6.7%, Retro 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more extreme, cyberpunk-focused take on boomer-shooter speed, built around aggressive mobility and spectacularly excessive firepower.

Play the enhanced version of the original game released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Years have passed since you stopped Hell’s invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 22% ★, Classic 15.4% ★, FPS 13.6%, Fast-Paced 7.9%, 1990's 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: The oppressive lighting, ambient dread, demonic enemies, and methodical secrets make this one of the moodiest classic FPS experiences.

Viscerafest is a Sci-Fi Fantasy Singleplayer Arena FPS with minor Collectathon elements. Fight through hordes of aliens and eldritch monstrosities wielding a slew of powerful weapons, juggling your resources, and exploring over 23 intricately designed hand-crafted levels.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 35.7% ★, FPS 11.2%, Lovecraftian 10.7%, Arena Shooter 8.4%, Retro 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Fast movement, colorful gore, key-hunting exploration, and a deliberately retro presentation make it a spirited modern boomer shooter.

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: FPS 24.3%, Fast-Paced 22.1%, Retro 9.7%, Arena Shooter 9.4%, Shooter 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its minimalist arena format distills retro horror shooting into a punishing, hypnotic survival challenge against demonic swarms.

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: Boomer Shooter 21.3% ★, FPS 17.1%, Fast-Paced 13.1%, Gore 13%, Shooter 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Though more modern in presentation, its supernatural conspiracies, intense firefights, gore, and ferocious pacing should satisfy DUSK players wanting a tactical edge.

The HUNT Returns... AGAIN! Play the original Cult Classic '90s FPS remastered in 4K Ultrawide with UNLIMITED frame rates, RESTORED content, NEW episodes, a LEVEL EDITOR, online MULTIPLAYER, LUDICROUS gameplay options and MORE. Make 'em EAT LEAD or they'll bury you in a lunchbox!

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 43.1% ★, FPS 15.1%, Arena Shooter 11.3%, Shooter 8%, Old School 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its labyrinthine levels, occult-adjacent villainy, absurd weaponry, and breakneck 1990s action offer a lively historical counterpart to DUSK.

Prepare for terror in this ground-breaking classic old-school FPS. Following the destruction of Time you are left to battle in this horrific hellhole of multilevel interconnected missions populated by gruesome grotesque creatures.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 23.1% ★, FPS 16.8%, Retro 11.3%, Old School 11%, Gore 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This restored cult shooter offers eerie corridors, grotesque enemies, and a distinctly rough-edged 1990s horror-FPS atmosphere.

Supplice is a stylish throwback shooter inspired by the mid-90s FPS glory days and the legendary Doom modding community. Mixing the retro stylings of 90s era shooters with colorful graphics and frantic gameplay, it creates an experience that's ever so familiar but also exciting and fresh.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 50% ★, FPS 16.6%, Retro 11.4%, 1990's 8.2%, Shooter 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This hand-drawn retro FPS emphasizes exploration, environmental destruction, heavy weapons, and a dark alien-industrial atmosphere.

POSTAL: Brain Damaged is a new, action-oriented take on the Running With Scissors’ cult game series with throwback graphics, and fast-paced, modern gameplay. Take a wild roller coaster ride through the twisted wonderland encased in the POSTAL DUDE’S messed-up mind.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 34.9% ★, Fast-Paced 12.6%, FPS 9.9%, Shooter 8%, Gore 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its grotesque humor, surreal levels, inventive weapons, and very fast boomer-shooter combat offer a louder, more comedic alternative to DUSK.

Hands of Necromancy is a Dark Fantasy FPS metroidvania, inspired by classics such as Heretic and made with the GZDoom engine. Wield weapons, magic or transform into a fearsome monster to slay your foes, then raise them as undead servants and unleash even more carnage to become a master Necromancer!

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 46.3% ★, FPS 17.4%, Shooter 9.6%, Retro 7.9%, Old School 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its gothic magic, undead enemies, moody fantasy levels, and classic FPS structure appeal directly to the supernatural side of DUSK.

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: Boomer Shooter 44.8% ★, FPS 23.1%, Shooter 9.5%, Retro 6.6%, First-Person 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its strange low-poly worlds, speedy shooting, and deliberately eccentric 1990s aesthetic make it a good fit for DUSK's surreal sensibilities.

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: Boomer Shooter 26.7% ★, FPS 13.8%, Fast-Paced 11.9%, Gore 10.7%, Retro 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its grim procedural runs, chunky visuals, fast shooting, and hostile industrial environments evoke the harsher side of the 1990s FPS era.

Adrenaline-pumping gore retro funhouse that’s full of guns, magic, demons, vertical arenas, 3D visuals, 2D sprites, and heavy metal music. Inspired by FPS classics like Quake and Doom 64, Project Warlock II is the explosive boomer shooter sequel you were too shy to ask for.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 38.7% ★, FPS 10.2%, Old School 8.9%, Retro 8.6%, Gore 7.2%

You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 22.7% ★, FPS 16.6%, Classic 16.5% ★, Great Soundtrack 7.3%, Fast-Paced 6.1%

Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 43.1% ★, FPS 15.1%, Shooter 8.4%, 1990's 7.3%, Gore 7.1%

Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 25.2% ★, FPS 12.4%, Gore 10.2%, Fast-Paced 10.1%, Arena Shooter 8%

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 24.3%, Lovecraftian 19.4%, Retro 14.5%, 1990's 12.4%, Shooter 9.9%

STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 17.3% ★, FPS 16.8%, Fast-Paced 14.1%, Arena Shooter 11.3%, Shooter 9.6%

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: Boomer Shooter 25.4% ★, FPS 19%, Gore 12.5%, Retro 12.1%, Old School 11.4%

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: Boomer Shooter 37.9% ★, FPS 14.4%, Arena Shooter 10.4%, Old School 10.4%, 1990's 9%

Oldschool FPS. Hardcore classic gameplay action. Huge hordes of monsters. Blood. Horror. Fun. Each level is unique and not similar to the previous. You need to survive in this dangerous world and become the best evil shooter.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 27.3% ★, Lovecraftian 10.8%, FPS 10.1%, Arena Shooter 8.1%, Dark Humor 6.6%

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: Fast-Paced 17.4%, FPS 16.2%, Gore 14.3%, Retro 11.1%, Old School 10.1%

Embark on a journey into the darkest nightmares to restore your sanity. Blast your way through hordes of possessed enemies, unlock an arsenal of deadly weapons and unearthly abilities, and get ready to face even more Lovecraftian madness in this action-packed FPS sequel.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 33.8% ★, Lovecraftian 17%, FPS 13.3%, Fast-Paced 9.6%, Retro 6.9%

A fast-paced micro FPS in which The Chop Goblins are loose, chopping their way through time itself in their ravenous quest for cheese. And THE CHOP WILL NOT STOP.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 32.4% ★, Fast-Paced 13.6%, FPS 11.8%, Old School 8.6%, Gore 7.3%

Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 20.8%, FPS 18.8%, Great Soundtrack 17.1%, Gore 14.7%, Boomer Shooter 9.1% ★

Selaco is a brand new original shooter inspired by classics, featuring thrilling action set pieces, destructibility, smart enemies and a fleshed out story taking place within an immersive game world.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 32.2% ★, FPS 14.5%, Fast-Paced 13.3%, Old School 8.7%, Retro 8.5%

Crush the cult of Astaroth and vanquish her hellspawn, make them squeal and hide where they came from. Enjoy a Fresh Look & Old Fun in this arcade horror FPS game inspired by the legends of the 90s.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 42.8% ★, FPS 13.8%, Shooter 7.7%, Gore 7.5%, Retro 7.2%

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: FPS 29.1%, Lovecraftian 23.4%, Retro 16.1%, Shooter 12.2%, First-Person 9.1%

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: Fast-Paced 27.1%, FPS 22.4%, Retro 11.2%, Shooter 10.4%, Old School 9.8%

A retro first-person shooter inspired by Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, and Rise of the Triad. REVEREND is a dark, twisted tale with religious undertones, terrifying creature designs and one hell of a personality.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 34.7% ★, FPS 13%, Lovecraftian 8.5%, 1990's 8.3%, Shooter 7.8%

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 40.1% ★, FPS 15.9%, Shooter 7.6%, Retro 6.9%, Dark Humor 5.8%

Cast into the Great Well, unwanted by the world above. You delve the dark in search of the Old One, your last salvation. Lunacid is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by Shadow Tower and King’s Field.

Why similar: Retro 36%, First-Person 22.7%, Horror 14.4%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Gore 8.9%

Devilated is an ultraviolent RPG old-school shooter where you brutalize and cannibalize your demonic foes in equal measure. Eat their face before they eat yours.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 27.7% ★, Fast-Paced 12.4%, FPS 10.4%, Arena Shooter 8.2%, Dark Humor 7.1%

Shrine is a retro FPS game about a skinless dude killing eldritch monstrosities with his nightmarish arsenal.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 31.4% ★, FPS 20.8%, Lovecraftian 15.3%, Retro 14.2%, Horror 6.9%

Shrine II is a retro FPS game with a focus on atmosphere and exploration. Explore a nightmarish world and battle great bosses where the surprises never end...

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 26% ★, FPS 19.8%, Arena Shooter 11.2%, Shooter 10.1%, Gore 8.8%

The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.

Why similar: FPS 24.4%, Classic 22.3% ★, Arena Shooter 14.4%, Fast-Paced 9%, 1990's 7.1%

Eliminate hordes of monsters in a thrilling first person shooter - ILLWILL.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 40.9% ★, FPS 14.9%, 1990's 9%, Shooter 8.1%, Retro 8%

Zan and her orc sisters must fight to save their homeland from a demonic invasion! Immerse yourself in a sprawling underground world where the rich lore, exploration and puzzles of classic adventure games blend with the visceral combat of a 90s' shooter.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 39.5% ★, FPS 17.7%, Retro 12.4%, Old School 10.3%, Shooter 9.6%

Wizordum is a retro FPS that puts you in the role of a Mage on a quest to track down the source of Chaos. With a wide arsenal of spells and magic items, battle your way through the world of Terrabruma in this unique blend of classic 90s shooters and modern gaming elements.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 48.4% ★, FPS 18.4%, Shooter 9.4%, Old School 8.5%, Retro 6%

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: Boomer Shooter 31.4% ★, Fast-Paced 13.7%, FPS 11.2%, Gore 8.3%, Retro 8.2%