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Games Like Fear Protocol: Shadow Paradigm

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Horror, Singleplayer, Gore.

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It's another nice dark day in Escondido, California and special agent Jack Banger goes from out of the frying pan and into the fire. The disgusting biomonster creatures are continuing to terrorize the city and there's only so much time before the plague spreads across the nation.

Reviews: Very Positive — 92% — of 59 reviews
Released: 2021-08-06
Developer: GZ Storm
Genres: Action, Casual, Free To Play, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive81% of 57 reviews2020
    Dev: GZ Storm
    Windows

    It's a nice dark day in Escondido, California and special agent Jack Banger and his superior Gilbert Simpson are planning their next operation. Their life of luxury is soon interrupted however when strange biomonster creatures start appearing all over the city...

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, Comedy 16.3%, Action 11.7%, Casual 9.7%

  2. #2 The Pulse of Evil
    96% matchVery Positive95% of 221 reviews2023
    Dev: MadnukinPub: Mads Games
    Windows

    Find yourself on a mission exploring the depth of an ominous forgotten mine. You arrive barehanded but quickly find the tools needed to go deeper. Destroy the infected living parts of the mine and face the final threat and complete your mission.

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.4%, Shooter 17%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Action 12.5%, Top-Down 9.7%

  3. #3 Post Soviet Zombies
    96% matchVery Positive89% of 90 reviews2019
    Dev: BRAIN DOES (NOT) WORK
    Windows

    Post soviet zombies - is an action shooter with a top view, in which you have to get out of the virus infected post-Soviet city for one of the four unique characters. On the way you will meet a variety of zombies, military, marauders and people who need your help in 1993.

    Why similar: Zombies 23.5%, Action 16%, Violent 13.1%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Gore 11.7%

  4. #4 Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition
    94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,940 reviews2017
    Dev: NukGames
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.1%, Zombies 17.7%, Action 16.4%, Top-Down 10.8%, Gore 9.9%

  5. #5 Primal Fears
    95% matchMixed58% of 309 reviews2013
    Dev: DnS Development
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    Due to a chemical known as pharGONe, the world has been turned upside down. Battle your way through multiple levels, earning upgrades, competing against your friends and more, and find the truth about what has happened to the world.Use a variety of weapons to stop the mutated population, and save yourself from being another victim.

    Why similar: Action 23.8%, Gore 18%, Violent 15.2%, Zombies 13.1%, Shooter 9.4%

  6. #6 SPEARHEAD
    94% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2022
    Dev: BulletCow
    Windows

    Spearhead is the story of agents who join secret organizations in a chaotic world surrounded by infectious diseases. Experience the story of six agents joining.

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.6%, Shooter 18%, Casual 13.9%, Top-Down 9.8%, Action 7.6%

  7. #7 Fear the Timeloop - Prologue
    92% matchVery Positive84% of 289 reviews2025
    Dev: TacoEatersPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.

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  8. #8 SCP: Abhorrent
    93% matchMixed59% of 113 reviews2022
    Dev: Black Ivy Games
    Windows

    Play as Agent Sigma, an operative assigned to a GOC assessment team. In a mission to exterminate an uncontained SCP-363 instance located in an abandoned mining tunnel - the situation suddenly goes critical. With communication broken and fellow agents now assumed KIA/MIA..

    Why similar: Action 27.1%, Shooter 21.6%, Horror 18.9%, Gore 12%, Violent 11.1%

  9. #9 Warlock Bentspine - Toilet Edition
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2020
    Dev: Lazrool
    Windows · Linux

    It's a bleak sunny day in Stinker City and Warlock Bentspine and his corrupt mayor friend Burger Jeff are plotting new schemes to raise taxes on the paupers. Their diabolical scheming is soon interrupted however when a bomb goes off in a local news station. Looks like Crime Gang is at it once again.

    Why similar: Nostalgia 42.8%, Action 28.4%, Casual 16%, Colorful 6.8%, 2D 2.6%

  10. #10 It's Dark
    91% matchMixed66% of 70 reviews2022
    Dev: Connor Redwine
    Windows

    There has been a containment breach in a secret facility located deep underground. Experiment E.C.H.O has escaped and is running loose. The lab has gone into shutdown mode, and it's dark...

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Horror 18.3%, Action 13.9%, Top-Down 11.9%, Casual 10.8%

  11. #11 EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,404 reviews2023
    Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.

    Why similar: Action-Adventure 30.1%, Top-Down 26.1%, Horror 20.7%, Action 17.2%, Gore 5.3%

  12. #12 GARAGE: Bad Trip
    90% matchMixed67% of 818 reviews2018
    Dev: Zombie DynamicsPub: tinyBuild
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Drug dealer Butch slays hordes of living dead to save a girl. Garage is a bloody topdown shooter inspired by VHS era B-movies.

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22%, Zombies 15.6%, Violent 10.9%, Shooter 10.4%, Top-Down 10.3%

  13. #13 The Lancaster Leak - Crisis At Call Center
    89% matchVery Positive84% of 346 reviews2023
    Dev: Jeremy FischerPub: Jflyer Games
    Windows · Mac

    YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a cover-up of a tragic mass casualty event.

    Why similar: Horror 39.8%, Action-Adventure 35.9%, Action 22.3%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  14. #14 Operation: Outbreak
    88% matchMostly Positive77% of 523 reviews2025
    Dev: DREADMITH Games
    Windows

    Your squad's vehicle exploded during a patrol, and you're the only survivor. The enemy is unusual this time. A virus has turned the city into a warzone of the undead. Get to the exfil in time or die trying. A free-to-play short and intense FPS zombie survival horror game.

    Why similar: Zombies 31.9%, Shooter 23%, Gore 15.7%, Horror 15.2%, Action 12.1%

  15. #15 Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
    87% matchVery Positive90% of 2,438 reviews2014
    Dev: DreamworldsPub: Untold Tales
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    You like top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against zombies and monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments? Fight your way through an apocalyptic city in the single player story mode, and test your skills in the survival mode.

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  16. #16 PATHOGEN X
    86% matchMostly Positive80% of 299 reviews2024
    Dev: BraveCat'Studios
    Windows

    An immersive, first-person survival shooter where you step into the boots of Special Agent Aiden Clark. Dive deep into a hazardous underground laboratory, tasked with the perilous mission of neutralizing a biological menace and securing a pathogen sample.

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  17. #17 Restless Grounds
    86% matchVery Positive87% of 162 reviews2024
    Dev: Zirael
    Windows

    Forgotten Polish town, Incident at a soviet military base and hellish monsters... This is a horror investigation story... Will you stop the relentless fight, or give into it?

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  18. #18 Endoparasitic 2
    83% matchVery Positive87% of 658 reviews2024
    Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  19. #19 Zombie Shooter
    84% matchVery Positive83% of 1,342 reviews2009
    Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%

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  20. #20 Jack Holmes : Master of Puppets
    82% matchVery Positive81% of 173 reviews2024
    Dev: @TonyDevGamePub: indie.io
    Windows

    Survival Horror in first person where you must manage your ammunition well, explore varied scenarios and face nightmarish beings, while investigating the macabre experiments with children, the result of a mind unhinged by madness and family loss.

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    85% matchMostly Negative29% of 63 reviews2015
    Dev: Ignition Games Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 32%

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    Why similar: Action 48.6%, Casual 41.4%, Indie 10%

  22. #22 Old School FOTD
    84% matchMostly Negative38% of 88 reviews2017
    Dev: Andrey BelyPub: Narko Games
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%

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  23. #23 PAPERHEAD EP.0
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 3,629 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%

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    Why similar: Gore 25.3%, Shooter 25.1%, Action 16.6%, Horror 15.1%, Violent 13.7%

  24. #24 Bloody Streets
    82% matchMostly Positive79% of 126 reviews2015
    Dev: Headless Wizard
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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  25. #25 Perfect Vermin
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 3,859 reviews2020
    Dev: Talia bob MairPub: ItsTheTalia
    Windows

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    Why similar: Horror 29.6%, Action 23.1%, Casual 20.1%, Gore 15.7%, Indie 7.1%

  26. #26 Terminus
    80% matchMixed64% of 59 reviews2025
    Dev: RATPPub: ARTFX - GAME
    Windows

    Paris, 1968. As the city sinks into social unrest, a far darker threat rises from deep underground. Charles Mercier, a former SOLDIER recruited by a secret organization, is sent into the METRO tunnels to prevent an IMMINENT CATASTROPHE.

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  27. #27 Nightmare of Decay
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,386 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.

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  28. #28 FLIGHTMARE
    81% matchMostly Negative27% of 60 reviews2023
    Dev: Van Studios
    Windows

    Indie horror game that will take your adrenaline to another level.

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  29. #29 Cosmic Purge
    81% matchMixed53% of 55 reviews2022
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    Windows

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  30. #30 Lumina Veil
    75% matchVery Positive98% of 235 reviews2026
    Dev: Hamster Cafe
    Windows

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  31. #31 The Nightmare Chronicles - Horror In Da Hood
    77% matchVery Positive83% of 72 reviews2024
    Dev: Bluethunder
    Windows

    Mason is assigned a new job from the big boss when strange things start happening and he discovers the true meaning of fear... Horror in Da Hood is a gripping first-person horror game set in the hood, where the supernatural lurks around every corner. Are you brave enough to face the real terror?

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  32. #32 Last Day of FEAR
    79% matchMixed69% of 117 reviews2017
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    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%

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  33. #33 Fear The Timeloop
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 554 reviews2026
    Dev: TacoEatersPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.

    Why similar: Shooter 25.3%, Zombies 21.3%, Action-Adventure 19.5%, Horror 17.9%, Action 13.9%

  34. #34 Andromeda 2 Zombies
    77% matchMixed53% of 53 reviews2021
    Dev: Yann GEFFROTIN
    Windows

    Andromeda 2 Zombies is an First Person Shooter video game featuring zombies. The game take place in the far future where spatial exploration of galaxy is possible. A virus has spread and now zombies are rampant. The hero is in the military and try to bring order in the Andromeda galaxy.

    Why similar: Shooter 24.1%, Action 23.8%, Zombies 19.8%, Horror 12.7%, Gore 9.8%

  35. #35 Night Slashers: Remake
    75% matchMixed65% of 183 reviews2024
    Dev: Storm Trident S.A.Pub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Night Slashers is a pulse-pounding, horror-themed beat 'em up game, in a nightmarish world filled with bloodthirsty creatures and unspeakable horrors.

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  36. #36 Pixel Puzzles: UndeadZ
    76% matchMostly Positive73% of 925 reviews2014
    Dev: Pixel Puzzles
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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  37. #37 Putrefaction
    76% matchMixed69% of 494 reviews2015
    Dev: Kazakov Oleg
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.

    Why similar: Action 22.5%, Gore 18.5%, Shooter 16.2%, Horror 15.9%, Zombies 14.1%

  38. #38 Fuhrer in LA - Special Edition
    74% matchVery Positive93% of 135 reviews2020
    Dev: Ankaar Productions
    Windows

    Fuhrer in a LA is a grindhouse-styled top-down action-adventure game which takes place around 1947, unraveling the truth about the demise of the Fuhrer post World War 2.

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Comedy 13.3%, Shooter 13.2%, Top-Down 11.6%

  39. #39 OMG Zombies!
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 410 reviews2014
    Dev: Laughing Jackal LTDPub: Ghostlight LTD
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    OMG! Alert! Alert! The City of Redfield has been hit by an outbreak of exploding zombies! For cool and unimportant reasons these suckers literally explode when shot, showering their zombie brethren with gore and causing chain reactions of showering zombie gibs with just a single bullet!

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.4%, Shooter 15.4%, Zombies 13.5%, Top-Down 10.5%, Horror 10%

  40. #40 Big Blind
    70% matchVery Positive97% of 121 reviews2024
    Dev: SPADE ACEPub: Jungle Game Lab
    Windows

    Where Sound Becomes Sight, Style Meets Violence. Step into the world of darkness as a blind protagonist who sees through sound in this stylish 2D top-down shooter where every kill matters and style is everything.

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.9%, Shooter 18.4%, Action 13.2%, Top-Down 11.3%, Casual 10.3%

  41. #41 Jawbreaker
    72% matchMixed64% of 107 reviews2024
    Dev: Vincent Lade
    Windows

    Will you survive when the world falls apart? Jawbreaker is a punishing stealth & survival horror game that will have you running, hiding, and fighting in a terrifying gang-infested society on the verge of collapse. Though that’s not all, once the sun goes down the true fear begins...

    Why similar: Gore 22.2%, Violent 19.6%, Shooter 19%, Action 18.4%, Horror 18.3%

  42. #42 Bad Dream: Fever
    71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,340 reviews2018
    Dev: Desert Fox
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.

    Why similar: Horror 27.7%, Gore 20.2%, Violent 17.8%, Zombies 17.6%, Indie 9.1%

  43. #43 Into The Gloom
    72% matchVery Positive81% of 296 reviews2015
    Dev: earrgamesPub: Conglomerate 5
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    It's a retro horror game featuring eerie black, white, and red visuals. Embark on an exciting adventure across 18 suspenseful levels while evading "The Shadow" and discovering five possible endings. Immerse yourself in a chilling atmosphere with haunting environments and unsettling sounds.

    Why similar: Horror 46%, Action 32.5%, 2D 9.9%, Singleplayer 6.9%, Indie 4.7%

  44. #44 Skautfold: Into the Fray
    71% matchVery Positive87% of 89 reviews2018
    Dev: Steve GalPub: Pugware
    Windows

    Into the Fray is a fast action-shooter in the vein of Doom and Dark Messiah; using fast combat, reactive environments, and traps. Blast, kick, and dash your way through Rebels and Eldritch creatures to liberate the Isle of Portland; as it becomes consumed by Fog and the horrors therein.

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.6%, Gore 17.5%, Violent 15.7%, Action 13.2%, Shooter 12.9%

  45. #45 Welcome to Hanwell
    73% matchMixed48% of 372 reviews2017
    Dev: Steel Arts
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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  46. #46 Spooky Survivors
    69% matchMixed67% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Aligned Games
    Windows

    Spooky Survivors puts you in the shoes of Van Hobo, a quirky hero battling the supernatural! Start with all unlocks BUT choose which to level up as you face endless waves. Equip powerful gear and unlock unique abilities. Outlast the nightmare and prove yourself as the ultimate spooky survivor!

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.6%, Gore 22.2%, Action 14.4%, 1980s 12.5%, Casual 9.5%

  47. #47 Abort, Retry, Fail
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 84 reviews2022
    Dev: Manpukuken Ramen
    Windows

    Abort, Retry, Fail is a top-down roguelike action adventure in which you play as a lazy programmer that has to generate his own weapon and shoot his way through hordes of enemies. Are you brave enough to help him escape from computer hell of Windows 98?

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  48. #48 The Skin Stapler
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 409 reviews2026
    Dev: Tainted PactPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows

    The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.

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  49. #49 SAS: Zombie Assault 4
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 9,653 reviews2017
    Dev: Ninja Kiwi
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%

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  50. #50 Dirty Room
    70% matchMixed62% of 53 reviews2023
    Dev: Tactic Forge
    Windows

    First person shooter horror adventure game. As detective C, you arrived at an old friend's home and try to find out what's going on.

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  51. #51 Zombie Soup
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 95 reviews2023
    Dev: AeonSparx InteractivePub: Astrolabe Games
    Windows · Mac

    Zombie Soup is a top-down shooter combined with hack and slash action that follows Ricky, a backpacker who is thrown into an unexpected adventure in an unfamiliar town as he shoots and dodges his way through hordes of bizarre creatures and challenging bosses to save a kidnapped girl!

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  52. #52 The Emulator
    71% matchMixed60% of 100 reviews2018
    Dev: concluse_dev
    Windows · Mac

    It's the night before Halloween and a new terror is about to be unleashed from the deep web.. The Emulator!

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  53. #53 Anomalous
    68% matchMostly Positive71% of 177 reviews2024
    Dev: Byron Dunwoody
    Windows

    A SHORT and sweet pixelated low fidelity 90s throwback hyper-fast action shooter. Survive and fight through a city overrun with manufactured monstrosities, biomass horrors, and a military authority trying to purge everything living. Heavy metal / techno soundtrack featuring BOD Music

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  54. #54 Where the forest ends
    66% matchMixed70% of 138 reviews2026
    Dev: MonkeyBassGames
    Windows

    Shred zombies and bandits, collect and upgrade weapons, and explore the beauty hidden within industrial decay in a new story-driven, top-down horror shooter. Survive one more day in the post-apocalypse.

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  55. #55 Solomon's Boneyard: Hideous Retro Edition
    66% matchVery Positive93% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Raptisoft
    Windows · Linux

    The time to stop a new Dark Lord is before he comes to full power! Stop a young Solomon Dark before he can raise hell's army and threaten the world. Or don't.

    Why similar: Action-Adventure 30%, Action 22.1%, Comedy 21.8%, Top-Down 21.1%, 2D 5.1%

  56. #56 He Needs His Medicine
    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,537 reviews2021
    Dev: Euphoric Bros
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 10%

    You have been dispatched for a 911 call. From the moment you step inside the apartment, you realize something is really wrong with the place. You are gonna make Him the last dosage. He needs his medicine.

    Why similar: Horror 28.3%, Action 23.7%, Choices Matter 19%, Casual 18.5%, Indie 5.7%

  57. #57 HVOR
    69% matchMixed61% of 61 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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