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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, FPS, First-Person, Shooter.

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An unique blend of retro-fps, metroidvania and adventure. Escape the cyber afterlife you've been trapped into, hop between realities and shoot your way out with the help of your new allies. But are they really your friends? The Arena conspiracy goes deeper than you could possibly imagine...

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 77% — of 192 reviews
Released: 2024-06-10
Developer: Daev Team
Publisher: Mothership Loudspeakerz
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    Windows
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    Years into a brutal lockdown, a once-thriving city lies in ruins, abandoned by its government and overrun by vicious, mindless infected. Grab your hammer, collect your nerves and enter the mayhem.

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  54. #54 GRIMWAR
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2025
    Dev: BookWyrm
    Windows

    THE ARCHMAGE IS DEAD. THE GRIMWAR IS FREE. MANA IS FLEETING.

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  55. #55 Silly Polly Beast
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 2,203 reviews2025
    Dev: AnjiPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    Why similar: Dark 15.5%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, Horror 12.5%, Shooter 11.5%, Female Protagonist 11%

  56. #56 AFTERLIFE DEFINITIVE EDITION
    70% matchMixed61% of 61 reviews2022
    Dev: Tuning Mania
    Windows

    Be permeated by the adrenaline-pumping gameplay worthy of the most famous shooters and survive the rise of madness! Experience the chaos and human perversion firsthand. This adventure will take you from the dark streets of DreamCity to the higher floors of the corporations that control it.

    Why similar: FPS 32.4%, Horror 18.4%, Shooter 14.2%, Dark 11.9%, Female Protagonist 7.9%

  57. #57 KUR
    70% matchMixed67% of 63 reviews2022
    Dev: Really RagdollPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
    Windows

    Destroy drones, ravage robots and stomp some skull-bearing spiderdroids in a dark-humor drenched take on the classic 90’s shooter.

    Why similar: Dark Humor 20.4%, FPS 17.7%, Action-Adventure 9.9%, Horror 9.4%, Shooter 8.1%

  58. #58 Ghost 1.0
    69% matchVery Positive91% of 2,107 reviews2016
    Dev: @unepic_franPub: Unepic Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.

    Why similar: Female Protagonist 39.5%, Sci-fi 38.9%, Action 21.6%

  59. #59 Terrorbytes
    65% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2025
    Dev: TreetopPub: Over The Moon
    Windows

    Collect pellets to power the safe room and survive. Solve the mystery of how you were sucked into this haunted arcade machine, and escape.

    Why similar: Dark Humor 36.6%, Horror 17.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Stylized 9.5%, First-Person 9.3%

  60. #60 SIGNALIS
    63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,665 reviews2022
    Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    Why similar: Sci-fi 22.7%, Dark 20.5%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Atmospheric 15.7%, Action-Adventure 10.7%

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