Games Like Gori: Cuddly Carnage

Travis Touchdown is back, baby! The otaku assassin takes up his trusty beam katana once more to slash his way to the top of the Galactic Superhero Rankings and save the world in the latest entry in the No More Heroes series.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 25.5%, Comedy 20.3%, Cats 12.5%, Gore 11.6%, Stylized 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same irreverent dark humor and over-the-top hack-and-slash action found in Gori.

Test your abilities in two new game modes, uncover new rewards and even a few secrets in the Arcade Challenge! Update! Feel the beat as wannabe rockstar Chai and his ragtag team fight against an evil megacorp in a world that syncs to the music.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 33.1%, Cyberpunk 17.4%, Comedy 13.7%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Stylized 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a vibrant, comedic tone and rhythmic, spectacle-based combat that mirrors the high-energy feel of Gori.

Slay to the rhythm of metal and vengeance on an infernal journey through the eight Hells. Make them fear the beat. Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm FPS bursting with demons, badass weapons, and heavy metal music.

Why similar: Combat 42.8%, Stylized 26.8%, Action 13%, Adventure 9.6%, Singleplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a high-octane, gore-filled experience where fast movement and rhythmic combat are essential to success.

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: Blood 36% ★, Gore 19.5%, Horror 13.5%, Destruction 12.7%, Difficult 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers intense, high-speed combat with heavy gore and a focus on fluid movement mechanics.

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: Blood 42.5% ★, Gore 28.4%, Comedy 14.7%, Action 11.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on stylish, movement-based combat and dark comedy that feels like a spiritual cousin to Gori's gameplay loop.

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: Cyberpunk 49.7%, Gore 19.4%, Combat 11.3%, Difficult 10.8%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-speed cyberpunk shooter that matches the gore, intensity, and movement-focused gameplay of Gori.

The ultimate Devil Hunter is back in style, in the game action fans have been waiting for.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 43.3%, Third Person 14.6%, Gore 12.1%, Action 10.1%, Difficult 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for spectacle hack-and-slash combat, offering the depth and fluidity that Gori fans crave.

PlatinumGames’ universally acclaimed action masterpiece finally comes to PC. Experience the over-the-top stylish action in 60fps at unlocked HD resolutions. The definitive way to play: being bad never felt so good.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 47.1%, Gore 12%, Comedy 11.6%, Third Person 11.4%, Action 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an over-the-top, stylish combat experience with a unique sense of humor and high-speed action.

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: Cyberpunk 42.4%, Hack and Slash 21.4%, Gore 14.2%, Difficult 13.5%, Action 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a stylish, fast-paced, and gory experience where movement and precision are key to survival.

Gungrave G.O.R.E is a stylish third-person action shooter by South-Korean Studio IGGYMOB in which you take on the role of Grave, a gunslinger of resurrection and badass anti-hero of your dreams, mowing down tons of enemies in a gory ballet of bullets.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 36.1%, Gore 18.5%, Hack and Slash 12.2%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Combat 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A spectacle shooter that leans into the cyberpunk aesthetic and chaotic, over-the-top combat.

RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 57.8%, Gore 15.4%, Difficult 9.5%, Hack and Slash 6.5%, Action 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, cyberpunk-themed action game that emphasizes fast, visceral combat and a gritty aesthetic.

Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.

Why similar: Metroidvania 29.9%, Cats 23.4%, Difficult 17.2%, Gore 15.3%, Action-Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a challenging, combat-focused experience with a distinct, stylized aesthetic.

One-hit kill die-retry murderballet. Left for dead by a colorful band of bandits: you will chain killing sprees to exact revenge on the treacherous Mr. Black Wolf. Improvise your kills with utterly everything you can get your hands on: from carrots to plasma guns.

Why similar: Blood 40.8% ★, Gore 14.7%, Hack and Slash 13.1%, Difficult 11.6%, Combat 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, violent game where improvising with the environment is key to the action.

Have a Nice Death is a 2D action roguelike where you play as an overworked Death, whose employees have run rampant, completely throwing off the balance of souls - and his vacation plans. In order to restore order, you'll have to grab your trusty scythe and show your employees who's boss.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 31.6%, Metroidvania 24.9%, Comedy 19.9%, Combat 14.8%, Action 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, humorous tone and fast-paced hack-and-slash combat in a stylish 2D environment.

A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.

Why similar: Metroidvania 32.3%, Comedy 30.4%, Gore 19.5%, Action 11.6%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A platformer that shares the same dark comedy, gore, and irreverent spirit as Gori.

Blood will run in Ghostrunner 2, a hardcore FPP slasher set in a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk future. Become the ultimate cyber ninja and prepare for epic boss fights, improved skills, an interactive story, new game modes, and captivating synthwave soundtrack.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 37.9%, Hack and Slash 23.1%, Difficult 15.8%, Combat 8.9%, Action-Adventure 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk action game that demands high-speed movement and precise, lethal combat maneuvers.

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: Cyberpunk 31.1%, Metroidvania 25.5%, Gore 17.5%, Horror 12%, Difficult 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk-themed metroidvania that emphasizes combat and exploration in a dark, atmospheric world.

Laika: Aged Through Blood is an action-adventure Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic western world. Play as Laika, a coyote mother and fierce warrior, and carve your motorbike through a land ravaged by betrayal and loss as you uncover dark secrets in the pursuit of vengeance against oppression.

Why similar: Blood 44.6% ★, Metroidvania 20.8%, Gore 17.1%, Difficult 13%, Adventure 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A movement-based metroidvania that uses a vehicle-centric mechanic to drive its intense, mature story.

Stray Blade is an action-adventure where you play a rogue Adventurer exploring the ancient Valley of Acrea with your companion, the Xhinnon wolf Boji. Unveil the history of the forgotten valley and master the powers of the three Acrean Metals to restore balance to this war-torn land.

Why similar: Metroidvania 18.4%, Hack and Slash 16.3%, Combat 12.4%, Difficult 11.1%, Character Customization 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game that focuses on fluid combat and exploration in a vibrant, stylized setting.

A nostalgic metroidvania adventure with insane weapons, skills, and pixel gore. Ride your BMX and blast your enemies as you discover the secrets of the Wasteland.

Why similar: Gore 27.6%, Metroidvania 24.6%, Comedy 20.6%, Combat 16.1%, Action 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A gore-filled platformer that captures the same gritty, stylized energy as Gori.

Step into the boots of Grayson Hunt after a crash landing on an old resort planet forces him to make a hard choice: survival or revenge. Execute masterful kills with Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition’s unique combat system that rewards you for performing the most creative and deadly kills imaginable.

Why similar: Gore 44.1%, Comedy 23.8%, Blood 11.9% ★, Action 11.2%, Adventure 6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar blend of crude humor, over-the-top violence, and creative combat mechanics.

An intense single-player FPS featuring a stylish movement system, completely destructible levels, and an acclaimed OST.

Why similar: Destruction 40.1%, Cyberpunk 38.2%, Stylized 12.6%, Action 6.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A movement-focused shooter that emphasizes style and fluidity, perfect for fans of high-speed action.

Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.

Why similar: 3D Platformer 38.1%, Combat 23.1%, Stylized 19.3%, Action 9%, Adventure 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on speed-running and fluid movement, capturing the adrenaline-fueled pace of Gori.

Hands down the most adventurous and handsome hand in the world! You play as a hand on a gripping handventure where you single-handedly face dangerous obstacles and de-feet a handful of evil feet.

Why similar: Destruction 21.5%, Comedy 19.3%, 3D Platformer 17.2%, Third Person 12%, Stylized 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same eccentric, physics-based humor and platforming focus found in Gori's more lighthearted moments.

Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Difficult 21.9%, Combat 15.7%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Action 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique souls-like that features surreal, dark imagery and satisfying, visceral combat.

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Metroidvania 45.2%, Cats 36%, Action 6.3%, Difficult 5.8%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A compact metroidvania that balances action and exploration with a charming, retro-inspired aesthetic.

Only the strong will conquer this gruesome action platformer with RPG elements. Dismember demonic creatures and terrifying bosses by wielding brutal weapons in intense skill-based combat. Slay or be slain as you collect glory and treasure in this nightmarish 2D world.

Why similar: Metroidvania 25.2%, Gore 16.7%, Hack and Slash 16.5%, Character Customization 14.2%, Combat 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that offers side-scrolling combat and exploration with a dark, fantasy-inspired tone.

PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.

Why similar: Third Person 30%, Hack and Slash 17.6%, Action 15.9%, Cyberpunk 14.7%, Gore 13%

Why You'll Like It: A classic high-speed shooter that emphasizes sliding movement and intense, cinematic action.

Fueled by love but driven by rage, Cherry embarks on a blood-soaked quest for revenge, explores the massive Megastructure, and eviscerates the armies of Infornet in a best-in-class action-adventure that breaks tropes and bones.

Why similar: Blood 32.5% ★, Metroidvania 23.7%, Gore 13.2%, Comedy 9.1%, Action-Adventure 7.2%

Risk insanity in the gruesome slash-em-up Morbid: The Lords of Ire, with brutal combat and souls-like elements. Defeat the five Lords of Ire as you fight for your life across tortured landscapes, rending the evil Gahars of their flesh-bound forms.

Why similar: Blood 26% ★, Hack and Slash 16.5%, Difficult 11.2%, Horror 9.7%, Third Person 8.7%

Cute rats in deadly mazes... Cyber Rats is a dark and brutal action game. Escape sadistic horrifying death mazes, Improve your rats with upgrades, and find your way out of this sinister facility.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.4%, Gore 28%, Third Person 14.4%, Stylized 11.6%, Action-Adventure 6.8%

Join a homeless cat in this 3d platformer with souls-lite combat and dark humor. Explore the Squirrel Kingdom - a place full of secrets, collectibles and new weapons to find. Complete jobs for weird characters. Fight, dodge or parry challenging enemies and bosses with a lock-on combat system.

Why similar: Cats 19.5%, Hack and Slash 15.9%, Gore 14.9%, 3D Platformer 13.1%, Comedy 11.4%

Fight your way to the top in this HD remaster of everyone's favorite assassin action game! As all-American otaku Travis Touchdown, use your trusty beam katana to hack-and-slash though the competition and claim the title of world's #1 assassin!

Why similar: Blood 31.6% ★, Hack and Slash 16.2%, Comedy 13.9%, Cats 12.3%, Gore 9.3%

Survive the night. Play as Frank the Werewolf for a wave based cage fight for survival. Tear through a convenience store to fend off a mechanized infantry platoon of mercenaries.

Why similar: Blood 28.6% ★, Destruction 17.9%, Gore 15.1%, Hack and Slash 13.5%, Combat 9.5%

You're hungry. For a schnitzel. The problem is: you have to get it!

Why similar: Cats 30%, 3D Platformer 25.3%, Comedy 16.7%, Third Person 12.9%, Adventure 8.1%

Magenta Horizon is a fast-paced 2D action platformer with challenging spectacle fighter inspired combat. Playing as a Reaper of the twisted purgatorial afterlife, push your skills to the limit to destroy the hordes of demons and epic bosses to reach your destination.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 38.9%, Difficult 23%, Stylized 21.8%, Action 6.8%, Adventure 5.1%

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 52.5%, Difficult 26.6%, Action 11.8%, Action-Adventure 3.8%, Adventure 3.5%

Hack ‘n’ Slash your way up Hell's corporate ladder in this “down the rabbit hole” adventure to retrieve your stolen cat from the Underworld!

Why similar: Hack and Slash 34.5%, Comedy 15.5%, Third Person 15.1%, Action-Adventure 12%, Combat 9.9%

Heavy Metal! Deep Combo System! Lot of Cinematics! Discover Legendary Warriors Forged in War! Destroy the dark empire! and save the world of his tiranity!!! Dark or Light?! Only one will Survive!!! Prepare your sword! And Anihilate all your enemies!

Why similar: Hack and Slash 34%, Gore 23.5%, Combat 15.7%, Third Person 13%, Action-Adventure 8%

Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.

Why similar: Metroidvania 39.2%, Hack and Slash 33.5%, Action-Adventure 14.3%, Action 5.7%, Adventure 4.6%

Repel an invasion of mysterious charming creatures in a vast murky marshland. Strike your foes in a God-like slash-based manner and experience ambiguous encounters brimming with personality.

Why similar: Gore 36.9%, Hack and Slash 30.7%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 6.5%

Compete in a bloody fight to the finish in DEATHSPRINT 66, fusing high-speed on-foot racing with deadly obstacles and brutal abilities. Unleash your velocity, push limits, and claim glory like never before.

Why similar: Blood 37.9% ★, Cyberpunk 23.8%, Gore 12.8%, Difficult 11%, Third Person 9.9%

From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!

Why similar: Comedy 26.1%, Gore 18.5%, 3D Platformer 17.9%, Third Person 9.6%, Combat 9.1%

Take an exciting journey with Twisty, the floating brain monster, as he battles his way out of an insane asylum in this hilariously bizarre, action/adventure game.

Why similar: Gore 28.9%, Blood 27.2% ★, Horror 9.5%, Comedy 9%, Third Person 8.8%

MADNESS: Project Nexus is a third-person Run n' Gun / Beat'Em Up filled with arcade-style action and button-mashing brutality. Gun your way through droves of bad guys in the Story Campaign, or build your perfect killing machine in the neverending onslaught of Arena Mode.

Why similar: Blood 37.3% ★, Gore 15.4%, Hack and Slash 15.2%, Character Customization 11.3%, Combat 9.3%

The premier first-person destructive house cat simulator is back with a vengeance! Play as a mischievous cat, swat your human's possessions onto the floor, scratch up curtains, smash precious keepsakes, and show your owner who's boss.

Why similar: Cats 36.8%, Destruction 36%, Comedy 17%, Action-Adventure 5.9%, Action 2.4%

An intense, hardcore action side-scroller. Maneuver as a ninja killerbot through dynamic wastelands with 26+ specialized weapons. Dodge, dash, and dominate. A homage to Metroidvania and Roguelike: customize atomic evolution, breach intricate alert levels to decrypt the Oblivion Code...

Why similar: Hack and Slash 52.3%, Cyberpunk 21.2%, Combat 9.8%, Action 8.4%, Adventure 4.3%

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: Metroidvania 35.2%, Blood 25.6% ★, Gore 18.4%, Difficult 9.8%, Horror 5.8%

Rip through hordes of enemies with fury and style in this fast-paced action RPG. Play as Astor, a young warrior determined to unveil the secrets behind his creators’ unforeseen demise. Wield an arsenal of runic weapons to hunt down the evil haunting the planet Gliese and save it from impending doom.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 25%, Metroidvania 20.5%, Combat 16.7%, Third Person 15.7%, Action-Adventure 11.3%

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

Why similar: Blood 46.2% ★, Gore 17.7%, Hack and Slash 17.3%, Difficult 14%, Action 3.1%

The protagonist is a cat. To whom nothing remains but to arm himself in the fight against the army of devilish creatures and become a HellCat.

Why similar: Cats 40.4%, Hack and Slash 30.8%, Action-Adventure 14%, Action 6.3%, Adventure 5.3%

Paint the screen red and travel the cosmos in this bloodstained action adventure game! Witness the latest from Grasshopper Manufacture: the advent of ULTRA-VIOLENT SCIENCE FICTION!

Why similar: Gore 28.5%, Hack and Slash 25.5%, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Action 12.5%, Adventure 9.1%

Marrow is a 2D, Cosmic-Horror themed, action-adventure game emphasizing challenge, puzzles, platforming, combat and navigation. Leap, crawl, slash and blast your way through the cavernous bowels of a menacing mountain in a quest to find your lost friends.

Why similar: Gore 73.5%, Action 14.6%, Adventure 12%

Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk FPS is a brutal, funny, bloody FPS game with an advanced gore system. Featuring 15 beautiful levels, a variety of weapons and a deeply engaging story that follows the journey of a young man and his friend tackling on a criminal underground to give his AI wife a real body.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 56.3%, Comedy 20.4%, Combat 9.1%, Action 8%, Gore 5.5%

SWORDCAR is an automotive CAR-achter action game with a healthy serving of gore. Slash and slice at 100 MPH and bathe in the blood of the mysterious BUSY CORP.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 39.4%, Third Person 17%, Stylized 13.7%, Combat 12.4%, Action 11.7%

Pitty Meaty is a horrifying creepypasta survival horror game where you must survive in a dangerous territory under the constant threat of a menacing, swollen corpse head.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 44%, Horror 19.8%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, Combat 9.6%, Action 7.8%

A goofy action RPG. Armed with a plushie, smack down nightmarish foes with cuddly chaos. Cheese the boss. Dodge roll your way to victory!

Why similar: Hack and Slash 31.9%, 3D Platformer 24.6%, Action-Adventure 15.1%, Third Person 13.6%, Action 7.4%

"I must eliminate them...ALL..." The bodiless "Hyoki" hunts down the brain-devouring "Slitterheads", lurking in the alleys of a neon-lit city

Why similar: Horror 29.7%, Action-Adventure 21.9%, Combat 16.5%, Gore 11.1%, Action 10.7%

Slaughter endless abominations while moving stylishly through a lovecraftian nightmare. Combine a multitude of unlockable weapons, abilities and upgrades in order to survive as long as possible, and reach the top of the leaderboards.

Why similar: Gore 50.6%, Hack and Slash 41.6%, Action 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Trapped in a buried, forgotten facility, you must reach the core of an ancient machine to rescue your lost lover. System Purge is a challenging, atmospheric 2D platformer.

Why similar: Gore 24.7%, Horror 23.5%, Metroidvania 19.5%, Comedy 11.3%, Difficult 11.2%