- #1 Viscerafest
97% matchVery Positive85% of 687 reviews2025
Dev: Acid Man GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 39.9% ★, Arena Shooter 11.7%, Shooter 9.5%, Retro 8.8%, Old School 8.4%
- #2 Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,361 reviews2023
Dev: Big Z Studios Inc.Pub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
So.... got what it takes to be a X Slayer?!?... 7 weapons, blood and gore, twisted music by Seepage & Psyko Syndikate, and maps where you can blow up everything. its awesome. started making it in 1998 in high school with my friend and now im 37, so i have life experience now.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 39.6% ★, Retro 15.7%, Shooter 11.4%, Old School 11.1%, Combat 6.8%
- #3 INCISION
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,005 reviews2025
Dev: SmoothBrainDevPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
All old-school FPS action. No Bullshit. Lots of blood & gore. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth in this ultraviolent, fast-paced, and merciless retro-styled first person shooter.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 40.3% ★, Old School 11.5%, Retro 9.4%, Shooter 7.8%, Demons 6.3%
- #4 Vomitoreum
95% matchVery Positive91% of 987 reviews2021
Dev: Scumhead
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Vomitoreum is an FPS Metroidvania with a focus on atmosphere and horror, inspired by the paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35%, Boomer Shooter 23.1% ★, Shooter 12%, Horror 11.6%, Combat 4.5%
- #5 DEAD TRASH
94% matchVery Positive86% of 340 reviews2025
Dev: Crowhill StudiosPub: DOSMan Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 48.4% ★, Shooter 9%, Old School 7.4%, Horror 7%, Retro 5.6%
- #6 PowerSlave Exhumed
94% matchVery Positive89% of 893 reviews2022
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
PowerSlave Exhumed is a KEX Engine port of the classic console game perfectly blending both the PlayStation & Saturn versions
Why similar: Metroidvania 26%, Boomer Shooter 16.4% ★, Shooter 11.8%, Old School 11.4%, First-Person 6.9%
- #7 Devilated
93% matchVery Positive81% of 247 reviews2024
Dev: TrunkaPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 29.3% ★, Fast-Paced 17.1%, Arena Shooter 11%, Old School 6.6%, Shooter 6.3%
- #8 Project Warlock II
92% matchVery Positive81% of 1,284 reviews2025
Dev: Buckshot SoftwarePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 42.1% ★, Old School 10.8%, Arena Shooter 9.2%, Retro 8.8%, Shooter 8.2%
- #9 BRUTAL JOHN 2
91% matchVery Positive95% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: OldSchool Laws Team
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 33.5% ★, Fast-Paced 18.9%, Old School 9.6%, Retro 8.2%, Arena Shooter 8.2%
- #10 Zortch
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,332 reviews2023
Dev: Mutantleg
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 50.7% ★, Shooter 11.5%, FPS 8%, Retro 7.1%, First-Person 6.6%
- #11 WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,895 reviews2024
Dev: KillPixel GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 49% ★, Retro 11.3%, Old School 8.7%, Arena Shooter 6.8%, FPS 5.1%
- #12 KILLBUG
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 502 reviews2023
Dev: Samurai PunkPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 37%
KILLBUG is a fast-paced, first-person movement shooter set in an endless arena. Slash and shoot your way through hordes of ravenous insects, mastering fluid aerial movement mechanics as you fight for glory on the leaderboards.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 22.7%, Arena Shooter 21.1%, Shooter 11.5%, Boomer Shooter 9.7% ★, Horror 7.3%
- #13 Selaco
88% matchVery Positive94% of 4,889 reviews2024
Dev: Altered Orbit Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 33.9% ★, Fast-Paced 18.3%, Old School 10.3%, Shooter 8.8%, Retro 8.6%
- #14 Hands of Necromancy
89% matchVery Positive84% of 393 reviews2022
Dev: HON TeamPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 35.8% ★, Metroidvania 16.8%, Shooter 8%, Demons 7.7%, Old School 6.5%
- #15 CULTIC
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,238 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 50.9% ★, Old School 11.7%, Shooter 8.5%, Retro 7.2%, Horror 5.6%
- #16 Chop Goblins
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,113 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 38.6% ★, Fast-Paced 21%, Old School 11.4%, Shooter 7.2%, Retro 5.3%
- #17 Golden Chambers
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: Mr. Pink
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Welcome to REVOLVERPUNK! Chambers is a comedic RPG shooter set in the Weird Wild West! Cook the boomstick, fingercatch some bullets and wrangle that fella into your pocket!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 31.1% ★, Fast-Paced 15.7%, Retro 10%, Arena Shooter 8.8%, Old School 8.2%
- #18 DIMENSIONAL SLAUGHTER
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Bashir "ManliestDev" KashaloPub: ManliestDev
Windows
Kill to heal, and never stop moving in this retro-styled ADHD-fueled frantic fast-paced rogue-lite movement shooter. A short, yet intense multi-dimensional speedrun FPS experience for people with tiny attention spans. Do you have what it takes to subvert your infinite demise?
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 36.1% ★, Fast-Paced 21.6%, Arena Shooter 11.4%, Retro 7%, Shooter 6.6%
- #19 GHOSTWARE: Arena of the Dead
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 192 reviews2024
Dev: Daev TeamPub: Mothership Loudspeakerz
Windows
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...
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 43.1% ★, Arena Shooter 14.9%, Horror 7.3%, Shooter 6.1%, Old School 5.7%
- #20 Dread Templar
84% matchVery Positive82% of 1,687 reviews2023
Dev: T19 GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 39.3% ★, Fast-Paced 17.9%, Old School 8.2%, Retro 7.7%, Demons 6.4%
- #21 Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 847 reviews2025
Dev: Ciaran Games LLCPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Captain Wayne is an intense, fast-action Retro Shooter about a sailor with a SHOTGUN for an ARM!! With a cartoony, hand-drawn art style and gory gameplay, you'll have to mow down enemies through 8 action-packed locales to take back what's yours. ARE YOU READY TO RAISE ANCHOR?
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 38.7% ★, Fast-Paced 22.1%, Retro 9.5%, Shooter 8.2%, Combat 5.9%
- #22 Fashion Police Squad
83% matchVery Positive88% of 1,536 reviews2022
Dev: Mopeful GamesPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Even at this moment, our fashionable city is under assault. Baggy pants, dull suits, sightings of socks with sandals. A message needs to be sent, and it needs to be sent in style... Time to serve some good ol' Fashion Justice!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 40.8% ★, Arena Shooter 13.6%, Old School 9.5%, Shooter 8.3%, Retro 7.3%
- #23 SPRAWL
82% matchVery Positive87% of 2,394 reviews2023
Dev: MAETHPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
SPRAWL is a hardcore retro FPS set in an endless cyberpunk megalopolis. Escape the walled city and take on the militarized government of the sprawl. Fueled by the blood of your enemies and a mysterious voice in your head, make your way towards the spire to topple whatever lays within.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 31.4% ★, Fast-Paced 18.9%, Arena Shooter 10.9%, Old School 10.4%, Shooter 7.7%
- #24 Bears In Space
82% matchVery Positive90% of 507 reviews2024
Dev: Broadside GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Unleash your inner bear in this over-the-top bullet-hell FPS! Embark on a zany retro-futuristic adventure and destroy oil-thirsty robots with an outrageous arsenal. Transform into a bear, wield unique powers, and embrace the absurd fast-paced action of Bears in Space!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 37.5% ★, Fast-Paced 19.1%, Retro 9.3%, Shooter 8.9%, Combat 6.3%
- #25 Wizordum
81% matchVery Positive93% of 758 reviews2025
Dev: Emberheart GamesPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 50.7% ★, Shooter 10.5%, Old School 9.9%, First-Person 6%, Retro 5.8%
- #26 BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,199 reviews2025
Dev: Joeveno
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
A BRAZILIAN BOOMER SHOOTER GAME MADE USING THE ID TECH 2 ENGINE! SHOOT, JUMP, EMBARK ON A JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, HELL AND EVEN HEAVEN! SAVE BRAZIL!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 34% ★, Fast-Paced 14.8%, Arena Shooter 12%, Old School 8.8%, Demons 7.9%
- #27 COVEN
80% matchVery Positive93% of 268 reviews2024
Dev: Gator ShinsPub: Hellforge Studios
Windows · Linux
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 42.5% ★, Old School 12.3%, Horror 8.7%, Shooter 8.2%, First-Person 4.8%
- #28 Voidborn
78% matchVery Positive84% of 346 reviews2025
Dev: Xekvera
Windows
Slay demons and demigods in this fast-paced roguelite FPS. Create devastating weapon builds as you journey through massive dark fantasy environments on your quest to avenge god. Challenge the demigods, face inevitable death, and rise stronger with every rebirth.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 32.9% ★, Fast-Paced 22.4%, Arena Shooter 12.6%, Old School 7.5%, Shooter 6.3%
- #29 Herald of Havoc
79% matchVery Positive97% of 260 reviews2023
Dev: Zeldars Zone
Windows
Grab huge guns, mow down hundreds of enemies, reach the end of the level, repeat. It doesn't get any simpler than this. Embark on a 3 hour campaign with varied environments and situations, and beat the leaderboard on a tightly crafted survival mode.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 41.5% ★, Fast-Paced 22.9%, Retro 9.2%, Shooter 8.1%, Combat 6.1%
- #30 Anger Foot
77% matchVery Positive93% of 3,775 reviews2024
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Anger Foot is a lightning fast action FPS where the only things harder than your ass kicking feet are the ass kicking beats.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 40.1% ★, Fast-Paced 29.2%, Shooter 8.7%, First-Person 5.6%, FPS 5.3%
- #31 Blood: Refreshed Supply™
76% matchMixed66% of 608 reviews2025
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 56.5% ★, Shooter 12.1%, Horror 7.7%, Retro 7.1%, FPS 6%
- #32 Nightmare Reaper
78% matchVery Positive94% of 3,713 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 52.3% ★, Retro 10.7%, Old School 9.5%, Shooter 7.5%, Horror 5.1%
- #33 Supplice
77% matchVery Positive86% of 540 reviews2023
Dev: MekworxPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 59.8% ★, Retro 12.8%, Shooter 9.6%, FPS 6%, First-Person 6%
- #34 Calcium Contract
76% matchVery Positive92% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: Igor Aleksandrowicz
Windows
Calcium Contract is a fast-paced first-person shooter where you're on a mission to finish a contract that got out of hand. Learn to swiftly move around your enemies and master your arsenal as you fight your way toward the grand finale. Includes a unique score-attack mode in ever-changing arenas.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 41.1% ★, Arena Shooter 15.4%, Shooter 9.4%, Old School 9%, Retro 6.4%
- #35 PAPERHEAD EP.0
74% matchVery Positive93% of 3,177 reviews2024
Dev: Paperhead te4mPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
In this cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... You wake up in a prison cell. A strange voice calls to you from the depths of dark corridors covered in runic symbols and blood. Reload your trusty shotgun and find out... WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 33.4% ★, Fast-Paced 21.7%, Shooter 7.1%, Retro 6.3%, Old School 6.2%
- #36 Frogmonster
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 559 reviews2024
Dev: Ben Jungwirth
Windows
Discover some of the most charming and challenging soulslike bosses in Frogmonster, a Metroidvania FPS adventure where you explore a lively world filled with creatures, bugs, and beasts.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.8%, Boomer Shooter 16.8% ★, Arena Shooter 15%, Shooter 11.5%, First-Person 5.8%
- #37 Forgive Me Father 2
73% matchVery Positive83% of 2,193 reviews2024
Dev: Byte BarrelPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 38.3% ★, Fast-Paced 14%, Retro 7.3%, Shooter 7.2%, Horror 6%
- #38 Chasm: The Rift
75% matchVery Positive84% of 448 reviews2022
Dev: Action FormsPub: SNEG
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 27.7% ★, Old School 15.4%, Retro 13.4%, Shooter 11.1%, FPS 6.4%
- #39 I Am Your Beast
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,072 reviews2024
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Hunt the military-industrial complex across stylish comic book micro-sandboxes in this fast-paced covert revenge thriller FPS from the developers of El Paso, Elsewhere.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 35.3% ★, Fast-Paced 22.4%, Arena Shooter 12.1%, Shooter 7%, Retro 5.7%
- #40 Don't Stop, Girlypop!
70% matchVery Positive88% of 476 reviews2026
Dev: Funny Fintan SoftworksPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Spread the love! Don’t Stop, Girlypop! is a Y2K arena movement shooter where standing still is not an option. ❤ Just ❤ Don’t ❤ Stop ❤ Moving! ❤
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 34% ★, Fast-Paced 21.5%, Arena Shooter 10.6%, Shooter 7.5%, Combat 6.6%
- #41 REAVER
73% matchVery Positive88% of 626 reviews2023
Dev: MAD TRIO
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
REAVER is an ultra-fast-paced FPS that endows you with the mobility and weapon mechanics to reave through arenas of killer machines with grace and efficiency. Push the boundaries of speed and style in this next-gen movement-shooter.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 28.3%, Boomer Shooter 27.1% ★, Arena Shooter 17%, Shooter 8%, FPS 4.8%
- #42 Hedon Bloodrite
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,933 reviews2019
Dev: Zan_HedonDev
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 36.6% ★, Retro 11%, Old School 10.9%, Shooter 9.7%, Demons 9.6%
- #43 Exophobia
72% matchVery Positive88% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: Zarc AttackPub: PM Studios, inc.
Windows
Explore and fight your way through a crashed human spaceship infested with relentless hordes of aliens as you become more powerful with exciting weapon upgrades and powerups in this retro inspired first-person shooter.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 37.4% ★, Metroidvania 21.5%, Shooter 8%, Old School 7.5%, Combat 6.1%
- #44 Ziggurat 2
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,470 reviews2021
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ziggurat is back, and now it's even better! Use powerful weapons and spells to break through hordes of enemies and explore labyrinthine dungeons in this hectic roguelite FPS, while you improve your skills and discover new equipment.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 38.2% ★, Fast-Paced 18.1%, Arena Shooter 13.3%, Shooter 9.1%, Old School 8.4%
- #45 HROT
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,277 reviews2023
Dev: Spytihněv
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 39.2% ★, Retro 16.8%, Old School 10.5%, Shooter 9.2%, FPS 6.7%
- #46 MULLET MADJACK
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,893 reviews2024
Dev: HAMMER95Pub: Epopeia Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 41.9% ★, Fast-Paced 26.1%, Shooter 8.2%, Retro 6.4%, FPS 4.9%
- #47 Voltage High Society
72% matchVery Positive90% of 147 reviews2022
Dev: Platonic PartnershipPub: Coyote Time Publishing
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.0 hrs≥1hr: 25%
A first-person Metroidvania where you fight with your fists. No guns. Explore a prison island crawling with cybernetic horrors, rip new abilities from what you kill, and punch your way to freedom. Inspired by Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 34.9% ★, Metroidvania 22%, Retro 9.1%, Horror 8.1%, Combat 6.4%
- #48 Beyond Sunset
69% matchVery Positive80% of 331 reviews2025
Dev: Metacorp / VaporwarePub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Cyberpunk first-person shooter with a rich story and RPG elements. You are Lucy, an enhanced street samurai searching for lost memories. Fight in large, open, interactive levels overtaken by yakuza, zombies, robots and bosses!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 41.6% ★, Arena Shooter 14.4%, Old School 13.8%, Shooter 9.5%, First-Person 6.2%
- #49 STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,475 reviews2024
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 45.8% ★, Shooter 10.3%, Old School 9.4%, Retro 6.9%, First-Person 6.5%
- #50 REVEREND
69% matchVery Positive87% of 216 reviews2024
Dev: Twisted SicklePub: DOSMan Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 43.5% ★, Shooter 10.5%, Demons 8.5%, First-Person 6.6%, Old School 6.2%
- #51 Gravelord
69% matchVery Positive90% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Fatbot Games, s. r. o.
Windows
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 44.1% ★, Shooter 8.9%, Arena Shooter 7.4%, Retro 7.1%, First-Person 6.3%
- #52 Interlopers
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lost Anomaly
Windows
Interlopers is a solo-developed FPS inspired by retro classics. Wield big guns, shoot hordes of enemy robots, and explore hand-crafted levels set on multiple alien worlds.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 33% ★, Fast-Paced 13%, Old School 11.5%, Arena Shooter 10.3%, Retro 8.3%
- #53 STHELL
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
STHELL is a fast-paced, roguelite arena shooter that takes you to a forgotten swamp that was a test site of Kiratron Industries. Take on hordes of machines left to rust for years. It's a battle you probably won't win, but make a stand and your resilience will be etched in their memory chips forever.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 52.2% ★, Arena Shooter 19.8%, Shooter 10.7%, First-Person 6.2%, FPS 5.8%
- #54 Bamboozle
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZoomerDev
Windows
A short, fast-paced Boomer Shooter. Blast and Dash through the Cult of the Serious and their curious lair to save your dog, Lucky.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 34.8% ★, Arena Shooter 11.9%, Fast-Paced 11.4%, Shooter 7.3%, Old School 7.1%
- #55 Bullet Speed
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lambda
Windows · Linux
Bullet speed is a lightning fast paced arena shooter seeing blood fueled robotic avatars cracked on adrenaline shooting each other. Move fast. Kill with style. Repeat.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 34% ★, Fast-Paced 20.6%, Arena Shooter 11.6%, Old School 10%, Shooter 6.3%
- #56 Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
68% matchVery Positive93% of 717 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 48.2% ★, Arena Shooter 16%, Shooter 9.4%, Old School 7.5%, First-Person 6%
- #57 Homonculus
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Worm Rodeo GamesPub: DOSMan Games
Windows
Homonculus is a first-person Metroidvania boomer shooter that blends classic gothic inspirations with cartoony whimsy! Master intense combat, defeat intimidating bosses, and save the land of Gartvaria from its blight.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 34.3% ★, Metroidvania 17.4%, Arena Shooter 13.8%, Old School 5.8%, Shooter 5.3%
- #58 Meat Engine
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Involution Entertainment
Windows
Meat Engine is a Sci-Fi boomer shooter inspired by Scorn, Quake, Dusk and Doom. The game is set in a dark and distant future stricken with war and death. Featuring fast and brutal retro combat.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 36.3% ★, Fast-Paced 19.6%, Old School 9.9%, Shooter 7.6%, Retro 6.2%
- #59 Heretic + Hexen
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,741 reviews2025
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 56.8% ★, Shooter 10.2%, Old School 7.6%, FPS 5.3%, Retro 5.3%
- #60 Medals Of Valor: Last Stand
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Army Troop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro WW2 FPS with PSX-style graphics inspired by classic shooters. Fight online with up to 24 players or play fully solo against smart bots across several maps.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 32.9% ★, Fast-Paced 18.3%, Old School 9.1%, Retro 7.9%, Shooter 7%