- #1 SUFFER
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: Shawn PerolisPub: Anarchy Softworks LLC
Windows
SUFFER is a brutally difficult retro-styled first person shooter! Become the Spirit of Anarchy and take on the police state in this horror-punk twist on classic PC gaming.
Why similar: Gore 33.7%, Violent 29.6%, FPS 16.9%, Shooter 5.9%, Action 5.5%
- #2 The KillBox: Aquarius
96% matchMixed53% of 94 reviews2017
Dev: Ugamehome
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Jump into this real-time, open eSports mobile shooter!
Why similar: Gore 41.1%, Violent 36.2%, FPS 17.9%, Shooter 4.8%
- #3 Apocryph: an old-school shooter
96% matchMixed52% of 320 reviews2018
Dev: Bigzur Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Apocryph is an old-school fantasy shooter inspired by Hexen, Heretic, Painkiller and Strife.
Why similar: Gore 38.1%, Violent 29.1%, FPS 15%, Action 5.7%, Shooter 4.6%
- #4 Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 37 reviews2021
Dev: Capstone SoftwarePub: SNEG
Windows
Continue the story of the knight Grondoval in this first-person fantasy slasher. Get ready for bloody encounters with vile creatures and vicious warriors. Stop an evil witch from carrying a titular blood vengeance in revenge for him having slain her sister.
Why similar: FPS 20.8%, Gore 18.2%, Violent 16%, Medieval 9.9%, Shooter 8.4%
- #5 Painkiller Redemption
95% matchMixed46% of 740 reviews2011
Dev: Eggtooth TeamPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Welcome to a world of pain. Heaven is once again in danger and threatened by a reckless army of hell spawn monsters - and they will stop at nothing.
Why similar: Gore 32.3%, Violent 25.6%, FPS 18.3%, Action 10.4%, Shooter 9.4%
- #6 Heathen - The sons of the law
92% matchVery Positive81% of 96 reviews2018
Dev: Frog FactoryPub: The Box Studio
Windows
Indie game inspired by the novel "The island of Doctor Moreau" by HG Wells.
Why similar: Gore 40.2%, Violent 33.8%, FPS 16.1%, Action 6.3%, Indie 3.6%
- #7 Painkiller Overdose
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,180 reviews2007
Dev: Mindware StudiosPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The critically-acclaimed and award-winning FPS franchise is back! Packed with tons of fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled single player and multiplayer action, Painkiller Overdose brings with it 6 innovative new demonic weapons, mind-bending physics, lightning-player maps, over 40 demented and sickly-twisted monsters from Hell and gigantic end...
Why similar: Gore 37%, FPS 24.5%, Violent 19.7%, Action 9.1%, Shooter 5.9%
- #8 Painkiller: Resurrection
94% matchMostly Negative25% of 635 reviews2009
Dev: Homegrown GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 39%
William "Bill" Sherman has a problem - he's dead. Blown to pieces by his own C4 payload, which he wanted to eliminate a South American druglord with on behalf of some shady secret service people.
Why similar: Gore 39%, Violent 29.9%, FPS 20.7%, Action 10.4%
- #9 Unidentified
91% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: UnamedPixel
Windows
The government has been attacked by unidentified creatures, and you, as a mercenary, was hired by the government to clear all the threat. An FPS game which you can fight with those cunning creatures regardless of the weather, day and night change. Earn more and more reward to buy better weapons!
Why similar: FPS 24.3%, Violent 23.9%, Gore 21.1%, Shooter 10.6%, First-Person 8.1%
- #10 Zero spring episode 1 English translation version
91% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Sonic-AlphaPub: NS
Windows
One day she brought home the spring water. A story about mysterious water begins now. This game is an FPS game created using the GameGuru FPS engine. This is Sonic Alpha's first work.
Why similar: Gore 39.1%, Violent 33.4%, FPS 10%, Action 6%, Shooter 3.9%
- #11 Khaos Wind
90% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: JT MitchellPub: Dos Gatitos Games
Windows
How long will you survive?
Why similar: Gore 37.7%, Violent 34.8%, FPS 17%, Action 6.2%, Indie 3.5%
- #12 GANZWORKER
89% matchPositive86% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Kuranov Nikita
Windows
GANZWORKER - truly oldschool style of gameplay. For all classic FPS lover.
Why similar: Gore 32.5%, Violent 28.6%, Action 13.7%, FPS 12.6%, Shooter 4.9%
- #13 Putrefaction 2: Rumble in the hometown
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Putrefaction 2: Rumble in the hometown is a stand-alone campaign for Putrefaction 2: Void Walker, with new levels and enemies to fight. You can play this game without purchasing original Putrefaction 2.
Why similar: Gore 37.1%, Violent 32.7%, FPS 14.2%, Action 6.1%, Shooter 5.6%
- #14 ID-EGO
88% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: rosmic games
Windows
ID-EGO is a single-player FPS Game in a sci-fi setting. Be prepared for an old-school challenge with modern graphics! Survive crazy battles, solve puzzles and find hidden secrets.
Why similar: Gore 37.9%, Violent 33.4%, FPS 14.7%, Action 8.8%, Indie 5.2%
- #15 ProBoon Lite
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David Rodriguez
Windows
This game is meant to bring back the old-school shooting action from the 90s. Made with sprites and low res textures, it offers a complete single player campaign and multiplayer with different modes, including co-op and deathmatch.
Why similar: Gore 28.8%, Violent 24.2%, FPS 20.8%, Old School 9.3%, Shooter 6.1%
- #16 Bloom
87% matchMostly Positive68% of 41 reviews2020
Dev: Cyberius Dei
Windows
Fight your way through the hordes of demon summoners to destroy the black flower before it BLOOMS...spilling rivers of pixelated blood to psychedelic noise metal tunes in this classic frenetic action FPS indie game!
Why similar: Gore 44.3%, Violent 26.4%, FPS 17.5%, Action 7.7%, Indie 4.1%
- #17 Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
86% matchVery Positive89% of 9,384 reviews2017
Dev: People Can FlyPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 33.7%, Violent 24.4%, FPS 22.5%, Action 6.8%, Shooter 6.3%
- #18 Testbed Terror
86% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Lever Studios
Windows
BLAST YOUR WAY through an old-school single player campaign across three distinct realms! From the depths of places unknown, legions of abominations arise– sowing destruction in their wake! Go smash those bastidges!
Why similar: Gore 43%, Violent 36.2%, Action 6.5%, Shooter 5.7%, First-Person 4.8%
- #19 Kings of Lorn: The Fall of Ebris
85% matchMixed61% of 66 reviews2019
Dev: TeamKill Media LLC
Windows
Forsaken and betrayed by your own Order, fight back against the forces of a long-forgotten realm as you try to save existence from the evil of a usurper king in pursuit of what lies beyond immortality.
Why similar: Gore 33.6%, Violent 29.6%, Dark Fantasy 19.1%, Action 7.7%, First-Person 5.5%
- #20 Gates Of Nowhere
83% matchMixed68% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: SymmetricalPub: IndieGala
Windows
Gates Of Nowhere is a Fantasy/Horror adventure for Vive & Oculus.You play as Lother, a Seeker, who is looking for the lost knowledge of the Alchemists. You'll be projected in a huge fantasy dungeon filled with dangerous creatures. You must find the way out revealing at the end the mystery behind your journey.
Why similar: Gore 41.4%, Violent 36.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%, Action 6.3%, Fantasy 5.2%
- #21 Depopulation Agent
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WoeWare
Windows
Spread terror, fight off law enforcement, slaughter civilians for cash to purchase black-market weapons and equipment with the ultimate goal of reducing the global population.
Why similar: FPS 30.5%, Gore 27.3%, Violent 20.8%, Shooter 8.7%, Action 4.7%
- #22 Quake II RTX
81% matchVery Positive87% of 4,743 reviews2019
Dev: Lightspeed Studios™Pub: NVIDIA
Windows · Linux
Quake II RTX is a cutting-edge, ray-traced reimagining of id software’s old school classic, by NVIDIA’s Lightspeed Studios. Global lighting effects, including realistic reflections, refraction, shadows, ambient occlusion and global illumination are a result of the path-traced simulation of light.
Why similar: Gore 28.4%, Violent 27.1%, FPS 22.9%, Action 10.7%, First-Person 5.5%
- #23 Containment Initiative: PC Standalone
82% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Gwyn Games
Windows
Shoot zombies, get money, upgrade your gear. Now featuring local split-screen co-op.
Why similar: Gore 37.9%, Violent 33.4%, FPS 14.7%, Action 8.8%, Indie 5.2%
- #24 Shot Shot Tactic
82% matchMixed44% of 459 reviews2016
Dev: Indie Game Group
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shot Shot Tactic is a Realistic FPS Game. There are too many weapons ...
Why similar: Violent 38.6%, Gore 37.1%, FPS 11.4%, Action 7.5%, Indie 5.3%
- #25 Chronophobia
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Monkehs Studios
Windows
Today was the day that you died... according to the record. Now you must fight your way back to your timeline and prevent the horrors that inhabit The Void from escaping with you.
Why similar: Gore 39.7%, Violent 35%, FPS 15.4%, Action 6.3%, Indie 3.7%
- #26 Endure
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Killa Bee Software
Windows
Endure is a 1st person shooter where you encounter endless waves of zombies. Do you have what it takes to Endure?
Why similar: Gore 46.9%, Violent 41.3%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #27 Another Bad Day in the Future
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Alex SullivanPub: Wandering Research & Development
Windows
Another bad day in the future is an open world VR espionage game. Players undertake jobs for one of four political parties in a flying city. Players traverse the city using arm swing based locomotion, grablines, and can climb all the buildings.
Why similar: Gore 46.9%, Violent 41.3%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #28 2260 VR
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: 珠海心游科技股份有限公司
Windows
In 2260, the earth's resources were depleted. In order to survive, the space for human development extends to outer space. In outer space, through the continuous exploration of a team of people and horses, a new resource planet, the holy land, new discoveries have brought new hopes, and the development of human beings is continued.
Why similar: Gore 40.8%, Violent 37.6%, FPS 15.1%, Action 6.4%
- #29 WTF
79% matchMixed52% of 160 reviews2019
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
WTF is a chaotic first person shooter that confronts heavily armed players with "The Devil" himself.
Why similar: Gore 48%, Violent 40.6%, Action 7.3%, Indie 4.1%
- #30 Amelia's Curse
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Immosis
Windows
Amelia's Curse is an action-horror survival game built from the ground up for Virtual Reality. Experience hordes of demonic creatures as you descend into an increasingly decrepit and sinister castle to uncover the mystery behind Amelia's Curse.
Why similar: Gore 46.9%, Violent 41.3%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #31 Super Samurai Rampage
78% matchPositive84% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: Brackish Games
Windows
Super Samurai Rampage is a small, simple high score chaser that's bloody, retro, and challenging. .
Why similar: Gore 47%, Violent 41.4%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.2%
- #32 Season's Beatings
77% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: Code Avarice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Season's Beatings is a fast and frantic one hit kill FPS best described as first person Hotline Miami. You'll need to memorize enemy patterns and placements, and execute a meticulously thought out plan to succeed! Or...y'know. Just dive in and shoot some fools with a tommy gun.
Why similar: Gore 47.9%, Violent 40.3%, Action 7.6%, Indie 4.3%
- #33 Versus World
77% matchVery Positive88% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Two Zoos
Windows
Welcome to Versus World! Shoot, stab, snipe, and 'splode your opponents to victory in this fast-paced multiplayer FPS. Here, the afterlife of a respawning immortal is seasoned by an up-down crouch.
Why similar: Gore 40.8%, Violent 34.3%, Shooter 7.5%, First-Person 6.9%, Action 6.7%
- #34 Survival Hell
76% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows
Survival Game is a Single-Player PvE sandbox game where you are a survivor of some mysterious event, that got majority of the population infected. You must survive by finding food, shelter, watching out for wildlife, bandits, and infected people. If you decide to do so, you can help other survivors.
Why similar: Gore 48%, Violent 40.3%, Action 7.2%, Indie 4.5%
- #35 Blockiverse: Camouflage
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boxicity Game StudiosPub: Boxicity Publishing
Windows
Blockiverse: Camouflage combines all the great features of modern hero shooters, mixes in a lot of characters, and add a ton of environmental interaction to create an over-the-top, fun experience.
Why similar: Gore 46.9%, Violent 41.3%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #36 Mousegun
75% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Silvermedal GamesPub: None
Windows · Mac
MOUSEGUN: a RUN’N’GUN in a RAT MAZE.
Why similar: Gore 46.9%, Violent 41.3%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #37 Deadly Zone
76% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: VASYL LIUBEZHANIN
Windows
Deadly Zone: Horror with first-person view
Why similar: Gore 41%, Violent 36.1%, FPS 12.6%, Action 6.5%, Indie 3.8%
- #38 Drunkenpants
74% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Firetail Games
Windows
Drunkenpants is a game where ordinary heroes who got drunk in their underpants at home (Kalsarikänni) try to solve mundane problems with excessive violence. The game is an action based, fast-paced multiplayer battle game, where you compete in different game modes and try to beat your opponents.
Why similar: Gore 46.9%, Violent 41.3%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #39 Iron Sun
73% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Nibras Game Studio
Windows
Hardcore and old-school, grim, dark sci-fi first person shooter.
Why similar: Gore 46.9%, Violent 41.3%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #40 Sophonce
65% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Sameer Hirezi
Windows
Sophonce is a science fiction action horror first-person shooter that relies on philosophical undertones as the primary focus of the plot.
Why similar: FPS 24.4%, Gore 21%, Violent 18.5%, Shooter 11%, Action 10.1%
- #41 Powerless
74% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Moonlight Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
An outbreak has turned mankind into walking zombies, will your guns be enough to purge them all or will you be powerless against the zombie horde?
Why similar: Gore 46.9%, Violent 41.3%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #42 Arthurian Legends
69% matchVery Positive91% of 571 reviews2021
Dev: Scolaro Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Arthurian Legends is a medieval first person action game set in the land of Albion during a time of myth and legend. Battle hordes of Saxons, demonic beasts, the undead and worse in thy quest to save Albion from The Masters of the Old Religion.
Why similar: Gore 18.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.4%, FPS 16.1%, Violent 15.6%, Old School 10.7%
- #43 HeroOfMetal-Episode01
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Blacksmith Game Studio
Windows
Cyberpunk 2d pixel style Single player Shooting game. The player will play the role called "Rayn" will going to get involved in this world.
Why similar: Gore 46.9%, Violent 41.3%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #44 Infested Nation
72% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Fivesyounger Development
Windows
Infested Nation is a fast paced and brutal top down shooter. Outnumbered and outgunned, you will need to rely on your wits and reflexes to make it through each situation alive.
Why similar: Gore 46.9%, Violent 41.3%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #45 EXON
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HuxDev
Windows
An intense journey through otherworldly realms. Adventure and explore through exotic locations, discover ancient artifacts and sacred relics of unimaginable power. Shatter demonic forces with brutal weapons and devastating powers as you uncover secrets in a vibrant, arcane universe.
Why similar: Gore 29.2%, Violent 24.6%, FPS 22.6%, Shooter 8.9%, Fantasy 5%
- #46 TRAFICO
71% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Lorenzo Entertainment
Windows
Explore the depths of the international drug trade by engaging in combat as either an elite member of a Military DEA unit or as a member of one of the world's most dangerous cartels.
Why similar: Gore 46.9%, Violent 41.3%, Action 7.4%, Indie 4.4%
- #47 Toey Weedz Smoke One
63% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Tobias Alexander KnoblochPub: Fozzngamez
Windows
An funny early 3D retro inspired FPS. Become Mr. Weedz himself and fight on the power of Evil. Pass through 6 unique level and upgrade a Toey with gunz and skillz to put an end to the madness once and for all!
Why similar: Gore 32.4%, FPS 23.4%, Old School 13.8%, Shooter 11.2%, Action 10.2%
- #48 The Putinland: Divide & Conquer
70% matchMixed48% of 42 reviews2018
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Destroy Putinland by finding nuclear switch. Avoid Demon Putin and his slaves in this meme FPS shooter.
Why similar: Gore 47.8%, Violent 40.2%, Action 7.5%, Indie 4.5%
- #49 Chupacabra
69% matchMostly Negative20% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows
Experience the unforgiving jungle environment and gameplay as you try to hunt one of the most mysterious creatures ever roaming the earth: Chupacabra!
Why similar: Gore 46.6%, Violent 41%, Action 8.1%, Indie 4.3%
- #50 Open Fire: Ready
59% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: GHOST
Windows
This is a very simple first-person shooter game that you can fight enemies in various game modes and maps, experiencing the thrill of shooting.
Why similar: Gore 26.9%, FPS 25.9%, Violent 23.7%, Shooter 8.8%, First-Person 8.1%
- #51 Perilous Warp
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 376 reviews2020
Dev: Crystice Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Perilous Warp is a fast-paced indie retro-shooter inspired by the classic 3D-actions. Communication with a distant space colony has been lost, and you bravely step into the teleporter with the desire for glorious adventures. But do not expect to win in a heartbeat!
Why similar: Gore 29.8%, Violent 26.3%, FPS 14.4%, Action 8.3%, Old School 6%
- #52 Santa's Special Delivery
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2016
Dev: Drunk Robot GamesPub: Cerulean Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Santa's tracking who is naughty and nice - good boys and girls get gifts, bad boys and girls get coal, and absolutely rotten children get a code brown from Santa's downtown.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 41.1%, Action 7.7%, Indie 4.6%
- #53 Psihanul
65% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Orazgylyjov Davut
Windows
PSIHANUL- you will take revenge on the bosses and colleagues for the fact that you were fired, shoot and break everything around you, do not leave anything behind you, destroy this office and no one will help you in this, so good luck and don't freak out.
Why similar: Gore 40.2%, Violent 35.4%, FPS 10.6%, Action 6.3%, Indie 3.7%
- #54 Dwarven Defender
70% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: MC Games Studio
Windows
Be tip of the spear to magisphere restoration efforts. Work is hard and risky but the pay is good and you get to smack goblins. Time to sail to Gledenor to be a violent spire farmer.
Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 41.2%, Action 7.7%, Indie 4.4%
- #55 Beasts&Chests
68% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: POLYRAW
Windows
Find and destroy the magic seals in a big open world, full of pitfalls and face hostile beasts with your powerful magic skills, but stay away from the guardians!
Why similar: Violent 49.7%, Gore 38.3%, Fantasy 6.3%, Action 5.8%
- #56 Skyland 1976
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 47 reviews2019
Dev: Simon CLAVEL
Windows
You are Simon Hopper who tries to find his missing sister Alice. Near the scene of the events stands Skyland, a secret government facility. You are convinced that Skyland members are responsible for her abduction. Break into the military base and discover the truth...
Why similar: Gore 41.2%, Violent 36.3%, FPS 8.7%, Action 6.3%, First-Person 3.8%