Games Like Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Enter an inexplicable, abstract mansion to rescue a loved one in this fast-paced, brutal, and dark roguelite filled with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending slow motion. Face your inner demons and unveil the secrets of the Mansion.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 21.2%, Great Soundtrack 20.5%, Gore 17.9%, Violent 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is the closest modern descendant of Hotline Miami, built around fast room-clearing, brutal lethality, and stylish momentum in a similarly abstract, violent world.

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.4%, Fast-Paced 12.2%, Violent 12.1%, Gore 11.9%, 1980s 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is the clearest match by sharing the same top-down instant-death gunplay, hypnotic soundtrack, and ultra-violent trial-and-error pacing.

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: Great Soundtrack 31.2%, Gore 16.7%, Violent 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.1%, Difficult 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same savage top-down aggression and pulsing electronic atmosphere, just filtered through a cyberpunk twin-stick framework.

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: Great Soundtrack 33.4%, Fast-Paced 15.6%, Gore 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Violent 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Although side-on instead of top-down, it nails Hotline Miami's mix of instant death, rhythmic action, neon violence, and fractured storytelling.

Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.

Why similar: Gore 26%, Violent 19.1%, Difficult 13.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Top-Down 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its top-down one-shot-kill shootouts and slow-motion dives recreate Hotline Miami's room-by-room tension with a John Woo twist.

DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 41.2%, Gore 18.3%, Difficult 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Violent 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This one trades speed for stealthier setups, but its lethal one-hit missions, oppressive atmosphere, and sharp soundtrack feel very Hotline-adjacent.

APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

Why similar: Gore 20%, Fast-Paced 17.9%, Violent 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Difficult 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its improvisational escape violence, pounding reactive jazz soundtrack, and constant forward momentum tap into the same feral adrenaline rush.

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: Great Soundtrack 29.2%, Gore 23%, Violent 15.7%, Fast-Paced 15.5%, Action 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It channels the same stylish, music-driven massacre energy through acrobatic gunplay and score-focused slaughter.

Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Why similar: Difficult 35%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Violent 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Top-Down 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the harsh lethality and top-down tension of Hotline Miami, but leans more into stealth and tactical planning.

An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.1%, Gore 27.5%, Violent 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Difficult 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps guns for brawling, but keeps the grime, gore, synth-soaked brutality, and relentless pressure.

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: Fast-Paced 22.2%, Gore 22%, Violent 17.1%, Difficult 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Hotline Miami, it is built around rapid restarts, one-hit kills, and chaining together stylish massacres at breakneck speed.

Slay enemies with speed and precision in an over-the-top show of blood and explosions. Play solo or with others, make split-second decisions, dodge bullets, and use weapons and abilities to inflict violence in the most graphic way possible.

Why similar: Difficult 33.8%, Top-Down Shooter 30%, Top-Down 15.2%, Shooter 10.9%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This top-down action game emphasizes fast kills, violent efficiency, and room-clearing flow in a way that strongly echoes Hotline Miami.

2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. Akane is an arena arcade slasher. Take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death.

Why similar: Gore 26.8%, Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Violent 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Difficult 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This compact neon slaughterfest captures the same fast-restart, synth-heavy, ultra-violent arcade rush in arena form.

12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The story puts you in the shoes of escaped slave fleeing to the United States in 1873.

Why similar: Gore 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Violent 13.4%, Difficult 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This gritty top-down western uses brutal one-hit lethality and compact kill rooms in a way that feels directly inspired by Hotline Miami.

The jailer is the key, kill him and you’ll be free. Fight your way free in this ultra-responsive, fast-paced sword-fighting and dual-stick shooting game.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.7%, Fast-Paced 23%, Violent 15%, Difficult 14.2%, Top-Down 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Even without the top-down structure, it shares Hotline Miami's punishing pace, neon style, and soundtrack-driven intensity.

ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 29.1%, Gore 26.3%, Great Soundtrack 25.5%, Difficult 8.7%, Retro 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Though first-person, it matches Hotline Miami's speed, gore, score-attack mentality, and sensory-overload aggression almost perfectly.

Teleport, shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in an all new kind of action game from tinyBuild and Team Shifty!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.4%, Fast-Paced 24%, Action 12.4%, Top-Down 12.4%, Difficult 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its teleport-powered room clearing keeps the same rapid-fire retry loop and improvisational violence that make Hotline Miami so addictive.

MAXIMUM Action is a brutal and satisfying physics-based first person shooter influenced by Hong Kong cinema, heroic slow motion bloodshed, and old-school FPS ACTION.

Why similar: Gore 25.5%, Fast-Paced 20.4%, Violent 16.7%, 1980s 9.7%, Retro 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is another style-first massacre simulator, rewarding fast, reckless violence and cinematic improvisation in the same spirit.

Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.4%, Difficult 22.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Top-Down 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its difficult, twitchy top-down combat and constant pressure make it a natural pick for players who love violent reflex tests.

SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.

Why similar: Difficult 24%, Fast-Paced 16.9%, Action 16.8%, Shooter 12.5%, Violent 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It turns every encounter into a lethal choreography puzzle, echoing Hotline Miami's emphasis on precision, planning, and fast execution.

"Kill The Crows" is a fast-paced top-down arena shooter set in the twisted western world. A gunslinger burning with vengeance steps into the ruins of a forsaken town, ready to face death. Prepare for one-shot, one-kill gunfights using classic revolvers and fanning techniques.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.8%, Pixel Graphics 22.2%, Action 11.8%, Arcade 9.7%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its top-down duels revolve around precision, instant death, and stylish momentum, hitting a similar score-chasing action nerve.

A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.6%, Gore 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Level Editor 8.9%, Top-Down 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This cyberpunk twin-stick shooter shares the top-down perspective, relentless action, and neon-drenched violence, even with a more roguelite structure.

SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.4%, Great Soundtrack 22.3%, Difficult 21.2%, Action 7.7%, Top-Down 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers punishing top-down gunfights, intense weapon feel, and a high-stress combat rhythm for players who enjoy difficult, lethal action.

POSTAL Redux is a high definition remake of the classic dark and surreal twin-stick isometric shooter. Take control of The POSTAL Dude as he fights to survive in a world gone mad with violence.

Why similar: Gore 29.5%, Fast-Paced 21.3%, Violent 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 9.4%, Top-Down 7%

Why You'll Like It: Its isometric ultraviolence and hostile tone overlap with Hotline Miami's nastier side, even if it is less refined mechanically.

A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into “the life” by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.

Why similar: Gore 32.2%, Great Soundtrack 30.9%, Violent 23.5%, Action 9.9%, Indie 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its isometric perspective, savage momentum, and stylish chain-combat deliver a similar nonstop assault, even with a melee focus.

Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 22%, Gore 19.7%, Difficult 12.7%, Violent 12.3%, Top-Down Shooter 8.2%

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 31.4%, Violent 14.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Difficult 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is a pure gore-and-momentum action game for players who mainly want Hotline Miami's brutality and difficulty in 2D form.

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: Gore 26.6%, Violent 18.7%, Fast-Paced 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Difficult 7.2%

Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.

Why similar: Gore 46.5%, Violent 33.1%, Top-Down Shooter 4.8%, Action 4.5%, Difficult 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the bleak, top-down, mass-killing presentation and nihilistic violence, making it a thematic if less elegant cousin.

Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

Why similar: Top-Down 40.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Action 16.8%, Indie 10%, 2D 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is more systemic and tactical, but its top-down infiltrations still scratch the itch for improvisational, high-stakes kill runs.

Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 51.7%, Difficult 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 8.7%, Top-Down 6.5%, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is less grim and more arcade-like, but its relentless twin-stick action and audiovisual intensity make it a strong final recommendation.

It's 3am and you just want to get some sleep. Welcome back to Party Hard! Stop parties using hundreds of new ways, incidentally destroy a drug syndicate, and save the Earth from an alien invasion. May the chickens be with you!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.7%, Violent 24.2%, Gore 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Difficult 9.2%

Superfighters Deluxe is a unique action game that combines brawling, shooting and platforming in dynamic sandboxy 2D levels. Lots of weapons and fun gameplay systems interlock to create absurd action-movie chaos.

Why similar: Gore 25.3%, Violent 20.9%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Level Editor 7%

It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.7%, Gore 19.9%, Violent 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Difficult 6.4%

He had one rule: No killing women or children. When a hitman is double-crossed by his employer, he brings forth a night of carnage and bloodshed.

Why similar: Gore 27.6%, Violent 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, Top-Down Shooter 8.8%, Level Editor 6.5%

Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.

Why similar: Gore 24.9%, Fast-Paced 22.7%, Violent 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 11.5%, Difficult 8.8%

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 47.7%, Difficult 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Top-Down 4.7%

Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44.7%, Fast-Paced 27.9%, Difficult 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Retro 3.6%

Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.5%, Fast-Paced 22.6%, Gore 18.9%, Retro 10%, Level Editor 5.6%

Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.2%, Gore 26.7%, Violent 12%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Difficult 7.7%

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: Fast-Paced 31.4%, Gore 21.4%, Violent 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Shooter 4.8%

Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.6%, Gore 28.5%, Difficult 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Action 5%

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.4%, Difficult 23.6%, Gore 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Indie 3.5%

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: Gore 29.8%, Violent 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Difficult 13%

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.8%, Difficult 23.8%, Fast-Paced 17%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Gore 8.4%

Execute ultra-violent raids in 1970s casino hotels. Take down the Las Vegas mob as a drug super-powered hitman in physics-fueled top-down close combat

Why similar: Violent 18.8%, Fast-Paced 17.2%, Gore 14.9%, Difficult 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%

Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.

Why similar: Gore 22.4%, Violent 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Difficult 13.5%, Top-Down 7.7%

Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.

Why similar: Gore 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Fast-Paced 9.5%, Violent 8.7%

Sefir: Mafia Story is a reflex and fast thinking based 2D top down shooter game.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 18.7%, Difficult 15.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Top-Down 8.8%

A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20%, Gore 19%, Violent 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Difficult 11%

Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Fast-Paced 16.2%, Gore 16%, Violent 11.2%, Difficult 9.4%

"BLOODSAINT is not a remaster of a 94's retro-hardcore minigame about a cleric performing a ritual for a ruthless synthetic deity, but pretty close."

Why similar: Fast-Paced 32.9%, Difficult 14%, Top-Down 13.4%, Retro 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

Everything in Tormentor❌Punisher can be killed in one hit, from bosses to yourself. Bosses conjure traps to make the arena hellish. Demons adjust to your play style and punish you. Perform combos on enemies and gain cool upgrades. Reload your machine gun by firing your shotgun. Let's do this!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.1%, Gore 23.6%, Violent 18.4%, Difficult 9.2%, Action 6.9%

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 51%, Violent 37%, Action 8%, Indie 4%

The universe wants you dead. Take on the ten great spirits of the universe in this intense boss fighting challenge!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.1%, Difficult 16.5%, Fast-Paced 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Gore 11.8%

Tackle. Die. Repeat. Use American football skills to dash through a bloody 2D underworld. Fast, top-down carnage until the floor is cleared. You’re at the top of your game... but unfortunately, your C.T.E. is catching up.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 23.8%, Violent 21.5%, 1980s 13.1%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Top-Down 9.5%

Battle it out local and online in this neon-soaked arena brawler full of lethal weapons, stackable perks, furious combat and a killer synthwave soundtrack.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.1%, Fast-Paced 18.7%, 1980s 13.5%, Violent 9.5%, Gore 8.7%

In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.

Why similar: Violent 24.4%, 1980s 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Retro 13.2%, Shooter 9.5%

Enter the realm of a retired assassin, forced back into action by treason. You may be a hired killer but you still have a sense of loyalty and justice. Visit the dark recesses of a world corrupted by crime, greed, degradation and dishonor. And a past that catches up with you.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 41.6%, Gore 17.2%, Action 15.3%, Difficult 12.2%, Shooter 8.6%