Games Like Intravenous 2

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: Stealth 24.9%, Tactical 19.7%, Difficult 11.4%, Top-Down Shooter 9.5%, Crime 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: As the predecessor to the seed game, it offers the exact same blend of tactical stealth and top-down gunplay.

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Why similar: Tactical 53.6%, Top-Down 12.4%, Top-Down Shooter 9.6%, Shooter 6.6%, Simulation 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive tactical top-down game that emphasizes planning, room clearing, and precise execution.

Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

Why similar: Tactical 33.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Violent 13.9%, Top-Down 13.2%, Gore 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel expands on the tactical depth of the original with modern military equipment and more complex environments.

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: Tactical 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Crime 12.8%, Shooter 10.5%, Violent 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical shooter that forces you to manage rules of engagement and non-lethal takedowns in a top-down perspective.

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: Stealth 38.9%, Gore 14.5%, Difficult 12.4%, Shooter 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical 2D stealth shooter that emphasizes environmental interaction and creative problem-solving.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.

Why similar: Gore 22.4%, Violent 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Difficult 13.6%, Top-Down 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the brutal, high-stakes tactical action of the original with more complex level design.

As an elite SWAT operator, think fast and put your tactics to the test to master a series of missions and save lives. Summon your team of up to four players in online and local co-op, or hone your skills solo. Don’t just be the best—be the best of the best.

Why similar: Stealth 20.5%, Crime 19.3%, Tactical 11.6%, Shooter 10.7%, Difficult 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical top-down shooter that focuses specifically on SWAT-style room clearing and team coordination.

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

Why similar: Violent 26%, Gore 18%, Top-Down 11.1%, Difficult 10.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential top-down shooter that defined the genre's high-lethality, fast-paced tactical combat.

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: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Violent 15.8%, Gore 15.2%, Shooter 12.2%, Difficult 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features slow-motion mechanics and tactical positioning that reward careful planning in intense shootouts.

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: Stealth 45.9%, Tactical 15.1%, Top-Down 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Action 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep tactical stealth and equipment customization within a procedurally generated space setting.

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: Violent 21.3%, Difficult 17.2%, Gore 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Story Rich 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-intensity, one-hit-kill tactical action game that requires precise planning and execution to survive.

Stealth your way through the shadows and uncover a corporate conspiracy. Become a cyber-augmented agent in this gameplay-focused stealth game that brings classic sneaking to the modern era.

Why similar: Stealth 29.7%, Tactical 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Top-Down 9.9%, Action-Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A pure stealth-focused top-down experience that rewards patience and methodical movement over direct combat.

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: Top-Down Shooter 28.6%, Violent 21.7%, Gore 15.7%, Shooter 11.7%, Combat 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, top-down tactical shooter that utilizes bullet-time mechanics to give you an edge in combat.

In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.

Why similar: Gun Customization 26% ★, Tactical 20.3%, Realistic 14%, Shooter 13.7%, Gore 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic tactical shooter that mirrors the grounded, methodical feel of the seed game.

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

Why similar: Tactical 47.5%, Difficult 27%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Action 8%, Singleplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based extraction shooter that shares the gritty, high-stakes atmosphere of modern tactical games.

Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.

Why similar: Tactical 26%, Realistic 15.5%, Gun Customization 15.2% ★, Shooter 11.6%, Crime 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: While an FPS, it shares the exact tactical, realistic, and room-clearing DNA that defines the Intravenous experience.

RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.1%, Tactical 30.5%, Shooter 16.1%, Top-Down 12%, Action 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides large-scale tactical combat from a top-down perspective that feels grounded and realistic.

Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.

Why similar: Stealth 51.4%, Tactical 30.4%, Difficult 6.2%, Violent 5%, Top-Down 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Refined tactical stealth mechanics that require precise synchronization and timing to overcome overwhelming odds.

Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.

Why similar: Tactical 41.8%, Stealth 37.1%, Top-Down 11.1%, Action 7.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A squad-based tactical stealth game that allows for complex infiltration strategies in a cyberpunk world.

Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

Why similar: Stealth 52.3%, Tactical 34.6%, Difficult 5.2%, Violent 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for tactical stealth planning where every move must be carefully calculated.

IRR is a tactical PvE Co-Op extract shooter set in a de-stabilized and immersive modern-day Vietnam. As a PMC for a mysterious organization, deal with 3 factions that stand to gain from the chaos. Engage in ruthless combat, plan your deployment, and explore the world as your journey unfolds.

Why similar: Gun Customization 35% ★, Tactical 21.2%, Realistic 16%, Shooter 13.5%, Combat 8%

Why You'll Like It: An extraction-based tactical shooter that features deep gun customization and realistic combat scenarios.

Tokyo 42 is a hyper-stylish isometric open-world shooter. Framed for a murder you didn't commit, you'll delve into a world of assassins, deadly corporate intrigue and cats. Explore this beautifully hand-crafted micro Tokyo and discover its secrets.

Why similar: Stealth 57.1%, Shooter 28.2%, Action 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish top-down action game that places a heavy emphasis on stealth, verticality, and tactical movement.

Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.

Why similar: Tactical 26.6%, Stealth 21.4%, Shooter 14.3%, Realistic 14%, Violent 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical simulation that emphasizes realistic military operations and squad-based decision making.

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: Stealth 30.1%, Violent 17.3%, Crime 13.5%, Gore 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical stealth game where you must eliminate targets without being detected in increasingly complex environments.

Gone Rogue is a tactical stealth game with RPG elements. Get into the role of a thief from the city slums. Lurking in the shadows, sneak unnoticed past enemies, get behind any locked doors, and carry off rich loot.

Why similar: Stealth 32.5%, Tactical 18%, Crime 15.9%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Difficult 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends tactical RPG elements with stealth and immersive-sim mechanics for a deep, strategic experience.

Dagger Directive is a tactical FPS that allows you to approach each mission in your own way. Select equipment, decide the time of day, then move methodically to complete your mission. Enjoy the modern mechanics and old school graphics as you fight across a variety of missions and environments.

Why similar: Tactical 24.5%, Shooter 23.5%, Gun Customization 23.3% ★, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Combat 7.2%

Become the ultimate assassin in the most realistic modern warfare sniping game available. Engage in an immersive single-player campaign across large, open-ended maps. Tactical thinking, stealth approach and precision in execution of long shots required.

Why similar: Stealth 23.4%, Gun Customization 16.5% ★, Shooter 12.4%, Tactical 10.4%, Violent 9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical planning and stealth-based objective completion in open-ended environments.

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

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20%, Tactical 19.9%, Gore 16.2%, Violent 15.8%, Shooter 9.7%

Slip on your flares, grab your shades and hop in your station wagon, it's time to work… as a professional mob cleaner. In this stylish award winning 2D action-stealth game you have to make sure you get in, clean up and get out without leaving a trace - Queue the funky 70s inspired soundtrack!

Why similar: Stealth 50.2%, Gore 20.8%, Crime 9.1%, Action 7.1%, Top-Down 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused game that requires careful observation and tactical movement to avoid detection.

Zero Hour is a tactical FPS with online team-based game play that takes place in a variety of fictional locations interpreted in Bangladesh with Real-life scale & resource management. It brings a grounded, close quarter combat experience to the game.

Why similar: Tactical 33.1%, Shooter 19%, Realistic 16.8%, Stealth 12.7%, Immersive Sim 5.9%

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

Why similar: Top-Down 28.5%, Action 26.1%, Difficult 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Action-Adventure 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on movement and tactical positioning, allowing you to teleport through obstacles to outmaneuver enemies.

SYNTHETIK 2 is a unrelenting tactical-shooter rogue-lite. Play alone or with friends. Loot powerful tech. Experience the next level in gun-play. Upgrade your androids to rival the machine gods!

Why similar: Gun Customization 31.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Tactical 17%, Shooter 14.4%, Top-Down 9.8%

System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 33.5%, Shooter 29%, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Action 9%, Story Rich 8.6%

Enter the role of a SWAT officer in this VR tactical shooter. Clear rooms, detain suspects, and survive tense, eerie environments where every shadow could hide a threat. Precision, fear, and adrenaline collide in this immersive close-quarters experience.

Why similar: Stealth 33.9%, Immersive Sim 18.6%, Shooter 17.5%, Tactical 15.3%, Action 5.7%

Tactical squad-based heist game set in 1970s. The 2D top-down view gives you a great overview of what's happening at any given moment, allowing you to be a real criminal mastermind. Can you pull off the greatest heist in the history of mankind?

Why similar: Crime 27.2%, Stealth 27.1%, Tactical 24.3%, Top-Down 10.7%, Action 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical heist game that requires careful planning and stealthy execution to succeed.

Welcome, trainee! Use tactics and special equipment to become a true cop in the free version of Police Stories: The Academy. Neutralize criminals, search for clues and find a "rat" in the police station alone or in co-op with a partner.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Crime 17.4%, Tactical 15.5%, Shooter 12.9%, Realistic 11.3%

An immersive FPS adventure set in a dark and surreal sci-fi world

Why similar: Stealth 26.5%, Crime 25.6%, Immersive Sim 14%, Shooter 12.1%, Violent 7.9%

Become an Accountant - a hired mercenary who keeps the books balanced by any means necessary. This time though, you are the intended target. Take a journey through New Houston in the year 2056 and follow one man's tale of revenge as he escapes Transience.

Why similar: Gun Customization 28.5% ★, Stealth 19.2%, Tactical 15.5%, Shooter 12.8%, Violent 7.2%

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

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Crime 16.7%, Shooter 13.2%, Difficult 12.9%, Top-Down 9.4%

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: Stealth 30.2%, Violent 21.4%, Tactical 11.2%, Difficult 7.9%, Gore 7.6%

Skill-based gunplay meets turn-based tactics in SteamWorld Heist 2! Aim carefully, bounce bullets, and pull off trick shots in high-stakes heists. Choose your crew and utilize 150+ items to navigate real-time naval battles and daring missions in this 30+ hour adventure to stop a deadly water crisis.

Why similar: Tactical 45.5%, Action-Adventure 16.5%, Story Rich 13.7%, 2D 9.5%, Action 8.4%

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: Stealth 30.9%, Immersive Sim 22.7%, Shooter 20.9%, Tactical 18.9%, Action 3.9%

Sneak Thief is a first person, shooter, strategy, stealth and puzzle game that lets you choose how you want to play. Use your wits and expertise to setup and perform heists whether that be by using brute force to smash your way through or by getting away without making a sound.

Why similar: Stealth 48%, Gore 13.5%, Violent 13.3%, Crime 10.3%, Shooter 6.4%

FPS/mecha hybrid europolice sim with emphasis on interacting with NPCs and different gameplay systems.

Why similar: Stealth 26.2%, Crime 24.5%, Tactical 20%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Shooter 12.4%

An epic 2D shooter with pixel graphics, where you face off against a mysterious underground sect. Clear rooms of enemies, upgrade your weapons, and battle dangerous foes in thrilling and intense combat!

Why similar: Gun Customization 34.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Tactical 21.7%, Difficult 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

FAKE SIGNALS is an action hybrid rogue-lite that you sneak in the enemies' camps, get various weapons and eliminate them.

Why similar: Stealth 32.7%, Gore 14.3%, Shooter 13%, Violent 9.5%, Combat 8.9%

Embody the ultimate cybernetic corporate agent. Master deadly gunplay, time manipulation, and supernatural abilities. Hack computers, people, even the individual bullets flying at you. Confront the future, and die trying.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.1%, Stealth 35.6%, Story Rich 9.6%, Action 6.5%, Simulation 6.2%

Swirl W@tch is a tense stealth-action roguelite that takes place on an over-exploited gas giant. Infiltrate industrial installations, evade or eliminate guard ships, commit corporate sabotage and grow the movement to unlock new gear. Can your actions free this otherworldly world?

Why similar: Stealth 26.4%, Tactical 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Difficult 11.4%, Immersive Sim 10%

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: Shooter 21.4%, Gore 20.6%, Violent 20.5%, Stealth 16.1%, Difficult 7.8%

A PVP tactical FPS about PLANNING & EXECUTION. Sound strategy and good teamwork are essential for victory because new PROCEDURALLY-GENERATED MAPS are delivered every week. You'll face a new tactical challenge every round.

Why similar: Crime 33.8%, Tactical 33.4%, Shooter 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Simulation 5.6%

Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: Tactical 57.4%, Top-Down 12.1%, Story Rich 11.2%, Combat 9.4%, Action 5.4%

The System built a world of injustice and oppression. Pressed up against the wall, it now fights for its survival. Uphold the law as an elite police officer or join the Stagers to liberate the world, defining the future of society in this multiplayer isometric tactical shooter!

Why similar: Gun Customization 29.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Tactical 17.1%, Crime 12.9%, Shooter 10.6%

Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.

Why similar: Tactical 29.4%, Gun Customization 21.3% ★, Top-Down 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.5%, Simulation 6.3%

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.

Why similar: Tactical 27%, Realistic 23.4%, Shooter 21.6%, Gore 9.1%, Violent 8.5%

Tactical Combat Department is a tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by Swat games. You command a special intervention squad that intervenes in various situations and environments.

Why similar: Tactical 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Violent 15.6%, Gore 14.6%, Realistic 14%

In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.

Why similar: Shooter 56%, Story Rich 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Singleplayer 5.2%

The ultimate stealth battle adventure where everyone’s invisible! Risk versus reward guides your journey through the full-length single player campaign and local/online multiplayer. Vigilance is key as environmental tells such as footprints and other disturbances will point out careless cadets.

Why similar: Stealth 56.6%, Top-Down 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Action 13.3%

Phantom Squad is a 1-4 player co-op tactical top-down shooter blending fast-paced combat with real-time strategy. Play solo or team up through online co-op and matchmaking, coordinating movement, positioning, and split-second decisions to survive intense, high-risk missions.

Why similar: Tactical 53.6%, Top-Down Shooter 35.2%, Violent 5.7%, Action 3.1%, Top-Down 2.4%

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: Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Violent 15.2%, Crime 14.6%, Shooter 12.3%, Difficult 11.7%