Games Like J.A.W.S

In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.

Why similar: Gore 28.6%, Zombies 16.4%, Horror 16.1%, Multiplayer 15.4%, FPS 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive wave-based survival shooter that perfectly captures the gore and intensity found in J.A.W.S.

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Why similar: Zombies 37.2%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Gore 12.8%, Horror 11%, FPS 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic cooperative wave-based shooter that emphasizes survival against overwhelming odds.

Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.

Why similar: Gore 38.3%, Violent 20%, Multiplayer 16.6%, FPS 13.6%, Action 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on massive, endless waves of enemies in a fast-paced, arcade-style FPS environment.

Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon!

Why similar: Zombies 23.9%, Gore 22.9%, Multiplayer 21.2%, Violent 11.9%, Horror 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense, gore-heavy wave survival gameplay with a distinct horror aesthetic.

Evil has returned! Demonic powers are manifesting themselves as a myriad of dark creatures, fighting over the fates of imprisoned souls caught in Purgatory.

Why similar: Gore 31.7%, FPS 17.8%, Horror 17.8%, Action 17.6%, Multiplayer 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: An arena-based shooter that relies on fast movement and brutal combat against waves of monsters.

GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.

Why similar: Horror 23%, Multiplayer 19.4%, Gore 17.4%, FPS 12.1%, Violent 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, atmospheric cooperative shooter that demands extreme strategy and survival skills.

6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!

Why similar: Zombies 19%, Gore 15.6%, Horror 13.9%, Violent 13.6%, Multiplayer 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the core mechanics of wave-based survival horror shooters.

The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.

Why similar: Zombies 30.9%, Multiplayer 23.1%, Horror 20.1%, Survival 11.7%, FPS 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a gritty, realistic survival horror experience with a focus on cooperative defense.

Play with friends against endless waves of man eater sharks.

Why similar: Horror 38.2%, FPS 26%, Action 19.9%, Survival 15.9%

Why You'll Like It: An indie action-adventure title that captures a similar chaotic and arcade-like energy.

Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.

Why similar: FPS 29.8%, Strategy 23.8%, Multiplayer 21.6%, Action 12.9%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends strategic tower defense mechanics with first-person wave combat for a unique tactical experience.

Combining survival horror and static wave shooting, Propagation VR will get your adrenaline pumping as you try to survive a zombie apocalypse. Armed only with your guns and your fists, fight off terrifying zombies and other multi-species mutants. Will you get out alive?

Why similar: Gore 20%, Horror 17.4%, Violent 15.6%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Zombies 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: An intense, wave-based horror survival experience that puts you directly in the middle of the action.

How long will you survive in this open water diving experience as you go head to head with terrifying Great Whites as they threaten to tear you apart?!

Why similar: Gore 27.4%, Horror 15.4%, Violent 14.9%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Survival 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features underwater survival horror mechanics with a focus on defending against waves of predators.

Survival Zombies is a bloody chaotic survival first person shooter that pits heavily armed players against humanity's greatest fear - hordes of undead.

Why similar: Gore 23.7%, Violent 19.6%, Zombies 17%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Horror 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, indie-style wave-based zombie shooter that focuses on simple survival mechanics.

A wave-based zombie survival game

Why similar: Violent 44.5%, Action 22.5%, Casual 18.7%, Indie 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, indie-developed action shooter that mirrors the accessible, violent nature of the seed game.

Embark on an exotic journey into danger in this rip-roaring 1930s third person adventure for 1-4 players! Encounter pulse-pounding action, treacherous traps and tales of derring-do!

Why similar: Multiplayer 25.7%, Zombies 25.4%, Violent 21.5%, Action 14.3%, Horror 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers cooperative wave-based action with a pulp-horror theme and arcade-style scoring.

A wave-based FPS for 1–4 players, made with passion by one dude! Pick your load out, mow down hordes, Roast Mr Hotdog and earn cash. Spin Vegas-style slots (random box) between waves for upgrades, compete for the best score, and see if your luck (and skill) can keep you standing. Can you survive?

Why similar: Horror 32.8%, Zombies 22.7%, FPS 22%, Action 12.7%, Survival 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: An early-access, arena-style FPS that focuses purely on wave-based survival.

Mist of the Dark challenges your ability to survive. Can you face your fears? Play as a monster and scare your friends. Play as the soldier and use tactics to hunt the monster(s) down. Scare the players. Stick with your team and discover objects and level advantages to take down the monster.

Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Gore 25%, Multiplayer 20.4%, Violent 19.1%, Action 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer horror survival game that leans into gore and early-access style development.

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: Violent 42.2%, FPS 24.4%, Horror 23.9%, Action 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, gore-filled retro FPS that incorporates roguelite elements and wave-based progression.

NOW AVAILABLE! When the Earth falls to an extra-terrestrial invasion, humanity becomes an endangered species. Earthfall is a four-player cooperative shooter that challenges players to survive hordes of ruthless alien drones and their inscrutable masters.

Why similar: Gore 20.7%, Violent 17.4%, FPS 14.7%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Action 12%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative shooter that pits players against relentless waves of alien threats.

Combat in Shark Attack Deathmatch 2 is savage, gritty, and brutal. Players hunt each other down in various game modes with the constant threat of terrifying sharks joining in on the bloodshed. Tear divers apart as you take on the role as the ocean's top apex predator, The Great White.

Why similar: Horror 36.8%, FPS 19.8%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Survival 15.2%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: An arena-based survival horror game that shares the indie, high-stakes feel of J.A.W.S.

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: Gore 67%, FPS 25.1%, Action 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane, ultra-violent shooter that rewards aggressive play and mastery of movement.

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: Gore 38.9%, Horror 29.5%, FPS 22.9%, Action 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, horror-themed retro FPS that delivers intense combat in claustrophobic environments.

An alien force is threatening to destroy the stability of the galaxy! Play as an unknown creature or a Spacefleet Officer in this Online Sci-Fi Horror!

Why similar: Gore 30.2%, Violent 23.1%, Multiplayer 21.3%, Action 10.8%, Horror 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused indie shooter that emphasizes gore and fast-paced combat.

Nazi Zombies is a cooperative survival game where players fend off escalating waves of Nazi zombies, earning points by killing zombies and repairing barriers to buy weapons, upgrades, perks, and unlock new map areas to maximize their survival.

Why similar: Strategy 22.5%, Action 21.8%, FPS 20.5%, Zombies 20.3%, Survival 10.9%

Defense: Abominations is a first person tower defense game where you try to survive the abominations stored in the laboratory, as long as you can.

Why similar: Gore 28.6%, Violent 24.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Action 7.8%, Horror 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic wave-based survival game that emphasizes gore and violent combat encounters.

Sven Co-op is a co-operative game originally based around Valve Software's Half-Life. In this game players must work together against computer controlled enemies and solve puzzles as a team.

Why similar: Multiplayer 27.7%, FPS 26.5%, Action 16.2%, Survival 15.7%, Casual 14%

Why You'll Like It: A classic cooperative mod-turned-standalone that features endless waves of enemies and tactical team play.

TENET is a fast-paced shooter where you are trapped underworld in a nightmarish arena, and the only key to survival is to stay within the light. Your skills will be put to the test as you blast, punch, and stomp your way through this gore infused gauntlet as you tear your foes limb to limb.

Why similar: Gore 43%, Violent 36.1%, Action 12.9%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: An action-heavy indie shooter that emphasizes violent, fast-paced combat encounters.

Battle Royale and Extraction that blends PvP and PvE, You are a operative that will drop into the infected region and attempt to recover artifacts and eradicate the infected.Each player is pitted against Zombies, Monsters and each other. Online or Single player for practice with bots!

Why similar: Horror 25.7%, Zombies 16.6%, Multiplayer 13.8%, FPS 13.7%, Gore 12%

You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.

Why similar: Strategy 34.6%, Multiplayer 32.1%, Action 24.5%, Indie 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines strategic trap-building with action-heavy wave combat against hordes of creatures.

Bloodworks is a free top-down survival action game where you fight against an endless waves of monsters. The odds are not in your favor!

Why similar: Action 39.2%, Casual 33.9%, Indie 26.9%

Why You'll Like It: An indie shooter that provides a casual, gore-filled experience similar to J.A.W.S.

Free to play shooter about the confrontation of two irreconcilable sides, represented by the government military housings and the armed hirelings. Try your hand at virtual battles with off-scale dynamics and hurricane gameplay in the spirit of the classical shooters.

Why similar: Multiplayer 39.9%, FPS 25.8%, Action 11.6%, Zombies 9.9%, Gore 8.5%

ROSE is a violent rogue-lite arena shooter where you sacrifice your body parts to progress and gain new weapons and abilities. Slaughter waves of monstrous enemies and defeat titanic bosses in randomized arenas or die trying!

Why similar: Gore 31.9%, Violent 26.5%, Horror 23.4%, FPS 15.1%, Action 3.1%

Tactical Multiplayer FPS shooter with a story based on the events of the World War II. Strategic battles with a variety of vehicles, including artillery. Multiple game modes. Ranks, titles, awards, career.

Why similar: Multiplayer 28.1%, Gore 19.4%, Violent 18.6%, FPS 16.6%, Action 10.8%

Grab a weapon, demolish your enemies, level up, become more powerful, let the gore flow, let the limbs fly. BrainBread 2 introduces a zombie fps mixed with RPG / Arcade elements, the game is very action-packed and generally fast-paced.

Why similar: Multiplayer 21.2%, Zombies 21.1%, Gore 19.4%, Horror 11.6%, FPS 9.5%

A World War II outbreak awakens prehistoric horrors. Face relentless dinosaur hordes in a wave-based survival shooter where every bullet counts.

Why similar: Horror 34%, FPS 21.7%, Survival 15.6%, Action 12%, Casual 9.8%

Blightspire is a fast-paced, wave-based survival shooter. Battle through a cursed graveyard as undead abominations rise in endless waves. With only your reflexes and firepower, survive the darkness in a world where death is never the end.

Why similar: FPS 43.4%, Action 29.5%, Violent 14.6%, Zombies 12.5%

10,000 levels of chaotic sci-fi horror. Choose which maps you play, from super easy to practically impossible. Find the escape pods or just see how far you can get. Playable as a desktop first person shooter, or in VR on the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and WMR.

Why similar: Gore 31.8%, Violent 27.6%, Horror 13.2%, Action 12.3%, Indie 7.8%

Shot Shot Tactic is a Realistic FPS Game. There are too many weapons ...

Why similar: Violent 33.4%, Gore 32.6%, Action 11%, Indie 8.8%, Casual 8.5%

Are you ready to be the ultimate soldier and fight until you defeat all of your enemies?

Why similar: Multiplayer 30.7%, Gore 21.7%, Action 19.4%, FPS 18.3%, Indie 9.8%

It is WAR!Team up with your comrades to stand against the pesky aliens.

Why similar: Gore 50.2%, Action 19.6%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Indie 13%

Team up with 64 players to fight off the horde of zombies in this post-apocalyptic FPS or join the horde against the living! Turn on your teammates and tear them apart. Level up and unlock new weapons, perks, clothing options and more! Equip your favourite loadout and join the fight!

Why similar: Gore 25%, Zombies 18.5%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Horror 14.5%, FPS 10.6%

Get Stuffed! is an Asymmetrical Multiplayer Social Horror game. Up to 16 players try to kill, deceive or escape as one of three role categories (Killer, Antagonist, or Victim). Each role has a unique way of winning.

Why similar: Horror 29%, Multiplayer 19.4%, Gore 15.4%, Violent 12.3%, FPS 9.9%

Free-to-play multiplayer action game in the entourage of the Second World War with total destructibility of the environment. Enjoy full freedom, build a defense, create your army, crush the enemy.

Why similar: Multiplayer 34.3%, FPS 19.9%, Survival 16.6%, Action 11.6%, Zombies 9.5%

In a world where the only thing you know is combat, can you survive endless waves of enemies?

Why similar: Action 62.2%, Indie 37.8%

Experience the story of a Private Detective and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. play solo or with up to five friends using unique features from solving puzzles, buying equipment to stun the monsters and progress through the story.

Why similar: Gore 24.2%, Horror 21.3%, Multiplayer 17.4%, FPS 14.9%, Strategy 14.5%

A wave based FPS where you defend a barricaded house against increasing hordes of the dead.

Why similar: Gore 19.5%, Horror 18.9%, FPS 18.9%, Violent 16.9%, Zombies 14.1%

Survive the arctic research base simply known as Base 75, or die from the freezing cold or by the horrors that lurk within the halls?

Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Violent 27.3%, Zombies 13.5%, Action 9.2%, Survival 8.9%

Zombie Desperation is a small horror game where you shoot hordes of zombies until you die, aiming to obtain a higher rank in the online leaderboards while unlocking new scenarios and weapons.

Why similar: Gore 29.6%, Violent 26.4%, Zombies 11%, Horror 8.5%, Action 7.8%

SCP: ReEnter is a free, asymmetrical multiplayer FPS set during a massive containment breach. Players are randomly assigned to Humans or SCPs. Fight to secure the facility, escape, or slaughter everyone with seven playable anomalies.

Why similar: Multiplayer 31.1%, Horror 30.4%, Violent 15.9%, FPS 14.9%, Action 7.7%

This intense shooter combines combat with trivia, answering questions correctly keeps you safe, while wrong answers drain your health and reveal your location. To recover, you must reach risky map zones, but enemies will hunt you. Only the smartest and most skilled will survive.

Why similar: Action 38.9%, FPS 33.2%, Multiplayer 27.9%

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 43.9%, Violent 36.3%, Action 12.2%, Indie 7.7%

Kill all the damn zombies in different game modes!

Why similar: Gore 31.7%, Violent 25.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Zombies 10.6%, Action 8%

Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.

Why similar: Zombies 77.9%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Survival 4.4%, Horror 2.5%, Strategy 2.3%

Dive into the zombie apocalypse with Zombie Panic! Source: a cooperative, survival-horror first-person-shooter. A fast-paced standalone modification.

Why similar: Zombies 25.5%, Multiplayer 20.1%, Horror 18%, Gore 8.5%, Survival 8.1%

Take the challenge of surviving waves of increasingly difficult evil MuTecs! Grab a friend to hunt and slay them. Crush each wave with randomly dropped weapons & gadgets. Earn Achievements, new maps and top ranks in this Community-driven, solo-dev project. Help shape the future of this game!

Why similar: Gore 27.8%, Violent 21.1%, Multiplayer 18%, Zombies 17.9%, Survival 9.9%

You are one of the few survivors of a zombie cat-pocalypse. With only your wits, your weapons, and a few turrets, you must defend yourself from the hordes of zombie-cats that come at night. Grenade, blast, shoot, heal, and place traps to survive each wave until safety comes with the sunlight.

Why similar: Action 41.3%, Casual 32.7%, Indie 26%

Team up with up to 8 players and take on endless waves of Nasty Zombies in a high-intensity, movement-focused boomer shooter. Use agility and smart positioning to survive semi-procedural maps and unlock permanent upgrades like Blessings, Miracles, Invocations, and cosmetics.

Why similar: Multiplayer 21.5%, Zombies 19.1%, Horror 18.9%, Gore 16.1%, FPS 14%