Games Like Maximum Action

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: Bullet Time 19.2% ★, Blood 14.7% ★, Gore 14.6%, FPS 11.9%, Violent 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A spiritual successor to classic physics-based shooters, offering incredible slow-motion gunplay and visceral combat encounters.

An intense single-player FPS featuring a stylish movement system, completely destructible levels, and an acclaimed OST.

Why similar: Bullet Time 36.1% ★, FPS 19.6%, Shooter 10%, Violent 7.6%, Level Editor 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features fluid parkour, destructible environments, and intense bullet-time combat that mirrors the cinematic feel of the seed game.

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: Bullet Time 40.4% ★, FPS 22.4%, Shooter 8.1%, First-Person 7.7%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Centers entirely on time-manipulation mechanics where time only moves when you move, creating a unique puzzle-like combat flow.

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: Bullet Time 26.5% ★, Gore 13.7%, Violent 13.5%, Fast-Paced 12.9%, Blood 11.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: Captures the acrobatic, cinematic gunplay of Hong Kong action films with a focus on bullet-time and stylish movement.

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: Fast-Paced 19.6%, FPS 17.9%, Gore 16.6%, Old School 12.4%, Retro 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes advanced AI and physics-based interactions to create a tactical, high-intensity shooter experience inspired by F.E.A.R.

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: Blood 31% ★, Fast-Paced 27%, FPS 17.3%, Retro 6.7%, Shooter 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled speed and kinetic combat that rewards high-skill movement and aggressive playstyles.

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 26.6%, FPS 17.8%, Gore 15.7%, Violent 14.9%, Shooter 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A hyper-kinetic, fast-paced shooter that emphasizes aggressive movement and arcade-style destruction.

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: Fast-Paced 32.5%, Violent 21.5%, Gore 19.6%, Retro 10.6%, Action 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, side-scrolling action game that relies on bullet-time and one-hit-kill mechanics for a cinematic experience.

GoreBox is a chaotic physics-driven sandbox where creativity meets destruction. Use the Reality Crusher to spawn, manipulate, and obliterate anything. Customize, battle with friends, roleplay, or face devious creatures. In this world, your imagination rules—and chaos is your playground!

Why similar: Gore 21.2%, Violent 16.3%, Level Editor 12.5%, FPS 12%, Sandbox 10%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox shooter that allows for extreme creative freedom in how you dispatch enemies.

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

Why similar: Violent 22.8%, Fast-Paced 22.2%, Gore 19%, 1980s 14.4%, Retro 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same raw, violent, and high-stakes energy found in classic action cinema through a top-down perspective.

HARD BULLET is a physics-based action game, where enemies flood the neon-lit city bringing destruction to its streets. Use slow-motion, a huge arsenal, and brutal combat to survive and unlock new weapons. Prepare for the next RIDE by mastering your skills in Sandbox and Arena modes.

Why similar: Bullet Time 22.9% ★, Gore 20.7%, Violent 16.6%, Sandbox 9.7%, Physics 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused shooter that emphasizes realistic physics, gore, and sandbox combat scenarios.

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: Fast-Paced 17.3%, FPS 15.9%, Blood 14.6% ★, Retro 11.1%, Old School 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in modern retro-shooters, offering fast-paced, high-intensity combat that feels both classic and fresh.

Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!

Why similar: FPS 23.8%, Fast-Paced 19.3%, Gore 13.1%, Violent 11.7%, Shooter 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane, movement-heavy shooter that blends retro aesthetics with modern, fluid combat mechanics.

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: FPS 17.9%, Gore 16.4%, Violent 13%, Retro 12.2%, Blood 10.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: A dark, retro-inspired shooter that focuses on fast-paced movement and brutal, high-intensity combat.

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

Why similar: FPS 40.9%, Shooter 18.9%, Retro 12.7%, First-Person 12.5%, Stylized 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a uniquely brutal and experimental combat experience that pushes the boundaries of visceral, first-person action.

Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.

Why similar: Blood 29.8% ★, Gore 24.3%, Violent 16.8%, FPS 8.8%, Physics 8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on chaotic, physics-based melee combat that captures the same slapstick-meets-violence energy as the seed game.

The A.C.E.S. Once the watchful guardians of Switchblade City - are being taken down, one by one. Now it's up to one man, with two fists, to get to the bottom of it all. Fallen Aces is a crime noir FPS that plays right out of the '90s and looks like it's right outta the comics.

Why similar: Blood 19% ★, FPS 16.2%, Violent 12.5%, Fast-Paced 11.3%, Retro 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines immersive-sim elements with a punchy, comic-book aesthetic and visceral close-quarters combat.

Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.

Why similar: FPS 24.1%, Gore 17.8%, Retro 15.7%, Violent 11.6%, Fast-Paced 9%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the boomer-shooter genre with heavy emphasis on gore and satisfying, fast-paced gunplay.

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: FPS 20.9%, Old School 15.8%, Gore 13.2%, Shooter 11.3%, Retro 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features tactical, old-school combat with a heavy emphasis on physics-based environmental interactions.

The golden age of violent flash games now in your VR headset. Fully physics based combat with melee and firearms featuring copious amounts of blood, gore and destruction.

Why similar: Gore 22.2%, Bullet Time 19.7% ★, Physics 10.8%, Blood 10.3% ★, Sandbox 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox shooter that leans heavily into visceral, gore-filled combat scenarios.

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: Bullet Time 19.4% ★, Fast-Paced 14.5%, FPS 10.4%, Gore 9.9%, Violent 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a blend of retro-shooter mechanics and bullet-time abilities for a fast-paced, stylish experience.

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: Bullet Time 27.6% ★, Blood 21% ★, Gore 14.9%, Violent 14.2%, Shooter 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter explicitly designed to emulate the slow-motion, cinematic gunfights of classic Hong Kong action films.

Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.7%, FPS 17.5%, Violent 13.2%, Old School 8.8%, Shooter 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A hyper-fast, psychedelic shooter that demands constant movement and aggressive precision.

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: FPS 18.6%, Gore 17.3%, Old School 16%, 1990's 13.4%, Retro 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: An old-school, brutal shooter that focuses on fast-paced movement and intense, high-damage combat.

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: Fast-Paced 27.5%, FPS 19.2%, Shooter 9.6%, 1980s 9%, Retro 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane, anime-inspired shooter that forces players to maintain a constant, aggressive pace to survive.

3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 18.8%, FPS 13.7%, Gore 11.4%, Violent 9.7%, Retro 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style shooter that delivers fast-paced, high-intensity action with a distinct retro aesthetic.

Get ready to put a sizable dent in the profits of megacorporations in Deadlink, a guns-blazing cyberpunk FPS with roguelite elements. Your mission is to conduct covert ops while piloting a humanoid combat shell. And no, "covert" doesn’t mean "quiet."

Why similar: Fast-Paced 35.1%, FPS 24.2%, Shooter 14%, First-Person 10.2%, Stylized 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, cybernetic shooter that rewards movement and aggressive play with satisfying, punchy combat.

Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 34.5%, FPS 25.5%, Shooter 13.1%, First-Person 8.2%, Stylized 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A speed-running focused shooter that emphasizes kinetic movement and precision-based combat loops.

STRAFE® is the worlds bloodiest roguelike first-person shooter! Featuring mind melting secrets and persistent gore that allows you to paint levels red with the excessive entrails of your enemies. 30+ weapons, 20+ enemies, & a red hot soundtrack.

Why similar: Gore 14.1%, FPS 13%, Fast-Paced 12.9%, Blood 12.7% ★, Violent 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite shooter that captures the frantic, high-speed energy of 90s-era first-person shooters.

Meatgrinder is a chaotic and fast-paced FPS. Use agility and guns to jump your way through insane levels on top of speeding trucks, trains and planes. No cutscenes or storylines, just pure action.

Why similar: Blood 19.8% ★, FPS 13.4%, Fast-Paced 11.2%, 1980s 9.1%, Old School 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A parkour-heavy, fast-paced shooter that emphasizes movement and constant momentum in combat.

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: Blood 17.8% ★, Fast-Paced 15.9%, Gore 13.4%, FPS 11.1%, Violent 10.7%

You wake up with an explosive headache in a pool of your own blood. You're Exit, a terrible woman whose awful past has finally caught up to her. Fulfill contracts for the people who drilled into your skull — guns-blazing, slow and tactical — it doesn’t matter. They know you’ll do whatever it takes.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 23%, FPS 15.3%, Gore 14.9%, Shooter 10.2%, Violent 9.9%

STANDBOX is a single-player physics sandbox about bullying a ragdoll. Shoot him, push him, watch him get back up until he doesn't.

Why similar: Violent 20.3%, Blood 18.6% ★, Gore 18%, Bullet Time 13.8% ★, Sandbox 11.5%

Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!

Why similar: Gore 15%, Blood 14.3% ★, Violent 12.4%, FPS 10.8%, Fast-Paced 10.2%

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: Blood 22.3% ★, Fast-Paced 18.5%, FPS 12.9%, Gore 12.4%, Violent 11.4%

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 21.9%, Violent 18.9%, FPS 12.5%, Fast-Paced 10.9%, Action 8.3%

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: FPS 18.7%, Retro 14.5%, Blood 11.5% ★, Gore 11.2%, Violent 9.4%

BRUTAL First Person Shooter focused on action, gore, and exploration. Fueled by adrenaline-pumping trap-metal soundtrack.

Why similar: Blood 22.4% ★, Gore 14%, Fast-Paced 13.5%, FPS 12.6%, Violent 11.5%

Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.

Why similar: FPS 20.2%, Gore 18.9%, Blood 14.1% ★, Fast-Paced 11.4%, Violent 7.4%

A fast-paced PvP FPS built around skill-based movement and deep build crafting, with cinematic, high-intensity combat set in a brutal cyberpunk world inspired by 90s anime.

Why similar: Bullet Time 36.4% ★, FPS 21.8%, Shooter 12.4%, Gore 11%, First-Person 8.5%

Bloodshed is a Roguelite Survivors FPS; an exhilarating fusion of Roguelite elements merged with retro-styled visuals and first-person “Survivors-like” frenetic combat action!

Why similar: FPS 26.5%, Old School 21.7%, 1990's 16.7%, Shooter 15.1%, First-Person 10.9%

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

Why similar: Bullet Time 28.7% ★, Blood 21.2% ★, Fast-Paced 19.1%, Violent 15%, Shooter 5.9%

Hell Shooter is a old-school FPS game.

Why similar: Gore 22.2%, Violent 19.2%, Fast-Paced 16.1%, FPS 13.5%, Old School 8%

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: Bullet Time 30.2% ★, Blood 22.9% ★, Fast-Paced 20%, Violent 17%, Shooter 6%

Apocryph is an old-school fantasy shooter inspired by Hexen, Heretic, Painkiller and Strife.

Why similar: Gore 30.8%, Violent 23.7%, FPS 14.8%, Retro 8.5%, Shooter 6.7%

Project Warlock is a first-person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen, and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells, and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non-stop action, packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses.

Why similar: Blood 23% ★, FPS 20.4%, Fast-Paced 17.5%, Retro 11.5%, Old School 10.5%

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 19.5%, Fast-Paced 18.5%, Violent 15.2%, Blood 12.7% ★, 1980s 8.7%

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: FPS 17.9%, Retro 16%, 1990's 13.5%, Shooter 11.4%, Old School 11.3%

Wrack is all about action - spectacular action! The addictive kill chain system encourages you to mow down as many enemies in a short period of time as possible. No hiding - keep your chain going by getting out there and kicking some alien ass!

Why similar: FPS 25.3%, Fast-Paced 17.1%, Gore 11.1%, Level Editor 10.2%, Old School 9.3%

Limitless Hunger is a high-adrenaline retro FPS single-player experience.

Why similar: FPS 27.8%, Gore 13.9%, Shooter 13.7%, Violent 12%, Old School 9.5%

The Cleaner is a hardcore die 'n' retry inspired by John Wick, Hotline Miami and SuperHot. You control a highly-trained " cleaner " with a unique power. No cliché storyline, no cutscenes, start the game and play.

Why similar: Gore 21.5%, Bullet Time 19.1% ★, Violent 17.7%, FPS 15.1%, Shooter 8.9%

RAGDORE is a physics-driven sandbox where limbs fly, bones snap, and movement changes with every injury. Experiment with traps, crushers, trampolines, and more in colorful maps designed for creative destruction and dynamic ragdoll mayhem.

Why similar: Gore 28.9%, Blood 25.5% ★, Violent 17.7%, Sandbox 9.5%, Physics 9.4%

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: Fast-Paced 20.9%, FPS 15.7%, Gore 15.5%, Old School 12.9%, 1990's 8.1%

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: Blood 26.8% ★, Fast-Paced 22.9%, FPS 15.6%, Retro 8.5%, Shooter 7.8%

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: Gore 18.2%, FPS 16.1%, Old School 16%, Retro 13.1%, Shooter 12%

Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.

Why similar: FPS 24.3%, Retro 13.3%, Gore 13%, Old School 12.5%, Shooter 10.3%

Blood Metal is a brutal, experimental, single-player project featuring a full body-destruction model. This was one of the first games I ever created with my Youtube community. Please enjoy it completely for free on Steam.

Why similar: Gore 20.4%, Blood 15.6% ★, Bullet Time 12.7% ★, Action 9.5%, FPS 8%

Blood, Fuel, Ammo & Speed is a fast-paced roguelite FPS action game. BFAS is focused on highly brutal, stylish, and smooth gameplay. Rip the Demons apart with your various satisfying weapons and sleek movement patterns. Power up your Operator with numerous stat upgrades and items.

Why similar: Blood 15% ★, Old School 13.4%, Shooter 12.6%, 1990's 12.4%, Retro 9.9%

A SHORT and sweet pixelated low fidelity 90s throwback hyper-fast action shooter. Survive and fight through a city overrun with manufactured monstrosities, biomass horrors, and a military authority trying to purge everything living. Heavy metal / techno soundtrack featuring BOD Music

Why similar: FPS 24.2%, Shooter 12.8%, Gore 12.4%, Old School 11.4%, Violent 10.7%

A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements

Why similar: Gore 24.9%, FPS 19.4%, Violent 17%, Shooter 13.7%, First-Person 12.7%