Games Like My Friend Pedro

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 29.4%, Fast-Paced 16.4%, Violent 13.2%, Gore 12.6%, Platformer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It matches Pedro’s blend of side-view action, instant-death lethality, killer soundtrack, and stylish room-by-room carnage better than almost anything else on Steam.

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: Bullet Time 28.1% ★, Gore 19.6%, Violent 14.4%, Fast-Paced 13.9%, Shooter 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is pure John Woo-inspired slow-mo shooting with dives, kicks, and over-the-top stunts, making it one of the closest mechanical cousins to My Friend Pedro.

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 54.7% ★, Shooter 13.6%, Action 12.1%, Fast-Paced 4.9%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its time-bending gunfights capture the same puzzle-like satisfaction of chaining stylish kills and using movement as part of the combat.

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

Why similar: Bullet Time 36.7% ★, Parkour 30.4%, Shooter 12.7%, Violent 6.7%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its acrobatic gunfights, slow-motion dives, wall-runs, and relentless forward momentum recreate the same “violent ballet” thrill in first person.

The long-awaited third game in the groundbreaking SUPERHOT franchise - MIND CONTROL DELETE gives you more insight into the world of SUPERHOT, more story, more signature gameplay. Keep dancing the slow-motion ballet of destruction for so much longer than ever before.

Why similar: Bullet Time 61.8% ★, Shooter 22.8%, Action 10.8%, Difficult 2.7%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: It expands SUPERHOT’s bullet-time combat into longer, more chaotic combat sandboxes that scratch the same stylish slaughter itch.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.4%, Violent 19%, Gore 16.5%, Fast-Paced 15.1%, Action 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Even without the platforming, it nails the same fast, brutal, soundtrack-driven flow of one person tearing through rooms full of enemies.

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 31% ★, Violent 15.4%, Fast-Paced 14.9%, Gore 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It fuses Hotline Miami-style speed with a dedicated slow-motion mechanic, creating a very similar rhythm of hyper-violent, stylish room clearing.

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 34.9% ★, Gore 19.1%, Violent 15.7%, Shooter 11.4%, Action 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This top-down shooter is basically a slow-motion action-movie massacre simulator, with dives and brutal room clears that echo Pedro’s cinematic feel.

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 23.5%, Gore 17.9%, Violent 16%, Shooter 13.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Pedro’s emphasis on speed, aggression, music-driven pacing, and clearing levels with outrageous, high-impact style.

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: Great Soundtrack 28.8%, Gore 22.8%, Fast-Paced 15.9%, Violent 15.8%, Action 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It doubles down on the first game’s rhythmic ultraviolence and chaotic momentum, appealing to the same part of Pedro’s identity.

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 26.4% ★, Gore 17.9%, Violent 14.2%, Shooter 13.8%, Fast-Paced 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Pedro was bullet-time carnage and excessive gore, this delivers that fantasy in a ferocious first-person form.

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

Why similar: Bullet Time 32.8% ★, Gore 19.3%, Fast-Paced 15.7%, Violent 15%, Shooter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This leans hard into John Wick-style gun-fu with dives, bullet-time, and efficient room wipes that feel very aligned with Pedro’s action fantasy.

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

Why similar: Parkour 30.6%, Fast-Paced 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 17.1%, Shooter 12.7%, Platformer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its entire appeal is chaining movement and shooting into one seamless speedrun flow, which makes it a great fit for Pedro fans who loved stylish traversal.

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

Why similar: Gore 26%, Violent 22.2%, Fast-Paced 20.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Action 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Though melee-focused, it captures Pedro’s improvisational, music-synced violence and the feeling of turning each encounter into a kinetic performance.

Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 33.6%, Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Violent 19%, Action 13%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps guns for a blade most of the time, but its parkour-driven, ultra-fast room-clearing flow taps directly into Pedro’s movement-first appeal.

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 28.2%, Gore 20.2%, Violent 18.7%, Action 12%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its neon-drenched ultraviolence, hard-hitting soundtrack, and aggressive top-down combat make it a strong tonal and mechanical match.

Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

Why similar: Gore 18.9%, Shooter 15.8%, Action 15%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Platformer 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its explosive 2D carnage and over-the-top action-movie energy make it a fun match for Pedro’s gleefully destructive side.

STAKES. GUNS. SLOW-MO. Fight werewolves and vampires in a reality-shifting motel. Dive through barricades to escape the grasp of evil puppets. Destroy the villain you loved. A new, third-person love letter to classic shooters. Neo-noir never looked so good.

Why similar: Bullet Time 77.3% ★, Shooter 13.5%, Action 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its moody third-person bullet-time shooting channels the same stylish slow-motion gunplay and one-man-against-an-army energy.

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: Fast-Paced 19.6%, Shooter 18.7%, Gore 17.3%, Violent 14.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: This fast cyberpunk shooter mixes extreme movement and gory excess in a way that suits players who liked Pedro’s nonstop offensive momentum.

GO TO HELL, ARREST SATAN. Propel yourself to justice and glory on a journey through hell in this punchy, crunchy, son-of-a-gun precision platformer from the creator of My Friend Pedro.

Why similar: Shooter 32.3%, Side Scroller 23.7%, Action 17.1%, Platformer 16.9%, 2D 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its precision platforming and shooter movement make it a strong pick for anyone who most loved Pedro’s acrobatic side-scrolling flow.

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 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Shooter 14%, Action 10.4%, Comedy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This side-view shooter emphasizes reckless aggression, absurd violence, and fast level clears, making it one of the better 2D alternatives.

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 33%, Gore 20.1%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Shooter 8.9%, Violent 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This 2D action game offers compact, stylish massacres with guns, momentum, and brutal efficiency in a way Pedro players often click with immediately.

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 38.8%, Shooter 23.6%, 2.5D 16.3%, Action 12%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its hyper-stylized, music-fueled sprint through ultraviolent levels captures a similarly chaotic and cool-as-hell arcade intensity.

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: Gore 30.8%, Fast-Paced 27.6%, Violent 26.9%, Action 9.4%, Difficult 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same feeling of improvising a theatrical, absurdly violent massacre while never letting the pace drop.

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 45.5%, Shooter 31.5%, Action 15%, Difficult 4.1%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its slick arena gunfights and movement-heavy combat offer a similarly stylish loop of entering spaces and annihilating everything inside them.

Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!

Why similar: Action 34%, Great Soundtrack 26.4%, Platformer 19.2%, Indie 16%, 2D 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This side-scrolling shooter is all about acrobatic aerial movement, constant gunfire, and stylish survival under heavy pressure.

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 revives the good, old, action platform run & gun genre, but this time with a bunch of humor and buckets of blown off body parts. In this sequel to Guns, Gore & Cannoli, Vinnie Cannoli’s story continues and this time it’s personal.

Why similar: Gore 22.4%, Side Scroller 22.1%, Shooter 14.9%, Action 12.5%, Violent 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This side-scrolling shooter delivers chunky gunplay, lots of gore, and nonstop mob-slaying for players who mainly want more violent 2D action.

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: Side Scroller 25.4%, Shooter 25.2%, Violent 22%, Action 12.1%, Platformer 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It trades bullet-time for heavier arcade run-and-gun combat, but the gritty side-scrolling action and stylish takedowns still line up well.

SPRAWL is a hardcore retro FPS set in an endless cyberpunk megalopolis. Escape the walled city and take on the militarized government of the sprawl. Fueled by the blood of your enemies and a mysterious voice in your head, make your way towards the spire to topple whatever lays within.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 45%, Shooter 35.2%, Action 15.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its wall-running, sliding, and fast FPS gunplay echo Pedro’s love of momentum and stylish traversal-driven combat.

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 37.2%, Violent 24.2%, Shooter 22.8%, Action 10%, Difficult 3%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more abstract and frantic take on the same core pleasure of staying in motion and killing fast before the rhythm breaks.

Sifu is a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge.

Why similar: Gore 42.8%, Action 35%, Difficult 8.2%, Indie 7.8%, Singleplayer 6.3%

Slice meat statues in half as quickly as possible. An easy to learn but hard to master game with satisfying parkour movement and combat.

Why similar: Parkour 40.7%, Fast-Paced 16%, Violent 11.2%, Gore 10%, Platformer 9.2%

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 27.8%, Violent 22.8%, Action 9.8%, Indie 4.7%

Ben and Ed is a 3D platformer, in which the player controls Ed the Zombie, who is forced to participate in a grotesque game show called "Rundead". Will he beat all obstacles Hans Showmaster confronts him with, to save his best friend Ben?

Why similar: Parkour 33.9%, Gore 23.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Action 8.2%, Violent 6.5%

Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 44.2%, Action 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Gore 10.8%, Indie 6.4%

Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.

Why similar: Gore 21.5%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 11%, Shooter 10.8%, Action 9.7%

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 22.4%, Violent 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Action 10.2%, Shooter 7.9%

Gorytale is a fast-paced, adrenaline-rushed FPS shooter set in a candy land, that is so damn sweet it could be called someone’s Hell

Why similar: Violent 30%, Gore 26.3%, Great Soundtrack 19.5%, Action 9.3%, Indie 5.9%

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 29.3%, Violent 24%, Great Soundtrack 20.7%, Action 19.7%, Indie 3.9%

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: Gore 44%, Violent 25.1%, Action 10.2%, Physics 6.3%, Funny 5.9%

Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.

Why similar: Parkour 53.6%, Fast-Paced 14.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.2%, Action 7.5%, Physics 4.4%

A crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.

Why similar: Platformer 25%, Gore 15.8%, Action 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 11%, Comedy 9.2%

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%, Violent 16.8%, Shooter 12.5%, Action 11.6%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%

Hardcore, bloody platformer with a simple dude.

Why similar: Gore 34.4%, Violent 29.2%, Action 16.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Indie 8.7%

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: Gore 28.5%, Violent 28.2%, Bullet Time 22.1% ★, Physics 8.1%, Action 7.1%

The world's fastest brawler is back. Experience cinematic kung-fu in the most epic stickman fighter ever made. Staying true to the original, you play with only two buttons. Every press matters, do not button mash!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 29.9%, Gore 20.3%, Action 17.4%, Violent 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 6.9%

Slaughter endless abominations while moving stylishly through a lovecraftian nightmare. Combine a multitude of unlockable weapons, abilities and upgrades in order to survive as long as possible, and reach the top of the leaderboards.

Why similar: Parkour 22%, Bullet Time 17.7% ★, Gore 14.9%, Violent 11.6%, Shooter 10.4%

Never Give Up is a hardcore platformer determined to turn you into bloody chunks. Run, jump, and slide your way through ever-changing levels that get harder each time you succeed. You’ll need to try, die, and try again if you want to conquer the game without pressing the Give Up button.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 15.7%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Platformer 13.1%, Side Scroller 10.1%, Action 9.5%

Harness the power of a mystical boomerang to fling yourself through the air in this acrobatic arena shooter. Slice, fly, and blast through swarms of evil creatures on an abandoned island with a cryptic past. Stay agile or meet your doom.

Why similar: Bullet Time 33.8% ★, Parkour 27.4%, Fast-Paced 19.9%, Shooter 7.5%, Great Soundtrack 4.4%

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

Why similar: Gore 14.9%, Action 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Fast-Paced 13.5%, Violent 11.7%

"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 55%, Fast-Paced 16.2%, Action 8.5%, Indie 5.2%, Difficult 3.8%

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: Violent 26.2%, Great Soundtrack 25.4%, Gore 24.8%, Action 8.9%, Indie 5%

Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 19.2%, Great Soundtrack 16%, Shooter 12.9%, Funny 12%, Action 11.5%

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 30.7%, Fast-Paced 29.9%, Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Shooter 11%, Action 4.6%

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 31.8%, Violent 22.2%, Shooter 14.4%, Action 13.9%, Comedy 6.7%

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: Bullet Time 36% ★, Violent 17.6%, Shooter 13.3%, Fast-Paced 12.8%, Gore 12.4%

High Hell is a neon-soaked, arcade-action first-person shooter from Terri Vellmann (Heavy Bullets) and Doseone (Enter the Gungeon, Gang Beasts).

Why similar: Action 23%, Gore 21.2%, Violent 18.9%, Shooter 16.4%, Indie 11.5%

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: Parkour 36.1%, Gore 20.2%, Shooter 18%, Fast-Paced 13.6%, Action 8.3%

Sword With Sauce is a fast-paced stealth-action game where you pick weapons, gadgets, and a playstyle to eliminate enemies. Go in loud or stay unseen—it's your choice.

Why similar: Parkour 34.3%, Gore 22.5%, Violent 17.6%, Shooter 9.4%, Action 9.1%

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is 1 second per second of advanced funkstyle. Battle rival crews and dispatch militarized police to conquer the five boroughs of New Amsterdam. Become All City.

Why similar: Parkour 50.7%, Great Soundtrack 33%, Action 12.7%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%