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 29.9%, Fast-Paced 16.1%, Violent 13.2%, Gore 12.7%, Platformer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its razor-fast side-scrolling action, instant-retry structure, stylish violence, and time manipulation deliver the closest overall match to Pedro’s choreographed mayhem.

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

Why similar: Bullet Time 36.2% ★, Parkour 30.4%, Shooter 12.8%, Action 6.8%, Violent 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This movement-heavy shooter makes diving, wall-running, disarming enemies, and bullet-time slowdowns central to its exhilarating combat flow.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.9%, Violent 18.9%, Gore 16.7%, Fast-Paced 14.7%, Action 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Pedro’s brutal score-chasing combat, quick restarts, surreal tone, and a soundtrack that makes every violent encounter feel electric.

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%, Gore 18.2%, Violent 16.1%, Shooter 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 10%

Why You'll Like It: A loud, funny, hyper-fast shooter focused on kicking through doors, improvising with guns, and maintaining aggressive momentum.

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 54.4% ★, Shooter 13.7%, Action 12.3%, Fast-Paced 4.9%, Indie 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its time-moving-with-you concept encourages the same kind of deliberate, creative shootout choreography as Pedro’s slow-motion sequences.

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 25.9% ★, Gore 18.2%, Violent 14.2%, Shooter 13.8%, Fast-Paced 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A ferocious FPS that channels action films through slow motion, sliding, hard-hitting weapons, and spectacular close-quarters destruction.

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 34.4% ★, Gore 19.6%, Violent 16%, Shooter 11.5%, Action 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down homage to heroic-bloodshed cinema built around dives, slow motion, dual weapons, and clearing rooms with cinematic precision.

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 30.3% ★, Violent 15.5%, Fast-Paced 14.6%, Gore 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: This top-down roguelite combines Hotline Miami-style room clearing with slow motion, brutal gunplay, and a stylish dark atmosphere.

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 38.7%, Shooter 23.9%, 2.5D 15.9%, Action 12.3%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: This anime-styled arcade FPS pairs outrageous presentation with relentless score-focused shooting and a constant push to keep moving.

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 27.7% ★, Gore 20%, Violent 14.5%, Fast-Paced 13.8%, Shooter 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its sandbox gunfights let you dive, kick, dual-wield, and manipulate time in a deliberately over-the-top action-cinema playground.

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

Why similar: Gore 26.3%, Violent 22.2%, Fast-Paced 20.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Action 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Though melee-focused, its improvised escapes, explosive violence, jazz-driven intensity, and constant forward momentum capture Pedro’s frantic spirit.

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% ★, Shooter 13.7%, Action 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its noir supernatural shootouts revolve around dramatic dives and bullet time, making it a strong third-person counterpart to Pedro’s action-movie 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 19.2%, Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Shooter 12.6%, Platformer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its speedrunning-focused first-person levels reward fluid movement, instant reactions, and mastering combat routes for ever-faster clears.

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 28.8%, Gore 20.6%, Violent 18.3%, Action 11.9%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This cyberpunk top-down shooter delivers punishing, high-speed arena encounters supported by a similarly forceful electronic soundtrack.

Rollerdrome is a BAFTA award-winning third person action shooter that seamlessly blends high octane, visceral combat with fluid movement and tricking mechanics into one complementary and challenging whole, to create an original adrenaline-pumping shooter experience like no other.

Why similar: Shooter 47.9%, Action 26.4%, Indie 9.4%, Comedy 6.6%, Funny 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines skating tricks, aerial movement, and precision shooting into a score-driven combat sport with similarly stylish flow.

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 44.6%, Shooter 35.4%, Action 15.9%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: Wall-running, sliding, and slow-motion shooting make this cyberpunk FPS an excellent fit for players who enjoy Pedro’s kinetic acrobatics.

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 33.6%, Gore 20%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Shooter 8.7%, Violent 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A compact 2D action game about planning lethal entries, using weapons creatively, and restarting instantly after a mistake.

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 61.2% ★, Shooter 23%, Action 11%, Difficult 2.8%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: It expands SUPERHOT’s tactical slow-motion firefights with more weapons, upgrades, and replayable action challenges.

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%, Great Soundtrack 21.4%, Violent 18.9%, Action 13.1%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It substitutes blades for guns but captures the same high-speed parkour, instant-retry mastery, and relentlessly stylish action.

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 19.2%, Shooter 15.8%, Action 15.1%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its destructible side-scrolling levels, absurd action-film parody, and constant explosions make it a fitting lighter alternative.

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 23.7%, Great Soundtrack 21.6%, Action 19.5%, Indie 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This compact action brawler offers cinematic takedowns, environmental improvisation, and a highly satisfying rhythm of room-by-room carnage.

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: Gore 24.5%, Violent 19.1%, Shooter 17.4%, Fast-Paced 13.6%, 2.5D 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its pulpy comic-book presentation and improvisational first-person brawling and shooting deliver a playful, violent action-movie feel.

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 21.8%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Shooter 10.8%, Action 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This gleefully excessive side-scrolling shooter offers chunky weapons, explosive gore, and an easygoing action-movie sensibility.

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 44.8%, Violent 25.3%, Action 10.2%, Physics 6%, Funny 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its physics-heavy brawls and destructible gore offer a more chaotic sandbox take on Pedro’s gleeful ultraviolence.

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 31.2%, Fast-Paced 27.1%, Violent 26.9%, Action 9.5%, Difficult 3%

Why You'll Like It: Fast restarts and one-hit-kill encounters turn every improvised weapon into part of a frantic, stylish murder puzzle.

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 19.8%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Shooter 14%, Action 10.4%, Violent 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A hectic side-scrolling cover shooter with absurd humor, messy violence, and a pace that rewards aggressive room clearing.

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 42.1%, Action 35.4%, Difficult 8.6%, Indie 7.7%, Singleplayer 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its combat is melee-based, but its emphasis on stylish choreography, environmental attacks, and mastering encounters appeals to the same action-film instincts.

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 23.8%, Action 17.1%, Platformer 17%, 2D 3.3%

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 30.9%, Violent 16.2%, Shooter 11.9%, Action 11.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its uncompromising 2D gunplay and extreme gore suit players looking for Pedro’s violence with a harsher, more punishing edge.

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 30.5%, Fast-Paced 27.1%, Violent 22.8%, Action 9.8%, Indie 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its neon presentation, propulsive soundtrack, and demanding blend of shooting and close combat create a similarly focused action rush.

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 43.6%, Action 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.5%, Gore 11%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This stripped-down reflex fighter delivers rapid, rhythmic waves of enemies and the satisfying flow of executing a perfectly timed action sequence.

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

Why similar: Bullet Time 32.3% ★, Gore 19.7%, Fast-Paced 15.5%, Violent 15.1%, Shooter 8.6%

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 29.4%, Gore 22.9%, Violent 15.7%, Fast-Paced 15.4%, Action 5.8%

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 40.6%, Fast-Paced 15.8%, Violent 11.3%, Gore 10.2%, Platformer 9.4%

Unleash total destruction to avenge the little chick! Soar through chaos, weaponize yourself to obliterate physics-based enemies and everything in your path.

Why similar: Bullet Time 36.7% ★, Shooter 18.1%, Gore 9.8%, Action 9.4%, Violent 8.6%

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 22.5%, Violent 20.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Action 10.1%, Shooter 7.9%

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 33.6%, Gore 23.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, Action 8.2%, Violent 6.4%

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 29.9%, Gore 26.5%, Great Soundtrack 20%, Action 9.3%, Indie 5.6%

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 19.4%, Shooter 18.6%, Gore 17.5%, Violent 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%

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

Why similar: Platformer 25.1%, Gore 16%, Action 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Comedy 9%

A brutal bodycam revenge FPS set in Hong Kong. Slide into bullet time, fight up close, learn each environment's rhythm, and turn every run into a faster, bloodier revenge scene.

Why similar: Bullet Time 30.4% ★, Fast-Paced 16.5%, Gore 15.8%, Shooter 13.7%, Violent 12.8%

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 23.2%, Gore 21.6%, Violent 19%, Shooter 16.4%, Indie 11.2%

Hardcore, bloody platformer with a simple dude.

Why similar: Gore 34.7%, Violent 29.2%, Action 16.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Indie 8.3%

"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 56%, Fast-Paced 15.8%, Action 8.4%, Indie 4.9%, Difficult 4%

Stick it to the Stickman is a rogue-lite physics brawler where you brutally displace your way up the corporate ladder. Assemble devastating combat portfolios, unlocking new workers and game modes as you increase shareholder value.

Why similar: Bullet Time 35.3% ★, Action 23.4%, Platformer 13.2%, Funny 12.4%, Indie 5.8%

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 21.9%, Bullet Time 17.4% ★, Gore 15.2%, Violent 11.7%, 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: Great Soundtrack 15.7%, Fast-Paced 15.4%, Platformer 13.2%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Action 9.6%

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

Why similar: Gore 15.1%, Action 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Fast-Paced 13.2%, Violent 11.7%

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 29.4%, Gore 20.6%, Action 17.5%, Violent 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.1%

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 29.4%, Violent 28.6%, Bullet Time 21.3% ★, Physics 7.8%, Action 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 26%, Violent 25.9%, Gore 25%, Action 8.8%, Indie 4.8%

Super Fancy Pants Adventure is a wild free-running adventure with buttery smooth platforming and a slick fountain pen!

Why similar: Parkour 34.4%, Great Soundtrack 17.9%, Fast-Paced 11.8%, Platformer 11%, Action 9.6%

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%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, Action 7.6%, Physics 4.3%

Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.

Why similar: Parkour 38.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Violent 11.7%, Action 9.7%, Fast-Paced 7.7%

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 35.3% ★, Violent 17.8%, Shooter 13.4%, Gore 12.8%, Fast-Paced 12.7%

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 33.5% ★, Parkour 27.6%, Fast-Paced 19.8%, Shooter 7.6%, Great Soundtrack 4.6%

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 18.9%, Great Soundtrack 16.7%, Shooter 13%, Funny 11.8%, Action 11.7%

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 35.9%, Gore 20.5%, Shooter 18%, Fast-Paced 13.3%, Action 8.4%

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 22.6%, Side Scroller 22.4%, Shooter 14.8%, Action 12.5%, Violent 9.7%

CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.

Why similar: Gore 44.3%, Violent 21.7%, Action 10%, Great Soundtrack 7.1%, Indie 4.8%