Games Like My Friend Pedro

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

Why similar: Bullet Time 36.3% ★, Parkour 30.5%, Shooter 12.8%, Violent 6.8%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its wall-running, diving, and slow-motion gunfights capture the same improvisational stunt-shooter thrill that makes My Friend Pedro so satisfying.

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 29.7%, Fast-Paced 16.2%, Violent 13.2%, Gore 12.7%, Platformer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Even with a bigger melee focus, it shares Pedro’s breakneck 2D flow, instant-death precision, stylish violence, and standout soundtrack.

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 27.8% ★, Gore 20%, Violent 14.4%, Fast-Paced 13.8%, Shooter 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is pure action-movie gun ballet, built around bullet-time dives, dual-wielding, and stylish room-clearing in the same spirit as 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 54.5% ★, Shooter 13.7%, Action 12.2%, Fast-Paced 4.9%, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: The time-bending combat creates the same feeling of choreographing impossible action scenes one stylish kill at a time.

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 34.5% ★, Gore 19.5%, Violent 15.9%, Shooter 11.5%, Action 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It channels the same John Woo-inspired slow-motion carnage, rewarding precise shooting, dives, and stylish execution.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.7%, Violent 18.9%, Gore 16.7%, Fast-Paced 14.8%, Action 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its hyper-violent, music-driven flow and fast restart room-clearing scratch the same stylish massacre itch, even from a top-down view.

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%

Why You'll Like It: It distills acrobatic shooting and precision movement into a tighter platforming format that feels very close to Pedro’s overall design DNA.

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 14.6%, Shooter 13.9%, Action 10.4%, Comedy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This side-on shooter similarly emphasizes aggressive movement, fast takedowns, and chaotic room-clearing with a darkly comic tone.

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 29.2%, Gore 23%, Violent 15.7%, Fast-Paced 15.5%, Action 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It pushes the first game’s speed, brutality, and soundtrack-driven momentum even harder for players who want more stylized carnage.

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 47.8%, Action 26.2%, Indie 9.5%, Comedy 6.7%, Funny 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its trick-based movement and score-chasing gunplay deliver a similarly kinetic mix of acrobatics and shooting mastery.

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 30.4% ★, Violent 15.5%, Fast-Paced 14.7%, Gore 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends Hotline-style brutality with bullet-time, making it a great fit if you want Pedro’s stylish violence in a top-down format.

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 23.1%, Gore 18.2%, Violent 16.1%, Shooter 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Pedro, it turns every room into a fast, absurdly violent rhythm of movement, impact, and momentum.

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 26.1% ★, Gore 18.2%, Violent 14.2%, Shooter 13.8%, Fast-Paced 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its slow-motion firefights and gleefully excessive gore deliver a heavier but very compatible version of Pedro’s high-impact action.

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 33.1%, Great Soundtrack 21.2%, Violent 18.9%, Action 13.1%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It swaps guns for a blade most of the time, but its parkour-heavy, one-hit-kill intensity feels strikingly similar in pace and style.

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 20.4%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Action 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same improvised action-movie chaos and rhythmic momentum, just with smashing instead of acrobatic gunplay.

No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.

Why similar: Bullet Time 44.3% ★, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Action 13.4%, Shooter 13%, Violent 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: If Pedro’s bullet-time gunplay is your favorite part, this is one of the purest and most polished versions of that fantasy.

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 33.4%, Gore 20.1%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Shooter 8.8%, Violent 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This 2D action game shares Pedro’s love of lethal room-clearing, brutal efficiency, and stylish side-view violence.

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

Why similar: Parkour 30.7%, Fast-Paced 19.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Shooter 12.6%, Platformer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its combination of platforming, shooting, and speedrun-focused flow makes it a great match for Pedro’s movement-first action feel.

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 15.7%, Action 15.1%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Platformer 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its explosive side-scrolling run-and-gun chaos is less graceful than Pedro, but it hits a similar over-the-top action sweet spot.

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 77.1% ★, Shooter 13.6%, Action 7.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: This neon-noir shooter is openly inspired by Max Payne, with slow-motion dives and stylish third-person slaughter that Pedro fans should appreciate.

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 28.5%, Gore 20.7%, Violent 18.4%, Action 11.9%, Shooter 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This cyberpunk shooter offers the same kind of brutal, fast-paced, soundtrack-powered action in a darker top-down form.

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 30.5%, Fast-Paced 29.2%, Great Soundtrack 21.9%, Shooter 10.9%, Action 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It trades bullet-time for pure speed, but its acrobatic movement, ultraviolence, and style-first combat fit Pedro’s energy perfectly.

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 23.8%, 2.5D 16%, Action 12.3%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This FPS delivers a similarly feverish mix of speed, style, ultraviolence, and arcade pressure.

PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.

Why similar: Bullet Time 25.4% ★, Fast-Paced 23.9%, Shooter 17%, Action 12.7%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Rocket slides, slow-down aiming, and relentless stylish combat make it a strong pick for anyone chasing more gun-ballet spectacle.

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 16.2%, Shooter 11.9%, Action 11.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It matches Pedro’s taste for grisly 2D violence, even if it leans more into raw run-and-gun brutality than finesse.

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 44.7%, Shooter 35.4%, Action 15.9%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Wall-running and bullet-time give this cyberpunk FPS a strong overlap with Pedro’s parkour-meets-gunplay appeal.

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

Why similar: Bullet Time 26.9% ★, Action 23.8%, Fast-Paced 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Indie 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its blink-powered room-clearing creates that same feeling of tearing through encounters with flashy movement and split-second precision.

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 44.7%, Violent 25.2%, Action 10.1%, Physics 6.2%, Funny 5.7%

Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.

Why similar: Action 64.6%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Platformer 13.7%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This neon-drenched side-scrolling shooter shares Pedro’s stylish chaos, aggressive pacing, and love of kinetic combat.

Ronin is stylish a turn-based action platformer following the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation.

Why similar: Platformer 27.5%, Action 26.1%, Great Soundtrack 18.4%, Indie 15%, 2D 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It turns side-on acrobatic assassinations into a stylish puzzle of movement and violence that will appeal to Pedro fans despite the turn-based structure.

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

Why similar: Bullet Time 32.4% ★, Gore 19.7%, Fast-Paced 15.5%, Violent 15%, Shooter 8.6%

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 30.2%, Fast-Paced 27.3%, Violent 22.8%, Action 9.8%, Indie 4.6%

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 33.7%, Gore 23.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Action 8.1%, Violent 6.4%

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 20.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Action 10.2%, Shooter 7.8%

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 11.1%, Shooter 10.8%, Action 9.7%

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 15.8%, Violent 11.3%, Gore 10.2%, Platformer 9.3%

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 61.4% ★, Shooter 22.9%, Action 10.9%, Difficult 2.8%, Singleplayer 2%

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 29.5%, Violent 23.9%, Great Soundtrack 21%, Action 19.6%, Indie 3.7%

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 35.2%, Difficult 8.7%, Indie 7.7%, Singleplayer 6.2%

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 36.9% ★, Shooter 18.1%, Gore 9.6%, Action 9.4%, Violent 8.6%

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 26.6%, Great Soundtrack 19.8%, Action 9.3%, Indie 5.7%

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 53.7%, Fast-Paced 14%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Action 7.6%, Physics 4.4%

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 19.5%, Shooter 18.6%, Gore 17.5%, Violent 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%

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 30.5% ★, Fast-Paced 16.5%, Gore 15.8%, Shooter 13.6%, Violent 12.8%

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

Why similar: Platformer 25%, Gore 16%, Action 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Comedy 9.1%

Hardcore, bloody platformer with a simple dude.

Why similar: Gore 34.8%, Violent 29.1%, Action 16.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Indie 8.4%

"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 55.6%, Fast-Paced 16%, Action 8.4%, Indie 5%, Difficult 4%

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 50.2%, Great Soundtrack 33.6%, Action 12.7%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%

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 17.4% ★, 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 15.5%, Fast-Paced 15.4%, Platformer 13.1%, Side Scroller 10.2%, Action 9.5%

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 14.5%, Fast-Paced 13.2%, Violent 11.7%

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 23.1%, Gore 21.6%, Violent 18.9%, Shooter 16.4%, Indie 11.3%

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 32.5%, Violent 22%, Shooter 14.3%, Action 13.9%, Comedy 6.5%

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 27.2%, Violent 26.9%, Action 9.4%, Difficult 3%

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 29.5%, Gore 20.6%, Action 17.5%, Violent 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.1%

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 35.5% ★, Violent 17.7%, Shooter 13.4%, Gore 12.7%, Fast-Paced 12.7%

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 22.7%, Side Scroller 22.2%, Shooter 14.8%, Action 12.4%, Violent 9.7%

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 29.4%, Violent 28.4%, Bullet Time 21.4% ★, Physics 8%, Action 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 33.6% ★, Parkour 27.6%, Fast-Paced 19.8%, Shooter 7.6%, Great Soundtrack 4.5%

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 26.1%, Great Soundtrack 25.7%, Gore 25%, Action 8.8%, Indie 4.9%