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 30.5%, Fast-Paced 17.1%, Violent 13.8%, Platformer 10.7%, Gore 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like My Friend Pedro, it turns side-scrolling action into a stylish, music-driven dance of split-second kills, acrobatics, and time manipulation.

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

Why You'll Like It: If Pedro’s appeal is John Woo-style stunt shooting, this sandbox FPS doubles down on slow-mo dives, dual-wielding, and ridiculous chain kills.

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

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.8%, Violent 19.9%, Fast-Paced 15.8%, Gore 13.9%, Action 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It trades acrobatics for top-down speed, but the ultra-violent rhythm, one-more-try pacing, and killer soundtrack hit a very similar nerve.

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

Why similar: Bullet Time 38.2% ★, Parkour 31.3%, Shooter 12.9%, Violent 7%, Action 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same improvised gun-ballet feel in first person, built around wall-runs, dives, flips, and slow-motion room clears.

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 55.9% ★, Shooter 13.6%, Action 12.2%, Fast-Paced 5%, Indie 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its time-bending firefights scratch the same bullet-time itch, rewarding stylish positioning and creative kill setups over raw aiming.

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 31.1% ★, Violent 15.2%, Blood 14.8% ★, Fast-Paced 14.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This top-down roguelite channels Pedro’s hyper-violent flow with breaching, slow-motion bursts, and nonstop room-to-room momentum.

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 33.8%, Great Soundtrack 26.4%, Platformer 19.1%, Indie 16.4%, 2D 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the closest mechanical matches on Steam, pairing 2D run-and-gun gunplay with air-dashing, slow-motion dodges, and score-chasing flow.

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 24.4%, Violent 16.8%, Gore 14.8%, Shooter 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is another soundtrack-powered sprint through compact levels, emphasizing speed, aggression, and absurdly 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 32% ★, Blood 15.2% ★, Violent 14.3%, Gore 12.5%, Shooter 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It feels like a distilled action-movie massacre, built around dives, bullet time, and clearing rooms with precision.

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 14.6%, Violent 14%, Shooter 13.3%, Blood 12.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: It brings the same ferocious slow-motion violence to an FPS format, with slides, aggressive mobility, and spectacular gore.

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

Why similar: Violent 22.4%, Fast-Paced 20.8%, Blood 20.2% ★, Gore 19.7%, Action 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It isn’t a shooter, but its jazz-scored, momentum-based ultraviolence captures the same ecstatic feeling of turning combat into choreography.

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

Why similar: Parkour 30.8%, Fast-Paced 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 16.9%, Shooter 12.7%, Platformer 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Although more speedrun-focused, it shares Pedro’s joy of chaining movement and gunplay into fluid, stylish perfection.

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 47.3%, Action 26%, Indie 9.9%, Comedy 6.8%, Funny 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its blend of acrobatic movement, trick chaining, and gunplay delivers a similarly stylish keep-the-combo-alive rush.

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 28.1%, Gore 16.7%, Violent 15.5%, Fast-Paced 15.5%, Blood 9.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: More punishing and messier than the first game, but it still nails the same aggressive, audiovisual kill-chain energy.

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 67% ★, Gore 13.6%, Shooter 11.4%, Action 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: This third-person shooter is basically a modern slow-motion gun ballet, with dives and noir ultraviolence reminiscent of Pedro’s cinematic side.

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 29.6%, Violent 19.9%, Gore 17.3%, Action 12.6%, Shooter 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its cyberpunk top-down combat delivers the same brutal, music-backed flow, just with more melee and dashing than platforming.

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 31.1% ★, Fast-Paced 30.6%, Great Soundtrack 21%, Shooter 11.1%, Action 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its emphasis on momentum, air mobility, style points, and outrageous violence makes it a natural fit if you loved Pedro’s high-speed chaos.

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 23.2%, 2.5D 16.6%, Action 11.9%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It turns first-person combat into a cartoonishly fast, music-fueled massacre where constant forward motion is everything.

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 20.7%, Shooter 19.4%, Violent 15.4%, Gore 14.4%, Great Soundtrack 13%

Why You'll Like It: Its chainsaw-legged, wall-running boomer-shooter excess matches Pedro’s love of speed, gore, and over-the-top spectacle.

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 16.6%, Great Soundtrack 15%, Shooter 14.5%, Action 10.8%, Comedy 9%

Why You'll Like It: This side-view shooter shares Pedro’s irreverent tone, violent tempo, and emphasis on sliding, leaping, and blasting through levels.

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 34.5%, Great Soundtrack 21.4%, Violent 19.6%, Action 13.3%, Shooter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Even without the guns, its parkour-heavy one-hit combat captures the same razor-sharp, restart-and-perfect-it intensity.

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

Why similar: Bullet Time 34.8% ★, Fast-Paced 16.5%, Blood 16.2% ★, Violent 15.8%, Shooter 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a compact John Wick-style power fantasy built around fast kills, dives, and stylish gun-fu.

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 45.1%, Shooter 35%, Action 15.7%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: If you want more wall-running cyberpunk gunplay, this FPS delivers slick movement, hard-hitting weapons, and stylish arena carnage.

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 31.7%, Gore 12.8%, Blood 11.8% ★, Side Scroller 9.3%, Shooter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is slower and stealthier, but its 2D ultraviolence, soundtrack, and room-clearing structure echo Pedro’s darker side.

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 47.7%, Shooter 32.7%, Action 15.6%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite FPS leans into fast arenas, aggressive movement, and flashy carnage in a way that feels spiritually adjacent to Pedro.

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 32.1%, Side Scroller 23.8%, Action 17.1%, Platformer 16.9%, 2D 3.4%

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 26.9%, Violent 18.4%, Shooter 13.4%, Action 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 11%

Why You'll Like It: It lacks the elegance of Pedro, but it is another nasty, momentum-heavy 2D gorefest for players who mainly want brutal side-scrolling action.

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 25.9% ★, Fast-Paced 24.5%, Shooter 17%, Action 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 8%

Why You'll Like It: Platinum’s classic shooter offers a similarly ridiculous action-movie feel, blending sliding mobility, slow motion, and constant forward pressure.

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 25.5%, Shooter 24.9%, Violent 22.2%, Action 12.1%, Platformer 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This crunchy side-scrolling shooter matches the seed’s love of violent 2D action, even if it’s less acrobatic and more methodical.

Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams -- she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero! Help her take down the Greatest Heroes of All Time in an action-packed bid to claim the title for herself and show the world what a true hero looks like!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 23.1%, Bullet Time 18.4% ★, Platformer 14.9%, Action 14.4%, Shooter 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: The first Bleed has the same side-on acrobatic shooting DNA as its sequel, just with a rougher, smaller-scale presentation.

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 27.4% ★, Gore 26%, Violent 21.4%, Action 8.6%, Physics 5.4%

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 46.3% ★, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Action 13.5%, Shooter 13.1%, Violent 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more grounded and cinematic, it remains one of the purest bullet-time shooter experiences on Steam for players chasing Pedro’s slow-mo violence.

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: Shooter 16.2%, Gore 15.8%, Action 15.5%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Platformer 14.1%

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 41.4%, Fast-Paced 16.3%, Violent 11.5%, Platformer 9.3%, Gore 8.4%

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 64% ★, Shooter 23%, Action 11%, Singleplayer 2.1%

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: Violent 21.3%, Gore 19.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Action 10.6%, Shooter 8.2%

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 34.3%, Gore 16.4%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%, Action 8.3%, Blood 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: Blood 46.4% ★, Action 37.9%, Indie 8.7%, Singleplayer 7%

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 18.2%, Side Scroller 17.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Shooter 11.1%, Action 10.1%

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 28.5%, Gore 19.9%, Great Soundtrack 18.4%, Blood 11.3% ★, Action 8.7%

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: Violent 25.7%, Gore 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 21.4%, Action 20.8%, Indie 4.2%

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 50.6%, Great Soundtrack 33.1%, Action 12.7%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%

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 25.3%, Bullet Time 20% ★, Gore 18.9%, Blood 16.8% ★, Physics 7.2%

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 30.4%, Fast-Paced 28.4%, Violent 23.6%, Action 10%, Indie 5%

Hardcore, bloody platformer with a simple dude.

Why similar: Violent 31.2%, Gore 30.2%, Action 17.4%, Platformer 9.8%, Indie 9.4%

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 44.9%, Action 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Gore 6.8%, Indie 6.6%

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

Why similar: Platformer 25.7%, Action 16%, Gore 12.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Comedy 9.6%

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 22.5%, Bullet Time 18.3% ★, Gore 12.6%, Violent 12%, Shooter 10.5%

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

Why similar: Action 15.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Fast-Paced 14%, Gore 12.9%, Violent 12.3%

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 28.1%, Great Soundtrack 27%, Gore 20.8%, Action 9.4%, Indie 5.5%

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 26.7%, Violent 23%, Shooter 14.7%, Action 14.1%, Comedy 6.9%

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 29.1%, Violent 20%, Blood 18.8% ★, Action 9.4%, Great Soundtrack 6.3%

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 54.3%, Fast-Paced 14.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Action 7.5%, Physics 4.6%

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 16.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Platformer 13.5%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Action 9.8%

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 33%, Violent 16.8%, Blood 15.4% ★, Gore 11%, Shooter 8.9%

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 34.5% ★, Parkour 27.8%, Fast-Paced 20.1%, Shooter 7.5%, Great Soundtrack 4.4%

Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

Why similar: Gore 23.1%, Violent 19.5%, Blood 15.1% ★, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Platformer 7.7%

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: Blood 26.1% ★, Fast-Paced 22.3%, Violent 21.9%, Gore 20.1%, Action 7.6%

Hit Zero: Chronos is a 2D shooter game. You’re given the power to control time, time moves only when you move! Use your time stopping powers to erase every enemies in the area.

Why similar: Bullet Time 29.3% ★, Blood 14.8% ★, Violent 12.4%, Gore 12.1%, Shooter 8.5%

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 23.7%, Violent 19.7%, Gore 18.2%, Shooter 16.9%, Indie 12.2%