- #1 NecroVision
97% matchMixed67% of 1,967 reviews2009
Dev: The Farm 51Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
War is Hell. NecroVision is a first-person shooter that takes gamers across the frantic battlegrounds of World War I and into a dark underworld of vampires, demons and dark magic.
Why similar: World War I 33.3% ★, FPS 11.3%, Gore 10%, Zombies 8.9%, Alternate History 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, this game shares the exact same engine, supernatural WWI setting, and arcade-style combat mechanics.
- #2 Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
96% matchVery Positive90% of 23,718 reviews2015
Dev: MachineGamesPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wolfenstein®: The Old Blood™ is a standalone prequel to the critically acclaimed first-person action-adventure shooter, Wolfenstein®: The New Order. This adventure spans eight chapters and features the hallmarks of MachineGames – thrilling action, immersive story, and intense FPS combat.
Why similar: FPS 19.8%, Gore 17.8%, Alternate History 17.6%, Zombies 12.5%, Shooter 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly captures the occult-infused alternate history of World War II and WWI-era aesthetics with intense FPS action.
- #3 Painkiller Hell & Damnation
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,359 reviews2012
Dev: The Farm 51Pub: Prime Matter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Evil has returned! Demonic powers are manifesting themselves as a myriad of dark creatures, fighting over the fates of imprisoned souls caught in Purgatory.
Why similar: FPS 30.4%, Gore 25.3%, Action 15.1%, Horror 8.7%, Shooter 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same creative lineage, this game offers the same brand of fast-paced, gore-heavy arena combat found in NecroVisioN.
- #4 Killing Floor 2
95% matchVery Positive88% of 129,477 reviews2016
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 86.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
Why similar: Gore 25.2%, Zombies 21.2%, FPS 17.2%, Horror 8.7%, Shooter 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same visceral, high-gore zombie-slaying experience with a focus on fast, arcade-style movement and weapon variety.
- #5 Serious Sam 4
94% matchVery Positive83% of 17,822 reviews2020
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
Why similar: Gore 31.4%, FPS 23.8%, Violent 15.8%, Shooter 9%, Action 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: If you enjoy the relentless, wave-based enemy encounters of NecroVisioN, this game provides the ultimate arcade shooter experience.
- #6 Dead Effect 2
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,320 reviews2016
Dev: BadFly Interactive, a.s.Pub: App Holdings
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 24.7%, FPS 21.2%, Gore 14.8%, Horror 10.2%, Action 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar blend of sci-fi, horror, and zombie-slaying action with a heavy focus on upgrading weapons and character abilities.
- #7 Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
93% matchVery Positive89% of 9,734 reviews2017
Dev: People Can FlyPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 27.7%, FPS 22.7%, Violent 18.7%, Action 9.9%, Shooter 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game rewards creative, violent kills and over-the-top action, mirroring the satisfying combat loop of the NecroVisioN series.
- #8 Nightmare of Decay
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,443 reviews2022
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
Why similar: FPS 21%, Zombies 20.2%, Gore 18.1%, Violent 13%, Horror 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror FPS that focuses on tight, claustrophobic combat against hordes of undead, echoing the horror roots of the seed game.
- #9 Verdun
91% matchVery Positive86% of 37,714 reviews2015
Dev: BlackMill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Merciless trench warfare immerses you and your squad in intense battles of attack and defense. Verdun is the first multiplayer FPS set in an authentic World War One setting offering a rarely seen battlefield experience.
Why similar: World War I 40.3% ★, Gore 12.1%, FPS 11.2%, Shooter 9.3%, War 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a grounded, tactical look at the WWI setting that inspired the historical elements of the NecroVisioN universe.
- #10 Tannenberg
91% matchVery Positive86% of 9,808 reviews2017
Dev: Blackmill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front. Grab your rifle, ready your sabre and keep your gas mask close as you prepare to play a part in one of the most significant conflicts in history!
Why similar: World War I 37.8% ★, Gore 15.9%, FPS 10.6%, War 7.3%, Historical 6%
Why You'll Like It: While more realistic, it provides the authentic World War we trench warfare setting that serves as the backdrop for NecroVisioN.
- #11 DUSK
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,544 reviews2018
Dev: David SzymanskiPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: FPS 32.8%, Gore 26.2%, Shooter 13.4%, Horror 12.2%, First-Person 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in retro-inspired horror FPS that captures the dark, occult atmosphere and tight, responsive gunplay of classic shooters.
- #12 Shadow Warrior 2
89% matchVery Positive87% of 28,239 reviews2016
Dev: Flying Wild HogPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Shadow Warrior 2 is the stunning evolution of Flying Wild Hog’s offbeat first-person shooter starring the brash warrior Lo Wang, who must again wield a devastating combination of guns, blades, magic and wit to strike down the demonic legions overwhelming the world.
Why similar: Gore 35.2%, FPS 26.5%, Action 11.1%, Shooter 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines fast-paced shooting with brutal melee combat and supernatural fantasy elements, similar to the hero's abilities in NecroVisioN.
- #13 AMID EVIL
88% matchVery Positive93% of 7,742 reviews2019
Dev: IndefatigablePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.
Why similar: FPS 35%, Shooter 17.1%, First-Person 12.7%, Fantasy 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the fantasy-shooter aspect of NecroVisioN, offering powerful, magical weaponry and fast-paced movement.
- #14 Prodeus
87% matchVery Positive92% of 8,248 reviews2022
Dev: Bounding Box Software Inc.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 34.5%, Gore 24.9%, Violent 15.4%, Shooter 9.4%, Action 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on classic shooters that emphasizes extreme gore and high-speed combat, feeling very much in line with the NecroVisioN aesthetic.
- #15 CULTIC
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,749 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 29%, Gore 18.5%, Shooter 12.8%, Violent 12.8%, Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This horror-themed shooter captures the gritty, dark atmosphere of NecroVisioN while providing satisfying, tactical FPS gameplay.
- #16 Painkiller Overdose
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,208 reviews2007
Dev: Mindware StudiosPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The critically-acclaimed and award-winning FPS franchise is back! Packed with tons of fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled single player and multiplayer action, Painkiller Overdose brings with it 6 innovative new demonic weapons, mind-bending physics, lightning-player maps, over 40 demented and sickly-twisted monsters from Hell and gigantic end...
Why similar: Gore 29%, FPS 23.5%, Violent 14.7%, Action 12.8%, Shooter 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: An expansion of the classic Painkiller formula that shares the same dark, supernatural, and violent FPS DNA.
- #17 Witchfire
84% matchVery Positive91% of 17,945 reviews2024
Dev: The Astronauts
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Witchfire is a first-person dark fantasy RPG shooter in which you play as a wicked sinner turned witch hunter on his final mission to reach salvation.
Why similar: FPS 43.5%, Shooter 19%, Horror 16.6%, First-Person 12.8%, Action 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy FPS that blends roguelite elements with intense, high-stakes combat against supernatural horrors.
- #18 DOOM
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 221,892 reviews2016
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
Why similar: Gore 28.6%, FPS 25.7%, Shooter 9.1%, Action 7%, First-Person 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern arcade-style FPS combat, featuring the same level of visceral gore and relentless pacing.
- #19 Shadow Warrior
85% matchVery Positive92% of 26,754 reviews2013
Dev: Flying Wild HogPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the classic 3D Realms’ shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.
Why similar: FPS 36.5%, Gore 34.2%, Action 14.2%, First-Person 7.4%, Shooter 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This reboot offers a great mix of modern shooting mechanics and brutal melee combat, much like the hybrid combat style of NecroVisioN.
- #20 WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,989 reviews2024
Dev: KillPixel GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 27.9%, Gore 21.7%, Violent 18.8%, Action 12.3%, Shooter 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy shooter built on the Quake engine that emphasizes exploration and brutal, fast-paced combat.
- #21 Project Warlock
84% matchVery Positive87% of 6,225 reviews2018
Dev: Buckshot SoftwarePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: FPS 35.3%, Gore 31.8%, Shooter 9.6%, Horror 8.2%, Action 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled shooter that incorporates fantasy spells and diverse weaponry, capturing the eclectic combat feel of the seed game.
- #22 HROT
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,533 reviews2023
Dev: Spytihněv
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 26.2%, Gore 15.8%, Alternate History 12.5%, Violent 12.4%, Shooter 9%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a dark, gritty Eastern European landscape, this retro shooter captures the bleak atmosphere of the NecroVisioN setting.
- #23 Cruelty Squad
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,057 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: FPS 55.2%, Shooter 20.9%, First-Person 14.2%, Action 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: While visually surreal, it shares the extreme violence and dark, oppressive atmosphere found in the horror-FPS genre.
- #24 Viscerafest
80% matchVery Positive84% of 722 reviews2025
Dev: Acid Man GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Viscerafest is a Sci-Fi Fantasy Singleplayer Arena FPS with minor Collectathon elements. Fight through hordes of aliens and eldritch monstrosities wielding a slew of powerful weapons, juggling your resources, and exploring over 23 intricately designed hand-crafted levels.
Why similar: FPS 32.4%, Shooter 20%, First-Person 14.6%, Horror 13.2%, Action 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a high-octane, gore-filled shooter that prioritizes speed and aggressive playstyles above all else.
- #25 STRAFE: Gold Edition
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,458 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel TitansPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 27.1%, FPS 22.4%, Violent 20.1%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on pure, unadulterated gore and fast-paced movement, perfect for fans of the arcade-shooter style.
- #26 Forgive Me Father
79% matchVery Positive84% of 6,121 reviews2022
Dev: Byte BarrelPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?
Why similar: FPS 33.3%, Gore 20.7%, Violent 15.1%, Shooter 12.9%, Action 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian-inspired FPS that uses a unique comic-book art style to deliver intense, horror-filled combat.
- #27 Ion Fury
79% matchVery Positive93% of 6,781 reviews2019
Dev: Voidpoint, LLCPub: 3D Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: FPS 35.8%, Violent 23.7%, Shooter 13%, First-Person 9.7%, Action 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, classic-style shooter that features satisfying weapon feedback and intense combat encounters.
- #28 POSTAL 4: No Regerts
78% matchMixed65% of 13,507 reviews2022
Dev: Running With Scissors
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
POSTAL 4: No Regerts is a satirical and outrageous comedic open world first person shooter and the long-awaited true sequel to what’s been fondly dubbed as "The Worst Game Ever™", POSTAL 2!
Why similar: Gore 38.4%, FPS 22.3%, Shooter 11.3%, Third Person 10%, First-Person 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the violent, over-the-top, and chaotic nature of arcade shooters, providing a similar sense of unrestrained action.
- #29 Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
78% matchVery Positive85% of 6,640 reviews2016
Dev: Nerve SoftwarePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
Why similar: FPS 37.2%, Gore 29.4%, Shooter 10.6%, First-Person 8.7%, Action 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential arcade shooter that influenced the fast-paced, weapon-switching combat style seen in the NecroVisioN series.
- #30 Instinct
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: Newtonic StudioPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
INSTINCT encompasses horror on a whole new level — experience the chilling gameplay and story through the eyes of three different playable characters in this FPS game!
Why similar: FPS 23%, Zombies 21.3%, Violent 17.5%, Shooter 12.2%, Horror 9.5%
- #31 Putrefaction
77% matchMixed69% of 497 reviews2015
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
Why similar: FPS 24%, Gore 21.9%, Horror 10.7%, Action 10.4%, Zombies 10.2%
- #32 Dark Sector
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,582 reviews2009
Dev: Digital Extremes
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.
Why similar: Gore 30.6%, Violent 18.9%, Action 15%, Shooter 10.3%, Third Person 8.5%
- #33 Dead Effect
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,783 reviews2014
Dev: BadFly Interactive, a.s.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!
Why similar: Zombies 27%, FPS 23%, Gore 13.4%, Horror 8.4%, Action 7.8%
- #34 Over The Top: WWI
70% matchVery Positive83% of 7,626 reviews2026
Dev: Flying Squirrel EntertainmentPub: GG Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Join massive multiplayer battles in Over The Top: WWI - an intense shooter set in the gritty backdrop of World War I. Pick your class, choose from a vast arsenal, including rifles, artillery, airplanes, and powerful tanks, and experience the chaos of fully destructible battlefields.
Why similar: World War I 45.3% ★, FPS 13.1%, War 8.3%, Historical 7.5%, Shooter 6.5%
- #35 Painkiller: Black Edition
75% matchVery Positive89% of 2,363 reviews2007
Dev: People Can FlyPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Painkiller Black Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villains.
Why similar: Gore 33%, FPS 22.9%, Action 8.2%, Shooter 8.2%, Violent 7.4%
- #36 Invention 3
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Falco SoftwarePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.
Why similar: FPS 25.3%, Zombies 23.1%, Gore 11.6%, Shooter 10.8%, Violent 10.1%
- #37 Survival Zombies The Inverted Evolution
76% matchMixed58% of 1,116 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Survival Zombies is a bloody chaotic survival first person shooter that pits heavily armed players against humanity's greatest fear - hordes of undead.
Why similar: Zombies 23.6%, Gore 22.4%, Violent 17.9%, FPS 8.9%, Action 8.3%
- #38 F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
74% matchVery Positive85% of 9,527 reviews2009
Dev: MonolithPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Assume the role of Special Forces Sgt. Becket as your routine mission quickly turns into a fight for survival against the wrath of Alma Wade. As Alma's terrifying power surges out of control, your squad is forced to battle through an apocalyptic landscape in search of clues for how to destroy her!
Why similar: FPS 29.8%, Horror 19.8%, Gore 18.5%, Action 8.7%, Shooter 7.1%
- #39 GLOWCOMA: chapter 1
73% matchVery Positive84% of 230 reviews2019
Dev: Tsvetomir Georgiev
Windows
GLOWCOMA: chapter 1 is a Sci-Fi FPS survivor horror game.
Why similar: Gore 44.7%, Violent 37.3%, Action 18%
- #40 Possessed
73% matchMixed66% of 237 reviews2017
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Possessed is a fast-paced story driven survival first person shooter spread across 3 action-packed regions. It features witty characters, terrifying creatures and a strong focus on physics and world interaction.
Why similar: Gore 27.7%, Violent 21.3%, FPS 18.3%, Shooter 8.4%, Horror 8.4%
- #41 The Last DeadEnd
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 109 reviews2018
Dev: AzDimension
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 52%
The Last DeadEnd is a game with elements of an adventure, shooter and horror. There is a mysterious atmosphere of a real old city, where the protagonist seeks answers to his questions and fights against the forces of evil.
Why similar: Violent 38.6%, FPS 24.5%, Action 13.7%, Horror 12.7%, Historical 10.4%
- #42 The Darkness II
71% matchVery Positive92% of 21,168 reviews2012
Dev: Digital ExtremesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.
Why similar: Gore 28.9%, FPS 28.9%, Violent 9.9%, Action 8.5%, Shooter 8.2%
- #43 Dead Purge: Outbreak
73% matchMixed44% of 87 reviews2017
Dev: Microlith Games
Windows
Dead Purge: Outbreak is a modern first-person shooter set in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic world where every minute can be your last.
Why similar: Gore 27.1%, Violent 22.7%, Zombies 15.4%, FPS 12.6%, Action 7.5%
- #44 Necrosis: Dawn of Dread
67% matchVery Positive87% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Mike Schroder
Windows
Necrosis: Dawn of Dread is a full-length co-op survival horror experience inspired by the golden age of zombies. 15+ hours of missions, vehicles, puzzles, with many playable survivors await across a world consumed by the dead. No microtransactions, no shortcuts: just pure survival.
Why similar: FPS 35.3%, Horror 19.5%, Shooter 18.5%, Action 13.9%, First-Person 10.5%
- #45 Iron Storm
71% matchMixed70% of 200 reviews2014
Dev: Microids
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Western Germany, March 1964... The last Great War rages on. Madness at the front lines. Men butchering each other. War-torn Europe stands ripped apart by a front line that runs straight through the heart of Germany where American and Western European troops battle against enemy forces.
Why similar: World War I 37.2% ★, Alternate History 22.8%, FPS 21.9%, Action 12.7%, Shooter 5.3%
- #46 Mortos
72% matchMixed48% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: C.L.Pub: JustPlayNow
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Mortos is a FPS video game set in near future where the human race is dying after the arrival of the undead army, the hero has to fight and destroy completely all the undeads in various maps or places that are in different setting/scenarios to restore the dead city and complete the goal.
Why similar: Violent 40.5%, Zombies 20.5%, FPS 15.6%, Action 10.7%, Horror 7.1%
- #47 Land of War - The Beginning
70% matchMixed52% of 757 reviews2021
Dev: MS GAMESPub: MS GAMES SP. Z O.O.
Windows
Assume duties of a soldier involved in numerous battles and skirmishes with fast advancing German war machine. Go to battle on foot, driving armored vehicles, or flying an airplane. Use weapons not featured in any other game and feel a good, nostalgic climate of the production like MOHAA or COD.
Why similar: FPS 25.6%, Violent 22.4%, Shooter 14%, Historical 11.4%, War 10.6%
- #48 Killing Floor: Incursion
71% matchMixed50% of 1,068 reviews2017
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Killing Floor: Incursion is a fully-realized, multi-hour, story-driven adventure with an additional endless mode. In solo or co-op mode, travel diverse environments, from creepy farmhouses to the catacombs of Paris, in order to uncover who... or what is behind the Zed menace.
Why similar: Gore 21.4%, Violent 17%, Zombies 16.5%, FPS 14.3%, Horror 8.2%
- #49 GUTTED: Infested Crypts
65% matchVery Positive88% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: SLAM AWAY GAMES
Windows
Descend into infested crypts beneath a cursed cemetery in this visceral action-horror FPS. Fight through rotting horrors with heavy gunplay, brutal dismemberment, and only a dying flashlight between you and the darkness.
Why similar: Gore 23%, FPS 18.8%, Zombies 18.4%, Violent 11.8%, Horror 10.3%
- #50 Contagion
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,738 reviews2013
Dev: Monochrome, Inc
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
Why similar: Zombies 38.9%, FPS 23.2%, Horror 12%, Shooter 11.1%, First-Person 8.6%
- #51 Primordian
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 112 reviews2018
Dev: Stonepunk Studios
Windows
These are the last days of the first planet, experience a vast ancient world and civilization as you travel through the twisting story mode. Strange and unique weapons, creatures and characters from the dawn of time and beyond.
Why similar: Gore 41.8%, Violent 33.9%, Action 11.5%, Shooter 5.2%, Fantasy 4.2%
- #52 Necro Mutex
68% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Denormalizer
Windows
10,000 levels of chaotic sci-fi horror. Choose which maps you play, from super easy to practically impossible. Find the escape pods or just see how far you can get. Playable as a desktop first person shooter, or in VR on the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and WMR.
Why similar: Gore 29.4%, Violent 24.5%, FPS 14.5%, Action 12.2%, Horror 7.5%
- #53 Necrosis
68% matchVery Positive82% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: BlackHawk Games
Windows
Necrosis is one Indie Arcade FPS Game That Brings The Player One Fast Paced Experience with huge variety of weapons to unlock!
Why similar: FPS 36.6%, Shooter 16.8%, Zombies 16.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Action 9.1%
- #54 Trenches - World War 1 Horror Survival Game
67% matchMixed69% of 146 reviews2023
Dev: Steelkrill Studio
Windows
Trenches is a First-Person World War l Survival Horror Game where you have to escape the claustrophobic environment and experience the war from the eyes of a soldier caught behind enemy lines in this surreal nightmare as you fight for your life and sanity to get back home to your family.
Why similar: World War I 51.9% ★, FPS 13.6%, War 10.7%, Horror 8.4%, Action 5.4%
- #55 CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
63% matchVery Positive90% of 2,593 reviews2024
Dev: Jordan MochiPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies and solve complex puzzles—all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind’s most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new historical take on classic survival horror.
Why similar: World War I 56.7% ★, Alternate History 15.7%, War 10.2%, Horror 8.8%, Historical 8.7%
- #56 Waves of Rotting Flesh
67% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: Chim Ruoi Games
Windows
A wave based FPS where you defend a barricaded house against increasing hordes of the dead.
Why similar: FPS 26.6%, Zombies 13.7%, Gore 12.9%, Shooter 11.5%, Violent 10.8%
- #57 Fog of War
69% matchMixed48% of 799 reviews2018
Dev: Monkeys Lab.Pub: Neokosmos Technologies Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tactical Multiplayer FPS shooter with a story based on the events of the World War II. Strategic battles with a variety of vehicles, including artillery. Multiple game modes. Ranks, titles, awards, career.
Why similar: Gore 23.1%, FPS 19.4%, Violent 18.9%, War 10%, Shooter 7.7%
- #58 Deadfall Adventures
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,644 reviews2013
Dev: The Farm 51Pub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deadfall Adventures is an action-driven first-person shooter, spiced up with elements from action-adventure games. Become an adventurer, hunt for treasures, explore unknown regions of the world and rescue the damsel in distress from the clutches of enemies, both earthly and not-so-earthly.
Why similar: FPS 35.1%, Zombies 14.8%, Action 14.7%, Shooter 12.5%, Multiplayer 9.3%
- #59 The Forgotten Ones
69% matchMixed60% of 1,657 reviews2014
Dev: Bernt Andreas Eide
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Losing his parents during the holocaust to a mad man of a doctor. You're to play as Grobuskna Vladinov, 20 years after the incident that changed his life dramatically. Grobuskna receives an unknown phone call that'll start a journey that'll twist your mind...
Why similar: Horror 19.6%, Zombies 19.2%, Gore 18.9%, FPS 18.8%, Shooter 9.3%