Games Like Painkiller: Resurrection

Painkiller Black Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villains.

Why similar: Gore 46.7%, FPS 27.2%, Action 15.3%, Violent 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive classic experience that established the series' signature arena-based combat and gothic atmosphere.

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 36.4%, Gore 35.7%, Action 27.9%

Why You'll Like It: A modernized remake that brings the classic Painkiller gameplay to a contemporary engine while retaining the intense, fast-paced action.

Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through four beautiful worlds, confronting countless foes on his way to Mental's base.

Why similar: FPS 49.8%, Action 30.2%, Gore 20%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the core gameplay loop of fighting massive waves of enemies in open arenas, making it the closest mechanical sibling to Painkiller.

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 36%, FPS 24.7%, Action 20.7%, Violent 18.5%

Why You'll Like It: This entry offers more of the classic arena-shooter gameplay with unique levels and a distinct dark fantasy aesthetic.

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 35.3%, Violent 24.3%, FPS 24.2%, Action 16.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes creative, over-the-top kills and high-octane action that mirrors the arcade-shooter feel of the Painkiller series.

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: Gore 30.8%, FPS 29%, Violent 20.9%, Action 19.2%

Why You'll Like It: Built on the same engine as Painkiller, this game blends World War we horror with supernatural combat and similar arena-style encounters.

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 37.2%, Gore 27.7%, Violent 19.1%, Action 16%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a gritty, atmospheric experience with highly satisfying combat mechanics that feel right at home with the boomer-shooter genre.

Welcome to a world of pain. Heaven is once again in danger and threatened by a reckless army of hell spawn monsters - and they will stop at nothing.

Why similar: Gore 32.1%, Violent 24.6%, Action 24.3%, FPS 19%

Why You'll Like It: A direct expansion of the classic formula that provides additional levels for players looking for more of the same arena-based chaos.

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 77.3%, Action 22.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in modern retro-shooters that captures the fast movement and dark, occult-themed combat found in classic arena shooters.

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 67.4%, Action 32.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game delivers high-speed, arena-based combat with a dark fantasy aesthetic and powerful, unique weapons similar to the Painkiller arsenal.

Battle never ceases in the realm known as Hell. This time around it's a battle for the freedom of your very soul. Will you be able to escape from the prison hidden in the darkest deepest chasm of Hell? Do you have enough courage to travel through the most dangerous and twisted areas, infamous for their unsafety, even among demons...

Why similar: Gore 35.5%, Action 24.6%, Violent 22.8%, FPS 17.1%

Why You'll Like It: Another entry that focuses on the core Painkiller experience of clearing rooms of supernatural enemies in a dark, purgatory-like setting.

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 36.8%, Gore 32%, Violent 19.9%, Action 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on the classic shooter formula that focuses on intense, visceral gore and fast-paced arena combat.

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: FPS 38.3%, Gore 24.8%, Violent 21.2%, Action 15.7%

Why You'll Like It: An incredibly fast-paced shooter that emphasizes movement and extreme violence, perfect for fans of high-octane arena combat.

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: Gore 40.6%, FPS 37.2%, Action 22.2%

Why You'll Like It: The 2013 reboot provides fast-paced, over-the-top action with a focus on both melee and ranged combat that feels very similar to Painkiller's intensity.

Hard Reset Redux is an action-packed and hardcore single-player shooter which embraces the best qualities that the genre has it offer. It includes over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety, a challenging campaign and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting.

Why similar: FPS 58.6%, Action 41.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game features intense, arena-based combat against mechanical hordes that requires the same twitch-reflex gameplay as Painkiller.

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 31.8%, Gore 31.2%, Violent 25.4%, Action 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane shooter built on the classic Build engine that delivers fast, satisfying combat and a retro aesthetic.

The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...

Why similar: Action 54.9%, FPS 45.1%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-focused FPS that shares a similar dark atmosphere and intense, claustrophobic combat encounters.

Welcome to Project R.I.P. , control AI driven Agents in the battle against hordes of demons. Show your skills on the battlefield and on Global Leaderboards in this Singleplayer Horror Survival First Person Horde Shooter.

Why similar: Gore 39.3%, Violent 31.6%, FPS 16.3%, Action 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, gore-heavy shooter that emphasizes constant action and survival against overwhelming odds.

Somewhere in deep space, at an apparently abandoned mining base on the asteriod Alpha Prime, something has gone terribly wrong. Miners were warned that the hubbardium they were mining was too dangerous, but the lure of unimaginable wealth was too strong.

Why similar: FPS 41.9%, Action 25.6%, Gore 18.2%, Violent 14.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi shooter from the same era that shares a similar feel and focus on first-person combat mechanics.

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 38.9%, Gore 27.4%, Violent 22.1%, Action 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, retro-inspired shooter with a distinct Eastern European aesthetic that focuses on fast movement and brutal combat.

Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.

Why similar: Gore 34.6%, FPS 31.4%, Action 21%, Violent 13%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror shooter that focuses on gore and fast-paced combat against waves of mutants and monsters.

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 65.9%, Action 34.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, gore-heavy arena shooter that prioritizes constant movement and aggressive playstyles.

A murderer's only shot at redemption. Shatter hell portals, stack divine relics into devastating builds, and descend deeper into hell until you're strong enough to face Satan himself. A roguelike FPS about salvation through overwhelming holy firepower.

Why similar: FPS 37.5%, Action 33.8%, Gore 28.6%

Why You'll Like It: An action-heavy shooter with a dark, weird aesthetic that provides a unique but familiar arena-shooter experience.

Hell Shooter is a old-school FPS game.

Why similar: Gore 34.3%, Violent 28.3%, Action 19.8%, FPS 17.6%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, violent arena-style shooter that captures the essence of fighting through waves of hellish enemies.

You're stranded on an uncharted island of Death. You're zombifying from Voodoo poison. A mad scientist is on your trail. Hundres of rotting stiffs are crawling out of their graves to chew your guys, and you can't kill 'em. They're already dead.

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: A classic horror shooter that leans into the campy, gore-filled aesthetic often found in the genre.

When outlaws murdered your wife and took your daughter, everything you had was gone. Your gut aches for blood and sweet revenge. Dyin's too good for 'em now!

Why similar: FPS 51.9%, Violent 25.4%, Action 22.7%

SUFFER is a brutally difficult retro-styled first person shooter! Become the Spirit of Anarchy and take on the police state in this horror-punk twist on classic PC gaming.

Why similar: Gore 36.9%, Violent 30.5%, FPS 18.7%, Action 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: An indie shooter that focuses on intense, violent encounters and a dark, retro-inspired aesthetic.

The classic Painkiller series is back! Battle through Purgatory in fast-paced co-op action, wielding infernal weapons against relentless demonic hordes. Condemned for your sins, the Voice of the Creator offers you a chance at redemption. Will you seize it or be lost to darkness?

Why similar: Gore 38.2%, FPS 25.6%, Violent 22.2%, Action 14%

World War II rages and nations fall. The Nazis are twisting science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. As US Army Ranger William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop them...or die trying.

Why similar: FPS 53.3%, Action 24.2%, Gore 22.5%

Years into a brutal lockdown, a once-thriving city lies in ruins, abandoned by its government and overrun by vicious, mindless infected. Grab your hammer, collect your nerves and enter the mayhem.

Why similar: FPS 44.8%, Violent 29.7%, Action 25.5%

You play as a gangster who got into Hell for your business, and you need to kill all demon devils demons, because there's nothing else to do in Hell

Why similar: Gore 45%, Violent 38.8%, Action 16.2%

04/03/2017How much does this date tell you? For the main character, it became very significant, because this is the day of his death. The protagonist was precisely in the train that arrived at the metro station "Technological Institute" with the bodies of innocent, already dead, people ...

Why similar: Gore 27.5%, FPS 24.8%, Violent 24.1%, Action 23.6%

NecroVisioN: Lost Company is the prequel to original horror FPS shooter, taking place before the NecroVisioN story begins. It contains a bunch of unique levels, characters, weapons and gameplay elements as well as new main hero that presents the original game story from opposite perspective.

Why similar: Gore 34.5%, Violent 25.9%, FPS 22.7%, Action 16.9%

Shrine is a retro FPS game about a skinless dude killing eldritch monstrosities with his nightmarish arsenal.

Why similar: FPS 60.7%, Action 39.3%

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: Gore 30.2%, FPS 27.9%, Violent 22.8%, Action 19.1%

Squad of professional soldiers was sent to scout distant space station. After the accident, that station were evacuated long ago and all the exits were blocked with power shields. But the incoming signal from there made the Commander concerned. Squad's ship were fired upon and the survivors woke up at the station.

Why similar: Gore 35.1%, Violent 34.6%, Action 17.1%, FPS 13.2%

As part of the elite Rhino Squad, you must spearhead Earth’s military invasion of a hostile alien homeworld. But, in this desperate war for humanity’s survival against an unrelenting enemy, you may discover that the only way to defeat them...is to become one of them.

Why similar: FPS 42.5%, Gore 31.5%, Action 17.3%, Violent 8.7%

WTF is a chaotic first person shooter that confronts heavily armed players with "The Devil" himself.

Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Violent 37.1%, Action 16.2%

BRUTAL First Person Shooter focused on action, gore, and exploration. Fueled by adrenaline-pumping trap-metal soundtrack.

Why similar: Gore 35.3%, Violent 27.5%, FPS 26.8%, Action 10.5%

After a sexual mishap, our hero 77p egg finds itself on a quest to find a new wife while the world is overrun by sentient sewage and a milk-obsessed cult. A dumb and crass FPS inspired by the likes of Postal 2, Duke 3D, and Goat Simulator.

Why similar: Gore 42.4%, Violent 24.9%, Action 18.9%, FPS 13.8%

Dead Ground Arcade is an action packed FPS VR shooter, ready to get your heart skip a beat during exciting standoffs with infected creatures. Players take on the role of a secret agent for Blackrain, for whom they are sent on a range of challenging missions.

Why similar: Gore 46%, Violent 38%, Action 16.1%

All old-school FPS action. No Bullshit. Lots of blood & gore. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth in this ultraviolent, fast-paced, and merciless retro-styled first person shooter.

Why similar: Gore 45.2%, FPS 41.2%, Action 13.6%

He had one rule: No killing women or children. When a hitman is double-crossed by his employer, he brings forth a night of carnage and bloodshed.

Why similar: Gore 45%, Violent 39%, Action 16%

Survival Horror in first person where you must manage your ammunition well, explore varied scenarios and face nightmarish beings, while investigating the macabre experiments with children, the result of a mind unhinged by madness and family loss.

Why similar: Gore 42.5%, FPS 38.8%, Action 18.7%

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 42.7%, Gore 32%, Action 19.2%, Violent 6.1%

Strap on your combat sandals...Lo Wang is coming to the Land of the Rising Sun to turn out the lights. Experience total blood immersion. If you can't touch, kill or drive something...then blow it away! Whether you're wielding shurikens, an Uzi, or a freshly plundered Guardian head...you've got your work cut out for you.

Why similar: FPS 38.2%, Gore 35.7%, Action 15%, Violent 11.1%

You play for the commander of the special forces group - Elon, ​​and you need to kill all the devil-mutants in the colony on Mars to avenge for the dead comrades, and to escape.

Why similar: Gore 46.1%, Violent 38.1%, Action 15.9%

In this cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... You wake up in a prison cell. A strange voice calls to you from the depths of dark corridors covered in runic symbols and blood. Reload your trusty shotgun and find out... WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?

Why similar: Gore 32.7%, FPS 31.5%, Violent 21.5%, Action 14.4%

A retro FPS set in a faux norse-celtic fantasy world in the midst of a war with the dead. Grab an axe, get revenge.

Why similar: FPS 39.5%, Gore 22.4%, Violent 20.1%, Action 17.9%

Welcome to Rest In Pieces , control AI driven Agents in the battle against hordes of demons. Show your skills on the battlefield and on Global Leaderboards in this singleplayer Horror Survival VR Shooter.

Why similar: Gore 42.4%, Violent 35%, Action 22.6%

Having defeated the Campaigner, Turok throws the Chronocepter into a waiting volcano to destroy it. Unfortunately the blast awakens an even deadlier force - The Primagen. Once again a Turok is tasked with restoring peace to the land and stopping the Primagen from merging Earth with the nether world.

Why similar: FPS 31.3%, Gore 30.4%, Violent 24.1%, Action 14.1%

A BRAZILIAN BOOMER SHOOTER GAME MADE USING THE ID TECH 2 ENGINE! SHOOT, JUMP, EMBARK ON A JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, HELL AND EVEN HEAVEN! SAVE BRAZIL!

Why similar: FPS 68.8%, Action 31.2%

Journey into a mansion on the Island of Matinicus where you'll arrive to find the mansion full of hellacious demonic creatures. Solve deadly puzzles, uncover the secrets behind a famous mystery and discover an ancient artifact from the Pharaoh Ramses, if you can live long enough to find it.

Why similar: FPS 54.3%, Action 28.5%, Violent 17.2%