Games Like Paint the Town Red

GORN is a ludicrously violent VR gladiator simulator, made by Free Lives, the developers of Broforce and Genital Jousting.

Why similar: Gore 34.1%, Fighting 25.1% ★, Violent 23.1%, Action 5.8%, Funny 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its absurdly violent physics-based arena fights, exaggerated gore, and grab-anything melee combat make it one of the closest matches in pure chaotic spirit.

Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.

Why similar: Gore 30%, Fighting 23.6% ★, Violent 16.1%, Physics 9%, Sandbox 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-heavy sandbox delivers deeply tactile melee combat with freely wielded weapons, dismemberment, and emergent brawls.

Clone Drone in the Danger Zone is a robot voxel slice-em-up where any part of your body can be sliced off. With your mind downloaded into a robot gladiator, you must survive the sinister trials of the arena.

Why similar: Fighting 32.2% ★, Voxel 22.7% ★, Multiplayer 9.9%, Roguelike 8%, Co-op 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It trades fists for swords and robots, but offers similarly fast arena combat, dismemberment, improvised tactics, and multiplayer modes.

MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast paced combat, castle sieges, cavalry charges, and more.

Why similar: Gore 40%, Fighting 24.1% ★, Multiplayer 14.8%, First-Person 10.6%, FPS 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its skill-based first-person swordplay, dismemberment, goofy player-created chaos, and multiplayer brawls strongly suit Paint the Town Red fans.

VR horror-slasher with physically correct combat system and dynamic battles across arenas in the dark fantasy world.

Why similar: Gore 45.6%, Violent 15.9%, FPS 6.8%, Physics 6.6%, First-Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides weighty physics-based VR melee combat, gruesome dismemberment, and weapon-driven arena survival against hordes.

Chivalry 2 is a multiplayer first person slasher inspired by epic medieval movie battles. Players are thrust into the action of every iconic moment of the era - from clashing swords, to storms of flaming arrows, to sprawling castle sieges and more.

Why similar: Gore 53.4%, Multiplayer 18.8%, FPS 10.7%, First-Person 10.3%, Action 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person multiplayer melee game built around frantic, bloody large-scale battles and a broad range of brutal medieval weapons.

You are Wendigo. A hard-hearted contract killer tasked with annihilating a fanatical cult. With your trusted arsenal at the ready, experience what has been called "The most violent game in VR". EARLY ACCESS includes RAID, ARENA and SANDBOX modes with a story campaign and much more on the way.

Why similar: Gore 61.7%, Violent 25.2%, Sandbox 5.7%, Action 3.5%, FPS 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This VR combat sandbox is centered on exceptionally graphic, physics-driven first-person violence and improvised close-quarters brutality.

HARD BULLET is a physics-based action game, where enemies flood the neon-lit city bringing destruction to its streets. Use slow-motion, a huge arsenal, and brutal combat to survive and unlock new weapons. Prepare for the next RIDE by mastering your skills in Sandbox and Arena modes.

Why similar: Gore 26.6%, Violent 25.9%, Physics 14.5%, Sandbox 10.9%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A VR sandbox shooter and brawler where physics interactions, close-quarters fights, and improvised violence create emergent chaos.

GoreBox is a chaotic physics-driven sandbox where creativity meets destruction. Use the Reality Crusher to spawn, manipulate, and obliterate anything. Customize, roleplay, or face devious creatures. In this world, your imagination rules, and chaos is your playground!

Why similar: Gore 34.8%, Violent 18.2%, Voxel 14.7% ★, Physics 10%, Sandbox 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-ended physics sandbox, weapons, NPC manipulation, and graphic violence fit the experimental mayhem side of Paint the Town Red.

Mortal Sin is a chaotic, blood-soaked roguelike where skill is power, and overconfidence is death. Carve through procedurally generated nightmares with brutal melee and flashy, satisfying combos.

Why similar: Gore 23.8%, First-Person 19.7%, Roguelike 15%, Roguelite 15%, Violent 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish first-person roguelite focused on fast, crunchy melee combos, brutal executions, procedural runs, and relentless close-range combat.

Swordsman is a realistic sword-fighting game. Customize your warrior, battle different factions in epic arenas, and defeat powerful enemies to unlock their special boss weapons on your journey to save the world from evil.

Why similar: Fighting 28.4% ★, Gore 27.6%, Violent 19.3%, Beat 'em up 7.7%, Physics 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its tactile weapon handling, physical melee duels, enemies that react to hits, and optional gore make it a strong VR alternative.

MADNESS: Project Nexus is a third-person Run n' Gun / Beat'Em Up filled with arcade-style action and button-mashing brutality. Gun your way through droves of bad guys in the Story Campaign, or build your perfect killing machine in the neverending onslaught of Arena Mode.

Why similar: Gore 39.5%, Beat 'em up 21.1%, Violent 16.7%, Funny 7.1%, Co-op 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same cartoonishly brutal, weapon-filled massacre energy through frantic arena brawling and gunplay.

Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.

Why similar: Physics 45.6%, Difficult 24.5%, Roguelike 11.4%, Action 8.9%, Adventure 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Although viewed from above, its uniquely physical combat system makes every shove, swing, stumble, and weapon choice feel consequential.

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

Why similar: Beat 'em up 34.3%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Roguelike 15.9%, Co-op 11.3%, Funny 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its roguelike brawling, ridiculous attacks, and darkly comic violence make it a good fit for players who enjoy chaotic beat-'em-up action.

Zeno Clash is an action/fighting game set in a punk fantasy world. The game is played from a first person perspective and the combat is generally up close and brutal. Experience a deep storyline set in a fantastic world.

Why similar: Fighting 39.4% ★, Beat 'em up 28.3%, FPS 10%, Action 9.5%, First-Person 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This surreal first-person action game is unusually focused on punching, kicking, blocking, and brawling with bizarre enemies.

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: Gore 36.9%, Violent 21.3%, FPS 9.6%, First-Person 8.7%, Action 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers speedy first-person combat with swords, gadgets, stealth options, and replayable missions built around player creativity.

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: Gore 38.9%, Violent 21%, FPS 10.6%, Physics 9.3%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deliberately over-the-top first-person action sandbox featuring slow motion, dismemberment, kicking, and stunt-filled shootouts.

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: Gore 34.1%, Violent 22.5%, FPS 14.5%, First-Person 8.7%, Arcade 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This fast, funny first-person rampage emphasizes explosive kicking, improvised weapons, destructible surroundings, and gleeful ultraviolence.

Ghat's story is far from over: Zeno Clash 2 picks up where the deliciously brazen first game left off. After 4 years of waiting, the sequel to the surreal first-person brawler brings more variety in combat and levels, and even more bizarre storytelling into the beguiling world of Zenozoik.

Why similar: Fighting 39.3% ★, Beat 'em up 26.4%, Action 10.3%, First-Person 7.9%, FPS 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It expands the original's distinctive first-person hand-to-hand combat with more weapons, larger areas, and stranger enemy encounters.

Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City.

Why similar: Fighting 38.3% ★, Physics 15.5%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Funny 11.1%, Co-op 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: The floppy physics, improvised environmental fighting, and hilarious multiplayer chaos capture the seed game's party-game appeal.

Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.

Why similar: First-Person 35.4%, Gore 31.4%, Action 18.3%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Adventure 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: First-person melee, kick-driven environmental kills, interactive objects, and creative combat setups give it an enjoyably physical feel.

A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.

Why similar: Gore 46.7%, Co-op 16.8%, First-Person 10.8%, FPS 10.5%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person zombie combat is built around gruesome dismemberment, plentiful melee weapons, environmental hazards, and co-op carnage.

Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

Why similar: Multiplayer 16.6%, Gore 16.1%, Roguelite 15.5%, Roguelike 14.5%, Co-op 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This action roguelite rewards emergent mayhem, improvisation, multiplayer cooperation, and using a chaotic city full of tools against its inhabitants.

ELDERBORN - a Metal AF* Slasher with brutal FPP melee combat and souls-like/RPG character progression. In the times of legend, barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. Be that merciless slayer. Uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom. Forge your own destiny! *Action Fantasy.

Why similar: Fighting 58.8% ★, Difficult 18.3%, First-Person 15.7%, Action 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person melee-focused dungeon crawler with aggressive arena fights, heavy weapons, and a momentum-driven barbarian power fantasy.

Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

Why similar: Gore 29.9%, Violent 24.6%, Sandbox 8.8%, Funny 8.6%, First-Person 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its irreverent tone, open-ended sandbox structure, ridiculous weapons, and anarchic violence match the seed game's darkly comic side.

First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

Why similar: Gore 49.5%, Multiplayer 15.9%, FPS 15.3%, First-Person 12.4%, Action 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: First-person melee combat, parkour movement, crafted weapons, and frantic encounters with crowds make it a compelling action-heavy alternative.

BONELAB is an experimental physics action game. Explore a mysterious lab filled with weapons, enemies, challenges and secrets. Escape your reality, or wreak havoc. No wrong answers.

Why similar: Violent 28%, Physics 21.2%, FPS 14.5%, Sandbox 14.1%, First-Person 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics sandbox with highly interactive objects, mod support, and a body-driven combat system for creating chaotic encounters.

The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!

Why similar: Gore 39.4%, Co-op 15.2%, Multiplayer 13.5%, First-Person 9.5%, Roguelite 8%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op first-person action game excels at visceral melee weapon feedback, dense enemy hordes, and bloody teamwork.

Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

Why similar: Gore 45.7%, Violent 19.5%, Physics 13.7%, Sandbox 12.9%, Funny 4.7%

Melon Simulator™ is a chaotic, co-op (1 - 4 players), first person melee combat game. Almost anything that isn't nailed down can be used to whack, slice, and throw at the oncoming melon horde...

Why similar: Fighting 19% ★, Gore 16.5%, Beat 'em up 10.3%, Violent 9.6%, Physics 5.8%

Drunken Wrestlers 2 is a funny physics-based multiplayer fighting game. Features include character customization and a powerful mod editor integrated with Steam Workshop.

Why similar: Fighting 40.2% ★, Gore 25.4%, Physics 12.6%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Funny 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deliberately clumsy physics brawler where ragdoll movement, improvised combat, and multiplayer absurdity are the main attraction.

Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.

Why similar: Voxel 33.5% ★, Physics 17.7%, Sandbox 12.1%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Co-op 8.6%

Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!

Why similar: FPS 26.6%, Sandbox 18.4%, First-Person 14.9%, Physics 13.3%, Funny 10.6%

The golden age of violent flash games now in your VR headset. Fully physics based combat with melee and firearms featuring copious amounts of blood, gore and destruction.

Why similar: Gore 37.2%, Physics 22.5%, Violent 15.7%, Sandbox 14.5%, Action 8.5%

A voxel-based death sandbox. Shoot, dismember, and crush NPCs with realistic body physics.

Why similar: Gore 41.1%, Violent 21%, Voxel 13.6% ★, Physics 11.1%, Sandbox 9.8%

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 37.2%, Violent 27%, Physics 14.2%, Sandbox 11.4%, Action 3.6%

Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.

Why similar: Physics 29.7%, Sandbox 27%, Funny 23.3%, Action 6.8%, Adventure 5.4%

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 29.7%, Violent 20%, Beat 'em up 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Physics 6.9%

Do whatever you want in a physics sandbox full of chaotic destruction, endless player-made creations and unpredictable adventures. Build, destroy, roleplay and mess around solo or with friends!

Why similar: Physics 24.3%, Multiplayer 23.3%, Sandbox 21.5%, Funny 10.1%, FPS 7.8%

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: Physics 26.4%, First-Person 22.4%, Difficult 16.9%, Action 13.3%, Funny 9.5%

Welcome to the laboratory! Here tests are taken upon highly durable human clones using newest weapon technologies. Your goal is to head these tests.

Why similar: Gore 42.9%, Violent 25.5%, Sandbox 8.1%, Funny 7.5%, Physics 7.3%

My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.

Why similar: Gore 44.8%, Violent 25.3%, Action 10.2%, Physics 6%, Funny 5.6%

Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!

Why similar: Fighting 39.3% ★, Gore 27.9%, Physics 9.8%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Funny 3.4%

This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

Why similar: Gore 51.8%, Multiplayer 11.6%, FPS 9.4%, Funny 9%, Co-op 7%

Voxel Project offers an immersive sandbox experience set in a fully destructible voxel environment. Explore a dynamic world teeming with vehicles, dynamic fire mechanics, enemy NPCs, voxel gore, weapon customization, and a bunch of additional features to discover.

Why similar: Voxel 31.8% ★, Multiplayer 14.1%, Physics 12.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, First-Person 10.1%

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: FPS 30.9%, First-Person 18.2%, Action 14.6%, Difficult 11.5%, Gore 8.3%

Chaos Town is a top-down shooter focused on fast-paced combat, character progression, and fully destructible environments.

Why similar: Gore 36.5%, Violent 20.7%, Action 19.1%, Difficult 10.4%, Indie 6%

A highly customizable virtual stressball and physics sandbox about mutilating ragdolls in various ways using an overwhelming amount of weapons and tools.

Why similar: Gore 43.9%, Violent 19.3%, Physics 16.8%, Sandbox 14%, Funny 3%

Welcome to Versus World! Shoot, stab, snipe, and 'splode your opponents to victory in this fast-paced multiplayer FPS. Here, the afterlife of a respawning immortal is seasoned by an up-down crouch.

Why similar: Gore 47.9%, Violent 28.6%, First-Person 7.9%, Action 7%, Funny 5.8%

Cut robots apart in VR. Feel your sword disintegrate their metal bodies. Now you live and die in the Crashloop, a roguelike tournament to the death. Lock swords! Shoot shurikens from your wrist! This is CLONE DRONE... in the HYPERDOME!!!

Why similar: Fighting 47.2% ★, Voxel 34% ★, First-Person 6.2%, Funny 5.9%, Action 5.9%

In Viscera Cleanup Detail, you step into the boots of a space-station janitor tasked with cleaning up after various horrific sci-fi horror events. Instead of machineguns and plasma-rifles, your tools are a mop and bucket. That hero left a mess, and it's up to you to deal with the aftermath.

Why similar: Gore 49.9%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Physics 9.9%, Co-op 8.9%, First-Person 8%

Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator featuring historically accurate XV-century arms and armor. We are not afraid to show the brutal nature of medieval combat with in-depth blood and gore features.

Why similar: Gore 41.8%, Fighting 25.8% ★, Physics 13.7%, Sandbox 5.6%, Multiplayer 5%

Season's Beatings is a fast and frantic one hit kill FPS best described as first person Hotline Miami. You'll need to memorize enemy patterns and placements, and execute a meticulously thought out plan to succeed! Or...y'know. Just dive in and shoot some fools with a tommy gun.

Why similar: Gore 55.8%, Violent 33.4%, Action 7.8%, Indie 3%

WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!

Why similar: Sandbox 91.4%, Indie 8.6%

You are a goblin gladiator in this mini-FPS roguelite. Fight your way through the Arenas. Wreck junkbots. Delight the crowd. Get paid. Cause chaos.

Why similar: FPS 21.3%, Physics 21%, Roguelite 15%, Roguelike 12.2%, First-Person 12%

Gladio Mori is a physics-driven gladiator fighting game with no health bars. Stab on arteries, pierce vital organs and cut off limbs. Build your own movesets, paint your fighter and battle friends online with cross-play.

Why similar: Fighting 32.2% ★, Gore 31.7%, Physics 13.3%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Sandbox 7.5%

Redeemer: Enhanced Edition is a brutal close-quarters brawler. Punch, crush, shoot, and use the environment to destroy enemies. Master deep melee combat, execute savage finishers, and fight for redemption as Vasily, a former elite operative hunted by a cybernetic corporation.

Why similar: Gore 29.1%, Fighting 21.4% ★, Beat 'em up 20.9%, Violent 17.7%, Action 5.2%

RAGDORE is a physics-driven sandbox where limbs fly, bones snap, and movement changes with every injury. Experiment with traps, crushers, trampolines, and more in colorful maps designed for creative destruction and dynamic ragdoll mayhem.

Why similar: Gore 46%, Violent 24.6%, Physics 13.3%, Sandbox 9.7%, Action 4.7%

Tragedy! Santa; the toy giving folk-hero, and purveyor of fine Christmas goods, has had enough. Endless requests from greedy children wanting more and more every year, tax increases, pressure from elf unions, bills, reindeer!

Why similar: Gore 57.8%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Co-op 8.7%, Funny 7.3%, First-Person 6.2%