Games Like PAPERHEAD EP.0

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: Boomer Shooter 30.1% ★, Fast-Paced 15.1%, FPS 12.9%, Gore 9.5%, Retro 6%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive retro-horror shooter that perfectly captures the dark, atmospheric, and fast-paced combat found in Paperhead.

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: Boomer Shooter 39.2% ★, FPS 14.7%, Gore 8.6%, Shooter 7.4%, Old School 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features tactical, atmospheric, and visceral gunplay that mirrors the gritty, old-school feel of the seed game.

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: Boomer Shooter 26.9% ★, Fast-Paced 21.3%, Gore 14.6%, FPS 12.6%, Arena Shooter 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers the gold standard for fast-paced, gore-heavy movement shooters that match the intensity of the seed game.

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: Boomer Shooter 38.5% ★, FPS 19.2%, Gore 11.1%, Shooter 8.4%, Retro 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines a distinct comic-book art style with Lovecraftian horror and fast-paced FPS mechanics.

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: Boomer Shooter 32.4% ★, FPS 16.1%, Fast-Paced 14%, Gore 8.2%, Shooter 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers high-octane, gore-filled action with a modern edge that complements the fast-paced nature of Paperhead.

Ultraviolent, fast-paced, merciless retro FPS action. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes, and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 35.5% ★, FPS 14.6%, Gore 12.3%, Shooter 7.7%, Old School 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A visceral, retro-styled shooter that focuses on high-intensity combat and a dark, oppressive atmosphere.

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: Boomer Shooter 39.3% ★, FPS 17.3%, Gore 11.5%, Retro 7.4%, Fast-Paced 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on classic shooters that emphasizes satisfying, gore-heavy combat and retro aesthetics.

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: Boomer Shooter 34.8% ★, FPS 14.8%, Gore 10.6%, Retro 6.7%, Violent 6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a dark, atmospheric, and challenging experience that feels right at home with other retro-horror shooters.

POSTAL: Brain Damaged is a new, action-oriented take on the Running With Scissors’ cult game series with throwback graphics, and fast-paced, modern gameplay. Take a wild roller coaster ride through the twisted wonderland encased in the POSTAL DUDE’S messed-up mind.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 25.2% ★, Fast-Paced 13.9%, Soundtrack 13.3% ★, Gore 9.8%, FPS 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, fast-paced shooter that shares the bizarre, gore-filled, and darkly humorous tone of the seed game.

Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 41.5% ★, FPS 16.3%, Violent 7.6%, Retro 7.2%, Shooter 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Blends retro-inspired visuals with modern looter-shooter mechanics and intense, gore-heavy combat.

Kill to heal, and never stop moving in this retro-styled ADHD-fueled frantic fast-paced rogue-lite movement shooter. A short, yet intense multi-dimensional speedrun FPS experience for people with tiny attention spans. Do you have what it takes to subvert your infinite demise?

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 27.5% ★, Fast-Paced 19.4%, Gore 13.8%, FPS 12.3%, Arena Shooter 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, gore-centric shooter that leans heavily into the retro-FPS aesthetic and frantic gameplay.

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: FPS 48.8%, Shooter 20.8%, First-Person 15%, Retro 10.1%, Action 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the surreal, grotesque, and deeply unsettling visual identity of the seed game while providing intense FPS gameplay.

Welcome to Volume I of a high adrenaline, fast-paced Boomer Shooter where you have only one goal: spread furious mayhem among the scumbags keeping you locked up. Stuck looking for an exit? Just punch through walls and then shoot the suckers behind them.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 19.2% ★, Fast-Paced 15.6%, Gore 15.4%, FPS 14%, Arena Shooter 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a stylized comic-book aesthetic paired with gore-filled, fast-paced FPS gameplay.

A SHORT and sweet pixelated low fidelity 90s throwback hyper-fast action shooter. Survive and fight through a city overrun with manufactured monstrosities, biomass horrors, and a military authority trying to purge everything living. Heavy metal / techno soundtrack featuring BOD Music

Why similar: FPS 22.7%, Boomer Shooter 18.6% ★, Shooter 11%, Gore 10.9%, Horror 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A stylized, horror-focused shooter that prioritizes fast-paced action and a distinct, eerie visual style.

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: Boomer Shooter 40.7% ★, FPS 16.4%, Shooter 8.4%, Horror 6.5%, First-Person 6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a retro-aesthetic with exploration and fast-paced combat that fits the boomer-shooter subgenre perfectly.

You wake up with an explosive headache in a pool of your own blood. You're Exit, a terrible woman whose awful past has finally caught up to her. Fulfill contracts for the people who drilled into your skull — guns-blazing, slow and tactical — it doesn’t matter. They know you’ll do whatever it takes.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 27.1%, FPS 17%, Gore 15.1%, Shooter 10.2%, First-Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a gritty, fast-paced, and immersive first-person experience with a unique, dark tone.

Crush the cult of Astaroth and vanquish her hellspawn, make them squeal and hide where they came from. Enjoy a Fresh Look & Old Fun in this arcade horror FPS game inspired by the legends of the 90s.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 31.7% ★, FPS 12.5%, Gore 9.8%, Difficult 7.5%, Fast-Paced 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: An intense, gore-heavy, and fast-paced shooter that captures the raw, arcade-like feel of the seed game.

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: Boomer Shooter 27.2% ★, FPS 18.6%, Gore 10.3%, Retro 9.7%, Shooter 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a gritty, surreal, and retro-horror aesthetic that aligns with the unsettling world-building of Paperhead.

Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 20% ★, Gore 14.3%, Fast-Paced 12.2%, FPS 12%, Violent 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers pure, gore-heavy, old-school shooter action that strips away the fluff for direct, intense combat.

Trapped in the haunting realm of an artist's twisted nightmare, engage in intense combat with grotesque enemies and monsters, experience unpredictable horror events that unfold dynamically, seamlessly blends classic retro FPS elements with modern elements.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 37.1% ★, FPS 16.5%, Gore 12.1%, Shooter 9.2%, Horror 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, horror-themed, retro-FPS that mirrors the strange and unsettling atmosphere of the seed game.

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: Boomer Shooter 37.1% ★, FPS 14.2%, Shooter 9.9%, Arena Shooter 8.1%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on fast-paced, arena-style combat and extreme gore, perfect for fans of high-speed shooters.

CROSSBOW: Bloodnight is a frantic score-attack arena shooter set in a world of camp horror and gore. Master the occult powers of your automatic crossbow and fight for every second of survival against a relentless demonic horde! Hunt. Die. Hunt again.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 29.3% ★, FPS 13.3%, Gore 10%, Arena Shooter 8.4%, Difficult 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: An arena-based, horror-themed shooter that focuses on fast-paced, high-stakes survival.

Zan and her orc sisters must fight to save their homeland from a demonic invasion! Immerse yourself in a sprawling underground world where the rich lore, exploration and puzzles of classic adventure games blend with the visceral combat of a 90s' shooter.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 37.5% ★, FPS 20.5%, Shooter 11%, Retro 9.2%, Old School 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: An old-school horror shooter that emphasizes exploration, gore, and a unique, dark fantasy aesthetic.

Shrine II is a retro FPS game with a focus on atmosphere and exploration. Explore a nightmarish world and battle great bosses where the surprises never end...

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 21.4% ★, FPS 20%, Gore 12.8%, Shooter 9.9%, Arena Shooter 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features fast-paced, arena-style, retro-FPS gameplay with a dark and gritty aesthetic.

Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!

Why similar: FPS 34.4%, Horror 14.2%, Shooter 13.8%, Retro 13.1%, First-Person 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed, tactical, and atmospheric shooter that offers a slower but equally unsettling experience.

Prepare for terror in this ground-breaking classic old-school FPS. Following the destruction of Time you are left to battle in this horrific hellhole of multilevel interconnected missions populated by gruesome grotesque creatures.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 20% ★, FPS 17.6%, Gore 13.7%, Shooter 8.3%, Old School 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic retro-shooter that brings horror elements and intense, old-school combat to the forefront.

Unchained is a fast paced retro multiplayer first person shooter in which you can compete in different game modes and maps, using a large arsenal of unique and deadly weapons (And some cool powerups too) to defeat your enemies.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 38.6% ★, Gore 14.8%, Retro 9.7%, FPS 8%, Violent 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled, gore-heavy shooter that emphasizes speed and chaotic, high-intensity combat.

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

Why similar: FPS 22.3%, Gore 18.7%, Fast-Paced 13.6%, Horror 9.8%, Shooter 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: An indie-horror FPS that leans into gore and retro-shooter mechanics to create a tense, action-packed experience.

Escape the nightmarish human abattoir in this blood-soaked Horror FPS.

Why similar: FPS 24.1%, Gore 22%, Shooter 12.2%, Violent 11.1%, Horror 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed, fast-paced, retro-FPS that focuses on visceral combat in confined, dark spaces.

>SYS//PURGE_ is a free, fast-paced FPS inspired by 90's classics, with roguelike elements. Collect items, stay alive and descend deeper into the facility. You take control of an LN-X unit, a glitch breaks you out of the Overseer's control. Make it burn.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 37.9% ★, FPS 17.4%, Shooter 11.2%, Gore 9.4%, Action 6.3%

Supplice is a stylish throwback shooter inspired by the mid-90s FPS glory days and the legendary Doom modding community. Mixing the retro stylings of 90s era shooters with colorful graphics and frantic gameplay, it creates an experience that's ever so familiar but also exciting and fresh.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 49.8% ★, FPS 20.2%, Shooter 8.9%, Retro 8.9%, First-Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-FPS with a distinct sci-fi horror atmosphere and challenging, fast-paced combat encounters.

A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 37.4% ★, Gore 15.2%, FPS 13.3%, First-Person 8.5%, Shooter 8.3%

FULL GAME NOW AVAILABLE. GO GET IT! This is the Free Survival Mode for Hellbound: a '90s style First Person Shooter, made 30 years later… but just a glimpse of the full game, go check it out!

Why similar: Gore 25.3%, FPS 19.7%, Violent 10.1%, Fast-Paced 8.4%, Shooter 7.8%

Join BRUTAL JOHN and BRUTAL DOG in a ultraviolent old-school FPS set in a world overrun by crypto-mining technologies, where it’s up to you to destroy them and reclaim control. Prepare for an adrenaline ride that pays homage to the best shooters of the '90s.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 25.2% ★, Fast-Paced 16.8%, Gore 11.7%, FPS 10.9%, Violent 5.9%

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

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 23% ★, Fast-Paced 16.2%, Gore 12.8%, FPS 11.9%, Shooter 6.5%

STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 20%, FPS 19.3%, Boomer Shooter 15.8% ★, Shooter 10.7%, Arena Shooter 9.3%

ROSE is a violent rogue-lite arena shooter where you sacrifice your body parts to progress and gain new weapons and abilities. Slaughter waves of monstrous enemies and defeat titanic bosses in randomized arenas or die trying!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 21%, FPS 14.3%, Gore 13%, Boomer Shooter 10.7% ★, Arena Shooter 7.9%

Gravelord is a fast-paced boomer shooter voiced by a badass protagonist featuring hand-crafted levels filled with secrets and hordes of enemies to kill. Dish out some brutal carnage with powerful guns and collect Tarot Cards to gain even more killing power. Let's put the fun back in funeral!

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 38.2% ★, FPS 18.5%, Shooter 8.7%, First-Person 7.3%, Gore 6.6%

EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.

Why similar: Horror 34.7%, Old School 18.7%, Retro 15.3%, Gore 14.4%, Action 12.4%

Hell Shooter is a old-school FPS game.

Why similar: Gore 20.4%, Fast-Paced 17.8%, FPS 13.8%, Violent 11.1%, Difficult 6.4%

Oldschool FPS. Hardcore classic gameplay action. Huge hordes of monsters. Blood. Horror. Fun. Each level is unique and not similar to the previous. You need to survive in this dangerous world and become the best evil shooter.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 33.4% ★, FPS 15%, Arena Shooter 9.2%, Shooter 8.4%, Horror 6.9%

Explore the origins of the mysterious Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dark past of the establishment. Try to make some friends. Uncover the truth behind the place, and who you are…

Why similar: Horror 36.3%, First-Person 28.3%, Action 11.9%, Dark 9.7%, Singleplayer 8.4%

Bloodshed is a Roguelite Survivors FPS; an exhilarating fusion of Roguelite elements merged with retro-styled visuals and first-person “Survivors-like” frenetic combat action!

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 37.5% ★, FPS 17.5%, Arena Shooter 9.6%, Shooter 9.1%, Old School 8.6%

Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 37.3% ★, FPS 15.9%, Gore 11.3%, Shooter 8.8%, Horror 5.9%

BLOOD VIAL is a retro-inspired micro-FPS with a leaking health bar. Swim through the spilled blood of your fallen enemies to keep your vial full. Grow increasingly powerful with new upgrades and weapons. Navigate an ever-shifting labyrinth of crypts, catacombs and cathedrals.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 30.9% ★, FPS 13.7%, Gore 9.7%, Fast-Paced 9.7%, Difficult 8%

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 30%, FPS 20.1%, Violent 16.3%, Shooter 9.5%, Retro 8.9%

Perilous Warp is a fast-paced indie retro-shooter inspired by the classic 3D-actions. Communication with a distant space colony has been lost, and you bravely step into the teleporter with the desire for glorious adventures. But do not expect to win in a heartbeat!

Why similar: Gore 20.8%, Boomer Shooter 14% ★, FPS 13.4%, Fast-Paced 12.9%, Violent 11.3%

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: Gore 16.2%, Boomer Shooter 15% ★, FPS 14.7%, Fast-Paced 13.8%, Shooter 9.1%

Devolverland Expo is a first-person 'marketing simulator' set within an abandoned convention center after the annual Devolver Digital game expo was mysteriously canceled.

Why similar: FPS 26.9%, Gore 21.4%, Violent 10.6%, Horror 9.6%, First-Person 9.1%

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

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 32.8% ★, FPS 26.5%, Retro 11.6%, Horror 9.3%, First-Person 6.9%

Limitless Hunger is a high-adrenaline retro FPS single-player experience.

Why similar: FPS 29.3%, Shooter 13.2%, Gore 13.1%, First-Person 9%, Horror 8.4%

Demon Pit is an intense arcade-style arena shooter with a classic 90s FPS aesthetic. Test your reflexes against the endless waves of the demon horde in a constantly changing arena. Your goal is a high score on the leaderboard, the price is your soul. Far from God’s light, there is only Hell.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 33.1% ★, Gore 23.1%, FPS 12.4%, Violent 12%, Action 7%

Dino Trauma introduces you to a secret laboratory somewhere in eastern Europe where gore and dinosaurs aren't unusual things. Retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 34.1% ★, FPS 16.7%, Gore 15%, Retro 7.5%, Shooter 7%

You wake up to a horrible smell, and whispering vents in your apartment. Something's wrong.

Why similar: Gore 26.8%, FPS 23.2%, Horror 14.3%, First-Person 13.2%, Retro 11.8%

COVEN is a hyper-violent retro FPS where your path of vengeance will take you across time and space. Destroy your enemies and eat their flesh.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 31.9% ★, Gore 14.7%, FPS 13.9%, Horror 7.2%, Shooter 6.9%

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: Fast-Paced 21.2%, Gore 20%, FPS 15.9%, Violent 9.4%, Shooter 7.8%

Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.

Why similar: Horror 43.9%, Action 15.6%, Shooter 13.3%, Dark 13%, Atmospheric 12.5%

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: Boomer Shooter 27.2% ★, Fast-Paced 23.3%, FPS 14.6%, Gore 12%, Violent 6.8%

Roguelike shooter set in a dystopian, livestreamed gameshow. Obliterate waves of deformed freaks, earn donations from your sadistic audience and gamble your earnings for upgrades. Your life is a Performance. Your Death is Content.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 34% ★, Fast-Paced 21.8%, FPS 16.5%, Shooter 7.6%, First-Person 5.8%

Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.

Why similar: Boomer Shooter 46.1% ★, FPS 15.8%, Gore 7.7%, Shooter 6.2%, Retro 5.8%