- #1 POSTAL Redux
97% matchVery Positive92% of 8,283 reviews2016
Dev: Running With Scissors
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
POSTAL Redux is a high definition remake of the classic dark and surreal twin-stick isometric shooter. Take control of The POSTAL Dude as he fights to survive in a world gone mad with violence.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 12.8%, Dark Comedy 12.7%, Gore 11.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%, Dark Humor 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is a faithful high-definition remake of the original game that captures the exact isometric gameplay and dark atmosphere.
- #2 Hatred
96% matchVery Positive84% of 30,035 reviews2015
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 33.8% ★, Gore 18.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 9.6%, Isometric 8.5%, Shooter 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same controversial, dark, and violent tone as the original POSTAL with a focus on top-down destruction.
- #3 POSTAL 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,236 reviews2012
Dev: Running With Scissors
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Dark Humor 33%, Dark Comedy 22.5%, Gore 18.9%, Comedy 14.2%, Shooter 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: While it shifts to a first-person perspective, it is the definitive sequel that expands on the series' dark humor and chaotic world.
- #4 POSTAL: Brain Damaged
95% matchVery Positive95% of 11,272 reviews2022
Dev: HyperstrangePub: Running With Scissors
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Shooter 19.4%, 1990's 19.2%, Gore 19.2%, Comedy 14.2%, Horror 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: This spin-off captures the fast-paced, aggressive shooter mechanics of the series with a stylized, surreal twist.
- #5 POSTAL 4: No Regerts
94% 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: Dark Comedy 28.2%, Dark Humor 23.5%, Gore 22.8%, Shooter 11.7%, Comedy 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It continues the series' tradition of open-world exploration and irreverent, dark-humored gameplay.
- #6 Hotline Miami
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 128,462 reviews2012
Dev: Dennaton GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Why similar: Gore 23.8%, Difficult 16.7%, Top-Down 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Surreal 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the top-down, ultra-violent, and fast-paced nature of the original POSTAL with a distinct, gritty aesthetic.
- #7 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
93% matchVery Positive94% of 80,428 reviews2015
Dev: Dennaton GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.
Why similar: Gore 28%, Difficult 20%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Top-Down 10.2%, 1990's 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It expands upon the brutal, high-stakes top-down combat and psychological intensity of its predecessor.
- #8 Party Hard
91% matchVery Positive90% of 12,693 reviews2015
Dev: Pinokl GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 55.6% ★, Gore 13.1%, Dark Humor 12.4%, Difficult 6.7%, Top-Down 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a top-down perspective and a dark-humored premise centered on mass violence in a chaotic environment.
- #9 Manhunt
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 9,664 reviews2008
Dev: Rockstar NorthPub: Rockstar Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.
Why similar: Gore 42.4%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 18.4%, Difficult 7.8%, Atmospheric 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the psychological horror and gritty, violent themes that defined the darker side of the original POSTAL.
- #10 BUTCHER
91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,419 reviews2016
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 37.5% ★, Gore 27.4%, Difficult 17.6%, Shooter 11.3%, Action 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 2D shooter that focuses on pure, unadulterated carnage and a dark, industrial aesthetic.
- #11 Cruelty Squad
89% 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: Surreal 32.3%, Dark Humor 25.5%, Psychological Horror 23.8%, Shooter 15.4%, Action 3%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the surreal, cynical, and transgressive nature of the original POSTAL through its unique visual style and gameplay.
- #12 GARAGE: Bad Trip
90% matchMixed67% of 818 reviews2018
Dev: Zombie DynamicsPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Drug dealer Butch slays hordes of living dead to save a girl. Garage is a bloody topdown shooter inspired by VHS era B-movies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Gore 14.1%, Horror 10.1%, Top-Down 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that blends violent combat with a surreal, horror-filled atmosphere.
- #13 DUSK
88% 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: Dark Humor 21%, Gore 19.1%, 1990's 18.2%, Shooter 17.1%, Horror 15.6%
Why You'll Like It: A boomer shooter that leans into dark, atmospheric horror and fast-paced, brutal combat.
- #14 Mother Russia Bleeds
89% matchVery Positive87% of 5,422 reviews2016
Dev: Le Cartel StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
Why similar: Gore 55.6%, Difficult 16.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Action 10%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a visceral, gritty, and ultra-violent experience that matches the intense tone of the original POSTAL.
- #15 Squirrel Stapler
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,377 reviews2023
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Hunt squirrels, staple them to a corpse, and meet god.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.4%, Dark Humor 21%, Horror 11.8%, 1990's 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This short horror game captures a bizarre, dark-humored, and unsettling vibe that aligns with the POSTAL aesthetic.
- #16 Lucius
87% matchVery Positive81% of 10,932 reviews2012
Dev: Shiver Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 57% ★, Horror 16.6%, Gore 12.5%, Psychological Horror 6.5%, Difficult 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: While the gameplay differs, it shares the 'villain-protagonist' theme and dark, horror-centric narrative.
- #17 Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
86% matchVery Positive89% of 3,648 reviews2013
Dev: General ArcadePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The definitive version of the cult classic shooter, Shadow Warrior Classic Redux features remastered visuals and two massive expansion packs. Corporations rule every facet of life in a near-future Japan and employ Shadow Warriors, one-man armies of unparalleled skill, to protect their power and forcefully remove all opposition.
Why similar: Gore 26.1%, Shooter 19.4%, 1990's 15.7%, Comedy 14.1%, Dark Humor 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This classic shooter features the same brand of over-the-top, dark-humored action that defined 90s shooters.
- #18 D'LIRIUM
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,129 reviews2023
Dev: B52 Development Team
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 63.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An experimental 2D-shooter with the elements of a horror game. D'lirium brings together some mechanics back from 90s classics. Non-linear levels, search for the keys, violence and a lot of other things. Including the colourful ponies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Surreal 16.3%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Horror 12.6%, Gore 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that focuses on psychological horror and intense, violent gameplay.
- #19 Zombie Driver HD
84% matchVery Positive84% of 4,071 reviews2012
Dev: Exor Studios
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Insane mix of cars, speed, explosions, blood and zombies! Fight through an epic narrative campaign or test yourself in the Slaughter and Blood Race modes.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Isometric 27.1%, Gore 19.1%, Top-Down 13.1%, 1990's 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down game that focuses on vehicular combat and chaotic action in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #20 Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
84% matchMixed67% of 9,799 reviews2010
Dev: IO InteractivePub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)
Why similar: Shooter 40.7%, Action 28.8%, Atmospheric 18.5%, Psychological Horror 12%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a gritty, uncomfortable, and highly violent experience that feels like a spiritual cousin to the POSTAL world.
- #21 Ritual: Crown of Horns
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 reviews2019
Dev: Draw DistancePub: Feardemic
Windows
Ritual: Crown of Horns is a violent, horde mode, top-down fast-paced action game set in an alternate Wild West, an absurd, acid-fueled vision of hellish frontier.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Surreal 13.2%, Shooter 10%, Horror 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that offers fast-paced, arcade-style combat with a dark, western-horror theme.
- #22 Splatter
79% matchVery Positive96% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Rat King CollectivePub: Catbird Soft
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Splatter is a first-person fever dream where you blast constantly-adapting enemies into neon sprays of pulp and slime. Enter a digital mindscape constructed by four anonymous administrators. Can you survive? Can you remain sane? Can you remain yourself?
Why similar: Surreal 19%, Psychological 18.6%, Dark Humor 18%, Shooter 12.5%, 1990's 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that emphasizes explosive action and a dark, stylized world.
- #23 Deadly Escape
82% matchMixed65% of 83 reviews2018
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Deadly Escape is a Survival Horror game made with pixel art graphics, inspired by survival horror games of the '90s.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Dark Humor 14.5%, Gore 12.6%, Surreal 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that provides a gritty, indie-style experience focused on survival and combat.
- #24 Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition
81% matchVery Positive82% of 1,943 reviews2017
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Gore 13.6%, Difficult 10.7%, Top-Down 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that focuses on intense, fast-paced survival against hordes of enemies.
- #25 Chaos Town
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 85 reviews2017
Dev: QuickSavePub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Chaos Town is a top-down shooter focused on fast-paced combat, character progression, and fully destructible environments.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Gore 13.1%, Difficult 12.3%, Shooter 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that emphasizes chaotic, action-packed gameplay in a gritty urban setting.
- #26 [REDACTED]
78% matchVery Positive82% of 361 reviews2024
Dev: Striking Distance StudiosPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Get ready to massacre monsters, race your rivals, and combat corpses of your fellow guards as you race to escape Black Iron Prison in the critically acclaimed roguelike, [REDACTED].
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Dark Comedy 19.7%, Isometric 15.6%, Dark Humor 14.7%, Difficult 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, action-heavy roguelite that provides the fast-paced, violent combat loop found in the original POSTAL.
- #27 Party Hard 2
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,349 reviews2018
Dev: Pinokl GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
It's 3am and you just want to get some sleep. Welcome back to Party Hard! Stop parties using hundreds of new ways, incidentally destroy a drug syndicate, and save the Earth from an alien invasion. May the chickens be with you!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 56.2% ★, Difficult 15.5%, Gore 12.7%, Top-Down 9.3%, Action 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It refines the top-down, dark-humored chaos of the first game with improved mechanics and more ways to cause mayhem.
- #28 Katana ZERO
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 76,196 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Why similar: Difficult 46%, Gore 36.6%, Action 17.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features high-speed, violent combat and a dark, psychological narrative that fits the tone of the genre.
- #29 Where the forest ends
77% matchMixed70% of 143 reviews2026
Dev: MonkeyBassGames
Windows
Shred zombies and bandits, collect and upgrade weapons, and explore the beauty hidden within industrial decay in a new story-driven, top-down horror shooter. Survive one more day in the post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.8%, Isometric 15.7%, Gore 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Dark Humor 10.1%
- #30 HARD TAPES
79% matchMixed53% of 73 reviews2021
Dev: Free Goos GamesPub: Frederick Marecos
Windows
First person shooter Psychological horror, which is about sick thought experiments that will be seen thanks to some videotapes and demonstrate what dark is the world now.
Why similar: Horror 21%, Shooter 15.2%, Surreal 15.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Psychological 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-themed shooter that captures a raw, low-fi, and violent aesthetic.
- #31 Post Void
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,413 reviews2020
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
Why similar: Difficult 27.7%, Surreal 26%, 1990's 21.6%, Shooter 19.7%, Action 5%
- #32 The Descendant
76% matchVery Positive89% of 7,313 reviews2016
Dev: Gaming Corps ABPub: Microids Indie
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.
- #33 Postal III
77% matchMixed47% of 6,275 reviews2012
Dev: TrashmastersPub: Akella
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Good or Insane? The choice is yours. Following the Apocalyptic end to the Postal Dude’s week in Paradise, we follow him and his insane pitbull Champ as they emigrate to its appropriately named sister city, Catharsis.
Why similar: Dark Humor 34.9%, Gore 26.7%, Psychological Horror 12.2%, Shooter 10.5%, Comedy 9.2%
- #34 Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest: Episode 1
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 589 reviews2018
Dev: Pavel KostinPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 23.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%
What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship? Your team has embarked on a mysterious expedition a few years ago, the ship’s machinery has started acting up and it seems there are ghosts wandering about. Luckily, the black hole above you doesn’t pose any problems…yet.
Why similar: Comedy 56.4%, Atmospheric 43.6%
- #35 Twisty's Asylum Escapades
75% matchMixed55% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: Twisted Jenius
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 50.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take an exciting journey with Twisty, the floating brain monster, as he battles his way out of an insane asylum in this hilariously bizarre, action/adventure game.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 43.7% ★, Gore 25.1%, Dark Humor 11.1%, Horror 8.9%, Action 5.6%
- #36 Animalistic
72% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Keaton ApplebaumPub: Applebomb Games
Windows
Animalistic is a fast-paced, ultraviolent, and stylish indie FPS game where you brutally clear room after room of creepy humanoid animals. Featuring a story-mode and endless wave mode!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 29.7%, Difficult 21%, Surreal 18.2%, Shooter 13.4%, Linear 9.3%
- #37 Sniper Killer
70% matchVery Positive86% of 682 reviews2024
Dev: Black Eyed PriestPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Eliminate your victims as a serial killer dubbed ‘The Sniper Killer’. Terrorize the city with your keen eye and thirst for blood while staying one step ahead of a detective hell bent on bringing you to justice.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 52.3% ★, Gore 13.4%, Psychological Horror 11.5%, Horror 10.8%, Shooter 9.2%
- #38 SLUDGE LIFE
71% matchVery Positive91% of 5,554 reviews2021
Dev: Terri VellmannPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 39.3%, Dark Humor 27.8%, Comedy 15.3%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Action 5.7%
- #39 AX:EL - Air XenoDawn
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,354 reviews2015
Dev: Alex PiolaPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Combining the very best of sci-fi and aerial dogfighting gameplay, AX:EL delivers a totally new gaming experience. Create your very own shape-shifting vehicle and dominate both the sky and the ocean.
Why similar: Action 99%, Shooter 1%
- #40 Old School FOTD
75% matchMostly Negative38% of 88 reviews2017
Dev: Andrey BelyPub: Narko Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
You play as a schizophrenic and must find an outlet at any cost...
Why similar: Gore 36.1%, Psychological Horror 15%, Difficult 15%, Horror 12.5%, Comedy 8.7%
- #41 This Strange Realm Of Mine
72% matchVery Positive83% of 675 reviews2017
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
This Strange Realm Of Mine is a First Person Shooter mixed with poetry and psychological horror. Graphic style is 3D mixed with pixel art.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 25.8%, Gore 22.6%, Horror 17.5%, Shooter 15.7%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #42 Intravenous
70% matchVery Positive90% of 5,615 reviews2021
Dev: Explosive Squat GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!
Why similar: Difficult 39%, Top-Down Shooter 29.6%, Top-Down 12.1%, Shooter 10.5%, Atmospheric 5%
- #43 Monument
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 903 reviews2015
Dev: Andrei Ivashentsev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Dark Humor 31.6%, 1990's 20%, Shooter 18.7%, Horror 17.5%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #44 Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
71% matchVery Positive90% of 2,447 reviews2014
Dev: DreamworldsPub: Untold Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You like top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against zombies and monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments? Fight your way through an apocalyptic city in the single player story mode, and test your skills in the survival mode.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.8%, Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Gore 10.7%, Top-Down 9.9%, Horror 8.9%
- #45 The Archotek Project
73% matchMixed56% of 1,085 reviews2017
Dev: The Archotek Project TeamPub: The Archotek Project Team
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 27%
The Archotek Project focuses on a multiplayer experience, giving you the chance to play with your friends or with new people on dedicated servers. Play as the dinosaur as you explore vibrant and exotic locations within the game, taking control of unique species from the fossil record.
- #46 Post Soviet Zombies
71% matchVery Positive89% of 91 reviews2019
Dev: BRAIN DOES (NOT) WORK
Windows
Post soviet zombies - is an action shooter with a top view, in which you have to get out of the virus infected post-Soviet city for one of the four unique characters. On the way you will meet a variety of zombies, military, marauders and people who need your help in 1993.
Why similar: Gore 30.3%, 1990's 26.7%, Difficult 13.4%, Action 12.1%, Horror 9.8%
- #47 Cat Named Mojave
67% matchVery Positive96% of 341 reviews2025
Dev: Stargazers Studios
Windows
Stranded in the desert, your only hope of escaping rests in a strange Catman. His one request: hunt down surreal creatures, skin them, and chop them up so he can keep them as trophies.
Why similar: Dark Humor 16.3%, Psychological 14.1%, Psychological Horror 14%, Gore 12.8%, Surreal 11.7%
- #48 CARNAL
69% matchVery Positive89% of 344 reviews2021
Dev: JG RoosPub: Tendokore
Windows
CARNAL is a fast and challenging retro FPS straight from the mid '90s. The Sons of Anak are opening portals to extract Dark Matter from the "other side". Combat the possessed soldiers, the manifested demons helping them, and any inanimate objects standing in your way!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 33%, 1990's 23%, Horror 16.5%, Shooter 11.8%, Gore 10.4%
- #49 PSYCHO
70% matchMixed65% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: LTZinc
Windows
PSYCHO - is an exciting 3D shooter with hardcore elements where you will explore an abandoned psychiatric hospital playing as a fighter SWAT.
Why similar: Shooter 41.8%, Horror 40.5%, Action 11.9%, Gore 3%, Atmospheric 2.7%
- #50 Angel at Dusk
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,740 reviews2024
Dev: AkiragoyaPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Overwhelmingly bizarre beauty. Shoot, dodge, and destroy! A shmup where an apocalyptic world awakens to primal desires!
Why similar: 1990's 21.5%, Shooter 20.5%, Hand-drawn 17.2%, Top-Down 14.1%, Horror 11.5%
- #51 FREAKHUNTER
67% matchVery Positive95% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: goop lord
Windows
A dungeon-crawler-rail-shooter-action hybrid for sickos. Blast FREAKS into pieces with juicy non-traditional FPS gameplay!
Why similar: Surreal 28.5%, Shooter 25.3%, Horror 21.3%, Linear 14.5%, Action 5.4%
- #52 CRUEL
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,885 reviews2025
Dev: James Dornan
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements
Why similar: Gore 37.4%, Shooter 29.7%, Horror 20.1%, Action 12.7%
- #53 Cry of Fear
68% matchVery Positive89% of 87,694 reviews2013
Dev: Team Psykskallar
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Why similar: Horror 40.4%, Psychological Horror 26.5%, Psychological 16.8%, Shooter 7.5%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #54 Serious Sam Classics: Revolution
68% matchVery Positive90% of 3,854 reviews2019
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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: Shooter 33.1%, Gore 21.2%, Action 17.2%, Comedy 15.2%, Difficult 10.2%
- #55 Mafia
69% matchVery Positive87% of 16,361 reviews2002
Dev: Illusion SoftworksPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.
Why similar: Difficult 32.1%, Atmospheric 24.2%, Shooter 23.4%, Action 20.2%
- #56 Shadow Walls
69% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: Old School Vibes
Windows
Kill a variety of enemies with your pistol or swing your bat. Collect letters while you trying to find your sister in dark atmospheric action top-down shooter 2D game.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.8%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Horror 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.3%, Top-Down 9.7%
- #57 Skautfold: Into the Fray
67% matchVery Positive87% of 90 reviews2018
Dev: Steve GalPub: Pugware
Windows
Into the Fray is a fast action-shooter in the vein of Doom and Dark Messiah; using fast combat, reactive environments, and traps. Blast, kick, and dash your way through Rebels and Eldritch creatures to liberate the Isle of Portland; as it becomes consumed by Fog and the horrors therein.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Gore 20.4%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Shooter 9.3%
- #58 Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker
68% matchMixed66% of 367 reviews2015
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 50.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker" celebrates the 30th anniversary of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series. It has been realized through a collaboration between the creators of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series, Koei Tecmo Games, and the creators of the "TSUKURU" series, KADOKAWA.