Games Like Shadow Warrior

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: Swordplay 21.9%, FPS 17.6%, Gore 17.5%, Ninja 10.9% ★, Hack and Slash 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It expands the original's gun-and-katana combat, supernatural enemies, crude humor, and frantic pacing with larger levels and loot-driven weapon variety.

Take an adrenaline-fueled journey through a mythical Japanese realm in the Definitive Edition of Shadow Warrior 3, packed with new features, and enjoy an ultraviolent blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp melee combat, and spectacular free-running movement.

Why similar: FPS 30.7%, Gore 22%, Ninja 10.9% ★, Action 8.5%, Shooter 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is the closest modern continuation of Lo Wang's wisecracking, highly mobile FPS-and-swordplay formula, with a stronger focus on arena combat.

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: FPS 33.7%, Gore 15.5%, Ninja 10.9% ★, Classic 8.1% ★, Comedy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: The remastered original offers the same protagonist, Asian-inspired demon-slaying premise, bawdy humor, and old-school shooter roots behind the 2013 reboot.

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: FPS 32.6%, Gore 27.3%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%, Demons 8%, Action 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its relentlessly aggressive demon combat, huge arsenal, glory kills, and forward-driving level design strongly match Shadow Warrior's violent arcade energy.

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 56.8%, Action 21.3%, Shooter 10.9%, First-Person 4.9%, Adventure 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: From the same developer, it delivers a linear, high-energy cyberpunk FPS campaign built around brutal weapons, enemy swarms, and explosive arena fights.

Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!

Why similar: FPS 40.4%, Gore 24.3%, Action 10.1%, Comedy 10.1%, Old School 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person firefights against enormous hordes, absurd weaponry, gore, and knowingly silly attitude make it an excellent action-first alternative.

Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.

Why similar: FPS 30.3%, Gore 27.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Demons 8.6%, Action 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It intensifies the push-forward combat loop with acrobatic movement, resource-management kills, demons, and an even more demanding high-speed rhythm.

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: FPS 31.1%, Gore 28.4%, Action 11%, Comedy 9.8%, First-Person 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A gleefully vulgar shooter with exaggerated violence, inventive kill mechanics, and nonstop action that shares Shadow Warrior's irreverent tone.

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 39.2%, Gore 24.5%, Action 15.9%, Shooter 4.6%, Demons 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: This demon-blasting throwback emphasizes fast movement, gothic supernatural settings, heavy weapons, and constant arena-sized enemy massacres.

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 19.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Old School 8.1%, Shooter 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its dark occult setting, swift classic-FPS movement, powerful weapons, and bloody monster combat capture the leaner retro side of Shadow Warrior.

An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.

Why similar: FPS 43%, Gore 32.4%, Action 10.3%, Shooter 6.5%, First-Person 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its supernatural FPS combat mixes conventional gunplay with visceral close-range tentacle attacks and a stylish, darkly comic presentation.

The HUNT Returns... AGAIN! Play the original Cult Classic '90s FPS remastered in 4K Ultrawide with UNLIMITED frame rates, RESTORED content, NEW episodes, a LEVEL EDITOR, online MULTIPLAYER, LUDICROUS gameplay options and MORE. Make 'em EAT LEAD or they'll bury you in a lunchbox!

Why similar: FPS 44%, Comedy 12.8%, Shooter 10.7%, First-Person 10.5%, Action 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This modernized old-school shooter provides ludicrous weapons, speed, gore, secrets, and a deliberately cartoonish brand of first-person violence.

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 48.3%, Gore 20.2%, Action 10.4%, Shooter 9.3%, Great Soundtrack 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A hyperviolent cyberpunk boomer shooter with a chainsaw leg, rapid mobility, and a manic sense of humor that suits Shadow Warrior's excess.

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: FPS 36%, Gore 33.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.7%, Shooter 5.3%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its ultrafast combat rewards stylish aggression, weapon switching, aerial mobility, and brutal close-range executions against hordes of hellish foes.

Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.

Why similar: FPS 44.9%, Gore 21.3%, Action 10.7%, Shooter 7.1%, First-Person 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a polished single-player FPS campaign with visceral gunplay, memorable set pieces, outrageous alternate-history pulp, and strong momentum.

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: FPS 30.7%, Gore 30.4%, Comedy 9%, Action 8.7%, Shooter 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It retains the series' massive enemy swarms, frenetic movement, ludicrous firepower, gore, and deliberately goofy action-movie spirit.

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 43.9%, Old School 15.2%, First-Person 11.6%, Shooter 11.4%, Action 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This fantasy boomer shooter replaces guns with magical weapons and includes close-range melee options while retaining frantic combat against supernatural enemies.

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: FPS 26.3%, Gore 23.9%, Comedy 16.1%, Action 9.8%, Shooter 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines old-school FPS action, ridiculous weapons, excessive gore, and extremely crude comedy in a way that mirrors Lo Wang's chaotic sensibility.

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 47.7%, Gore 25.8%, Action 7.7%, Shooter 6.9%, Great Soundtrack 4%

Why You'll Like It: A modern retro FPS focused on satisfying movement, secrets, giant guns, and lavish gore-filled battles against alien and demonic threats.

Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!

Why similar: FPS 35.4%, Gore 17%, Comedy 13.4%, Action 11.2%, First-Person 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its colorful monster-blasting campaigns, bizarre humor, and constant high-volume shooting offer a lighter but similarly hectic FPS experience.

Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.

Why similar: Swordplay 45.2%, Hack and Slash 12.3%, Ninja 10.5% ★, Action 10.1%, First-Person 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It trades firearms-heavy combat for precision first-person katana action, parkour mobility, cyberpunk spectacle, and deadly high-speed encounters.

Far Cry® 3: Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter.Welcome to an 80’s vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world.

Why similar: FPS 46.3%, Comedy 18.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%, Action 9.6%, Shooter 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This neon-soaked standalone FPS pairs explosive combat and ridiculous one-liners with knowingly over-the-top action-film parody.

Bright Memory: Infinite is an all-new lightning-fast fusion of the FPS and action genres, created by FYQD-Studio. Combine a wide variety of skills and abilities to unleash dazzling combo attacks.

Why similar: FPS 35.9%, Gore 16.9%, Action 13.5%, Hack and Slash 11.1%, Swordplay 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its compact first-person combat system mixes shooting with sword combos, supernatural powers, cinematic action, and flashy enemy encounters.

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 41.2%, Gore 27.8%, Action 11.2%, Shooter 8%, First-Person 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A more compact, action-dense Wolfenstein campaign featuring brutal guns, grotesque enemies, pulp-horror atmosphere, and fast single-player shooting.

Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.

Why similar: FPS 42.3%, Gore 16.2%, Classic 10.6% ★, Action 7.1%, Shooter 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its influential blend of high-speed movement, grim supernatural environments, heavy weapons, and ferocious monster combat remains a foundational match for the game's retro DNA.

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 53.7%, Old School 13.3%, First-Person 10.6%, Action 10.4%, Shooter 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This sharp retro FPS features fast gunfights, dense secret-filled levels, irreverent one-liners, and a strong late-1990s shooter attitude.

Become a Hired Gun. The money’s good, the dog’s loyal, and the gun’s reliable. Embark on a fast-paced, violent, and thrilling FPS set in the darkest reaches of Warhammer 40,000’s most infamous hive city.

Why similar: FPS 36.6%, Gore 28.3%, Action 12.5%, Shooter 9.4%, First-Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This grimy futuristic FPS combines violent gunplay, melee weapons, vertical movement, and chaotic close-quarters combat in a pulp-heavy world.

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 39.3%, Gore 26.5%, Old School 8%, Demons 7.4%, Action 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its class-based retro FPS campaigns provide magical abilities, gore, quick weapon swapping, and demon-filled combat with a dark fantasy edge.

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 33.8%, FPS 23.6%, Hack and Slash 20.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Action 7%

Why You'll Like It: Although co-op focused, it excels at the same satisfying blend of first-person melee carnage, ranged weapons, gore, and swarms of monstrous enemies.

After the battle is over, someone has to cleanup the mess! Introducing Viscera Cleanup Detail: Shadow Warrior from RuneStorm, a unique crossover mini-game that combines the worlds of Viscera Cleanup Detail and Shadow Warrior.

Why similar: Gore 56%, Comedy 17.8%, First-Person 13.2%, Action 9.5%, Funny 2.7%

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 35.6%, Gore 21.2%, Ninja 9.6% ★, Classic 9.3% ★, Action 7.4%

Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.

Why similar: Comedy 31.3%, Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Action 19.2%, Hack and Slash 18.7%, Adventure 4.9%

Get ready for some seriously stylish action from renowned designer SUDA51. In this exclusive version for PC, players will be slicing, dicing, and shooting as the suave executioner Mondo Zappa. Prepare for the thrill of love and kill in KILLER IS DEAD!

Why similar: Hack and Slash 29.6%, Gore 20.5%, Swordplay 19.3%, Action 17%, Comedy 5.4%

In this retelling of Dante's origin story which is set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC Devil May Cry™ retains the stylish action.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 33.1%, Action 17.9%, Gore 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Demons 11.2%

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 40.7%, Action 13.1%, Gore 11.1%, Classic 8.7% ★, Comedy 7.2%

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!

Why similar: FPS 43.4%, Gore 17.3%, Action 9.5%, Comedy 8.5%, Shooter 5.5%

Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment proudly present the rebirth of the cult-classic first-person shooter, “Rise of the Triad”. Bigger, better and more ludicrous than ever before.

Why similar: FPS 39.7%, Gore 21.2%, Comedy 8.6%, Old School 8.5%, Action 8.2%

6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!

Why similar: FPS 54%, Gore 24.8%, Action 9.4%, Shooter 6.7%, First-Person 4.6%

DOOM: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the DOOM Slayer’s legend. Players will step into the blood-stained boots of the DOOM Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell.

Why similar: FPS 34.4%, Gore 24.2%, Demons 11.5%, Action 10%, First-Person 6.6%

Jotun is a hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology. In Jotun, you play Thora, a Viking warrior who died an inglorious death and must prove herself to the Gods to enter Valhalla. Impress the Gods!

Why similar: Action 35.9%, Great Soundtrack 32.8%, Adventure 21.5%, Singleplayer 5.1%, Atmospheric 4.7%

Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!

Why similar: FPS 38.3%, Gore 16.5%, Action 10.7%, Classic 9.1% ★, Comedy 7.7%

Shadows of the Damned, an action-adventure road trip through hell, has been remastered at last! Get ready for a story about rock, love, and just a little bit of demon slaying.

Why similar: Gore 33.8%, Action 25.9%, Demons 19%, Shooter 12.1%, Adventure 7.3%

The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

Why similar: Action 65.6%, Shooter 23%, Singleplayer 6.2%, Adventure 3.4%, Atmospheric 1.9%

From the dust of a gold mine to the dirt of a saloon, Call of Juarez® Gunslinger is a real homage to the Wild West tales. Live the epic and violent journey of a ruthless bounty hunter on the trail of the West’s most notorious outlaws.

Why similar: FPS 47.6%, Gore 11.9%, Comedy 11.3%, Action 10.9%, Shooter 7.3%

Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles

Why similar: Swordplay 38%, Gore 29.5%, Action 10.1%, First-Person 8.3%, FPS 8.3%

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

Why similar: Gore 31%, FPS 28.6%, Action 8.4%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%, Classic 6.1% ★

Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

Why similar: Gore 57.8%, First-Person 21.5%, Action 10.8%, Adventure 3.6%, Atmospheric 3.3%

Serious Sam Fusion is a central hub for several existing Serious Sam games developed by Croteam. Cool new features, engine upgrades, patches and updates will be released to existing owners for FREE!

Why similar: Gore 29.4%, FPS 29.4%, Action 13.6%, Comedy 7.6%, First-Person 5.4%

SiN: Reloaded is a completely remastered experience of the 1998 shooter. This diamond-in-the-rough, story-driven FPS features memorable characters, horrific enemies, and a devastating arsenal that pushed the Quake II Engine to its limits. Now with remastered graphics and overhauled control schemes.

Why similar: FPS 40.6%, Gore 21.2%, Action 16.7%, Shooter 11%, First-Person 7.1%

Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.

Why similar: FPS 68.5%, Action 12.1%, First-Person 7%, Shooter 5.3%, Great Soundtrack 4.7%

Contains full Rising Storm content as well!

Why similar: FPS 54.8%, Gore 14.3%, First-Person 10.9%, Action 10.4%, Shooter 7.9%

A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

Why similar: First-Person 43.5%, Great Soundtrack 28.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Singleplayer 7.4%

Over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies & a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting. Hard Reset is here to shake up the shooter scene. Try the demo now.

Why similar: FPS 67.2%, Action 14.2%, Shooter 8.2%, First-Person 6.9%, Old School 1.9%

A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.

Why similar: Comedy 46.1%, Action 15.8%, Classic 11.5% ★, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Funny 7.1%

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month February 2002!

Why similar: FPS 35.2%, Gore 19.8%, Action 11.2%, Classic 7.7% ★, Comedy 5.9%

A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.

Why similar: Gore 51.7%, Adventure 21.5%, Action 13.7%, Singleplayer 8.6%, Atmospheric 4.4%

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month!

Why similar: FPS 42.2%, Gore 13.9%, Comedy 11.4%, Action 10.7%, Shooter 6.4%

A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.

Why similar: Ninja 35.2% ★, Gore 31.3%, Action 13.5%, Hack and Slash 10%, Demons 5.1%

Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.

Why similar: Adventure 62.6%, Classic 14.3% ★, Comedy 7.6%, Gore 6.8%, Funny 2.4%