- #1 SiN Episodes: Emergence
97% matchVery Positive90% of 1,421 reviews2006
Dev: Ritual EntertainmentPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
You are John Blade, commander of HardCorps, an elite security force dedicated to protecting the people of Freeport City. Four years have passed since your first battle with Elexis Sinclaire, a beautiful, brilliant, and ruthless scientist who is out to remake humanity according to her own twisted vision.
Why similar: Action 48.4%, FPS 23.2%, Classic 10.9% ★, Cyberpunk 7.7%, Shooter 6%
Why You'll Like It: This is the direct episodic continuation of the SiN universe, maintaining the same narrative style and character-driven action.
- #2 Ion Fury
96% matchVery Positive93% of 6,682 reviews2019
Dev: Voidpoint, LLCPub: 3D Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Boomer Shooter 27.4% ★, FPS 16.8%, Action 16.2%, Violent 9.5%, Shooter 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A modern masterpiece built on the Build engine that perfectly replicates the fast-paced, retro-shooter feel of the 90s.
- #3 Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
96% matchVery Positive84% of 6,283 reviews2016
Dev: Nerve Software, Gearbox Software, LLCPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
Why similar: FPS 20.3%, Classic 19.1% ★, Action 18.2%, Boomer Shooter 15.5% ★, 1990's 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Like SiN, this title features highly interactive environments and the quintessential 90s shooter personality.
- #4 Quake
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,287 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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: Classic 22.2% ★, FPS 21.7%, Action 18.4%, Boomer Shooter 10.2% ★, Shooter 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for 90s FPS gameplay, providing the foundational fast-paced movement and arena-style combat that influenced SiN.
- #5 DUSK
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 24,919 reviews2018
Dev: David SzymanskiPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 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: Boomer Shooter 28.1% ★, FPS 17.4%, Action 13.6%, Classic 10.5% ★, Shooter 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A premier modern boomer shooter that captures the dark, atmospheric, and fast-paced combat found in 90s classics.
- #6 Kingpin: Reloaded
93% matchMostly Negative37% of 378 reviews2023
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Kingpin: Reloaded is an enhanced re-release of the classic tale of revenge. Take control of a street gang and order your recruits to attack, defend or even do a little safe-cracking to pick up some needed cash.
Why similar: Action 30.8%, FPS 20.4%, Violent 17.7%, Shooter 11.8%, Multiplayer 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same gritty, urban, and edgy aesthetic that defined the late 90s FPS genre.
- #7 Prodeus
91% matchVery Positive92% of 8,026 reviews2022
Dev: Bounding Box Software Inc.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 33.8% ★, FPS 20.9%, Action 17.3%, Violent 8.1%, Shooter 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A modern take on classic shooter mechanics that delivers the visceral, gore-filled combat fans of SiN will appreciate.
- #8 Turbo Overkill
91% matchVery Positive94% of 7,157 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 27.4% ★, Action 20.9%, FPS 19.3%, Shooter 8.3%, Violent 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A modern high-octane shooter that blends cyberpunk themes with the intense, over-the-top combat found in classic shooters.
- #9 Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
92% matchVery Positive90% of 3,592 reviews2013
Dev: General ArcadePub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 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: FPS 22.6%, Action 22.4%, Classic 21.8% ★, Boomer Shooter 9.9% ★, Shooter 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive 90s shooter experience that matches the high-octane, action-heavy gameplay of SiN.
- #10 System Shock: Enhanced Edition
90% matchVery Positive89% of 2,306 reviews2015
Dev: Looking Glass StudiosPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Re-discover what made System Shock the first of it's kind, a ground breaking immersive sim that would inspire a generation of games to come....
Why similar: Cult Classic 30.3% ★, Classic 16.5% ★, Action 14.2%, FPS 10.6%, Cyberpunk 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the same immersive-sim and sci-fi elements that made the world of SiN feel so interactive and deep.
- #11 DOOM 64
88% matchVery Positive93% of 8,422 reviews2020
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Play the enhanced version of the original game released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Years have passed since you stopped Hell’s invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now.
Why similar: Cult Classic 23.5% ★, Action 18.7%, Classic 12.1% ★, FPS 11.6%, Boomer Shooter 9.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: A dark and moody classic that focuses on the core tenets of 90s level design and fast-paced combat.
- #12 Painkiller: Black Edition
89% matchVery Positive89% of 2,251 reviews2007
Dev: People Can FlyPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Painkiller Black Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villains.
Why similar: Action 24%, Cult Classic 17.3% ★, FPS 16%, Classic 14.2% ★, Shooter 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A high-octane arcade shooter that focuses on intense combat encounters and satisfying weapon feedback.
- #13 CULTIC
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,238 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 32.5% ★, Action 20.1%, FPS 17.6%, Shooter 9.3%, Violent 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric and gritty retro-style shooter that emphasizes tactical movement and satisfying gunplay.
- #14 Half-Life
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 159,245 reviews1998
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 43.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
Why similar: Action 21.7%, FPS 20.4%, Classic 18.8% ★, 1990's 9.7%, Shooter 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: As the primary competitor to SiN during its original release, it shares the same narrative-driven, sci-fi FPS DNA.
- #15 Blood II: The Chosen + Expansion
89% matchMixed47% of 687 reviews2014
Dev: Monolith ProductionsPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Includes original Blood II: The Chosen and add-on package The Nightmare LevelsAn immersive atmosphere full of dark humor and exciting actionFour playable characters and wide variety of weapons
Why similar: Action 39.8%, FPS 15.8%, Classic 11.7% ★, Shooter 9.3%, Violent 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A direct contemporary of SiN that shares its dark, supernatural, and action-oriented design.
- #16 AMID EVIL
86% matchVery Positive93% of 7,565 reviews2019
Dev: IndefatigablePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Boomer Shooter 27.7% ★, Action 23.5%, FPS 18.2%, Shooter 10.6%, 1990's 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced retro shooter that focuses on fluid movement and powerful weaponry, much like the classics of the 90s.
- #17 Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
84% matchVery Positive93% of 717 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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: Boomer Shooter 33.4% ★, Action 20.5%, FPS 20.4%, Shooter 11.1%, First-Person 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, arcade-style shooter that embraces the chaotic, over-the-top nature of 90s FPS games.
- #18 Strife: Veteran Edition
85% matchVery Positive89% of 655 reviews2014
Dev: Rogue EntertainmentPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hailed as the original FPS-RPG game that spawned countless imitators, Strife: Veteran Edition is a love letter to the classic from 1996.
Why similar: Action 28.6%, Classic 20.1% ★, FPS 19.4%, Boomer Shooter 14.9% ★, 1990's 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of RPG elements and classic FPS gameplay that mirrors the ambition of 90s shooters like SiN.
- #19 Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000
84% matchVery Positive87% of 2,755 reviews2010
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Aliens Versus Predator Classic 2000 features the Colonial Marine, Alien and Predator Campaigns and the frenetic single-player Skirmish mode from the original title: Alien Versus Predator Gold Edition, which was released to massive acclaim in 2000.
Why similar: Action 26.5%, Classic 23.2% ★, FPS 22.4%, Shooter 7.2%, Horror 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic FPS that excels at building tension and delivering the same violent, sci-fi horror atmosphere found in SiN.
- #20 Heretic + Hexen
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,741 reviews2025
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.
Why similar: Action 33.8%, Boomer Shooter 26.1% ★, FPS 14.2%, Shooter 7.9%, 1990's 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: These classic titles share the same engine-based design philosophy and intricate level layouts as SiN.
- #21 Quake II
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,960 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
Why similar: Action 21.5%, FPS 20.7%, Classic 18.8% ★, Boomer Shooter 15.8% ★, Shooter 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational sci-fi shooter that shares the same aesthetic and gameplay loop as the original SiN.
- #22 Nightmare Reaper
81% matchVery Positive94% of 3,713 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 30.8% ★, FPS 17.2%, Action 14%, Violent 11.5%, Shooter 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired shooter that mixes classic gameplay with modern looter-shooter elements for endless replayability.
- #23 Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
82% matchVery Positive91% of 913 reviews2010
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
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: Action 27.2%, Cult Classic 26.9% ★, FPS 21.3%, Classic 9.1% ★, Shooter 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the massive scale and overwhelming enemy counts that defined the more chaotic side of 90s shooters.
- #24 Hellbound
81% matchMixed64% of 1,496 reviews2020
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Action 34.9%, Boomer Shooter 16% ★, FPS 14.1%, Violent 13%, Shooter 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tribute to 90s shooters that focuses purely on fast movement and brutal, satisfying combat.
- #25 Hedon Bloodrite
79% matchVery Positive91% of 1,933 reviews2019
Dev: Zan_HedonDev
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 27.3% ★, Action 25.7%, FPS 21.7%, Shooter 12.3%, First-Person 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric retro shooter that emphasizes exploration and environmental storytelling in a dark, gritty world.
- #26 STRAFE: Gold Edition
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,439 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel TitansPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
STRAFE® is the worlds bloodiest roguelike first-person shooter! Featuring mind melting secrets and persistent gore that allows you to paint levels red with the excessive entrails of your enemies. 30+ weapons, 20+ enemies, & a red hot soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 28.4%, Boomer Shooter 17% ★, FPS 15.8%, Violent 12%, Shooter 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite shooter that pays homage to the 90s aesthetic while introducing modern procedural generation.
- #27 DOOM + DOOM II
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 27,748 reviews2007
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Why similar: Classic 21.6% ★, FPS 19.5%, Action 16.2%, Boomer Shooter 14.3% ★, 1990's 7.4%
- #28 WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,895 reviews2024
Dev: KillPixel GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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: Action 27.9%, Boomer Shooter 25.1% ★, FPS 15.3%, Violent 8.9%, Shooter 4.4%
- #29 DOOM
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 216,610 reviews2016
Dev: id SoftwarePub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Action 29.5%, FPS 26.3%, Shooter 11%, Classic 10.2% ★, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #30 Painkiller Overdose
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,170 reviews2007
Dev: Mindware StudiosPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The critically-acclaimed and award-winning FPS franchise is back! Packed with tons of fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled single player and multiplayer action, Painkiller Overdose brings with it 6 innovative new demonic weapons, mind-bending physics, lightning-player maps, over 40 demented and sickly-twisted monsters from Hell and gigantic end...
Why similar: Action 47.4%, FPS 21.3%, Violent 11.4%, Shooter 7.3%, Horror 4.7%
- #31 Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)
76% matchVery Positive93% of 5,400 reviews
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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: Action 40.3%, FPS 17.4%, Violent 13.4%, Classic 6.3% ★, Multiplayer 6.1%
- #32 Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,307 reviews2019
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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: Action 33.6%, FPS 23.9%, Classic 22.8% ★, Shooter 7.2%, Multiplayer 4.5%
- #33 Rise of the Triad
77% matchMixed66% of 2,530 reviews2013
Dev: Interceptor EntertainmentPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Action 27%, FPS 26.1%, Boomer Shooter 18% ★, Violent 8.8%, Shooter 7.6%
- #34 Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,390 reviews2006
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is a recreation of the first multiplayer game set in the Half-Life universe. Features all the classic weapons and most-played maps, now running on the Source engine.
Why similar: Action 44%, FPS 21.3%, Classic 11% ★, Multiplayer 8.3%, Shooter 7.8%
- #35 Project Warlock II
70% matchVery Positive81% of 1,284 reviews2025
Dev: Buckshot SoftwarePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Adrenaline-pumping gore retro funhouse that’s full of guns, magic, demons, vertical arenas, 3D visuals, 2D sprites, and heavy metal music. Inspired by FPS classics like Quake and Doom 64, Project Warlock II is the explosive boomer shooter sequel you were too shy to ask for.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 31.9% ★, Action 22%, FPS 14.7%, Shooter 10.6%, 1990's 8.6%
- #36 PowerSlave Exhumed
72% matchVery Positive89% of 893 reviews2022
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
PowerSlave Exhumed is a KEX Engine port of the classic console game perfectly blending both the PlayStation & Saturn versions
Why similar: Action 34.3%, FPS 24.2%, Shooter 13.8%, Boomer Shooter 11.2% ★, First-Person 8.4%
- #37 F.E.A.R.
73% matchVery Positive94% of 18,784 reviews2010
Dev: Monolith Productions, Inc.Pub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
Why similar: FPS 29%, Action 28.3%, Classic 16% ★, Horror 13.7%, Shooter 7.3%
- #38 Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,361 reviews2023
Dev: Big Z Studios Inc.Pub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
So.... got what it takes to be a X Slayer?!?... 7 weapons, blood and gore, twisted music by Seepage & Psyko Syndikate, and maps where you can blow up everything. its awesome. started making it in 1998 in high school with my friend and now im 37, so i have life experience now.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 21.8% ★, Action 19.8%, FPS 17.5%, 1990's 11.2%, Shooter 10.7%
- #39 Painkiller Hell & Damnation
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,298 reviews2012
Dev: The Farm 51Pub: Prime Matter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Action 48.6%, FPS 23.9%, Classic 7.3% ★, Shooter 6.2%, Horror 6%
- #40 Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,962 reviews2019
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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: Action 34.9%, FPS 21.6%, Classic 19.3% ★, Shooter 6.7%, Boomer Shooter 4.5% ★
- #41 Hellbound: Survival Mode
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,923 reviews2019
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 17%
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: Action 33.6%, FPS 19.7%, Violent 14.4%, Multiplayer 9.2%, Shooter 8.2%
- #42 Serious Sam 4
69% matchVery Positive83% of 17,240 reviews2020
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Action 32%, FPS 22.4%, Violent 12.8%, Shooter 10.2%, Classic 9.3% ★
- #43 The Apogee Throwback Pack
71% matchVery Positive90% of 346 reviews2013
Dev: Apogee SoftwarePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
The Apogee Throwback Pack is a collection of four classic Apogee Software titles all in one kick ass package. Blast your way across the galaxy as British Special Agent Blake Stone in "Aliens of Gold" and "Planet Strike", then take on an ancient evil menace as the H.U.N.T in "Rise of the Triad".
Why similar: Action 24%, Boomer Shooter 17.8% ★, FPS 16.6%, Violent 12.6%, Shooter 9.5%
- #44 Impaler Gold
67% matchVery Positive92% of 575 reviews2022
Dev: ApptivusPub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Impaler Gold is a fast-paced minimalistic arena shooter - now expanded and improved. Summon spikes to slay monsters, build barriers, and propel yourself into the air. Challenge yourself in this highly replayable rogue-lite shooter inspired by the classics.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 28.7% ★, Action 24.6%, FPS 18.5%, 1990's 11.6%, Shooter 10%
- #45 Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,427 reviews2017
Dev: Croteam VRPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Serious Sam is back! And this time it's REAL!
Why similar: Action 47%, Violent 17.2%, Boomer Shooter 13.7% ★, FPS 11.8%, Shooter 8.8%
- #46 Quake II RTX
68% matchVery Positive87% of 4,732 reviews2019
Dev: Lightspeed Studios™Pub: NVIDIA
Windows · Linux
Quake II RTX is a cutting-edge, ray-traced reimagining of id software’s old school classic, by NVIDIA’s Lightspeed Studios. Global lighting effects, including realistic reflections, refraction, shadows, ambient occlusion and global illumination are a result of the path-traced simulation of light.
Why similar: Action 46.2%, FPS 16.5%, Violent 12.9%, Classic 7.4% ★, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #47 Black Mesa
65% matchVery Positive95% of 141,170 reviews2020
Dev: Crowbar Collective
Windows · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Relive Half-Life.
Why similar: Action 28.6%, FPS 24.1%, Classic 17.4% ★, Shooter 9.6%, First-Person 7.4%
- #48 Painkiller
65% matchMixed55% of 875 reviews2025
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The classic Painkiller series is back! Battle through Purgatory in fast-paced co-op action, wielding infernal weapons against relentless demonic hordes. Condemned for your sins, the Voice of the Creator offers you a chance at redemption. Will you seize it or be lost to darkness?
Why similar: Action 25.3%, FPS 17.5%, Boomer Shooter 14.8% ★, Shooter 11.8%, Violent 10.8%
- #49 INCISION
63% matchVery Positive87% of 1,005 reviews2025
Dev: SmoothBrainDevPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
All old-school FPS action. No Bullshit. Lots of blood & gore. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth in this ultraviolent, fast-paced, and merciless retro-styled first person shooter.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 29.4% ★, FPS 17.4%, Action 15.4%, 1990's 10.7%, Shooter 9.7%
- #50 Maximum Action
67% matchVery Positive90% of 3,834 reviews2018
Dev: George MandellPub: Balloon Moose Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Action 30.4%, FPS 20.6%, Violent 17.5%, Shooter 10.6%, First-Person 7.1%
- #51 WAIFU HELL
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 912 reviews2020
Dev: Konnichiwa Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Old school classics with the new twist.
Why similar: Action 67%, Violent 14.7%, FPS 10.1%, Horror 3%, First-Person 2.9%
- #52 Deathmatch Classic
69% matchVery Positive83% of 3,258 reviews2001
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 49.4 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Enjoy fast-paced multiplayer gaming with Deathmatch Classic (a.k.a. DMC). Valve's tribute to the work of id software, DMC invites players to grab their rocket launchers and put their reflexes to the test in a collection of futuristic settings.
Why similar: Action 65.8%, FPS 11.4%, Classic 10.2% ★, Shooter 4.6%, Multiplayer 4%