- #1 Cruelty Squad
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,134 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: FPS 38.5%, Shooter 21.1%, Retro 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, First-Person 9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same bizarre, low-fi, and intentionally off-kilter aesthetic that makes Slayers X feel so distinct.
- #2 POSTAL: Brain Damaged
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 10,555 reviews2022
Dev: HyperstrangePub: Running With Scissors
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.8 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: Boomer Shooter 36.3% ★, Shooter 13.1%, FPS 12.9%, Retro 12.1%, Gore 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the irreverent, chaotic, and self-aware humor found in the Slayers X universe.
- #3 DUSK
96% 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 33.9% ★, FPS 14.9%, Retro 14.1%, 1990's 11.7%, Shooter 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in retro-inspired design that captures the dark, fast-paced, and punchy combat of the 90s.
- #4 Prodeus
95% 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 41.8% ★, FPS 18.3%, Retro 16.4%, Shooter 7.4%, Gore 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines modern visual effects with the classic, visceral, and gore-filled gameplay of the original Doom era.
- #5 Ion Fury
94% 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 31.9% ★, FPS 13.8%, Retro 12.1%, 1990's 10.9%, Old School 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Built on the classic Build engine, it offers an authentic 90s experience with high-octane, old-school action.
- #6 ULTRAKILL
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 219,292 reviews2020
Dev: Arsi "Hakita" PatalaPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 43.4% ★, FPS 20.5%, Retro 10.9%, Shooter 8%, Old School 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the pinnacle of modern, fast-paced, and highly stylized boomer-shooter movement and combat.
- #7 Fashion Police Squad
93% matchVery Positive88% of 1,536 reviews2022
Dev: Mopeful GamesPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Even at this moment, our fashionable city is under assault. Baggy pants, dull suits, sightings of socks with sandals. A message needs to be sent, and it needs to be sent in style... Time to serve some good ol' Fashion Justice!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 34.5% ★, FPS 15.4%, Retro 10.8%, Shooter 10.4%, Old School 9%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the silly, lighthearted, and unique gameplay hook that makes Slayers X stand out from more serious shooters.
- #8 Chop Goblins
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,113 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A fast-paced micro FPS in which The Chop Goblins are loose, chopping their way through time itself in their ravenous quest for cheese. And THE CHOP WILL NOT STOP.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 29.2% ★, FPS 13.2%, 1990's 12.8%, Old School 9.7%, Shooter 8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, funny, and chaotic shooter that mirrors the 'passion project' energy of Slayers X.
- #9 HROT
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,277 reviews2023
Dev: Spytihněv
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 26.9% ★, Retro 20%, FPS 18.9%, Shooter 9.4%, Old School 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Perfectly replicates the gritty, low-poly, and atmospheric aesthetic of 1990s Eastern European shooters.
- #10 WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
91% 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: Boomer Shooter 33.9% ★, FPS 14.6%, Retro 13.6%, 1990's 6.8%, Old School 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Uses the original Quake engine technology to provide a dark, gothic, and challenging retro experience.
- #11 AMID EVIL
90% 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 28.9% ★, FPS 13.5%, 1990's 12.2%, Retro 10.9%, Old School 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a fantasy-themed take on the retro shooter that feels just as punchy and satisfying as the classics.
- #12 CULTIC
89% 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 38.7% ★, FPS 14.9%, Old School 10%, Shooter 9.6%, Retro 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features tight, satisfying gunplay and a dark, atmospheric world that feels like a classic 90s cult hit.
- #13 Turbo Overkill
89% 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 38.9% ★, FPS 19.4%, Retro 10.6%, Shooter 10.2%, Violent 5%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers an incredibly fast-paced, cyberpunk-infused shooter experience with over-the-top movement mechanics.
- #14 Project Warlock II
88% 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 32% ★, 1990's 13.5%, Retro 11.6%, FPS 10.5%, Old School 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the classic formula with more verticality, diverse weapons, and a distinct retro-modern hybrid style.
- #15 Selaco
87% matchVery Positive94% of 4,889 reviews2024
Dev: Altered Orbit Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Selaco is a brand new original shooter inspired by classics, featuring thrilling action set pieces, destructibility, smart enemies and a fleshed out story taking place within an immersive game world.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 27.7% ★, FPS 15.3%, Retro 12.2%, Shooter 10.6%, Old School 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished, tactical-leaning boomer-shooter that emphasizes environmental destruction and smart AI.
- #16 Dread Templar
86% matchVery Positive82% of 1,687 reviews2023
Dev: T19 GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 32.4% ★, 1990's 13%, FPS 11.9%, Retro 11%, Shooter 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced shooter that blends classic arena combat with modern skill-based movement and bullet-time mechanics.
- #17 Nightmare Reaper
86% 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 36.5% ★, FPS 14.5%, Retro 13%, 1990's 9.1%, Shooter 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Mixes classic shooter gameplay with looter-shooter progression and roguelite elements for endless replayability.
- #18 INCISION
85% 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 27.4% ★, 1990's 15.6%, FPS 11.5%, Retro 11.2%, Old School 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, visceral shooter that focuses on challenging combat and a dark, industrial aesthetic.
- #19 Blood: Refreshed Supply™
84% matchMixed66% of 608 reviews2025
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 35.3% ★, FPS 15.4%, 1990's 13.7%, Shooter 11.2%, Retro 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A definitive version of a classic 90s shooter that defined the dark, violent tone of the era.
- #20 Maximum Action
84% 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: FPS 17.9%, Retro 16%, 1990's 13.5%, Shooter 11.4%, Old School 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the cinematic, John Woo-inspired gunplay that makes every encounter feel like an action movie.
- #21 Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
83% 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: Boomer Shooter 22.9% ★, FPS 21.2%, 1990's 17.3%, Retro 12.1%, Shooter 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: The spiritual ancestor to the humor and level design philosophy found in Slayers X.
- #22 Anger Foot
81% matchVery Positive93% of 3,775 reviews2024
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 33.6% ★, FPS 18.3%, Shooter 10.7%, Violent 8%, Gore 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A high-energy, fast-paced, and humorous shooter that prioritizes pure arcade-style fun.
- #23 PowerSlave Exhumed
82% 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: FPS 23.9%, Shooter 16.7%, Boomer Shooter 15.7% ★, Old School 12.3%, First-Person 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of first-person shooting and Metroidvania-style exploration that feels distinctively retro.
- #24 Supplice
81% matchVery Positive86% of 540 reviews2023
Dev: MekworxPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 35.5% ★, FPS 14.7%, 1990's 13.6%, Retro 13.2%, Shooter 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A Doom-inspired shooter that captures the classic 'run-and-gun' feel with high-quality level design.
- #25 STRAFE: Gold Edition
82% 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: Boomer Shooter 23% ★, FPS 15.1%, Retro 13.5%, 1990's 12.7%, Shooter 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite shooter that leans heavily into the 90s aesthetic with procedural levels and intense gore.
- #26 COVEN
79% matchVery Positive93% of 268 reviews2024
Dev: Gator ShinsPub: Hellforge Studios
Windows · Linux
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 33.1% ★, FPS 14.7%, Old School 10.8%, Shooter 9.5%, Gore 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, gothic, and gore-filled shooter that emphasizes atmosphere and classic arena-style combat.
- #27 Viscerafest
79% matchVery Positive85% of 687 reviews2025
Dev: Acid Man GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 38.2% ★, FPS 14.9%, Retro 14.7%, Shooter 13.4%, Old School 9%
Why You'll Like It: An aggressive, fast-paced shooter that focuses on pure, unadulterated carnage and movement-based combat.
- #28 Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
78% 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 42.8% ★, FPS 18.5%, Shooter 12.4%, Retro 8.1%, Old School 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A faithful recreation of a classic 90s shooter known for its over-the-top weapons and chaotic arena action.
- #29 Hellbound
80% 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: Boomer Shooter 21.3% ★, FPS 13.2%, 1990's 11.9%, Retro 10.5%, Shooter 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A pure, no-nonsense action shooter that aims to replicate the raw intensity of 90s classics.
- #30 BRUTAL JOHN 2
77% matchVery Positive95% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: OldSchool Laws Team
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 30.3% ★, FPS 13.4%, Retro 13%, Old School 9.7%, Shooter 9.1%
- #31 Hedon Bloodrite
78% 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 32.6% ★, FPS 18.4%, Retro 17%, Shooter 12.8%, Old School 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply retro, high-quality boomer-shooter that captures the exploration-heavy design of 90s classics.
- #32 The Citadel
76% matchVery Positive93% of 2,744 reviews2020
Dev: doekuramori
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The Citadel is a brutal first person shooter, and a love letter to classic games such as Marathon, Doom and Wolfenstein 3d. Descend into the depths of a dark citadel, and fight through 6 Episodes and 30 levels of action packed with 6 challenging bosses. Go forth, Martyr.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 17.7% ★, FPS 17.2%, Retro 14.4%, 1990's 10.4%, Old School 10.2%
- #33 Serious Survivors
75% matchVery Positive88% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Entropy Surfers
Windows
The most EXPLOSIVE roguelike boomer shooter. Fully packed with serious action, wicked humor, and good old bloody fun. Blast hordes of bastards, stack insane perks, and unlock new stuff. Survive…or get shredded trying!.. And try again.
Why similar: Shooter 20.6%, Old School 16.6%, Retro 16.2%, 1990's 13.9%, First-Person 7.8%
- #34 Wizordum
74% matchVery Positive93% of 758 reviews2025
Dev: Emberheart GamesPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Wizordum is a retro FPS that puts you in the role of a Mage on a quest to track down the source of Chaos. With a wide arsenal of spells and magic items, battle your way through the world of Terrabruma in this unique blend of classic 90s shooters and modern gaming elements.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 37.9% ★, FPS 17.8%, Shooter 11.6%, Old School 8.3%, Retro 7.6%
- #35 The Apogee Throwback Pack
77% 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: Boomer Shooter 20.7% ★, 1990's 14.1%, FPS 13.6%, Retro 12.8%, Shooter 9.6%
- #36 SharpShooter3D
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,192 reviews2023
Dev: HeadHunters games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
SharpShooter3D is a first-person subculture shooter in the best old school traditions. Burn! Destroy! Kill! Kill! Kill!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 24.8% ★, 1990's 14.2%, FPS 12.2%, Retro 9.8%, Shooter 8.3%
- #37 Quake
75% 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: FPS 25.6%, Boomer Shooter 17.1% ★, 1990's 15.6%, Shooter 10.8%, Retro 8.4%
- #38 DOOM 64
73% 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: Boomer Shooter 20.4% ★, 1990's 18.5%, FPS 17.3%, Retro 12.8%, Shooter 7.8%
- #39 Eradicator
76% matchVery Positive84% of 110 reviews2014
Dev: Accolade, IncPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Explode into action!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 25.2% ★, FPS 21.3%, 1990's 15.7%, Violent 13.9%, Retro 11.4%
- #40 Darkenstein 3D
70% matchVery Positive91% of 1,310 reviews2025
Dev: RowyePub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A retro shooter inspired by classics like Wolfenstein and Doom. Think of it as a tribute, a love letter to the games that defined a generation, with a few modern touches of my own. It’s tough, fast, and demands skill, just the way those old-school shooters did.
Why similar: FPS 26.5%, Boomer Shooter 24% ★, Shooter 15.5%, Retro 12.4%, Violent 6.3%
- #41 DOOM + DOOM II
72% 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: Boomer Shooter 20.4% ★, FPS 19.7%, 1990's 16.6%, Retro 11.2%, Old School 7.7%
- #42 MULLET MADJACK
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,893 reviews2024
Dev: HAMMER95Pub: Epopeia Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 37.9% ★, FPS 18.4%, 1990's 11.6%, Shooter 11%, Retro 10.2%
- #43 REKKR: Sunken Land
72% matchVery Positive90% of 119 reviews2021
Dev: Mockingbird Softworks
Windows
A retro FPS set in a faux norse-celtic fantasy world in the midst of a war with the dead. Grab an axe, get revenge.
Why similar: FPS 24.5%, Boomer Shooter 19.5% ★, Retro 19.2%, Shooter 13.3%, First-Person 6.7%
- #44 Dino Trauma
71% matchVery Positive91% of 388 reviews2023
Dev: Phobia Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 27% ★, 1990's 16.4%, FPS 13.4%, Retro 12.5%, Shooter 7.4%
- #45 PO'ed: Definitive Edition
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
PO’ed is an adrenaline-pumping space shooter that features gameplay elements inspired by generational powerhouses DOOM and QUAKE. Play as a chef who crashlands on an alien planet infested with extraterrestrial foes. Using a menu of “household” weapons, PO’ed puts your wits and reflexes to the test.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 38.4% ★, 1990's 19.5%, FPS 9.6%, Shooter 8.7%, First-Person 6.1%
- #46 Rise of the Triad: Dark War
73% matchVery Positive84% of 139 reviews2014
Dev: Apogee SoftwarePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 21%
You are part of an elite group of operatives called HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce), and you must stop a maniac cult leader from killing millions of people. You are equipped with high-tech weaponry and magical instruments that defy description to invade the monastery and stop the madness.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 24% ★, 1990's 14.2%, FPS 12.2%, Retro 9.7%, Shooter 8.7%
- #47 Blood II: The Chosen + Expansion
74% 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: FPS 26.5%, Shooter 19%, 1990's 17.6%, Gore 10.4%, Violent 9.9%
- #48 Anomalous
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Byron Dunwoody
Windows
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 22.9%, Boomer Shooter 17.5% ★, Shooter 14.4%, Retro 10%, Old School 9.6%
- #49 Zortch
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,332 reviews2023
Dev: Mutantleg
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Meet Zortch Maxinum: short order cook, amateur engineer and professional slacker; Bored and tired of her day job she decides to go on a holiday but alas she picks a cheap option: turns out it's a scheme by aliens who capture humans to eat their brains! also this game is a sci-fi horror comedy fps
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 36% ★, FPS 23.5%, Shooter 12.1%, Retro 8.7%, First-Person 4.8%
- #50 Rise of the Triad
71% 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: FPS 26.5%, Boomer Shooter 25.7% ★, Old School 12.9%, Shooter 9.4%, Gore 8.6%
- #51 Only Lead Can Stop Them
68% matchVery Positive81% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Warcry InteractivePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Boot up your 486 and launch olcst.exe for this retro fps from an alternate 1990's. Descend into the madness of the Spanish Civil War fighting vicious fascist forces and supernatural monsters. Conquer three action packed episodes wielding machine guns, rifles, flamethrowers and explosives.
Why similar: FPS 22.8%, Retro 15.9%, Boomer Shooter 14.9% ★, Shooter 13.4%, Old School 9.9%
- #52 Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
66% matchVery Positive90% of 17,222 reviews2023
Dev: Auroch DigitalPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 42.3% ★, FPS 14.6%, Retro 10.9%, Shooter 7.3%, 1990's 7.2%
- #53 DEAD TRASH
67% matchVery Positive86% of 340 reviews2025
Dev: Crowhill StudiosPub: DOSMan Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 40.4% ★, FPS 16.6%, Shooter 11%, Retro 8.1%, Old School 7%
- #54 BLOODKILL
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: SLAM AWAY GAMES
Windows
BRUTAL First Person Shooter focused on action, gore, and exploration. Fueled by adrenaline-pumping trap-metal soundtrack.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 32.6% ★, FPS 14.7%, Old School 11%, Shooter 9.2%, Gore 7.4%
- #55 Perilous Warp
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 373 reviews2020
Dev: Crystice Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: FPS 15.4%, Boomer Shooter 15.1% ★, Gore 12.2%, Violent 12.2%, Retro 11.1%
- #56 Desecrators
66% matchVery Positive97% of 373 reviews2025
Dev: WoodhoundPub: Perp Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Desecrators is a retro FPS inspired by '90s six-degrees-of-freedom shooters. Plunder your way through the galaxy to destructive weapons and technology powerful enough to take on the ultimate heist: The legendary vaults of the Galactic Treasury.
Why similar: Boomer Shooter 28.6% ★, 1990's 17%, Retro 12.8%, Old School 10.7%, Shooter 10.3%
- #57 Limitless Hunger
69% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2021
Dev: Void Ink
Windows
Limitless Hunger is a high-adrenaline retro FPS single-player experience.
Why similar: FPS 29.5%, Shooter 17.3%, Retro 11%, Old School 9%, First-Person 6.9%
- #58 Monument
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 900 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: Boomer Shooter 32.5% ★, FPS 14.9%, 1990's 14.3%, Shooter 10.8%, Retro 10.5%
- #59 Chasm: The Rift
67% matchVery Positive84% of 448 reviews2022
Dev: Action FormsPub: SNEG
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 16% ★, FPS 15.2%, Retro 13.5%, 1990's 13.3%, Old School 9.9%
- #60 Bloodshed
65% matchVery Positive85% of 1,673 reviews2025
Dev: com8com1 SoftwarePub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 33.7% ★, 1990's 18.9%, FPS 16%, Old School 11.7%, Shooter 10.8%