- #1 GTFO
97% matchVery Positive84% of 65,714 reviews2021
Dev: 10 Chambers
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
Why similar: Co-op 20.3%, FPS 19.6%, Horror 15.8%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Gore 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore cooperative tactical horror shooter that perfectly mirrors the claustrophobic, high-stakes atmosphere of the seed game.
- #2 Aliens: Fireteam Elite
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 26,611 reviews2021
Dev: Cold Iron Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
Why similar: Aliens 25.5%, Co-op 22%, Horror 13.4%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the exact thematic essence of fighting swarms of extraterrestrial threats in tight, industrial corridors.
- #3 RIPOUT
96% matchMixed61% of 1,205 reviews2024
Dev: Pet Project GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Ripout is an online Co-Op horror FPS that will have players fight their way through procedurally generated derelict ships filled with mutants capable of reconfiguring their alien bodies. Survive with your trusty Pet Gun companion, collect loot, and customize your character to fit your playstyle.
Why similar: FPS 21.6%, Aliens 21.3%, Horror 16.3%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op horror FPS that features procedurally generated ships and terrifying, mutating alien enemies.
- #4 Starship Troopers: Extermination
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 33,040 reviews2024
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Starship Troopers: Extermination is a 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!
Why similar: Aliens 24%, FPS 18.8%, Co-op 18.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Space 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers large-scale cooperative combat against overwhelming alien hordes in a gritty, sci-fi setting.
- #5 Deep Rock Galactic
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 375,989 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Ship GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 76.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
Why similar: Co-op 22.9%, FPS 17.1%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Procedural Generation 13%, Horror 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features procedural generation, intense cooperative combat, and a strong sci-fi setting that rewards teamwork and resource management.
- #6 Barotrauma
93% matchVery Positive94% of 86,224 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Co-op 31.6%, Horror 16.1%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Gore 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tense, claustrophobic submarine simulator that relies on cooperative survival in a hostile, procedurally generated environment.
- #7 CRYPTARK
94% matchVery Positive82% of 1,927 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.8%, Action 8.6%, Space 6.7%, Procedural Generation 6.6%, Sci-fi 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging roguelike that tasks players with boarding and clearing procedurally generated alien spacecraft.
- #8 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 132,455 reviews2022
Dev: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 24.4 hrsMean: 102.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.
Why similar: Co-op 21.4%, FPS 20.5%, Horror 15.1%, Gore 15%, Violent 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers visceral, high-intensity cooperative combat in cramped, atmospheric environments that feel remarkably similar to the seed game.
- #9 Selaco
91% matchVery Positive94% of 4,975 reviews2024
Dev: Altered Orbit Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: FPS 37.3%, Gore 20.9%, Sci-fi 14.3%, First-Person 10.1%, Action 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, high-intensity FPS that features incredibly smart AI and a focus on environmental destruction and tension.
- #10 Left 4 Dead 2
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,034,422 reviews2009
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 98.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Why similar: Co-op 27.8%, FPS 23.6%, Horror 10.1%, Gore 8.1%, Multiplayer 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential cooperative horde shooter that defined the genre of surviving against overwhelming odds with friends.
- #11 UNLOVED
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,129 reviews2016
Dev: BlueEagle ProductionsPub: Paul Schneider
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Based on the community award-winning Doom2 mod with the same name by the same creator, UNLOVED is reimagined in the Unreal Engine 4 to bring forth the unspeakable terror in new ways. Play coop with your friends, increase your skills, mod your weapons and face the horror that this unearthly place holds...
Why similar: Gore 19%, FPS 18.3%, Co-op 16.5%, Horror 15.7%, Survival Horror 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op horror shooter that focuses on dark, atmospheric levels and brutal combat encounters.
- #12 Killing Floor 2
89% matchVery Positive88% of 128,795 reviews2016
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 85.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
Why similar: Co-op 18.1%, FPS 18%, Gore 16.5%, Horror 13.4%, Survival Horror 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A wave-based cooperative shooter that emphasizes intense, visceral combat and survival against mutated horrors.
- #13 Nightmare Reaper
89% matchVery Positive94% of 3,745 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 15.7 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: FPS 37%, Violent 17.6%, Horror 15.4%, Roguelite 9.9%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired roguelite FPS that blends intense combat with procedural level design and weapon variety.
- #14 Roboquest
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 23,988 reviews2023
Dev: RyseUp Studios
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Roboquest is a fast FPS Roguelite in a scorched futureworld. You're a rebooted Guardian, ready to kick some metal ass! Fight with your buddy or by yourself and annihilate hordes of deadly bots in ever-changing environments.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.6%, FPS 22.3%, Co-op 16.7%, Roguelite 5.9%, Sci-fi 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, roguelite FPS that emphasizes movement and arcade-style combat in a sci-fi setting.
- #15 Prodeus
86% matchVery Positive92% of 8,092 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: FPS 41.6%, Gore 18.9%, Violent 11.3%, Action 7.2%, Shooter 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A modern boomer-shooter that captures the fast-paced, arcade-style intensity found in the seed game.
- #16 Nuclear Nightmare
86% matchVery Positive81% of 18,198 reviews2024
Dev: BG Productions
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
Why similar: Co-op 21.3%, Horror 18.7%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Aliens 16%, Sci-fi 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative survival-horror shooter that emphasizes teamwork against waves of enemies.
- #17 Earthfall
88% matchMixed65% of 2,293 reviews2018
Dev: Holospark
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
NOW AVAILABLE! When the Earth falls to an extra-terrestrial invasion, humanity becomes an endangered species. Earthfall is a four-player cooperative shooter that challenges players to survive hordes of ruthless alien drones and their inscrutable masters.
Why similar: Aliens 19.7%, Co-op 19.6%, FPS 19.3%, Gore 8%, Action 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative FPS that pits players against waves of alien invaders in a desperate fight for survival.
- #18 Void Bastards
85% matchVery Positive86% of 5,393 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Manchu
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27%, FPS 17.9%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Roguelike 7.1%, Space 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic, procedurally generated FPS that tasks you with scavenging derelict spaceships while managing limited resources.
- #19 Trepang2
82% matchVery Positive93% of 18,088 reviews2023
Dev: Trepang StudiosPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
Why similar: FPS 24%, Horror 18.4%, Gore 18.1%, Violent 13.6%, Shooter 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-octane, claustrophobic combat encounters that require quick reflexes and tactical positioning.
- #20 MOTHERGUNSHIP
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,603 reviews2018
Dev: Terrible Posture Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
MOTHERGUNSHIP is a bullet-hell FPS where you craft your own guns, fight gigantic bosses, and defeat a robotic alien armada that conquered Earth. Face off against overwhelming odds in brutal, non-stop combats where thinking on your feet is the only way to survive.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26%, FPS 16.6%, Co-op 14.4%, Procedural Generation 12%, Roguelike 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A bullet-hell roguelite FPS that features intense, chaotic combat and massive weapon customization.
- #21 Monstrum
84% matchVery Positive91% of 3,704 reviews2015
Dev: Team JunkfishPub: Junkfish Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 37.5%, Horror 23.9%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Procedural Generation 5.2%, Roguelike 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that features a procedurally generated ship and a persistent, terrifying threat.
- #22 Unsafe Express
83% matchMixed56% of 285 reviews2024
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Unsafe Express is a cooperative first-person survival horror game for 1-4 players. Navigate through space stations, collect materials and outlast your enemies! Choose your objective based on complexity levels, then cast your vote. Gather items, exterminate hostiles, fulfill missions and repeat!
Why similar: Aliens 18.7%, Co-op 15.9%, FPS 12.1%, Horror 12%, Survival Horror 11%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative, first-person survival-horror game that focuses on scavenging and escaping hostile environments.
- #23 Deadzone: Rogue
79% matchVery Positive83% of 15,360 reviews2025
Dev: Prophecy Games
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.3%, FPS 22%, Horror 13.4%, Roguelike 9.7%, Sci-fi 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite FPS that focuses on cooperative PVE combat in dangerous, procedurally generated zones.
- #24 Amnesia: The Bunker
80% matchVery Positive93% of 11,778 reviews2023
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
Why similar: FPS 29.6%, Horror 26.5%, Survival Horror 25%, First-Person 10%, Action 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: While less combat-focused, it excels at creating a claustrophobic, high-tension environment where every resource counts.
- #25 CRUEL
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,740 reviews2025
Dev: James Dornan
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements
Why similar: FPS 17.5%, Procedural Generation 16.2%, Gore 13.8%, Roguelike 10.6%, Horror 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A procedurally generated boomer-shooter that focuses on fast-paced, first-person action.
- #26 Jump Space
77% matchVery Positive86% of 10,811 reviews2025
Dev: Keepsake Games
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Jump Space (formerly Jump Ship) is a mission based co-op PvE for 1-4 players, where you are the crew of a spaceship. Transition seamlessly from crewing the ship to on-foot exploration and space walks. Explore, upgrade, and survive intense encounters in deep space together.
Why similar: Co-op 24.1%, FPS 18.7%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Space 9.5%, Sci-fi 8%
- #27 Species: Unknown
76% matchVery Positive95% of 7,827 reviews2025
Dev: WanadevStudio
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an abandoned ship while being hunted by an unknown creature. Survive and upgrade your gear to face each new threat that lurks in the dark.
Why similar: Aliens 25.1%, Horror 17.9%, FPS 15%, Survival Horror 12.6%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #28 Receiver 2
79% matchVery Positive91% of 3,015 reviews2020
Dev: Wolfire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Receiver 2 simulates every internal part of each firearm based on manufacturer schematics and gunsmithing resources. Learn exactly how each sidearm works, including how to load and unload them, clear malfunctions, and operate their safety features.
Why similar: FPS 41.4%, First-Person 10.9%, Horror 10.2%, Action 8.9%, Shooter 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A highly tactical, high-tension shooter that emphasizes mechanical detail and survival in a hostile environment.
- #29 Interstellar Marines
81% matchMixed54% of 7,874 reviews2013
Dev: Zero Point Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
UPDATE 28 AVAILABLE - Interstellar Marines is an immersive tactical sci-fi First Person Simulator in the making, offering a unique blend of tactical gameplay, dynamic environments and non-scripted AI. Play Singleplayer or Co-op/PvP on servers around the world.
Why similar: FPS 25.6%, Co-op 23.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Horror 9.3%, Action 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, sci-fi FPS that emphasizes realism and cooperative play in dangerous environments.
- #30 CDF Ghostship
82% matchMixed41% of 105 reviews2015
Dev: MadAboutGamesStudios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CDF Ghostship is a science-fiction Old-style shooter featuring an open-world spaceship, space station and colony. Each new game will offer a challenge with random story-lines and narrative, random enemies and multiple endings. Can you escape the Ghostship?
Why similar: FPS 19.2%, Aliens 13.6%, Horror 13.5%, Gore 12.7%, Survival Horror 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror FPS that focuses on exploring abandoned, dangerous spacecraft.
- #31 Syndrome
81% matchMixed64% of 363 reviews2016
Dev: Camel 101
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
Why similar: FPS 23.6%, Horror 18.9%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Gore 8.4%, Sci-fi 8%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror game that traps players on a derelict ship filled with terrifying, mutated threats.
- #32 Cosmodread
78% matchVery Positive91% of 417 reviews2021
Dev: White Door Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18%, Horror 16.2%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Gore 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A VR survival-horror game that captures the feeling of being hunted in a claustrophobic, procedurally generated spaceship.
- #33 Moros Protocol
74% matchVery Positive81% of 780 reviews2025
Dev: Pixel ReignPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Face the darkness in Moros Protocol, a pixel-painted sci-fi FPS roguelite. Survive the nightmare alone or with allies as you navigate the decaying warship, stalked by horrors and guided by a voice you don’t recognize. Adapt, upgrade, and push forward. You may be outnumbered, but not outmatched.
Why similar: FPS 21.1%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, Horror 14.2%, Co-op 13.9%, Space 7.8%
- #34 Super Mutant Alien Assault
77% matchVery Positive86% of 175 reviews2016
Dev: CybernatePub: Surprise Attack
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Citizen Kane of Super Crate Box clones - dance with death through randomised rooms to clear your space freighter of irradiated aliens in a brutal arcade platformer shooter stuffed to the brim with unlockable weapons, explosives, special abilities and defense moves.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.6%, Local Co-Op 15.5%, Aliens 14.5%, Action 8.8%, Space 5.8%
- #35 AFTERBLAST
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 235 reviews2025
Dev: Lumino Games
Windows
AFTERBLAST is a challenging FPS roguelite. Play SOLO or in CO-OP (1-4 players). Get stronger each run. Obtain powerful abilities, weapons and find a way to save your planet. Stand up against the Gods and defeat hordes of monsters in intense bullet-hell combat!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.4%, FPS 20.2%, Co-op 18.3%, Roguelike 7%, Roguelite 5.9%
- #36 It Has My Face
71% matchVery Positive91% of 656 reviews2026
Dev: NightByte GamesPub: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
IT HAS YOUR FACE. Now it wants your life. Hide, seek, and try to kill your clone in this deceptively simple first-person horror roguelite.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.8%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, FPS 11.7%, Horror 10.7%, Gore 10.4%
- #37 Catacomb Kids
75% matchVery Positive87% of 628 reviews2015
Dev: FourbitFriday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 55.4%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Roguelite 9.4%, Local Co-Op 9.3%, Action 7.4%
- #38 The Pit: Infinity
76% matchMixed65% of 293 reviews2019
Dev: Kerberos Productions
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter a legendary alien facility dug deep into the Feldspar Mountains... a massive Pit, built by the ancient Suul'ka. Enter The Pit again for the first time, in this unique Roguelike / FPS hybrid!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.9%, Action 15.3%, Indie 10%, Gore 9.1%, Violent 8.4%
- #39 STRAFE: Gold Edition
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,442 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel TitansPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 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 Roguelike 23.4%, FPS 16.5%, Gore 12.5%, Violent 9%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #40 PERISH
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 556 reviews2023
Dev: ITEM42Pub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
PERISH is a stylish 1-4 player FPS with a cross to bear. Slay hordes of creatures on the black sands of Purgatory and sell their gold-stained corpses to craven priests. Kill magnificent bosses and use the proceeds to gain entrance to Elysium, a place of cosmic revelations.
Why similar: Gore 20.2%, FPS 17.7%, Violent 15.3%, Co-op 8.3%, Action 7.8%
- #41 Black Future '88
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 745 reviews2019
Dev: SUPERSCARYSNAKESPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 49.9%, Co-op 19.5%, Local Co-Op 11.6%, Action 10.2%, Roguelite 7.8%
- #42 Outer Terror
72% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Salt & Pixel LLCPub: VoxPop Games, Inc.
Windows
DON’T DIE as you assemble a ridiculous arsenal of weapons and desperately hold out against massive hordes of creatures pulled from a variety of classic horror genres reminiscent of 80s and 90s Golden Age comics and B-movies in this stylish action-packed arcade roguelite.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 59.2%, Co-op 21.7%, Action 11.9%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #43 ROSE
70% matchVery Positive87% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: Zakroutil
Windows
ROSE is a violent rogue-lite arena shooter where you sacrifice your body parts to progress and gain new weapons and abilities. Slaughter waves of monstrous enemies and defeat titanic bosses in randomized arenas or die trying!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.3%, FPS 18.9%, Horror 12.4%, Gore 11.7%, Violent 9.1%
- #44 Scavenger SV-4
71% matchVery Positive91% of 595 reviews2018
Dev: Deric RuhlPub: HoroArch
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.
Why similar: Horror 23.9%, Procedural Generation 16.3%, Space 15.8%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Action 8.8%
- #45 Rift Loopers
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Monster Tooth Studios
Windows
Survive the horrors of the multiverse, alone or with your comrades, as you battle against an onslaught of insectoid like creatures. Combine abilities in different ways each loop to overcome and return safely to your universe.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 32%, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Co-op 14.6%, Aliens 10.9%, Roguelike 7.2%
- #46 RICO
72% matchMixed65% of 541 reviews2019
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Rising Star Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Two cops, one case and only 24 hours to bust the bad guys! Become a loose cannon police detective and face off with criminal gangs in this procedurally-generated action movie FPS. Join forces with a friend and take down those crooks, buddy-cop style!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.5%, Action 15.3%, FPS 12.8%, Violent 11%, Indie 10%
- #47 Terrorbytes
67% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: TreetopPub: Over The Moon
Windows
Collect pellets to power the safe room and survive. Solve the mystery of how you were sucked into this haunted arcade machine, and escape.
Why similar: Horror 43.9%, Co-op 38.7%, First-Person 17.4%
- #48 CTHON
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: Gravity Games
Windows
Embark - if you dare - upon a desperate battle against the unknown horrors of the beyond; featuring roguelike elements, including procedural generation and permanent death, CTHON seamlessly blends visceral combat with strategic character building.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 57.4%, FPS 20.7%, Action 11.4%, Shooter 6.2%, First-Person 4.3%
- #49 COLLAPSED
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 183 reviews2019
Dev: Glaive Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Collapsed is a post-apocalyptic roguelike action-platformer. Hunt your prey through vast procedurally-generated levels filled with tough enemies, useful loot and experience points. Fight alone or with a friend – either way, it won’t be easy!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.2%, Co-op 16%, Violent 10.4%, Roguelite 9%, Procedural Generation 6.6%
- #50 Phantasmal: Survival Horror Roguelike
71% matchMixed44% of 365 reviews2016
Dev: Eyemobi Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Experience Terror that is Never the Same Twice with Phantasmal, a Lovecraftian survival horror that evolves every time you play!
Why similar: Horror 41.3%, Survival Horror 19.8%, FPS 16.7%, Multiplayer 12%, Indie 5.6%
- #51 Paranautical Activity: Deluxe Atonement Edition
69% matchMixed68% of 1,408 reviews2014
Dev: Digerati DistributionPub: Digerati
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Paranautical Activity combines the classic FPS action of games like Doom and Quake, with the randomness and difficulty of modern roguelikes like Binding of Isaac and Spelunky.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.9%, FPS 25.3%, Roguelike 10.9%, Action 5.8%, Indie 5%
- #52 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 392,863 reviews2014
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 43.8 hrsMean: 184.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.4%, Roguelike 11.3%, Local Co-Op 9.5%, Co-op 7.2%, Gore 6.9%
- #53 Project Silverfish
63% matchVery Positive94% of 2,953 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: FPS 30.5%, Horror 20.6%, Survival Horror 17.8%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Shooter 6.6%
- #54 Face The Abyss
68% matchMostly Negative38% of 373 reviews2024
Dev: Team KGD
Windows
The experiment has failed. The facility that was supposed to control the monster has stopped working, and now your only hope is to escape the facility before the monster hunts you down.
Why similar: Horror 20.7%, Co-op 19.9%, Survival Horror 15.7%, Aliens 12.1%, Multiplayer 9%
- #55 Disfigure
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,390 reviews2023
Dev: Cold Brew Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 56.5%, Horror 13.2%, Roguelike 13%, Roguelite 8.6%, Shooter 4.6%
- #56 CRYO
63% matchVery Positive90% of 442 reviews2025
Dev: Valko Game Studios
Windows
CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...
Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.4%, Horror 20.3%, Co-op 10.1%, Survival Horror 8.3%, First-Person 8.2%
- #57 NO BACKUP
64% matchMostly Positive71% of 577 reviews2026
Dev: Serundeox
Windows
Escape together or die alone. In this intense co-op bodycam horror game, you and your team are hunted by a relentless creature. Communicate, stay quiet, and fight to survive. Every move counts. Every sound could be your last.
Why similar: Horror 24.4%, FPS 23.7%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Co-op 11.3%, Multiplayer 6.5%
- #58 Chased by Darkness
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 412 reviews2021
Dev: South Blue Moon
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chased by Darkness is a 1-4 players co-op survival horror. Your mission is to face supernatural entities and banish them to the spiritual plane. Explore, fight enemies and don't let the darkness reach you.
Why similar: Co-op 20.5%, Horror 19.5%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Gore 11.9%, FPS 7.3%
- #59 Macabre
65% matchMixed64% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Weforge Studio
Windows
A 1-4 player co-op horror game where you must outsmart a monster that adapts to your every move. Enter a volatile Rift with shifting maps and objectives, scavenge rare resources, and extract together… or betray your friends for the lion’s share of the loot.
Why similar: Co-op 26.9%, Aliens 20.3%, Horror 17.1%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Sci-fi 9.8%