- #1 Nightmare Reaper
97% matchVery Positive93% of 3,785 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 27.1%, Violent 14.8%, Surreal 14.5%, Shooter 13%, 1990's 9.2%
- #2 Animalistic
96% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Keaton ApplebaumPub: Applebomb Games
Windows
Animalistic is a fast-paced, ultraviolent, and stylish indie FPS game where you brutally clear room after room of creepy humanoid animals. Featuring a story-mode and endless wave mode!
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.7%, FPS 18.7%, Surreal 17.1%, Shooter 10.1%, PvE 7.2%
- #3 Post Void
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,372 reviews2020
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
Why similar: Psychedelic 22.3%, FPS 18.5%, Surreal 16%, Shooter 9.7%, Violent 9.2%
- #4 FLESHCANCER
94% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: Empires of the CakePub: NoQuarter
Windows
FLESHCANCER is a Fast-paced Boomer Shooter with surreal environments and old-school violence. Fight cannibal cultists, terrorists, grotesque aberrations and more. MAKE IT RAIN FLESH, ORGANS, AND BLOOD LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.2%, Surreal 22.5%, Dark 12.4%, FPS 11.9%, Shooter 11.7%
- #5 DIMENSIONAL SLAUGHTER
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2022
Dev: Bashir "ManliestDev" KashaloPub: ManliestDev
Windows
Kill to heal, and never stop moving in this retro-styled ADHD-fueled frantic fast-paced rogue-lite movement shooter. A short, yet intense multi-dimensional speedrun FPS experience for people with tiny attention spans. Do you have what it takes to subvert your infinite demise?
Why similar: FPS 31.4%, Gore 19.2%, Shooter 16.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Colorful 7.7%
- #6 UBERSLAUGHTER
94% matchVery Positive89% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: BillyBobCletus
Windows
DOPAMINE - NON STOP KILLING - BLOOD - BUNNY HOPPING - HIGH SKILL CEILING - MORE BLOOD - NO HAND HOLDING - STOCK TRADING - EVEN MORE BLOOD - ODDLY SENSUAL
Why similar: Surreal 19.6%, Psychedelic 18.5%, FPS 17.9%, Dark Humor 16.6%, Shooter 10.7%
- #7 Painted In Blood
93% matchVery Positive86% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: MadCraftPub: Perp Games
Windows
Trapped in the haunting realm of an artist's twisted nightmare, engage in intense combat with grotesque enemies and monsters, experience unpredictable horror events that unfold dynamically, seamlessly blends classic retro FPS elements with modern elements.
Why similar: Surreal 28.5%, FPS 24.2%, Shooter 15.6%, First-Person 10.5%, Gore 9.7%
- #8 CARNAGE OFFERING
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 219 reviews2022
Dev: FuturtechPub: Nova's Army
Windows
A fast-paced sci-fi FPS where you battle waves of robots and genetically engineered creatures. Upgrade your arsenal, unleash explosive physics, and survive relentless combat.
Why similar: FPS 21.7%, Dark Humor 15.2%, Shooter 13.9%, Gore 12%, Violent 11.9%
- #9 HYPER DEMON
91% matchVery Positive94% of 3,355 reviews2022
Dev: Sorath
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
HYPER DEMON is an FPS like no other. a pearl of lightning. a dream from the future. a drop of poison. a swan song. The faster you slay demons, the harder the game and the higher your score. There is an end. Will it see you?
Why similar: FPS 30.3%, Psychedelic 25.1%, Surreal 18.1%, Shooter 12.1%, Action 4.7%
- #10 INCISION
90% matchVery Positive86% of 1,121 reviews2025
Dev: SmoothBrainDevPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Ultraviolent, fast-paced, merciless retro FPS action. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes, and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth.
Why similar: FPS 23%, Surreal 17.8%, 1990's 16.7%, Shooter 13.9%, Gore 10.6%
- #11 RussianPunk 2007
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 233 reviews2021
Dev: RedTower
Windows
A surreal first-person shooter filled with dark humor, chaotic gunfights, bizarre bosses, and a twisted version of 2007 Russia that gets stranger with every chapter.
Why similar: Violent 19.7%, Gore 19%, FPS 16.7%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 8%
- #12 FISHGUN
89% matchVery Positive96% of 424 reviews2023
Dev: FISHGUNNERS
Windows
FISHGUN is a chaotic fish-person shooter where you feed your sentient gun random upgrades to defeat hordes of evil fruit.
Why similar: FPS 23.3%, Surreal 20.8%, Shooter 13.6%, Psychedelic 12.4%, Action 6.3%
- #13 Saint of Chains
86% matchVery Positive86% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: FPS 22.2%, Surreal 18.9%, Psychological 14%, Dark 12.7%, Shooter 11.3%
- #14 Workaholic
88% matchVery Positive88% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Workaholic STEAM TEAMPub: Danvik FHS
Windows
Workaholic is a frantic rouge-lite FPS where you go on a rampage through a hellish office space as your grasp on reality crumbles.
Why similar: Psychedelic 26.4%, FPS 22.9%, Dark Humor 11.8%, Violent 8.7%, Gore 7%
- #15 FREAKHUNTER
86% matchVery Positive95% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: goop lord
Windows
A dungeon-crawler-rail-shooter-action hybrid for sickos. Blast FREAKS into pieces with juicy non-traditional FPS gameplay!
Why similar: FPS 25.3%, Surreal 20.6%, Shooter 14.8%, Psychedelic 13.7%, First-Person 8.7%
- #16 Inner Chains
89% matchMixed48% of 607 reviews2017
Dev: Telepaths TreePub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An FPS horror game set in a surreal, dark and deadly biomechanical world never seen before. Humankind is just a small part of a hostile universe. Want to survive? Discover its secrets.
Why similar: FPS 22.5%, Surreal 21.1%, Psychedelic 13.3%, Dark 13.2%, Shooter 12.5%
- #17 Bloody Glimpse
87% matchMixed52% of 260 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Bloody Glimpse will take you on a immersive journey through bloody and dark world, the one that you always dreamed of.
Why similar: FPS 24.9%, Shooter 15.9%, Violent 15.4%, Gore 13.5%, First-Person 10.4%
- #18 illWill
84% matchVery Positive91% of 319 reviews2023
Dev: Slava Bushuev
Windows
Eliminate hordes of monsters in a thrilling first person shooter - ILLWILL.
Why similar: Psychedelic 20.9%, FPS 17.9%, Surreal 14.9%, Shooter 11.1%, 1990's 11%
- #19 HARD TAPES
85% matchMixed53% of 73 reviews2021
Dev: Free Goos GamesPub: Frederick Marecos
Windows
First person shooter Psychological horror, which is about sick thought experiments that will be seen thanks to some videotapes and demonstrate what dark is the world now.
Why similar: FPS 22.5%, Surreal 16.6%, Shooter 13.5%, Psychological 12.3%, First-Person 8%
- #20 SPRAWL
82% matchVery Positive87% of 2,760 reviews2023
Dev: MAETHPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
SPRAWL is a hardcore retro FPS set in an endless cyberpunk megalopolis. Escape the walled city and take on the militarized government of the sprawl. Fueled by the blood of your enemies and a mysterious voice in your head, make your way towards the spire to topple whatever lays within.
Why similar: FPS 34%, Shooter 21.5%, First-Person 13.8%, Combat 13.4%, 3D 7.4%
- #21 Pigsaw
82% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Christopher Yabsley
Windows
Escape the nightmarish human abattoir in this blood-soaked Horror FPS.
Why similar: FPS 27.7%, Shooter 16.2%, Violent 14.9%, Gore 13.7%, First-Person 10.5%
- #22 Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
83% matchVery Positive90% of 2,438 reviews2014
Dev: DreamworldsPub: Untold Tales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You like top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against zombies and monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments? Fight your way through an apocalyptic city in the single player story mode, and test your skills in the survival mode.
Why similar: Gore 36.8%, Shooter 25.1%, Action 21.1%, Indie 11.7%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #23 Putrefaction
84% matchMixed69% of 494 reviews2015
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
Why similar: FPS 34.1%, Gore 15.5%, Shooter 12.5%, Action 9.7%, Violent 8.3%
- #24 Forgive Me Father
81% matchVery Positive84% of 6,031 reviews2022
Dev: Byte BarrelPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?
Why similar: FPS 29.1%, Psychedelic 14.6%, Shooter 14.5%, Violent 9.2%, Gore 9%
- #25 Picayune Dreams
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,605 reviews2023
Dev: StepfordPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Picayune Dreams is a roguelike blend of bullet heaven horde survival, and bullet hell gameplay. Adrift across the endless void, you must fend off thousands of nightmarish and otherwordly creatures. Uncover a mysterious and surreal story. And don't forget. You mu [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED...]
Why similar: Psychedelic 43.6%, Surreal 31.5%, Colorful 15.2%, Action 6.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #26 ART IS RIFLE
80% matchVery Positive80% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Arman Pakan
Windows
A Surreal Puzzle Shooter Adventure Fueled By Madness!
Why similar: Surreal 26.8%, Psychedelic 23.5%, Psychological 21.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Colorful 8%
- #27 Break the Web
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: Uiop Xever
Windows
Break the Web is a 3D first-person shooter game made in an unusual surreal style of 90s shooters with brightly acid graphics and dynamic battles with enemies.
Why similar: Surreal 33%, FPS 26.2%, Action 25.5%, Indie 15.3%
- #28 Shrine II
78% matchVery Positive92% of 863 reviews2020
Dev: Scumhead
Windows · Linux
Shrine II is a retro FPS game with a focus on atmosphere and exploration. Explore a nightmarish world and battle great bosses where the surprises never end...
Why similar: FPS 29.6%, Shooter 17%, Violent 11.7%, Gore 10.3%, First-Person 8.7%
- #29 Bloodshed
76% matchVery Positive84% of 1,910 reviews2025
Dev: com8com1 SoftwarePub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: FPS 28.6%, 1990's 18.1%, Shooter 17.2%, Dark 15.5%, First-Person 11.7%
- #30 STRAFE: Gold Edition
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,455 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: FPS 23.6%, Shooter 15.9%, Violent 14.8%, Gore 14.2%, 1990's 10.7%
- #31 Psychopathy Assessment
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Why similar: Violent 30.9%, Gore 26.4%, Psychedelic 19.3%, First-Person 7%, Action 6.6%
- #32 LUCKROT
75% matchVery Positive92% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: OptiCube
Windows
Roguelike shooter set in a dystopian, livestreamed gameshow. Obliterate waves of deformed freaks, earn donations from your sadistic audience and gamble your earnings for upgrades. Your life is a Performance. Your Death is Content.
Why similar: Surreal 23.5%, FPS 22.9%, Shooter 12.3%, Dark 9.2%, First-Person 8%
- #33 Viscerafest
75% matchVery Positive85% of 708 reviews2025
Dev: Acid Man GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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: FPS 37.7%, Shooter 30.2%, First-Person 20%, Action 8.2%, Singleplayer 4%
- #34 Limitless Hunger
78% matchVery Positive86% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Void Ink
Windows
Limitless Hunger is a high-adrenaline retro FPS single-player experience.
Why similar: FPS 29.6%, Shooter 15.5%, PvE 10.7%, First-Person 9%, Violent 8.4%
- #35 CULTIC
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,626 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.6 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: FPS 29.9%, Shooter 17.2%, Gore 9.5%, First-Person 9.5%, Violent 9.1%
- #36 Wall of insanity
77% matchVery Positive82% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: VenomizedArt
Windows
Wall of insanity is a single player campaign third-person shooter, with a large arsenal of weapons, crowds of various enemies and difficult locations, concealing many secrets.
Why similar: Surreal 20.2%, Shooter 17.8%, Dark 11.6%, Action 10.4%, Violent 9.9%
- #37 L.S.D.: Prologue to Lasting Spiritual Derangement
76% matchVery Positive80% of 271 reviews2021
Dev: Fabiulous Games
Windows · Mac
L.S.D. is a first person experience set during a hallucinogen trip.In the prologue of this dream-like, surreal experience, you will explore mysterious open worlds, find weapons and fight against dangerous enemies.Will you be able to break the loop and get back to reality?
Why similar: Psychedelic 24.1%, Surreal 23.6%, Psychological 23.1%, Shooter 9.4%, Colorful 8.2%
- #38 COVEN
73% matchVery Positive93% of 280 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: FPS 27%, Gore 15.4%, Shooter 15.4%, Violent 13.5%, First-Person 9.2%
- #39 Absolute Insanity
73% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: Chris Danelon
Windows
Kill strange creatures with crazy weapons. The more you kill the more unlocks you gain, don't let them get close to you.
Why similar: Surreal 26.6%, Shooter 23.8%, FPS 13.6%, First-Person 13.5%, Combat 12.2%
- #40 Cruelty Squad
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,836 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: Surreal 25.9%, Psychedelic 21.7%, FPS 20.4%, Dark Humor 13.4%, Shooter 10.1%
- #41 CARNAL
74% matchVery Positive89% of 341 reviews2021
Dev: JG RoosPub: Tendokore
Windows
CARNAL is a fast and challenging retro FPS straight from the mid '90s. The Sons of Anak are opening portals to extract Dark Matter from the "other side". Combat the possessed soldiers, the manifested demons helping them, and any inanimate objects standing in your way!
Why similar: FPS 25.5%, 1990's 16.2%, Shooter 11.1%, Violent 8.1%, First-Person 8%
- #42 Superliminal
71% matchVery Positive95% of 33,950 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: Surreal 26%, Psychological 24.2%, Psychedelic 19.8%, Dark Humor 12.5%, First-Person 10.1%
- #43 This Strange Realm Of Mine
74% matchVery Positive83% of 671 reviews2017
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
This Strange Realm Of Mine is a First Person Shooter mixed with poetry and psychological horror. Graphic style is 3D mixed with pixel art.
Why similar: FPS 26.3%, Violent 14.3%, Shooter 13.1%, Gore 12.7%, Dark 11.3%
- #44 Black Light Kills
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Fatih Atacan PRODUCTIONS
Windows
Welcome to the darkness of the town; here, you walk a fine line between reality and dreams, questioning your sanity. Black Light Kills takes you deep into Aiden’s mind, where nightmares begin as reality fades.
Why similar: Surreal 29.6%, Psychological 23%, Dark 13.7%, First-Person 12%, Violent 10.5%
- #45 Golden Light
70% matchVery Positive85% of 4,002 reviews2022
Dev: Mr. Pink
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Eat weapons, be scared and question your own mind in this Survival-Horror FPS Prop Hunt Roguelike about meat. Walls are watching you!
Why similar: Psychedelic 21.5%, Surreal 20.4%, FPS 18.3%, Shooter 12.2%, First-Person 8.2%
- #46 GUTTED: Infested Crypts
68% matchVery Positive84% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: SLAM AWAY GAMES
Windows
Descend into infested crypts beneath a cursed cemetery in this visceral action-horror FPS. Fight through rotting horrors with heavy gunplay, brutal dismemberment, and only a dying flashlight between you and the darkness.
Why similar: FPS 23.6%, Gore 14.5%, Dark 14.5%, Shooter 11.5%, Violent 10.3%
- #47 Mango
70% matchVery Positive90% of 134 reviews2021
Dev: Sad Mask PartyPub: NILWARE
Windows · Mac · Linux
A surrealist indie first-person adventure game based on art and derealization. Explore the idea of a mind losing its grasp with reality, as reality turns into a dream, and that dream turns into a nightmare.
Why similar: Surreal 22.6%, Psychedelic 20.7%, Psychological 19.2%, Dark Humor 16.1%, First-Person 7.5%
- #48 Devil Daggers
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,464 reviews2016
Dev: Sorath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.
Why similar: FPS 48%, Shooter 17%, First-Person 10.8%, Action 7.3%, Gore 5.3%
- #49 Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk FPS
68% matchVery Positive91% of 232 reviews2023
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk FPS is a brutal, funny, bloody FPS game with an advanced gore system. Featuring 15 beautiful levels, a variety of weapons and a deeply engaging story that follows the journey of a young man and his friend tackling on a criminal underground to give his AI wife a real body.
Why similar: FPS 30.7%, Shooter 18.4%, First-Person 12.1%, Dark 11.3%, Colorful 10.1%
- #50 Gunbot Diplomacy
67% matchVery Positive86% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Splatter slimes, massacre mutants, and assemble your perfect Gunbot! Survive hordes of enemies in this top-down shooter roguelite by customizing your weapons on the unique upgrade grid, and pick from a wide variety of build-defining modules and wacky base bots for a new experience every run.
Why similar: Action 51.7%, Indie 26.1%, Singleplayer 22.1%
- #51 Anomalous
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 177 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 35.1%, Shooter 19.7%, Violent 10.2%, Gore 9.2%, Action 8.7%
- #52 Angel at Dusk
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,729 reviews2024
Dev: AkiragoyaPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Overwhelmingly bizarre beauty. Shoot, dodge, and destroy! A shmup where an apocalyptic world awakens to primal desires!
Why similar: Psychedelic 37.8%, Shooter 22.2%, 1990's 17.4%, Dark 14.4%, Action 8.1%
- #53 Devilated
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 255 reviews2024
Dev: TrunkaPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Devilated is an ultraviolent RPG old-school shooter where you brutalize and cannibalize your demonic foes in equal measure. Eat their face before they eat yours.
Why similar: FPS 25.2%, Dark Humor 23%, Shooter 15.2%, Gore 13.2%, Dark 11.3%
- #54 ULTRAKILL
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 241,591 reviews2020
Dev: Arsi "Hakita" PatalaPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 33.3 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: FPS 39%, Gore 24.5%, Shooter 13.9%, First-Person 9.1%, Colorful 7%
- #55 BUTCHER
69% matchVery Positive86% of 1,408 reviews2016
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
Why similar: Gore 29%, Violent 21.1%, Shooter 17.8%, Dark 13.4%, Action 11.4%
- #56 SUFFER
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: Shawn PerolisPub: Anarchy Softworks LLC
Windows
SUFFER is a brutally difficult retro-styled first person shooter! Become the Spirit of Anarchy and take on the police state in this horror-punk twist on classic PC gaming.
Why similar: FPS 23.9%, Violent 22.7%, Gore 19.4%, Shooter 13%, First-Person 8.9%
- #57 I Am Your Beast
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,548 reviews2024
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Hunt the military-industrial complex across stylish comic book micro-sandboxes in this fast-paced covert revenge thriller FPS from the developers of El Paso, Elsewhere.
Why similar: FPS 23%, Gore 22.1%, Violent 13.2%, Shooter 12.1%, First-Person 8.4%
- #58 DREAMWILD
67% matchVery Positive88% of 364 reviews2022
Dev: Fading Club
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
DREAMWILD is a fast paced, Arcade-Styled FPS set in a multitude of unique and bizarre psychedelic worlds! Slice through the endless horde with your accursed sword, discover the secrets that the DreamWilds have to offer, and get to the bottom of the dark plague spreading through all Mindspace!
Why similar: Psychedelic 26.8%, FPS 22.2%, Surreal 20.2%, Shooter 14.4%, Combat 6.7%
- #59 Dementium II HD
72% matchMixed50% of 1,282 reviews2013
Dev: Memetic GamesPub: Missing Link Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...
Why similar: FPS 46.8%, Action 24%, First-Person 17.1%, Indie 12.1%
- #60 WTF AM I PLAYING?!
65% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Meka Games
Windows
Why play this? You could read, run, or stare at a wall. But if you do, expect fast and unpredictable retro FPS action.
Why similar: FPS 28%, Psychedelic 18.9%, Dark Humor 17.5%, Shooter 11.4%, First-Person 6.6%