Games Like The Hong Kong Massacre

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Why similar: Violent 27.7%, Gore 19.9%, Top-Down 12.6%, Difficult 11.4%, Top-Down Shooter 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive top-down shooter that defined the genre's focus on fast-paced, violent, and rhythmic combat.

RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Violent 14.6%, Gore 13%, Difficult 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, cyberpunk-themed top-down shooter that demands high-speed reflexes and strategic use of abilities.

Enter an inexplicable, abstract mansion to rescue a loved one in this fast-paced, brutal, and dark roguelite filled with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending slow motion. Face your inner demons and unveil the secrets of the Mansion.

Why similar: Bullet Time 25.9% ★, Blood 22.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Violent 12.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish, bullet-time-heavy top-down shooter that emphasizes fast movement and precision gunplay.

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Violent 25.5%, Difficult 20.7%, Gore 20.1%, Story Rich 14.9%, Action 11%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense, one-hit-kill combat and a heavy emphasis on time-manipulation mechanics that mirror the cinematic flow of the seed game.

My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.

Why similar: Bullet Time 32% ★, Blood 15.2% ★, Violent 14.3%, Gore 12.5%, Shooter 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on acrobatic gunplay and bullet-time mechanics to create cinematic, high-octane action sequences.

Slick, stylish and brutal, 3D Cyberpunk Shooter. Located in a dystopian future, you'll experience the intertwined stories of three different characters, each with their own abilities, playstyles, strengths and weaknesses. Kill or die, learn and repeat before you unveil the secrets of Esse Proxy.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.2%, Bullet Time 18.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%, Violent 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish, high-speed top-down shooter that leans into bullet-hell elements and rapid-fire combat.

A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into “the life” by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.

Why similar: Gore 33.8%, Violent 33.4%, Action 15.9%, Stylized 9.6%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, top-down brawler and shooter that captures the gritty, underworld revenge aesthetic perfectly.

Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Why similar: Difficult 31.5%, Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Violent 13%, Top-Down 11.2%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a tactical, top-down approach to stealth and gunplay that rewards planning and precise execution.

Slay enemies with speed and precision in an over-the-top show of blood and explosions. Play solo or with others, make split-second decisions, dodge bullets, and use weapons and abilities to inflict violence in the most graphic way possible.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Difficult 11.6%, 2.5D 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, top-down shooter that encourages aggressive, high-speed combat with a focus on visceral gore.

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: Bullet Time 26% ★, Blood 22.5% ★, Gore 15%, Violent 14%, Shooter 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: While an FPS, it perfectly captures the John Wick style of slow-motion gunplay and brutal, cinematic combat.

Mr. Fast is a top-down shooting game with a bullet time twist! Enemy's time moves more slowly than yours. You're fast enough and you can kill others with one shot.

Why similar: Bullet Time 25.1% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 18.1%, Blood 16.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%, Violent 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A direct homage to the bullet-time mechanics and top-down perspective that define the seed game.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.

Why similar: Gore 18.2%, Blood 17.8% ★, Violent 16.5%, Difficult 11.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the brutal, high-stakes top-down combat of its predecessor with even more challenging level design.

APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

Why similar: Blood 23.8% ★, Violent 14.8%, Gore 13.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Difficult 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A kinetic, top-down action game that uses a unique visual style and rhythmic violence to create a chaotic, high-energy experience.

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: Bullet Time 27.6% ★, Blood 21% ★, Gore 14.9%, Violent 14.2%, Shooter 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: An FPS that prioritizes cinematic, slow-motion gunplay and environmental interaction, mirroring the Hong Kong action movie aesthetic.

KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.

Why similar: Bullet Time 21.7% ★, Blood 18.1% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Difficult 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, top-down arcade shooter that focuses on intense, reflex-based combat and stylish execution.

Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.

Why similar: Bullet Time 23.3% ★, Blood 19.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 12%, Violent 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that emphasizes bullet-time and cinematic gunplay in a series of intense, short-burst missions.

REDEEMER is a intense Brawler where you will punch, hack and blast your way through enemies using fists, hammers, fire arms and even the environment.

Why similar: Gore 24.5%, Violent 24.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.1%, Top-Down 16%, Action 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines brutal top-down melee combat with intense shooting sequences in a gritty, revenge-driven narrative.

"Kill The Crows" is a fast-paced top-down arena shooter set in the twisted western world. A gunslinger burning with vengeance steps into the ruins of a forsaken town, ready to face death. Prepare for one-shot, one-kill gunfights using classic revolvers and fanning techniques.

Why similar: Bullet Time 31.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.5%, Arcade 8.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, top-down western shooter that emphasizes one-hit-kill mechanics and rapid reflexes.

Drug dealer Butch slays hordes of living dead to save a girl. Garage is a bloody topdown shooter inspired by VHS era B-movies.

Why similar: Blood 17.9% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 14.9%, Gore 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Violent 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, top-down shooter that emphasizes visceral combat and a dark, atmospheric setting.

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 32.2%, Violent 21.4%, Difficult 17.7%, Shooter 11.3%, Action 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An ultra-violent, 2D shooter that focuses on fast-paced, arcade-style carnage and challenging combat.

DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.

Why similar: Blood 29% ★, Difficult 18.2%, Gore 18%, Violent 10.9%, Shooter 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, top-down shooter that requires careful planning and precise execution to survive its punishing, violent encounters.

Time Recoil is a top-down shooter with a slow motion twist! Punch through walls guns blazing while time slows down! See your enemies drop down like flies - and save the world from a mad scientist dictator!

Why similar: Bullet Time 27% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Violent 10.9%, Gore 10.9%, Top-Down 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique time-manipulation mechanic that allows players to slow down the action to execute precise, cinematic kills.

Hit Zero: Chronos is a 2D shooter game. You’re given the power to control time, time moves only when you move! Use your time stopping powers to erase every enemies in the area.

Why similar: Bullet Time 28.6% ★, Blood 26.1% ★, Gore 12.3%, Violent 12.2%, Shooter 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that centers on bullet-time mechanics and fast, violent encounters.

Gungrave G.O.R.E is a stylish third-person action shooter by South-Korean Studio IGGYMOB in which you take on the role of Grave, a gunslinger of resurrection and badass anti-hero of your dreams, mowing down tons of enemies in a gory ballet of bullets.

Why similar: Bullet Time 31.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Gore 17.8%, Violent 14.3%, Action 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane, cinematic shooter that embraces over-the-top action and stylized, violent gunplay.

The Cleaner is a hardcore die 'n' retry inspired by John Wick, Hotline Miami and SuperHot. You control a highly-trained " cleaner " with a unique power. No cliché storyline, no cutscenes, start the game and play.

Why similar: Bullet Time 26.3% ★, Gore 22.3%, Violent 21.3%, Blood 13.2% ★, Shooter 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, violent shooter that focuses on clearing rooms with precision and speed.

SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.9%, Difficult 14%, Shooter 7.5%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, top-down shooter that features deep weapon mechanics and high-stakes combat encounters.

Execute ultra-violent raids in 1970s casino hotels. Take down the Las Vegas mob as a drug super-powered hitman in physics-fueled top-down close combat

Why similar: Bullet Time 25.8% ★, Blood 16.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Violent 12.7%, Gore 10.1%

The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 23.9%, Shooter 12.1%, Violent 11.8%, Gore 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning, top-down shooter that blends intense gunplay with a rich, cyberpunk world.

Chaos Town is a top-down chaotic shooter game where everything is destructible!

Why similar: Bullet Time 17.3% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 13%, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Gore 8.6%, Violent 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action game that provides a classic, arcade-style shooter experience with a focus on fast-paced combat.

Lock and Load! It's time to Kick-Ass. Grab your machine gun, flamethrower, rocket launcher, and grenades. Assault the enemy base and free commandos to join your team while you destroy everything in sight. Make your way through enemy bunkers to rescue your comrades, and kill everyone you encounter!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Gore 13.7%, Violent 12.5%, Shooter 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, arcade-style shooter that emphasizes chaotic, explosive action and cooperative gameplay.

Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Difficult 11.7%, Shooter 7.9%

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: Violent 24.1%, Gore 23.2%, Shooter 22%, Difficult 14%, Action 9.6%

Bloody Streets is a brutal top-down shooter which will challenge you with areas swarmed by undead in a beautifully stylized and hand painted 2D world complemented by high energy rock music. How long can you survive the sea of monsters while pumping round after round of bullets?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.2%, Gore 24.8%, Difficult 19.3%, Action 9.6%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that captures the arcade-style action and violent aesthetic of the genre.

Loplight is a twin-stick shooter taking inspirations from Hermetic lore and old alchemical concepts. Explore the ruins of this world, find out who's responsible, and defeat the monstrous creatures blocking your path.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.8%, Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Shooter 10.2%, Violent 9%, Gore 9%

Sefir: Mafia Story is a reflex and fast thinking based 2D top down shooter game.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Difficult 14.6%, Blood 13.6% ★, Top-Down 11.2%, Shooter 9.9%

Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.

Why similar: Gore 30%, Violent 29.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.6%, Shooter 8.2%, Top-Down Shooter 7.7%

HARD BULLET is a physics-based action game, where enemies flood the neon-lit city bringing destruction to its streets. Use slow-motion, a huge arsenal, and brutal combat to survive and unlock new weapons. Prepare for the next RIDE by mastering your skills in Sandbox and Arena modes.

Why similar: Bullet Time 28.1% ★, Gore 19.2%, Violent 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.5%, Shooter 9.5%

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: Bullet Time 24.4% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Gore 9.7%, Top-Down 8.4%

Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.9%, Bullet Time 21.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Difficult 10.3%

Fast. Bloody. 8-Player Mayhem. Dominate. Taunt. Repeat. Free. No strings attached. Ever.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Bullet Time 18.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Shooter 10.2%

In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.6%, Violent 25.3%, Shooter 20.5%, Arcade 13.5%, Action 8.1%

SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.

Why similar: Bullet Time 59.3% ★, Shooter 10.5%, Difficult 9.5%, Action 7.7%, Violent 4.1%

One-hit kill die-retry murderballet. Left for dead by a colorful band of bandits: you will chain killing sprees to exact revenge on the treacherous Mr. Black Wolf. Improvise your kills with utterly everything you can get your hands on: from carrots to plasma guns.

Why similar: Blood 29.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Violent 13.9%, Gore 13.1%, Difficult 11.3%

Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Gore 11.8%, Top-Down 9.6%

Shoot, blast and slash through hordes of enemies in Rocking Pilot - a twin-stick shooter extravaganza inspired by arcade classics.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Violent 15.2%, Difficult 14.7%, Arcade 9.7%

He had one rule: No killing women or children. When a hitman is double-crossed by his employer, he brings forth a night of carnage and bloodshed.

Why similar: Violent 20.3%, Gore 19.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Top-Down 8%

Inspired by the iconic Call of Duty Zombies experience, Raining Blood Hellfire 1.0 is an intense survival bullet hell where chaos reigns and every round is a brutal battle for life — and absolute power. Kill, upgrade, explore, die, repeat.

Why similar: Blood 23% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Difficult 11.7%, Gore 8.7%

Isometric action shooter with light RPG elements. Brutally kill tons of alien monsters, find over a dozen powerful weapons, skill up your hero & stop the blood thirsty invaders in a classic handcrafted campaign. Never ending waves await you in horde-mode!

Why similar: Gore 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Violent 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%, Shooter 12%

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: Bullet Time 37.3% ★, Violent 15.8%, Gore 14.4%, Shooter 9.7%, 1990's 9.4%

Descend into the grim and gritty world of Purgatory in this cover-based shooter which combines the fluidity of twin-stick controls and tactical cover usage. Dodge behind cover as you try to outgun your enemies in the unknown procedurally generated hunting grounds.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.8%, Top-Down Shooter 25.4%, Difficult 17.8%, Shooter 11.7%, Action 4.8%

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: Gore 33.5%, 1990's 27.6%, Shooter 24.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Action 6.7%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 36.6%, 1990's 21.6%, Shooter 21.5%, Action 9.2%, Atmospheric 7.5%

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: Shooter 27.2%, Gore 27%, Violent 22.7%, Action 10.2%, Stylized 8%

Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Top-Down Shooter 10.1%, Difficult 9.2%, Arcade 9.1%

Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Violent 19%, Gore 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Difficult 7.9%

Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Gore 15.2%, Shooter 10.4%, Top-Down 10.1%

You play as a Saint fighting in a gun-filled pit, defeating as many opponents as you can in a 90 seconds match, the UBERMOSH, an enlightenment ritual of combat.

Why similar: Blood 23.3% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 15.8%, Gore 13.7%, Top-Down Shooter 11.5%, Violent 10.1%

Cloud Cutter brings you classic arcade shoot ‘em up gameplay in top notch graphics. Enjoy intense fast-paced explosive action full of epic destruction, arcade style power-ups, lasers and of course huge multi-stage boss fights.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 9.1%

SharpShooter3D is a first-person subculture shooter in the best old school traditions. Burn! Destroy! Kill! Kill! Kill!

Why similar: Violent 23.2%, Gore 22.1%, Shooter 18.5%, 1990's 18.3%, Story Rich 8.4%

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: Gore 23.9%, Shooter 22.3%, Violent 19%, 1990's 12.6%, Arcade 10.3%