
Is Mr. Venturi just a subject of study, or is he something else? Violent Selection is a bloody top-down shooter where you may find this out by surviving a series of challenging levels from the T.R.A.U.M.A. Unnatural Selection Case Study #9.
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Is Mr. Venturi just a subject of study, or is he something else? Violent Selection is a bloody top-down shooter where you may find this out by surviving a series of challenging levels from the T.R.A.U.M.A. Unnatural Selection Case Study #9.

Memory Lost: Chapter One
First chapter of Memory Lost. It is a story-driven action shooter, the battles in which are built around the mechanics of mind capturing and moving into the enemy's body. First-aid kits were not delivered, there is only one magazine in the weapon - change the bodies to survive!

PEOPLEDOWN
PEOPLEDOWN is a "Hotline Miami" style top-down stealth action game. A short experimental game.
First chapter of Memory Lost. It is a story-driven action shooter, the battles in which are built around the mechanics of mind capturing and moving into the enemy's body. First-aid kits were not delivered, there is only one magazine in the weapon - change the bodies to survive!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Gore 10.6%, Violent 9.6%
PEOPLEDOWN is a "Hotline Miami" style top-down stealth action game. A short experimental game.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Stealth 14.2%, Gore 12.5%, Violent 11.3%
The First Seeker is a challenging top down shooter where you will shoot and slash your way through enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Hack and Slash 21.5%, Shooter 10%, Linear 6%
Combining intense action and dark storytelling, Confiscator offers a unique experience where gritty shootouts and grime intertwine with the tragic tale of the protagonist on a path of self-destruction. Are you ready to become a confiscator?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Violent 15.8%, Shooter 11.5%, Gore 10.8%
Umbra Galaxy is a sci-fi shoot'em'up where you pilot a spaceship adrift in the restricted space filled with enemies. Destroy enemy generators, fight your way to the bosses and secure the obscure goal in the end!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 25%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Shooter 9%, Linear 6.8%
Fight your way through the mazes of Room Box. A minimalist 2d-style TopDown shooter. Your only way of escape is to survive countless and unique rooms. Fight dozen of enemies and defeat merciless Bosses
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Beat 'em up 22.5%, Shooter 9.6%, Bullet Hell 6.5%
BAD DAY - Side scrolling shooter about four strangers who have to pass a dangerous path together to survive ...
Why similar: Gore 37%, Violent 31.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Action 5.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
Thunderbird is a classic arcade-style STG. You will be the pilot of the space fighter, stepping onto the space stage, engaged in a war between many forces. Fly a fighter jet, experience the speed of a shot under fire, or learn the truth behind war.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Shooter 10.9%, Bullet Hell 5.4%
Fantasy, weapons, violence!"Roguelike game" in pixel art.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Hack and Slash 17.5%, Gore 16%, Shooter 14.5%, Violent 13.8%
A hard test, shootouts on the edge, and space… full of screams of pain. Stop the cloned psychos and put an end to their disgusting experiments!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27%, Violent 26.1%, Gore 25.5%, Shooter 10.3%, Action 5.3%
An unknown life form controls the crowds of mutated employees of the space station. Impress the demon girl by destroying thousands of possessed with dozens of weapons.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Shooter 12%, Gore 11.8%, Violent 10.2%
Little Darling makes a wish at the place where all the wishes come true. Then her journey begins. She has to fight against the monsters with the power of light.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Hack and Slash 21.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Gore 11.3%, Violent 10.7%
GUNS 'n GUTS is a fast-paced, top-down shooter filled with action and gore. Blast your way through hundreds of hellish enemies in challenging skill-based combat. Can you survive?
Why similar: Gore 37%, Violent 33.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Action 5.8%
Have you ever faced your worst nightmare? What if you have no choice but to move on and see what’s behind it? Then you’d better arm yourself with a couple of big guns, stock up on ammo and show them all what a real nightmare is!
Why similar: Gore 35.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Violent 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Action 5.9%
When the only way is revenge! Test yourself in adrenaline-pumping top-down action and prove that you are ready to go all the way to the end - to the final shot!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 26%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Hack and Slash 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shooter 9.8%
Gather guardians, collect forest spells and items! Defend the forest against ruthless invaders! Upgrade your guardians and forest to defeat them!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Hack and Slash 16.6%, Shooter 7.5%
Gauge Of Rage is a frantic and gory arcade style top down shooter that challenges you to build up and unleash your rage against a never ending onslaught of undead!
Why similar: Gore 27.7%, Violent 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Shooter 7.3%
Tear through the Trash Dunes on a stolen rocket, evading misshapen mutants, giant sentient maggots, and pistol poppin' pigeons. Build up your ship piece by piece with whatever you find in the dungeons below. Mutate your DNA to gain abilities and try to survive the frenzied onslaught. You won't.
Why similar: Gore 33.5%, Violent 30.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.8%, Action 3.5%
You are a female super soldier trying to escape from the invaded base by unknown intruders. (A 2D Sci-fi Platformer, Megaman-like style, but with hack and slash.)
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Beat 'em up 20%, Hack and Slash 17.6%, Gore 11.4%, Violent 10.3%
Finding Mom is a Singleplayer Bullet-Hell following a boy who is trying to find his captured mom. Experience the story, and enjoy the atmosphere that is created through handmade pixel art, music, and gameplay.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Beat 'em up 22.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Hack and Slash 15.4%, Bullet Hell 6%
Into the Fray is a fast action-shooter in the vein of Doom and Dark Messiah; using fast combat, reactive environments, and traps. Blast, kick, and dash your way through Rebels and Eldritch creatures to liberate the Isle of Portland; as it becomes consumed by Fog and the horrors therein.
Why similar: Gore 23.2%, Violent 20.4%, Beat 'em up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Shooter 6.9%
The city of Jusan, a fusion of the characteristics of many developed cities, is also the city with the highest crime rate.And you, just a vigilante STG agent, need to find out the truth and get revenge.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Beat 'em up 17%, Stealth 14.1%, Shooter 8.4%
MeetMeat is a raw and gritty survival-action game where you're not the hero — you're the target. Fight your way through a hostile city, fending off waves of relentless pursuers. Your only companion is the voice of Roach, narrating the carnage with deadpan (and often absurd) humor. Run. Hack
Why similar: Beat 'em up 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Hack and Slash 12.2%, Gore 8.2%
Help to restore the power of the last crypt in the fantasy world! With the power of Death herself, obtain new heroes, guns and skills to create powerful combinations in this roguelite top down survivors game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shooter 12.9%, Violent 11.7%, Hack and Slash 11.1%
Reinbo is a hack and slash where you'll cut your way through waves of enemies and bosses on a journey to rescue your loved one
Why similar: Beat 'em up 36.2%, Gore 15.8%, Hack and Slash 14.9%, Violent 14.3%, Action 7.7%
Block-Lite is a simple, fast-paced roguelite! Choose your character, grab a weapon, and fight through wave after wave of enemies until you become unstoppable.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 21%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Hack and Slash 15.8%, Shooter 7.9%
First person shooter in setting of 80th years. You need to kill everyone in the house. Use guns on levels, be fast and kill without doubt.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 20.6%, Gore 18.8%, Violent 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Psychedelic 10.4%
Survive alone against a never ending horde of undead! How long can you survive?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Shooter 12.8%, Gore 10.2%, Violent 9.2%
WHISKEY & ZOMBIES is a comedy-adventure brawler/stealther set in a different kind of apocalypse where the only thing that kills the virus is moonshine whiskey. So to survive... just Drink, Fight, and Stay Alive.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Hack and Slash 16.7%, Stealth 11.6%
This is a collection of five mini-games. Include: Weather Invader、 Stronghold Attack、 Guard Tank 、Heavy Artillery、 Space Miner
Why similar: Beat 'em up 31.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shooter 11.8%, Action 6.7%
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 24.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Gore 15.9%, Violent 12.5%, Shooter 8.7%
Santa’s War on Christmas is a top-down action game where Santa is fighting to stop the naughty Cabal with Coal, Gingerbread Stars, Candy Canes and Walnuts to once more be able to spread happiness and joy for all.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Gore 17.7%, Violent 16%, Shooter 16%, Linear 10%
Uncover The Government's darkest secrets in this action packed top down shooter inspired by 80's action flicks of questionable quality.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Shooter 11.1%, Violent 10.3%, Linear 8.2%
A fast-paced 2.5D top-down shooter blending the brutal action of Doom and Hotline Miami. Play as Bláinn, a mischievous demon invading nightmares to battle bullies and uncover a dark conspiracy. Shoot, slash, and unleash supernatural powers in surreal dreamscapes.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 33.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Gore 12.8%, Violent 11.6%, Action 6.8%
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 35.9%, Gore 28.2%, Violent 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%, Action 3.7%
Your work van has been stolen! Use your armed & modified Cleaning Unit to fight your way through a fractured and corrupt floating city that hovers over a war zone. Find and recover your van before your business goes under! Armed Decobot is unique mixture of Arcade Beat 'Em Up and Bullet Hell design.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shooter 9%, Linear 7.2%
This game is only for those who willing to take challenge or hurt themselves.
Why similar: Gore 31.6%, Violent 29.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%, Shooter 5.6%
Hell Knights is a small but fun Bullet Hell Shoot'em Up with a four player Co op mode. Made by some Indie dude, living in a dungeon.
Why similar: Gore 36.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Shooter 9.2%, Action 8.6%
3 SECONDS REMAINING is a simple top-down shooter made by tiny.ROM,
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.7%, Gore 17.4%, Violent 15.8%, Shooter 15.7%, Action 5.7%
Take to the skies as a team of cute pilots and fight for peace in vertical scrolling bullet hell style!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.7%, Top-Down Shooter 28%, Shooter 12.2%, Bullet Hell 7.5%, 2D 4.6%
Die Bloody Nazi Die! is 2D CASUAL twin stick shooter randomly generated dungeon crawler with rougue-lite elements. Follow the alien named Kin in his fight to free Sirel, his love, and defeat the regime!
Why similar: Gore 33.9%, Violent 30.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Action 5.5%
「TouHou Koishi's Enchanted Woods」 is a Touhou fangame.This is a "reverse-construction" action rogue-lite.Koishi vs. Kokoro! But as the playable character, Koishi uses various enhancement cards to continuously strengthen Kokoro. Can she ultimately defeat the Kokoro she has built up herself?
Why similar: Beat 'em up 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Hack and Slash 17.4%, Shooter 8.6%
This is a classic top-down shooter with top-down gameplay. You are a solider who is looking for the truth, fighting agains monsters to save the world. This is survive game , kill or be kill.
Why similar: Gore 38%, Violent 34.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shooter 6.5%, Action 5.9%
Tackle. Die. Repeat. Use American football skills to dash through a bloody 2D underworld. Fast, top-down carnage until the floor is cleared. You’re at the top of your game... but unfortunately, your C.T.E. is catching up.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Violent 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Shooter 8.8%
Master your Blade in frantic, fast paced combat!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Top-Down Shooter 31.9%, Psychedelic 14.3%, Action 8.1%, Shooter 6.6%
Apocalyptic is a Zombie Survival Shooter Video Game.It begins in a church where zombies flood everywhere. There are survival quests as you proceed through the campaigns and you must try and survive the apocalyptic horde.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Hack and Slash 25.5%, Gore 14.6%, Violent 13.2%, Shooter 12.1%
Circus Interstellar is a brutal arcade shooter featuring high-octane action, and killer music! Earth voyagers encounter a sadistic alien race with a terrifying clownish appearance and a nasty appetite. Will the survivors escape the gory circus? Or will they be assimilated like all the rest?
Why similar: Gore 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Violent 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%
Dramatic and hardcore pixel art shooter that turns into crossroad of anger, gilt, religion and psychoanalysis
Why similar: Gore 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Shooter 12.7%, Psychedelic 8.3%
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.5%, Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Shooter 12.4%, Bullet Hell 8.6%, Linear 8.4%
A bullet-hell dungeon game where you use colored gems to match the enemy in order to deal damage. Each enemy type has a unique attack style. Shoot and Dodge as you search for the evil toilet snake which lies deep within the dungeon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.9%, Top-Down Shooter 29.6%, Violent 14.3%, Bullet Hell 9.2%, Action 5.5%
Kill everyone in six seconds! Seconds Till Destruction is a lightning-fast and randomized top-down shooter. Use a massive array of guns and quick thinking to destroy humanity, one floor at a time!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Gore 13.7%, Shooter 11.7%, Violent 9.2%
Galactic Slice sci-fi shooter game all about pizza, you use the WASD keys to move & the spacebar to shoot. Galactic Slice is all about an alien race wanting to destroy & ruin pizza forever, which simply cannot happen! Your job is to eliminate the aliens & save all pizzakind.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 31.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Bullet Hell 6.4%, Pixel Graphics 5%
Chaos Village is a top-down chaotic shooter game with various weapons, perks and power ups.
Why similar: Gore 28.9%, Violent 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Shooter 6.7%
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition is a brutal close-quarters brawler. Punch, crush, shoot, and use the environment to destroy enemies. Master deep melee combat, execute savage finishers, and fight for redemption as Vasily, a former elite operative hunted by a cybernetic corporation.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 31.4%, Gore 24%, Violent 21.1%, Hack and Slash 14.6%, Action 4.7%
Free aiming plat-former!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 34.9%, Gore 32.3%, Shooter 16.1%, Action 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
Fox-Trot Over Run, (FTOR) is an intense, top-down wave-based shooter. Fight for survival against unique enemies with various capabilities. Featuring customizable and upgradable weapons. Survival depends upon your ability to fire and maneuver, while ensuring to not get over run!
Why similar: Gore 38.6%, Violent 34.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Action 10.9%
Blast through waves of chaos in this retro inspired space shooter. Simple mechanics, high energy rock/electronic soundtrack, and a gloriously goofy tone make Nova Rebellion a cosmic throwback Back when space shooters were all the rage.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.5%, Top-Down Shooter 29.9%, Shooter 13.2%, Linear 9.8%, Action 4.8%
Jump down the esophagus of a body plagued by viruses and big bad bosses in this reverse vertical scrolling shoot'em up! Collect eye crusties, upgrade your pupils, and clear the screen of bullets with your cornea crushing eye blasts!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Gore 13.1%, Shooter 12%, Bullet Hell 7.2%
Ailment is a pixel-art action game which takes place on a spaceship in a far far galaxy. The main character wakes up in a spaceship after being unconscious for three days and all of his crew became enemies. He has to remember what happened and find out the truth.
Why similar: Gore 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Violent 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Shooter 8.9%
Control EMET, a highly advanced Combat Android produced by YAD, a Military Technologies company working for the government, the android was made for tyrannical purposes, but thanks to a mysterious event, your mission now is to bring justice to the world
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.4%, Violent 28%, Gore 16.8%, Shooter 10.6%, Action 7.1%