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Top Fast-Paced Games

60+ fast-paced games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Action, Singleplayer, Great Soundtrack, Difficult.

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  1. #1 Pizza Tower
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 71,741 reviews2023
    Developer: Tour De Pizza
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.0hMean: 18.4h≥1hr: 77%

    Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

  2. #2 ULTRAKILL
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 233,629 reviews2020
    Developer: Arsi "Hakita" PatalaPublisher: New Blood Interactive
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.0hMean: 33.3h≥1hr: 85%

    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.

  3. #3 DOOM Eternal
    98% matchVery Positive91% of 215,211 reviews2020
    Developer: id SoftwarePublisher: Bethesda Softworks
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 11.1hMean: 30.5h≥1hr: 90%

    Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.

  4. #4 DOOM
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 218,967 reviews2016
    Developer: id SoftwarePublisher: Bethesda Softworks
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 9.1hMean: 25.3h≥1hr: 90%

    Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.

  5. #5 Hotline Miami
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 123,420 reviews2012
    Developer: Dennaton GamesPublisher: Devolver Digital
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.4hMean: 10.5h≥1hr: 86%

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

  6. #6 Ghostrunner
    98% matchVery Positive91% of 66,213 reviews2020
    Developer: One More LevelPublisher: 505 Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.5hMean: 17.6h≥1hr: 86%

    Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.

  7. #7 Splitgate
    98% matchVery Positive91% of 111,493 reviews2019
    Developer: 1047 Games
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 3.4hMean: 15.7h≥1hr: 76%

    Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.

  8. #8 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
    97% matchVery Positive94% of 78,251 reviews2015
    Developer: Dennaton GamesPublisher: Devolver Digital
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 6.2hMean: 18.2h≥1hr: 78%

    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.

  9. #9 ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
    95% matchVery Positive92% of 83,975 reviews2023
    Developer: FromSoftware, Inc.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 16.1hMean: 32.6h≥1hr: 92%

    A new action game based on the concept of the ARMORED CORE series that uses the knowledge gained from FromSoftware's recent action game development.

  10. #10 One Finger Death Punch
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 16,334 reviews2014
    Developer: Silver Dollar Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.3hMean: 8.2h≥1hr: 65%

    Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons.

  11. #11 Super Hexagon
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,028 reviews2012
    Developer: Terry Cavanagh
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.5hMean: 18.8h≥1hr: 69%

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

  12. #12 Sonic Adventure 2
    93% matchVery Positive89% of 28,013 reviews2012
    Developer: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.3hMean: 16.4h≥1hr: 64%

    Experience two unique adventures featuring both long-time heroes and new and returning villains as they battle for the fate of the world!

  13. #13 SpeedRunners
    92% matchVery Positive94% of 37,108 reviews2016
    Developer: DoubleDutch GamesPublisher: tinyBuild
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.9hMean: 13.6h≥1hr: 85%

    Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.

  14. #14 Sonic Generations Collection
    93% matchVery Positive94% of 25,476 reviews2011
    Developer: Devil's DetailsPublisher: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.8hMean: 9.6h≥1hr: 61%

    Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!

  15. #15 Battlerite
    93% matchVery Positive85% of 59,299 reviews2017
    Developer: Stunlock Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.5hMean: 20.9h≥1hr: 77%

    BATTLERITE​ ​is​ ​an​ ​action-packed​ ​team​ ​arena​ ​brawler.​ ​Experience​ ​the​ ​unique​ ​combination​ ​of​ top-down​ ​shooter​ meets​ ​fast-paced​ ​fighting​ ​game and challenge ​friends​ ​and​ foes​ ​in​ ​a​ ​battle​ ​of reaction. The Arena awaits!

  16. #16 Quake Live
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 15,782 reviews2014
    Developer: id SoftwarePublisher: Bethesda Softworks
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.6hMean: 19.7h≥1hr: 61%

    Experience the most exciting and fast-paced FPS gameplay while competing with players from around the world in over 100 arenas, a dozen game modes, and with persistent career stats tracking, in this online features-focused successor to Quake III Arena.

  17. #17 Beat Saber
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 76,100 reviews2019
    Developer: Beat Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 11.5hMean: 38.0h≥1hr: 90%

    Beat Saber is a VR rhythm game where you slash the beats of adrenaline-pumping music as they fly towards you, surrounded by a futuristic world.

  18. #18 Sonic Mania
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 28,041 reviews2017
    Developer: Christian WhiteheadPublisher: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.3hMean: 9.4h≥1hr: 77%

    Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.

  19. #19 METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
    88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 88,274 reviews2014
    Developer: PlatinumGamesPublisher: KONAMI
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 8.8hMean: 18.3h≥1hr: 84%

    Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...

  20. #20 Move or Die
    87% matchVery Positive89% of 23,290 reviews2016
    Developer: XeluPublisher: Those Awesome Guys
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 2.8hMean: 9.2h≥1hr: 77%

    Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.

  21. #21 Haste
    87% matchVery Positive92% of 13,269 reviews2025
    Developer: LandfallPublisher: Evil Landfall?
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.0hMean: 7.5h≥1hr: 78%

    Run fast, soar through the air, and master your landings as you speed through procedural worlds to outrun the end of the universe, by yourself and with friends!

  22. #22 OLDTV
    87% matchVery Positive94% of 5,449 reviews2017
    Developer: Creability
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 30mMean: 7.0h≥1hr: 33%

    Can you think twice in under a second?

  23. #23 Roboquest
    85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 24,091 reviews2023
    Developer: RyseUp Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.3hMean: 18.2h≥1hr: 91%

    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.

  24. #24 DUSK
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,220 reviews2018
    Developer: David SzymanskiPublisher: New Blood Interactive
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.8hMean: 8.0h≥1hr: 82%

    Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.

  25. #25 Sonic Frontiers
    83% matchVery Positive89% of 27,894 reviews2022
    Developer: Sonic TeamPublisher: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.0hMean: 20.5h≥1hr: 83%

    Sonic Frontiers is a groundbreaking open-zone action-adventure game set on the ancient Starfall Islands. Join Sonic as he battles hordes of powerful enemies with an all-new combat system, explores the mysteries of the islands, and saves his friends!

  26. #26 Neon White
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,166 reviews2022
    Developer: Angel MatrixPublisher: Annapurna Interactive
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.9hMean: 23.1h≥1hr: 88%

    Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.

  27. #27 Sonic Adventure DX
    82% matchVery Positive92% of 18,417 reviews2011
    Developer: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.7hMean: 9.7h≥1hr: 59%

    An ancient evil lurking within the Master Emerald has been unleashed from its slumber by the devious Dr. Eggman and is on the verge of becoming the ultimate monster using the 7 Chaos Emeralds. Only Sonic and his friends are heroic enough to put a stop to Dr. Eggman and his evil minions.

  28. #28 SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,867 reviews2024
    Developer: Sonic TeamPublisher: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.8hMean: 11.3h≥1hr: 84%

    Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences!

  29. #29 STRAFTAT
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 21,725 reviews2024
    Developer: Sirius LemaitrePublisher: Lemaitre Bros
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 1.5hMean: 4.7h≥1hr: 62%

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

  30. #30 Duck Game
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 39,000 reviews2015
    Developer: Landon PodbielskiPublisher: CORPTRON GAMES CORP.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.2hMean: 20.3h≥1hr: 86%

    Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.

  31. #31 Vanquish
    81% matchVery Positive89% of 7,826 reviews2017
    Developer: PlatinumGamesPublisher: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.6hMean: 6.1h≥1hr: 84%

    PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.

  32. #32 Clustertruck
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 18,281 reviews2016
    Developer: LandfallPublisher: tinyBuild
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.5hMean: 6.8h≥1hr: 68%

    Clustertruck is a chaotic physics based truckformer. Jump your way through insane levels in a game of "the floor is lava" on top of speeding trucks driven by terrible drivers.

  33. #33 Super Meat Boy
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 38,552 reviews2010
    Developer: Team Meat
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.7hMean: 10.2h≥1hr: 76%

    The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

  34. #34 Quake Champions
    81% matchMostly Positive74% of 38,885 reviews2022
    Developer: id SoftwarePublisher: Bethesda Softworks
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.6hMean: 30.4h≥1hr: 60%

    Step into the Arena. Compete against players from around the world in this fast-paced shooter that combines the dark mythos of the original Quake with the skill-based competition of Quake III Arena. Become a Champion.

  35. #35 Dirty Bomb®
    80% matchVery Positive81% of 56,993 reviews2015
    Developer: Splash DamagePublisher: Warchest Ltd.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.0hMean: 29.6h≥1hr: 63%

    Work together or die alone! Fight to restore peace to London or tear it down for profit in the most challenging team based shooter around.

  36. #36 Sonic Forces
    81% matchMixed59% of 8,537 reviews2017
    Developer: Sonic TeamPublisher: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.1hMean: 11.0h≥1hr: 88%

    The fate of Sonic the Hedgehog’s world is in your hands – Join the Uprising.

  37. #37 Ghostrunner 2
    80% matchVery Positive80% of 11,241 reviews2023
    Developer: One More LevelPublisher: 505 Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.5hMean: 11.2h≥1hr: 79%

    Blood will run in Ghostrunner 2, a hardcore FPP slasher set in a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk future. Become the ultimate cyber ninja and prepare for epic boss fights, improved skills, an interactive story, new game modes, and captivating synthwave soundtrack.

  38. #38 Devil Daggers
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,374 reviews2016
    Developer: Sorath
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 42mMean: 6.8h≥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.

  39. #39 Post Void
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 12,221 reviews2020
    Developer: YCJY Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.3hMean: 3.3h≥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.

  40. #40 UBERMOSH
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 8,085 reviews2015
    Developer: Walter Machado
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 3.0hMean: 8.9h≥1hr: 75%

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

  41. #41 Zup!
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 8,904 reviews2016
    Developer: Quiet River
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.3hMean: 14.3h≥1hr: 71%

    Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

  42. #42 One Finger Death Punch 2
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,489 reviews2019
    Developer: Silver Dollar Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.2hMean: 6.6h≥1hr: 80%

    The world's fastest brawler is back. Experience cinematic kung-fu in the most epic stickman fighter ever made. Staying true to the original, you play with only two buttons. Every press matters, do not button mash!

  43. #43 MULLET MADJACK
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,216 reviews2024
    Developer: HAMMER95Publisher: Epopeia Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.0hMean: 5.7h≥1hr: 82%

    MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!

  44. #44 Lethal League Blaze
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,641 reviews2018
    Developer: Team Reptile
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.8hMean: 9.0h≥1hr: 88%

    Banging beats and mad style, Lethal League Blaze is the most intense ball game you can play online with up to 4 players.

  45. #45 Zup! F
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,326 reviews2019
    Developer: Quiet River
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.5hMean: 19.7h≥1hr: 81%

    Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

  46. #46 Zup! S
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,976 reviews2018
    Developer: Quiet River
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.1hMean: 12.2h≥1hr: 71%

    Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

  47. #47 Zup! 8
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,437 reviews2018
    Developer: Quiet River
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.6hMean: 17.3h≥1hr: 85%

    Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

  48. #48 Zup! Z
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,315 reviews2020
    Developer: Quiet River
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.3hMean: 12.1h≥1hr: 78%

    Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

  49. #49 Grapples Galore
    74% matchVery Positive91% of 10,742 reviews2025
    Developer: Zoteling
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 48mMean: 1.6h≥1hr: 42%

    Grapples Galore is a fast-paced online multiplayer arena shooter with physics-based grappling hook movement, active ragdolls, and thrilling gunplay.

  50. #50 Sonic Lost World
    76% matchMixed62% of 5,506 reviews2015
    Developer: Sonic TeamPublisher: SEGA
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.6hMean: 6.4h≥1hr: 58%

    When the Deadly Six threaten to destroy his world, Sonic’s new moves & power-ups are the only way to defeat them before it’s too late!

  51. #51 Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core
    75% matchMixed61% of 13,987 reviews2026
    Developer: Ghost Ship GamesPublisher: Ghost Ship Publishing
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 10.6hMean: 17.5h≥1hr: 94%

    DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: ROGUE CORE is a 1-4 player co-op FPS action roguelite featuring sci-fi dwarves, alien horrors and procedurally-generated caves. Join the elite dwarven Reclaimers and fight through perilous mining facilities infested with deadly Corespawn. For Rock and Stone!

  52. #52 Ion Fury
    74% matchVery Positive93% of 6,732 reviews2019
    Developer: Voidpoint, LLCPublisher: 3D Realms
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 4.7hMean: 9.9h≥1hr: 81%

    3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!

  53. #53 Trepang2
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 18,447 reviews2023
    Developer: Trepang StudiosPublisher: Team17
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.1hMean: 8.0h≥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.

  54. #54 Zup! 2
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,882 reviews2016
    Developer: Quiet River
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.5hMean: 12.6h≥1hr: 74%

    Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

  55. #55 Zup! X
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,796 reviews2018
    Developer: Quiet River
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.3hMean: 18.2h≥1hr: 79%

    Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

  56. #56 Windblown
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 10,108 reviews2024
    Developer: Motion Twin
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.7hMean: 14.5h≥1hr: 85%

    A lightning-fast 1–3 player co-op roguelite from the creators of Dead Cells. DASH, DIVE and DESTROY across a shattered world. Build wild loadouts, unleash devastating Alterattacks, and become the last stand against the Vortex.

  57. #57 Spark the Electric Jester 2
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 749 reviews2019
    Developer: Feperd GamesPublisher: Feperd Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.3hMean: 6.1h≥1hr: 68%

    Fast paced 3D action platformer.

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