Bleed 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Bleed 2

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!

What works

  • Tight and responsive controls
  • Fast-paced and intense action
  • Varied and creative boss fights
  • Excellent soundtrack and presentation
  • Local co-op and multiple unlockables

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short main campaign
  • Some reused bosses from first game
  • Limited story depth
  • No online multiplayer
  • Keyboard controls less optimal than controller

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Neon Inferno

  • Bleed

  • Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn

  • Alien Hominid Invasion

  • Alien Hominid HD

  • 99Vidas

More exploratory

Games that feels like Bleed 2 but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Rabi-Ribi

  • Voidigo

  • Pizza Tower

  • Nuclear Throne

  • 30XX

  • Super Hydorah

Less social

Games that feels like Bleed 2 but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Wings of Vi

  • Advent NEON®

  • Berserk Boy

  • Super Mombo Quest

  • Bot Vice

  • Exit the Gungeon

Less competitive

Games that feels like Bleed 2 but with less competition against others

  • PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist

  • Chenso Club

  • Blazing Chrome

  • GIBZ

  • Super Cyborg

  • The Crackpet Show

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Bleed 2: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026