Bloodshed similar games & best alternatives

Bloodshed

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2025

Should you play it?

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!

What works

  • Fun and addictive gameplay loop
  • Solid retro aesthetic and sound design
  • Satisfying gunplay and movement
  • Good meta-progression and unlocks
  • Nostalgic homage to classic shooters

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and maps currently
  • Some balance and difficulty spikes
  • Rng can frustrate healing and upgrades
  • Lack of build variety and synergy
  • Performance issues on some hardware

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood

  • Project Warlock

  • ROGUE FLIGHT

  • RAIDBORN

  • West of Dead

  • Fida Puti Samurai

More intense

Games that feels like Bloodshed but with a more intense feel

  • Dread Templar

  • Project Warlock II

  • Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

  • Deck of Ashes

  • Selaco

  • MindSeize

More creative

Games that feels like Bloodshed but with more room to create and customize

  • Cinderia

  • Soulstone Survivors

  • Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel

  • SpellRogue

  • Rogue: Genesia

  • Arms of God

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).

Bloodshed: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Creativity.

Last update: 04/08/2026