Hatred similar games & best alternatives

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Hatred

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2015

Should you play it?

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

What works

  • Unique black-and-white visual style
  • Challenging and skill-based gameplay
  • Destructible environments
  • Cathartic stress relief
  • Mod support and survival mode

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive and linear gameplay
  • Minimal story and character development
  • Camera and control issues
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some technical bugs and optimization problems

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Hong Kong Massacre

  • POSTAL

  • Biters & Bullets: Prologue

  • Starship Troopers: Terran Command

  • Alien Shooter

  • Zombie Shooter

More creative

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

  • Doomsday Hunters

  • Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

  • Chains of Freedom

  • Lithium City

  • Iron Danger

  • Serial Cleaners

Less dominating

Games that feels like Hatred but with less domination over others

  • ANNIE:Last Hope

  • Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse

  • Zombie Shooter 2

  • Halo: Spartan Strike

  • Dust & Neon

  • Netherworld Covenant

More story-driven

Games that feels like Hatred but with deeper narrative immersion

  • War Mongrels

  • Silly Polly Beast

  • Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

  • Hard West

  • The Last Stand: Aftermath

  • Showgunners

More social

Games that feels like Hatred but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • SYNTHETIK 2

  • POSTAL Redux

  • Alien Breed: Impact

  • Solstice Chronicles: MIA

  • Redeemer: Enhanced Edition

  • Shadowgrounds

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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).

Hatred: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Creativity.

Last update: 03/08/2026