Heavy Bullets similar games & best alternatives

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Heavy Bullets

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2014

Should you play it?

Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.

What works

  • Unique bullet recovery mechanic
  • Challenging and skill-based gameplay
  • Vibrant neon art style
  • Immersive sound design
  • Procedurally generated levels

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and replay value
  • Performance issues with stuttering
  • Minimal narrative and character customization
  • Some enemy ai and item balance issues
  • No multiplayer or cooperative modes

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • One More Dungeon

  • Zardy's Maze

  • Shrine

  • Viscerafest

  • Eldritch

  • MindSeize

More expressive

Games that feels like Heavy Bullets but with more self-expression and customization

  • DESYNC

  • Frogmonster

  • Beyond Citadel

  • Anger Foot

  • Raw Metal

  • Skul: The Hero Slayer

More relaxing

Games that feels like Heavy Bullets but with a more relaxing feel

  • Planet of the Eyes

  • Jaded

  • Islets

  • Cally's Caves 3

  • ARMORED HEAD

  • Eternity Egg

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • High Hell

  • Disc Room

  • SLUDGE LIFE

  • SLUDGE LIFE 2

  • SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions

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).

Heavy Bullets: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026