Project Warlock similar games & best alternatives

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Project Warlock

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Project Warlock is a first-person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen, and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells, and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non-stop action, packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses.

What works

  • Fast-paced and satisfying combat
  • Varied weapons and upgrade system
  • Engaging secret hunting
  • Distinctive pixel art and music
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Some bugs and performance issues
  • Difficulty spikes and unfair ambushes
  • Limited narrative and level design repetition
  • Lives system can be frustrating
  • Some upgrade and ui quirks

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Oblivion Override

  • Tyrant's Realm

  • Delver

  • Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders

  • Forgive Me Father

  • Fida Puti Samurai

More intense

Games that feels like Project Warlock but with a more intense feel

  • Project Warlock II

  • Beyond Citadel

  • Tower of Guns

  • Zortch

  • The Citadel

  • Selaco

Less expressive

Games that feels like Project Warlock but with less self-expression and customization

  • PowerSlave Exhumed

  • ARMORED HEAD

  • DOOM 64

  • Darkenstein 3D

  • Ion Fury

  • Viscerafest

More story-driven

Games that feels like Project Warlock but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Frogmonster

  • Beyond Sunset

  • Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation

  • FIGHT KNIGHT

  • Walking Zombie 2

  • Mohrta

Choose your own criteria ->

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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.
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  • 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).

Project Warlock: 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, Story.

Last update: 03/08/2026