Shotgun Farmers similar games & best alternatives

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Shotgun Farmers

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

Shotgun Farmers is the multplayer shooter where missed shots grow guns. Fire your bullets into the ground to plant your ammo. The longer a gun plant grows the more ammo you will get!

What works

  • Unique and creative gun-growing mechanic
  • Fun, fast-paced gameplay
  • Friendly and active developer community
  • No microtransactions
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Small player base limits matchmaking
  • Some bugs and occasional lag
  • Limited game modes and maps
  • Lack of ranked or party features
  • Bots reduce challenge

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Party Animals

  • UpGun

  • Worms Reloaded

  • Looterkings

  • Topple Tactics

  • pla_toon

More story-driven

Games that feels like Shotgun Farmers but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Bean Battles

  • Slap City

  • Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™

  • Last Train Outta' Wormtown

  • Epic Snails

  • Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition

Less dominating

Games that feels like Shotgun Farmers but with less domination over others

  • Heroes of Valor

  • SOS OPS!

  • Echo Point Nova

  • HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed

  • Murder Miners

  • Sky Noon

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.
  • 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).

Shotgun Farmers: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 03/08/2026