Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Shadow Warrior 2 (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Shadow Warrior 2 on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Shadow Warrior, which made by the same studio, Flying Wild Hog.
- Shadow Warrior 2 is tagged Action, Gore, Looter Shooter, FPS, Co-op, Multiplayer, Ninja, Hack and Slash by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 5 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 1 are from the same studio: Shadow Warrior.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Shadow Warrior
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Flying Wild Hog; shares 10 player tags including FPS, Swordplay and Gore; released around the same time (2013).
Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the classic 3D Realms’ shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.
Shadow Warrior at a glance Released 2013 Studio Flying Wild Hog Player sentiment 92% positive of 26,723 Price $29.99 FPSSwordplayGoreComedyFirst-PersonHack and SlashShooterNinja
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Borderlands 2
Why it matched: both open world; shares 8 player tags including Loot, Shooter and Looter Shooter; released around the same time (2012).
The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.
Borderlands 2 at a glance Released 2012 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 90% positive of 312,170 Price $19.99 LootShooterLooter ShooterFPSFirst-PersonFunnyComedyMemes
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Borderlands Game of the Year
Why it matched: both open world; shares 8 player tags including Looter Shooter, FPS and Loot.
Get ready for the mind blowing insanity! Play as one of four trigger-happy mercenaries and take out everything that stands in your way! With its addictive action, frantic first-person shooter combat, massive arsenal of weaponry, RPG elements and four-player co-op, Borderlands is a breakthrough experience that challenges all the...
Borderlands Game of the Year at a glance Released 2023 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 90% positive of 31,877 Price $29.99 Looter ShooterFPSLootShooterFirst-PersonComedyFunnyGore
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Borderlands 3
Why it matched: both open world; shares 7 player tags including Looter Shooter, FPS and Loot; released around the same time (2019).
The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters.
Borderlands 3 at a glance Released 2019 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 81% positive of 163,776 Price $59.99 Looter ShooterFPSLootShooterGoreFirst-PersonComedy
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KUBOOM
Why it matched: both open world; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2016).
Cross-platform hurricane online 3D Shooter
KUBOOM at a glance Released 2016 Studio nobodyshot Player sentiment 64% positive of 4,563 Price Free FPSShooterFirst-PersonGoreParkourFunnyMemes
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Double Action: Boogaloo
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Shooter, Parkour and FPS; released around the same time (2014).
Double Action is a free stylish multiplayer game about diving, flipping, and sliding your way into action movie mayhem.
Double Action: Boogaloo at a glance Released 2014 Studio Double Action Factory Player sentiment 93% positive of 11,408 Price Free ShooterParkourFPSFirst-PersonFunnyComedy
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Gotham City Impostors Free to Play
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Funny; released around the same time (2012).
Gotham City Impostors is now Free to Play! Join the Batman "helpers" or junior Jokerz in the streets of Gotham full of bullets, bodies, and bear traps.
Gotham City Impostors Free to Play at a glance Released 2012 Studio Monolith Productions, Inc. Player sentiment 86% positive of 12,071 Price Not listed FPSShooterFunnyFirst-PersonComedyGore
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Hand Simulator
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Funny, First-Person and Memes; released around the same time (2017).
There are many different levels where you can play with spinners, plunge into the subtleties of handling weapons, milk a cow, take part in a Mexican duel with your friends, have a good time fishing, play chess or simply chat in an anonymous club.
Hand Simulator at a glance Released 2017 Studio HFM Games Player sentiment 84% positive of 36,213 Price $1.49 FunnyFirst-PersonMemesComedyFPSShooter
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Serious Sam 4
Why it matched: both open world; shares 5 player tags including Gore, FPS and Shooter; published by the same company; released around the same time (2020).
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
Serious Sam 4 at a glance Released 2020 Studio Croteam Player sentiment 83% positive of 17,689 Price $39.99 GoreFPSShooterComedyFirst-Person
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Borderlands
Why it matched: shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
Discover the original co-op shooter-looter, crammed with new enhancements! As one of 4 trigger-happy mercenaries with RPG progression, equip bazillions of guns to take on the desert planet Pandora.
Borderlands at a glance Released 2009 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 81% positive of 27,781 Price $29.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonLootLooter ShooterComedyGoreFunny
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Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
Why it matched: shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
Discover the original co-op shooter-looter, crammed with new enhancements! As one of 4 trigger-happy mercenaries with RPG progression, equip bazillions of guns to take on the desert planet Pandora.
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced at a glance Released 2023 Studio Gearbox Software Player sentiment 81% positive of 27,784 Price $29.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonLootLooter ShooterComedyGoreFunny
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Sniper Fury
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Shooter, FPS and First-Person; released around the same time (2017).
Sniper Fury is an action-sharpshooting game set in a world threatened by violence. Neutralize threats using an ever-growing arsenal of modern firepower. Customize everything: weapons, gear sets, bullets! Join other snipers in Clan Wars, challenge them in PvP mode, & try events for extra surprises.
Sniper Fury at a glance Released 2017 Studio Gameloft Player sentiment 49% positive of 2,804 Price Free ShooterFPSFirst-PersonGoreFunnyComedy
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Serious Sam II
Why it matched: shares 6 player tags including FPS, Comedy and Shooter; published by the same company; released around the same time (2012).
Serious Sam II is a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
Serious Sam II at a glance Released 2012 Studio Croteam Player sentiment 90% positive of 14,188 Price $9.99 FPSComedyShooterFirst-PersonGoreFunny
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Postal 2
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including First-Person, Funny and Comedy.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Postal 2 at a glance Released 2003 Studio Running with Scissors Player sentiment 97% positive of 137,344 Price $9.99 First-PersonFunnyComedyGoreFPSShooter
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Dino D-Day
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
Frantic, multiplayer action involving Nazis and dinosaurs! What are you waiting for? This is World War II as it should have been!
Dino D-Day at a glance Released 2011 Studio 800 North and Digital Ranch Player sentiment 84% positive of 15,117 Price $9.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonComedyFunnyGore
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Dying Light
Why it matched: both open world; shares 5 player tags including Parkour, First-Person and Gore; released around the same time (2015).
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Dying Light at a glance Released 2015 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 95% positive of 494,569 Price $24.99 ParkourFirst-PersonGoreFPSHack and Slash
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Bright Memory
Why it matched: both open world; shares 5 player tags including FPS, Hack and Slash and Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
Bright Memory is a lightning-fast fusion of the FPS and action genres, created by one-man development studio FYQD using Unreal Engine. Combine a wide variety of skills and abilities to unleash dazzling combo attacks.
Bright Memory at a glance Released 2020 Studio FYQD-Studio Player sentiment 90% positive of 33,096 Price $7.99 FPSHack and SlashShooterFirst-PersonGore
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Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
Why it matched: both open world; shares 5 player tags including FPS, Comedy and Shooter; released around the same time (2013).
Far Cry® 3: Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter.Welcome to an 80’s vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world.
Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon at a glance Released 2013 Studio Ubisoft Montreal Player sentiment 87% positive of 19,720 Price $14.99 FPSComedyShooterFunnyFirst-Person
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Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Why it matched: shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Gore; published by the same company.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter at a glance Released 2009 Studio Croteam Player sentiment 93% positive of 8,940 Price $14.99 FPSShooterGoreComedyFirst-PersonFunny
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The Outer Worlds
Why it matched: both open world; shares 5 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
The Outer Worlds at a glance Released 2020 Studio Obsidian Entertainment Player sentiment 82% positive of 28,294 Price Not listed FPSFirst-PersonShooterComedyFunny
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Why it matched: both open world; shares 5 player tags including FPS, Gore and First-Person; released around the same time (2017).
America, 1961. The assassination of Nazi General Deathshead was a short-lived victory. The Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka “Terror-Billy,” member of the Resistance, scourge of the Nazi empire, and humanity’s last hope for liberty.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus at a glance Released 2017 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 81% positive of 49,468 Price $39.99 FPSGoreFirst-PersonShooterComedy
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Dirty Bomb
Why it matched: both open world; shares 5 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2015).
Work together or die alone! Fight to restore peace to London or tear it down for profit in the most challenging team based shooter around.
Dirty Bomb at a glance Released 2015 Studio Splash Damage Player sentiment 81% positive of 56,819 Price Free FPSShooterFirst-PersonParkourGore
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Destiny 2
Why it matched: both open world; shares 5 player tags including Looter Shooter, FPS and Shooter; released around the same time (2017).
Explore the mysteries of Sol and experience exhilirating first-person shooter combat in Destiny 2. Unlock powerful abilities and collect unique gear across story missions, co-op, and PvP modes.
Destiny 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Bungie Player sentiment 79% positive of 661,549 Price Free Looter ShooterFPSShooterLootFirst-Person
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Serious Sam 3: BFE
Why it matched: shares 6 player tags including FPS, Gore and Comedy; published by the same company.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
Serious Sam 3: BFE at a glance Released 2011 Studio Croteam Player sentiment 88% positive of 28,656 Price $29.99 FPSGoreComedyShooterFirst-PersonFunny
Common questions
What game is most like Shadow Warrior 2?
Shadow Warrior, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Flying Wild Hog. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Shadow Warrior 2" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Shadow Warrior 2. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Shadow Warrior 2 do?
Shadow Warrior is also from Flying Wild Hog, and appears in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.