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Violent hidden gems on Steam
Every game here is tagged Violent on Steam, sits between 1,000 and 5,000 reviews, is rated at least 80% positive, and carries a catch drawn from its own negative reviews. All 47 of them. How these pages are made.
Quake II RTX87% positive from 4,751 reviews2019Deck Unsupported
This is a fully ray-traced first-person shooter. Players fight aliens through military installations to save humanity.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a beautiful, fun, and improved version of a classic FPS, ideal for experiencing RTX technology.
The catchPerformance is terrible for a 1997 game, dragging modern GPUs down to around 45 fps.
Games like Quake II RTX →
Contractors83% positive from 4,654 reviews2018Deck Unsupported
VR team-based shooter with realistic combat and extensive mod support. Players engage in objective-based firefights with customizable loadouts and movement.
What players likedContractors is like Call of Duty with amazing mod support, offering great gunplay and graphics that surpass Pavlov.
The catchThe developers moved on years ago and it has gone without updates ever since.
Games like Contractors →
I Am Your Beast98% positive from 4,463 reviews202436% finish itDeck Verified
A covert revenge FPS with a lightning-fast he's-in-the-walls fantasy, featuring guerrilla warfare and using enemy equipment. It offers a story campaign with replayable micro-sandboxes in a comic book art style.
What players likedPlayers praise "I Am Your Beast" as a fast-paced, aggressive FPS akin to *Neon White* or *John Wick*, with smooth, addictive gameplay, an amazing soundtrack, and a surprisingly good, well-acted story.
The catchLevels are locked behind time and rank requirements, so you replay them to progress.
Games like I Am Your Beast →
Kindergarten 298% positive from 4,430 reviews201924% finish itDeck Verified
This is a dark comedy adventure game where players repeat a school day, completing absurd tasks for characters. Its core loop involves navigating chaotic scenarios and making morally questionable choices.
What players likedPlayers praise this story-driven puzzle game as an expansive, hilarious sequel, comparable to Minecraft in its engaging quests and secrets.
The catchCharacters spell out every solution, so the puzzles never require any real thinking.
Games like Kindergarten 2 →
This is a top-down action driving game featuring vehicular combat against zombies. Players destroy hordes of zombies and complete missions using a variety of vehicles and upgrades.
What players likedPlayers praise its simple, thrilling mission-based driving, collecting vehicles and weapons, and compelling story, reminiscent of classic top-down shooters.
The catchThe cars handle badly, which makes the driving frustrating rather than fun.
Games like Zombie Driver HD →
APE OUT95% positive from 4,037 reviews201926% finish itDeck Verified
A top-down action game where players use enemies as weapons and shields in procedurally generated levels. It features rhythmic violence and a dynamic jazz soundtrack.
What players likedPlayers praise "APE OUT" as a fast-paced, satisfying action game with a unique art style and reactive jazz soundtrack, often compared to "Hotline Miami."
The catchLevel layouts and enemy placement are randomised, so runs hinge on luck over skill.
Games like APE OUT →
CHAOS;CHILD93% positive from 3,964 reviews201925% finish itDeck Playable
This is a dark, supernatural visual novel where players investigate serial murders by choosing delusions to alter reality and unlock multiple endings. It features a mystery-driven narrative with character interactions and branching paths.
What players likedPlayers praise Chaos;Child as a masterpiece and the best Sci;Adv game, surpassing its predecessor Chaos;Head in story, characters, and emotional impact.
The catchThe true ending feels disappointing and inconclusive
Games like CHAOS;CHILD →
OTXO93% positive from 3,914 reviews20232% finish itDeck Verified
Violent top-down roguelite shooter with a focus mechanic for dodging bullets. Explore a mansion, find your love, and customize your loadout for replayability.
What players likedPlayers praise OTXO as a challenging, satisfying roguelike with amazing gunplay and aesthetics, often compared to Hotline Miami.
The catchRooms are so big that enemies shoot you from offscreen, and they soak up bullets.
Games like OTXO →
killer793% positive from 3,909 reviews2018Deck Verified
Play as Harman Smith, an old man who manifests seven assassins, switching between them at will to gun down the exploding Heaven Smile and solve puzzles across a cel-shaded revenge story.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique artistic vision, unforgettable story, and stylish design, saying it's unlike anything else they've played.
The catchClunky, restrictive controls turn basic movement and shooting into a constant fight.
Games like killer7 →
This is a replayable FPS sandbox with slow-motion combat and a level editor. It offers creative, action-packed gameplay inspired by 80s/90s movies.
What players likedPlayers praise its satisfying gunplay and slow-motion action, comparing it to a 3D Hotline Miami.
The catchYears in early access with glacial updates and barely an hour of actual content.
Games like Maximum Action →
This is a retro-inspired looter-shooter roguelite with intense combat and randomized loot. Players fight through bloody levels, collecting weapons and upgrades to progress.
What players likedPlayers praise this "DOOM-like" boomer shooter for its excellent soundtrack, varied weapons, and engaging roguelike progression.
The catchYou lose nearly all weapons after each level
Games like Nightmare Reaper →
This is a survival horror game with a core loop of killing zombies or people in creative ways. It features a sandbox element for creating areas and a unique gut-pulling mechanic.
What players likedPlayers praise this masterpiece for its enjoyable gameplay, even on low-end PCs.
The catchThe English option is half done, with much of the text staying in Russian.
Games like DOKA 2 KISHKI EDITION →
This is a free twin-stick shooter with a dark, violent feel. Players engage in bloody combat, unlocking weapons and creating custom levels.
What players likedPlayers praise "RED HOT VENGEANCE" as a fun, free, and engaging offline game with great gameplay, weapons, and voice acting.
The catchThe story, cutscenes and voice acting fall far below the quality of the gameplay.
Games like RED HOT VENGEANCE →
A chaotic 2D brawler-shooter-platformer with destructible environments and a vast arsenal. Players improvise with physics-based combat and environmental hazards in various multiplayer modes.
What players likedPlayers praise Superfighters Deluxe as a chaotic, physics-based 2D action game, a great successor to its Flash original, best enjoyed with friends.
The catchBloated keybinds and extra steps make it clunkier than the simple flash original.
Games like Superfighters Deluxe →
Action-adventure game with samurai swordplay and a revenge story. Features analog-stick combat, HD visuals, and an authentic soundtrack.
What players likedPlayers praise this short, fun, Resident Evil-like game for its classic samurai combat and engaging story.
The catchCutscenes cannot be skipped, so every death means watching the same scenes again.
Games like Onimusha: Warlords →
This is a top-down brawler with brutal melee combat and a unique kill system. Players use fists, weapons, and the environment to fight through waves of enemies.
What players likedPlayers praise its solid combat, reminiscent of Arkham, with satisfying power-ups, despite a lack of story depth.
The catchFun early, then devolves into repetitive enemy-spam and tedium
Games like Redeemer: Enhanced Edition →
Top-down arcade zombie shooter with strategic defense building. Survive endless waves of enemies in co-op or solo.
What players likedPlayers praise its instant appeal and quality, comparing it to games like Boxhead Rambo.
The catchContent is barebones, with one map and no progression, so it gets boring within an hour.
Games like Yet Another Zombie Defense HD →
This is a 2D survival-adventure horror game where players must run, hide, and explore to escape a relentless killer. It features hand-drawn visuals and a focus on stealth and environmental puzzles.
What players likedPlayers praise its Clock Tower-like survival horror gameplay, hand-drawn art, and evolving stalker monster.
The catchThe stalker spawns on top of you and camps hiding spots, so exploring stalls.
Games like The Coma: Recut →
Happy Room91% positive from 2,974 reviews20163% finish itDeck Playable
This is a physics-based destruction sandbox where players use a variety of weapons to dismember clones. It offers a darkly humorous and experimental feel.
The catchFree sandbox play is locked behind repetitive damage and points challenges.
Games like Happy Room →
STANDBOX91% positive from 2,964 reviews2023Deck Playable
A physics sandbox where players experiment with ragdoll simulation, causing injury and observing recovery. It's a compact, experimental playground focused on systemic interactions.
What players likedPlayers praise the gore and physics, comparing it to games like Gorebox and People Playground, and desire a community workshop.
The catchContent runs dry within hours and the developers stopped updating it long ago.
Games like STANDBOX →
This is a collection of three high-speed action games featuring ninja combat. Players can swap between multiple characters during intense battles.
What players likedPlayers say it's a classic, intense character action game with top-tier, challenging combat and fluid controls, often compared to its original Xbox version.
The catchClunky controls and camera, no lock-on
Games like NINJA GAIDEN Σ [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection] →
Akane95% positive from 2,876 reviews20185% finish itDeck Verified
Akane is a one-hit-kill arena arcade slasher focused on high-score chasing. Players fight waves of diverse enemies with various unlockable gear and powerful samurai skills.
The catchRuns out of new content fast, with the whole game seen in about half an hour.
Games like Akane →
This is a first-person shooter featuring dinosaur hunting and a variety of unique weapons. It offers a visceral combat experience in sprawling environments with intelligent enemies.
What players likedPlayers praise the Nightdive remaster for its quality-of-life improvements, making it a superior and more playable version of the N64 classic.
The catchLevels are sprawling mazes with hidden objectives that leave you lost and backtracking.
Games like Turok 2: Seeds of Evil →
A silly, gory 3D platformer with online multiplayer and a level editor. Players control customizable zombies navigating deadly obstacle courses.
The catchStrips out the story, bosses and solo content that made the original worth playing.
Games like Ben and Ed - Blood Party →
This is a zombie survival collection featuring base defense and resource management. Players scavenge, build defenses, and fight hordes with upgraded visuals.
What players likedPlayers praise this collection as a nostalgic trip, offering simple, addictive zombie survival gameplay reminiscent of classic flash games.
The catchRun breaking bugs stop guns firing and lock your character in place.
Games like The Last Stand Legacy Collection →
This is a third-person action game where players control a zombie. The core loop involves eating brains to gain abilities and building a zombie horde.
What players likedPlayers praise its charming, unique premise of being the zombie, reminiscent of early 2000s games, with fun humor and great music.
The catchNon-optional minigames drag on and break the pace
Games like Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse →
Hack-and-slash action RPG with gory combat and limb dismemberment. Explore a dark fantasy world as one of four unique characters to defeat Chaos.
What players likedPlayers praise its "soulslike" combat and historical significance, comparing it to early "old-school TPS" games.
The catchMovement and combat are clunky and dated, with attacks often failing to land.
Games like Blade of Darkness →
This is a cel-shaded first-person shooter with a focus on a mystery-driven espionage story and fast-paced action. Players experience a comic book narrative while uncovering their identity and clearing their name.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique comic-book art style and varied gameplay, comparing it to an easy-going action spy movie.
The catchIt runs poorly on modern systems, with silent cutscenes, mouse problems and freezes.
Games like XIII - Classic →
Survival horror in a decaying hotel where a journalist finds a camera that shows the same rooms in other timelines, using it to solve puzzles and dodge a cult and its experiments.
What players likedNo substantive recurring points about comparisons or praise can be extracted from the provided review.
The catchAlmost all of it is puzzles and key hunting with constant backtracking.
Games like Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel →
Earn to Die 294% positive from 2,254 reviews201632% finish itDeck Unsupported
2D side-scrolling driving game. Smash zombies with upgraded vehicles in a story-driven apocalypse.
What players likedPlayers praise its fun, casual gameplay and progression, reminiscent of flash games and "Temple Runners."
The catchProgress is a grind that makes you replay the same level dozens of times for upgrades.
Games like Earn to Die 2 →
Rage Wars90% positive from 2,166 reviews201610% finish it
Rage Wars is a 2D shooter with a story mode and zombie arena. Players use a rage mechanic and collect potatoes to unlock weapons.
What players likedPlayers praise this surprisingly entertaining, braindead 2D side-scroller for its simple left-right-jump gameplay and Rage Comic aesthetic.
The catchThe gameplay is a single monotonous loop with barely any story or variety.
Games like Rage Wars →
UNDERDOGS97% positive from 2,112 reviews2024Deck Unsupported
UNDERDOGS is a physics-based, rogue-like mech combat game focused on brutal smashing and looting. Players build overpowered machines to fight through a dangerous city while managing NPCs and a personal story.
What players likedPlayers praise "UNDERDOGS" as an immersive, physically demanding VR game with unparalleled hand-to-hand combat and a richly detailed world.
The catchMoving by dragging your arms feels clunky, tires you out, and clashes with combat.
Games like UNDERDOGS →
Multiplayer action game where players choose to be students rebelling or teachers enforcing order. Core loop involves completing missions for reputation and money to buy items.
What players likedPlayers praise its humorous physics and unique detention mechanics, despite its lack of updates.
The catchContent runs out within about an hour, leaving an empty school and dull NPCs.
Games like Bad Guys at School →
This is a realistic WWII first-person shooter with a core loop of shooting enemies and defending territory. Its feel is characterized by Russian themes and mechanics like drinking vodka for healing and playing the balalaika.
The catchOne map, one gun and one enemy type mean it is over in about twenty minutes.
Games like BEARS, VODKA, BALALAIKA! 🐻 →
An action-adventure game with a narrative focus, featuring combo-based combat and NPC interaction. It has a unique Russian setting and humor.
The catchEnemies are health sponges with regeneration, making combat unbalanced
Games like Valakas Story →
Visual novel with a tragic, historical narrative. Players experience a millennium of sorrow through multiple perspectives.
What players likedPlayers praise the game's ability to create a deeply compelling character from someone seemingly unforgivable.
The catchMuch of the story frames a grown man's infatuation with a young child as romantic.
Games like The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence →
A visual novel with interactive item examination and multiple endings. It's a story-driven game about two contrasting characters overcoming prejudice.
What players likedPlayers praise its narrative depth and character development, reminiscent of a visual novel with a unique kidnapping premise.
The catchPreachy, repetitive social messaging dominates the writing
Games like A Light in the Dark →
IS Defense91% positive from 1,702 reviews201611% finish it
This is a stationary turret shooter where players defend shores with machine guns and rockets, upgrading gear and rank. It offers a retro arcade feel with modern graphics.
What players likedPlayers praise the game's realistic depiction of a lone defender fighting an invasion, comparing it to a prescient simulation of current events.
The catchOnly four maps, each unlocked by a long repetitive grind, so it gets boring fast.
Games like IS Defense →
This is a narrative-driven adventure game with a satirical, humorous tone exploring modern societal themes. Its core loop involves experiencing a complex plot with well-developed characters.
What players likedPlayers praise it as the pinnacle of gaming, with nothing else comparable.
The catchThe game is Russian only despite the English store page, with no translation option.
Games like Once in Yaissor →
Harvester91% positive from 1,680 reviews2014Deck Playable
A point-and-click adventure game with a dark, violent mystery and a focus on investigation. Players explore a strange town and uncover a sinister organization.
What players likedPlayers praise this absurd, violent, and goofy point-and-click FMV game for its well-crafted, enjoyable experience.
The catchPuzzles make little sense and give no hints, so a walkthrough becomes near essential.
Games like Harvester →
VR first-person shooter with physics-driven combat and hybrid locomotion. Explore a sci-fi facility as an alien trying to escape.
What players likedPlayers praise its immersive adventure, fun gunplay, and boss fights, comparing it to Half-Life, Portal, Boneworks, and Lab.
The catchMovement is floaty and sluggish, and melee swings often fail to register on enemies.
Games like Vertigo Remastered →
Psychological action-adventure VR game. Explore a warrior's descent into madness through intense combat and auditory hallucinations.
What players likedPlayers praise the game's immersive VR experience, especially its visually intense and atmospheric design.
The catchNo VR controller support, so it plays like the flat game viewed through a headset.
Games like Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition →
pla_toon88% positive from 1,465 reviews2018
Multiplayer cartoon shooter with physics-based movement and destructible environments. Players compete for weapon drops and can shoot items off opponents.
The catchAlmost nobody is left playing, so the multiplayer-only shooter sits empty.
Games like pla_toon →
VR first-person shooter. Fight alien hordes with dual-wielding weapons and a sword/shield. Fast-paced, action-heavy combat.
The catchIt is a stationary wave shooter where you never move, only stand and shoot.
Games like Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope →
BOMJMAN86% positive from 1,387 reviews202024% finish it
Action-adventure game with melee and ranged combat. Players fight crime and corrupt officials with unique, smelly abilities.
The catchThe brawling is shallow, with mushy hit detection and no real combos or tactics.
Games like BOMJMAN →
A darkly comedic episodic visual novel where you befriend aliens on a dangerous planet. It's a narrative adventure focused on dialogue and relationship building.
The catchArbitrary dialogue choices trigger instant bad endings that force a restart.
Games like Hiveswap Friendsim →
BUTCHER86% positive from 1,386 reviews20165% finish itDeck Playable
This is a fast-paced 2D pixel art shooter focused on ultra-violent combat and strategic survival. Players become a killing machine eradicating enemies with brutal weapons.
What players likedPlayers praise BUTCHER as a fast-paced, visceral 2D shooter reminiscent of Doom, with responsive controls and gritty atmosphere.
The catchEnemies blend into the low resolution background, making them hard to spot or track.
Games like BUTCHER →
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