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2018 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 19.49 € 👍 97 % Overwhelmingly positive, 23,469 reviews on Steam

Dusk is a fast, 90s-style boomer shooter with eerie atmosphere and maze-like levels full of secrets. It focuses on fluid movement and punchy weapons against hordes of cultists and worse horrors.

What defines Dusk:

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Dusk are Cultic, Hrot and Painkiller. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dusk special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Cultic

93 %

2022 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 9.75 € 👍 98 % Overwhelmingly positive, 6,790 reviews on Steam

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast, old-school boomer shooter in which you blast your way through a grim, twisted cult with shotguns and dynamite. Fast movement, gory violence and hidden secrets drive the experience.

Hrot

Challenging difficulty

A 90s-style retro FPS set in a grim, brutalist socialist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. Fast gunplay, key hunting and an oppressive atmosphere define the experience.

Painkiller

Dark, serious atmosphere

A fast, old-school first-person shooter where you plow through huge monster hordes as a soul trapped between Heaven and Hell. Inventive dual-mode weapons, arena-style fights and a demon transformation power drive the frantic action.

Quake

Dark, serious atmosphere

id Software's landmark shooter sends you through grim, gothic Lovecraftian mazes full of monsters, with lightning-fast movement, frantic gunplay and a brooding industrial soundscape by Trent Reznor. Its multiplayer also made history.

Blood

Dark, serious atmosphere

A brutal 1997 retro first-person shooter where you play vengeful cultist Caleb, mowing down undead and demons. Gothic horror settings, macabre black humor and inventive weapons like the voodoo doll make it a cult classic.

Doom II: Hell on Earth

Dark, serious atmosphere

The legendary shooter classic sends you and your Super Shotgun through maze-like levels packed with demons that have overrun Earth. Blistering, relentless combat, hidden secrets and nasty new foes like the Arch-vile keep it a genre benchmark to this day.

Devil Daggers

Challenging difficulty

A brutal retro-styled arena shooter where you survive as long as possible against escalating demon swarms in a pitch-black void. Every second counts, with tight movement and crucial audio cues deciding your spot on the global leaderboard.

Prodeus

Dark, serious atmosphere

Prodeus is a fast, brutal retro-style first-person shooter in the vein of Doom and Quake, blending chunky low-res visuals with modern lighting and effects. Gory weapons, high speed and dark sci-fi levels drive the experience.

Ultrakill

Challenging difficulty

Ultrakill is an extremely fast retro first-person shooter that blends style-ranking from character action games with brutal carnage. You heal by bathing in enemy blood and must fluidly chain weapons, movement and combos.

Cop Bastard

Dark, serious atmosphere

A classic-style first-person shooter set in early 90s Japan, where you blast through yakuza and other gangs as a cop. The description suggests fast, straightforward shooting action.

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