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Best Pixel Shooter Games Ever Made

There are two types of gamers: some sincerely love pixel graphics, while others consider it too cheap a solution for a serious game. Yes, pixels are often used to reduce production costs.

But at the same time, it is not the graphics that determine the enjoyment of the game, but primarily its gameplay. And with this, pixel shooters are doing just fine.

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Broforce
Broforce
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)
April 6, 2014
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Broforce is a brutal 2D platformer full of pure, unadulterated fun that requires the player to destroy everything that moves in order to defeat the Satanic...
Enter the Gungeon
Enter the Gungeon
Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie
April 5, 2016
Players: 9.2/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Enter the Gungeon is a top-down arcade shooter from the developers at Dodge Roll. The roguelike takes place in the ever-changing fortress of Gungeon, which is a...
Hyper Light Drifter
Hyper Light Drifter
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie
March 31, 2016
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 93/100
Metacritic: 82/100
Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...
CULTIC
CULTIC
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Old school
October 13, 2022
Players: 10/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 83/100
A dynamic retro shooter with a first-person view, combining the atmosphere of classic action movies with horror elements and modern technology. A fully...
Hotline Miami
Hotline Miami
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie
October 23, 2012
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Hotline Miami is a brutal and bloody top-down action game. You have to step into the shoes of a serial killer who kills hundreds of various bandits and simply not...
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie
March 10, 2015
Players: 9/10
Steam: 91/100
Metacritic: 75/100
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a continuation of the dynamic top-down action game. The main action takes place parallel to the events of the original Hotline...
Quake
Quake
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Online
June 22, 1996
Players: 8.5/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 84/100
Quake is a legendary sci-fi first-person shooter. You will try on the role of a nameless soldier who needs to fight the legions of death sent by a mysterious enemy...
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Warhammer 40K, Demons, Fantasy, Old school
May 23, 2023
Players: 8.7/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 77/100
Old-school shooter in the Warhammer 40K universe, inspired by classic gory games from the '90s, such as DOOM (1993) and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter. The...
Police Stories
Police Stories
Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)
September 19, 2019
Players: 7.6/10
Steam: 82/100
Police Stories is a top-down tactical shooter with horror elements. You will play as a policeman and, together with your partner Rick, go to storm various premises...
DOOM 2
DOOM 2
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Demons
September 30, 1994
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 77/100
DOOM 2 is a continuation of the legendary bloody first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place shortly after the events of the original DOOM...
Huntdown
Huntdown
Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Action
May 12, 2020
Players: 8.9/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 85/100
Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...
Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D
Action, Shooter, Old school, First-person view
May 5, 1992
Players: 9.5/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 62/100
This first-person shooter follows OSA agent B.J. Blazkowicz as he tries to escape Castle Wolfenstein and battle the Nazi regime. Enemies include Hans Grosse and...
The Final Station
The Final Station
Action, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view, Survival
August 30, 2016
Players: 7.8/10
Steam: 79/100
Metacritic: 73/100
Action platformer in a post-apocalyptic setting. The player will have the opportunity to become a train driver in a desert world, carrying his passengers from...
Turbo Overkill
Turbo Overkill
Shooter, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Cyberpunk, Action
April 22, 2022
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 94/100
Metacritic: 86/100
The events take place in a typical “neon” metropolis of the future, where the lone hero has to destroy a lot of enemies. The crime rate has risen sharply in the...
Nuclear Throne
Nuclear Throne
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike
December 5, 2015
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 96/100
Metacritic: 86/100
Nuclear Throne is a dynamic arcade action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. Having chosen one of 12 unique characters and armed with an arsenal of...
Noita
Noita
Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons
September 24, 2019
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 95/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Noita is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will find procedural generation of levels, the irreversible death of the hero, as well...
Project Warlock 2
Project Warlock 2
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Old school
June 10, 2022
Players: 5.5/10
Steam: 80/100
Continuation of an old-school first-person shooter in a fantasy setting, inspired by such well-known games as Doom 2, Hexen, and Duke Nukem 3D. The action of the...
Project Warlock
Project Warlock
Action, Shooter, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Old school
December 6, 2018
Players: 6.3/10
Steam: 87/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Project Warlock is an old-school first-person shooter in a fantasy setting, inspired by such famous games as Doom 2, Hexen and Duke Nukem 3D. You will find 5 unique...
Expendabros
Expendabros
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, DLC, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Free game, Online
August 5, 2014
Players: 8.4/10
Steam: 96/100
Expendabros is an action-adventure game with platformer elements. You'll fight through a barrage of bullets and non-stop action in ten fast-paced missions set among...
Gunpoint
Gunpoint
Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Indie, Tactics, Puzzle
June 3, 2013
Players: 8.3/10
Steam: 97/100
Metacritic: 83/100
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game about a freelance spy who takes jobs infiltrating secure buildings to steal sensitive data. Across 20 missions, a story of murder...
DOOM 64
DOOM 64
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Horror
April 4, 1997
Players: 8.8/10
Steam: 92/100
Metacritic: 76/100
DOOM 64 is a re-release of the 22-year-old cult classic, free when you pre-order Doom Eternal. The ported version, which is being handled by Nightdive Studios, has...
Fashion Police Squad
Fashion Police Squad
Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Comedy, Adventure, Old school, Action, Arcade
August 15, 2022
Players: 9.3/10
Steam: 90/100
Metacritic: 76/100
Fashion Police Squad is a fast-paced, old-school first-person shooter where you'll proudly serve as the Fashion Police, solving fashion crimes, collecting clothes...
Hyperviolent
Hyperviolent
Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Science fiction, Space, Survival horror, Old school, Role-playing game
April 6, 2023
Players: 10/10
Steam: 68/100
The abandoned asteroid Commodus 27-C, once a thriving mining community, is now awash in chaos and bloodshed. A distress signal leads the hero to the heart of...
Tower 57
Tower 57
Shooter, Top-down view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Action
November 16, 2017
Players: 10/10
Steam: 65/100
Metacritic: 72/100
Tower 57 is a neo-retro top-down shooter in cyberpunk style. The game features six characters, a sea of ​​weapons and abilities. The environment is destroyed and...
Vomitoreum
Vomitoreum
Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Mysticism / Supernatural, Metroidvania, Action
July 30, 2021
Steam: 91/100
Vomitoreum is an atmospheric old-school shooter with a first-person view, metroidvania and horror elements. The game takes place in a world affected by an ominous...
Let Them Come
Let Them Come
Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
October 2, 2017
Steam: 84/100
Let Them Come is a 2D side-scrolling arcade shooter with a pixel art style, where you have to clear multiple levels from hordes of disgusting aliens and terrible...
Smith and Winston
Smith and Winston
Action, Shooter, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure
August 27, 2019
Steam: 86/100
Smith and Winston is an arcade voxel shooter with a Metroid-style isometric camera view. The events of the game take place in a ring world of the future, which...

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