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Shares weapon progression and secret hunting with Only Lead Can Stop Them.
- $1.49 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2025
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- 27 games
- Updated May 5, 2026
Players who liked Only Lead Can Stop Them also play
The closest matches to Only Lead Can Stop Them: DEAD TRASH, Dread Templar, Darkenstein 3D, Project Warlock II, and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares secret hunting with Only Lead Can Stop Them.
- $19.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2023
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Project Warlock II
Why this: Also Boomer Shooter and Old School, like Only Lead Can Stop Them.
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CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
Why this: Also Military and Historical, like Only Lead Can Stop Them.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Only Lead Can Stop Them
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- 1DEAD TRASH
Shares weapon progression and secret hunting with Only Lead Can Stop Them.
- 88% of 217 reviews
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Also Boomer Shooter and Old School, like Only Lead Can Stop Them.
- 79% of 729 reviews
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Also Military and Historical, like Only Lead Can Stop Them.
- 91% of 1,215 reviews
- 9Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
Also Boomer Shooter and War, like Only Lead Can Stop Them.
- 95% of 560 reviews
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- 14Wolfenstein: The New Order
Also War and Old School, like Only Lead Can Stop Them.
- 90% of 25,503 reviews
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- Released: 2024
- Developer: Warcry Interactive
- Price: $5.99−40%checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 83% of 81 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Conviction power up supercharges combat temporarily
- Fights fascist forces in a rarely seen setting
- Retro 90s shooter authenticity with modern polish
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Epic
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Why this: Same retro mood as Only Lead Can Stop Them.
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Project Warlock II
Why this: Shares secret hunting with Only Lead Can Stop Them.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Why this: Also Boomer Shooter and Old School, like Only Lead Can Stop Them.
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
Why this: Also Military and Historical, like Only Lead Can Stop Them.
About Only Lead Can Stop Them
The closest matches to Only Lead Can Stop Them: DEAD TRASH, Dread Templar, Darkenstein 3D, Project Warlock II, and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Only Lead Can Stop Them is your kind of game, the closest matches are DEAD TRASH, Dread Templar and Darkenstein 3D — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and epic, and single out its allied units and conviction power up. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Only Lead Can Stop Them: Boot up your 486 and launch olcst.exe for this retro fps from an alternate 1990's. Descend into the madness of the Spanish Civil War fighting vicious fascist forces and supernatural monsters. Conquer three action packed episodes wielding machine guns, rifles, flamethrowers and explosives.
Is Only Lead Can Stop Them worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 83% of 81 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 40% off, now $5.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Conviction power up supercharges combat temporarily
- Fights fascist forces in a rarely seen setting
- Retro 90s shooter authenticity with modern polish
- Unique occult twist on historical conflict
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“As some others have stated, I wish there was a maybe button. This game charmed me when I initially started playing. I liked the setting, the enemy sprites, the guns. Sadly I am now partway into episode 3 and it has become a slog. I don't…”
“This could have been a good Boomer Shooter, but I can’t recommend it when you can get much better games for the same price. The game is plagued with bugs—for example, enemy dogs often get stuck in doors, and some shots don’t register on…”
People who play it also play: DEAD TRASH, Dread Templar, Darkenstein 3D
Frequently asked about Only Lead Can Stop Them
Can I run it?
Does Only Lead Can Stop Them run on Steam Deck?
Only Lead Can Stop Them is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Only Lead Can Stop Them cost?
Only Lead Can Stop Them is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Only Lead Can Stop Them?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Only Lead Can Stop Them are DEAD TRASH, Dread Templar, Darkenstein 3D.
Who developed Only Lead Can Stop Them?
Only Lead Can Stop Them was developed by Warcry Interactive and published by Retrovibe.