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Games like Don't Shoot First!

If Don't Shoot First! is your kind of game, the closest matches are HEMOHOUND, bang shoot. and Tigershark — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Don't Shoot First!: Face off in Don't Shoot First, a Wild West duel where timing is everything. Draw too soon, you lose. Wait too long… it’s over. Do you have the nerves to hold back and the reflexes to strike at the perfect moment?

2025ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDWindowsby Sonomio Games
Don't Shoot First! — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Don't Shoot First! also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. HEMOHOUND

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Don't Shoot First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    HEMOHOUND is a fast-paced western shooter with roguelike elements in a world where vampires stand under the sun. Consume your foes' blood to gain their skills and weapons as you cut a bloody trail through the west seeking to become worthy of immortality.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  2. bang shoot.

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Don't Shoot First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Don't Shoot First!.

    A fast-paced arena shooter where you wield two weapons at once across unique battlegrounds. Each round is different: new map, teams, weapons, and modifiers.

    ActionSteam ↗
  3. Tigershark

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Don't Shoot First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Don't Shoot First!.

    2060 A.D. The Red Menace has resurfaced. The Sea Boils with submarines and battlecruisers, blood and oil. The skies are dark with enemy birds. Tigershark has been deployed. A fully-loaded subfoil prototype.

    2025Action9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Saloonery

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Don't Shoot First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    Grab your trusty revolver and blast away outlaws in this fast-paced shooter. You'll need to use the wide arsenal of weapons, your razor-sharp reflexes, and an itchy trigger finger to bring order to the lawless western frontier. It's Saloonery time!

    2025ActionIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Tell Me Owl

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Don't Shoot First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    Embark on an exciting journey in a top-down western shooter inspired by classic NES action games. Battle through handcrafted levels, buy abilities, upgrade weapons to face multi-phase bosses in a world where a man's best friend is his revolver.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Sherwood Extreme

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Don't Shoot First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    A co-op Crossbow Shooter with Bullet-Time Parkour! Race through levels and horde mode, chaining combos of slow-mo sniping and destruction to climb the leaderboards. Build maps in the Level Editor.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Ultra Cop

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Don't Shoot First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    A challenging retro arcade FPS/TPS straight from the late '90s. The Crime Wars have started and it's up to the Ultra Cops to bring back ultimate justice. Use Mechs, Riot Cars and serious firepower to bring the pain to the criminal underworld in this 6th Generation Y2K inspired game.

    2024ActionIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Electrocop

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Don't Shoot First! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Don't Shoot First!.

    In this unique 3d shooter, originally released in 1991 for the Atari Lynx handheld console, take on the role of a high-tech cop tasked with rescuing the President's daughter, who was kidnapped by an evil robot, before she is killed.

    2022Action4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Don't Shoot First! at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Shoot First! on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Shoot First! on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Don't Shoot First!.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Shoot First! on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Shoot First! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Don't Shoot First!.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Shoot First! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Don't Shoot First!.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Shoot First! on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Shoot First! on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Don't Shoot First! on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Don't Shoot First!.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Don't Shoot First!.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Shoot First!.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Don't Shoot First!

How much does Don't Shoot First! cost?
Don't Shoot First! is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Don't Shoot First!?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Don't Shoot First! are HEMOHOUND, bang shoot., Tigershark.
Who developed Don't Shoot First!?
Don't Shoot First! was developed by Sonomio Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Don't Shoot First!.

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