Games like HROT
If HROT is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ion Fury, CULTIC and HEADCUTTER — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and nostalgic. 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.
Get personalized picks →HROT is a single-player retro FPS released in 2023, priced at $19.99 USD. Set in Czechoslovakia in 1986, the game channels the aesthetics of that era while delivering classic boomer shooter action. Players highlight the meticulous level design, noting the presence of secrets and memorable locations throughout. The game combines enemy variety with balanced weapons to create a challenging experience that rewards exploration. Reviewers describe the atmosphere as both nostalgic and atmospheric, with humor integrated seamlessly into the gameplay rather than forced. The 96% positive rating from over 3,600 Steam reviews reflects broad player satisfaction. HROT is marked as playable on Steam Deck, supports short play sessions, and offers a medium-length campaign for solo players.
About HROT: HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
Players who liked HROT also play
Steam players who put hours into HROT 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.
Ion Fury
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Top pick for HROT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
CULTIC
WHY THIS
Shares level design and an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Second-strongest match for HROT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
HEADCUTTER
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for HROT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HROT.
HEADCUTTER is a sci-fi spaghetti western FPS with brutal combat, destructible environments, and lots of gore. Track targets as a space bounty hunter, explore maps with multiple routes, and use the crunchy gunplay to cut their heads off so you can get your money!
Dread Templar
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Ranked #4 for HROT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Ranked #5 for HROT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
Hellbound
WHY THIS
Shares level design and enemy variety with HROT.
Ranked #6 for HROT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Ranked #7 for HROT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HROT.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
DUSK
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Ranked #8 for HROT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Reviewers mention these as similar to HROT
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Quake
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Reviewers of HROT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with HROT.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
DUSK
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Reviewers of HROT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
DOOM
WHY THIS
Reviewers of HROT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with HROT.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
Zortch
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with HROT.
Reviewers of HROT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Meet Zortch Maxinum: short order cook, amateur engineer and professional slacker; Bored and tired of her day job she decides to go on a holiday but alas she picks a cheap option: turns out it's a scheme by aliens who capture humans to eat their brains! also this game is a sci-fi horror comedy fps
The Black Labyrinth
WHY THIS
Reviewers of HROT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with HROT.
Trapped by the black spherical creature Kuromaru and lost in a labyrinth filled with sexy traps!
CULTIC
WHY THIS
Shares level design and an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Reviewers of HROT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Wizordum
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Reviewers of HROT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Wizordum is a retro FPS that puts you in the role of a Mage on a quest to track down the source of Chaos. With a wide arsenal of spells and magic items, battle your way through the world of Terrabruma in this unique blend of classic 90s shooters and modern gaming elements.
Rise of the Triad
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with HROT.
Reviewers of HROT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with HROT.
Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment proudly present the rebirth of the cult-classic first-person shooter, “Rise of the Triad”. Bigger, better and more ludicrous than ever before.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below HROT at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under HROT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HROT.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under HROT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under HROT on Steam right now. Shares Action with HROT.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under HROT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Priced ~50% under HROT on Steam right now. Shares Action with HROT.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with HROT.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with HROT.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with HROT.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 HROT.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with HROT.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with HROT.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
CULTIC
WHY THIS
Shares level design and an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
Hellbound
WHY THIS
Shares level design and enemy variety with HROT.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with HROT.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
DUSK
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HROT.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HROT.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Frequently asked about HROT
- Does HROT run on Steam Deck?
- HROT 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 HROT cost?
- HROT is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to HROT?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HROT are Ion Fury, CULTIC, HEADCUTTER.
- Who developed HROT?
- HROT was developed by Spytihněv.
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