Field guide · nine games compared

Games like ULTRAKILL on PC: movement shooters, style ranks and close range healing on Steam

By Ekin, a solo developer in Istanbul, the one person behind Whale Development Studios and Iron Curtain Call. Published 8 November 2026. Every date, price, platform and demo below was checked on the US Steam store and Wikipedia on 8 November 2026; the sources are listed at the end.

Iron Curtain Call in first person: Corporal Punishment lands a heavy punch on a wind up tin robot under the painted word WALLOP! — Iron Curtain Call, a real gameplay frame. Punching staggered tin robots bursts them into healing scrap.

The short answer

Speed, movement tech and aggressive healing.

Per its Steam page and Wikipedia, Arsi “Hakita” Patala and New Blood Interactive’s ULTRAKILL (in Early Access since 3 September 2020, $29.99 on Steam with a free demo) stands on three pillars: relentless movement (sliding, dashing, wall jumping and a Whiplash grappling hook), a Devil May Cry style grading meter that rewards weapon switching and parries, and a rule where your robot body heals only by showering in fresh blood at point blank range.

No single shooter copies all three, so pick by which pillar you want next. For close range healing and relentless aggression, Iron Curtain Call (my game, full release 11 March 2027, free demo on Steam now) gives you health and ammo when you punch staggered wind up tin robots in a 1930s cartoon war, DOOM Eternal ($29.99) turns Glory Kills and the Meat Hook into your health and armor faucet, and MULLET MADJACK ($19.99, free demo) gives you a ten second life timer refilled by kills. For high speed movement tech and stunts, Turbo Overkill ($19.99, free demo) adds a chainsaw leg slide and grappling hook, Severed Steel ($24.99, free demo) is built around diving, wall running and slow motion stunts, and Roboquest ($24.99, free demo) brings movement shooter speed into a roguelite with robot enemies.

For arcade timers and speedrunning, Neon White ($24.99) turns weapons into discardable movement cards on short courses, Post Void ($2.99) drains your health idol unless you sprint and shoot nonstop, and New Blood’s own DUSK ($19.99) is the retro boomer shooter foundation. Five of the nine games compared below had a free demo on Steam on 8 November 2026: Iron Curtain Call, MULLET MADJACK, Turbo Overkill, Roboquest and Severed Steel, plus ULTRAKILL itself.

At a glance

Nine fast shooters on Steam, and what each shares with ULTRAKILL.

Checked on the US Steam store and Wikipedia on 8 November 2026. Prices are US list prices before any discount; ULTRAKILL itself is $29.99 in Early Access on Steam for Windows, with a free demo on 8 November 2026. My game first, then by how closely each matches ULTRAKILL’s combat and movement loop.
Game	What it shares with ULTRAKILL	How you stay alive and move	Free demo on Steam	US price	Out
Iron Curtain CallMy game	Dash, grappling hook, parry (in the full game) and close range healing against an army of robots	Punch staggered tin robots to burst them into health and ammo; 1930s cartoon noir campaign	Yes, free: Mission 1, about 15 to 20 minutes	Not priced yet	11 March 2027Free demo since 28 October 2026
MULLET MADJACK	Steam and Wikipedia: blinding corridor speed, arcade scoring and a free Steam demo	You have ten seconds of life; killing enemies and kicking them into hazards refills the clock	Yes, free	$19.99	15 May 2024
DOOM Eternal	Wikipedia: the aggressive resource loop and the Super Shotgun’s Meat Hook grapple	Glory Kills drop health, the Flame Belch drops armor and the Chainsaw drops ammunition	No	$29.99	19 March 2020
Turbo Overkill	Steam: cyberpunk movement shooter with a chainsaw leg slide, twin grappling hooks, wall running and a free demo	Slide through enemies with your chainsaw leg and chain air dashes across huge vertical arenas	Yes, free	$19.99	11 August 2023
Roboquest	Steam and Wikipedia: fast movement shooter against robot enemies, with grappling hooks, rails and a free demo	Roguelite runs solo or in two player co op; enemies drop healing cells that fade if you hang back	Yes, free	$24.99	7 November 2023
Severed Steel	Steam: stunt FPS with wall running, diving, flips, destructible voxel cover and a free demo	Enemies cannot hit you while you dive or flip in bullet time; no reloading, steal guns mid air	Yes, free	$24.99	17 September 2021
Neon White	Steam and Wikipedia: speedrun arenas, global leaderboards and medal ranks that push you to shave seconds	Soul Cards act as both weapons and movement boosts when discarded (double jumps, dashes, stomps)	No	$24.99	16 June 2022
Post Void	Steam: hypnotic arcade speed where standing still kills you in seconds	Your health drains constantly from the idol in your hand and refills only when you kill enemies	No	$2.99	6 August 2020
DUSK	Same publisher (New Blood Interactive), retro low poly look, strafe jumping and mid air flips	Classic boomer shooter health and armor pickups across three hand built episodes	No	$19.99	10 December 2018

The games

One by one, who each shooter is for.

Each entry below explains which part of ULTRAKILL’s loop it matches, what it changes, and whether you can test a free demo on Steam first. All facts were checked on the US Steam store on 8 November 2026.

Iron Curtain Call

My game

Play it if you want ULTRAKILL’s dash, grapple, parry and close range healing loop inside a 1930s rubber hose cartoon campaign, and you want a free demo first.

Iron Curtain Call is my game: a single player cartoon noir first person shooter set in an alternate 1965, year three of World War III. Humanity ran out of soldiers, so the war is fought by wind up tin robots commanded by a customer service AI called the Supreme Chancellor. You play Corporal Punishment, armed with eleven guns and a freeze grenade across twelve chapters and twelve boss fights.

What it shares with ULTRAKILL is the rule that backing away gets you killed: you dash, grapple and punch straight into the tin robot ranks because punching staggered machines bursts them into health and ammunition. In the full game you also parry incoming attacks back at the sender. Instead of hellish corridors and blood, it is drawn like a 1930s cartoon where robots burst into bolts, springs and scrap under painted comic words.

The free demo on Steam is Mission 1, Welcome to Rubbleton (about 15 to 20 minutes, ending with the first boss, Major Disaster), for Windows, macOS and Linux; or play 60 seconds in your browser. The parry is part of the full game on 11 March 2027.

Developer and publisher: Whale Development Studios
Out: 11 March 2027
Free demo out: 28 October 2026
On Steam: Windows and macOS (demo on Windows, macOS and Linux)
US list price: Not priced yet
Demo: Yes, free

**Gameplay trailer** · 1:00 · Twelve chapters in sixty seconds. YouTube · Video page

Play the free demo Play 60 seconds in your browser, no download

Iron Curtain Call in first person: Corporal Punishment fires the Party Line submachine gun at tin robots in a cartoon street — Iron Curtain Call, a real gameplay frame. Close range aggression keeps your health and ammo full.

MULLET MADJACK

Play it if you want an arcade FPS where hesitation literally kills you in ten seconds, with a free Steam demo.

HAMMER95’s MULLET MADJACK (released 15 May 2024) sets a simple rule on its Steam page and in Wikipedia: you have ten seconds of dopamine life, and every kill or environmental finisher adds seconds back to the clock. You sprint and kick upward through floors of robotic billionaires inside a 1990s anime broadcast.

For ULTRAKILL players who chase P ranks and love chaining environmental kills at breakneck speed, MULLET MADJACK is one of the fastest matches on Steam.

On Steam at $19.99, for Windows, with a free demo on 8 November 2026. For a deeper look at melee healing loops, see my melee and parrying FPS guide.

Developer: HAMMER95
Publisher: Epopeia Games and HAMMER95
Released: 15 May 2024
On Steam: Windows
US list price: $19.99
Demo: Yes, free

DOOM Eternal

Play it if you want the big budget arena shooter whose resource loop and Meat Hook grapple helped define modern aggressive FPS.

id Software’s DOOM Eternal (released 19 March 2020) forces you into every demon’s face: per Wikipedia, Glory Kills restore health, the Flame Belch drops armor and the Chainsaw refills ammo, while two dashes, monkey bars and the Super Shotgun’s Meat Hook keep you airborne across multi tier arenas.

Where ULTRAKILL lets you improvise freeform physics combos and coin ricochets, DOOM Eternal is a tighter tactical puzzle about weapon counters and cooldowns.

On Steam at $29.99, for Windows, with no demo on 8 November 2026.

Developer: id Software
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Released: 19 March 2020
On Steam: Windows
US list price: $29.99
Demo: None on Steam

Turbo Overkill

Play it if you want a full length cyberpunk movement shooter with a chainsaw leg slide, grappling hook and a free demo.

Trigger Happy Interactive and Apogee Entertainment’s Turbo Overkill (released 11 August 2023) gives half metal hero Johnny Turbo a chainsaw built into his lower leg, wall running, double jumps, air dashes and a grappling hook, per its Steam page.

Its arenas are huge vertical playgrounds built for sliding through crowds at high speed, making it one of the closest full campaign movement shooters to ULTRAKILL on Steam.

On Steam at $19.99, for Windows, with a free demo on 8 November 2026.

Developer: Trigger Happy Interactive
Publisher: Apogee Entertainment
Released: 11 August 2023
On Steam: Windows
US list price: $19.99
Demo: Yes, free

Roboquest

Play it if you want ULTRAKILL’s fast airborne movement and robot enemies inside a replayable roguelite with a free demo.

RyseUp Studios’ Roboquest (released 7 November 2023) is a fast roguelite FPS playable solo or in two player co op, per Steam and Wikipedia. You play a rebooted Guardian robot dashing, grinding rails, rocket jumping and grappling through scorched canyons full of hostile machines.

Destroyed robots drop healing cells that vanish quickly, which pushes you forward into the fray just like ULTRAKILL’s close range healing.

On Steam at $24.99, for Windows, with a free Windows demo on 8 November 2026. Cel shaded comic art rather than 1930s rubber hose.

Developer and publisher: RyseUp Studios
Released: 7 November 2023
On Steam: Windows (demo on Windows)
US list price: $24.99
Demo: Yes, free

Severed Steel

Play it if you want pure acrobatic stunt shooting with wall runs, dives, voxel destruction and a free demo.

Greylock Studio’s Severed Steel (released 17 September 2021) is a single player stunt FPS starring a one armed sharpshooter who never reloads, per Steam: you snatch loaded guns out of enemies’ hands, dive through glass, flip off walls in slow motion and blast holes through voxel floors with an arm cannon.

While you are diving or flipping, enemy fire misses you, turning constant acrobatic motion into your shield.

On Steam at $24.99, for Windows, with a free Windows demo on 8 November 2026.

Developer and publisher: Greylock Studio
Released: 17 September 2021
On Steam: Windows (demo on Windows)
US list price: $24.99
Demo: Yes, free

Neon White

Play it if you love replaying ULTRAKILL levels to shave half a second off your time and climb medal leaderboards.

Angel Matrix and Annapurna Interactive’s Neon White (released 16 June 2022) is a lightning fast first person action platformer set in Heaven, per Steam and Wikipedia. Every weapon is a Soul Card: fire it normally to clear demons, or discard it to trigger a movement burst such as a double jump, dash, fireball dash or stomp.

Stages last seconds rather than minutes, distilling the speedrunning and route optimization side of ULTRAKILL into pure bite sized trials.

On Steam at $24.99, for Windows, with no demo on 8 November 2026.

Developer: Angel Matrix
Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
Released: 16 June 2022
On Steam: Windows
US list price: $24.99
Demo: None on Steam

Post Void

Play it if you want a three dollar psychedelic sprint where stopping for two seconds means death.

YCJY Games’ Post Void (released 6 August 2020) puts a glowing idol in your left hand that drains continuously until you shoot, slash and sprint through procedurally generated corridors.

It is a tiny, blindingly loud arcade shooter priced at $2.99 on Steam that rewards pure forward reflexes.

On Steam at $2.99, for Windows, with no demo on 8 November 2026.

Developer and publisher: YCJY Games
Released: 6 August 2020
On Steam: Windows
US list price: $2.99
Demo: None on Steam

DUSK

Play it if you want the 1990s retro shooter foundation from ULTRAKILL’s own publisher, with Windows, macOS and Linux builds.

David Szymanski and New Blood Interactive’s DUSK (released 10 December 2018) revived the 1990s shooter with fast strafe jumping, mid air flips, dual sickles that deflect projectiles and three hand crafted episodes, per Steam and Wikipedia.

It uses classic health pickups rather than blood healing, but its speed, level design and New Blood pedigree make it the natural companion piece to ULTRAKILL.

On Steam at $19.99, for Windows, macOS and Linux, with no demo on 8 November 2026.

Developer: David Szymanski
Publisher: New Blood Interactive
Released: 10 December 2018
On Steam: Windows, macOS and Linux
US list price: $19.99
Demo: None on Steam

How to choose

Which part of ULTRAKILL do you want more of?

If it is healing by staying in the enemy’s face, play Iron Curtain Call, MULLET MADJACK, DOOM Eternal or Roboquest. If it is grappling hooks, dashes and aerial stunts, play Turbo Overkill or Severed Steel, and read my FPS games with grappling hook, dash and parry guide.

If you want to compare the close range healing rules in detail, read my fast FPS games where melee and parrying keep you alive guide, or test the pace right now in 60 seconds of Iron Curtain Call in your browser.

Questions

Questions players ask

What are the best games like ULTRAKILL on Steam?

For close range healing and nonstop aggression, Iron Curtain Call (my game, releasing 11 March 2027, free demo now), MULLET MADJACK ($19.99, free demo) and DOOM Eternal ($29.99) are the closest matches. For pure movement tech and stunts, Turbo Overkill ($19.99, free demo), Roboquest ($24.99, free demo) and Severed Steel ($24.99, free demo) lead the pack. For speedrunning and medal ranks, Neon White ($24.99) is the standout.

Which games like ULTRAKILL have a free demo on Steam?

On 8 November 2026 five of the nine games compared here had a free demo on Steam: Iron Curtain Call (Windows, macOS and Linux, plus a 60 second browser trial), MULLET MADJACK (Windows), Turbo Overkill (Windows), Roboquest (Windows) and Severed Steel (Windows). ULTRAKILL itself also has a free Steam demo.

Are there games like ULTRAKILL that run on Mac or Linux?

ULTRAKILL is Windows only on Steam. Among the nine games on this page, Steam listed macOS and Linux support on 8 November 2026 for DUSK ($19.99) and for the free demo of Iron Curtain Call (whose full game launches on 11 March 2027 for Windows and macOS).

What is the cheapest game like ULTRAKILL on Steam?

Post Void is $2.99 at US list price on Steam, while the demos for Iron Curtain Call, ULTRAKILL, MULLET MADJACK, Turbo Overkill, Roboquest and Severed Steel are all free to download.

Does Iron Curtain Call have parrying and movement tech like ULTRAKILL?

Yes: Iron Curtain Call is built around a dash, a grappling hook, a close range punch that bursts staggered robots into health and ammo, and a parry that sends incoming attacks back. The free Steam demo is Mission 1 (dash, punch and two weapons); the grapple and parry are part of the full twelve chapter campaign arriving on 11 March 2027.

What PC and indie games are coming out in 2027?

More than one page can hold: Steam shows a lot of PC and indie games with a 2027 date, and dates keep moving. What we checked on Steam on 7 November 2026 are the shooters and the Mac action games, in two dated lists: upcoming FPS games and upcoming Mac games. Iron Curtain Call, our own cartoon noir shooter, is due 11 March 2027 on Windows and macOS, and its free demo is on Steam now.

What games release on 11 March 2027?

Among the shooters we checked on Steam on 7 November 2026: Blood of Rations (11 March 2027) and Iron Curtain Call (My game, 11 March 2027). We only checked shooters, so this is not the full set for that day; Steam’s own Coming Soon page has the rest.

What is a good new single player FPS I can play for free right now?

Iron Curtain Call has a free demo on Steam (Mission 1, about 15 to 20 minutes) and a free 60 second browser trial with no download. It is a single player cartoon noir shooter, and it is our game, so weigh that. For other free shooters, our list of free FPS demos on Steam holds the best rated ones.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from the US Steam store pages of the games and these Wikipedia articles, read on 8 November 2026. Prices and dates change; the store page always has the final word.

Iron Curtain Call, Steam store page
MULLET MADJACK, Steam store page
DOOM Eternal, Steam store page
Turbo Overkill, Steam store page
Roboquest, Steam store page
Severed Steel, Steam store page
Neon White, Steam store page
Post Void, Steam store page
DUSK, Steam store page
Ultrakill, Wikipedia
Mullet MadJack, Wikipedia
Doom Eternal, Wikipedia
Roboquest, Wikipedia
Neon White, Wikipedia
Dusk (video game), Wikipedia
Shooter game: Boomer shooter, Wikipedia

Dash, punch and heal for free.

Mission 1 of Iron Curtain Call is free on Steam right now, or play 60 seconds in your browser with no download. The full twelve chapter campaign arrives on 11 March 2027.

Play the free demo Wishlist and Follow on Steam Play 60 seconds in your browser, no download