Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat similar games & best alternatives

Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux • 2015

Should you play it?

Battle other 2D stickfigures online while jumping around like a lunatic and getting blown up into smithereens. With over 70 weapons, Boring Man is the most chaotic and hilarious 2D online shooter on the internet.

What works
  • Free to play with no pay-to-win
  • Wide variety of weapons and game modes
  • Customization and map editor
  • Runs on low-end pcs
  • Nostalgic and fun fast-paced gameplay
Things to keep in mind
  • Small and sparse server population
  • Connection and server errors
  • Some control and movement awkwardness
  • Limited narrative or story
  • Minor bugs and crashes reported

What to play next

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Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Cyber Hunter

  • The Ultimatest Battle

  • DEPLOYMENT

  • Holodrive

  • BROKE PROTOCOL

  • BAPBAP

  • UpGun

  • Farlight 84

  • Starblast
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • AQtion

  • Arcanists

  • Deep Space Battle Simulator
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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  • Autonomy

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  • Competition

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot for a screenshot preview, score, and top score gaps; click to compare in the panel on the right.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Fellowship, Status, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Value, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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  • Competition

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  • Cooperation

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  • Creativity

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  • Domination

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  • Escapism

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  • Expectation

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  • Experimenting

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  • Exploration

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  • Expression

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  • Fantasy

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  • Fellowship

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    "Community engagement through multiplayer, modding, and shared experiences fosters a sense of belonging."

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  • Growth

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  • Health

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  • Intimacy

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  • Leadership

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  • Progression

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  • Relaxation

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  • Status

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  • Story

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