Broforce similar games & best alternatives

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Broforce

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2015

Should you play it?

Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

What works

  • Highly entertaining gameplay
  • Strong local and online co-op
  • Varied characters with unique abilities
  • Destructible environments
  • Frequent updates and level editor

Things to keep in mind

  • Some characters less useful
  • Random character switching can frustrate
  • Short campaign length
  • Multiplayer can be chaotic and confusing
  • Some unavoidable deaths

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • METAL SLUG X

  • Alien Hominid Invasion

  • GUNTOUCHABLES

  • Abathor

  • Superfighters Deluxe

  • Serious Sam's Bogus Detour

More relaxing

Games that feels like Broforce but with a more relaxing feel

  • Terror of Hemasaurus

  • Twin Shot Deluxe

  • Megabyte Punch

  • Risk of Rain Returns

  • Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

  • Portal Dungeon

Less competitive

Games that feels like Broforce but with less competition against others

  • Bloody Trapland 2: Curiosity

  • Vagante

  • No Heroes Here

  • Heroes of Hammerwatch

  • Voidigo

  • GIBZ

More dominating

Games that feels like Broforce but with more domination over others

  • Bloody Trapland

  • Ultimate Chicken Horse

  • TowerFall Ascension

  • Samurai GUNN

  • King Arthur's Gold

  • Knight Club +

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • The Expendabros

  • Genital Jousting

  • Anger Foot

  • GORN

  • Terra Nil

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Broforce. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • 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 to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Broforce. These titles are not in What to play next.

Broforce: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026