Reloader: test_subject similar games & best alternatives

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Reloader: test_subject

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

Reloader: test_subject is an experimental "Bullet Counting Reload Action" game. Experience being a Reloader: having legendary shooting skills and engaging in Close-Quarters Combat(CQC). You just have to remember how to use the gun you’re holding.

What works

  • Unique and realistic manual reload mechanics
  • Challenging and skill-based gameplay
  • Immersive sound and pixel art style
  • Good value for price
  • Strong anticipation for sequel

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short playtime
  • Complex and sometimes unintuitive controls
  • Limited content and enemy variety
  • Lack of key remapping
  • Some bugs and clunky animations

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • They Killed Your Cat

  • Bot Vice

  • DED

  • GIGANTIC ARMY

  • Max Payne

  • The Hong Kong Massacre

More expressive

Games that feels like Reloader: test_subject but with more self-expression and customization

  • Beyond Citadel

  • Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

  • Intravenous 2: Mercenarism

  • X Invader

  • Mech Havoc

  • Forgive Me Father 2

More exploratory

Games that feels like Reloader: test_subject but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • HROT

  • Receiver

  • Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

  • Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD

  • HOLE

  • Red Alliance

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Reloader: test_subject. 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 Reloader: test_subject. These titles are not in What to play next.

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

Last update: 21/08/2026