Best Blood games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated blood games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free blood games are available at the bottom of the page.

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Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside

There's no reason to be afraid of the dark. Fed up with his fear of the dark, Sam transforms himself into Pajama Sam - world's youngest superhero and resolves to confront Darkness! With help from King the mine car, Otto the boat, and a host of fascinating characters.

Price 6.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 17 Apr 2014

One Finger Death Punch

Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 03 Mar 2014

Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage

Tragedy! Santa; the toy giving folk-hero, and purveyor of fine Christmas goods, has had enough. Endless requests from greedy children wanting more and more every year, tax increases, pressure from elf unions, bills, reindeer!

Price 2.49€
Rating 8.8
Release 13 Dec 2013

Surgeon Simulator

Surgeon Simulator is an over-the-top operation sim, stitching together pitch-black humour with life-saving surgery. Become Dr. Burke, a would-be surgeon with a less than conventional toolkit, as he performs procedures on patients including the Heavy from TF2! ...is that a hammer?

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.1
Release 19 Apr 2013

They Bleed Pixels

They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.0
Release 29 Aug 2012

The Haunted: Hells Reach

Winner of 2010′s Make Something Unreal contest, The Haunted: Hells Reach is a fast-paced horror game where your goal is to liberate cursed places and survive the assault of Hell.

Price 8.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 24 Oct 2011

Dead Space™ 2

Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 27 Jan 2011

Bloody Good Time

Congratulations, you’ve just been cast in your first slasher movie by the notorious Director X!

Price -80% 0.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 29 Oct 2010

Aliens vs. Predator™

Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 16 Feb 2010

Nation Red

Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.

Price 2.79€
Rating 8.5
Release 03 Sep 2009

Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge

Bad Rats is a physics puzzle game where rats finally get their bloody revenge on their new prisoners: The cats. Come up with creative solutions for each puzzle using physics, functional objects, and your specially trained Rats. Try different ways of solving each puzzle to finish faster or earn higher scores.

Price -70% 0.59€
Rating 7.7
Release 20 Jul 2009

Zombie Shooter

The human race is in danger again. This time scientists could not cope the imminent threat and became monsters themselves. Crowds of zombie people filled the secret research base. The dreadful contagion is about to spread earth wide. Use the last chance to save the humanity from total annihilation!

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 27 May 2009

Alien Shooter

The endless darkness and the somber, long passages of a military complex have become the abode of evil, thousands of blood-thirsty creatures fill its offices, storehouses and mysterious laboratories. About 1,000 monsters on each map, showing up to 100 monsters simultaneously on one playing screen.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 27 May 2009

Manhunt

You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 04 Jan 2008

Most played blood games on Steam

Take a look at the top blood games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of April 16th 2025.

1. People Playground

Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space. People Playground is a sandbox, gore and physics game developed by mestiez and published by Studio Minus. Released on July 23rd 2019 has received 277,891 reviews of which 273,962 were positive and 3,929 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.8 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played blood game, thanks to its 4,079 peak concurrent players over the last day.
9.8
273,962
3,929

4,079
players

2. ULTRAKILL

ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultraviolent retro FPS combining the skill-based style scoring from character action games with unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weapons and shower in their blood to regain your health. ULTRAKILL is a boomer shooter, fast-paced and fps game developed by Arsi "Hakita" Patala and published by New Blood Interactive . Released on September 03rd 2020 has received 161,655 reviews of which 157,997 were positive and 3,658 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.6 out of 10. While seeing 2,711 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #2 among blood games based on player count.
9.6
157,997
3,658

2,711
players

3. Mortal Kombat 1

Discover a reborn Mortal Kombat™ Universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang. Mortal Kombat™ 1 ushers in a new era of the iconic franchise with a new fighting system, game modes, and fatalities! Mortal Kombat 1 is a fighting, action and gore game developed by NetherRealm Studios and QLOC and published by Warner Bros. Games. Released on September 19th 2023 has received 35,772 reviews of which 24,853 were positive and 10,919 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. While seeing 1,988 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #3 among blood games based on player count.
6.9
24,853
10,919

1,988
players

4. Mortal Kombat 11

Mortal Kombat is back and better than ever in the next evolution of the iconic franchise. Mortal Kombat 11 is a fighting, gore and violent game developed by NetherRealm Studios, QLOC and Shiver and published by Warner Bros. Games and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Released on April 23rd 2019 has received 105,172 reviews of which 92,682 were positive and 12,490 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. With 1,231 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played blood games.
8.7
92,682
12,490

1,231
players

5. Paint the Town Red

Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down. Paint the Town Red is a gore, blood and action game developed and published by South East Games. Released on July 29th 2021 has received 29,237 reviews of which 28,036 were positive and 1,201 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. With 154 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played blood games.
9.4
28,036
1,201

154
players

6. Colt Canyon

Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum! Colt Canyon is a stylish pixel art shooter with roguelike elements and real-time combat where you save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits. Colt Canyon is a western, blood and action roguelike game developed by Retrific and published by Headup. Released on June 16th 2020 has received 1,639 reviews of which 1,452 were positive and 187 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played blood games.
8.4
1,452
187

20
players

7. Mutilate-a-Doll 2

A highly customizable virtual stressball and physics sandbox about mutilating ragdolls in various ways using an overwhelming amount of weapons and tools. Mutilate-a-Doll 2 is a sandbox, gore and simulation game developed and published by Rava Games. Released on March 01st 2019 has received 1,734 reviews of which 1,617 were positive and 117 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played blood games.
8.9
1,617
117

14
players

8. Project Warlock

Project Warlock is a first-person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen, and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells, and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non-stop action, packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses. Project Warlock is a boomer shooter, fps and retro game developed by Buckshot Software and published by Retrovibe and gaming company. Released on December 06th 2018 has received 5,193 reviews of which 4,530 were positive and 663 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played blood games.
8.4
4,530
663

13
players

9. Alien Shooter

The endless darkness and the somber, long passages of a military complex have become the abode of evil, thousands of blood-thirsty creatures fill its offices, storehouses and mysterious laboratories. About 1,000 monsters on each map, showing up to 100 monsters simultaneously on one playing screen. Alien Shooter is a shooter, action and gore game developed and published by Sigma Team Inc.. Released on May 27th 2009 has received 4,243 reviews of which 4,035 were positive and 208 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played blood games.
9.1
4,035
208

10
players

10. Pinball M

Get ready to tilt into terror. The new horror-inspired pinball platform for fearless players. Prove your skills on the most sinister, gory, and badass tables ever brought to life. Pinball M is a pinball, horror and simulation game developed and published by Zen Studios. Released on November 30th 2023 has received 795 reviews of which 638 were positive and 157 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played blood games.
7.6
638
157

9
players

Best deals on blood games on Steam

Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of blood games available on Steam right now, updated on April 16th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted blood games.

1. Colt Canyon

Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum! Colt Canyon is a stylish pixel art shooter with roguelike elements and real-time combat where you save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits. Colt Canyon is a western, blood and action roguelike game developed by Retrific and published by Headup. Released on June 16th 2020 has received 1,639 reviews of which 1,452 were positive and 187 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. Featuring a massive 93% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for blood category.
8.4
1,452
187

-93% 14.29€ 1.00€

2. Lamentum

Lamentum is a pixel art survival horror game, set in New England in the mid-nineteenth century. Lamentum is a survival horror, blood and exploration game developed by Obscure Tales and published by Neon Doctrine. Released on August 27th 2021 has received 707 reviews of which 623 were positive and 84 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 75% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in blood games.
8.3
623
84

-75% 15.99€ 3.99€

3. Mortal Kombat 1

Discover a reborn Mortal Kombat™ Universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang. Mortal Kombat™ 1 ushers in a new era of the iconic franchise with a new fighting system, game modes, and fatalities! Mortal Kombat 1 is a fighting, action and gore game developed by NetherRealm Studios and QLOC and published by Warner Bros. Games. Released on September 19th 2023 has received 35,772 reviews of which 24,853 were positive and 10,919 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 72% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in blood games.
6.9
24,853
10,919

-72% 49.61€ 13.89€

Free blood games on Steam

Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play blood games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on April 16th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play blood games.

1. Pinball M

Get ready to tilt into terror. The new horror-inspired pinball platform for fearless players. Prove your skills on the most sinister, gory, and badass tables ever brought to life. Pinball M is a pinball, horror and simulation game developed and published by Zen Studios. Released on November 30th 2023 has received 795 reviews of which 638 were positive and 157 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played free blood games on Steam.
7.6
638
157

9
players

2. 8Bit Fiesta - The Drinking Game

8Bit Fiesta brings everything you need to the table with its action packed local multiplayer mayhem including a built in drinking game! Choose between a ton of characters and challenge your friends and prove yourself worthy the title "King of the Fiesta". 8Bit Fiesta - The Drinking Game is a party game, 4 player local and split screen game developed by Linus Fredriksson and published by Frozen Dev. Released on September 30th 2016 has received 639 reviews of which 591 were positive and 48 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played free blood games on Steam.
8.6
591
48

4
players

3. Blood Spear

Blood Spear is a unique ranged action-adventure student game in which you play as a demonic spear. Emerging from a deep slumber, you are thirsty for blood. Throw with precision to impale and defeat powerful foes inside grandiose environments where a long-coveted power lies. Blood Spear is a violent, indie and blood game developed and published by Blood Spear Dev. Released on August 13th 2021 has received 2,194 reviews of which 2,096 were positive and 98 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played free blood games on Steam.
9.1
2,096
98

2
players