9 Hardcore games like ULTRAKILL that you should try

What brings it close to ULTRAKILL is deep RPG systems, punishing difficulty and melee combat, and the two track each other on combat, game mode and visuals. The common ground extends to a first-person view and a cyberpunk setting. It sets itself apart with adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere.

What carries over from ULTRAKILL is deep RPG systems, punishing difficulty and melee combat. To that it adds post-apocalyptic world and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings an anime aesthetic and pixel art.

Genre puts it alongside ULTRAKILL, and so does punishing difficulty, melee combat and a sci-fi setting. The common ground extends to a first-person view and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting and combat: dark, oppressive atmosphere.

What carries over from ULTRAKILL is deep RPG systems, punishing difficulty and ranged combat. The common ground extends to fantasy world and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and setting: an anime aesthetic and 2D presentation.

On paper it is what ULTRAKILL is — punishing difficulty, ranged combat and fantasy world — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on a first-person view and single-player focus. The distance is in setting and combat — its own ground is magic-based combat.

Its point of contact with ULTRAKILL is deep RPG systems, punishing difficulty and ranged combat. The common ground extends to a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and setting: pixel art.

Shelved next to ULTRAKILL for good reason: punishing difficulty, melee combat and a sci-fi setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode and setting: a space setting and multiplayer gameplay.

What carries over from ULTRAKILL is deep RPG systems, punishing difficulty and melee combat. To that it adds single-player focus. They part company on visuals and tone: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and a third-person camera.

Held in common with ULTRAKILL: deep RPG systems, punishing difficulty and melee combat. Both also lean on fantasy world and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and setting — its own ground is tactical combat and an isometric view.