Games like Backfire

If Backfire left you wanting something fast-paced and brutal, you have options. These games are a good place to start. Plenty here let you team up if you like.

Xenocide
Xenocide, the savage struggle to survive against an endless horde of enemies intent on tearing you a new one.
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Brutal, Chaotic
80% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Explosionade DX
Pilot an experimental mech and shoot giant grenades to blow up sneaky aliens. Stomp their guts, destroy their base, and save the day!
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Chaotic, Retro
87% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
Control an advanced hovertank, packed with the most advanced and sophisticated weapons as you fight against extraterrestrial invaders.
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
76% of 82 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Blazing Chrome
A retro run-and-gun where machines rule the world and two rebels fight back. Blast through robot armies with a friend on the couch, ride hoverbikes, dodge a wall of bullets and take down huge mechanical bosses. Fast, loud and hard in the old arcade way.
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Brutal, Retro
88% of 1,341 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$4.24
Intrusion 2
A side-scrolling shooter built on ragdoll physics: every soldier, robot and falling object moves like a puppet on a real engine. Blast through nine huge levels on a hostile reserve planet, pilot mechs, ride a wolf, and take on three multistage boss fights. Old-school run-and-gun action with a modern, wobbly twist.
Fast-paced, Brutal, Chaotic
93% of 1,701 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99
Door Kickers: Action Squad
A retro side-scroller about being a SWAT trooper in Nowhere City USA. Kick the door, rescue hostages, disarm bombs, and master recoil before your magazine runs dry at the worst moment. Six characters, 84 levels, zombies, and a friend to blame when the plan falls apart.
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Chaotic, Retro
95% of 8,806 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$13.99
HUNTDOWN
A pixel-art run and gun set in a neon-soaked future city where gangs run the streets and you run the bounties. Grab a friend, grab a machine gun, and shoot, stab and explode your way through 20 levels of hard boiled 80s action comedy.
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Brutal, Chaotic
94% of 4,123 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$3.99
Broforce
A pixel-art run 'n gun where you play an overpowered paramilitary outfit of action-hero parodies. Every bro shoots differently, everything explodes, and dying just hands you a new character. Best with up to four friends causing mayhem on one couch.
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Brutal, Chaotic
96% of 49,642 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 174$14.99
COP BASTARD
A fast, old-school corridor shooter set in early '90s Osaka. You play a rotten detective carving through waves of yakuza with six heavy-hitting guns, slow-motion trick shots and the option to spit on corpses for health. No puzzles, no upgrades, no filler: just brutal shooting, VHS grit and terrible, wonderful one-liners.
Fast-paced, Brutal, Chaotic
91% of 435 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 60$12.99
Guns, Gore & Cannoli
A hand-drawn run-and-gun set in a 1920s city overrun by zombies. Vinnie Cannoli, a mobster on a job in Thugtown, shoots, blasts and kicks his way through gangsters, soldiers and the undead, with a friend or three on the couch. Fast, funny and gloriously over the top.
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Brutal, Chaotic
91% of 3,715 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$9.99
Son of a Gun
A retro-inspired, action packed, twin-stick shooter full of bullets, blood and explosions. Collect and manage your guns to exterminate jungle zombies, swarming bugs, heavy robots, slimy monsters and even space ghosts.
Fast-paced, Chaotic, Retro
78% of 80 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Meltdown
Meltdown is a tactical arcade shooter featuring both singleplayer and intense online multiplayer. Become the most skilled soldier, choose your weapons, get the best upgrades, buckle up and start your mission. Be careful, each enemy has it’s own combat style, special AI and gear. Adapt to them to survive!
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Brutal, Chaotic
87% of 505 Steam reviews are positive$6.99

Cheaper than Backfire

Destropolis

Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions.

$0.77

BULLET PARTY

The party co-op shoot ’em up! Become the king of the night club! Go alone or group your friends! Shoot the party crashers down!

$0.49

ADVERSE

ADVERSE is an arcade first-person shooter platformer set in an idyllic world of corruption.

$0.77

Attack Of Insects

Love insects? And insects that are two or even ten times more than you?

$0.49

Alpha Zylon

Kill 'em all in 2D and 3D!

$0.79

Missileman Origins

Missileman Origins is a retro-esque action-platformer set in a world where robots and humans co-exist as civilians.

$0.79

Bladestar

Bladestar is a sci-fi cinematic action shooter featuring visually rich worlds with potentially endless enemies on each level.

$0.54

Dangerous Bullets

Dangerous Bullets- This dynamic hardcore platforming, challenges you.

$0.49

Underground Sheriff

Hey,Sheriff!

$0.49

Just One

How are you Master? We have a new mission for you!

$0.49

OverKill

A fast paced top-down shooter made with Game Maker. Customize your robot with weapons and specials.

$0.49

Freedom Fighter

"With your trusty shank and die hard will to survive, you've successfully broken out of your Prison Cell.

$0.74

Hidden gems like Backfire

Neon Inferno

NYC 2055: a city beyond salvation. Blast your way through this dense cyberpunk jungle in NEON INFERNO, an explosive fusion of 2D run-and-gun and…

$19.99

COP BASTARD

A rotten detective blasts through yakuza-filled corridors with heavy guns, bullet time and a bad attitude.

$12.99

Iron Meat

Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by "The Meat," an iron-ravenous mass mutating…

$19.99

Zortch

Escape an alien planet with nine weapons, a mean kick and a mysterious voice on your side.

$4.99

Herald of Havoc

Grab huge guns, mow down hundreds of enemies, reach the end of the level, repeat. It doesn't get any simpler than this.

$6.79

Entropy Survivors

Control a melee mech and its sharpshooting frog rider at the same time in a colorful bullet heaven roguelike.

$3.49

MEATGRINDER

Meatgrinder is a chaotic and fast-paced FPS. Use agility and guns to jump your way through insane levels on top of speeding trucks, trains and planes.

$9.99