Games like Katana ZERO

3.9average player rating•5 games

Katana ZERO's pull is surgical one-hit runs: plan in slow-mo, cut through rooms, and rewind until the perfect take. These picks share instant restarts, tight killboxes, and tools that reward improvisation with a clean, movie-cut finish.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic79

Avg. player rating3.9/5

Avg. playtime4h

Main genreAction

Released2012–2020

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Action5 of 5
Indie4 of 5
Arcade2 of 5
Shooter2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Hotline Miami
ActionShooterArcade
One-hit rooms you solve by iteration — breach, toss, and improvise, then restart in a blink.
4.4/5Player ratingMC85View game
2
DEADBOLT
ActionIndie
Side-view lethality where a single mistake ends the run — door kicks, headshots, and careful timing win the night.
3.9/5Player ratingMC76View game
3
My Friend Pedro
ActionShooterAdventure
Bullet-time acrobatics and ricochets turn tight corridors into choreographed runs you replay until every shot lands.
3.9/5Player ratingMC76View game
4
Ghostrunner
Action
First-person one-hit katana runs — air-dashes, wall-rides, and slow-mo to stitch a single flawless line.
3.9/5Player ratingView game
5
Bloodroots
ActionIndie
Instant-restart arenas where everyone — including you — dies in one hit, every object a weapon for split-second improvisation.
3.5/5Player ratingView game