Games like FORCED
Closest overall match: Mercenary Kings (★ 2.9). Highest rated: Hyper Light Drifter at ★ 4.1. Quickest to finish: Mercenary Kings at about 3 hours.
Looking for something like FORCED? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Local Multiplayer, Hack and Slash and Split Screen. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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70%
1. Mercenary Kings
Shares Kickstarter, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer, Split Screen and Online Co-Op and 6 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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70%
2. Hammerwatch
Shares 4 Player Local, Top-Down, Hack and Slash, Cross-Platform Multiplayer and Local Multiplayer and 7 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 37%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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66%
3. Victor Vran
Shares Hack and Slash, Controller, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-Op and Fantasy and 6 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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65%
4. Moon Hunters
Shares 4 Player Local, Kickstarter, Split Screen, Online Co-Op and Fantasy and 5 more tags; rated 0.6 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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63%
5. Knock-Knock
Shares Crowdfunded, Kickstarter, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 57
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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63%
6. How to Survive
Shares Hack and Slash, Split Screen, Online Co-Op, Steam Leaderboards and cooperative and 5 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
62%
7. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II
Shares Hack and Slash, Controller, Fantasy, Steam Leaderboards and cooperative and 5 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
-
61%
8. Hyper Light Drifter
Shares Kickstarter, Top-Down, Hack and Slash, Local Multiplayer and Fantasy and 4 more tags; rated 1.3 higher.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
-
61%
9. Gauntlet Slayer Edition
Shares 4 Player Local, Top-Down, Hack and Slash, Local Multiplayer and Split Screen and 9 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
61%
10. Streets of Rogue
Shares Local Multiplayer, Online multiplayer, Split Screen, Online Co-Op and Full controller support and 3 more tags; rated 1.0 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
-
60%
11. Hero Siege
Shares Top-Down, Hack and Slash, Controller, Cross-Platform Multiplayer and Local Multiplayer and 9 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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60%
12. Hellpoint
Shares Local Multiplayer, Split Screen, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 27%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like FORCED?
On our similarity model, Mercenary Kings is the closest match to FORCED — shares Kickstarter, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer, Split Screen and Online Co-Op and 6 more tags; released within 1 year.
Which game like FORCED is rated highest?
Hyper Light Drifter holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.1/5 from 599 players.
Are there games like FORCED on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 9 games like FORCED on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against FORCED on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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