IMHO.

Games like Gearshifters

If Gearshifters is your kind of game, the closest matches are CARSTEROIDS, Explosive Track - Crazy Action Arcade Racing and TROUBLE JUICE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, epic and intense. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

Get personalized picks →

About Gearshifters: An arcade-action vehicle combat game with rogue-lite progression. Drift, blast, and outdrive your enemies across a war-torn Europe. Upgrade your car with powerful weapons and mods, survive deadly delivery missions, and challenge insane mega-machine bosses.

2021ActionRacing24.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Red Phantom Games
Gearshifters — Steam game cover
Players highlight
Boss fights are inventive and challengingNostalgic spy hunter vibes with modern twistsPost apocalyptic aesthetic and soundtrack shineAtmosphericEpicIntense

Players who liked Gearshifters also play

Steam players who put hours into Gearshifters also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. CARSTEROIDS

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Gearshifters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Blast, drift and survive in fast-paced asteroid arenas where weaponized cars fight in a brutal space game show.

    2019ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Explosive Track - Crazy Action Arcade Racing

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Gearshifters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Gearshifters.

    An arcade survival racer where your car explodes if you slow down. EMP rivals, dodge rigged routes, and reach the Disarm Gate before the bomb blows.

    2026IndieRacingSteam ↗
  3. TROUBLE JUICE

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Gearshifters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Trouble Juice is a Side Scrolling Shooter Roguelike set in a TV show tournament that is broadcasted across the universe. Use your character's special abilities, and unlock prizes in the Achievement Bingo. Become the ultimate champion and earn your place in the galaxy's hall of fame!

    2023Action4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. CARnage

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Gearshifters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Racing with Gearshifters.

    A top-down arcade combat racing game that celebrates the classic 2d racing games of old. Upgrade and expand your garage of vehicles to survive the dystopian future that is CARnage.

    2024Racing14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Earl vs. the Mutants

    WHY THIS

    Shares boss rush and an intense mood with Gearshifters.

    Ranked #5 for Gearshifters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Highway Hijinks

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Gearshifters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Racing with Gearshifters.

    Highway Hijinks is a roguelike endless runner that takes place in a futuristic post-apocalyptic world controlled by a mysterious artificial intelligence. Discover wacky items, race against computer opponents, and upgrade your vehicle with powerful gadgets to get as far as you can.

    2024ActionIndieEarly Access5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Zero-G-Racer : Drone FPV arcade game

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gearshifters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    FPV arcade simulator, drone racing with onboard weapons and ammo for fun piloting. Real-life driving scenarios for the simulator side.

    2023ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Broken Sky

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Gearshifters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Broken Sky is a fast paced dogfighting shooter featuring unlockable planes, explosive weapons, special abilities and Shoot 'em up madness. Responsive controls combined with super fast air combat will have you coming back for more in your bullet hell quest to defeat the alien takeover.

    2021ActionIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gearshifters at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gearshifters on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gearshifters on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gearshifters on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gearshifters on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gearshifters on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gearshifters on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Gearshifters on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Gearshifters on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Waves

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gearshifters.

    Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

    2011ActionIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gearshifters

Is Gearshifters verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Gearshifters is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Gearshifters cost?
Gearshifters is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Gearshifters?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gearshifters are CARSTEROIDS, Explosive Track - Crazy Action Arcade Racing, TROUBLE JUICE.
Who developed Gearshifters?
Gearshifters was developed by Red Phantom Games and published by Numskull Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Gearshifters.

For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.

24 Games Like Gearshifters — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run