Games like There Will Be Ink
If There Will Be Ink is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zombiepede, Hot Worlds and Cymatically Muffed — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
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Zombiepede
WHY THIS
Top pick for There Will Be Ink fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
Upgrade your weapons in this roguelike defense shooter to shoot your way alone or with up to 4 friends in coop through endless hordes of different creatures and levels. Test different strategies to survive the early game and feel like a god in the late game.
Hot Worlds
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for There Will Be Ink fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
When all-star MMA fighter Valentina Rubio discovers a door to a shadow dimension, she goes on an adventure through the fabric of space to compete in HOT WORLDS; the biggest anything-goes fighting championship in the universe!
Cymatically Muffed
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for There Will Be Ink fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
Don't you hate it when you wake up and some scientist has experimented on you and stolen your headphones? Muffed is a fast-paced shooter where you and your friends can find that guy and make him pay. Or fight everyone you know in split screen PvP for up to 16 players!
Fighters Forge
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for There Will Be Ink fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
A 3D arena combat sandbox where you fight now and forge what’s next. Customize your fighter's avatar, fighting-style, & elemental superpower then battle it out in explosive matches built for chaos, strategy, and pure fun—solo, co-op, or competitive.
Toy Tanks
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for There Will Be Ink fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with There Will Be Ink.
Jump, Dash, and Shoot your way to victory in this 3D, Physics based, Tank game! Choose from several different types of Tanks, Each with their own unique set of stats and abilities! Work together with up to 4 of your friends to defeat, unlock, and discover all this adventure has to offer!
Undercrewed
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Ranked #6 for There Will Be Ink fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
Grab your friends and build and fly your own customisable spaceship. With local and online co-op customise your spacecraft with a wide variety of components, you must work together to figure out the best way to survive your journey!
Levelhead
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Ranked #7 for There Will Be Ink fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
Deliver those goods, real good - or get turned into scrap trying! Chaotic co-op platforming, genre-bending power-ups, a challenging campaign, and endless community-built levels await, so grab a friend and GO!
GraveRun
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for There Will Be Ink fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
GraveRun is a hurricane pixel Run’n’Gun, where you can kill zombies! Hundreds of zombies, thouthands of zombies! We have many different zombies - you can kill them all at once or kill most ugly ones first! Choose a suitable gun and upgrade it right in the battle - there's no "enough" for your firepower!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below There Will Be Ink at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under There Will Be Ink on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under There Will Be Ink on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under There Will Be Ink on Steam right now. Shares Indie with There Will Be Ink.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~72% under There Will Be Ink on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with There Will Be Ink.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~79% under There Will Be Ink on Steam right now. Shares Indie with There Will Be Ink.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under There Will Be Ink on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with There Will Be Ink.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under There Will Be Ink on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under There Will Be Ink on Steam right now. Shares Indie with There Will Be Ink.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with There Will Be Ink.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with There Will Be Ink.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with There Will Be Ink.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with There Will Be Ink.
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!
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!
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with There Will Be Ink.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
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Frequently asked about There Will Be Ink
- Does There Will Be Ink run on Steam Deck?
- There Will Be Ink is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does There Will Be Ink cost?
- There Will Be Ink is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does There Will Be Ink have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — There Will Be Ink supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to There Will Be Ink?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside There Will Be Ink are Zombiepede, Hot Worlds, Cymatically Muffed.
- Who developed There Will Be Ink?
- There Will Be Ink was developed by Summit Fever.
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 There Will Be Ink.
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