Games like 30XX
If 30XX is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kungfu Cowboy, 20XX and Caveblazers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, epic and nostalgic. 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 →30XX is a side-scrolling action roguelite released by Batterystaple Games in 2023, priced at $19.99. Players navigate procedurally generated levels with mobility upgrades and an entropy system that reshapes runs, while scaling difficulty keeps each attempt distinct. The game supports local co-op for two players, alongside community mod tools that have seen players reskin the experience into styles inspired by classic platformers. Reviewers highlight the weapon combination system for build variety, and players describe the game as nostalgic and retro in tone, with challenging but fair gameplay. It holds a 91% positive rating from over 1,700 Steam reviews and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck.
About 30XX: Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Players who liked 30XX also play
Steam players who put hours into 30XX 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.
Kungfu Cowboy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 30XX.
Top pick for 30XX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Headshot, dash and dodge like a Kungfu Cowboy in this quirky, challenging run 'n' gun platformer with roguelike elements. Explore randomly generated levels, acquire strong "gunfu" abilities and stack synergizible upgrades for a powerful build. Team up with friends in PvE or battle each other in PvP!
20XX
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 30XX.
Second-strongest match for 30XX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe!
Caveblazers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 30XX.
Third-strongest match for 30XX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
Fury Unleashed
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 30XX.
Ranked #4 for 30XX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
Spelunky 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 30XX.
Ranked #5 for 30XX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Rogue Stormers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 30XX.
Ranked #6 for 30XX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
An action packed platform shooter mashed-up with roguelike and RPG elements, crazy 3D graphics and co-op multiplayer for one to 4 players.
Spelunky
WHY THIS
Shares co op and a challenging mood with 30XX.
Ranked #7 for 30XX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with 30XX.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Freaky Awesome
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 30XX.
Ranked #8 for 30XX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!
Reviewers mention these as similar to 30XX
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Smelter
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 30XX.
Reviewers of 30XX cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
You are Eve, fresh out of Eden and armed with a living suit of armor, Smelter. Explore a dangerous new world, battle its bizarre denizens and expand your empire in a desperate journey to find Adam.
Mega Man 11
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with 30XX.
Reviewers of 30XX cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with 30XX.
Mega Man is back! The newest entry in this iconic series blends classic, challenging 2D platforming action with a fresh new visual style. The new Double Gear system boosts Mega Man's speed and power for a new twist to the satisfying gameplay the series is known for.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with 30XX.
Reviewers of 30XX cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with 30XX.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with 30XX.
Reviewers of 30XX cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with 30XX.
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection brings together six classic titles in one game: Mega Man Zero 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Mega Man ZX and ZX Advent. The collection also features Z-Chaser, an exclusive new mode created just for this set of games.
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
WHY THIS
Reviewers of 30XX cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The third entry in the Monster Hunter Stories RPG series is here! Twin Rathalos, born in a twist of fate. Monster Hunter Stories is an RPG series set in the Monster Hunter world, where you can become a Rider, raising and bonding with your favorite monsters.
Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 30XX.
Reviewers of 30XX cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!
Shovel Knight Dig
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 30XX.
Reviewers of 30XX cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself in your quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!
20XX
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 30XX.
Reviewers of 30XX cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below 30XX at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under 30XX on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 30XX.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under 30XX on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under 30XX on Steam right now. Shares Action with 30XX.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under 30XX on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under 30XX on Steam right now. Shares Action with 30XX.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 30XX.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
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!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 30XX.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Caveblazers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 30XX.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
Fury Unleashed
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 30XX.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
Spelunky 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 30XX.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Spelunky
WHY THIS
Shares co op and a challenging mood with 30XX.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with 30XX.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Freaky Awesome
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 30XX.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with 30XX.
Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!
Frequently asked about 30XX
- Does 30XX run on Steam Deck?
- 30XX 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 30XX cost?
- 30XX is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does 30XX have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — 30XX supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to 30XX?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 30XX are Kungfu Cowboy, 20XX, Caveblazers.
- Who developed 30XX?
- 30XX was developed by Batterystaple 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 30XX.
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