Games like ScourgeBringer
If ScourgeBringer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Koboo: The Tree Spirit, Dead Cells and An Amazing Wizard — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and epic. 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 →ScourgeBringer is a 2020 action roguelite that combines platforming with bullet-hell combat. Players control Kyhra as she navigates unknown realms filled with ancient machines, slashing through enemies while dodging projectiles in fast-paced encounters. The game features dash-based movement that functions as pure traversal rather than invincibility frames, ability synergies for combo-focused combat, and realm-themed hazards that shift across runs. Reviewers highlight how the soundtrack adapts dynamically to combat intensity, while players describe the pixel art and environmental details as enhancing immersion. The game supports meta-progression between runs and includes accessibility options with difficulty sliders. Priced at $16.99, ScourgeBringer runs verified on Steam Deck, suits short burst sessions, and holds an 89% positive rating from over 1200 Steam reviews.
About ScourgeBringer: ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.
Players who liked ScourgeBringer also play
Steam players who put hours into ScourgeBringer 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.
Koboo: The Tree Spirit
WHY THIS
Top pick for ScourgeBringer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Koboo is a fast paced action rogue-lite platformer where you battle against towering hunters as a small tree spirit by attacking their weak points. Forge powerful synergies, explore the Ancient Forest's branching paths, fish, catch bugs and garden to rebuild your home!
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with ScourgeBringer.
Second-strongest match for ScourgeBringer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
An Amazing Wizard
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with ScourgeBringer.
Third-strongest match for ScourgeBringer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
An Amazing Wizard is a 2D fast-paced metroidvania-inspired spell-slinging roguelike where you'll create spells. Master 7 elements and merge 120 unique spells in any order to create endless possibilities. Choose from 250+ perks and 200 artifacts. Collect your lost memories and reclaim true name!
NeuroVoider
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ScourgeBringer.
Ranked #4 for ScourgeBringer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
NeuroVoider is a twin-stick shooter RPG set in a cyber futuristic world about brains shooting around evil robots with nuclear rocket launchers. Battle through the horde of vigilant robots, boost your character with the smoking remains of your victims, and defeat the master NeuroVoider.
Xenon Valkyrie
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ScourgeBringer.
Ranked #5 for ScourgeBringer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Xenon Valkyrie is a rogue-like with many RPG elements in which you will have to get to the deepest part of a moon and finish the plans of a wicked witch. You will be able to get many weapons randomly as you fight in a world that is created every time you play.
Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with ScourgeBringer.
Ranked #6 for ScourgeBringer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
Katanaut
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with ScourgeBringer.
Ranked #7 for ScourgeBringer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.
Skul: The Hero Slayer
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with ScourgeBringer.
Ranked #8 for ScourgeBringer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
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Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with ScourgeBringer.
Reviewers of ScourgeBringer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Songbringer
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ScourgeBringer.
Reviewers of ScourgeBringer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Imagine if the original Zelda game was set in a science-fiction galaxy. Explore this open-world, action RPG with roguelike and metroidvania elements. Mighty bosses lurk deep within procedurally-generated dungeons. Wield, vanquish, unearth, collect, craft, progress, trip, adventure.
DOOM
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with ScourgeBringer.
Reviewers of ScourgeBringer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ScourgeBringer.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
Celeste
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with ScourgeBringer.
Reviewers of ScourgeBringer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ScourgeBringer.
Reviewers of ScourgeBringer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ScourgeBringer.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
Cuphead
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ScourgeBringer.
Reviewers of ScourgeBringer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
Afterplace
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ScourgeBringer.
Reviewers of ScourgeBringer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Made by one person, an open world adventure game filled with silly characters and terrible secrets. Explore the woods, find hidden paths, hack and slash through strange monsters, and try very, very hard not to break reality. Or don't. You do you.
The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with ScourgeBringer.
Reviewers of ScourgeBringer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ScourgeBringer at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under ScourgeBringer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ScourgeBringer.
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 ~41% under ScourgeBringer on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under ScourgeBringer on Steam right now. Shares Action with ScourgeBringer.
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 ~41% under ScourgeBringer on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under ScourgeBringer on Steam right now. Shares Action with ScourgeBringer.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ScourgeBringer.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with ScourgeBringer.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ScourgeBringer.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ScourgeBringer.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Flying Oak Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Flying Oak Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
NeuroVoider
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ScourgeBringer.
Another title from Flying Oak Games, the studio behind ScourgeBringer. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
NeuroVoider is a twin-stick shooter RPG set in a cyber futuristic world about brains shooting around evil robots with nuclear rocket launchers. Battle through the horde of vigilant robots, boost your character with the smoking remains of your victims, and defeat the master NeuroVoider.
Boo! Greedy Kid
WHY THIS
Another title from Flying Oak Games, the studio behind ScourgeBringer. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
In "Boo! Greedy Kid", you play as a small brat who's so into soda that he doesn't blink an eye before wreaking havoc to get his favorite drink. Go frighten people with your own voice! (or a controller, that's fine too)
Knuckle Paradise ®
WHY THIS
Another title from Flying Oak Games, the studio behind ScourgeBringer. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
A pixel-powered, combo-packed character action game starring Jane (a retired boxer) and her sidekick, Cocotte (a warrior… chicken?). Fight everybody. Learn combos from a pirate seagull. Fight harder. Level up your chicken. Find your kidnappers. Teach them a lesson.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with ScourgeBringer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
An Amazing Wizard
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with ScourgeBringer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
An Amazing Wizard is a 2D fast-paced metroidvania-inspired spell-slinging roguelike where you'll create spells. Master 7 elements and merge 120 unique spells in any order to create endless possibilities. Choose from 250+ perks and 200 artifacts. Collect your lost memories and reclaim true name!
Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with ScourgeBringer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
Katanaut
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and an atmospheric mood with ScourgeBringer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ScourgeBringer.
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.
Frequently asked about ScourgeBringer
- Is ScourgeBringer verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — ScourgeBringer 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 ScourgeBringer cost?
- ScourgeBringer is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ScourgeBringer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ScourgeBringer are Koboo: The Tree Spirit, Dead Cells, An Amazing Wizard.
- Who developed ScourgeBringer?
- ScourgeBringer was developed by Flying Oak Games, E-Studio and published by Dear Villagers.
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