Games like Operation Empty Quiver
If Operation Empty Quiver is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blasphemous, Valfaris and BUTCHER — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Operation Empty Quiver: Nuclear train assault in arcade shooter-platformer mechanics. Your main objective: infiltrate a military convoy, locate and destroy nuclear weapons.
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Steam players who put hours into Operation Empty Quiver 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.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Top pick for Operation Empty Quiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Valfaris
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Operation Empty Quiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
BUTCHER
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Operation Empty Quiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
Volgarr the Viking
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Operation Empty Quiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
NOT A HERO
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Operation Empty Quiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.
Super Meat Boy Forever
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Operation Empty Quiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Super Meat Boy is back! This time around Meat Boy is always running, literally it's an auto-runner. You will jump, dive, slide and punch your way through brutal levels and mean boss fights. We designed 5,000+ levels so you can play the game over and over without seeing the same level twice.
APE OUT
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Operation Empty Quiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Operation Empty Quiver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Operation Empty Quiver.
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 Operation Empty Quiver.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
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.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Blasphemous
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
Valfaris
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
Super Meat Boy Forever
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Super Meat Boy is back! This time around Meat Boy is always running, literally it's an auto-runner. You will jump, dive, slide and punch your way through brutal levels and mean boss fights. We designed 5,000+ levels so you can play the game over and over without seeing the same level twice.
Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Frequently asked about Operation Empty Quiver
- What games are most similar to Operation Empty Quiver?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Operation Empty Quiver are Blasphemous, Valfaris, BUTCHER.
- Who developed Operation Empty Quiver?
- Operation Empty Quiver was developed by Gunpowder Team.
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 Operation Empty Quiver.
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