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Games like Weapon Hacker

If Weapon Hacker is your kind of game, the closest matches are Plague Breaker, Aura of Worlds and Rogue Legacy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its difficult but fair challenge, atmospheric and challenging. 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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About Weapon Hacker: Hack scavenged parts into custom-made weapons and explore / shred your way through a multiverse of infested weapon facilities.

2020ActionIndie9.99 USDWindowsby Luke Rissacher
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Difficult but fair challengeModular weapon crafting feels overpoweredProcedural rooms create fresh mini adventuresAtmosphericChallengingIntense

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Steam players who put hours into Weapon Hacker 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. Plague Breaker

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Top pick for Weapon Hacker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    Plague Breaker is a retro roguelike platformer with heavy RPG elements. Pick your class and ascend a procedurally generated castle filled with undead monsters and corrupted plague doctors. Level up your character and find items, weapons, and traders along the way before taking on each floors boss.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Aura of Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Second-strongest match for Weapon Hacker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    Aura of Worlds is a chaotic, creative tactics rogue-lite platformer. Explore multiple dangerous worlds where you utilize creative abilities & wield the environment to your advantage. Blast, dash, grapple, fight, and charm your way through ever-changing labyrinths & outwit powerful guardians!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Rogue Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Third-strongest match for Weapon Hacker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    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.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dunjungle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Ranked #4 for Weapon Hacker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Dead Cells

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Ranked #5 for Weapon Hacker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    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.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. ScourgeBringer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Ranked #6 for Weapon Hacker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Ranked #7 for Weapon Hacker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    Tower Hunter: Erza’s Trial contains core elements of roguelite games, presented in a toon render style. The player explores a mysterious tower with Erza, vanquishes mutant monsters and defeats bosses to acquire a Hunter’s License and become the most powerful Battle Maiden.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. GoNNER

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Ranked #8 for Weapon Hacker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    GoNNER is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world - a giant landbound whale named Sally - by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.

    2016Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Weapon Hacker

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Axiom Verge

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Reviewers of Weapon Hacker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Dead Cells

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Reviewers of Weapon Hacker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    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.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. A Robot Named Fight!

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Reviewers of Weapon Hacker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    A Robot Named Fight is a Metroidvania roguelike focused on exploration and item collection. Explore a different, procedurally-generated labyrinth each time you play and discover randomized power-ups to traverse obstacles, find secrets and explode meat beasts.

    2017ActionIndie12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Weapon Hacker on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Weapon Hacker on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    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 ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Weapon Hacker on Steam right now. Shares Action with Weapon Hacker.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Weapon Hacker on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Weapon Hacker on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Weapon Hacker on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Weapon Hacker on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Weapon Hacker on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 Weapon Hacker.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Plague Breaker

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    Plague Breaker is a retro roguelike platformer with heavy RPG elements. Pick your class and ascend a procedurally generated castle filled with undead monsters and corrupted plague doctors. Level up your character and find items, weapons, and traders along the way before taking on each floors boss.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Aura of Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    Aura of Worlds is a chaotic, creative tactics rogue-lite platformer. Explore multiple dangerous worlds where you utilize creative abilities & wield the environment to your advantage. Blast, dash, grapple, fight, and charm your way through ever-changing labyrinths & outwit powerful guardians!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Rogue Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    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.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dunjungle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Dead Cells

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    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.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. ScourgeBringer

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Weapon Hacker.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Weapon Hacker.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Weapon Hacker

How much does Weapon Hacker cost?
Weapon Hacker is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Weapon Hacker?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Weapon Hacker are Plague Breaker, Aura of Worlds, Rogue Legacy.
Who developed Weapon Hacker?
Weapon Hacker was developed by Luke Rissacher.

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 Weapon Hacker.

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