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Games like Switchblade

If Switchblade is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Forest, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition and Far Cry 3 — 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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About Switchblade: You must guide Hiro, the Bladeknight through the labyrinth of the Undercity, to recover the 16 fragments of the shattered Fireblade. Once you have collected all 16 fragments, you must use it to defeat Havok, to bring to an end his reign of terror and to avenge your people.

2019ActionAdventure8.99 USDWindowsby Core Design, Gremlin Interactive
Switchblade — Steam game cover

Players who liked Switchblade also play

Steam players who put hours into Switchblade 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. The Forest

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Switchblade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Switchblade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz and Luis Lopez all have one thing in common - they live in the worst city in America. Liberty City worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don't.

    2020ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Far Cry 3

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Switchblade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    Discover the dark secrets of a lawless island ruled by violence and take the fight to the enemy as you try to escape. You’ll need more than luck to escape alive!

    2012ActionAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Dishonored

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Switchblade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.

    2012ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Switchblade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    Experience what it’s like to be Batman and face off against Gotham's greatest villians. Explore every inch of Arkham Asylum and roam freely on the infamous island.

    2010ActionAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Black Mesa

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Switchblade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    Relive Half-Life.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Elder Scrolls® Online

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Switchblade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    Every legend starts somewhere and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Join millions of players in an online, fantasy RPG set in a vast living Elder Scrolls world.

    2017ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Switchblade fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    It’s time to join the Brotherhood.

    2011ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Switchblade on Steam right now. Shares Action with Switchblade.

    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 ↗
  2. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Switchblade on Steam right now. Shares Action with Switchblade.

    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 ↗
  3. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Switchblade on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    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 ↗
  4. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Switchblade on Steam right now. Shares Action with Switchblade.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Switchblade on Steam right now. Shares Action with Switchblade.

    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 ↗
  6. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Switchblade on Steam right now. Shares Action with Switchblade.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Switchblade on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Switchblade.

    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.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Switchblade on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Switchblade.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 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 and Adventure with Switchblade.

    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 Adventure with Switchblade.

    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 with Switchblade.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

More from Core Design

Other recommendable Steam games by Core Design, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Tomb Raider I (1996)

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Core Design, the studio behind Switchblade. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    Adventurer Lara Croft has been hired to recover the pieces of an ancient artifact known as the Scion. With her fearless acrobatic style she runs, jumps, swims and climbs her way towards the truth of its origin and powers - leaving only a trail of empty tombs and gun-cartridges in her wake.

    2012ActionAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Tomb Raider II (1997)

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Core Design, the studio behind Switchblade. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    The second instalment in the Tomb Raider series invites you to join Lara as she travels around the globe to retrieve a precious artefact before it falls into the wrong hands. The legendary artefact, the Dagger of Xian, is said to give its possessor the power of a fire breathing dragon.

    2012ActionAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Tomb Raider VI: The Angel of Darkness (2003)

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Core Design, the studio behind Switchblade. Shares Action with Switchblade.

    A series of grisly murders brings Lara into conflict with a sinister Alchemist from the past, and a secret alliance of powerful individuals shrouded in mystery. Accused of the murder of her one time mentor, Werner Von Croy, Lara becomes a fugitive on the run.

    2012Action6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Tomb Raider III (1998)

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Core Design, the studio behind Switchblade. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    Thousands of years ago a meteor crashed into Antarctica and the shockwaves of its impact are being felt in the modern age. Lara Croft will follow clues leading to a deadly secret, boldly leaping chasms and blasting monsters that no one has leaped or blasted before. This time she faces a mystery that's from way out of this world.

    2012ActionAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (1999)

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Core Design, the studio behind Switchblade. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    According to Egyptian legend, Horus, son of the light, outwitted the evil God Set and imprisoned him in a secret tomb. Five thousand years later, Lara Croft discovers the lost tomb and unwittingly unleashes the evil God Set, fulfilling the ancient prophecy of his return to plunge mankind into darkness!

    2012ActionAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tomb Raider V: Chronicles (2000)

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Core Design, the studio behind Switchblade. Shares Action and Adventure with Switchblade.

    Lara Croft is missing in Egypt - presumed dead. Those closest to her gather together at the Croft Estate on a grey, rainy day for a memorial service in her honour. Afterwards, the friends sit quietly together in the study of the Croft Mansion and reminisce about Lara's past exploits; exploits that have until now remained a secret..

    2012ActionAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Switchblade

How much does Switchblade cost?
Switchblade is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Switchblade?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Switchblade are The Forest, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition, Far Cry 3.
Who developed Switchblade?
Switchblade was developed by Core Design, Gremlin Interactive and published by Piko Interactive LLC, Bleem!.

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 Switchblade.

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