Games like Metal Unit
If Metal Unit is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial, Rogue Legacy and Dark Devotion — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its item driven combat, 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.
Get personalized picks →About Metal Unit: Metal Unit is a sprawling side-scrolling platformer with roguelite features. Play as Joanna, a soldier on a mission to capture her treasonous sister. Wear the M-Unit 11 suit and battle against monsters and aliens while uncovering the truth about humanity.
Players who liked Metal Unit also play
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Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Metal Unit.
Top pick for Metal Unit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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.
Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares permanent upgrades and a contemplative mood with Metal Unit.
Second-strongest match for Metal Unit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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.
Dark Devotion
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Metal Unit.
Third-strongest match for Metal Unit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.
Xenon Valkyrie
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Metal Unit.
Ranked #4 for Metal Unit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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.
Plague Breaker
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Metal Unit.
Ranked #5 for Metal Unit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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.
Rift Keeper
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Metal Unit.
Ranked #6 for Metal Unit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Embark on your journey, travel through rifts and restore the balance as the Rift Keeper in this handcrafted 2D roguelite platformer with challenging, fast-paced action gameplay.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Metal Unit.
Ranked #7 for Metal Unit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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.
Skul: The Hero Slayer
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Metal Unit.
Ranked #8 for Metal Unit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Metal Unit
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Neon Abyss
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Metal Unit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.
Stellar Blade™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Metal Unit.
Reviewers of Metal Unit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Metal Unit.
Save humanity from extinction in post-apocalyptic action-adventure Stellar Blade™. Experience blistering combat and a twisting storyline as you unravel the mysteries of Earth’s downfall.
NieR:Automata™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Metal Unit.
Reviewers of Metal Unit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Metal Unit.
NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
Dust: An Elysian Tail
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Metal Unit.
Reviewers of Metal Unit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.
Skul: The Hero Slayer
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Metal Unit.
Reviewers of Metal Unit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Metal Unit.
Reviewers of Metal Unit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Metal Unit.
Reviewers of Metal Unit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Metal Unit at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Metal Unit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Metal Unit on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metal Unit.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Metal Unit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Metal Unit.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Metal Unit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Metal Unit.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Metal Unit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Metal Unit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Metal Unit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Metal Unit.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
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 Metal Unit.
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 Metal Unit.
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 Metal Unit.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Metal Unit.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metal Unit.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Metal Unit.
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 Metal Unit.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares permanent upgrades and a contemplative mood with Metal Unit.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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.
Plague Breaker
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Metal Unit.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Metal Unit.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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.
Frequently asked about Metal Unit
- Is Metal Unit verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Metal Unit 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 Metal Unit cost?
- Metal Unit is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Metal Unit?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Metal Unit are Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial, Rogue Legacy, Dark Devotion.
- Who developed Metal Unit?
- Metal Unit was developed by JellySnow Studio and published by NEOWIZ.
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 Metal Unit.
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