Games like Heavy load
Below are 27 hand-picked alternatives to Heavy load for fans of action, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Heavy load also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Heavy load: HEAVY LOAD is a puzzle in which you have to solve the problem of how to move the boxes so that they fall into the right places.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
Top pick for Heavy load fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month!
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Hotline Miami
Second-strongest match for Heavy load fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Third-strongest match for Heavy load fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
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Torchlight II
Ranked #4 for Heavy load fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
The adventure continues in Torchlight II! An Action RPG filled with epic battles, bountiful treasure, and a fully randomized world. Bring your friends along for the journey with online and LAN multiplayer.
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The Binding of Isaac
Ranked #5 for Heavy load fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Outlast
Ranked #6 for Heavy load fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Ranked #7 for Heavy load fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
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Nuclear Throne
Ranked #8 for Heavy load fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
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?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Heavy load at current Steam store prices.
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POSTAL 2
Priced ~50% under Heavy load on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
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?
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Blood and Bacon
Priced ~50% under Heavy load on Steam right now. Shares Action with Heavy load.
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.
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shapez
Priced ~50% under Heavy load on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heavy load.
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!
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Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
Priced ~50% under Heavy load on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
"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!
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Bit Blaster XL
Priced ~50% under Heavy load on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
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!
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Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
Priced ~50% under Heavy load on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Heavy load.
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.
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TYRONE vs COPS
Priced ~50% under Heavy load on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heavy load.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Heavy load.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heavy load.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heavy load.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heavy load.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
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.
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Hotline Miami
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
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Nuclear Throne
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy load.
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?
Frequently asked about Heavy load
- How much does Heavy load cost?
- Heavy load is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Heavy load?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heavy load are Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, Hotline Miami, Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons.
- Who developed Heavy load?
- Heavy load was developed by SergeySm and published by Bitlock Studio.
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