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Games like Chronicle: Unit Eight

If Chronicle: Unit Eight is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nuclear Throne, Crimsonland and Danger Scavenger — 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 Chronicle: Unit Eight: Experience intense arcade-style shooter with bullet hell mechanics and rogue-like elements. Use destructible bullets to defeat waves of enemies and bosses. Can you emerge victorious in this thrilling challenge and take down the Space Pirate?

2020ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Static City Games, Vampiric Games
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Players who liked Chronicle: Unit Eight also play

Steam players who put hours into Chronicle: Unit Eight 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. Nuclear Throne

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Chronicle: Unit Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    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?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Crimsonland

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Chronicle: Unit Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.

    2014ActionIndieRPG13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Danger Scavenger

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Chronicle: Unit Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!

    2021ActionIndie1.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Blazing Beaks

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Chronicle: Unit Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Destropolis

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Chronicle: Unit Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

    2020ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Neon Chrome

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Chronicle: Unit Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Sparklite

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Chronicle: Unit Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Sparklite is an action-adventure set in a whimsical & ever-changing land. Battle foes using an arsenal of gadgets, guns, & gear. Gear up for adventure in the dangerous corners of the procedurally generated world, take down titans of the mining industry, & harness the power of Sparklite!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Rogue Stormers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Chronicle: Unit Eight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    An action packed platform shooter mashed-up with roguelike and RPG elements, crazy 3D graphics and co-op multiplayer for one to 4 players.

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Chronicle: Unit Eight at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Chronicle: Unit Eight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    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 ~67% under Chronicle: Unit Eight on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Chronicle: Unit Eight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Chronicle: Unit Eight on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Chronicle: Unit Eight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    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 ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Chronicle: Unit Eight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Chronicle: Unit Eight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Chronicle: Unit Eight on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    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 ↗

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 Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    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 Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    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 ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Static City Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Static City Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Knightfall

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Static City Games, the studio behind Chronicle: Unit Eight. Shares Action and RPG with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Darkness consumes your surroundings and you will have to adventure through the labyrinth ahead of you to escape in this retro pixel-art action RPG.

    2017ActionAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  2. Life and Debt: A Real Life Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Static City Games, the studio behind Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Life & Debt: A Real Life Simulator is a 2D pixel art game that challenges players to manage their finances and maintain their cashflow while navigating the challenges of new home ownership. Players must also overcome a shopping addiction and make decisions about how to furnish their home.

    2018StrategySimulationCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. stopDrop.

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Static City Games, the studio behind Chronicle: Unit Eight. Shares Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Explore a unique survival-puzzle hybrid game unlike any other. Outsmart your opponents and reach the exit before your life ticks down. Time only moves when you move, and your life is on the line.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Nuclear Throne

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    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?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Crimsonland

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.

    2014ActionIndieRPG13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Danger Scavenger

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!

    2021ActionIndie1.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Blazing Beaks

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Destropolis

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Chronicle: Unit Eight.

    Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

    2020ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Chronicle: Unit Eight

How much does Chronicle: Unit Eight cost?
Chronicle: Unit Eight is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Chronicle: Unit Eight have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Chronicle: Unit Eight supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Chronicle: Unit Eight?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chronicle: Unit Eight are Nuclear Throne, Crimsonland, Danger Scavenger.
Who developed Chronicle: Unit Eight?
Chronicle: Unit Eight was developed by Static City Games, Vampiric Games and published by Static City Games.

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 Chronicle: Unit Eight.

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