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Games like Ironlights

If Ironlights is your kind of game, the closest matches are Broken Edge, Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu and Death Duel VR — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and hypnotic. 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 Ironlights: Ironlights is a VR dueling game with skillful, fluid melee combat. Parry, block, and strike down your opponents using a variety of physics-based weapons. Test your skills in multiplayer battles, or fight to the top of the league in the huge single-player campaign!

2020Action19.99 USDWindowsby E McNeill
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Steam players who put hours into Ironlights 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. Broken Edge

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Ironlights.

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

    Broken Edge is a 1v1 VR fantasy sword fighting game where you embody iconic warriors in deadly duels. Claim victory in the arena as a fierce Samurai, a valiant Knight, an untamed Rōnin, or one of the 5 other fighters (and more to come)!

    2022Action14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Ironlights.

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

    First-Person VR kung fu fighter with high-fidelity, physics-based combat, and an artistic style that pays homage to the golden era of martial arts films. Play with friends in Co-Op mode, challenge others in PvP battles, or embark on epic single-player adventures.

    2021ActionSports19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Death Duel VR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Ironlights.

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

    Experience True HEMA Combat in VR. Step beyond button mashing. Death Duel VR uses physics-based leverage to let you authentically execute historical European martial arts techniques against live opponents. Master real guards, leverage, and tactics in heart-pounding PvP duels to the death.

    2025ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Swords of Gurrah

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Ironlights.

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

    Swords of Gurrah is a real time multiplayer sword fighting VR game. Fight with or against friends, with battles up to 12 players. Choose from over a huge variety of weapons and create a fighting style of your own!

    2020ActionEarly Access14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. MORDHAU

    WHY THIS

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

    MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast paced combat, castle sieges, cavalry charges, and more.

    2019ActionIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Blade and Sorcery

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Ironlights.

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

    Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Elements Divided

    WHY THIS

    Shares class specialization and an atmospheric mood with Ironlights.

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

    Become a peak elemental warrior. Command the battlefield with instinctive, gesture-based controls and hurl yourself across arenas. Unleash devastating elemental combos in frantic brawls with up to 8 players. Now with Sub-Elements, brand new Techniques, new Maps and tons of new Cosmetics!

    2025Action14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. FINAL FURY

    WHY THIS

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

    FINAL FURY is the groundbreaking VR game mixing classic fighting game mechanics with actual fighting. You’re not hitting buttons, YOU are making every punch count. Spar solo or fight the galaxy’s best online!

    2025ActionEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

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

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

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

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

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

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

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

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Ironlights on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ironlights.

    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 ↗
  8. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Ironlights on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ironlights.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Dota 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.

    2013ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. THE FINALS

    WHY THIS

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

    THE FINALS is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future! Fight for Fans and fortune in fully-destructible, virtual Arenas that guarantee no two rounds will ever play the same!

    2023ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Path of Exile

    WHY THIS

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

    You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.

    2013ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Paladins®

    WHY THIS

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

    Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!

    2018ActionStrategyAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  5. Splitgate

    WHY THIS

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

    Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.

    2019ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Crab Game

    WHY THIS

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

    Crab Game is a First-Person Multiplayer game where you play through several different minigames based on children's games, until only one player stands victorious.

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Where Winds Meet

    WHY THIS

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

    Step into an open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China. Uncover the secrets of your own identity as you rise from a humble village wanderer to the sword master of the imperial capital. Learn martial arts and build your reputation as a hero or a bringer of chaos in this free wuxia world.

    2025ActionAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Rec Room

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.

    2021AdventureMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from E McNeill

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

  1. Auralux: Constellations

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Ironlights.

    Another title from E McNeill, the studio behind Ironlights.

    Auralux: Constellations is the awaited sequel to Auralux, the critically acclaimed minimalistic Real Time Strategy game. Explore a dozen new gameplay mechanics through each constellation, one new feature at a time. It's Real-­Time Strategy, deconstructed.

    2016StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Darknet

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Ironlights.

    Another title from E McNeill, the studio behind Ironlights.

    Darknet is a strategy/puzzle game in which you play as an elite hacker in the Net. Plug into cyberspace, using viruses, worms, and exploits to steal the data before your signal gets traced. Includes both VR and non-VR versions.

    2017StrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Tactera

    WHY THIS

    Another title from E McNeill, the studio behind Ironlights.

    Tactera is a Real-Time Strategy game played on a “virtual tabletop”. Comes with VR (Rift/Vive) and non-VR versions! Inside a futuristic war room, a 3D hologram shows two armies on the verge of battle. Build swarms of gunships, tanks, bombers, and other units to strategically outmaneuver the enemy!

    2017StrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Skylight

    WHY THIS

    Another title from E McNeill, the studio behind Ironlights.

    Skylight is a turn-based tactics game of colossal space battles, with VR and non-VR versions. Command nimble squadrons of fighters, specialized frigates, and giant capital ships as you orchestrate your forces toward victory.

    2017StrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Astraeus

    WHY THIS

    Another title from E McNeill, the studio behind Ironlights.

    Astraeus is a VR asteroid mining RTS game that's quick to play, easy to learn, and enormous in scope. Build a mining network from dozens of bases, and watch as hundreds of ships swarm around you.

    2018StrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. IRONSTRIKE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Ironlights.

    Another title from E McNeill, the studio behind Ironlights. Shares Action with Ironlights.

    IRONSTRIKE is a 4-player co-op roguelike featuring physics-based swordplay, gestural spellcasting, and archery. Wield a sword, bow & arrow, or magic, and customize your build as you fight to rescue the gods of a vibrant fantasy world.

    2024Action19.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ironlights

How much does Ironlights cost?
Ironlights is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Ironlights have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Ironlights supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Ironlights?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ironlights are Broken Edge, Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu, Death Duel VR.
Who developed Ironlights?
Ironlights was developed by E McNeill.

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 Ironlights.

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