Games like Children of the Sun
If Children of the Sun is your kind of game, the closest matches are One Shot All Kill, HelloWorld:ESCAPE and HITMAN™ 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and dark. 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 →Children of the Sun is a tactical puzzle-shooter released in 2024 by René Rother and published by Devolver Digital. The game tasks players with guiding a single bullet through cult members using a time-stop reaiming system, combining bullet-curving mechanics with enemy path exploitation and ricochet puzzles. Players manipulate bullet speed and trajectory to orchestrate headshot combos, setting up satisfying chains across multiple targets. Reviewers describe the aesthetic as a neon-soaked grindhouse horror experience with a bleak atmosphere, paired with a dark exploitation-revenge narrative. The challenging, short solo experience emphasizes surgical precision over reflexive shooting. It is verified for Steam Deck and costs $14.99.
About Children of the Sun: On a deadly road trip into darkness, control the path of a single bullet and unleash a fury of vengeance on the sinister cult that ruined your life in this tactical puzzle-shooter.
Players who liked Children of the Sun also play
Steam players who put hours into Children of the Sun 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.
One Shot All Kill
WHY THIS
Top pick for Children of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Children of the Sun.
"Perfect catharsis from one calculated shot" Meticulous planning and precise execution. Utilize every element of the map to find seemingly impossible solutions, sweep away all targets with perfect trajectory, and clear this game. Your meticulous strategy is your firepower.
HelloWorld:ESCAPE
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Children of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Children of the Sun.
Hello World:ESCAPE is a game created by Korean high school students, where a girl trapped in an unknown space kills enemies and finds an exit.
HITMAN™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Children of the Sun.
Third-strongest match for Children of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Children of the Sun.
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
Into the Cannon, Soldier!
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Children of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Children of the Sun.
You are the commander on the last line of defense. Hold your base, recruit soldiers, and launch them via cannon to another collapsing front. A cooperative (1-2 players) tactical defense game where your decisions decide the fate of two battles.
Scorpion Overdrive
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Children of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Children of the Sun.
Descend to an alien planet where you will steal the planets most valuable resource, while hordes of giant alien bugs sting, stab, claw and shock you to no end. You must hold them back from destroying the equipment and somehow stay alive to enjoy a nice payday.
ASSASSIN: The First List (Beta)
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Children of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Children of the Sun.
Dive into the heart-pounding world of Assassin (ATFL), where every shadow holds danger and every move could be your last. As an elite assassin navigating a web of deception and intrigue, you'll face off against powerful adversaries, unravel dark secrets, and ultimately decide the fate of nations.
Gunslinger Duel
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Children of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Children of the Sun.
Engage in turn-based quick draw battles against increasingly formidable opponents. Choose your next move, then in third person, draw and fire before your opponent does! An arcade-style strategy game in the Wild West. Are you a real gunslinger survivor, or another yellow-belly about to hit the dirt?
MonsterEnd
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Children of the Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Children of the Sun.
As a survivor, although you successfully avoided the invasion of the apocalypse, after several years of life, your resources are about to run out. In order to survive, you have to leave the shelter and face enemies from all directions!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Children of the Sun
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Singularity™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Children of the Sun.
Reviewers of Children of the Sun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Children of the Sun.
FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...
Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Children of the Sun.
Reviewers of Children of the Sun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Children of the Sun.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
theHunter: Call of the Wild™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Children of the Sun.
Reviewers of Children of the Sun cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Discover an atmospheric hunting game like no other in this realistic, stunning open world – regularly updated in collaboration with the community. Immerse yourself in the single player campaign, or share the ultimate hunting experience with friends.
Candy Mandy
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Children of the Sun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Children of the Sun.
Classic game in the popular "three in a row" genre.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Children of the Sun at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Children of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Children of the Sun.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Children of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Children of the Sun.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Children of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Children of the Sun.
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.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Children of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Children of the Sun.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Children of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Children of the Sun.
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.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Children of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Children of the Sun.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Children of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Children of the Sun.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Children of the Sun on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Children of the Sun.
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...
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 Children of the Sun.
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 with Children of the Sun.
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 Children of the Sun.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Children of the Sun.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Children of the Sun.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Children of the Sun.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Children of the Sun.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Children of the Sun.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Frequently asked about Children of the Sun
- Is Children of the Sun verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Children of the Sun 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 Children of the Sun cost?
- Children of the Sun is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Children of the Sun?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Children of the Sun are One Shot All Kill, HelloWorld:ESCAPE, HITMAN™ 2.
- Who developed Children of the Sun?
- Children of the Sun was developed by René Rother and published by Devolver Digital.
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 Children of the Sun.
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