Games like Smelted Kin
If Smelted Kin is your kind of game, the closest matches are Outpost Delta, The Swapper and Bionic Bay — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Smelted Kin: Science fiction 2D shooter with platformer and metroidvania elements. Players will have to explore a huge research complex consisting of nonlinear levels, which is crowded with robots
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Outpost Delta
WHY THIS
Top pick for Smelted Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Smelted Kin.
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
The Swapper
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Smelted Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Smelted Kin.
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
Bionic Bay
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Smelted Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Smelted Kin.
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
ROLLING STAR
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Smelted Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Smelted Kin.
Bursting with hilarious dialogue and comical encounters! The second installment of the super-exhilarating Metroidvania series is here!!
Alwa's Legacy
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Smelted Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Smelted Kin.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Blocks That Matter
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Smelted Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Smelted Kin.
When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Smelted Kin fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Smelted Kin.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Smelted Kin at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Smelted Kin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Smelted Kin.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Smelted Kin on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Smelted Kin.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Smelted Kin on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Smelted Kin.
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 ~80% under Smelted Kin on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Smelted Kin.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Smelted Kin on Steam right now. Shares Action with Smelted Kin.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Smelted Kin on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Smelted Kin.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Smelted Kin on Steam right now. Shares Action with Smelted Kin.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Smelted Kin on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Smelted Kin.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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 Smelted Kin.
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 Smelted Kin.
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 Smelted Kin.
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 Smelted Kin.
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?
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 Smelted Kin.
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 Smelted Kin.
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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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Swapper
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Smelted Kin.
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
Bionic Bay
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Smelted Kin.
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
Alwa's Legacy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Smelted Kin.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Smelted Kin.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Frequently asked about Smelted Kin
- How much does Smelted Kin cost?
- Smelted Kin is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Smelted Kin?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Smelted Kin are Outpost Delta, The Swapper, Bionic Bay.
- Who developed Smelted Kin?
- Smelted Kin was developed by Microbat Studio.
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