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Games like Element X

If Element X is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rogue: Genesia, Kill to Collect and RAM: Random Access Mayhem — 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 Element X: Element X is a hardcore roguelite bullet hell. Challenge ruthless enemies and claim your high score!

2020Action2.99 USDWindows · macOSby Aerobox Games
Element X — Steam game cover

Players who liked Element X also play

Steam players who put hours into Element X 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. Rogue: Genesia

    WHY THIS

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

    Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.

    2025ActionStrategyRPG10.04 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Kill to Collect

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the last city on Earth. Earn your keep and die trying in Pieces Interactive’s cyberpunk action rogue-like, featuring 1-4 player co-op. Travel down the sleepless cesspool of murderous vagrants and cybernetic freaks, as you slice and dice your way to the lower levels of Geoshelter Alpha.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. RAM: Random Access Mayhem

    WHY THIS

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

    The roguelike where you play as the enemies. Take control of your foes, turn them against each other in fast-paced combat, and leap to a new host before your current body breaks down.

    2025ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Doomsday Hunters

    WHY THIS

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

    Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!

    2023ActionIndie15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Noobs Want to Live

    WHY THIS

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

    Noobs Want to Live is a fast-paced roguelike featuring several characters and a large pool of skills to choose from (that synergize with one another, too!) Fight, kill, grow. Each run is a new chance to create a steamrolling build!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dungeon Souls

    WHY THIS

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

    Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. 30XX

    WHY THIS

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

    Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.

    2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Heat Signature

    WHY THIS

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

    Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Element X on Steam right now. Shares Action with Element X.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Element X on Steam right now. Shares Action with Element X.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Element X on Steam right now. Shares Action with Element X.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Element X on Steam right now. Shares Action with Element X.

    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!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. TYRONE vs COPS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Element X on Steam right now. Shares Action with Element X.

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Orbt XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Element X on Steam right now. Shares Action with Element X.

    Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.

    2017ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Toree 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Element X on Steam right now. Shares Action with Element X.

    A bite-sized 3D Platformer sequel with more focus on the things people enjoyed in the first game like fast gameplay, flow focused levels and cute costumes (two this time).

    2021ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. UBERMOSH Vol.5

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Element X on Steam right now. Shares Action with Element X.

    The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.

    2017ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Waves

    WHY THIS

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

    Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

    2011ActionIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Evil Egg

    WHY THIS

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

    Blast it all to hell.

    2025ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Realm of the Mad God Exalt

    WHY THIS

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

    Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!

    2012ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slapshot: Rebound

    WHY THIS

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

    Slapshot: Rebound is a physics-based multiplayer game where you play an arcade style match of hockey. No shoot button, no puck glue, no RNG. It’s up to you and your team to take control of the puck, pass, shoot, outplay your opponents. Play with your friends or team up with other Slapshot players!

    2024ActionSportsIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered

    WHY THIS

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

    Escape Baldi's schoolhouse again in this new remastered version of Baldi's Basics Classic! Use stealth and strategy to collect all 7 notebooks and win! Featuring three games in one, gameplay improvements, a more authentic art style, accessibility improvements, and brand new ways to play!

    2022ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Yet Another Zombie Defense

    WHY THIS

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

    Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.

    2014ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Element X

How much does Element X cost?
Element X is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Element X?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Element X are Rogue: Genesia, Kill to Collect, RAM: Random Access Mayhem.
Who developed Element X?
Element X was developed by Aerobox 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 Element X.

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