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Games like Blade Assault

If Blade Assault is your kind of game, the closest matches are Skul: The Hero Slayer, Anomaly Agent and Beku — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and intense. 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 Blade Assault: Blade Assault is a 2D action rogue-lite platformer with beautiful pixel art set in a desolate sci-fi world. Fight against the corrupt military of Esperanza as part of the resistance force of the Undercity. Bring the corrupt to justice by becoming stronger and fighting alongside your trusty comrades.

2022ActionIndie3.59 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby TeamSuneat
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Steam players who put hours into Blade Assault 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. Skul: The Hero Slayer

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blade Assault.

    Top pick for Blade Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

    2021ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Anomaly Agent

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Blade Assault.

    Second-strongest match for Blade Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Beku

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Blade Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    Captured by a plotting king of Beku and forced to embark on a challenging quest to finalise his plans, you'll master your devastating ethereal abilities in this 2D platformer to overcome increasing waves of formidable foes. What secrets will you find along the way?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 99 Waves

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Blade Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    99 Waves is a casual platformer rogue-lite game about a vengeful young man who challenges a god. Can he defeat countless monsters, the greatest warriors, and mythical beings to reach the despicable god and become a legend?

    2024ActionIndieRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Blade of the Netherworld

    WHY THIS

    Shares difficulty scaling and an intense mood with Blade Assault.

    Ranked #5 for Blade Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    Blade of the Netherworld is a fast-paced 2D Roguelite platformer. Don divine masks as a Yin-Yang Enforcer, slashing through the underworld to defeat gods, demons, and spirits. Combine a variety of items, master combat skills, and create limitless, high-speed carnage with a free-form action system.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Seed Hunter 猎源

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blade Assault.

    Ranked #6 for Blade Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    Seed Hunter is a 2D Platformer with Roguelite element. You’re the alien finding the missing source around universe, but you get into some trouble on the planet of Earth.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure1.07 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 30XX

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blade Assault.

    Ranked #7 for Blade Assault fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    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. Black Future '88

    WHY THIS

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

    Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.

    2019ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Blade Assault

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Skul: The Hero Slayer

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blade Assault.

    Reviewers of Blade Assault cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

    2021ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Metal Unit

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Blade Assault.

    Reviewers of Blade Assault cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    Metal Unit is a sprawling side-scrolling platformer with roguelite features. Play as Joanna, a soldier on a mission to capture her treasonous sister. Wear the M-Unit 11 suit and battle against monsters and aliens while uncovering the truth about humanity.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blade Assault.

    Reviewers of Blade Assault cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

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

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Risk of Rain (2013)

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Blade Assault.

    Reviewers of Blade Assault cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.

    2013ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Risk of Rain 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Blade Assault.

    Reviewers of Blade Assault cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

    2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NEOVERSE

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Blade Assault.

    Reviewers of Blade Assault cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    Neoverse is a beautiful, fantastic game consisting of adventures with thrilling challenges. It is a strategic, action, rogue-lite, deck building game that will test the player’s skill. Start an adventure with unique heroes to save the world along various timelines.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Blade Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Blade Assault on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blade Assault.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Blade Assault on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blade Assault.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Blade Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blade Assault.

    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 ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Blade Assault on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blade Assault.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Blade Assault on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blade Assault.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Blade Assault on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Blade Assault.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Blade Assault on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    "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 ↗

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 Blade Assault.

    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 Blade Assault.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Blade Assault.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Blade Assault.

    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 ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blade Assault.

    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 ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    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 ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Blade Assault

Does Blade Assault run on Steam Deck?
Blade Assault is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Blade Assault cost?
Blade Assault is listed on Steam at 3.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Blade Assault?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blade Assault are Skul: The Hero Slayer, Anomaly Agent, Beku.
Who developed Blade Assault?
Blade Assault was developed by TeamSuneat and published by NEOWIZ.

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 Blade Assault.

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