Games like The Citadel
If The Citadel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sinned Arena, HEADCUTTER and Beyond Citadel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, writing quality is exceptional and atmospheric. 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 →The Citadel is a retro-inspired first-person shooter released in 2020 by doekuramori and Top Hat Studios Inc. Set within a dark citadel, the game offers 6 episodes and 30 levels across a medium-length campaign with 6 challenging bosses. Players navigate solo through procedurally generated encounters while managing bullet-drop physics and a variety of weapons that reward tactical positioning. Reviewers describe the gore effects as detailed and impactful, and players note the atmospheric quality of the design. Priced at $14.99 USD, the game is marked as playable on Steam Deck and holds a 93% positive rating from 1,613 Steam reviews.
About The Citadel: The Citadel is a brutal first person shooter, and a love letter to classic games such as Marathon, Doom and Wolfenstein 3d. Descend into the depths of a dark citadel, and fight through 6 Episodes and 30 levels of action packed with 6 challenging bosses. Go forth, Martyr.
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Sinned Arena
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Top pick for The Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Citadel.
Sinned Arena is a classic arena shooter inspired by timeless 90s games. You are trapped in Hell with other unfortunate souls, fighting among each other for demons twisted pleasures. Fight for your way out this dark place but beware, demons aren't there just to watch.
HEADCUTTER
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Second-strongest match for The Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Citadel.
HEADCUTTER is a sci-fi spaghetti western FPS with brutal combat, destructible environments, and lots of gore. Track targets as a space bounty hunter, explore maps with multiple routes, and use the crunchy gunplay to cut their heads off so you can get your money!
Beyond Citadel
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Shares weapon variety and an atmospheric mood with The Citadel.
Third-strongest match for The Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Citadel.
Beyond Citadel is an anime style retro throwback shooter inspired by the classics of the 90's, with realistic gunplay mechanics, anime violence and fast paced combat. Fight your way through the heavily armed mechanical fortress and discover the secret that lies beneath.
Pile 'Em High Episode 3: Convalescence
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Ranked #4 for The Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Citadel.
Deep in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, a secluded estate becomes ground zero for terror. Pile ’Em High 3 throws you into nonstop action‑horror mayhem—cultists, zombies, abominations—all standing between you and the truth behind the world‑shattering Pandemic
The Apogee Throwback Pack
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Shares a challenging mood with The Citadel.
Ranked #5 for The Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Citadel.
The Apogee Throwback Pack is a collection of four classic Apogee Software titles all in one kick ass package. Blast your way across the galaxy as British Special Agent Blake Stone in "Aliens of Gold" and "Planet Strike", then take on an ancient evil menace as the H.U.N.T in "Rise of the Triad".
Ion Fury
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Shares weapon variety and an atmospheric mood with The Citadel.
Ranked #6 for The Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Citadel.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Rise of the Triad: Dark War
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Shares a challenging mood with The Citadel.
Ranked #7 for The Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Citadel.
You are part of an elite group of operatives called HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce), and you must stop a maniac cult leader from killing millions of people. You are equipped with high-tech weaponry and magical instruments that defy description to invade the monastery and stop the madness.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Citadel.
Ranked #8 for The Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Citadel.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
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Wolfenstein 3D
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Shares a challenging mood with The Citadel.
Reviewers of The Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Citadel.
World War II rages. The Nazis are planning to build an unstoppable, mutant army. On a mission to steal the secret plans, you were captured and imprisoned. Now, a lucky break gives you the chance to escape, but a maze of passages and trigger-happy Nazis stand in your way.
Spec Ops: The Line
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Reviewers of The Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Citadel.
A Third-Person modern military Shooter designed to challenge players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations.
Wolfenstein: The New Order
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Reviewers of The Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Citadel.
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
System Shock
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Citadel.
Reviewers of The Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Citadel.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Hood: Outlaws & Legends
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Shares an atmospheric mood with The Citadel.
Reviewers of The Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Citadel.
In a violent, medieval world, outplay rival gangs in intense PvPvE multiplayer heists. Moving in stealth to steal treasures unseen or dominating through loud and brutal combat, only the best will escape with hard-earned riches.
ULTRAKILL
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Shares a challenging mood with The Citadel.
Reviewers of The Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Citadel.
ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
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Reviewers of The Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with The Citadel.
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Citadel at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~67% under The Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Citadel.
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
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Priced ~67% under The Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Citadel.
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.
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Priced ~53% under The Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Citadel.
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
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Priced ~47% under The Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Citadel.
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
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Priced ~70% under The Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Citadel.
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.
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~58% under The Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Citadel.
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
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Priced ~47% under The Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Citadel.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Citadel.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Citadel.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Citadel.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Citadel.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Citadel.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Citadel.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Citadel.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Citadel.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Citadel.
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 The Citadel
- Does The Citadel run on Steam Deck?
- The Citadel 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 The Citadel cost?
- The Citadel is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Citadel?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Citadel are Sinned Arena, HEADCUTTER, Beyond Citadel.
- Who developed The Citadel?
- The Citadel was developed by doekuramori, Top Hat Studios Inc and published by doekuramori, Top Hat Studios Inc.
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 The Citadel.
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