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Games like Cruelty Squad

If Cruelty Squad is your kind of game, the closest matches are UBERSLAUGHTER, GOR3 and You Are Weak — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its art style is memorable, writing quality is exceptional 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.

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About Cruelty Squad: An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

2021ActionIndieSimulation19.99 USDWindowsby Consumer Softproducts
Cruelty Squad — Steam game cover
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Players who liked Cruelty Squad also play

Steam players who put hours into Cruelty Squad 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. UBERSLAUGHTER

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Cruelty Squad.

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

    DOPAMINE - NON STOP KILLING - BLOOD - BUNNY HOPPING - HIGH SKILL CEILING - MORE BLOOD - NO HAND HOLDING - STOCK TRADING - EVEN MORE BLOOD - ODDLY SENSUAL

    2024ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. GOR3

    WHY THIS

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

    A mysterious castle and a mysterious artifact.

    2022ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. You Are Weak

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Cruelty Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Cruelty Squad.

    A ritual for the darkest of times. A game about community and change in a fractured world.

    2021Indie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Roze Blud

    WHY THIS

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

    Command your squad to seek and destroy in this fast-paced Tactical Arena Shooter. Defend the Homeland as Druidic Eco-Warriors (Roze Blud), or consolidate power as Corporate Mercenaries (NEED). Know your friends, find your enemies, fight until the last drop!

    2022ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. White Hell

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Cruelty Squad.

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

    White Hell is a retro-style first-person shooter set in a frost-bound Finland after the apocalypse.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT

    WHY THIS

    Shares an unsettling mood with Cruelty Squad.

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

    A BRAZILIAN BOOMER SHOOTER GAME MADE USING THE ID TECH 2 ENGINE! SHOOT, JUMP, EMBARK ON A JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, HELL AND EVEN HEAVEN! SAVE BRAZIL!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Cruelty Squad.

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

    The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.

    2007Action6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Psychroma

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Cruelty Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Cruelty Squad.

    Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...

    2024IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Cruelty Squad

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. Gorgon's quest

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Cruelty Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.

    Gorgon's quest is a single screen action/platformer. Play alone or with a friend (local co-op) as the mythical gorgon sisters use your petrifying gaze to turn your enemies into stone. Explore ancient Greece, find power ups and defeat great bosses.

    2024ActionAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Psycho Patrol R

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Cruelty Squad.

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

    FPS/mecha hybrid europolice sim with emphasis on interacting with NPCs and different gameplay systems.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. HITMAN™

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Cruelty Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.

    There is a world beyond ours. Beyond nations, justice, ethics. It never sleeps. It exists everywhere. And once you enter....there is no going back. Welcome to the World of Assassination. You are Agent 47, the world's ultimate assassin.

    2016ActionSteam ↗
  4. Peripeteia

    WHY THIS

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

    You are Marie, a cyborg mercenary dropped into the rot of a post-Soviet city of corruption and opportunity. Shoot, sneak, hack, climb or talk your way through alt-history cyberpunk Poland in an immersive sim where every problem has multiple solutions and every rooftop is reachable.

    2025ActionIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Cruelty Squad.

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

    Pilot a mech to hunt down and destroy the oppressive government of a cyberpunk autocracy. In this fast-paced, top-down shooter, use overwhelming firepower to destroy columns of tanks and level buildings. Unlock up to 56 unique vehicles and 40 weapons.

    2016ActionIndie6.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. System Shock

    WHY THIS

    Shares an unsettling mood with Cruelty Squad.

    Reviewers of Cruelty Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.

    A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!

    2023ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Cruelty Squad.

    Reviewers of Cruelty Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.

    The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.

    2007Action6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Wrought Flesh

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Cruelty Squad.

    Reviewers of Cruelty Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.

    Rip out organs and equip them in your own body. Fight biopunk monsters and drugged-up space bandits. You are a Gajeshian Cultist: A near-mythological being built from the bodies of long-dead saints.

    2021ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cruelty Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Cruelty Squad.

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

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Cruelty Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cruelty Squad.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cruelty Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Cruelty Squad.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cruelty Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cruelty Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Cruelty Squad.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cruelty Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cruelty Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cruelty Squad.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cruelty Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cruelty Squad.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. of the Devil

    WHY THIS

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

    Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Meteor 60 Seconds!

    WHY THIS

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

    Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?

    2018ActionIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cruelty Squad

Does Cruelty Squad work on Steam Deck?
Cruelty Squad is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Cruelty Squad cost?
Cruelty Squad is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Cruelty Squad?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cruelty Squad are UBERSLAUGHTER, GOR3, You Are Weak.
Who developed Cruelty Squad?
Cruelty Squad was developed by Consumer Softproducts.

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 Cruelty Squad.

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