Games like Midnight Fight Express
If Midnight Fight Express is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zombies and Keys, Sifu and Reality Rash — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its soundtrack enhances gameplay experience, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →Midnight Fight Express is a 2022 isometric action indie game developed by Jacob Dzwinel and published by Balor Games, available for $19.99. Players take on waves of procedurally spawned enemies across a challenging medium-length campaign, customizing their character while mastering fluid combat systems that reward environmental interaction and tactical positioning. Reviewers highlight the atmospheric intensity of its criminal underworld setting, and players describe the soundtrack as enhancing the overall gameplay experience. The game is verified for Steam Deck and holds a 91% positive rating from over 1,100 Steam reviews. Solo players seeking a demanding beat-em-up with depth will find this one worth considering.
About Midnight Fight Express: A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into “the life” by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.

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Zombies and Keys
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Top pick for Midnight Fight Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
"Zombies and Keys" is a short but intense, easy to learn zombie brawler. Be a strongman stuck in a zombie apocalypse. There's no gun. Beat 'em up, find keys, and escape.
Sifu
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Second-strongest match for Midnight Fight Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
Sifu is a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge.
Reality Rash
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Third-strongest match for Midnight Fight Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
A 3D beat 'em up inspired by the classics — fight your way through 4 different worlds. Play solo or in 2-player co-op to gather the 4 cores and save your home in this nostalgic and modern beat 'em up!
Behold! My Beef Knife
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Ranked #4 for Midnight Fight Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
"Behold! My Beef Knife" is a physics-based arena slasher set in the gritty triad underworld of Hong Kong. Carve through waves of mobs with your Beef Knife. Master your positioning and precision to bypass defenses for one-hit kills. Time to paint the streets red!
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition
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Shares an intense mood with Midnight Fight Express.
Ranked #5 for Midnight Fight Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition is a brutal close-quarters brawler. Punch, crush, shoot, and use the environment to destroy enemies. Master deep melee combat, execute savage finishers, and fight for redemption as Vasily, a former elite operative hunted by a cybernetic corporation.
Exit Limbo: Opening
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Ranked #6 for Midnight Fight Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
Exit Limbo : Opening is the first chapter of a neo-retro side-scrolling beat ’em up with adventure elements, elaborated fighting mechanics, memorable enemies and a truly unique setting and visual art style
One Finger Death Punch 2
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Ranked #7 for Midnight Fight Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
The world's fastest brawler is back. Experience cinematic kung-fu in the most epic stickman fighter ever made. Staying true to the original, you play with only two buttons. Every press matters, do not button mash!
Paint the Town Red
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Ranked #8 for Midnight Fight Express fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.
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Sifu
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Reviewers of Midnight Fight Express cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
Sifu is a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge.
Sleeping Dogs
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Shares environmental interaction and an intense mood with Midnight Fight Express.
Reviewers of Midnight Fight Express cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Midnight Fight Express.
As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.
Hotline Miami
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Reviewers of Midnight Fight Express cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
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Shares an intense mood with Midnight Fight Express.
Reviewers of Midnight Fight Express cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.
The Raiders
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Reviewers of Midnight Fight Express cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
Ride the portal stone and jump over the dimension and space to attack the enemy.
Streets of Rage 4
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Shares character customization and an intense mood with Midnight Fight Express.
Reviewers of Midnight Fight Express cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
Abda Redeemer: Space alien invasion
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Reviewers of Midnight Fight Express cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
Our brave hero Abda lost his father. After his death, he remained the only one of his kind. Everyone he loved died. After the funeral, he inherited his father's old starship. After fixing the flying saucer he had inherited, Abda got ready to go. Thus began the story of Abda Redeemer.
Raid
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Reviewers of Midnight Fight Express cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
Raid is a detective visual novel with choices and consequences, unfolding in a cold, slow-paced, lost-in-time way of the scandinavian tv-shows.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Midnight Fight Express at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~75% under Midnight Fight Express on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
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.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Midnight Fight Express on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Midnight Fight Express on Steam right now. Shares Action with Midnight Fight Express.
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.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Midnight Fight Express on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Midnight Fight Express on Steam right now. Shares Action with Midnight Fight Express.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
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 with Midnight Fight Express.
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 Midnight Fight Express.
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.
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 with Midnight Fight Express.
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 Midnight Fight Express.
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 Midnight Fight Express.
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 Midnight Fight Express.
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.).
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
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.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Fight Express.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Frequently asked about Midnight Fight Express
- Is Midnight Fight Express verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Midnight Fight Express is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Midnight Fight Express cost?
- Midnight Fight Express is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Midnight Fight Express?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Midnight Fight Express are Zombies and Keys, Sifu, Reality Rash.
- Who developed Midnight Fight Express?
- Midnight Fight Express was developed by Jacob Dzwinel and published by Balor Games.
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