Games like Crisis Wing
If Crisis Wing is your kind of game, the closest matches are Proto Trigger, Heliocide and Nuclear Throne — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its medal chaining rewards precision, challenging 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.
Get personalized picks →About Crisis Wing: Crisis Wing is 90's style vertically scrolling arcade shooter. Master 7 intense vertical stages, and take down massive bosses. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op. Get ready for pure, high-octane action.
Players who liked Crisis Wing also play
Steam players who put hours into Crisis Wing 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.
Proto Trigger
WHY THIS
Top pick for Crisis Wing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
An arcade shoot'em up with unique power-infusion gameplay. Face down an unknown army alone or with a friend in online or local co-op. Navigate the cosmos to save the remants of humanity, or join them in extinction!
Heliocide
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Crisis Wing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
Heliocide is a relentless top-down scrolling action! Arm your shields, lasers, guns, bombs and missiles to defend the solar system from a massive invasion!
ActionSteam ↗Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Crisis Wing.
Third-strongest match for Crisis Wing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Chippy
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crisis Wing.
Ranked #4 for Crisis Wing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
Space War: Infinity
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crisis Wing.
Ranked #5 for Crisis Wing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
Sky Force Reloaded
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Crisis Wing.
Ranked #6 for Crisis Wing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Sky Force Reloaded is a classic shoot ‘em up experience packed in gorgeous visuals and excellent gameplay. Enjoy flashy explosions, beautiful scenery and massive bosses in single player or local cooperative modes.
Beat Hazard
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Crisis Wing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Assault Android Cactus+
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Crisis Wing.
Ranked #8 for Crisis Wing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Crisis Wing
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Truxton
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crisis Wing.
Reviewers of Crisis Wing cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
The ruthless Gidans invite you to an explosive space scramble! Head into the mighty Super Fighter and disintegrate your foes in all directions with various upgradeable weapons. Toaplan's no-frills vertical shooter Truxton speeds onto PC with new features and quality-of-life updates!
Truxton 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Crisis Wing cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
The sequel to Toaplan’s shoot ‘em up masterpiece Truxton is a thrilling insane space action with an unforgiving difficulty level. Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics and vibrant music as you dodge the high-speed bullet rain and take on tough bosses.
Grind Stormer
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Crisis Wing cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
Grind Stormer, aka V・V, is a vertically scrolling manic shooter with gorgeous pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack. Developed by an all-star team at the legendary Japanese studio Toaplan, known for their stellar shoot ‘em ups.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crisis Wing at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Crisis Wing on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
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.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Crisis Wing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Crisis Wing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Crisis Wing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crisis Wing.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Crisis Wing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crisis Wing.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under Crisis Wing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crisis Wing.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Crisis Wing on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Crisis Wing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crisis Wing.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crisis Wing.
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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crisis Wing.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Crisis Wing.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Sky Force Reloaded
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Crisis Wing.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Sky Force Reloaded is a classic shoot ‘em up experience packed in gorgeous visuals and excellent gameplay. Enjoy flashy explosions, beautiful scenery and massive bosses in single player or local cooperative modes.
Assault Android Cactus+
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Crisis Wing.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Crisis Wing.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Frequently asked about Crisis Wing
- Is Crisis Wing verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Crisis Wing 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 Crisis Wing cost?
- Crisis Wing is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Crisis Wing have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Crisis Wing supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Crisis Wing?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crisis Wing are Proto Trigger, Heliocide, Nuclear Throne.
- Who developed Crisis Wing?
- Crisis Wing was developed by Pieslice Productions.
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 Crisis Wing.
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