Games like Hero of Not Our Time
If Hero of Not Our Time is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Arena Guy, Zombie camping and Swarmhunters — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak 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.
Get personalized picks →About Hero of Not Our Time: Hero of Not Our Time is a 2D top-down action game with elements of 90s classics. The player will have to move through neo-noir dungeons looking for a way out, simultaneously destroying various monsters using magic and weapon, cleaning up location after location.
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The Arena Guy
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Top pick for Hero of Not Our Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
It's a really hardcore challenge. How long can you survive on this arena?
Zombie camping
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Second-strongest match for Hero of Not Our Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hero of Not Our Time.
Zombie camping is a third person shooter based in a forest camping where zombies are coming in waves trying to kill you.
Swarmhunters
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hero of Not Our Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
Swarmhunters is a top-down arena action shooter. The war between human and bugs has become worse - Project Swarmhunters emerged at this situation. You play as the best space soldiers in the galaxy and your mission is to strike the hive and hunt down the Emperor, supreme commander of bugs.
X-Mutation
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Ranked #4 for Hero of Not Our Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
Survive thousands of monsters in X-Mutation, a hardcore 3D top-down rogue-lite action game. Mutate your body into diverse weapons, choose from hundreds of mutations, and uniquely upgrade to craft your personal combat style!
FuryDough
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Ranked #5 for Hero of Not Our Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
🍩🔥🤪 Madness meets donuts! Smash Dough Mixers, outgun wild foes, and brave endless mazes in a roguelite rampage!
POOBO
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Ranked #6 for Hero of Not Our Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
A fast-paced action roguelike where you play as a tiny and adorable poop fighting off bacteria. Upgrade your weapons and items to escape the toilet and claim victory!
Pixel Gun Master
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Ranked #7 for Hero of Not Our Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
Pixel Gunmaster is a roguelike shooter action game about a protagonist who is turned into a demon and goes on a journey to undo his wish. Will you be able to defeat powerful bosses and return to human form?
Temple of Rust
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Ranked #8 for Hero of Not Our Time fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
Temple of Rust is a top-down action roguelike. Fight through the wastelands using your sling and various types of ammunition along with special boots for powerful jump attacks. Create unique attack combinations with special upgrades and blast your way to the multiple cores of corruption.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hero of Not Our Time at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Hero of Not Our Time on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Hero of Not Our Time.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
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Priced ~51% under Hero of Not Our Time on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
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Priced ~51% under Hero of Not Our Time on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Hero of Not Our Time.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
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Priced ~51% under Hero of Not Our Time on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
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Priced ~51% under Hero of Not Our Time on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Hero of Not Our Time.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hero of Not Our Time.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
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]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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 Hero of Not Our Time.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hero of Not Our Time.
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.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Hero of Not Our Time.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
![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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Frequently asked about Hero of Not Our Time
- Does Hero of Not Our Time run on Steam Deck?
- Hero of Not Our Time 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 Hero of Not Our Time cost?
- Hero of Not Our Time is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hero of Not Our Time?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hero of Not Our Time are The Arena Guy, Zombie camping, Swarmhunters.
- Who developed Hero of Not Our Time?
- Hero of Not Our Time was developed by Hide Head.
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 Hero of Not Our Time.
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