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Games like The Black Heart

If The Black Heart is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rushing Beat Of Rage, TowerFall Ascension and Miner Ultra Rag Smash — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and immersive. 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 The Black Heart: The Black Heart is a VS 2d fighting game in the tradition of Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat, where 6 creatures face each other in cruel battles with gothic aesthetic.

2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDWindowsby Andrés Borghi
The Black Heart — Steam game cover
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Characters each represent distinct fearsFluid combat with deep combo potentialHorror aesthetic stands out in fighting gamesAtmosphericDarkImmersive

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Steam players who put hours into The Black Heart 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. Rushing Beat Of Rage

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Black Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Heart.

    《Rushing Beat Of Rage》 is a hardcore action fighting game. Players who like classic arcade games should not miss it. The hearty floating combo and the quickly block are the favorites of operation enthusiasts.Start to show your operation!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. TowerFall Ascension

    WHY THIS

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

    TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

    2014ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Miner Ultra Rag Smash

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Black Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Heart.

    A very fun physics-based combat to play with your friends locally or online with remote play. The matches are never the same and everyone will have a lot of fun. It's a 2 to 4-player local/remote play online party game.

    2020ActionSportsIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗
  4. Underling Uprising

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Black Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Heart.

    Relive the glory of '90s cartoons in this vibrant Beat 'Em Up! Unleash the powers of the Underlings, scientifically enhanced experiments, in exciting 1-4 coop battles. Fight across the globe, master your abilities and take revenge on the mad scientist who created you!

    2026ActionIndie12.74 USDSteam ↗
  5. Rage of the Dragons NEO

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Black Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Black Heart.

    Engage in intense tag team battles in Rage of the Dragons NEO! Play the cult-classic among the fans of Fighting Games with brand exclusive content!

    2024ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Fly Punch Boom!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with The Black Heart.

    Ranked #6 for The Black Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Heart.

    The WILDEST ANIME FIGHT. Fly super fast, smash your friends through skyscrapers and break the planet with one punch! Up to 4 players local & 2 online. Now with workshop for INFINITE CHARACTERS!

    2020ActionIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Iron Saga VS

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with The Black Heart.

    Ranked #7 for The Black Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Black Heart.

    Take control of an assortment of superb mechs and engage in thrilling combat with other enthusiasts on the same battlefield! In addition to original mecha, well-known IPs such as "Mazinger Z" and “Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God” also ready for the mecha war!

    2025Action23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Skyhook

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with The Black Heart.

    Ranked #8 for The Black Heart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Heart.

    Fight with grappling hooks in this party brawler for one to four players. Play as a treasure hunting cat or a land swimming shark as you swing around the stage taking out your opponents.

    2016ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Black Heart

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. SILENT HILL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Black Heart.

    Reviewers of The Black Heart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Black Heart.

    Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

    2024ActionAdventure34.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Mortal Kombat X

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with The Black Heart.

    Reviewers of The Black Heart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Black Heart.

    Experience the Next Generation of the #1 Fighting Franchise. Mortal Kombat X combines unparalleled, cinematic presentation with all new gameplay.

    2015Action3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Mugen Souls

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with The Black Heart.

    Reviewers of The Black Heart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Black Heart.

    Mugen Souls features a free-roaming battle map, turn-based combat, and massive amounts of customization and growth to maximize the fun players can have with the game.

    2015StrategyAdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Street Fighter® IV

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Black Heart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Black Heart.

    Street Fighter® IV brings the legendary fighting series back to its roots by taking the beloved fighting moves and techniques of the original Street Fighter® II, and infusing them with Capcom's latest advancements in next generation technology.

    2009ActionSteam ↗
  5. Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Black Heart.

    Reviewers of The Black Heart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with The Black Heart.

    Become a vampire. Strike from the darkness and drink the blood of your prey. Use stealth, persuasion, and an arsenal of upgradable abilities to sneak past enemies undetected or punish the guilty in the seedy backstreets of nighttime Venice.

    2024AdventureRPG29.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with The Black Heart.

    Reviewers of The Black Heart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Heart.

    From the creators of Vampire Survivors comes a turbo-charged, turn-based roguelite deckbuilder! Deal world-ending combos, blitz through infested dungeons, and master the Turboturn to obliterate hordes of familiar foes with a chaotic hand of cards.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Mortal Kombat 1

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Black Heart cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Black Heart.

    Discover a reborn Mortal Kombat™ Universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang. Mortal Kombat™ 1 ushers in a new era of the iconic franchise with a new fighting system, game modes, and fatalities!

    2023Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Black Heart at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Black Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Black Heart.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Black Heart on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Heart.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under The Black Heart on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Black Heart.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Black Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Black Heart.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Black Heart on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Black Heart.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under The Black Heart on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Heart.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Black Heart on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Heart.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Black Heart on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Black Heart.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Black Heart.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 The Black Heart.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Black Heart.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Black Heart.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Black Heart.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Black Heart

How much does The Black Heart cost?
The Black Heart is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does The Black Heart have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Black Heart supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to The Black Heart?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Black Heart are Rushing Beat Of Rage, TowerFall Ascension, Miner Ultra Rag Smash.
Who developed The Black Heart?
The Black Heart was developed by Andrés Borghi and published by Saibot Studios.

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 Black Heart.

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