Games like Metal Tales: Overkill
Below are 31 hand-picked alternatives to Metal Tales: Overkill for fans of action, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Metal Tales: Overkill also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Metal Tales: Overkill: Metal Tales: Overkill is an action-adventure game where Metal and Adrenaline clash to give you the ultimate 3D roguelike guitar-shooter. Fight against the looming curse affecting your Metal brothers and free them from an ancient evil.
Players who liked Metal Tales: Overkill also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Beat Hazard 3
Top pick for Metal Tales: Overkill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Are you ready to explore your music collection mapped as a stunning galaxy of wonders? Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven twin stick shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors
Second-strongest match for Metal Tales: Overkill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
A roguelite survivor game set in the beloved world of Pathfinder. Enter Gallowspire, Pathfinder’s legendary tower of darkness, alongside your fearless companion. Slay hordes of enemies, upgrade your arsenal, and overcome deadly bosses to seal away the ancient king of undeath Tar-Baphon!
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Nine Parchments
Third-strongest match for Metal Tales: Overkill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Nine Parchments is a co-operative blast'em up game of magic mayhem from Frozenbyte, creators of the Trine series!
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Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms
Ranked #4 for Metal Tales: Overkill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
A hardcore high fantasy isometric action RPG set in a huge sandbox world ruled by magic and monsters. Master deep skill-based combat, forge powerful builds, explore unforgiving lands and dungeons, face brutal boss fights, uncover ancient secrets, and save Plamen from its inevitable doom!
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Astral Ascent
Ranked #5 for Metal Tales: Overkill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.
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Wizard of Legend
Ranked #6 for Metal Tales: Overkill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
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One Step From Eden
Ranked #7 for Metal Tales: Overkill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
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UNSIGHTED
Ranked #8 for Metal Tales: Overkill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Metal Tales: Overkill at current Steam store prices.
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Garry's Mod
Priced ~72% under Metal Tales: Overkill on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
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.
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Lethal Company
Priced ~44% under Metal Tales: Overkill on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Priced ~44% under Metal Tales: Overkill on Steam right now. Shares Action with Metal Tales: Overkill.
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.
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People Playground
Priced ~44% under Metal Tales: Overkill on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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Fallout: New Vegas
Priced ~44% under Metal Tales: Overkill on Steam right now. Shares Action with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Metal Tales: Overkill.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Beat Hazard 3
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Are you ready to explore your music collection mapped as a stunning galaxy of wonders? Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven twin stick shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
A roguelite survivor game set in the beloved world of Pathfinder. Enter Gallowspire, Pathfinder’s legendary tower of darkness, alongside your fearless companion. Slay hordes of enemies, upgrade your arsenal, and overcome deadly bosses to seal away the ancient king of undeath Tar-Baphon!
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Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
A hardcore high fantasy isometric action RPG set in a huge sandbox world ruled by magic and monsters. Master deep skill-based combat, forge powerful builds, explore unforgiving lands and dungeons, face brutal boss fights, uncover ancient secrets, and save Plamen from its inevitable doom!
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Astral Ascent
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.
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Wizard of Legend
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
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One Step From Eden
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
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UNSIGHTED
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Tales: Overkill.
EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?
Frequently asked about Metal Tales: Overkill
- How much does Metal Tales: Overkill cost?
- Metal Tales: Overkill is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Metal Tales: Overkill have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Metal Tales: Overkill 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 Metal Tales: Overkill?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Metal Tales: Overkill are Beat Hazard 3, Pathfinder: Gallowspire Survivors, Nine Parchments.
- Who developed Metal Tales: Overkill?
- Metal Tales: Overkill was developed by Zerouno Games.
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