Games like City of Beats
If City of Beats is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beat Hazard 3, Temp Zero and Sharded World — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its quirkly humor breaks tension, rogue lite meta progression and atmospheric. 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 City of Beats: Shoot. Groove. Loot. Repeat. Cross an ever-changing city skyline, flowing through encounters in tune with the cityscape’s beat. From the weapons you fire, to the enemies you shoot, to the zen-like flow, the only way to win is to become one with the beat.
Players who liked City of Beats also play
Steam players who put hours into City of Beats 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.
Beat Hazard 3
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with City of Beats.
Top pick for City of Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
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.
Temp Zero
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with City of Beats.
Second-strongest match for City of Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
Temp Zero is a minimalist roguelike which mixes intense action and musical bullet hell. Fight enemies which attack to the beat, choose perks, defeat the final boss, unlock new weapons, spells & soundtracks!
Sharded World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with City of Beats.
Third-strongest match for City of Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!
Earl vs. the Mutants
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting and a funny mood with City of Beats.
Ranked #4 for City of Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with City of Beats.
Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.
Flame Over
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with City of Beats.
Ranked #5 for City of Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
Blending top down "squirt em-up" action and "Pyroguelike" game mechanics, Flame Over features fast-paced fire-fighting thrills, randomly generated levels, 4 different game zones and dastardly hazards at every turn!
Beat Hazard
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with City of Beats.
Ranked #6 for City of Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
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.
ATOMINE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with City of Beats.
Ranked #7 for City of Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with City of Beats.
Ranked #8 for City of Beats fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
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!
Reviewers mention these as similar to City of Beats
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with City of Beats.
Reviewers of City of Beats cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with City of Beats.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with City of Beats.
Reviewers of City of Beats cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with City of Beats.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Hades
WHY THIS
Reviewers of City of Beats cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below City of Beats at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under City of Beats on Steam right now. Shares Indie with City of Beats.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under City of Beats on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under City of Beats on Steam right now. Shares Action with City of Beats.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under City of Beats on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under City of Beats on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with City of Beats.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 with City of Beats.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 City of Beats.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with City of Beats.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with City of Beats.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with City of Beats.
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.
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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.
Beat Hazard 3
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with City of Beats.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
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.
Earl vs. the Mutants
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting and a funny mood with City of Beats.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with City of Beats.
Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with City of Beats.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with City of Beats.
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!
Frequently asked about City of Beats
- Is City of Beats verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — City of Beats 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 City of Beats cost?
- City of Beats is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to City of Beats?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside City of Beats are Beat Hazard 3, Temp Zero, Sharded World.
- Who developed City of Beats?
- City of Beats was developed by Torched Hill and published by indie.io.
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 City of Beats.
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