Games like Esse Proxy
If Esse Proxy is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Hong Kong Massacre, Destropolis and SynthEscape — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, 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 Esse Proxy: Slick, stylish and brutal, 3D Cyberpunk Shooter. Located in a dystopian future, you'll experience the intertwined stories of three different characters, each with their own abilities, playstyles, strengths and weaknesses. Kill or die, learn and repeat before you unveil the secrets of Esse Proxy.
Players who liked Esse Proxy also play
Steam players who put hours into Esse Proxy 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.
The Hong Kong Massacre
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Esse Proxy.
Top pick for Esse Proxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.
Destropolis
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Esse Proxy.
Second-strongest match for Esse Proxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
SynthEscape
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Esse Proxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Esse Proxy.
A Synthwave-themed shoot 'em up (heavy on the vibes) where grazing enemy fire charges your bullet-slowing field and builds your score. Play through 5 levels in solo or co-op with leaderboard support. '80s vibes meet precision shmup gameplay. Graze Bullets. Bend Time. Break the Future.
ActionSteam ↗Shooting Blaster Big Bang Boom
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Esse Proxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Are you gonna shoot? YES! Are you gonna blast? YES! Are you gonna make a big bang? YES! Are you gonna make a big boom? YES! So what do you get? Shooting Blaster Big Bang Boom! Come have some fun, it's Good Time time!
Mr. Fast
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights and an atmospheric mood with Esse Proxy.
Ranked #5 for Esse Proxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Mr. Fast is a top-down shooting game with a bullet time twist! Enemy's time moves more slowly than yours. You're fast enough and you can kill others with one shot.
RUINER
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Esse Proxy.
Ranked #6 for Esse Proxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
Waves
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting with Esse Proxy.
Ranked #7 for Esse Proxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Waves 2: Notorious
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Esse Proxy.
Ranked #8 for Esse Proxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Esse Proxy.
Waves 2: Notorious is an arcade twin-stick shooter set in Cyberspace. Build Combos, earn Adrenaline and unleash powerful Burst attacks as you Dive into the Net and do battle against an AI that adapts to your weaknesses!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Esse Proxy
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Neon Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Esse Proxy.
Reviewers of Esse Proxy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
RUINER
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Esse Proxy.
Reviewers of Esse Proxy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
The Ascent
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting and an atmospheric mood with Esse Proxy.
Reviewers of Esse Proxy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Esse Proxy.
Reviewers of Esse Proxy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Esse Proxy at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Esse Proxy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Esse Proxy.
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 Esse Proxy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Esse Proxy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Esse Proxy.
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 Esse Proxy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Esse Proxy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Esse Proxy.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Esse Proxy.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Esse Proxy.
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 Esse Proxy.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Esse Proxy.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Esse Proxy.
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 Esse Proxy.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Esse Proxy.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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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.
Destropolis
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Esse Proxy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
RUINER
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Esse Proxy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
Waves
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting with Esse Proxy.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Esse Proxy.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Frequently asked about Esse Proxy
- How much does Esse Proxy cost?
- Esse Proxy is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Esse Proxy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Esse Proxy are The Hong Kong Massacre, Destropolis, SynthEscape.
- Who developed Esse Proxy?
- Esse Proxy was developed by FromSouthGames.
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