Games like CrushBorgs
If CrushBorgs is your kind of game, the closest matches are Robot-X, Mega Man Legacy Collection and Mega Man X Legacy Collection — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its nostalgic, retro and adjustable difficulty. 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 CrushBorgs: "Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.
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Steam players who put hours into CrushBorgs 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.
Robot-X
WHY THIS
Top pick for CrushBorgs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
A fast-paced platform shooter inspired by 90s classics. Follow Robot-X on a journey to protect the city from a new danger, fight bosses and jump over pits in this retro experience.
Mega Man Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with CrushBorgs.
Second-strongest match for CrushBorgs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CrushBorgs.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CrushBorgs.
Third-strongest match for CrushBorgs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CrushBorgs.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
Berserk Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CrushBorgs.
Ranked #4 for CrushBorgs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Gravity Circuit
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CrushBorgs.
Ranked #5 for CrushBorgs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CrushBorgs.
Ranked #6 for CrushBorgs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
LUNARK
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CrushBorgs.
Ranked #7 for CrushBorgs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!
Tanglewood
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with CrushBorgs.
Ranked #8 for CrushBorgs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
Experience puzzle-platforming the way it’s meant to be. Designed and built on 90’s hardware, Tanglewood is a 16-bit love letter to the golden age of gaming. Guide Nymn home through a forest filled with danger, in classic 2D pixel-art style.
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Contrast
WHY THIS
Reviewers of CrushBorgs cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)
WHY THIS
Reviewers of CrushBorgs cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CrushBorgs at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under CrushBorgs on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under CrushBorgs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under CrushBorgs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under CrushBorgs on Steam right now. Shares Action with CrushBorgs.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CrushBorgs on Steam right now. Shares Action with CrushBorgs.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under CrushBorgs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CrushBorgs on Steam right now. Shares Action with CrushBorgs.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under CrushBorgs on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.
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?
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CrushBorgs.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
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]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
![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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Other recommendable Steam games by Xitilon, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Castle of no Escape
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CrushBorgs.
Another title from Xitilon, the studio behind CrushBorgs. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
Explore the mysterious castle full of monsters and secrets in a quest to collect all the treasures (that will also protect you from the curses on your way) and crush the main boss. The game won't let you exit the castle, no matter how you try. Technically you can win, but there is no end.
Void Source
WHY THIS
Another title from Xitilon, the studio behind CrushBorgs. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
Classic multi-directional (360°) shoot 'em up. Navigate your UFO through hazardous environments with dangerous enemies and beat huge bosses!
SoulFrost
WHY THIS
Another title from Xitilon, the studio behind CrushBorgs. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
This is a short but hard minimalistic scroll shooter where you race against doing too many actions to keep more energy, without which you won't make it to the end. Lightweight narrative art-game.
W4RR-i/o-RS
WHY THIS
Another title from Xitilon, the studio behind CrushBorgs. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.
Semi-automatic micro-sandbox with a console interface. You decide the fates, but don't see anything actually going on. Imagine your purpose is just to simulate a human's decision making system, in a lack of information beyond the spreadsheet numbers.
ШПМЛ5 (ShPML5)
WHY THIS
Another title from Xitilon, the studio behind CrushBorgs. Shares Indie with CrushBorgs.
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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.
Mega Man Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with CrushBorgs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with CrushBorgs.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
Berserk Boy
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CrushBorgs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Gravity Circuit
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CrushBorgs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CrushBorgs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
LUNARK
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CrushBorgs.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with CrushBorgs.
A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!
Frequently asked about CrushBorgs
- How much does CrushBorgs cost?
- CrushBorgs is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CrushBorgs?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CrushBorgs are Robot-X, Mega Man Legacy Collection, Mega Man X Legacy Collection.
- Who developed CrushBorgs?
- CrushBorgs was developed by Xitilon.
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