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Games like Anima Reaver

If Anima Reaver is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hyper Sentinel Fusion, SteelGuard and Weaponized — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Anima Reaver: A 3D Sci-Fi space shooter game where you fight against big flagships and bases to unlock the secrets of the world.

ActionIndieAdventureEarly AccessWindowsby EnricoBC
Anima Reaver — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Anima Reaver 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. Hyper Sentinel Fusion

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Anima Reaver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Anima Reaver.

    Pilot an agile starfighter to tear down alien megastructures under fire, then pull off a high-stakes heist from within before everything explodes. When you die time rewinds, sending you back to Moonbase Alpha - your hub for reinvention. Spend your bounty on epic upgrades, ready for the next run.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  2. SteelGuard

    WHY THIS

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

    Pilot customizable mechs in an epic battle against hordes of enemiesor dive into intense PvP battles where precision aiming can turn the tide, or let your mech's auto-firing system handle the heat of combat. With rogue-lite elements, each run offers a unique challenge and opportunity for growth.

    ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. Weaponized

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Anima Reaver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Anima Reaver.

    Weaponized is a fast, violent retro vector shooter. Use your machine gun to carve through asteroids and extract ore. Grab and hurl enemies, snipe through rocks, fight massive bosses. Make your quota and get out before it's too late. Earn. Endure. Weaponize.

    ActionSteam ↗
  4. Drone Break

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Anima Reaver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Anima Reaver.

    Run and Gun Roguelite where the goal is to upgrade each consecutive alien drone on death so the next can strive to become overpowered enough to escape the all consuming hive mind.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Solitary Sentinel

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Anima Reaver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Anima Reaver.

    Welcome to Solitary Sentinel, a captivating modern reimagination of Space Invaders and Missile Command, where you must defend against constantly evolving enemies by upgrading a single Sentinel. Enjoy simple controls, and deep strategic gameplay as you fend off the relentless onslaught!

    2025ActionIndie6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Spectron

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Anima Reaver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Anima Reaver.

    A fast-paced, retro-style space shooter with challenging levels. Race against the clock as you blast and dodge through waves of enemies and obstacles, pushing your reflexes to the limit.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  7. Lunaris

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Anima Reaver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Anima Reaver.

    Lunaris is a fast-paced sci-fi top-down roguelite shooter: survive escalating enemy waves, stack powerful passive and active abilities, craft wild build synergies, and turn the arena into a neon storm of lasers and explosions. Every run feels fresh and intense.

    2026ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Code of Shadows

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Anima Reaver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Anima Reaver.

    Code of Shadows is a fast-paced roguelite where you don't just deploy drones, you command them. Switch modes mid-fight, fuse drones into stronger ones, and cut through rift-spawned hordes across collapsing dimensions.

    2026ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Anima Reaver.

    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 ↗
  2. 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 Anima Reaver.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Anima Reaver.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Anima Reaver.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Anima Reaver

What games are most similar to Anima Reaver?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Anima Reaver are Hyper Sentinel Fusion, SteelGuard, Weaponized.
Who developed Anima Reaver?
Anima Reaver was developed by EnricoBC.

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 Anima Reaver.

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