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Games like Paint Chips

If Paint Chips is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pulsewave, Trigger Fever and DOI: Defense Shooter — 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 Paint Chips: Paint the ground! Paint your enemies! Paint your enemies ground! The ground is your enemy! Paint it!

2021ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby PhatRobit
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Players who liked Paint Chips also play

Steam players who put hours into Paint Chips 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. Pulsewave

    WHY THIS

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

    Rhythm-reactive track flyer. Fly neon highways carved from the music — grab orbs and dodge hazards locked to every beat, kick and drop. Climb global leaderboards, take the Daily Challenge, or load your OWN songs and ride tracks built from them. Pure neon, pure rhythm.

    2027ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Trigger Fever

    WHY THIS

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

    Engage in chaotic multiplayer battles in Trigger Fever, a top-down shooter party game. Crush foes solo or with friends, wielding 50+ unique weapons. Show off skills, tactically dominate, and embrace the crazy onslaught!

    2023ActionIndieEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. DOI: Defense Shooter

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Paint Chips fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Paint Chips.

    Defend the base and gather energy!

    2026ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Operation: Black Genesis - The Immortal Trials

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Paint Chips fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Paint Chips.

    top-down co-op survival horror game where players deploy into deadly Quarantined Zones, fight mutated experiments, and extract with everything you can carry—because if you die, you lose it all.

    2026ActionStrategyAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Cosmotrons

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Paint Chips fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Paint Chips.

    Cosmotrons is a cosmic battleground where skill and strategy collide. Choose your ship and customize its weaponry, engage in epic dogfights, navigate treacherous environments and outmaneuver your opponents in intense, fast-paced multiplayer battles. Are you ready to become a true space ace?

    ActionSteam ↗
  6. King of Survival

    WHY THIS

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

    King of Survival is a third-person battle royale shooter bringing the original mobile hit to PC. Parachute onto a colorful island, loot weapons and gear, then battle solo or in a squad as the safe zone shrinks. Drive vehicles and outlast every rival to survive.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  7. Warix

    WHY THIS

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

    Warix is a fast-paced 1v1 territory capture fighting game set in a dark, microscopic world. Control a glowing cybernetic nanobot, draw trails to claim turf, and destroy your rival in high-speed combat. Parry bullets, steal boost, and outsmart players online or battle a relentless solo AI.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  8. Invisible Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Invisible Archery is a fast-paced top-down PvP arena game where every player is an invisible archer. Move, dodge, predict, and strike — but every shot gives away your position. Play online or over LAN with up to 8 players in tense arena battles where positioning matters as much as aim.

    2026ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Paint Chips at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Paint Chips on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Paint Chips.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Paint Chips on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Paint Chips.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Paint Chips on Steam right now. Shares Action with Paint Chips.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Paint Chips on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Paint Chips.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Paint Chips on Steam right now. Shares Action with Paint Chips.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Paint Chips on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Paint Chips.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Paint Chips on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Paint Chips.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Paint Chips on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Paint Chips.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Paint Chips.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Paint Chips.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Paint Chips.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Paint Chips.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Paint Chips

Does Paint Chips run on Steam Deck?
Paint Chips is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Paint Chips cost?
Paint Chips is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Paint Chips have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Paint Chips supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Paint Chips?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Paint Chips are Pulsewave, Trigger Fever, DOI: Defense Shooter.
Who developed Paint Chips?
Paint Chips was developed by PhatRobit.

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 Paint Chips.

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