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Games like Slayer Cat

If Slayer Cat is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mow That Lawn, Super Catboy and GIGANTIC ARMY — 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 Slayer Cat: Slayer Cat is a classic action shooter game that combines hand-drawn drawings with classic gameplay. Inspired by games like Contra, Doom, and Cuphead. Play as The Slayer Cat as you traverse strange places on an enemy planet, and discover and discover the mysteries of this place!

2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDWindowsby Ducktail Games
Slayer Cat — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Slayer Cat 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. Mow That Lawn

    WHY THIS

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

    Action-packed sidescrolling gardening-shooter, with colorful comicbook-style graphics and gameplay inspired by the arcade-machines of the early 80's. Mow that lawn, jump over the holes and don't let piles of dirt, animals, drones-with-water-balloons or mischievous friends, get in your way.

    2024ActionIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Super Catboy

    WHY THIS

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

    Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer created in a high-bit pixel art style, combining the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s with some ‘pawsome’ new mechanics! And let’s not forget; there’s plenty of CAT CONTENT!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. GIGANTIC ARMY

    WHY THIS

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

    Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.

    2014ActionIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Guns of Fury

    WHY THIS

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

    Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Downwell

    WHY THIS

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

    Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Kero Blaster

    WHY THIS

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

    C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Slayer Cat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Slayer Cat.

    From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!

    2022ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. 99 Levels To Hell

    WHY THIS

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

    99 Levels to Hell is a platform shooter with lots of guns, upgrades, magic, traps and monsters to kill. 99 Levels to Hell is a rogue-like, which means surviving is key and every time you play you get a new set of levels to play. When you complete 10 levels, the 10th being a boss-fight you unlock a door to the next dungeon.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Slayer Cat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slayer Cat.

    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 ~50% under Slayer Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Cat.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Slayer Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action with Slayer Cat.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Slayer Cat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slayer Cat.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Slayer Cat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slayer Cat.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Slayer Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Cat.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Slayer Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Cat.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Slayer Cat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Cat.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Slayer Cat.

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slayer Cat.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slayer Cat.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Slayer Cat.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Super Catboy

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Cat.

    Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer created in a high-bit pixel art style, combining the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s with some ‘pawsome’ new mechanics! And let’s not forget; there’s plenty of CAT CONTENT!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Guns of Fury

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Cat.

    Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Downwell

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Cat.

    Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Slayer Cat.

    From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!

    2022ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Slayer Cat

How much does Slayer Cat cost?
Slayer Cat is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Slayer Cat?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Slayer Cat are Mow That Lawn, Super Catboy, GIGANTIC ARMY.
Who developed Slayer Cat?
Slayer Cat was developed by Ducktail Games.

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 Slayer Cat.

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