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Games like Ambush

If Ambush is your kind of game, the closest matches are Foetality: Fetus Deletus, Animal Game and Doppel Hunter — 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 Ambush: Ambush is a party game up to 2-8 local players. Blend in with the crowd, spot other players among the NPC's, and slice them up with your freshly sharpened katana. Strategy and violence will be part of the game.

2021ActionCasual14.99 USDWindowsby Thierry Ferreira
Ambush — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Ambush 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. Foetality: Fetus Deletus

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Ambush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ambush.

    Foetality is a whacky couch fighting game where you battle it out as cannibal babies in the womb of your mother. Eat your siblings limb by limb in order to win!

    2025Action2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Animal Game

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Ambush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ambush.

    A 2–4 player rogue-lite party brawler where dying makes you evolve. Pick a cute animal. Grab a weapon. Wreck your friends. The catch? Last place gets the wildest upgrades. No lead is ever safe.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  3. Doppel Hunter

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Ambush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Ambush.

    Blend in, hunt, and outsmart your friends to be the last person standing. Find the real players among clones called "Doppels" to win. Experience random events that make each round unique. A hilarious local multiplayer challenge perfect for a party! 2-6 Players

    2026ActionStrategyCasualSteam ↗
  4. Bunraku

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Ambush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Ambush.

    Bunraku is a fast-paced multiplayer brawler where you clash with friends in frantic ninja fights. Up to 8 players can join the Bunraku Theater arenas, online (P2P) or local, mastering ninja dashing skills to become the ultimate battle puppeteer!

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. Dirty Dirty Pirates

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Ambush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Ambush.

    Ahoy! Dirty Dirty Pirates is a chaotic, local multiplayer fighting game, set in a looped battleground of madness.

    2024ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. TACTICAL BANDITS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Ambush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Ambush.

    Dive headfirst into the chaos of a ravaged world, where survival means mastering the art of combat and outsmarting your foes. In this hardcore arcade action game, TACTICAL BANDITS, the remnants of civilization teeter on the brink, and it's up to you to chart a path through the desolation.

    2024ActionIndieCasual11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Die by the Blade

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Ambush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Ambush.

    Vanquish your foes with a single strike in 1v1 weapon-based fighter Die by the Blade. Dive into a samuraipunk world and wield a range of traditional Japanese weapons to determine your moveset. Outwit your opponent in intense, tactical battles and master the art of the one-hit kill!

    2024ActionIndieCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Black & White Bushido

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Ambush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ambush.

    Black & White Bushido is a 1-4 player stealth-em-up arena brawl. Choose between the light and the shadow in three challenging game modes. Hide with camouflage, throw shurikens and drop smoke bombs to beat your friends locally or online.

    2015ActionSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Ambush on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Ambush.

    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 Ambush on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Ambush.

    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 Ambush on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ambush.

    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 Ambush on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ambush.

    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 Ambush on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ambush.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Ambush on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Ambush.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Ambush on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Ambush.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Ambush on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ambush.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NERTS! Online

    WHY THIS

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

    NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Wheelchair Wizards

    WHY THIS

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

    Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.

    2025ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Wires And Whiskers

    WHY THIS

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

    Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

    2025ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ambush

How much does Ambush cost?
Ambush is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Ambush have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Ambush supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Ambush?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ambush are Foetality: Fetus Deletus, Animal Game, Doppel Hunter.
Who developed Ambush?
Ambush was developed by Thierry Ferreira.

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 Ambush.

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