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Games like Black Academy

If Black Academy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Supre-Immune, Waifu Discovered 2: Medieval Fantasy and Princess Elheim in Exile — 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 Black Academy: 'School life like hell... Actually, it’s a school run by the devil?!’ Black Academy combines Side-scrolling shooting and Rogue-lite with storyline of students transforming into magical girls to confront demons after finding out the real identity of the Academy.

2023ActionIndieCasual15.99 USDWindowsby Catdoors
Black Academy — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Black Academy 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. Supre-Immune

    WHY THIS

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

    Join a roguelike action where cute immune cells battle viruses. Collect data in fast-paced combat, gain weapons and abilities through evolution, or level up to grow stronger. The fun of building your own super immune cell with different combinations each run is up to you!

    2026ActionStrategyIndie5.59 USDSteam ↗
  2. Waifu Discovered 2: Medieval Fantasy

    WHY THIS

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

    Enter a medieval fantasy shoot'em up where quick reflexes and clever play are key. Face waves of cursed enemies, dodge chaotic bullet patterns and defeat outrageous bosses to rescue a cast of stunning waifus. The better you perform, the more you uncover.

    2021ActionIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Princess Elheim in Exile

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Black Academy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Black Academy.

    Build your deck as if peering into Elheim’s heart. A gothic R18 deckbuilding roguelike.

    2026IndieCasual4.39 USDSteam ↗
  4. Drone Break

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Succubus Successor: Delilah's Juicy Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    Succubus Successor is a Metroidvania built around the power of seduction. Its unique Charm ability lets you seduce enemies and engage with them intimately. Playing as the succubus heroine, you set out to find the missing demon lord—leaping, battling, and solving puzzles across a vast world as you explore its most hidden corners.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure13.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. TurretGirls

    WHY THIS

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

    Grody extraterrestrials are pouring through a space-time rift, and only two girls and their turret stand in their way! Lock, load, and blast them to oblivion. Because if they doesn’t survive today, there’s no ‘omurice’ tomorrow! Earth depends on them!

    2025ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Sexy Mystic Survivors

    WHY THIS

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

    Roguelite bullet-hell combat meets sexy anime action in Sexy Mystic Survivors, as you rise to the occasion to help gorgeous heroines destroy countless invading monsters. Plan your builds, upgrade heroines, and survive against the clock. Keep the heroines alive and they’ll be sure to reward you!

    2022ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Humiliation Dungeon Survivors

    WHY THIS

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

    "Humiliation Dungeon Survivors" is a 2.5D survivor Roguelike game. Over a dozen cute girls of different professions need to pick up weapons to protect themselves and try to survive in this dangerous dungeon! If they are attacked by monsters, they will be ruthlessly humiliated!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Black Academy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Black Academy.

    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 ~69% under Black Academy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Black Academy.

    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 ~56% under Black Academy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Black Academy.

    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 ~50% under Black Academy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Black Academy.

    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 ~72% under Black Academy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Black Academy.

    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 ~61% under Black Academy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Black Academy.

    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 ~50% under Black Academy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Black Academy.

    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 ~69% under Black Academy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Black Academy.

    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. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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 with Black Academy.

    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 with Black Academy.

    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 Black Academy.

    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 Black Academy.

    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. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Black Academy.

    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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Black Academy

How much does Black Academy cost?
Black Academy is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Black Academy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Black Academy are Supre-Immune, Waifu Discovered 2: Medieval Fantasy, Princess Elheim in Exile.
Who developed Black Academy?
Black Academy was developed by Catdoors.

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 Black Academy.

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