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Games like OTXO

If OTXO is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Hong Kong Massacre, Killer Ricky and NO RELOADING: Survival Trials — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, epic and hypnotic. 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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OTXO is a brutal action roguelite released in 2023 by Lateralis Heavy Industries, priced at $14.99. Players navigate roguelike runs through an abstract mansion using top-down shooting and time-slowing mechanics, clearing floors with alcohol-powered upgrades. Reviewers describe the experience as dark, epic, hypnotic, and intense, with players highlighting how time manipulation transforms each firefight into a cinematic spectacle and how the alcohol upgrade system adds a unique twist to runs. The black-and-white art style punctuated by enemy blood creates a stark visual identity, while a metal Mongolian throat-singing soundtrack provides a distinctive audio backdrop. The game holds a 95% positive rating from 1794 Steam reviews and is verified on Steam Deck.

About OTXO: Enter an inexplicable, abstract mansion to rescue a loved one in this fast-paced, brutal, and dark roguelite filled with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending slow motion. Face your inner demons and unveil the secrets of the Mansion.

2023ActionSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 81Windowsby Lateralis Heavy Industries
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Alcohol upgrades add a unique twist to runsBlack and white art with splashes of enemy bloodFloor clearing feels like a blood soaked rampageDarkEpicHypnotic

Players who liked OTXO also play

Steam players who put hours into OTXO 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. The Hong Kong Massacre

    WHY THIS

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

    Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.

    2019ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Killer Ricky

    WHY THIS

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

    Play as Killer Ricky and avenge his family by killing all members of a bloodthirsty Mafia organization.

    2021ActionIndieEarly Access2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. NO RELOADING: Survival Trials

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with OTXO.

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

    NO RELOADING is a stunt-driven action game where your tractor beam powers let you weaponize everything, including yourself. Master bullet-time acrobatics, chain deadly combos, and invent synergistic upgrades. You'll need every stylish trick to rescue your best doggo from sinister goblins.

    2024ActionIndieEarly Access14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Trepang2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with OTXO.

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

    Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.

    2023ActionIndie10.19 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Mr. Fast

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with OTXO.

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

    Mr. Fast is a top-down shooting game with a bullet time twist! Enemy's time moves more slowly than yours. You're fast enough and you can kill others with one shot.

    2020ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Bullet Noir

    WHY THIS

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

    In the vengeance business, you leave no loose ends. Four characters scour the city, searching for their mentor's murderer in a brutal ballet of bullets. Stylish neo-noir top-down shooter with one-hit-one-kill mechanics.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Danger Sticks

    WHY THIS

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

    A ruthless, hyper-fast, first-person stickman shooter that channels flash era stick-fight energy. Use Nostalgia to slow time, chain crisp headshots, and flow through dense arenas with a wide arsenal. Instant restarts and tight scoring reward speed, accuracy, and perfect movement.

    ActionSteam ↗
  8. Contract Killers

    WHY THIS

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

    Fast paced top down shooter, you need to be fast and deadly, choose your character, pick new contract, prepare your weapons and kill your target !!! Get rewarded and buy new more deadly weapons.

    2020ActionIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to OTXO

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with OTXO.

    Reviewers of OTXO cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with OTXO.

    Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile.

    2008ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Hotline Miami

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with OTXO.

    Reviewers of OTXO cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with OTXO.

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Slenderman: Shadow of the Forest

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of OTXO cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Slenderman: Shadow of the Forest - is a thrilling first-person horror game that immerses you in a terrifying and mystical forest. Your goal is to find a way out of this dark and gloomy place by collecting necessary items that will help you survive and escape to freedom.

    2024IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under OTXO on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with OTXO.

    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 OTXO on Steam right now. Shares Action with OTXO.

    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 OTXO on Steam right now. Shares Action with OTXO.

    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 OTXO on Steam right now. Shares Action with OTXO.

    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 OTXO on Steam right now. Shares Action with OTXO.

    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 OTXO on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with OTXO.

    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. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under OTXO on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with OTXO.

    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 ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under OTXO on Steam right now. Shares Action with OTXO.

    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 ↗

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 with OTXO.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about OTXO

Is OTXO verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — OTXO is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does OTXO cost?
OTXO is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to OTXO?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside OTXO are The Hong Kong Massacre, Killer Ricky, NO RELOADING: Survival Trials.
Who developed OTXO?
OTXO was developed by Lateralis Heavy Industries and published by Super Rare Originals.

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 OTXO.

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