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Games like Sci-Fantasy Defence

If Sci-Fantasy Defence is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sidewalk Simulator, Keep Keepers and Rogue Star Rescue — 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 Sci-Fantasy Defence: Combine physics-based traps, weapons and magic to defend against horde of thousands enemies in this roguelike tower defense with procedurally generated levels and switching between building/combat. Do it solo in VR or with up to 4 players in one PC through local co-op.

2022ActionStrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDWindowsby Ivan Chernyakov
Sci-Fantasy Defence — Steam game cover

Players who liked Sci-Fantasy Defence also play

Steam players who put hours into Sci-Fantasy Defence 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. Sidewalk Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Sci-Fantasy Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Sidewalk Simulator combines fast-paced shootout combat with a deep tower defense upgrade economy. Build, dodge, unlock, and fight to survive endless waves of 100+ unique enemies. Find balance between movement, power, and defense in each strange world you encounter.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Keep Keepers

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Sci-Fantasy Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Tower Defense meets Base Management. Strategically place your defenses. Craft wacky ammunition like fiery peppers and boomerang bananas. Discover amazing weapons and automate your economy while defending against waves of enemies. Can you handle the chaos?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie11.69 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Rogue Star Rescue

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Sci-Fantasy Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Devader

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Sci-Fantasy Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Devader is an intense 90's-style twin-stick shooter, complete with crazy old-school bosses, powerful strategic abilities and multiple endings. Upgrade your robot with nukes, shields, turrets and more to exterminate the relentless invaders.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Patch Quest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Sci-Fantasy Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    In a labyrinth surrounded by vicious monsters, Explorers must rely on their Lasso to survive! Capture and tame ANY monster to leap, glide, surf, tunnel and websling through a treacherous, patchwork maze. This roguelike/metroidvania seems cute, but it’s a deceptively difficult bullet-hell challenge!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Sci-Fantasy Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Rebel against your legacy in this farming action roguelite. Tend your spooky farm by day & defend your crops from enemies at night! Upgrade Voltaire, youngest son of Dracula, with devious new abilities & discover dozens of new plants to cultivate. Send dad a message: a vegan life is no missed steak!

    2023ActionIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Ooglians

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Sci-Fantasy Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Ooglians are coming! Nothing excites an ooglian more than smashing machinery. Protect your machinery with more machinery which attracts even more ooglians. How unfortunate.

    2022ActionStrategyEarly Access1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Cult of the Lamb

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Sci-Fantasy Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sci-Fantasy Defence at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sci-Fantasy Defence on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Sci-Fantasy Defence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sci-Fantasy Defence on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sci-Fantasy Defence on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sci-Fantasy Defence on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sci-Fantasy Defence on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sci-Fantasy Defence on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sci-Fantasy Defence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

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

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck 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. Patch Quest

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    In a labyrinth surrounded by vicious monsters, Explorers must rely on their Lasso to survive! Capture and tame ANY monster to leap, glide, surf, tunnel and websling through a treacherous, patchwork maze. This roguelike/metroidvania seems cute, but it’s a deceptively difficult bullet-hell challenge!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Rebel against your legacy in this farming action roguelite. Tend your spooky farm by day & defend your crops from enemies at night! Upgrade Voltaire, youngest son of Dracula, with devious new abilities & discover dozens of new plants to cultivate. Send dad a message: a vegan life is no missed steak!

    2023ActionIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cult of the Lamb

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Sci-Fantasy Defence.

    Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sci-Fantasy Defence

How much does Sci-Fantasy Defence cost?
Sci-Fantasy Defence is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Sci-Fantasy Defence have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Sci-Fantasy Defence supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Sci-Fantasy Defence?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sci-Fantasy Defence are Sidewalk Simulator, Keep Keepers, Rogue Star Rescue.
Who developed Sci-Fantasy Defence?
Sci-Fantasy Defence was developed by Ivan Chernyakov.

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 Sci-Fantasy Defence.

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