Games like ESTEN
If ESTEN is your kind of game, the closest matches are Always Surrender, Waves and Rigid Force Alpha — 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.
Get personalized picks →About ESTEN: A highly experimental bullet hell that plays unlike anything else. No auto scrolling, No credits, No holding back. Let Heaven's Chaos Reign!
Players who liked ESTEN also play
Steam players who put hours into ESTEN 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.
Always Surrender
WHY THIS
Top pick for ESTEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ESTEN.
Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...
Waves
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ESTEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Rigid Force Alpha
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ESTEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
Classic shoot’em up action in modern 3D! Blast off to take down hordes of infected aliens and dreadful machines programmed on waging an intergalactic war against mankind!
Angelstruck
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for ESTEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
Angelstruck is a 2D roguelite shooter where you demolish the forces of Heaven as you attempt to reach the pearly gates. Overcharge your holy rifle, and min-max your way into insane game-breaking builds. Unlock permanent capabilities and powerful screen-destroying weapons that feed on kills.
Mushihimesama
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for ESTEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ESTEN.
Battle huge "Koju" bugs in CAVE's beautiful fantasy shooter, Mushihimesama. Experience the thrill of bullet hell from the masters of the genre as you evade visually stunning shot patterns with thousands of bullets.
Savant - Ascent REMIX
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for ESTEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
Savant - Ascent REMIX is an explosive shoot-em-up / scrolling shooter, starring an acrobatic wizard on an elevator-ride. Unlock destructive spells & acrobatic moves as you survive through a tower brimming with robotic fiends!
TYPECAST
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for ESTEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
TYPECAST is a bullet hell where you type to shoot. Get swarmed by enemies, manage the chaos, and climb the leaderboards in this unique arcade experience.
Super Glitter Rush
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for ESTEN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
Super Glitter Rush is a boss-rush style bullet hell shoot-em-up!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ESTEN at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under ESTEN on Steam right now. Shares Action with ESTEN.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under ESTEN on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under ESTEN on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ESTEN.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under ESTEN on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under ESTEN on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ESTEN.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ESTEN.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Angelstruck
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ESTEN.
Angelstruck is a 2D roguelite shooter where you demolish the forces of Heaven as you attempt to reach the pearly gates. Overcharge your holy rifle, and min-max your way into insane game-breaking builds. Unlock permanent capabilities and powerful screen-destroying weapons that feed on kills.
Frequently asked about ESTEN
- How much does ESTEN cost?
- ESTEN is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ESTEN?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ESTEN are Always Surrender, Waves, Rigid Force Alpha.
- Who developed ESTEN?
- ESTEN was developed by Discade Project.
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 ESTEN.
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