Games like Overheat
If Overheat is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Dezinsector, Academy: Become a Hero and Cosmotica — 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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Players who liked Overheat also play
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Space Dezinsector
WHY THIS
Top pick for Overheat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Overheat.
Make your way through crowds of alien bugs using surrounding objects. Clear out the rubble and overcome the obstacles. Move through the corridors of the abandoned space station where you find yourself against your will.
Academy: Become a Hero
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Overheat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Overheat.
A high-speed precision platformer and time attack challenge where every second counts: clear intense short levels without stopping, collect key items under pressure, and compete for global leaderboard rankings.
Cosmotica
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Overheat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Overheat.
Cosmotica is a tough-as-nails first-person platforming game that tests your platforming prowess in the void of deep space. Jump, walljump, and dash through 30 hand-crafted levels. Master the high skill movement that makes for fun speedruns through the levels.
SAMUZA
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Overheat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Overheat.
Welcome to the world of SAMUZA! In this time attack obstacle course game, you play as one of the "SAMUZA" series of robots who tries to restore the lost world by finding it's allies.
On Rusty Trails
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Overheat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Overheat.
Conformity is everything in this lightning-fast platformer - get ready to shift your friendships each and every second!
Chameleon Run Deluxe Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Overheat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Overheat.
Chameleon Run is a unique, fast and challenging autorunner with a colorful twist. Jump, switch and run through expertly crafted levels that will have you running back for more.
The Adventures of Mr. Bobley
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Overheat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Overheat.
The Adventures of Mr. Bobley is a 3d platformer adventure game featuring physics based puzzles and challenges that also require you to drive vehicles and operate heavy machinery. Set at a skyscraper construction site. The game is all about physics and interaction with the environment.
Into the Sinkhole
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Overheat fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Overheat.
“Into the Sinkhole” is a descending 3D platformer. With the help of explore-bot ‘Laika’, you will uncover hidden secrets that lie deep within the Sinkhole. As you traverse deeper into the Sinkhole, you will face springboard platforms that will try to push you back up.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Overheat at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Overheat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Overheat.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Overheat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Overheat.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Overheat on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Overheat.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Overheat on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Overheat.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Overheat on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Overheat.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Overheat on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Overheat.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Overheat on Steam right now. Shares Action with Overheat.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Overheat on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Overheat.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
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 Overheat.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Overheat.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Overheat.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Overheat.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Overheat.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Overheat.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Overheat.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Overheat.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Frequently asked about Overheat
- How much does Overheat cost?
- Overheat is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Overheat?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Overheat are Space Dezinsector, Academy: Become a Hero, Cosmotica.
- Who developed Overheat?
- Overheat was developed by Epic Byte Studios.
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 Overheat.
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