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Games like ---Red---Tether-->

If ---Red---Tether--> is your kind of game, the closest matches are Planet Killer, Comet Rogue and Swirl W@tch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 ---Red---Tether-->: ---Red---Tether--> is an action-packed “combat-puzzle” roguelite. You will tear apart massive space fleets, using nothing but your advanced tether harpoons. Pull and crash ships into another, rip their components off, then grapple-swing your way out of danger.

2022ActionIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · Linuxby Sleeper Games
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Players who liked ---Red---Tether--> also play

Steam players who put hours into ---Red---Tether--> 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. Planet Killer

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for ---Red---Tether--> fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ---Red---Tether-->.

    A physics-driven sci-fi destruction roguelite. Orbit hostile worlds, unleash devastating weapons, and carve real craters into fully simulated planets while escalating planetary defenses fight back.

    2026ActionSteam ↗
  2. Comet Rogue

    WHY THIS

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

    Fast-paced roguelike where you mine and explore procedurally-generated asteroids. Collect unique stackable upgrades to aid you in your quest for riches! (and freedom...)

    2025Action4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Swirl W@tch

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Third-strongest match for ---Red---Tether--> fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Swirl W@tch is a tense stealth-action roguelite that takes place on an over-exploited gas giant. Infiltrate industrial installations, evade or eliminate guard ships, commit corporate sabotage and grow the movement to unlock new gear. Can your actions free this otherworldly world?

    2023ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Void Resurgence

    WHY THIS

    Shares ship customization and an intense mood with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Ranked #4 for ---Red---Tether--> fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.

    2025ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Dash Bang Rift LLC

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for ---Red---Tether--> fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Take over your grandma's company Dash Bang Rift LLC in this high-stakes action roguelite/roguelike where you out-math the apocalypse. Experiment with volatile Rift Mod stacks to transform standard weapons into god-tier destruction before the rift overwhelms you. Finish your shift—or die trying.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  6. Teleglitch: Die More Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Ranked #6 for ---Red---Tether--> fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.

    2013ActionIndie3.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Xentron Attack

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for ---Red---Tether--> fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Xentron Attack is a multi-directional shooter. The evil alien forces called Xentron have invaded your galaxy and spreading dangerous meteors and missiles in the space. Fight with smart enemies who calculates your movements. Turn your ship precisely and use the borderless space wisely.

    2020ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Survivors of the Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Ranked #8 for ---Red---Tether--> fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.

    2023ActionIndieRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ---Red---Tether--> at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under ---Red---Tether--> on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    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 ~62% under ---Red---Tether--> on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    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 ~46% under ---Red---Tether--> on Steam right now. Shares Action with ---Red---Tether-->.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under ---Red---Tether--> on Steam right now. Shares Action with ---Red---Tether-->.

    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 ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under ---Red---Tether--> on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    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 ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under ---Red---Tether--> on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    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. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under ---Red---Tether--> on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under ---Red---Tether--> on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. 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 ---Red---Tether-->.

    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 ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    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. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    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 ↗

More from Sleeper Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Sleeper Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Hyperspace Dogfights

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Another title from Sleeper Games, the studio behind ---Red---Tether-->. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Hyperspace Dogfights is a juicy jet-combat roguelite in which you blast, dodge and slice your way through masses of technologically inferior baddies. Your jet evolves differently on each run and becomes stronger and weirder by gathering some of the 300+ available items.

    2018ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Swirl W@tch

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Another title from Sleeper Games, the studio behind ---Red---Tether-->. Shares Action and Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Swirl W@tch is a tense stealth-action roguelite that takes place on an over-exploited gas giant. Infiltrate industrial installations, evade or eliminate guard ships, commit corporate sabotage and grow the movement to unlock new gear. Can your actions free this otherworldly world?

    2023ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Hyperspace Deck Command

    WHY THIS

    Shares ship customization and an atmospheric mood with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Another title from Sleeper Games, the studio behind ---Red---Tether-->. Shares Indie with ---Red---Tether-->.

    Hyperspace Deck Command is a complex deck building roguelite. Command a massive space fleet that operates on individual turn timers, combine a wide variety of cards into powerful decks and master the dual-use status effects to defeat the hegemonising swarm.

    2025StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ---Red---Tether-->

Does ---Red---Tether--> run on Steam Deck?
---Red---Tether--> is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does ---Red---Tether--> cost?
---Red---Tether--> is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to ---Red---Tether-->?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ---Red---Tether--> are Planet Killer, Comet Rogue, Swirl W@tch.
Who developed ---Red---Tether-->?
---Red---Tether--> was developed by Sleeper Games.

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 ---Red---Tether-->.

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27 Games Like ---Red---Tether--> — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run