Games like Herodes
If Herodes is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Dragons, Gates of Zendocon and Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators — 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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Steam players who put hours into Herodes 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.
Space Dragons
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Top pick for Herodes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Herodes.
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
Gates of Zendocon
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Second-strongest match for Herodes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Herodes.
In this classic side-scrolling shoot-em-up, originally published in 1989 for the Atari Lynx handheld console, take on the role of a starship pilot trapped in a web of 51 interconnected hostile universes by the evil spider Zendocon.
Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators
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Third-strongest match for Herodes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Herodes.
Use Aileron Rolling or Evading your enemies' attacks while having a realistic damage system. Use different planes with upgradable parts and numerous weapons you can mount to your planes to destroy your enemies. Fly solo or play with your friends and enjoy local coop. A modern re-invented classic.
DRAINUS
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Ranked #4 for Herodes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Herodes.
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
ARMED SEVEN
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Herodes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Herodes.
The year is 1989. 12 years have passed since the Gogoh Army’s invasion of Earth. Exposure to alien technology during the war enabled Earth’s own technologies to take massive leaps forward. International conflict that was previously rife in the history of mankind fell to an all-time low, and the Earth Federation was established as a...
Earthion
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Ranked #6 for Herodes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Herodes.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
SATAZIUS
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Ranked #7 for Herodes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Herodes.
The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...
REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR
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Ranked #8 for Herodes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Herodes.
The world really does revolve around you in this mind-bending shooter where changing your perspective could save your life.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Herodes at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Herodes on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Herodes.
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
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Priced ~60% under Herodes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Herodes.
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 Herodes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Herodes.
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
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Priced ~80% under Herodes on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Herodes.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under Herodes on Steam right now. Shares Action with Herodes.
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.
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
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Priced ~50% under Herodes on Steam right now. Shares Action with Herodes.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Herodes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Herodes.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~60% under Herodes on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Herodes.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Herodes.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Herodes.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Herodes.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Herodes.
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!
The Lab
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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!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Herodes.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Herodes.
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).
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Plays great on Steam Deck
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DRAINUS
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Herodes.
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
ARMED SEVEN
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Herodes.
The year is 1989. 12 years have passed since the Gogoh Army’s invasion of Earth. Exposure to alien technology during the war enabled Earth’s own technologies to take massive leaps forward. International conflict that was previously rife in the history of mankind fell to an all-time low, and the Earth Federation was established as a...
Earthion
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Herodes.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
Frequently asked about Herodes
- How much does Herodes cost?
- Herodes is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Herodes?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Herodes are Space Dragons, Gates of Zendocon, Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators.
- Who developed Herodes?
- Herodes was developed by TecnoloGils and published by QUByte Interactive.
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