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Games like Steelborn

If Steelborn is your kind of game, the closest matches are One Pixel TWB, Metal Slug: Awakening and AploVVare Collection — 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 Steelborn: Steelborn - is a run and gun platformer game inspired by the classics and made by a team of Abuse, Ranger-X, Contra, Metal Slug, Blaster Master and H.E.R.O fans.

2023ActionIndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Vega Horizon Studio
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Steam players who put hours into Steelborn 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. One Pixel TWB

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.

    The two primordial colors of pixels start a war after years and years of "Peace", many things have happened in this castle that is now being attacked by larger forces, will you as the King of this city let them destroy everything that is yours? WARNING: If you give up easily, don't buy this game.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Metal Slug: Awakening

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Steelborn.

    Metal Slug: Awakening continues the classic gameplay loved by fans, with exciting new features like World Adventure, 3-player Team-up, and Roguelike challenges. Join forces with your friends online to take on powerful bosses anytime, anywhere!

    2024ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerFreeSteam ↗
  3. AploVVare Collection

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Steelborn.

    You found an old game console along with some games at a garage sale. You remember playing these as a kid, and couldn't resist getting it. Maybe you could give them a whirl, just for old time's sake?

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  4. Starcrest Saga

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.

    Starcrest Saga is collection of games set in the Starcrest franchise, developed by Erianko.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Celestial Lumina

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.

    Celestial Lumina is a 2D Pixel-Art Metroidvania where Light clashes with the corrupted Darkness threatening to overtake the world. Ascend from the depths as Evan, heir of a fallen underworld, to awaken the radiant abilities within you & uncover the truth behind a world stripped of dawn.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Bubble Wars

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.

    Embark on an epic adventure with Rick the Hamster to defeat the Bubble Monsters and save the love of his life!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Another Space Opera - Episode 1: The Wake of The Giant

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.

    In 2297, Earth is united under a gestalt technocratic order - reborn from the ashes of nuclear fire. Now, humanity finds itself caught in the crossfire of a bloody, supernatural conflict for the fate of the galaxy. Hack and blast your way through this explosive, cinematic action platformer.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Woodcutter Deluxe Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.

    Woodcutter Deluxe Edition is a classic platformer, tells the story of Woodcutter whose child was kidnapped. Embark on a magical adventure through the land of Aaran and help Woodcutter retrieve his firstborn.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Steelborn at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Steelborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Steelborn.

    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 ~67% under Steelborn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.

    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 ~53% under Steelborn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Steelborn.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Steelborn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Steelborn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Steelborn.

    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 ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Steelborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Steelborn.

    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 ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Steelborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Steelborn.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Steelborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Steelborn.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Steelborn.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Steelborn.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  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 Steelborn.

    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. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Steelborn.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree 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 and Adventure with Steelborn.

    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 Steelborn.

    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. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Steelborn

Does Steelborn run on Steam Deck?
Steelborn 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 Steelborn cost?
Steelborn is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Steelborn?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Steelborn are One Pixel TWB, Metal Slug: Awakening, AploVVare Collection.
Who developed Steelborn?
Steelborn was developed by Vega Horizon Studio and published by Take Aim 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 Steelborn.

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