Games like Steelborn
If Steelborn is your kind of game, the closest matches are One Pixel TWB, Metal Slug: Awakening and Obey the Insect God — 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 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.
Players who liked Steelborn also play
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.
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.
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!
Obey the Insect God
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.
Step foot into the lair of the Insect God...if you dare. Face brutal enemies in pulse-pounding combat with digitized sprites that harken back to your favorite controversial fighting game from the ’90s that your mom’s hairdresser’s kid let you play that one time. The castle awaits…
Another Space Opera - Episode 1: The Wake of The Giant
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 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.
GIGANTIC ARMY
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.
Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.
Downwell
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.
A NEW interactive animated adventure! In this action-adventure game, Arzette must explore the Kingdom of Faramore, slay fearsome foes, acquire powerful items, discover secrets, assist colorful characters, and defeat the evil Daimur!
Guns of Fury
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Steelborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Steelborn at current Steam store prices.
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.
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!
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.
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?
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.
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!
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...
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Steelborn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Obey the Insect God
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.
Step foot into the lair of the Insect God...if you dare. Face brutal enemies in pulse-pounding combat with digitized sprites that harken back to your favorite controversial fighting game from the ’90s that your mom’s hairdresser’s kid let you play that one time. The castle awaits…
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.
A NEW interactive animated adventure! In this action-adventure game, Arzette must explore the Kingdom of Faramore, slay fearsome foes, acquire powerful items, discover secrets, assist colorful characters, and defeat the evil Daimur!
Guns of Fury
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Steelborn.
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
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, Obey the Insect God.
- Who developed Steelborn?
- Steelborn was developed by Vega Horizon Studio and published by Take Aim Games.
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