Games like Swordship
If Swordship is your kind of game, the closest matches are HiveCorp, Galandrix and Crush The Rebellion! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and intense. 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 Swordship: Swordship is a roguelike where dodging is your best weapon. Trick your enemies into killing each other, steal containers to upgrade your ship and unlock new ways to play. Dodge, dive, die, learn, repeat.
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Steam players who put hours into Swordship 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.
HiveCorp
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Swordship.
Top pick for Swordship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swordship.
Join the HiveCorp mercenaries in their fight against an onslaught of enemies in this action rogue-lite auto-shooter. Avoid enemies, level up and combine powerful weapons and equipment to survive.
Galandrix
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Swordship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swordship.
Galandrix is a rogue like arcade game played from a top-down view and features both fast-paced action and real time strategic choices. Select your ship and blast off into the unknown against countless hordes of enemies.
Crush The Rebellion!
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Swordship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swordship.
The galactic empire is under siege from the rebel scum in all directions! Fight through endless waves of rebel ships using all of the weapons and resources at your disposal as you execute your sole orders: to Crush The Rebellion!
N-GON
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Swordship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swordship.
An acid trip back to classic vector arcade action games with the unique bullet magnet mechanic. Dodge ruthless attacks, bend your projectile trajectory, destroy waves of enemies with the massive explosion chains. Die a lot! Then try again and get yourself to top of the leaderboards
Kinetic Storm
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Swordship.
Ranked #5 for Swordship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Swordship.
Annihilate endless swarms of enemies with devastating weaponry, survive this Kinetic Storm by unlocking powerful skills and upgrades. This sci-fi action roguelike will test your skills like no other, with responsive twin-stick controls and unique enemy design.
Shape Shipter
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Swordship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Swordship.
Embark on an retro adventure of ever-changing challenges. Adapt to unique ships, dodge bullets, blast enemies, and shape-shift your way to victory. Get ready for non-stop excitement and pure arcade fun!
Go Mecha Ball
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Swordship.
Ranked #7 for Swordship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Swordship.
Load up and roll out, in this twin stick shooter with roguelike progression! Blast your way through arcade-style levels, using pinball-style physics mixed with an arsenal of devastating weapons. Defeat waves of enemy bots, battle big bosses, and upgrade your mech between runs.
Shape Survivors
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Swordship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swordship.
The arena is shrinking. Annihilate endless swarms of angry geometry to climb the global leaderboards in this relentless bullet heaven. Collect Poly shards, upgrade your weapons, and unlock permanent meta-progression to survive the crush in Shape Survivors.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Swordship at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Swordship on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Swordship.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Swordship on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Swordship.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Swordship on Steam right now. Shares Action with Swordship.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Swordship on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Swordship.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Swordship on Steam right now. Shares Action with Swordship.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Swordship.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Swordship.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Swordship.
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 Swordship.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Swordship.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Swordship.
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!
An Arcade Full of Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Swordship.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
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Frequently asked about Swordship
- Is Swordship verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Swordship is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Swordship cost?
- Swordship is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Swordship?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Swordship are HiveCorp, Galandrix, Crush The Rebellion!.
- Who developed Swordship?
- Swordship was developed by Digital Kingdom and published by Thunderful Publishing.
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 Swordship.
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