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Games like Animal Crusaders

If Animal Crusaders is your kind of game, the closest matches are Barbarians & Beasts, Bullion - The Curse of the Cut-Throat Cattle and Awaysis — 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 Animal Crusaders: Crusade to distant lands and fight your friends in this chaotic 4 player skill based brawler or play survival alone. Defeat players and AI in order to unlock unique projectiles, weapons, magic, and cosmetics. Use spacing and custom loadouts to defeat your foes in battle.

2022Action14.99 USDWindowsby Alan Mendez
Animal Crusaders — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Animal Crusaders 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. Barbarians & Beasts

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Animal Crusaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    Choose your barbarian character to hack and slash many beasts. Swords and magic will fight alongside you against the beasts to free the kingdom.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure3.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bullion - The Curse of the Cut-Throat Cattle

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Animal Crusaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    A frantic brawler for 1-4 players with a cast of bovine buccaneers and a unique blend of PvP and co-op gameplay: grab the most loot and stab your friends.... but be sure to keep at least one crewmate alive as you battle to become the sole survivor of the Curse of the Cut-Throat Cattle!

    2024ActionIndie17.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Awaysis

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Animal Crusaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    The ultimate physics-based dungeon brawler. Surf hilly terrain to build up speed, and unleash momentum-based mayhem against the Dark Lord of Darkness in a slapstick solo or co-op adventure!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Castle Crashers®

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Animal Crusaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!

    2012ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Carrier Cuties - Pets In Mechs!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Animal Crusaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    Carrier Cuties fast-paced 3D arena fighting game where Pets in Hu-Mechs battle in highly interactive and destructible environments using the surroundings to fight. Battle with a partner against two opponents to win all the glory and treats!

    ActionSteam ↗
  6. Sacrifice Your Friends

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Animal Crusaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    Succumb to madness and come Sacrifice Your Friends! Dangerous arenas, eldritch weapons, lovecraftian creatures, and a lot of fun await you.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Knock'Em Out

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Animal Crusaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    Fight with your whole body. If you lose an arm, it's just a scratch. If you lose the other, it's a flesh wound. If you lose your legs, headbutt them. LET'S FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!

    2025ActionIndieCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. MageQuit

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Animal Crusaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    A wizard brawler about spell drafting and beard envy, MageQuit allows up to 10 mages to battle online or locally. Beards grow longer with each kill; the wizard with the longest beard after 9 rounds wins!

    2019ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Animal Crusaders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    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 ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Animal Crusaders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    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 ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Animal Crusaders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    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 ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Animal Crusaders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under Animal Crusaders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Animal Crusaders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Animal Crusaders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    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 ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    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 ↗
  6. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Animal Crusaders.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Animal Crusaders

How much does Animal Crusaders cost?
Animal Crusaders is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Animal Crusaders have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Animal Crusaders supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Animal Crusaders?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Animal Crusaders are Barbarians & Beasts, Bullion - The Curse of the Cut-Throat Cattle, Awaysis.
Who developed Animal Crusaders?
Animal Crusaders was developed by Alan Mendez.

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 Animal Crusaders.

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