Games like RECURSOR
If RECURSOR is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cat-Astrophy, GODSCALE and A.V.E.N.A. — 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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Cat-Astrophy
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Top pick for RECURSOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with RECURSOR.
Cat-Astrophy is a fast-paced Action Roguelite that combines frantic combat, precision platforming and unique builds across procedurally generated planets. Every run offers new ways to play, death is permanent. Can you survive the cat-astrophe?
GODSCALE
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Second-strongest match for RECURSOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with RECURSOR.
GODSCALE is a 2D pixel art action roguelike set in an ancient Egyptian tomb. Face monsters, deadly traps, and powerful curses while managing blades, spells, and artifacts. Upgrade abilities in the Book of the Dead, collect Ankh tokens, and master the crypt to claim the gods' power.
A.V.E.N.A.
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Third-strongest match for RECURSOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with RECURSOR.
Pilot disposable combat drones through the Primal Portal in a sci-fi action roguelike. Customize your drone, fight through various missions, recover research data and alien technology to enhance your drone setup for the next session.
Kill All Clankers
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Ranked #4 for RECURSOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with RECURSOR.
Kill All Clankers is a fast paced 2D Platformer Rogue-lite with Bullet Heaven and Twin Stick Shooter mechanics. You play as agents of the Prohuman Revolutionary Movement. Your objective is to survive multiple levels for 30 minutes and free humanity from a tyrannical AI surveillance state.
Crescent Break
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Ranked #5 for RECURSOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with RECURSOR.
Blast apart robots and learn to survive in this unpredictable and risky roguelite platformer. Augment your cyborg suit for ridiculous synergies, destroy the level itself, and make strategic trade-offs... keep trying... and learn to overcome the deadly surprises that await!
COLD BOOT
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Ranked #6 for RECURSOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with RECURSOR.
COLD BOOT is a 2D roguelite game blending platforming with fast-paced slashing. In procedurally generated levels, players rely on quick reflexes and smart strategies to evade attacks and traps while defeating enemies. It only takes one hit for the player to kill or be killed.
RAKHEM
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Ranked #7 for RECURSOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with RECURSOR.
RAKHEM is an action platformer roguelite where you decide the enemies you have to face! Collect treasure to progress throughout each of the game's varied areas, choosing between the many different upgrades and foes available at your disposal, as well as spending cash on useful permanent upgrades!
GU Fighters
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Ranked #8 for RECURSOR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with RECURSOR.
GU Fighters is an action roguelike where you unlock and upgrade new abilities after every round of combat. Play with up to 4 players locally or online to create your own unique build and be the first to win, or go solo/co-op to traverse varying environments and defeat hordes of enemies.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with RECURSOR.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with RECURSOR.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with RECURSOR.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with RECURSOR.
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!
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.
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.
Floating Point
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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 with RECURSOR.
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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Frequently asked about RECURSOR
- What games are most similar to RECURSOR?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside RECURSOR are Cat-Astrophy, GODSCALE, A.V.E.N.A..
- Who developed RECURSOR?
- RECURSOR was developed by Wills Blackett.
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 RECURSOR.
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