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Games like Ember Crusade IV

If Ember Crusade IV is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crystalyn, Sharded World and Combat Complex — 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 Ember Crusade IV: Ember Crusade IV is a twin stick looter shooter roguelike where you embark on a blazing crusade to save the solar system from a demonic invasion.

2022ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDWindowsby Morne Venter
Ember Crusade IV — Steam game cover

Players who liked Ember Crusade IV also play

Steam players who put hours into Ember Crusade IV 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. Crystalyn

    WHY THIS

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

    Start with one bullet. End with hundreds. Crystalyn is a fast-paced top-down bullet-hell looter shooter about pushing your build to its absolute limits. Fight monsters, defeat bosses, and turn their loot into unstoppable firepower.

    2026ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  2. Sharded World

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Ember Crusade IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Crusade IV.

    Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Combat Complex

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Ember Crusade IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Ember Crusade IV.

    A fast-paced ARPG / roguelike hybrid with lasers, alien bugs, WASD / twin-stick controls, random loot, and procedurally-generated levels. Wield legendary weapons, unlock devastating skills, create overpowered builds – and turn your enemies' attacks against them. Try the free demo!

    2024ActionRPGEarly Access9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Earl vs. the Mutants

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Ember Crusade IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Crusade IV.

    Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Relic Hunters Legend

    WHY THIS

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

    A Top-Down Shooter/Looter RPG with a touching story inspired by JRPG classics. Shoot enemies, get loot, and customize your characters. Multiple endgame systems and over 100 hours of play await you solo or up to 4-player co-op!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peace Data

    WHY THIS

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

    Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Shape Shifter: Formations

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Ember Crusade IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Ember Crusade IV.

    Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with a friend. Select your ship and combine a large variety of weapons, abilities and infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your own unique build.

    2025ActionRPGFree To Play14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Reality Break

    WHY THIS

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

    Rewrite the universe! Break reality to change your fate, and use your powers to stop sinister forces from altering existence itself. Discover the origin of your new abilities in a fast-paced ARPG Loot Collection Roguelite where you will bend, break, and change the laws of the universe!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Ember Crusade IV on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ember Crusade IV.

    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 ↗
  2. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Ember Crusade IV on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Crusade IV.

    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 ↗
  3. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Ember Crusade IV on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Crusade IV.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Ember Crusade IV on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ember Crusade IV.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Ember Crusade IV on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ember Crusade IV.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under Ember Crusade IV on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ember Crusade IV.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Ember Crusade IV on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Crusade IV.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Ember Crusade IV on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Crusade IV.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ember Crusade IV.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ember Crusade IV.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  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 Ember Crusade IV.

    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 Ember Crusade IV.

    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 Ember Crusade IV.

    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. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Earl vs. the Mutants

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Crusade IV.

    Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Relic Hunters Legend

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Crusade IV.

    A Top-Down Shooter/Looter RPG with a touching story inspired by JRPG classics. Shoot enemies, get loot, and customize your characters. Multiple endgame systems and over 100 hours of play await you solo or up to 4-player co-op!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Shape Shifter: Formations

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Ember Crusade IV.

    Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with a friend. Select your ship and combine a large variety of weapons, abilities and infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your own unique build.

    2025ActionRPGFree To Play14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Reality Break

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Crusade IV.

    Rewrite the universe! Break reality to change your fate, and use your powers to stop sinister forces from altering existence itself. Discover the origin of your new abilities in a fast-paced ARPG Loot Collection Roguelite where you will bend, break, and change the laws of the universe!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ember Crusade IV

How much does Ember Crusade IV cost?
Ember Crusade IV is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Ember Crusade IV?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ember Crusade IV are Crystalyn, Sharded World, Combat Complex.
Who developed Ember Crusade IV?
Ember Crusade IV was developed by Morne Venter.

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 Ember Crusade IV.

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