Games like Tekla
If Tekla is your kind of game, the closest matches are Scrappage, Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef and SYNTHETIK 2 — 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 Tekla: Blast your way through an endless horde of enemies in this pixel art top-down shooter. Collect their remains in order upgrade your character for increased combat abilities. Tekla is a top-down shooter with roguelite elements.
Players who liked Tekla also play
Steam players who put hours into Tekla 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.
Scrappage
WHY THIS
Top pick for Tekla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
In this unforgiving rogue-lite twin stick shooter, death awaits you behind every corner. Fight your way through hordes of monsters, eliminate bosses and loot their valuable items and body parts. With them you can enhance your own body, unlock powerful skills and create your own unique builds.
Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tekla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
An action roguelike co-op dungeon crawler set in a lovecraftian universe.
SYNTHETIK 2
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tekla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
SYNTHETIK 2 is a unrelenting tactical-shooter rogue-lite. Play alone or with friends. Loot powerful tech. Experience the next level in gun-play. Upgrade your androids to rival the machine gods!
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Tekla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
SNAKE FARM
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tekla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
A top-down action roguelike about buying snakes, fighting them, selling their oil, and buying more snakes. Upgrade your weapons, get stronger snakes to fight, and chase down a high score with only ten days to live.
The Last Stand: Aftermath
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Tekla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
Teleglitch: Die More Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Tekla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
Solace Inc.
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Tekla fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
A survivors-like about a time-travelling company where you recruit your employees against endless hordes of enemies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tekla at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tekla on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tekla on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tekla.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tekla on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tekla.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tekla on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tekla on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tekla on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tekla.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tekla on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tekla.
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 Tekla.
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 Tekla.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
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!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tekla.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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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.
Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
An action roguelike co-op dungeon crawler set in a lovecraftian universe.
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
SNAKE FARM
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Tekla.
A top-down action roguelike about buying snakes, fighting them, selling their oil, and buying more snakes. Upgrade your weapons, get stronger snakes to fight, and chase down a high score with only ten days to live.
Frequently asked about Tekla
- How much does Tekla cost?
- Tekla is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tekla?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tekla are Scrappage, Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef, SYNTHETIK 2.
- Who developed Tekla?
- Tekla was developed by PhantomTouch and published by PhantomTouch .
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