Games like Combat Complex
If Combat Complex is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eldritch Exterminators, Godsvivors and Sharded World — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its compact replayable extraction missions, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Combat Complex: 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!
Players who liked Combat Complex also play
Steam players who put hours into Combat Complex 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.
Eldritch Exterminators
WHY THIS
Top pick for Combat Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
Become a possessed gun in this bullet heaven rogue-lite, mowing down hordes of Eldritch minions with chaotic firepower. Harvest souls, hoard artifacts, and craft insane builds to slay gods and break free.
Godsvivors
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Combat Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
Prepare for epic battles between gods and Hades in this top-down action roguelite! Choose your deity, unleash powerful combos, and fight against underworld enemies. Feel the adrenaline for 15 minutes and restore order in the underworld.
Sharded World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Combat Complex.
Third-strongest match for Combat Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
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!
Earl vs. the Mutants
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Combat Complex.
Ranked #4 for Combat Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
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.
Shape Shifter: Formations
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Combat Complex.
Ranked #5 for Combat Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
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.
ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Combat Complex.
Ranked #6 for Combat Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.
NIMRODS
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Combat Complex.
Ranked #7 for Combat Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!
Danger Scavenger
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Combat Complex.
Ranked #8 for Combat Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Combat Complex at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Combat Complex on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Combat Complex on Steam right now. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
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.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Combat Complex on Steam right now. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Combat Complex on Steam right now. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Combat Complex on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Combat Complex on Steam right now. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Combat Complex on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Combat Complex.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Combat Complex on Steam right now. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
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!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
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).
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Eldritch Exterminators
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
Become a possessed gun in this bullet heaven rogue-lite, mowing down hordes of Eldritch minions with chaotic firepower. Harvest souls, hoard artifacts, and craft insane builds to slay gods and break free.
Earl vs. the Mutants
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Combat Complex.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
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.
Shape Shifter: Formations
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Combat Complex.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
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.
NIMRODS
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Combat Complex.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Combat Complex.
Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!
Danger Scavenger
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Combat Complex.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Combat Complex.
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
Frequently asked about Combat Complex
- Does Combat Complex run on Steam Deck?
- Combat Complex is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Combat Complex cost?
- Combat Complex is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Combat Complex?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Combat Complex are Eldritch Exterminators, Godsvivors, Sharded World.
- Who developed Combat Complex?
- Combat Complex was developed by Spherical Horse Studios.
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