Games like Soul King
If Soul King is your kind of game, the closest matches are Escape from the Black Monolith, ODDCORE and MULLET MADJACK — 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 Soul King: Slice, shoot, and drink tea all while being chased through tight retro FPS levels by the whispering wall of death in this score-focused corridor shooter inspired by The Club and classic 90's Shooters.
Players who liked Soul King also play
Steam players who put hours into Soul King 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.
Escape from the Black Monolith
WHY THIS
Top pick for Soul King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
ESCAPE FROM THE BLACK MONOLITH is a short but tough fast-paced shooter that lets you GUN your way down a vertiginous SKYSCRAPER. Glide around the building, unlock weapons, and shoot down all of the monolith's evil guardians! Micro FPS made by a solo developer for a game jam, then enhanced for Steam.
ODDCORE
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Soul King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
MULLET MADJACK
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Soul King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Soul King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
Impaler Gold
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Soul King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
Impaler Gold is a fast-paced minimalistic arena shooter - now expanded and improved. Summon spikes to slay monsters, build barriers, and propel yourself into the air. Challenge yourself in this highly replayable rogue-lite shooter inspired by the classics.
DUSK
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Soul King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
hate.net
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Soul King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
An abandoned arena shooter overtaken by bots. You are a mere passerby, a witness to a world that has long been lost to fake accounts and false advertisers. Thousands before you, and thousands after you.
Hellbound
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Soul King fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Soul King at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Soul King on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Soul King.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Soul King on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Soul King on Steam right now. Shares Action with Soul King.
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.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Soul King on Steam right now. Shares Action with Soul King.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Soul King on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Soul King.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Soul King on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Soul King.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Soul King on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Soul King.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Soul King on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Soul King.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Soul King.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Soul King.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Soul King.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Soul King.
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.).
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More from CakeNeq Games
Other recommendable Steam games by CakeNeq Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
WayDown
WHY THIS
Another title from CakeNeq Games, the studio behind Soul King. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
After a traumatic battle, you've been cursed to walk the earth unable to truly die, you're thrust into battle after battle, dying over and over unable to rest. Until you find the last Nazi bunker, Bunker 666.
ThreeStep
WHY THIS
Another title from CakeNeq Games, the studio behind Soul King. Shares Indie with Soul King.
Take on the wilds of Western Alaska as Sadie Kalasrade, as she survives the cold wilderness and searches for closure in ThreeStep, a deliberately-paced top-down story focused exploration game.
PROVIDER
WHY THIS
Another title from CakeNeq Games, the studio behind Soul King. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
Speak to the lost souls, caught between planes and lacking closure. Brave the dangerous Excluded Zones. Return victorious, with a story to tell. Provide closure and uncover the larger mystery that lurks.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ODDCORE
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
MULLET MADJACK
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
Impaler Gold
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
Impaler Gold is a fast-paced minimalistic arena shooter - now expanded and improved. Summon spikes to slay monsters, build barriers, and propel yourself into the air. Challenge yourself in this highly replayable rogue-lite shooter inspired by the classics.
DUSK
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Hellbound
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Soul King.
Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!
Frequently asked about Soul King
- How much does Soul King cost?
- Soul King is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Soul King?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Soul King are Escape from the Black Monolith, ODDCORE, MULLET MADJACK.
- Who developed Soul King?
- Soul King was developed by CakeNeq Games and published by CakeNeq Games, Glacier Forge Games.
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