Games like DRAINUS
If DRAINUS is your kind of game, the closest matches are Touhou Luna Nights, Deathsmiles and ZeroRanger — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 DRAINUS: This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
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Steam players who put hours into DRAINUS 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.
Touhou Luna Nights
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with DRAINUS.
Top pick for DRAINUS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DRAINUS.
Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.
Deathsmiles
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DRAINUS.
Second-strongest match for DRAINUS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DRAINUS.
Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!
ZeroRanger
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for DRAINUS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DRAINUS.
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with DRAINUS.
Ranked #4 for DRAINUS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with DRAINUS.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
Graze Counter GM
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DRAINUS.
Ranked #5 for DRAINUS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with DRAINUS.
A refreshing and highly re-playable bullet hell style shooter that WANTS you to play dangerously! Ride the razor's edge of life and death in this high-risk high-reward danger oriented arcade style shooting game.
BLUE REVOLVER
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DRAINUS.
Ranked #6 for DRAINUS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DRAINUS.
Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!
Graze Counter
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with DRAINUS.
Ranked #7 for DRAINUS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with DRAINUS.
Graze the enemy’s bullets, Charge them head-on, and Wreak Havoc!!An exhilarating and dangerous shoot-em-up! This is a game for those with courage and survival instinct!
R-Type Final 2
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with DRAINUS.
Ranked #8 for DRAINUS fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with DRAINUS.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below DRAINUS at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under DRAINUS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DRAINUS.
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 ~67% under DRAINUS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DRAINUS.
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 ~53% under DRAINUS on Steam right now. Shares Action with DRAINUS.
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.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under DRAINUS on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DRAINUS.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under DRAINUS on Steam right now. Shares Action with DRAINUS.
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 ~58% under DRAINUS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DRAINUS.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under DRAINUS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DRAINUS.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under DRAINUS on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DRAINUS.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with DRAINUS.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DRAINUS.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DRAINUS.
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.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DRAINUS.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with DRAINUS.
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 DRAINUS.
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.
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More from Team Ladybug
Other recommendable Steam games by Team Ladybug, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Touhou Luna Nights
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with DRAINUS.
Another title from Team Ladybug, the studio behind DRAINUS. Shares Action and Indie with DRAINUS.
Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.
Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DRAINUS.
Another title from Team Ladybug, the studio behind DRAINUS. Shares Action and Indie with DRAINUS.
A 2D Metroidvania-style game developed under the supervision of Ryo Mizuno, depicting the story of Deedlit and the events leading up to Record of Lodoss War: Diadem of the Covenant. Use a variety of weapons and spirit powers to unravel the mystery of the labyrinth.
BLADECHIMERA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with DRAINUS.
Another title from Team Ladybug, the studio behind DRAINUS. Shares Action and Indie with DRAINUS.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
Frequently asked about DRAINUS
- Is DRAINUS verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — DRAINUS is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does DRAINUS cost?
- DRAINUS is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to DRAINUS?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DRAINUS are Touhou Luna Nights, Deathsmiles, ZeroRanger.
- Who developed DRAINUS?
- DRAINUS was developed by Team Ladybug, WSS playground and published by WSS playground, Alliance Arts.
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 DRAINUS.
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