Games like Defying Fate
If Defying Fate is your kind of game, the closest matches are Harpoon Arena, Meowmunitions and Spelp — 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 Defying Fate: A top-down bullet hell space shooter that will test your perseverance. Blast and shoot your way through hordes of asteroids, enemy ships and whatever (and whoever) else you'll run into on your journey! Supports local co-op multiplayer over your local network.
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Steam players who put hours into Defying Fate 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.
Harpoon Arena
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Top pick for Defying Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Defying Fate.
A fast-paced top-down team shooter. The arena is split in half, limiting direct hero contact. Use a harpoon to pull enemies to your side and finish them with teammates! Accuracy and cold calculation will lead you to victory. Just avoid other harpoons flying from all directions...
Meowmunitions
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Second-strongest match for Defying Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
Meowmunitions gives you a roguelike bullet hell experience with a unique gun customization mechanic, letting you design your gun however you like. The random nature of the game, with multiple augments and artifacts, forces you to think of new and creative synergies to approach each run.
Spelp
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Third-strongest match for Defying Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
The SPELP program needs YOU to annihilate thousands of aliens with a variety of weapons, members and unique capacities. Unlock characters and make up your own team to fit your playstyle.
Deep Breach
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Ranked #4 for Defying Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
Deploy orbital defenses, fuse experimental turret technologies, and engineer devastating weapon builds in a tactical sci-fi horde survival roguelike. Break shields, shred armor, and adapt to evolving bio-corrupted swarms alongside a damaged tactical AI.
ROIDERS
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Ranked #5 for Defying Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
Become an asteroid miner and loot your way to supremacy! Fight waves of vicious aliens or battle against your friends.
TANKLE
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Ranked #6 for Defying Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
Tankle is an amazing action packed multiplayer or singleplayer top down shooter, you have to dodge bullets and defeat enemies to progress and grow stronger!
Gatekeeper
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Ranked #7 for Defying Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
Gatekeeper is a fast-paced rogue-like. Go on a quest to chase down Chaos and reclaim the stolen Heart of Time, fighting your way through relentless enemy forces. Play solo or in 4-player co-op and become the next Gatekeeper!
Gunbot Diplomacy
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Ranked #8 for Defying Fate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
Splatter slimes, massacre mutants, and assemble your perfect Gunbot! Survive hordes of enemies in this top-down shooter roguelite by customizing your weapons on the unique upgrade grid, and pick from a wide variety of build-defining modules and wacky base bots for a new experience every run.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Defying Fate at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~50% under Defying Fate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
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
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Priced ~50% under Defying Fate on Steam right now. Shares Action with Defying Fate.
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
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Priced ~50% under Defying Fate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Defying Fate.
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
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Priced ~50% under Defying Fate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
"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
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Priced ~50% under Defying Fate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
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
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Priced ~50% under Defying Fate on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Defying Fate.
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
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Priced ~50% under Defying Fate on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Defying Fate.
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?
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Defying Fate.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
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
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Defying Fate.
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).
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Frequently asked about Defying Fate
- How much does Defying Fate cost?
- Defying Fate is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Defying Fate have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Defying Fate supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, LAN Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Defying Fate?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Defying Fate are Harpoon Arena, Meowmunitions, Spelp.
- Who developed Defying Fate?
- Defying Fate was developed by Justin Proulx.
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