Games like XEARZ
If XEARZ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Soft(A)ware, Outpost Delta and Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — 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 XEARZ: A 2D side-scrolling action game with an emphasis on pre-rendered graphics. Its atmosphere is similar to that of the Castlevania and Contra of the 90s. It features a multi-plane system that allows players to move in depth. A story of bonding and conflict between AI and humans.
Players who liked XEARZ also play
Steam players who put hours into XEARZ 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.
Soft(A)ware
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Top pick for XEARZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
A surreal puzzle-platformer where you bend gravity, rewind time, and disrupt a virtual prison built to contain you.
Outpost Delta
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for XEARZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for XEARZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
Robo's World: The Zarnok Fortress
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for XEARZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
Robo’s World: The Zarnok Fortress isn't your average Action-Platformer. Take on the vast, interconnected Fortress, and battle an ever learning foe who seeks to repair each zone you sabotage. Can you master your abilities to put an end to the dark reign of the Zarnok once and for all?
The Last Cube
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Ranked #5 for XEARZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with XEARZ.
Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.
Megabyte Punch
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Ranked #6 for XEARZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
Megabyte Punch is a fighting/beat ‘em up game in which you build your own fighter! As you travel through different environments, you battle other creatures to get their parts. Parts have their own powers and bonuses, like gun arms for a shoot ability or powerful hips for a devastating pelvic thrust attack.
ReCore: Definitive Edition
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Ranked #7 for XEARZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with XEARZ.
From creator Keiji Inafune and the makers of Metroid Prime comes the ReCore: Definitive Edition, an action-adventure crafted for a new generation. As one of the last humans, forge friendships with robotic companions and lead them on an epic adventure through a dynamic world.
SteamWorld Dig 2
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Ranked #8 for XEARZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
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 and Indie with XEARZ.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Floating Point
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with XEARZ.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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 XEARZ.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
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 and Indie with XEARZ.
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.
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
Megabyte Punch
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
Megabyte Punch is a fighting/beat ‘em up game in which you build your own fighter! As you travel through different environments, you battle other creatures to get their parts. Parts have their own powers and bonuses, like gun arms for a shoot ability or powerful hips for a devastating pelvic thrust attack.
SteamWorld Dig 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with XEARZ.
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Frequently asked about XEARZ
- What games are most similar to XEARZ?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside XEARZ are Soft(A)ware, Outpost Delta, Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.
- Who developed XEARZ?
- XEARZ was developed by ASTEZIA and published by WhisperGames.
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 XEARZ.
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