Games like Truxton 2
If Truxton 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grind Stormer, Dogyuun and Astro Fighters — 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 Truxton 2: The sequel to Toaplan’s shoot ‘em up masterpiece Truxton is a thrilling insane space action with an unforgiving difficulty level. Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics and vibrant music as you dodge the high-speed bullet rain and take on tough bosses.
Players who liked Truxton 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into Truxton 2 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.
Grind Stormer
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Top pick for Truxton 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Grind Stormer, aka V・V, is a vertically scrolling manic shooter with gorgeous pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack. Developed by an all-star team at the legendary Japanese studio Toaplan, known for their stellar shoot ‘em ups.
Dogyuun
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Truxton 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
A science fiction-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game known for its stunning detailed pixel art, gigantic bosses, and a menacing difficulty. From the legendary studio Toaplan, this is quite possibly the most rock and roll shooting game of all time.
Astro Fighters
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Truxton 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Astro Fighters is a tough old school vertical scrolling bullet hell shooter designed to test your skills with non-stop arcade style action. Fight against large bosses at the end of every level and compete for the high score across 4 difficulty modes to be the best fighter pilot in the game.
Meteor Storm
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Ranked #4 for Truxton 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Twin Cobra
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Ranked #5 for Truxton 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Blast battalions of tanks into smoking craters and conquer air and sea from the sky's fastest attack chopper! Toaplan's coin-op shooter Twin Cobra flies to PC with fresh features and quality-of-life updates!
Twin Hawk
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Ranked #6 for Truxton 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Take on powerful tanks and battleships with the best use of your fighter in this military themed vertical arcade shoot ‘em up by Toaplan! Summon friendly fighter planes to avoid emergencies and increase firepower. Now on PC with modern enhancements!
Zero Wing
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Ranked #7 for Truxton 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter, now on PC with all-new features and quality-of-life bonuses!
Out Zone
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Ranked #8 for Truxton 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Blast through alien hordes as the finest cyborg mercenary in existence! To emerge victorious, you'll need to manage time and resources skillfully. Toaplan's run-and-gun smash-hit finally arrives on PC, reloaded with new features and quality-of-life extras!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Truxton 2 at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~44% under Truxton 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
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
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Priced ~88% under Truxton 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
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
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Priced ~63% under Truxton 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under Truxton 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under Truxton 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~63% under Truxton 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~69% under Truxton 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Streets of Rogue
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Priced ~50% under Truxton 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
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.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
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!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Bitwave Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Bitwave Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Earthion
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Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Truxton 2. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
Gimmick! 2
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Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Truxton 2. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Embark on a sparkling journey in this long-awaited sequel to SUNSOFT’s legendary 8-bit platformer Gimmick! Solve puzzles, trick enemies, and explore a physics-based playground. Yumetaro is back!
Wunderling DX
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Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Truxton 2. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Dash, jump, and fly at full speed through Wunderling DX: a non-stop puzzle platformer and the world's first "goomba simulator"! Race against the clock, beat tricky puzzles to uncover shiny secrets, and stomp the odds to please your evil overlord!
Zero Wing
WHY THIS
Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Truxton 2. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter, now on PC with all-new features and quality-of-life bonuses!
Truxton
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Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Truxton 2. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
The ruthless Gidans invite you to an explosive space scramble! Head into the mighty Super Fighter and disintegrate your foes in all directions with various upgradeable weapons. Toaplan's no-frills vertical shooter Truxton speeds onto PC with new features and quality-of-life updates!
Twin Cobra
WHY THIS
Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Truxton 2. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Blast battalions of tanks into smoking craters and conquer air and sea from the sky's fastest attack chopper! Toaplan's coin-op shooter Twin Cobra flies to PC with fresh features and quality-of-life updates!
Out Zone
WHY THIS
Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Truxton 2. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Blast through alien hordes as the finest cyborg mercenary in existence! To emerge victorious, you'll need to manage time and resources skillfully. Toaplan's run-and-gun smash-hit finally arrives on PC, reloaded with new features and quality-of-life extras!
Tiger Heli
WHY THIS
Another title from Bitwave Games, the studio behind Truxton 2. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Take off on a classic arcade journey with Tiger-Heli, Toaplan's pioneering vertical shooter that set the stage for an entire genre. Now available on PC with a host of modern upgrades!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dogyuun
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
A science fiction-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game known for its stunning detailed pixel art, gigantic bosses, and a menacing difficulty. From the legendary studio Toaplan, this is quite possibly the most rock and roll shooting game of all time.
Twin Cobra
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Blast battalions of tanks into smoking craters and conquer air and sea from the sky's fastest attack chopper! Toaplan's coin-op shooter Twin Cobra flies to PC with fresh features and quality-of-life updates!
Zero Wing
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter, now on PC with all-new features and quality-of-life bonuses!
Out Zone
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Truxton 2.
Blast through alien hordes as the finest cyborg mercenary in existence! To emerge victorious, you'll need to manage time and resources skillfully. Toaplan's run-and-gun smash-hit finally arrives on PC, reloaded with new features and quality-of-life extras!
Frequently asked about Truxton 2
- Does Truxton 2 run on Steam Deck?
- Truxton 2 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 Truxton 2 cost?
- Truxton 2 is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Truxton 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Truxton 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Truxton 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Truxton 2 are Grind Stormer, Dogyuun, Astro Fighters.
- Who developed Truxton 2?
- Truxton 2 was developed by Bitwave Games, Toaplan and published by Clear River Games.
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