Games like Gunvein
If Gunvein is your kind of game, the closest matches are Astebreed: Definitive Edition, Akka Arrh and Ikaruga — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, epic and hypnotic. 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 Gunvein: Gunvein is a dynamic, aggression-based bullet hell shoot em up where you use lock on lasers, charged weapons, bombs & hypers to overwhelm the enemies before they overwhelm you.
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Astebreed: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gunvein.
Top pick for Gunvein fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.
Akka Arrh
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Gunvein fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!
Ikaruga
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Gunvein.
Third-strongest match for Gunvein fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Assault Android Cactus+
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Gunvein.
Ranked #4 for Gunvein fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Mushihimesama
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gunvein.
Ranked #5 for Gunvein fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Battle huge "Koju" bugs in CAVE's beautiful fantasy shooter, Mushihimesama. Experience the thrill of bullet hell from the masters of the genre as you evade visually stunning shot patterns with thousands of bullets.
Sora
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Gunvein.
Ranked #6 for Gunvein fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gunvein.
From Orange Juice comes a shoot'em'up starring the lone enhanced human, Sora. The sequel of the high-speed shoot'em'up "Suguri", with improved game system and graphics.
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Gunvein.
Ranked #7 for Gunvein fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gunvein.
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.
Syder Arcade
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gunvein.
Ranked #8 for Gunvein fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Gunvein
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Storm
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gunvein.
Reviewers of Gunvein cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Take a deep breath and prepare for a tranquil journey through the seasons with Storm, an atmospheric, ethereal experience where you use natural phenomena to guide a simple seed to fertile soil so it can take root and spring to life.
Infinos Gaiden
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gunvein.
Reviewers of Gunvein cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Gunvein.
The feeling of 90's arcade shooter will come again !! Arcade-like side scroll shooter of 7 stages in all!
ZeroRanger
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Gunvein cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Gunvein.
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
Devil Engine
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Gunvein.
Reviewers of Gunvein cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Gunvein.
A last ditch effort to destroy what was once to be our savior. A final mission to eliminate a disastrous future. A single ship against Earth’s entire military. The Andraste is the only hope to defeat...the Devil Engine.
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Gunvein cross-mention this title as a similar play.
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
CAVE VR
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Gunvein cross-mention this title as a similar play.
CAVE is the original VR puzzle game, looking for a journey of exploration in the ancient mysterious cave ruins, the ruins of the ancient inhabitants are from the exit ruins in layers, and the horse-hunting treasure hunt on the road seems to imply on.
Crisis R
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Gunvein cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Gunvein.
CRISIS R is a fast pace side-scrolling shooter drawing inspirations from 16-bit era classics but with modern 3d graphics and effects. Game play revolves around straightforward control against fast pace missions with challenging mecha boss fights.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gunvein at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Gunvein on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gunvein.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Gunvein on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Gunvein on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Gunvein on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Gunvein on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gunvein.
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 ~61% under Gunvein on Steam right now. Shares Action with Gunvein.
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.
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 with Gunvein.
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 with Gunvein.
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]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gunvein.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Gunvein.
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
WHY THIS
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!
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Astebreed: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Gunvein.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.
Ikaruga
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Gunvein.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Assault Android Cactus+
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Gunvein.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Gunvein.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Frequently asked about Gunvein
- Does Gunvein run on Steam Deck?
- Gunvein 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 Gunvein cost?
- Gunvein is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Gunvein?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gunvein are Astebreed: Definitive Edition, Akka Arrh, Ikaruga.
- Who developed Gunvein?
- Gunvein was developed by NGDEV.
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