Games like The Drain
If The Drain is your kind of game, the closest matches are Anomaly President, Toiletocalypse and Ballwark: Pinball Siege — 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 The Drain: Feed your master before sunrise. Noise gets you killed. Upgrades cost your life. Death means new body parts to try out. And what do you do during the day...? Well, that's another story. The Drain is a hand-drawn action roguelite inspired by campy '80s and '90s horror, with a sparkle of sunshine.
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Anomaly President
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Drain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Drain.
In this presidential rogue-like action game, gather votes and run for presidency by day, then transform into a warrior to take down your enemies by night! Master unique skills to become a swordmaster, a cyber mage, or anything in between, and overthrow the ruthless president!
Toiletocalypse
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Drain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with The Drain.
An absurd roguelike survival about fighting the runs during working hours. Drink. Work. Shit. Repeat.
Ballwark: Pinball Siege
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Drain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Drain.
Pinball meets Vampire Survivors in this dopamine-packed arcade roguelite! Launch enchanted balls, build deadly machines, and forge powerful synergies to crush relentless hordes.
Little Jimmy´s Nightmare
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Drain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Drain.
Little Jimmy's Nightmare is an action roguelite where cute hand-drawn 16-bit charm meets brutal combat, flying guts and powerful item synergies. Explore handcrafted worlds, build outrageous combinations and carve your way through cultists, monsters and bizarre bosses.
IndieSteam ↗Mr. Bunny
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Drain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Drain.
Play as Mr Bunny in this action roguelite where sunlight burns enemies and moonlight empowers them. Every wound makes you stronger... but become Unholy, and sunlight burns you too.
Warriors of the End
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Drain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Drain.
Warriors of the End is a fast-paced tower-defense horde-battler roguelike. Defend the Princess against enemy hordes by strategically positioning and upgrading your towers, customize unique characters with deadly weapons and spells, discover mindblowing synergies and create game-breaking builds!
Poly Fighter
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Drain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Drain.
Poly Fighter is a single-player roguelike fighting game. Learn new moves from every opponent you defeat to build your fighter’s unique style. Battle through tense retro-arcade duels with a choice of simple or motion inputs to master your moveset and claim your title!
Falling Limbs
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Drain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Drain.
A shape-shifting witch masquerades as one of the real warlords of the Sengoku Jidai. Wage physics-driven samurai war in hand-drawn ukiyo-e style and rewind time until you unmask her. Die a thousand times. Forget nothing.
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Drain at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under The Drain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Drain.
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 ~62% under The Drain on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Drain.
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 ~46% under The Drain on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with The Drain.
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.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under The Drain on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Drain.
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 ~52% under The Drain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Drain.
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!
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under The Drain on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Drain.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under The Drain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Drain.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under The Drain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Drain.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Drain.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Drain.
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]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Drain.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Drain.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Drain.
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!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Drain.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Drain.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Frequently asked about The Drain
- How much does The Drain cost?
- The Drain is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Drain?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Drain are Anomaly President, Toiletocalypse, Ballwark: Pinball Siege.
- Who developed The Drain?
- The Drain was developed by Hatokuma Games.
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 The Drain.
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