Games like House of Pain
If House of Pain is your kind of game, the closest matches are They Bleed Pixels, Slain: Back from Hell and BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites — 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 House of Pain: House of Pain is a brutal hack and slash platformer. Battle hordes of twisted gore-encrusted mutant enemies. Explore, fight and wield deadly weapons such as the chainsaw, axe, machete and flame thrower. Avoid deadly traps while surviving the terror legions of twisted monsters and huge creatures.
Players who liked House of Pain also play
Steam players who put hours into House of Pain 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.
They Bleed Pixels
WHY THIS
Top pick for House of Pain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
Slain: Back from Hell
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for House of Pain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.
BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for House of Pain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with House of Pain.
Original developer WayForward upgrades its 2011 classic with new voice acting by Laura Bailey and Troy Baker, sharpened visuals, and rebalanced gameplay. Run, jump, cut, and feed your way through a massive underground castle to confront Rayne’s father at the behest of the Brimstone Society.
Draw Slasher
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for House of Pain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
Draw Slasher is the unique demanding and dynamic action packed beat'em up you need only a mouse to play. Cut, slice, snip, sever, chop, shear and trim hordes of Pirate Monkey Zombies™.
Streets of Red : Devil's Dare Deluxe
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for House of Pain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
Welcome to Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe, the permadeath multiplayer horror beat'em up that bestows players with the skills of retro gaming heroes in a fight against a legion of undead monstrosities. The chills, thrills, bills, and opportunity to learn new skills won't stop until every street runs red with blood!
Final Exam
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for House of Pain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
Jump into the frenzied action and the whacky humor of a pure 2.5D side-scroller! While they were going to their old high school for what was supposed to be the party of their life, four long-time friends end up in a ghost town full of monstrous creatures.
Shank 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for House of Pain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automatic weapons, chainsaws, machetes, grenades, plus all-new weaponry and moves to use in order to...
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for House of Pain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with House of Pain.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
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 and Indie with House of Pain.
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 and Indie with House of Pain.
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 House of Pain.
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 House of Pain.
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 and Adventure with House of Pain.
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.
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More from Reset Games Ltd
Other recommendable Steam games by Reset Games Ltd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Best Buds vs Bad Guys
WHY THIS
Another title from Reset Games Ltd, the studio behind House of Pain. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
Best Buds vs Bad Guys is a 2D run ’n’ gun from a game developer Dad and his 11 year old son, with a special message behind it. Travel to 11 different worlds, all presented in classic 16-bit style, with a catchy chip-tune soundtrack and lots of over-the-top weapons!
Machine Gun Fury
WHY THIS
Another title from Reset Games Ltd, the studio behind House of Pain. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
When tyranny takes control… someone has to pull the trigger. Machine Gun Fury brings back the golden age of arcade military shooters with pure reflex-driven carnage — no cover, no excuses. It’s you, your grenades, and pure run-and-gun chaos. No mercy. Lock and load, soldier!
Robo50
WHY THIS
Another title from Reset Games Ltd, the studio behind House of Pain. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
Robo50 is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter. Equip the mechanised Robo50 body armour and administer excessive force to eliminate the criminal scourge and clean up the streets. Destroy gang hideouts and weapon stores, track down the criminal kingpin’s lair and unleash an armoury of enhanced weapons.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
They Bleed Pixels
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
Shank 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automatic weapons, chainsaws, machetes, grenades, plus all-new weaponry and moves to use in order to...
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with House of Pain.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Frequently asked about House of Pain
- What games are most similar to House of Pain?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside House of Pain are They Bleed Pixels, Slain: Back from Hell, BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites.
- Who developed House of Pain?
- House of Pain was developed by Reset Games Ltd.
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 House of Pain.
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