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Games like After Wave: Downfall

If After Wave: Downfall is your kind of game, the closest matches are Boing Bang Adventure, Hellcrackers and Alien Hominid HD — 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.

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About After Wave: Downfall: Arcade shooter where the player battles against monsters, completes various missions with a cool battleship. Deathrix invaded the world and released a mysterious meteorite causing a great flood. Players can upgrade their ships for better performance to fight the most brutal enemies.

2023Action9.99 USDWindowsby 7 Raven Studios, SleepPlaying
After Wave: Downfall — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into After Wave: Downfall 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.

  1. Boing Bang Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for After Wave: Downfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Boing Bang Adventure is a 2D arcade game in the style of the classic arcade game "Pang" Face almost 50 levels, in 8 different world in single player or in local co-op!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Hellcrackers

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for After Wave: Downfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Hellcrackers is a survivors-like you can play solo or with up to 8 friends locally. Fight waves of monsters, and buy upgrades from the coins you collect! If you are a few coins short you can always accept curses for some extra cash!

    2025ActionCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Alien Hominid HD

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for After Wave: Downfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!

    2023ActionIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for After Wave: Downfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Ninjin: Clash of Carrots is an anime-inspired beat-em-up with varied enemies and deep customization. Play as the rabbit Ninjin, or Akai, the ninja fox, and fight to retrieve the carrots stolen by Shogun Moe! Redeem carrots for weapons, upgrades and more! Supports 2-player online or local co-op.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Contra: Operation Galuga

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for After Wave: Downfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!

    2024Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. G-Darius HD

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for After Wave: Downfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    You will see the creation of new lives... Capture enemies and fire them back at their allies as enormous beams of energy in this horizontally scrolling shooting game, featuring 5 versions of G-Darius with new features, enhancements, and Steam exclusive extras!

    2022Action14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Guns, Gore & Cannoli

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for After Wave: Downfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.

    2015ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Arcade Mayhem Juanito

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for After Wave: Downfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below After Wave: Downfall at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under After Wave: Downfall on Steam right now. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under After Wave: Downfall on Steam right now. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under After Wave: Downfall on Steam right now. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under After Wave: Downfall on Steam right now. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under After Wave: Downfall on Steam right now. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under After Wave: Downfall on Steam right now. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under After Wave: Downfall on Steam right now. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Half-Life: Opposing Force

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under After Wave: Downfall on Steam right now. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.

    1999Action4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from 7 Raven Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by 7 Raven Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Dyna Bomb

    WHY THIS

    Another title from 7 Raven Studios, the studio behind After Wave: Downfall. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Strap on your jetpack and prepare for chaos! Dyna Bomb has intuitive arcade action game play, with a blast of humor, Enjoy!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Ghost Sweeper

    WHY THIS

    Another title from 7 Raven Studios, the studio behind After Wave: Downfall. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Ghost Sweeper features fun stylized cartoon graphics and game-play that mixes action and puzzles, with a variety of items to help you along the way. Use your agility and speed to tackle your enemy or plan the perfect strategy to avoid confrontation, it is up to you!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. DAMN!

    WHY THIS

    Another title from 7 Raven Studios, the studio behind After Wave: Downfall. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    DAMN the machines! DAMN the machines! Nobody knows who put a virus in the Lab.34 LAN, but now the smartest robots produced in the lab have started an uprising against their creators! Scientists and technicians are trapped inside and surely face certain death, can you help them?

    2017ActionIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Alien Hominid HD

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!

    2023ActionIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    Ninjin: Clash of Carrots is an anime-inspired beat-em-up with varied enemies and deep customization. Play as the rabbit Ninjin, or Akai, the ninja fox, and fight to retrieve the carrots stolen by Shogun Moe! Redeem carrots for weapons, upgrades and more! Supports 2-player online or local co-op.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Contra: Operation Galuga

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with After Wave: Downfall.

    The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!

    2024Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about After Wave: Downfall

How much does After Wave: Downfall cost?
After Wave: Downfall is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does After Wave: Downfall have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — After Wave: Downfall 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 After Wave: Downfall?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside After Wave: Downfall are Boing Bang Adventure, Hellcrackers, Alien Hominid HD.
Who developed After Wave: Downfall?
After Wave: Downfall was developed by 7 Raven Studios, SleepPlaying and published by 7 Raven Studios.

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 After Wave: Downfall.

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