Games like Super Crate Box
If Super Crate Box is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chronac: Escape, Cold Silence and Hyper Simon X — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its frantic dodging under pressure, free and lightweight and intense. 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 →Super Crate Box is a free-to-play 2D arcade platformer developed and published by Vlambeer in 2012. Players chase high scores through procedurally spawned enemies while collecting crates to swap between randomized weapons mid-run. The game features brutal difficulty designed for short, intense sessions. Reviewers describe the aesthetic as retro with pixel art styling, and players highlight the frantic dodging under pressure and satisfying completion of levels as key hooks. The lightweight free-to-play format and straightforward arcade loop offer a quick competitive experience. Super Crate Box is playable on Steam Deck and holds an 87% positive rating from over 4,000 Steam reviews.
About Super Crate Box: Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
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Chronac: Escape
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Top pick for Super Crate Box fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Crate Box.
CHRONAC! The roguelike action game where you shoot, slash, blast your way out the facility that created you. Gain powerful upgrades, face unforgiving enemies. Together.
Cold Silence
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Second-strongest match for Super Crate Box fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Crate Box.
This is a minimalistic horror platformer about survival adventures at snowy mountains. Follow the mysterious voice from the radio, fight your fears and reveal the truth!
Hyper Simon X
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Third-strongest match for Super Crate Box fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Crate Box.
Hyper Simon X is an Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Puzzle game that ingeniously blends SHMUP mechanics with the classic nostalgia of 'Simon Says' memory games. Prepare for a challenge like no other as you destroy the enemies in the exact order displayed!
LUFTRAUSERS
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Super Crate Box.
Ranked #4 for Super Crate Box fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Crate Box.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
Offendron Warrior
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Ranked #5 for Super Crate Box fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Crate Box.
Offendron Warrior is a retro arcade that combines shooting and defense. Your objective is saving Offendron civilians in the planets from the group of enemies, who are trying to spread a virus that turns Offendrons into mindless killing machines and eventually destroy the whole planet.
Hornet Virus: Steel Alcimus II
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Ranked #6 for Super Crate Box fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Crate Box.
Hornet Virus: Steel Alcimus II is a sequel of Steel Alcimus inspired by various 1980-1990s' 3D computer games. Pilot the deadliest helicopter in this action-packed 3D game. Destroy the targets, rescue the hostages, and capture the enemy buildings to save the world!
Hell is Other Demons
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Shares a retro mood with Super Crate Box.
Ranked #7 for Super Crate Box fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Crate Box.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Stealth Bastard Deluxe
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Ranked #8 for Super Crate Box fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Crate Box.
Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Vlambeer, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Nuclear Throne
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Shares an intense mood with Super Crate Box.
Another title from Vlambeer, the studio behind Super Crate Box. Shares Action and Indie with Super Crate Box.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
LUFTRAUSERS
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Super Crate Box.
Another title from Vlambeer, the studio behind Super Crate Box. Shares Action and Indie with Super Crate Box.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter
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Shares a retro mood with Super Crate Box.
Another title from Vlambeer, the studio behind Super Crate Box. Shares Action and Indie with Super Crate Box.
Choose your weapons and take aim at the most random Serious Sam adventure yet!
GUN GODZ
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Shares a retro mood with Super Crate Box.
Another title from Vlambeer, the studio behind Super Crate Box. Shares Action and Indie with Super Crate Box.
GUN GODZ is a first person shooter about gun, gangster rap and the rich culture of Venus. Featuring a fully Venusian soundtrack by Jukio 'KOZILEK' Kallio and a single English track with rap lyrics by Adam 'Doseone' Kidd.
Frequently asked about Super Crate Box
- Does Super Crate Box run on Steam Deck?
- Super Crate Box is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is Super Crate Box free to play?
- Yes — Super Crate Box is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Super Crate Box?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Super Crate Box are Chronac: Escape, Cold Silence, Hyper Simon X.
- Who developed Super Crate Box?
- Super Crate Box was developed by Vlambeer.
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