Games like LIGHTNING
If LIGHTNING is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fireteam Breach, THE WASTE and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 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 LIGHTNING: Fast-paced competitive FPS with character abilities. Combining realistic settings with superpowers. Geared toward ESPORT with In-game Map Editor. Organize tournaments, customize weapons and characters, replay matches, manage your team, variety of modes and exclusive attention to gunplay.
Players who liked LIGHTNING also play
Steam players who put hours into LIGHTNING 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.
Fireteam Breach
WHY THIS
Top pick for LIGHTNING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
Fireteam Breach is a tactical 5v5 FPS where precision and teamwork decide victory. Master round-based combat as Attackers or Defenders in Bomb, Hostage, and Secure Area modes. Use strategy, destruction, and unique operators with gadgets to outplay the enemy.
THE WASTE
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for LIGHTNING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
THE WASTE – a brutal and stylish action game about bloody street shootouts and survival in a city after a global collapse, where authority has fallen, and crime thrives. Two factions fight for control over the city, its resources, and survivors.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for LIGHTNING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
POLYGON
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for LIGHTNING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
POLYGON is a tactical multiplayer team 1st person shooter. Using various weapons, you will battle with up to 32 players on large-scale maps. Properly managing your arsenal and skills, you will lead your team to victory!
VEILED EXPERTS
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for LIGHTNING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
Experience an advanced version of the classic bomb defusal mode. Roll, vault, and scale walls as you shoot down the enemy. The shrinking magnetic field and scan grenades constantly keep you on the move. Work with your teammates to pull off incredible teamplay moves.
Task Force
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for LIGHTNING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with LIGHTNING.
Task Force is the ultimate tactical shooter sandbox that focuses on close quarters infantry combat. It's made by a small indie team of 3 developers that strive to create exceptional action simulation games.
Contain
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for LIGHTNING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with LIGHTNING.
Contain is a Tactical Co-Op FPS game. Form your squad of four players to fight against the anomalies. Try to "Contain" them where the line between ordinary and extraordinary is blurred.
SWAT Commander
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for LIGHTNING fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with LIGHTNING.
Take charge of a SWAT unit as an elite operator. Command a specialized AI squad or team up in co-op to seize suspects, rescue civilians, and restore order. Study the briefing, kit out your team, and execute your plan with disciplined precision.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below LIGHTNING at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under LIGHTNING on Steam right now. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under LIGHTNING on Steam right now. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
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.
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under LIGHTNING on Steam right now. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
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.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under LIGHTNING on Steam right now. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under LIGHTNING on Steam right now. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under LIGHTNING on Steam right now. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under LIGHTNING on Steam right now. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under LIGHTNING on Steam right now. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
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.).
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!
Electoral Carnage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Early Access with LIGHTNING.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
Ultra Fight Da ! Kyanta 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Early Access with LIGHTNING.
Ultra Fight Kyanta 2 is a fighting game with a frantic pace and easy to learn controls. You can perform special attacks using single button presses! Fight in 2D battles across various modes using teams of hand-drawn characters.
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Hog Hunter 2021
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
Hog hunter is a short atmospheric game about catching hogs out in the wild, be careful though not everything in the woods is safe...
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Other recommendable Steam games by AIONWARE LTD, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Descending The Woods
WHY THIS
Another title from AIONWARE LTD, the studio behind LIGHTNING. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
By day, tend to your farm, care for your pets, and explore the mysteries of the haunted woods. By nightfall, They will come from the woods, Beware of ghosts and demons of the haunted woods. Hide, Survive, Build, Fight and Explore in this eerie Survival Horror alone or with friends.
Warfare Ultimatum
WHY THIS
Another title from AIONWARE LTD, the studio behind LIGHTNING. Shares Action with LIGHTNING.
Modern FPS/RTS hybrid, Large-scale battles from the depth of the sea all the way to space! Either play the standard 64-player non-stop battle using Air/Land/Sea vehicles or drop in a thriller, long game of Diplomacy Warfare, experience sabotage, betrayal, war crime, organized operations and more
Shop Life Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from AIONWARE LTD, the studio behind LIGHTNING. Shares Early Access with LIGHTNING.
A shop life simulator and management, From owning a small room above the store to selling exclusive products as the highest rated shop, or scratch lottery tickets to try your luck at winning big, In a 24/7 shop, Manage alone or with friends.
Frequently asked about LIGHTNING
- How much does LIGHTNING cost?
- LIGHTNING is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does LIGHTNING have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — LIGHTNING supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to LIGHTNING?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside LIGHTNING are Fireteam Breach, THE WASTE, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.
- Who developed LIGHTNING?
- LIGHTNING was developed by AIONWARE LTD, H. Senemar and published by AIONWARE 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 LIGHTNING.
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