Games like Run and Gun
If Run and Gun is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mercenary Battle Company: The Reapers, Mechanophagia and Earl vs. the Mutants — 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 Run and Gun: Run and Gun is an action roguelike shooting game where you mow down thousands of enemies while unlocking newer and deadlier weapons. The enemies won't stop spawning, and your guns won't stop firing. Earn gold each run to unlock permanent upgrades to make your next run deadlier.
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Steam players who put hours into Run and Gun 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.
Mercenary Battle Company: The Reapers
WHY THIS
Top pick for Run and Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
Join the race for Ether! Mercenary Battle Company: The Reapers is a fast-paced, roguelite, bullet heaven game in a sci-fi setting. Choose your pilots, customize and upgrade your Mecha Robots, and survive against endless swarms of Xeni. Will you survive long enough?
Mechanophagia
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Run and Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
Aim. Dodge. Survive. Battle through a sci-fi hell in this intense Twin-Stick Roguelite Shooter. Survive the endless swarm for 10 minutes, defeat the level boss, or die trying. Draft powerful synergies in every run and purchase permanent upgrades to outlast the extinction.
Earl vs. the Mutants
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Run and Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Run and Gun.
Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.
Starward Rogue
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Run and Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Run and Gun.
Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.
ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Run and Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Run and Gun.
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.
Time Treker
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Run and Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
Choose your pilot and build your own custom mecha with 17+ weapons and 55+ attachments, then jump to the battlefield against hundreds of enemies to save spacetime itself in this thrilling sci-fi bullet heaven!
Shape Shifter: Formations
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Run and Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Run and Gun.
Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with a friend. Select your ship and combine a large variety of weapons, abilities and infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your own unique build.
Crafty Survivors
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Run and Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
All heroes got corrupted! Unlock a diverse cast of crafty professionals, use their unique skills, create your own builds and defend your home by eliminating hordes of monsters. Gather materials, rebuild your village and craft your way to the origin of this malignous curse!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Run and Gun at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run and Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run and Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
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.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run and Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run and Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run and Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Orbt XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run and Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.
Toree 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run and Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
A bite-sized 3D Platformer sequel with more focus on the things people enjoyed in the first game like fast gameplay, flow focused levels and cute costumes (two this time).
UBERMOSH Vol.5
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Run and Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.
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 with Run and Gun.
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 with Run and Gun.
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 with Run and Gun.
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 with Run and Gun.
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 with Run and Gun.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Run and Gun.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Run and Gun.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Earl vs. the Mutants
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Run and Gun.
Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.
Shape Shifter: Formations
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Run and Gun.
Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with a friend. Select your ship and combine a large variety of weapons, abilities and infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your own unique build.
Crafty Survivors
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Run and Gun.
All heroes got corrupted! Unlock a diverse cast of crafty professionals, use their unique skills, create your own builds and defend your home by eliminating hordes of monsters. Gather materials, rebuild your village and craft your way to the origin of this malignous curse!
Frequently asked about Run and Gun
- How much does Run and Gun cost?
- Run and Gun is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Run and Gun?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Run and Gun are Mercenary Battle Company: The Reapers, Mechanophagia, Earl vs. the Mutants.
- Who developed Run and Gun?
- Run and Gun was developed by Inspiring 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 Run and Gun.
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