Games like Project Malice
If Project Malice is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tiny Chaos, Nuclear Throne and Solace Inc. — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, eerie and mysterious. 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 Project Malice: An isometric roguelike third-person shooter about a ruined Earth and the unending chaos engulfing it. Fight hordes of the infected, gather loot, make allies, traverse spacetime, and venture into the depths of what we could've prevented.
Players who liked Project Malice also play
Steam players who put hours into Project Malice 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.
Tiny Chaos
WHY THIS
Top pick for Project Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
Step into a pandemonium world in Tiny Chaos, a bullet heaven survival game that will test your wits, reflexes, and endurance. Face relentless hordes of enemies, explore vibrant stages, and unlock the full potential of your characters in this chaotic journey to survive against all odds.
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Project Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
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?
Solace Inc.
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Project Malice.
Third-strongest match for Project Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
A survivors-like about a time-travelling company where you recruit your employees against endless hordes of enemies.
Maze Blaze
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Project Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
Maze Blaze is filled with endless possibilities. Lock and load, then enter at your own peril.
Tarantula Virus
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Project Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
Tarantula Virus is a randomly generated roguelike topdownshooter in a sci-fi style with a lot of items and enemies. Upgrade items unlock new characters find allies and defeat powerful enemies and bosses.
Magic Venue
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Project Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Project Malice.
Defeat waves of enemies drawn to your powers! Grow stronger and travel between worlds and dimensions! Magic Venue is an action roguelike game where you battle enemies, build your skill deck, devise strategies, get defeated, but always come back stronger!
Voidigo
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Project Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.
Dungeon Souls
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Project Malice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Project Malice
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Roseblight
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Project Malice cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
Roseblight is an RPG about a gardener with a dark secret and a visitor from the cosmos. Explore the wild, challenge foes, recruit allies, and embrace your chains in an unforgiving world plagued with malice and destruction.
Solace Inc.
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Project Malice.
Reviewers of Project Malice cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
A survivors-like about a time-travelling company where you recruit your employees against endless hordes of enemies.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Project Malice cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Project Malice at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Project Malice on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Malice.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Project Malice on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
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 Project Malice on Steam right now. Shares Action with Project Malice.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Project Malice on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Malice.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Project Malice on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Malice.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Project Malice on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
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 Project Malice on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
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 Project Malice on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Malice.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Malice.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
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 Project Malice.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
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!
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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More from AploveStudio
Other recommendable Steam games by AploveStudio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Aestheta
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Project Malice.
Another title from AploveStudio, the studio behind Project Malice. Shares Indie with Project Malice.
A roguelike royalelike about warriors from across space and time, fighting to claim a wish from the Star of Aestheta. Strategize your tactics, enhance your troops, and outwit your opponents to rise to the top!
Solace Inc.
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Project Malice.
Another title from AploveStudio, the studio behind Project Malice. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
A survivors-like about a time-travelling company where you recruit your employees against endless hordes of enemies.
Buckler 2
WHY THIS
Another title from AploveStudio, the studio behind Project Malice. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
BUCKLER 2 is a retro-styled roguelite platformer that tells a story about love, hate, and everything in between. Join Venice and his friends as they embark on an epic adventure across Sector Omega, an unfamiliar world filled with enemies, allies, hazards, and more!
Roseblight
WHY THIS
Another title from AploveStudio, the studio behind Project Malice. Shares Action and Indie with Project Malice.
Roseblight is an RPG about a gardener with a dark secret and a visitor from the cosmos. Explore the wild, challenge foes, recruit allies, and embrace your chains in an unforgiving world plagued with malice and destruction.
AploVVare Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Project Malice.
Another title from AploveStudio, the studio behind Project Malice. Shares Indie with Project Malice.
You found an old game console along with some games at a garage sale. You remember playing these as a kid, and couldn't resist getting it. Maybe you could give them a whirl, just for old time's sake?
Frequently asked about Project Malice
- Is Project Malice verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Project Malice is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Project Malice cost?
- Project Malice is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Project Malice have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Project Malice 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 Project Malice?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Malice are Tiny Chaos, Nuclear Throne, Solace Inc..
- Who developed Project Malice?
- Project Malice was developed by AploveStudio.
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 Project Malice.
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