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Games like Project Survivor

If Project Survivor is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fight With Keys, Little Mages and Space Shooter — 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 Project Survivor: A retro style game that can be played in 2D platformer mode and top-down mode. Hunt monsters, collect coins, and buy weapons to become stronger. Play with 3-classes and a variety of weapons. Enjoy cute retro style pixel art that you see on a nostalgic CRT monitor filter.

2023ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDWindowsby PaulJang
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Steam players who put hours into Project Survivor 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. Fight With Keys

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Project Survivor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Survivor.

    A combination of action and rhythm games, players need to move characters while entering corresponding keys.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Little Mages

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Project Survivor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Survivor.

    Defend your castle from various hordes of enemies that seek to invade it! Little Mages is a casual pixel art game with roguelite elements where you accumulate knowledge and learn powerful spells of your choice to defeat all your enemies.

    2023ActionIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Space Shooter

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Project Survivor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Survivor.

    Welcome aboard! Here, we gain points by destroying meteors. Try your best to destroy as many as you can and avoid destroying our ship! This is a wave-type game, where the more you play, the more difficult the game becomes!

    2024ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Desktop Survivors 98

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Project Survivor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Survivor.

    Desktop Survivors 98 is a chaotic roguelite dungeon crawler that unfolds right on your Desktop. Your cursor becomes the hero as you explore new rooms, battle relentless waves of enemies, and collect powerful new weapons.

    2025ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Tummy Bonbons The Sweet Monster

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Project Survivor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Survivor.

    It is Halloween and Tummy the monster is hungry. Time to scare children and steal their candy!

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Frane: Dragons' Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Project Survivor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Survivor.

    An odyssey to the world below! Set out for in search of a missing girl and venture out in a fantasy action RPG!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure6.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Spellshot

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Project Survivor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Survivor.

    Survive against hordes of zombies using bullets enchanted with spells purchased from a rerolling shop. Spellshot is a fast-paced, rogue-lite fps in which you create unique builds by combining and upgrading spells, activating set bonuses, and collecting rare items.

    2023ActionIndieCasual2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Project Survivor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Project Survivor.

    SEGA’s collection of Mega Drive & Genesis Classics comes to a new generation, now updated with even more features: online multiplayer, achievements, mirror mode, rewind, save states, VR and more! Over 50 classic games in one great package. Get into the classics!

    2010ActionAdventureRPGDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Project Survivor at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Project Survivor on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Survivor.

    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 ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Project Survivor on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Survivor.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Project Survivor on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Project Survivor.

    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 ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Project Survivor on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Project Survivor.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Project Survivor on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Project Survivor.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Project Survivor on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Survivor.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Project Survivor on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Project Survivor.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Project Survivor on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Project Survivor.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Project Survivor.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Survivor.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Survivor.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Project Survivor.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Survivor.

    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 ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Project Survivor.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Survivor.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Survivor.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Project Survivor

How much does Project Survivor cost?
Project Survivor is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Project Survivor?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Survivor are Fight With Keys, Little Mages, Space Shooter.
Who developed Project Survivor?
Project Survivor was developed by PaulJang and published by JR_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 Project Survivor.

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