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Games like Metavoidal

If Metavoidal is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dusk Hunters, BloodRush: Undying Wish and Hours After Midnight — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, hypnotic 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.

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About Metavoidal: Heavy metal might be immortal, but you're not. In Metavoidal, you play as a drummer as they attempt to escape the clutches of a threatening metal band by using off-beat techniques to defeat each band member... Or die trying!

2025ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby Yellow Lab Games
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Dynamic soundtrack adapts to your buildEach run feels distinct with randomized tracks and relicsPixel art captures eldritch metal aestheticAtmosphericHypnoticIntense

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Steam players who put hours into Metavoidal 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. Dusk Hunters

    WHY THIS

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

    Dusk Hunters is a dark fantasy roguelite action RPG where you battle relentless forces of darkness in brutal skill-based combat. Wield powerful abilities, craft devastating builds, and challenge ruthless bosses at the end of every run.

    ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  2. BloodRush: Undying Wish

    WHY THIS

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

    BloodRush: Undying Wish is an extremely fast-paced hack n' slash roguelike set in a gothic, undying world. Dash, shoot and strike with ability combos, weaving between enemies like an improvised dance. Death is gone; bring her back.

    2025ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Hours After Midnight

    WHY THIS

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

    Dive deep into a roguelike survival quest against Rettam'diov, the Consumer of Worlds. Progress, earn experience, refine characters, and uncover potent tools. Face relentless hordes alone or amplify the thrill, teaming up cross-platform in our distinctive co-op mode.

    ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. Zombie Horde Survivors

    WHY THIS

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

    Zombie Horde Survivors is a 2D pixel-art top-down bullet heaven shooter. Survive in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a biochemical outbreak. Upgrade your gear, strengthen your body, break through waves of zombies, and fight to the end!

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. Bauble

    WHY THIS

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

    A single-player roguelite about a planet of newly-sentient creatures. You play as small denizens with unique perspectives, trying to figure out what's happening to their planet (complicated by the fact they just became aware of it at all). In challenge mode, compete for score on a local leaderboard.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Unwanted Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Metavoidal.

    Ranked #6 for Metavoidal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Metavoidal.

    A dark fantasy survivorslike with classic ARPG essence: Deep builds, rare loot, NPC shops, shared storage, and a semi-procedural dungeon with bosses, events, and curses. Fast-paced roguelite action meets old-school dungeon crawling. Every lost run is a new idea. Welcome to Unwanted Dungeon!

    2026ActionRPG5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. STEEL HEAVEN

    WHY THIS

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

    Hack, slash, and dismember the undead in this first-person melee action game. Fight through an ever-changing labyrinth where every wrong turn makes enemies stronger. Three brutal weapons, six upgrade paths, and a Doom-style kill-to-survive loop. Get lost, get punished.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  8. Horde Reapers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Metavoidal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Metavoidal.

    Fight through relentless hordes solo or in up to 4-player co-op. Loot powerful relics, grow stronger each run, and rebuild your village to unlock heroes and upgrades

    2026ActionSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Metavoidal on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Metavoidal.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Metavoidal on Steam right now. Shares Action with Metavoidal.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Metavoidal on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Metavoidal.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Metavoidal on Steam right now. Shares Action with Metavoidal.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Metavoidal on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Metavoidal.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Metavoidal on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Metavoidal.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Metavoidal on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Metavoidal.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

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

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Children of Clay

    WHY THIS

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

    The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

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

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Metavoidal

Is Metavoidal verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Metavoidal 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 Metavoidal cost?
Metavoidal is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Metavoidal?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Metavoidal are Dusk Hunters, BloodRush: Undying Wish, Hours After Midnight.
Who developed Metavoidal?
Metavoidal was developed by Yellow Lab 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 Metavoidal.

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