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Games like Raw Metal

If Raw Metal is your kind of game, the closest matches are Expedition: Into Darkness, WeeRPG and Echo Extract — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. 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 Raw Metal: Infiltrate the depths of an exoplanet mining facility to scavenge for gear and challenge a corrupt megacorporation. Utilize gadgets and equipment in high-stakes stealth, and hone your fighting skills in breakneck combat in this stylish stealth-action dungeon crawler.

2024ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOSby Team Crucible
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Active developer balancing and community engagementBlend of stealth and beat em up genresBoss dialogue changes based on win loss historyAtmosphericChallengingDark

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Steam players who put hours into Raw Metal 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. Expedition: Into Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Raw Metal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raw Metal.

    Brave forbidden dungeons in a quest for knowledge and treasure in this medieval coop extraction looter. Craft weapons, customize gear and join forces with up to four allies. Survive the ruins together—or lose everything you carry.

    2026ActionAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  2. WeeRPG

    WHY THIS

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

    Hack and slash your way through this loot-rich ARPG with up to four local friends. Outfit your classless character to look and play the way you want. Tactical gear combinations and combat skill will determine how deep you can go.

    2022ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Echo Extract

    WHY THIS

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

    Beat up giant mechs and use their parts to craft powerful armor in this neon-soaked Monster Hunter-lite game. Master dozens of weapons, each with their own combo mechanics. Build and upgrade your hideout with items you've found in raids. Time to hunt mechs, and cash checks!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Guns & Dragons

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Raw Metal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raw Metal.

    coming soon!

    ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Raw Metal.

    Ranked #5 for Raw Metal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raw Metal.

    Feel the exhilaration of fast-paced combat in your fully customized armored suit as you freely explore a deadly and dangerous world on land or in the air. Take on titanic boss battles with alone or with up to two other friends in online co-op!

    2025Action69.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. HyperParasite

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Raw Metal.

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

    A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Bravery and Greed

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Raw Metal.

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

    Bravery and Greed is a beat 'em up, roguelite, dungeon brawler for up to four players. Choose from four classic fantasy classes, engage in a deep robust combat system, and play a variety of co-operative and competitive game modes with friends via local, online or both. Get rich, or die trying!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Empyreal

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Raw Metal.

    Ranked #8 for Raw Metal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Raw Metal.

    Empyreal is a complex, challenging, feature-rich action RPG. In a far-flung corner of the galaxy an Expedition arrives on a hitherto unexplored planet to find a colossal Monolith built by a lost civilisation.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Raw Metal

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Sifu

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Raw Metal.

    Reviewers of Raw Metal cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Raw Metal.

    Sifu is a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge.

    2023ActionIndie39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Raw Metal.

    Reviewers of Raw Metal cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Raw Metal.

    Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. DOOM

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Raw Metal.

    Reviewers of Raw Metal cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Raw Metal.

    Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.

    2016Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. METAL GEAR & METAL GEAR 2: Solid Snake

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Raw Metal.

    Reviewers of Raw Metal cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Raw Metal.

    The first and second title in the METAL GEAR series that established the stealth action genre, as well as the basic mechanics of the series.

    2023Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Raw Metal on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Raw Metal.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Raw Metal on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Raw Metal.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Raw Metal on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Raw Metal.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Raw Metal on Steam right now. Shares Action with Raw Metal.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Raw Metal on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Raw Metal.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Raw Metal on Steam right now. Shares Action with Raw Metal.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Raw Metal on Steam right now. Shares Action with Raw Metal.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Raw Metal on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Raw Metal.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 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 Raw Metal.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

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

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Lily's Well

    WHY THIS

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

    It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Raw Metal

Is Raw Metal verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Raw Metal 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 Raw Metal cost?
Raw Metal is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Raw Metal?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Raw Metal are Expedition: Into Darkness, WeeRPG, Echo Extract.
Who developed Raw Metal?
Raw Metal was developed by Team Crucible.

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 Raw Metal.

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