Games like Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate
If Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate is your kind of game, the closest matches are Entropy Survivors, Vampire Survivors and Inkbound — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and competitive. 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 Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate: Simultaneously control a sword-wielding robot and a gunslinging space frog in Shoulders of Giants, an explosively colourful sci-fi roguelike. Play alone, with a friend, or as part of a four-person team, cutting through waves of enemies on a quest to rescue the galaxy from the forces of Entropy!
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Steam players who put hours into Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate 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.
Entropy Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting, weapon variety, arcade style and an intense mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Top pick for Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Entropy Survivors is a bullet hell roguelike where you simultaneously control a powerful mech and a sharpshooting space frog, featuring outrageously creative abilities and powerful weapon customization. Save the universe in single player or 2-4 player online co-op!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Second-strongest match for Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
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!
Inkbound
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Third-strongest match for Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
Children of Morta
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Ranked #4 for Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
Risk of Rain Returns
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty scaling, procedural generation and an intense mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Ranked #5 for Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! Dive into the iconic roguelike full of unique loot combinations, enhanced with new Survivors, overhauled multiplayer, fan favorite content from Risk of Rain 2, and more!
Metaverse Keeper / 元能失控
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting, meta progression and an intense mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Ranked #6 for Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Metaverse Keeper is a dungeon crawler with roguelike elements where four heroes join forces to save the “Metaverse" – created when a cosmic event tangled space-time. Explore randomly-generated worlds, customize your weapons, and fight crazy monsters – in solo or co-op mode!
SWORN
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Ranked #7 for Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
SWORN is a 1-4 player co-op action rogue-like. Explore and reclaim a fallen Camelot from the reign of a corrupted Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
Vagante
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Ranked #8 for Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Vagante is an action-packed platformer that features permanent death and procedurally generated levels. Play cooperatively with friends both locally and online, or adventure solo in this challenging roguelike-inspired game.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Priced ~75% under Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
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!
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 Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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!
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
『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.
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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.
Entropy Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting, weapon variety, arcade style and an intense mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Entropy Survivors is a bullet hell roguelike where you simultaneously control a powerful mech and a sharpshooting space frog, featuring outrageously creative abilities and powerful weapon customization. Save the universe in single player or 2-4 player online co-op!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
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!
Children of Morta
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
Risk of Rain Returns
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty scaling, procedural generation and an intense mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! Dive into the iconic roguelike full of unique loot combinations, enhanced with new Survivors, overhauled multiplayer, fan favorite content from Risk of Rain 2, and more!
Metaverse Keeper / 元能失控
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting, meta progression and an intense mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Metaverse Keeper is a dungeon crawler with roguelike elements where four heroes join forces to save the “Metaverse" – created when a cosmic event tangled space-time. Explore randomly-generated worlds, customize your weapons, and fight crazy monsters – in solo or co-op mode!
SWORN
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate.
SWORN is a 1-4 player co-op action rogue-like. Explore and reclaim a fallen Camelot from the reign of a corrupted Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
Frequently asked about Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate
- Does Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate run on Steam Deck?
- Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate cost?
- Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate are Entropy Survivors, Vampire Survivors, Inkbound.
- Who developed Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate?
- Shoulders of Giants: Ultimate was developed by Moving Pieces Interactive.
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