Games like Chromacell
If Chromacell is your kind of game, the closest matches are Suicide Runners, Tameshi and Nova Swarm — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Chromacell: In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
Players who liked Chromacell also play
Steam players who put hours into Chromacell 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.
Suicide Runners
WHY THIS
Top pick for Chromacell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Chromacell.
Classic 2D shoot em up with updated graphics. Dodge a storm of bullets as you blast through space shooting hordes of enemies. Collect powerups to survive against fearsome bosses. Pilot a suicide runner as you fight to unravel the mystery of what is destroying the universe.
Tameshi
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Chromacell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Chromacell.
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Power-up your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Survive the onslaught and emerge victorious!
Nova Swarm
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Chromacell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Chromacell.
Pick a ship, dive into readable bullet chaos, take down huge angry bosses, grab the bonus core you probably should have left alone, and chase one cleaner run in Nova Swarm.
Overdriven Evolution
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Chromacell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Chromacell.
Destroy Huge Bosses, dodge thousand of bullets and resolve quick puzzles with your powerfull space ship ! New and remade stages with improved graphics and 3D environments. More enemies and more bullets !
Absolute Blue
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Chromacell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Chromacell.
Sidescrolling Shoot’em’up that will transport you back into the 90s (and space).
Rendering Ranger™: R² [Rewind]
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Chromacell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Chromacell.
You are the Rendering Ranger, a special forces soldier defending Earth from a devastating alien invasion through nine levels of action platforming as well as blisteringly fast horizontal shooter stages. Originally developed for Super Famicom by Manfred Trenz, creator of the Turrican series.
Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Chromacell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Chromacell.
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Earthion
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Chromacell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Chromacell.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
![Rendering Ranger™: R² [Rewind] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2167260/header.jpg?t=1742482994)
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Chromacell at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Chromacell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chromacell.
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 ~50% under Chromacell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chromacell.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Chromacell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chromacell.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chromacell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chromacell.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chromacell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chromacell.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Chromacell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chromacell.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Superflight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chromacell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chromacell.
Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!
Post Void
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chromacell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chromacell.
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Chromacell.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Chromacell.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Chromacell.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Chromacell.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Chromacell.
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!
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!
![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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Head-to-head comparisons
More from 171Dev
Other recommendable Steam games by 171Dev, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Trigger Dungeon
WHY THIS
Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Chromacell. Shares Action with Chromacell.
Rage inducing trap-filled precision platformer ideal for speedrunners and masochists alike. Navigate through nearly 200 hundred rooms filled with devious tricks and traps. Classic, easy to pick-up gameplay with colourful pixel art graphics.
Tameshi
WHY THIS
Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Chromacell. Shares Action with Chromacell.
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Power-up your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Survive the onslaught and emerge victorious!
Tiny Racing
WHY THIS
Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Chromacell. Shares Action with Chromacell.
A nostalgic top-down racing game with vibrant pixel art. Choose from unique vehicles, conquer constrasting tracks, and master different modes. With intuitive arcade controls, experience high-speed excitement and become the ultimate racing champion in this retro race adventure!
Extinction Zone
WHY THIS
Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Chromacell. Shares Action with Chromacell.
EXTINCTION ZONE is a zombie themed combat action survival game with 2D pixel art environments, puzzles to solve and a conspiracy to unravel.
Frequently asked about Chromacell
- Is Chromacell verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Chromacell 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 Chromacell cost?
- Chromacell is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Chromacell?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chromacell are Suicide Runners, Tameshi, Nova Swarm.
- Who developed Chromacell?
- Chromacell was developed by 171Dev.
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 Chromacell.
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