Games like Backpack Survivors
If Backpack Survivors is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hand of Fate: Hordes, Elewar: Fused Survivors and HeroTail: Survivors — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and stressful. 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 Backpack Survivors: Fight off swarms of monsters, fill your backpack with various weapons and items and battle your way through powerful bosses! Each run is different as you level up your character and unlock new weapons, items and relics. Improve your strength by using a powerful talent tree or change your subclass.
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Hand of Fate: Hordes
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Top pick for Backpack Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
HAND OF FATE: HORDES is a dark-fantasy bullet heaven auto-shooter powered by your strategic deckbuilding mastery. Survive the horde, forge your build, and unleash devastating attacks to escape a netherworld beyond the 13th Gate. Thrive in chaos!
Elewar: Fused Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares bullet hell, difficulty scaling and a stressful mood with Backpack Survivors.
Second-strongest match for Backpack Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
Use your elemental powers to defeat terrifying monsters, while slowly becoming a godlike magician. Packed with challenging events, deep ARPG-like systems and a hardcore difficulty! 18+ classes, 25+ spells, 300+ unlocks, 140+ upgrades, over 50 random events and much more!
HeroTail: Survivors
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Backpack Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
HeroTail Survivors is a run-based roguelike where your heroes form a living chain. Level up, recruit followers, and stack powerful set bonuses while battling through waves of enemies and unlocking permanent upgrades.
Dungero
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Ranked #4 for Backpack Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Backpack Survivors.
Dive into the realm of offline roguelike action RPG. Game with easy gameplay, innovation, and addictive loot mechanics. Fight Monsters, Crawl Dungeons, Loot treasures, Have fun
Eldritch Escape
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Ranked #5 for Backpack Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
In this Lovecraftian Extraction Bullet Heaven, Earth has been consumed by an eldritch god. Build a customizable squad, battle endless horrors, extract resources, and search for a way out of the void
Soulstone Survivors: Prologue
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Shares a contemplative mood with Backpack Survivors.
Ranked #6 for Backpack Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
Face the Lords of the Void and their endless minions, collect their Soulstones and become a god! In this Action Roguelite, unveil secret spells, craft mighty weapons, unlock multiple characters, discover game-breaking synergies and conquer the power of the void.
Don't Die, Collect Loot
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Shares meta progression and a stressful mood with Backpack Survivors.
Ranked #7 for Backpack Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
It's time to become ridiculously powerful in an arcade roguelite RPG with no limits on your power! Guide your hero through infinite retro fantasy worlds, get loot, gain upgrades, and keep growing their power as you rip through hordes of enemies in the ultimate power fantasy!
Night Swarm
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Shares bullet hell, difficulty scaling and roguelite with Backpack Survivors.
Ranked #8 for Backpack Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Backpack Survivors.
Claim your throne as Vampire Lord in this survivors-like. Each run is another step on your journey with new followers, quests and skills to unlock. The night is yours to conquer.
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Path of Exile
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Shares a challenging mood with Backpack Survivors.
Reviewers of Backpack Survivors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Backpack Survivors.
Reviewers of Backpack Survivors cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
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!
Backpack Battles
WHY THIS
Shares build variety, roguelite progression, roguelite and a stressful mood with Backpack Survivors.
Reviewers of Backpack Survivors cross-mention this title as a similar play.
A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Backpack Survivors at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~58% under Backpack Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Backpack Survivors.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Backpack Survivors.
Priced ~58% under Backpack Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
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!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~42% under Backpack Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with Backpack Survivors.
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.
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~63% under Backpack Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action with Backpack Survivors.
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.
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~48% under Backpack Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Backpack Survivors.
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!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~58% under Backpack Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Backpack Survivors.
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.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~58% under Backpack Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Backpack Survivors.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~92% under Backpack Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backpack Survivors.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Backpack Survivors.
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.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Backpack Survivors.
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!
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Frequently asked about Backpack Survivors
- Does Backpack Survivors work on Steam Deck?
- Backpack Survivors is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Backpack Survivors cost?
- Backpack Survivors is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Backpack Survivors?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Backpack Survivors are Hand of Fate: Hordes, Elewar: Fused Survivors, HeroTail: Survivors.
- Who developed Backpack Survivors?
- Backpack Survivors was developed by CM Game Studio.
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