Games like Flying Tank
Below are 18 hand-picked alternatives to Flying Tank for fans of action, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Flying Tank also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, more from Hexage, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Flying Tank: Get into your Flying Tank and shoot 'em up like it's the good old days! Kill strange bosses, drop bombs from above and build an arsenal of fun, powerful weapons. Reclaim the stolen Earth - alone or with a friend - in a rich action-packed side-scrolling shmup!
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Space Dragons
Top pick for Flying Tank fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Flying Tank.
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
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Gun to the Zone
Second-strongest match for Flying Tank fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Flying Tank.
Find powerful weapons, fight monsters and discover the secrets of the Zone. Each weapon is different.
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Shoot 1UP DX
Third-strongest match for Flying Tank fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Flying Tank.
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
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Steredenn: Binary Stars
Ranked #4 for Flying Tank fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Flying Tank.
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
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Nuclear Throne
Ranked #5 for Flying Tank fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Flying Tank.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Cobalt
Ranked #6 for Flying Tank fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Flying Tank.
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
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Radiant Silvergun
Ranked #7 for Flying Tank fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Flying Tank.
Set on the earth and in space on July 14, 2520 A.D., the film explores the mystery of mankind's extinction. Various terrains become battlefields. Enemies attack from all directions. There are 23 bosses in total. Aim for a high score by making full use of score bonuses and level-up weapons!
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Mega City Force
Ranked #8 for Flying Tank fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Flying Tank.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Reviewers mention these as similar to Flying Tank
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.
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Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman
Reviewers of Flying Tank cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Flying Tank.
Enter the world ripe with magic and monsters. Become the Black Swordsman and slay thousands of enemies in an epic action RPG!
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REDCON
Reviewers of Flying Tank cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Flying Tank.
Command your own fortress in FTL-like real-time battles! Crush the enemy fortress with unrelenting bombardment or seize it with carefully executed invasion.
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Radiant One
Reviewers of Flying Tank cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Flying Tank.
Radiant One is art. It makes you think about the meaning of human existence in today's rapidly changing world.
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More from Hexage
Other recommendable Steam games by Hexage, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
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Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman
Another title from Hexage, the studio behind Flying Tank. Shares Action and Indie with Flying Tank.
Enter the world ripe with magic and monsters. Become the Black Swordsman and slay thousands of enemies in an epic action RPG!
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Radiant Defense
Another title from Hexage, the studio behind Flying Tank. Shares Indie with Flying Tank.
MILLIONS OF ALIENS WILL DIE!Radiant Defense is a tower defense game set in a vibrant universe invaded by countless alien hordes.Build your space fortress any way you wish, set up wide variety of weapons and traps and let the invasions begin!
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Ritual: Spellcasting RPG
Another title from Hexage, the studio behind Flying Tank. Shares Action and Indie with Flying Tank.
Watch the chaos unravel as you blaze through hordes of monsters in a unique spell-casting action RPG.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Nuclear Throne
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Flying Tank.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Cobalt
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Flying Tank.
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
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Mega City Force
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Flying Tank.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Frequently asked about Flying Tank
- Is Flying Tank verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Flying Tank 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 Flying Tank cost?
- Flying Tank is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Flying Tank have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Flying Tank supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Flying Tank?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Flying Tank are Space Dragons, Gun to the Zone, Shoot 1UP DX.
- Who developed Flying Tank?
- Flying Tank was developed by Hexage.
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