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Games like Apewar

If Apewar is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bodycam Onrecord, Disguise Royale and Backrooms: The Hunt — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its absurd monkey warfare premise, addictive fun and chaotic fun with friends. 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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Apewar is a 2023 multiplayer first-person shooter developed by Radatomic Studios. Set in a sci-fi universe, the game drops players into chaotic battles featuring procedurally generated arenas where teams of monkeys armed with unconventional weapons compete in real-time combat. Reviewers highlight the clean and agile movement mechanics that reward skillful play, while players describe the experience as funny, intense, and surprisingly addictive for a title priced at $0.99 USD. The arcade-style action supports online cooperative play and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck. With 94% positive from over 3,200 Steam reviews, the competitive multiplayer loop emphasizes coordinated team strategies alongside fast-paced gun combat.

About Apewar: Apewar is an online tactical and action FPS/TPS monkey war game adapted from real life. Build your monkey team and fight against your enemies. By playing in a coordinated way, you can have fun and win with a good strategy. Monkeys are strong together!

2023ActionIndieCasualEarly Access0.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Radatomic Studios
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Steam players who put hours into Apewar 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. Bodycam Onrecord

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Apewar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Apewar.

    Experience the perfect balance of hyper-realism and smooth control via an unprecedented body-cam perspective. Every firefight is captured by your chest lens for unmatched immersion. Whether in classic PVP, Co-op, or Horror modes, every moment counts. Turn on your camera and define your legend!

    2026ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗
  2. Disguise Royale

    WHY THIS

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

    Disguise Royale, oyuncuların avcılardan kaçmak veya gizlenmiş rakiplerini ortaya çıkarmak için günlük eşyalar gibi dönüşebildiği eğlenceli bir fizik tabanlı çok oyunculu oyundur. Parti oyunları için mükemmel ve kahkahalarla dolu anlar için ideal!

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  3. Backrooms: The Hunt

    WHY THIS

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

    Backrooms: The Hunt - This is a simple online first-person shooter... Just have fun with your friends or enemies... It's a very simple, primitive and casual game, play and have fun, The presence of primitive bots in the game

    2024ActionIndieAdventure0.79 USDSteam ↗
  4. Burst Planet

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Apewar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Apewar.

    This is a distant alien world. As a member of Gamma planet, you need to investigate the truth of the explosion of the main star and fight against the monsters in the space to maintain the operation of star station 0.

    2021ActionSportsIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Fire On Fight : Online Multiplayer Shooter

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Apewar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Apewar.

    "Fire On Fight : Online Multiplayer Shooter" is an old-school PvP and Player vs bot online multiplayer first person modern shooter game with stunning 3D graphics and captivating gameplay.

    2022ActionIndieMassively Multiplayer1.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. Elden Gunfire

    WHY THIS

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

    Elden Gunfire is a PvP and player vs bot online multiplayer third person shooter game with cute comic cartoon 3D graphics and captivating gameplay.

    2024ActionIndieMassively Multiplayer1.39 USDSteam ↗
  7. Brainrot Online

    WHY THIS

    Shares weapon variety, real time combat, arcade style and a competitive mood with Apewar.

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

    A fast-paced multiplayer FPS where bizarre brainrot creatures battle across chaotic arenas. Join or create your own server, fight bots or players, and dominate the battlefield with four absurd characters and three unique maps.

    2026ActionIndieMassively Multiplayer0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Doomsday

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Apewar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Apewar.

    《末日》 is a doomsday game developed by Mallet Games, a studio formed by middle school students at Bilibili.

    2023ActionAdventureCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Apewar on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Apewar.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Apewar on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Apewar.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Apewar on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Apewar.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Apewar on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Apewar.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Apewar on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Apewar.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Apewar on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Apewar.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Apewar on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Apewar.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Apewar on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Apewar.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Apewar

Does Apewar run on Steam Deck?
Apewar 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 Apewar cost?
Apewar is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Apewar have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Apewar supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Apewar?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Apewar are Bodycam Onrecord, Disguise Royale, Backrooms: The Hunt.
Who developed Apewar?
Apewar was developed by Radatomic Studios.

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 Apewar.

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