Games like 9 Lives to Defend
If 9 Lives to Defend is your kind of game, the closest matches are Slay The Zone, Kitty's Last Adventure and Binding of Elements — 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 9 Lives to Defend: Face a pest infestation and survive until Loki's parents return from their trip! Defend the house with your 9 lives. Choose upgrades, play with different versions of Loki, with unique weapons and abilities to fight this war ^.^
Players who liked 9 Lives to Defend also play
Steam players who put hours into 9 Lives to Defend 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.
Slay The Zone
WHY THIS
Top pick for 9 Lives to Defend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with 9 Lives to Defend.
Face hundreds of monsters, upgrade your equipment and try to survive as long as you can. In this Action Roguelite choose from a variety of upgrades, unlock unique characters and create the best build to slaughter everyone in your path!
Kitty's Last Adventure
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for 9 Lives to Defend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with 9 Lives to Defend.
Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.
Binding of Elements
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for 9 Lives to Defend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
In this action-rougelike game you'll have to survive waves of monsters and fight against bosses. You'll be able to combine different elements to get unique abilities and arm yourself against the challenges. Choose from a variety of upgrades and improve your character or abilities.
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for 9 Lives to Defend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, is a challenging Norse inspired roguelite-survivor game, where you’ll have to survive hordes of creatures that come your way.
Hero Survival
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for 9 Lives to Defend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
Hero Survival is an action-roguelite where you have to shoot down hordes of monsters from classic horror movies one by one to please the Mad Time God. Choose from a variety of skills, weapons, and items to create a unique build for every bizarre character.
Shape Shifter: Formations
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for 9 Lives to Defend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with 9 Lives to Defend.
Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with a friend. Select your ship and combine a large variety of weapons, abilities and infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your own unique build.
ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for 9 Lives to Defend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.
Time Wasters
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for 9 Lives to Defend fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below 9 Lives to Defend at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under 9 Lives to Defend on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under 9 Lives to Defend on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with 9 Lives to Defend.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under 9 Lives to Defend on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under 9 Lives to Defend on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with 9 Lives to Defend.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under 9 Lives to Defend on Steam right now. Shares Casual with 9 Lives to Defend.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under 9 Lives to Defend on Steam right now. Shares Casual with 9 Lives to Defend.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under 9 Lives to Defend on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with 9 Lives to Defend.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under 9 Lives to Defend on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with 9 Lives to Defend.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with 9 Lives to Defend.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 9 Lives to Defend.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with 9 Lives to Defend.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with 9 Lives to Defend.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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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.
Kitty's Last Adventure
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Casual with 9 Lives to Defend.
Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, is a challenging Norse inspired roguelite-survivor game, where you’ll have to survive hordes of creatures that come your way.
Shape Shifter: Formations
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with 9 Lives to Defend.
Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with a friend. Select your ship and combine a large variety of weapons, abilities and infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your own unique build.
Time Wasters
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with 9 Lives to Defend.
Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.
Frequently asked about 9 Lives to Defend
- Is 9 Lives to Defend verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — 9 Lives to Defend 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 9 Lives to Defend cost?
- 9 Lives to Defend is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to 9 Lives to Defend?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 9 Lives to Defend are Slay The Zone, Kitty's Last Adventure, Binding of Elements.
- Who developed 9 Lives to Defend?
- 9 Lives to Defend was developed by Goldarait.
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