Games like The Chaos Engine
If The Chaos Engine is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hexapoda, Meteor Storm and Eagles of World War 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, nostalgic and retro. 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 The Chaos Engine: Prepare for the dark world of The Chaos Engine, a steampunk Victorian age in which one or two players must fight the hostile creations of the Chaos Engine across four dynamic landscapes and take part in the ultimate battle.Choose from six hard-nailed mercenaries each with their own unique weapons and skills.
Players who liked The Chaos Engine also play
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Hexapoda
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Top pick for The Chaos Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
After the last human war, gases were spread through the atmosphere making it unbreathable. The richest to fled to orbital colonies and the others took refuge underground. Get ready to fight giant Insects for the future of humanity !
Meteor Storm
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Second-strongest match for The Chaos Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Eagles of World War 2
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Third-strongest match for The Chaos Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
A fantasy based arcade shooter set in World War 2 with frantic bullet hell shooter style gameplay and a bullet time slo motion mechanic. Take on the enemy forces solo or with a friend either in local co-op or online with STEAM's remote play together.
Wild Guns Reloaded
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Shares a retro mood with The Chaos Engine.
Ranked #4 for The Chaos Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
Wild Guns Reloaded is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter, mixing the Wild West with steampunk. Play as Clint, Annie, Doris, or Bullet the dog with his sentry drone. Grab some friends and play together for some four player action!
Chronicle: Unit Eight
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Ranked #5 for The Chaos Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
Experience intense arcade-style shooter with bullet hell mechanics and rogue-like elements. Use destructible bullets to defeat waves of enemies and bosses. Can you emerge victorious in this thrilling challenge and take down the Space Pirate?
HUNTDOWN
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Shares a nostalgic mood with The Chaos Engine.
Ranked #6 for The Chaos Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages
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Ranked #7 for The Chaos Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
Ring Runner combines the fast-paced action of space combat with the rich story and skill variety of an RPG.Trek across the universe in a 30 hour long story-driven campaign based on a companion Sci Fi novel, or challenge 6 scenarios alone, cooperatively, or competitively through local or online multiplayer.
Guardian Force - Saturn Tribute
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Ranked #8 for The Chaos Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
The Guardians, a secret society wielding the power of the Force, have readied their tanks and intend on crushing the aspirations of the Hammerbolt Empire!
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Chaos Engine
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Pyro the Exterminator
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Reviewers of The Chaos Engine cross-mention this title as a similar play.
A post-apocalypse story of exterminator with contract to clear a military depot
Shadowrun Chronicles - Boston Lockdown
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Reviewers of The Chaos Engine cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Lead your team of Runners to survive a corrupt megacorporation’s intrigue threatening thousands of lives in this new action-strategy game set in the most popular cyberpunk universe of all times – Shadowrun.
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
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Reviewers of The Chaos Engine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
London, 1868. Lead your underworld organization in the midst of the Industrial Revolution to break the corrupt stranglehold on the city in a visceral adventure filled with action, intrigue, and brutal combat.
Art Syndicate
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Reviewers of The Chaos Engine cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Put your management skills to the test as an art gallery owner, exhibit the most brilliant paintings, create your own, and if you've already broken your moral compass try to snatch some precious artworks from your competition - "Exitus acta probat"!
Save the settlers
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Reviewers of The Chaos Engine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
This is a tower defense game in which you have to defend a settlement from bloodthirsty creatures.
The Settlers: New Allies
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Shares a nostalgic mood with The Chaos Engine.
Reviewers of The Chaos Engine cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Chaos Engine at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under The Chaos Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
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!
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~55% under The Chaos Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
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.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under The Chaos Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
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
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Priced ~70% under The Chaos Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under The Chaos Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under The Chaos Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~90% under The Chaos Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
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.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
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Priced ~50% under The Chaos Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
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.
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
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!
Peggle Extreme
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Peggle Extreme delivers fast-paced puzzle action that combines elements of pinball and pachinko to create a truly unique game experience. Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun, now exclusively themed with art and sounds from Half-Life: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Meteor 60 Seconds!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
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More from Abstraction Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Abstraction Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
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Shares a tense mood with The Chaos Engine.
Another title from Abstraction Games, the studio behind The Chaos Engine.
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
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Another title from Abstraction Games, the studio behind The Chaos Engine.
Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.
Gigantic: Rampage Edition
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Shares a nostalgic mood with The Chaos Engine.
Another title from Abstraction Games, the studio behind The Chaos Engine. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
GO GIGANTIC! THE UNIQUE MOBA HERO SHOOTER RETURNS!
428: Shibuya Scramble
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Another title from Abstraction Games, the studio behind The Chaos Engine.
A kidnapping on the streets of Shibuya brings together a hot-blooded detective, hard-hitting journalist, former gang leader, the head researcher of a big pharma manufacturer and a part-timer stuck in cat costume for a series of events each more unexpected and outrageous than the last.
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION
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Shares a nostalgic mood with The Chaos Engine.
Another title from Abstraction Games, the studio behind The Chaos Engine. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV finally hits STEAM! KOF XIV is back with its classic 2D gameplay and "3-on-3 TEAM BATTLE" game system but evolved to 3D! 58 charismatic fighters are about to clash in this new chapter of KOF!
Double Dragon: Neon
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Shares a retro mood with The Chaos Engine.
Another title from Abstraction Games, the studio behind The Chaos Engine. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
BRO-TACULAR! Legendary martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee return in this creative re-imagining of the classic beat ‘em up, Double Dragon Neon. Fight your way through countless henchmen including Linda and Abobo on your way to rescue the love of your life, Marian!
SNK HEROINES Tag Team Frenzy
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Another title from Abstraction Games, the studio behind The Chaos Engine. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
Take control of SNK’s most iconic female characters and battle it out in this crazy tag fighting game featuring a plethora of cute costumes and accessories! With one button special moves and a deep but simplified combo system this is a great game for fighting game fans and newcomers alike!
Deadlight: Director's Cut
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Shares a tense mood with The Chaos Engine.
Another title from Abstraction Games, the studio behind The Chaos Engine. Shares Action with The Chaos Engine.
A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.
Frequently asked about The Chaos Engine
- Is The Chaos Engine verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Chaos Engine 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 The Chaos Engine cost?
- The Chaos Engine is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Chaos Engine have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Chaos Engine supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to The Chaos Engine?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Chaos Engine are Hexapoda, Meteor Storm, Eagles of World War 2.
- Who developed The Chaos Engine?
- The Chaos Engine was developed by Abstraction Games, The Bitmap Brothers and published by Rebellion.
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 The Chaos Engine.
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