Games like Zortch
If Zortch is your kind of game, the closest matches are Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered, CULTIC and WRATH: Aeon of Ruin — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and funny. 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 →Zortch is a 2023 sci-fi boomer shooter indie game developed and published by Mutantleg, available for $4.99 and playable on Steam Deck. Players describe it as funny and nostalgic while also being challenging and intense, following short-order cook Zortch Maxinum on a disastrous holiday that turns into a fight against brain-eating aliens. The game features alt-fire weapons, combo-based combat, boss fights, and kick-boosting traversal that reviewers highlight as feeling like Quake movement enhanced with a kick mechanic. Checkpoint-based progression with multiple difficulty modes supports the arcade-style action-shooter loop. Reviewers note that maxed difficulty offers a fair challenge with an overwhelming but rewarding difficulty curve, and that the goofy alien enemies make the horror setting approachable. The game holds a 98% positive rating from over 1100 Steam reviews.
About Zortch: Meet Zortch Maxinum: short order cook, amateur engineer and professional slacker; Bored and tired of her day job she decides to go on a holiday but alas she picks a cheap option: turns out it's a scheme by aliens who capture humans to eat their brains! also this game is a sci-fi horror comedy fps
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Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Zortch.
Top pick for Zortch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Zortch.
Finish the hunt in this epic finale to the Turok Trilogy. Pick up immediately after the events of Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, with dual protagonists Joseph and Danielle Fireseed, of the Turok family tree, as they battle the titular antagonist Oblivion and its followers, the Flesh Eaters.
CULTIC
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Zortch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Zortch.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares weapon variety and a challenging mood with Zortch.
Third-strongest match for Zortch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zortch.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
Prodeus
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Zortch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Zortch.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Zortch.
Ranked #5 for Zortch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Zortch.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Nightmare Reaper
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Zortch.
Ranked #6 for Zortch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Zortch.
Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.
HROT
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Zortch.
Ranked #7 for Zortch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Zortch.
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
Supplice
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and a challenging mood with Zortch.
Ranked #8 for Zortch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Zortch.
Supplice is a stylish throwback shooter inspired by the mid-90s FPS glory days and the legendary Doom modding community. Mixing the retro stylings of 90s era shooters with colorful graphics and frantic gameplay, it creates an experience that's ever so familiar but also exciting and fresh.
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Quake II
WHY THIS
Shares weapon switching and a challenging mood with Zortch.
Reviewers of Zortch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Zortch.
You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
Turok
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Zortch.
Reviewers of Zortch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Zortch.
A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds. Torn from a world long gone, the time traveling warrior Turok has found himself thrust into a savage land torn by conflict.
Quake
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and a retro mood with Zortch.
Reviewers of Zortch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Zortch.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Prodeus
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Zortch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Zortch.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Zortch.
Reviewers of Zortch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Zortch.
Unreal Tournament is the original King of the Hill in the frag-or-be-fragged multiplayer gaming world. As the undisputed 1999 Game of the Year, Unreal Tournament grabbed the first person shooter genre by the soiled seat of its pants and knocked it around the room with its never-before-seen graphics, brutal edge-of-your-seat gameplay and...
Half-Life
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Zortch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Zortch.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
Gone Home
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Zortch.
Reviewers of Zortch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zortch.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Zortch at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Zortch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Zortch.
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 ~60% under Zortch on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zortch.
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 ~70% under Zortch on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zortch.
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 ~80% under Zortch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Zortch.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Zortch on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zortch.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Zortch on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Zortch.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Zortch on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zortch.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Zortch on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zortch.
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Zortch.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Zortch.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Zortch.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zortch.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Zortch.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Zortch.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Zortch.
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.).
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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.
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Zortch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Zortch.
Finish the hunt in this epic finale to the Turok Trilogy. Pick up immediately after the events of Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, with dual protagonists Joseph and Danielle Fireseed, of the Turok family tree, as they battle the titular antagonist Oblivion and its followers, the Flesh Eaters.
CULTIC
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Zortch.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares weapon variety and a challenging mood with Zortch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Zortch.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Zortch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Zortch.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Nightmare Reaper
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Zortch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Zortch.
Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.
Frequently asked about Zortch
- Does Zortch run on Steam Deck?
- Zortch 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 Zortch cost?
- Zortch is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Zortch?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Zortch are Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered, CULTIC, WRATH: Aeon of Ruin.
- Who developed Zortch?
- Zortch was developed by Mutantleg.
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