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Games like ART IS RIFLE

If ART IS RIFLE is your kind of game, the closest matches are ChronoTecture: The Eprologue, Supraland and SLUDGE LIFE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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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About ART IS RIFLE: A Surreal Puzzle Shooter Adventure Fueled By Madness!

2025ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Arman Pakan
ART IS RIFLE — Steam game cover
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Bullets function as tools of expressionFamiliarity to acclaimed games like antichamber and manifold gardenIngenious puzzles that reuse core mechanics in clever new waysAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked ART IS RIFLE also play

Steam players who put hours into ART IS RIFLE 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. ChronoTecture: The Eprologue

    WHY THIS

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

    ChronoTecture: The Eprologue is an indie FPS adventure game created by an architectural designer. Discover a surreal world and story about Cats, Time-Travel, Life, Death, and Dreams. Featuring gameplay with futuristic archery, time-control, exploration, and platforming.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Supraland

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ART IS RIFLE.

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

    Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. SLUDGE LIFE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ART IS RIFLE.

    Third-strongest match for ART IS RIFLE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ART IS RIFLE.

    SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Manifold Garden

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with ART IS RIFLE.

    Ranked #4 for ART IS RIFLE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ART IS RIFLE.

    Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Lovely Planet Arcade

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with ART IS RIFLE.

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

    Relive your journey to Lovely Planet in this brand new adventure packed with impossible tests of skill and patience. Craft intricate combos to unfold the complex puzzle of flying projectiles and moving targets into a graceful sequence of well timed shots and jumps.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure1.19 USDSteam ↗
  6. AMID EVIL

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ART IS RIFLE.

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

    A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Golden Light

    WHY THIS

    Shares first person shooter and an atmospheric mood with ART IS RIFLE.

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

    Eat weapons, be scared and question your own mind in this Survival-Horror FPS Prop Hunt Roguelike about meat. Walls are watching you!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Road to Ballhalla

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with ART IS RIFLE.

    Ranked #8 for ART IS RIFLE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ART IS RIFLE.

    Roll and be trolled on your journey to the legendary place called Ballhalla. Follow the beat to overcome deadly hazards in sync with the music. Style your balls and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to ART IS RIFLE

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.

  1. Portal

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with ART IS RIFLE.

    Reviewers of ART IS RIFLE cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ART IS RIFLE.

    Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Manifold Garden

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with ART IS RIFLE.

    Reviewers of ART IS RIFLE cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with ART IS RIFLE.

    Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Antichamber

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ART IS RIFLE.

    Reviewers of ART IS RIFLE cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with ART IS RIFLE.

    Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

    2013IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ART IS RIFLE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ART IS RIFLE.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ART IS RIFLE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with ART IS RIFLE.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ART IS RIFLE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ART IS RIFLE.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ART IS RIFLE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ART IS RIFLE.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ART IS RIFLE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ART IS RIFLE.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ART IS RIFLE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ART IS RIFLE.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ART IS RIFLE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ART IS RIFLE.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. TYRONE vs COPS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under ART IS RIFLE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ART IS RIFLE.

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ART IS RIFLE.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. 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 ART IS RIFLE.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. SLUDGE LIFE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ART IS RIFLE.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ART IS RIFLE.

    SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.

    2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Manifold Garden

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with ART IS RIFLE.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with ART IS RIFLE.

    Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. AMID EVIL

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ART IS RIFLE.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ART IS RIFLE.

    A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Road to Ballhalla

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with ART IS RIFLE.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ART IS RIFLE.

    Roll and be trolled on your journey to the legendary place called Ballhalla. Follow the beat to overcome deadly hazards in sync with the music. Style your balls and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ART IS RIFLE

Does ART IS RIFLE run on Steam Deck?
ART IS RIFLE 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 ART IS RIFLE cost?
ART IS RIFLE is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to ART IS RIFLE?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ART IS RIFLE are ChronoTecture: The Eprologue, Supraland, SLUDGE LIFE.
Who developed ART IS RIFLE?
ART IS RIFLE was developed by Arman Pakan.

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 ART IS RIFLE.

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