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Games like PainFighting

If PainFighting is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fighter X Fighter, Demon Sword: Incubus and Super Crush KO — 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.

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About PainFighting: 《Pain Fighting》, Good Business is a 2.5D horizontal board arcade fighting game. There are cute pixel characters and funny plot. Unlock skills and kills through directional command input. Join us now on this relaxing and enjoyable journey!

2023ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDWindowsby RouShanGame
PainFighting — Steam game cover

Players who liked PainFighting also play

Steam players who put hours into PainFighting 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. Fighter X Fighter

    WHY THIS

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

    Punch and kick! Live in fighting! Choose skills and strengthen talents to conquer various levels and enemies.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Demon Sword: Incubus

    WHY THIS

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

    Use sword and spell combos to slash and blast through hordes of attacking enemies! Guard break a boss's defenses, find an opening, then obliterate them for good with a well-placed super deadly attack! Satisfying 3D side-scrolling action with game-play elements inspired by fighting games!

    2022ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Super Crush KO

    WHY THIS

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

    Super Crush KO is a fast-paced brawler set in a vibrant, near-future city. Zip up your favourite neon jacket and combo your way through swarms of deadly robots to save your kidnapped kitten and, while you’re at it, save humanity from an AI apocalypse.

    2020ActionIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed

    WHY THIS

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

    Choose your tag team and rip through massive hordes of enemies with exciting aerial and ground-based combos. Look out, though - take too many hits and your clothes and defense will end up shredded!

    2016ActionRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time

    WHY THIS

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

    Uncover the mysteries at Luna Nova Academy and experience the magical world of Studio Trigger style Japanese animation in Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time.

    2018ActionAdventureRPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters

    WHY THIS

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

    With Gamindustri on the brink of destruction, Nepgear and the Candidates must band together and restore order!

    2023ActionRPG49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Kotama and Academy Citadel

    WHY THIS

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

    In the Academy Citadel, strength reigns supreme: only the most powerful survive and thrive. Fight your way through the high-tech Academy in your quest to get the highest of honors for a student, and uncover secrets that can save it in its direst crisis in this 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Pocket Bravery

    WHY THIS

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

    Inspired by classic fighting games from the 90's such as Street Fighter, Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters, 'Pocket Bravery' channels the 'Neo Geo Pocket' aesthetic for a modern fighting game with a retro twist!

    2023ActionIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under PainFighting on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PainFighting.

    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. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under PainFighting on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PainFighting.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under PainFighting on Steam right now. Shares Action with PainFighting.

    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 ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under PainFighting on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PainFighting.

    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 ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under PainFighting on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PainFighting.

    "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 ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under PainFighting on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PainFighting.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

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

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under PainFighting on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PainFighting.

    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 ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under PainFighting on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PainFighting.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck 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 PainFighting.

    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. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Demon Sword: Incubus

    WHY THIS

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

    Use sword and spell combos to slash and blast through hordes of attacking enemies! Guard break a boss's defenses, find an opening, then obliterate them for good with a well-placed super deadly attack! Satisfying 3D side-scrolling action with game-play elements inspired by fighting games!

    2022ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with PainFighting.

    Uncover the mysteries at Luna Nova Academy and experience the magical world of Studio Trigger style Japanese animation in Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time.

    2018ActionAdventureRPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Kotama and Academy Citadel

    WHY THIS

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

    In the Academy Citadel, strength reigns supreme: only the most powerful survive and thrive. Fight your way through the high-tech Academy in your quest to get the highest of honors for a student, and uncover secrets that can save it in its direst crisis in this 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about PainFighting

How much does PainFighting cost?
PainFighting is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to PainFighting?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PainFighting are Fighter X Fighter, Demon Sword: Incubus, Super Crush KO.
Who developed PainFighting?
PainFighting was developed by RouShanGame.

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 PainFighting.

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