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Games like Top Gnome

If Top Gnome is your kind of game, the closest matches are ROIDERS, Chippy and Sektori — 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 Top Gnome: A top down shooter where the only way to move and fight is with the recoil of your blunderbuss. Whirl through waves of garden-destroying pests to defend Bert's garden, strive to reach higher and higher scores and become the Top Gnome!

2025ActionIndie4.99 USDWindowsby Onyx Prism
Top Gnome — Steam game cover

Players who liked Top Gnome also play

Steam players who put hours into Top Gnome 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. ROIDERS

    WHY THIS

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

    Become an asteroid miner and loot your way to supremacy! Fight waves of vicious aliens or battle against your friends.

    2024ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Chippy

    WHY THIS

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

    Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.

    2019ActionIndie7.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sektori

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Top Gnome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Top Gnome.

    Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.

    2025Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Space War: Infinity

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Top Gnome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Top Gnome.

    Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.

    2019ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. NIDUS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Top Gnome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Top Gnome.

    A symbiotic Flower and Wasp struggle to complete their lifecycle, in a challengingly twisted arcade experience. Control both characters at once in mind-bending Single Player, or team up with a friend in hectic Local Co-Op. Master the symbiotic duet, devour the swarm, and ascend the leaderboard.

    2024ActionIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Hong Kong Massacre

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Top Gnome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Top Gnome.

    Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.

    2019ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Swarmlake

    WHY THIS

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

    Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.

    2018ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Akka Arrh

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Top Gnome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Top Gnome.

    Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!

    2023Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Top Gnome on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Top Gnome.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Top Gnome on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Top Gnome.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Top Gnome on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Top Gnome.

    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 ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Top Gnome on Steam right now. Shares Action with Top Gnome.

    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 ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Top Gnome on Steam right now. Shares Action with Top Gnome.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Top Gnome on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Top Gnome.

    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 ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Top Gnome on Steam right now. Shares Action with Top Gnome.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Top Gnome on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Top Gnome.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Top Gnome.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Top Gnome.

    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. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Chippy

    WHY THIS

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

    Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.

    2019ActionIndie7.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Sektori

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Top Gnome.

    Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.

    2025Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Swarmlake

    WHY THIS

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

    Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.

    2018ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Top Gnome

How much does Top Gnome cost?
Top Gnome is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Top Gnome?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Top Gnome are ROIDERS, Chippy, Sektori.
Who developed Top Gnome?
Top Gnome was developed by Onyx Prism.

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 Top Gnome.

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