Games like Bunraku
If Bunraku is your kind of game, the closest matches are SLOWLY FIGHTER, Hastilude Clash and Spikehead — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Bunraku: Bunraku is a fast-paced multiplayer brawler where you clash with friends in frantic ninja fights. Up to 8 players can join the Bunraku Theater arenas, online (P2P) or local, mastering ninja dashing skills to become the ultimate battle puppeteer!
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Steam players who put hours into Bunraku 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.
SLOWLY FIGHTER
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Top pick for Bunraku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bunraku.
You are a master of martial arts. Your sharpened senses make everything seem like it's in slow motion. A master's attacks hit vital spots so accurately that a single hit can result in an instant KO. Dodge your enemy's attacks and deliver a fatal blow.
Hastilude Clash
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Bunraku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bunraku.
Master the art of the duel in Hastilude Clash, a high-speed, 4-player party fighter. Inspired by classic directional combat, you’ll clash blades, parry projectiles, and outsmart rivals in a tense dance of steel. It’s easy to strike, but can you block the coming blow?
Spikehead
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Bunraku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bunraku.
What if your most dangerous weapon was your head? Launch upward and spike your friends from below in this fast-paced local multiplayer party game. Tight controls, quick rounds, and chaotic matches all built around one simple twist: the low ground has the advantage.
Dragon Fury
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Ranked #4 for Bunraku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bunraku.
1v1 Fighting. Ninjas, Pirates, Robots, Aliens and more. Import Your Own Characters!
IGS Classic Arcade Collection
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Ranked #5 for Bunraku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Bunraku.
IGS Classic Arcade Collection brings together 8 classic IGS arcade hits in one collection. Relive the golden age of arcade gaming with legendary titles like the "Knights of Valour" series, "Martial Masters", "Demon Front", and more—all with up to 4-player online multiplayer.
Rift Rumble
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Ranked #6 for Bunraku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bunraku.
Rift Rumble is a lightning fast, platform party fighter where fighters from across the universe have come to battle for control of The Rift. Play with unlimited players locally across numerous unique maps.
Sclash
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Bunraku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Bunraku.
Sclash is a plug’n play 2D samurai fighting game full of tension where one hit is enough to kill. Play as a hand-drawn samurai in beautiful painted settings and fight your opponent in epic solemn duels where each move matters. Manage well your stamina, breath and take your time to land a deadly hit.
Plunder Panic
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Ranked #8 for Bunraku fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bunraku.
Chaotic Party Arr-cade Action for up to 12 players! Be the first to plunder all the treasure, sink the enemy ship, or defeat their captain. Featuring local & online play, crossplay, 18 stages, 30+ modify-arrs, and a single-player campaign!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bunraku.
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.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bunraku.
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 and Indie with Bunraku.
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.
Electoral Carnage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bunraku.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
Tukoni: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Bunraku.
Tukoni: Prologue is a point-and-click puzzle adventure, based on a series of award-winning books by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula. Play as Tukoni, the forest spirits, as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, craft new items, and explore a magical world filled with kindness.
Brief Karate Foolish
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bunraku.
Here comes a new epic of live action fighting game!! With 60fps smooth action, sexy and deadly guys fly into air and bounces their flab!
NERTS! Online
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bunraku.
NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!
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Other recommendable Steam games by Efecto Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
ARK: Survival Evolved
WHY THIS
Another title from Efecto Studios, the studio behind Bunraku. Shares Action and Indie with Bunraku.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest
WHY THIS
Another title from Efecto Studios, the studio behind Bunraku. Shares Action and Indie with Bunraku.
ARK: The Survival of the Fittest is a prototype spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved, pitting up to 60 combatants against each other in a fast-paced, action-packed struggle for survival, where players are ultimately pushed into an epic final showdown leading their Dinosaur Armies into battle.
Decoherence
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Another title from Efecto Studios, the studio behind Bunraku. Shares Action and Indie with Bunraku.
Build robots, devise a battle plan and fight alongside them!
Frequently asked about Bunraku
- Does Bunraku have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Bunraku supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Bunraku?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bunraku are SLOWLY FIGHTER, Hastilude Clash, Spikehead.
- Who developed Bunraku?
- Bunraku was developed by Efecto Studios and published by Efecto Estudios SAS.
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