Games like Ground Zero Hero
If Ground Zero Hero is your kind of game, the closest matches are NeuroSquad - Slay the Horde, Junkyard Saints: Scrapstorm and Cosmic Run — 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 Ground Zero Hero: Kill mutants. Absorb their remains. Mutate into something stronger every run. Stack insane power combos and survive overwhelming hordes in this fast, chaotic, highly replayable action roguelite bullet hell.
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NeuroSquad - Slay the Horde
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Top pick for Ground Zero Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ground Zero Hero.
Invent your own weapons in this sci-fi Roguelike shooter! Combine any weapon with any upgrade to customize your arsenal. Form a squad of holographic soldiers, redesign their guns too, and slay hordes of cybernetic enemies!
Junkyard Saints: Scrapstorm
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ground Zero Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Free To Play with Ground Zero Hero.
Survive endless scrapstorms in a post-apocalyptic Bullet Heaven Action Roguelite. Build devastating loadouts, collect procedural gear, awaken powerful Saints, recruit companions, conquer dungeons, and create insane synergies in a world where scrap is sacred.
Cosmic Run
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ground Zero Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ground Zero Hero.
Cosmic Run is a single-player space roguelite where you battle relentless galactic enemies, strategically upgrade your ship, and help the Zogark family survive their journey across the galaxy. Build powerful combinations, adapt to chaotic encounters, and escape one broken system after another.
Order of Beast
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Ranked #4 for Ground Zero Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ground Zero Hero.
A dark fantasy top-down action roguelite survivor game. Choose an outcast hero, forge evolving skills, collect strange relics, and survive wave after wave until you face the old lords who still rule the ruins.
Smawverse
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Ranked #5 for Ground Zero Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ground Zero Hero.
Cut down the risen dead in this dark fantasy bullet-heaven roguelike. You are Smaw, a stray cat reforged in iron to take back a kingdom unmade by its own keeper. Kneel at nine prophet shrines and stack their blessings into screen-clearing builds. How long can you last?
Hellmachina Railbane
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Ranked #6 for Ground Zero Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ground Zero Hero.
Hellmachina Railbane puts you in the role of a sealed war machine reborn through a pact with humanity. Together, you’ll rise against towering futuristic races armed with advanced sci‑fi tech & ancient magic.
A.S.S.
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Ranked #7 for Ground Zero Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ground Zero Hero.
Spin the slot machine. If luck is on your side, your power explodes. Level up fast, collect items, and build your loadout. Hunt down “Spawners” that endlessly create monsters, survive the bullet hell, and clear stages. Overwhelm enemies with insane growth driven by luck and choice.
EDEN95
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Ranked #8 for Ground Zero Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ground Zero Hero.
EDEN95 is the survivorlike where your gun is your engine. Survive escalating waves using the recoil of your gun, gear up in the shop, and grow stronger with every run.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Free To Play with Ground Zero Hero.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Free To Play with Ground Zero Hero.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Ground Zero Hero.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Free To Play with Ground Zero Hero.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Ground Zero Hero.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Ground Zero Hero.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Free To Play with Ground Zero Hero.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Frequently asked about Ground Zero Hero
- What games are most similar to Ground Zero Hero?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ground Zero Hero are NeuroSquad - Slay the Horde, Junkyard Saints: Scrapstorm, Cosmic Run.
- Who developed Ground Zero Hero?
- Ground Zero Hero was developed by Rowan Edmondson and published by Acclaim, Inc..
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 Ground Zero Hero.
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