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Games like Heli Heroes

If Heli Heroes is your kind of game, the closest matches are ATTAQ Arcade Collection, Project Neon and Galactoids - Galactic Invaders — 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 Heli Heroes: HELI HEROES updates the old-school "shoot'em up" arcade machine games to new dimensions on today's PCs. You command an AH-64 Apache Longbow or a Russian Hokum helicopter. The goal is to fly through various levels and carry out the mission objectives.

2013ActionCasual6.99 USDWindows · Linuxby Reality Pump
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Steam players who put hours into Heli Heroes 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. ATTAQ Arcade Collection

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Heli Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.

    A collection of complete, punchy games packed inside a tactile desktop launcher. You start at an old computer, with floppy disks scattered across the table. Pick one up, drag it into the drive, and boot the game. A tiny ritual before jumping into another world.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Project Neon

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Heli Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.

    Blast through enemy defenses in this intense 16-bit shoot ‘em up (or shmup), dismantling interplanetary shields to bring humanity’s last hope back from Mars and save Earth from ecological collapse.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. Galactoids - Galactic Invaders

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Heli Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.

    Battle swarms of Galactic Invaders in this action-packed retro-inspired arcade shoot em up. May the Nerd be with you.

    2022ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. PalmRide: After Flight

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Heli Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.

    Prepare to take flight in the retrofuturistic PalmRide universe. Explore neon cities, colorful mountains, beaches and more while shooting your way through a world full of enemies who want to kill you. Enjoy an on-rails shooter with retro outrun aesthetics!

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. Last Shape Standing

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Heli Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.

    Last Shape Standing is at its core a survival game where each player needs to survive through a multitude of chaotic and fun randomly selected challenges, be it bullet hell, PVP, a zombie apocalypse or even dangerous quizzes!

    2022ActionIndieCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Top Gang

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Heli Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.

    Top Gang is a very chaotic platform game for up to 4 cooperative players. You need to eliminate all enemies in the level to be able to advance at the same time you will have to rescue the "Nuggets" and take them safely to the exit. Your friends can be a big help or a stumbling block.

    2021ActionIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. SpinZap

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Heli Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.

    SpinZap is a challenging game in classic arcade style. Use your reflexes, dexterity and boss skills to conquer 81 levels of circle zapping madness.

    2020ActionIndieCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Beat Hazard

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Heli Heroes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.

    Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

    2010ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Heli Heroes on Steam right now. Shares Action with Heli Heroes.

    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. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Heli Heroes on Steam right now. Shares Action with Heli Heroes.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Heli Heroes on Steam right now.

    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 ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Heli Heroes on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Heli Heroes.

    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. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Heli Heroes on Steam right now. Shares Action with Heli Heroes.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Heli Heroes on Steam right now. Shares Action with Heli Heroes.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Heli Heroes on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Heli Heroes.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Heli Heroes on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Heli Heroes.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Chicken Invaders Universe

    WHY THIS

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

    A deliciously addictive core of finger-blistering shooting action, surrounded by delectable morsels of galactic exploration, spacecraft customization, and community competitions.

    2022ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. BEEP

    WHY THIS

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

    A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.

    2011IndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  3. Altitude

    WHY THIS

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

    Now Available on PC, Mac and Linux!

    2009ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. Shooty Skies

    WHY THIS

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

    The creators of Crossy Road present Shooty Skies! Shoot, dodge, duck, goose and weave. Take to the skies!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 1982

    WHY THIS

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

    1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.

    2017ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Is It Wrong to Try to Shoot 'em Up Girls in a Dungeon?

    WHY THIS

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

    Enjoy a free shoot'em up side-scrolling mini-game with the characters from the anime and JRPG DanMachi, and fight through stages of bullet hell and bosses!

    2020ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. MSI Electric City: Core Assault

    WHY THIS

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

    Rediscover MSI Electric City as you pilot a fighter ship with the mission to defend the city. Maneuver and blast away the enemy swarm in this VR bullet hell arcade shoot ’em up.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Russian Mailman Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    This is an epic first person simulation game where the player defends his mail truck, while delivering letters to the local Russian population. The player must upgrade his gear, survive radiation sickness, and fight wave after wave to fulfill his duty!

    2021ActionSimulationCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from Reality Pump

Other recommendable Steam games by Reality Pump, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Iron Sky: Invasion

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Reality Pump, the studio behind Heli Heroes. Shares Action with Heli Heroes.

    In the near future, mankind faces the greatest threat to its posterity ever in recorded history: an invading Nazi horde, reborn in the depths of space! An armada of Fourth Reich ships, built in secret at a hidden base on the moon, descends upon the Earth to rain terror and destruction.But this is not done without resistance.

    2012ActionStrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. KnightShift

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Reality Pump, the studio behind Heli Heroes.

    Do you like Real Time Strategy? or are Role Playing Games your preference…Why not try both genres in one? … or even both separately? …In one game: KnightShift!In a mystical world beyond fantasy and imagination, where corruption and disaster go hand in hand, not all is as it seems.

    2013StrategyRPG8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. World War III: Black Gold

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Reality Pump, the studio behind Heli Heroes.

    Actual Armies. Actual Weapons. Actual Political Issues.World War III - Black Gold takes the player to the near future. The political crisis has been going on for months, leading to worldwide turmoil. A secret conference of the UN Central Geological Commission reveals that worldwide oil reserves have reached dangerously low levels: Oil...

    2013Strategy6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 3SwitcheD

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Reality Pump, the studio behind Heli Heroes. Shares Casual with Heli Heroes.

    Be careful! This Game is addictive! You won´t find more challenges, more speed, more fun and more treasures anywhere in the known Universe!3SwitcheD™ combines classical Gameplay with fascinating new technologies. Find yourself in a new World arcade gaming.

    2012IndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Heli Heroes

How much does Heli Heroes cost?
Heli Heroes is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Heli Heroes have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Heli Heroes supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Heli Heroes?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heli Heroes are ATTAQ Arcade Collection, Project Neon, Galactoids - Galactic Invaders.
Who developed Heli Heroes?
Heli Heroes was developed by Reality Pump and published by Topware Interactive.

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 Heli Heroes.

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