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Games like Art is Boom

If Art is Boom is your kind of game, the closest matches are Defiance Survivors, One Step From Eden and Just King — 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 Art is Boom: Let's create the art of explosions—different characters, different bombs. It's about the art of detonation and the creativity of crafting new bombs. Dive into the joyous game of various explosions!

2023ActionStrategyIndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDWindowsby Egret lsland Games
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Players who liked Art is Boom also play

Steam players who put hours into Art is Boom 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. Defiance Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Art is Boom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Art is Boom.

    Defiance Survivors is a fantasy style casual Roguelike game. There are two modes in the game. To become a hero and survive among monsters, Or to become a summoner summoning monsters and hunting heroes. Both modes exist independently and can be freely chosen.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. One Step From Eden

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Art is Boom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Art is Boom.

    Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Just King

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Art is Boom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Art is Boom.

    Just King is an action auto-battler with roguelike elements. Assemble your party to venture into different lands fighting fearsome kings and their deadly armies. Use your loot to hire and upgrade mighty heroes... or the bard.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Aces & Adventures

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Art is Boom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Art is Boom.

    Aces & Adventures is a deckbuilding RPG with poker-powered combat. Craft your deck, combining poker hands with powerful ability cards. Journey through 13 fully-voiced campaigns to save the Life Tree, or tackle procedurally-generated runs in this strategic deckbuilder unlike any other.

    2023StrategyAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Castle Warriors

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Art is Boom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Art is Boom.

    Castle Warriors is a rogue like auto battler with a strategy twist. Build your army one card at a time!

    2023StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Glaze Cup: Journey to the West

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Art is Boom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Art is Boom.

    This is a side scrolling action Rougelike game set in the three realms of humans, demons, ghosts, and gods. It tells the story of Lao Sha and other characters from Journey to the West before they learn from the classics

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Twilight Survivors

    WHY THIS

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

    A time-limited survival game infused with rogue-lite elements and an adorable art style! The world has plunged into darkness, and you are its sole beacon of hope. Will you endure until dawn, or succumb to repeated deaths in your quest? Fear not, for you can collect more coins to arm yourself!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Reignbreaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Reignbreaker is a high-octane action rogue-like set in a dystopian medievalpunk world. Step into the boots of Clef, a fearless rebel ready to rid the world of the Kingdom’s oppression, take down the Elite and lay siege to the Queen’s grand Bastion. Grab your javelin and become The Reignbreaker!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Art is Boom on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Art is Boom.

    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 ~50% under Art is Boom on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Art is Boom.

    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 ~63% under Art is Boom on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Art is Boom.

    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 ~75% under Art is Boom on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Art is Boom.

    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. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Art is Boom on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Art is Boom.

    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 ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Art is Boom on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Art is Boom.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Art is Boom on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Art is Boom.

    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 ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Art is Boom on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Art is Boom.

    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. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Art is Boom.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Art is Boom.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Art is Boom.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Art is Boom.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 Art is Boom.

    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 ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Art is Boom.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree 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. One Step From Eden

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Art is Boom.

    Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Just King

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Art is Boom.

    Just King is an action auto-battler with roguelike elements. Assemble your party to venture into different lands fighting fearsome kings and their deadly armies. Use your loot to hire and upgrade mighty heroes... or the bard.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Reignbreaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Reignbreaker is a high-octane action rogue-like set in a dystopian medievalpunk world. Step into the boots of Clef, a fearless rebel ready to rid the world of the Kingdom’s oppression, take down the Elite and lay siege to the Queen’s grand Bastion. Grab your javelin and become The Reignbreaker!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Art is Boom

How much does Art is Boom cost?
Art is Boom is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Art is Boom?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Art is Boom are Defiance Survivors, One Step From Eden, Just King.
Who developed Art is Boom?
Art is Boom was developed by Egret lsland Games.

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 Art is Boom.

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