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Games like Swarmhunters

If Swarmhunters is your kind of game, the closest matches are Novi Blaster, Robot Arena Survivors and Gacha Fever — 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 Swarmhunters: Swarmhunters is a top-down arena action shooter. The war between human and bugs has become worse - Project Swarmhunters emerged at this situation. You play as the best space soldiers in the galaxy and your mission is to strike the hive and hunt down the Emperor, supreme commander of bugs.

2023ActionIndieRPGCasual0.99 USDWindowsby BlackSharp
Swarmhunters — Steam game cover

Players who liked Swarmhunters also play

Steam players who put hours into Swarmhunters 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. Novi Blaster

    WHY THIS

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

    Bullet Hell or Heaven? A rogue-like where you upgrade yourself and your enemies. Strategize around your build choices and dominate the battlefields of Novi Blaster.

    2024ActionIndieRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Robot Arena Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Swarmhunters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Swarmhunters.

    Robot Arena Survivors is a single-player arena auto-shooter where you're fighting against waves of hostile robots using a powerful arsenal made of hover tank units. Customize your own set of abilities and dismantle your enemies to claim your fame into the leaderboards.

    2024ActionRPGCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Gacha Fever

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Swarmhunters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmhunters.

    Gacha Fever is a suvivors like in a cute and colorful universe. You will fight waves of monsters with various weapons, from the machine gun to the magical girl wand and the Bubble Tea Canon ! Just be careful of the area !

    2024ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Astro Looter: Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Swarmhunters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Swarmhunters.

    Explore alien planets to mine resources, kill alien insects, build defense turrets, and survive waves of insect attacks across the galactic frontier. Astro Looter combines elements of survival, roguelike, and tower defense in a top-down shooter.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. FatalZone

    WHY THIS

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

    FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!

    2024ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Time Wasters

    WHY THIS

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

    Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

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

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Sharded World

    WHY THIS

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

    Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Swarmhunters on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmhunters.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Swarmhunters on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Swarmhunters.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Swarmhunters on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmhunters.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Swarmhunters on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Swarmhunters.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Swarmhunters on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Swarmhunters.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Swarmhunters on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmhunters.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Swarmhunters on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmhunters.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Swarmhunters on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmhunters.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  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 Swarmhunters.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Swarmhunters.

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Robot Arena Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Swarmhunters.

    Robot Arena Survivors is a single-player arena auto-shooter where you're fighting against waves of hostile robots using a powerful arsenal made of hover tank units. Customize your own set of abilities and dismantle your enemies to claim your fame into the leaderboards.

    2024ActionRPGCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Gacha Fever

    WHY THIS

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

    Gacha Fever is a suvivors like in a cute and colorful universe. You will fight waves of monsters with various weapons, from the machine gun to the magical girl wand and the Bubble Tea Canon ! Just be careful of the area !

    2024ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Time Wasters

    WHY THIS

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

    Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Brotato

    WHY THIS

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

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Swarmhunters

How much does Swarmhunters cost?
Swarmhunters is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Swarmhunters?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Swarmhunters are Novi Blaster, Robot Arena Survivors, Gacha Fever.
Who developed Swarmhunters?
Swarmhunters was developed by BlackSharp.

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 Swarmhunters.

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