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Games like Blood Running

If Blood Running is your kind of game, the closest matches are ZERO Sievert, Atomic Exile and No Escape from Madness — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and immersive. 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 Blood Running: Blood Running is a stylish extraction shooter where you'll enter the cyber-wasteland, fight off creatures and bandits, loot valuable gear, and venture into the remnants of a world in ruins. Are you willing to bleed to survive, Blood Runner?

2025ActionAdventureSimulation16.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Dead Unicorn
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Addictive risk reward extraction loop where you can lose an hour of progress in one bad runBase building through the vault hub to upgrade equipment and tradersBeautiful pixel art with satisfying gunplay and sound designAtmosphericDarkImmersive

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Steam players who put hours into Blood Running 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. ZERO Sievert

    WHY THIS

    Shares inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Blood Running.

    Top pick for Blood Running fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Blood Running.

    Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Atomic Exile

    WHY THIS

    Shares loot collection, weapon customization, pixel art and an atmospheric mood with Blood Running.

    Second-strongest match for Blood Running fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Blood Running.

    Atomic Exile is a top down post-apocalyptic extraction shooter set in the desert wastelands of near future America. You will visit enclaves, explore devastated ruins and encounter NPCs such as other survivors, raiders, mutated beasts and rogue machines.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. No Escape from Madness

    WHY THIS

    Shares permadeath, loadout customization, indie and an atmospheric mood with Blood Running.

    Third-strongest match for Blood Running fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Blood Running.

    No Escape from Madness is a thrilling shooting adventure game that blends Lovecraftian elements with extraction gameplay. You will guide the self-sacrificing infantry operators into the Sector where The Elder One is poised to descend.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Blood Running fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Blood Running.

    Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. State of Decay

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Blood Running fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Blood Running.

    The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.

    2013ActionSimulationRPGDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Defiance

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Blood Running.

    Ranked #6 for Blood Running fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Blood Running.

    Join the futuristic online open-world shooter where thousands of players scour a transformed Earth competing for alien technology.

    2014ActionMassively MultiplayerRPGSteam ↗
  7. State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource gathering and an immersive mood with Blood Running.

    Ranked #7 for Blood Running fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Blood Running.

    The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.

    2020ActionSimulationRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Tom Clancy’s The Division™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Blood Running.

    Ranked #8 for Blood Running fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Blood Running.

    A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.

    2016ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Blood Running on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Blood Running.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Blood Running on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Blood Running.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Blood Running on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Blood Running.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Blood Running on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blood Running.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Blood Running on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with Blood Running.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Blood Running on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Blood Running.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~41% under Blood Running on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blood Running.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Blood Running on Steam right now. Shares Action with Blood Running.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Blood Running.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Blood Running.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Blood Running.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Blood Running.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Blood Running

Does Blood Running run on Steam Deck?
Blood Running is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Blood Running cost?
Blood Running is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Blood Running?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blood Running are ZERO Sievert, Atomic Exile, No Escape from Madness.
Who developed Blood Running?
Blood Running was developed by Dead Unicorn.

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 Blood Running.

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