Games like Sisyphus Paradox
If Sisyphus Paradox is your kind of game, the closest matches are Survive the Rift, Run Build Pew! and Angelstruck — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its build variety feels meaningful, challenging and epic. 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 Sisyphus Paradox: Sisyphus Paradox is a fusion of roguelike tactical elements with classic side-scrolling shoot 'em up gameplay. Explore and fight your way across the galaxy as you try to get back home to Earth in this hand drawn indie game.
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Steam players who put hours into Sisyphus Paradox 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.
Survive the Rift
WHY THIS
Top pick for Sisyphus Paradox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
Survive the Rift is a roguelike shoot 'em up with procedurally generated levels, unlockable ships, and plenty of items to make each run unique. Inspired by classic 16-bit era scrolling shooters with modern roguelike game mechanics.
Run Build Pew!
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and a challenging mood with Sisyphus Paradox.
Second-strongest match for Sisyphus Paradox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
Angelstruck
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting, weapon upgrades, atmospheric and a challenging mood with Sisyphus Paradox.
Third-strongest match for Sisyphus Paradox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
Angelstruck is a 2D roguelite shooter where you demolish the forces of Heaven as you attempt to reach the pearly gates. Overcharge your holy rifle, and min-max your way into insane game-breaking builds. Unlock permanent capabilities and powerful screen-destroying weapons that feed on kills.
TROUBLE JUICE
WHY THIS
Shares character unlocks, twin stick shooting and a challenging mood with Sisyphus Paradox.
Ranked #4 for Sisyphus Paradox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sisyphus Paradox.
Trouble Juice is a Side Scrolling Shooter Roguelike set in a TV show tournament that is broadcasted across the universe. Use your character's special abilities, and unlock prizes in the Achievement Bingo. Become the ultimate champion and earn your place in the galaxy's hall of fame!
Starr Mazer: DSP
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Sisyphus Paradox.
Ranked #5 for Sisyphus Paradox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
Heat Signature
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Sisyphus Paradox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
Steredenn: Binary Stars
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an epic mood with Sisyphus Paradox.
Ranked #7 for Sisyphus Paradox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
CRYPTARK
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a tense mood with Sisyphus Paradox.
Ranked #8 for Sisyphus Paradox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sisyphus Paradox at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sisyphus Paradox on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sisyphus Paradox on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Sisyphus Paradox on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sisyphus Paradox.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sisyphus Paradox on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sisyphus Paradox on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Sisyphus Paradox on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Sisyphus Paradox on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sisyphus Paradox on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
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?
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
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!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
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 Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
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]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
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 Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
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 Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
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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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Run Build Pew!
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and a challenging mood with Sisyphus Paradox.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
Angelstruck
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting, weapon upgrades, atmospheric and a challenging mood with Sisyphus Paradox.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
Angelstruck is a 2D roguelite shooter where you demolish the forces of Heaven as you attempt to reach the pearly gates. Overcharge your holy rifle, and min-max your way into insane game-breaking builds. Unlock permanent capabilities and powerful screen-destroying weapons that feed on kills.
TROUBLE JUICE
WHY THIS
Shares character unlocks, twin stick shooting and a challenging mood with Sisyphus Paradox.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Sisyphus Paradox.
Trouble Juice is a Side Scrolling Shooter Roguelike set in a TV show tournament that is broadcasted across the universe. Use your character's special abilities, and unlock prizes in the Achievement Bingo. Become the ultimate champion and earn your place in the galaxy's hall of fame!
CRYPTARK
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a tense mood with Sisyphus Paradox.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Sisyphus Paradox.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Frequently asked about Sisyphus Paradox
- Does Sisyphus Paradox run on Steam Deck?
- Sisyphus Paradox 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 Sisyphus Paradox cost?
- Sisyphus Paradox is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sisyphus Paradox?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sisyphus Paradox are Survive the Rift, Run Build Pew!, Angelstruck.
- Who developed Sisyphus Paradox?
- Sisyphus Paradox was developed by Unruly Mob.
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