Games like HardAF
If HardAF is your kind of game, the closest matches are Aeon Drive, Platverse: ABYA's Adventure and NETRUN — 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.
Get personalized picks →About HardAF: A punishing precision-based, speedrun 2D platformer...in the dark. Uncover the level with every death, earn swag and unlock new chapters. Run, Jump, Dash, Die, Repeat.
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Steam players who put hours into HardAF 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.
Aeon Drive
WHY THIS
Top pick for HardAF fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.
Platverse: ABYA's Adventure
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for HardAF fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
A hardcore platform-action game! Robot ABYA wakes up in the depths of end - times ruins. With a special water gun, it starts to uncover the apocalypse's truth. As it explores underground ruins, ABYA leaps, climbs, and shoots, pushing survival limits and gradually revealing doomsday mysteries.
NETRUN
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for HardAF fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
With dual grappling hooks in hand, swing, thrust, and dash your way to victory in this fast, momentum-based precision platformer packed with traps, enemies, and physics-based challenges.
Gold for Retirement
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for HardAF fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
Gold for Retirement - is a hardcore platformer that will challenge you and push your skills to the limit!
Tiny Thor
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for HardAF fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
Levelhead
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for HardAF fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
Deliver those goods, real good - or get turned into scrap trying! Chaotic co-op platforming, genre-bending power-ups, a challenging campaign, and endless community-built levels await, so grab a friend and GO!
Electronic Super Joy
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for HardAF fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.
Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for HardAF fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with HardAF.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below HardAF at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under HardAF on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
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 ~53% under HardAF on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under HardAF on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HardAF.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under HardAF on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HardAF.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under HardAF on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HardAF.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under HardAF on Steam right now. Shares Action with HardAF.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under HardAF on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
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!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under HardAF on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with HardAF.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
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 HardAF.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Tiny Thor
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
Levelhead
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
Deliver those goods, real good - or get turned into scrap trying! Chaotic co-op platforming, genre-bending power-ups, a challenging campaign, and endless community-built levels await, so grab a friend and GO!
Electronic Super Joy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with HardAF.
Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.
Super Meat Boy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with HardAF.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
Frequently asked about HardAF
- How much does HardAF cost?
- HardAF is listed on Steam at 6.39 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does HardAF have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — HardAF supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to HardAF?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HardAF are Aeon Drive, Platverse: ABYA's Adventure, NETRUN.
- Who developed HardAF?
- HardAF was developed by Hardbox Games and published by IndieArk.
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 HardAF.
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