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Games like Annihilation

If Annihilation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cosmic Run, Viscera and Void Resurgence — 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 Annihilation: Doomed and surrounded, but not yet dead! Take on the role of Annihilator and purge the endless horde in this arcade survival shooter. Featuring roguelike elements and minimal resources: manage your loadouts between waves and strategically invest in war supplies to face the unknown threat.

ActionWindowsby GSig Games
Annihilation — Steam game cover

Players who liked Annihilation also play

Steam players who put hours into Annihilation 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. Cosmic Run

    WHY THIS

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

    Cosmic Run is a single-player space roguelite where you battle relentless galactic enemies, strategically upgrade your ship, and help the Zogark family survive their journey across the galaxy. Build powerful combinations, adapt to chaotic encounters, and escape one broken system after another.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie9.89 USDSteam ↗
  2. Viscera

    WHY THIS

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

    Viscera is an arcade-inspired, gleefully excessive top-down shooter. Fight through the muck and gore against the mutant menace. Master over 50 weapons and more than 80 abilities. Prove you’re the best at withstanding the horde until the end takes you. Viscera awaits. Soak in it.

    2024ActionIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Void Resurgence

    WHY THIS

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

    Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.

    2025ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Crystal Survivor

    WHY THIS

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

    Defeat your enemies with super powerful charged shots! "Crystal Survivor" is a top-down roguelite arena shooter. Use the crystal's unique attack methods, various weapons, items, and relics to survive.

    2024ActionIndieRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Core Breach

    WHY THIS

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

    Core Breach is a fast-paced, twin-stick arcade shooter in a pixel art style. Play as a Trojan worm virus, outmaneuvering and destroying antivirus enemies. Upgrade your worm with powerful attacks and skills as you fight to breach the CPU core and uncover its secrets

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. Penguin Weapons

    WHY THIS

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

    Penguin Weapons is a dynamic action roguelite about penguins that collect artifacts, creating absurdly crazy weapons, fight monsters and bosses, unlock stylish clothes, and explore increasingly difficult worlds full of unique combinations and unpredictability alone or with friends.

    2026ActionRPGSteam ↗
  7. Ground Zero Hero

    WHY THIS

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

    Kill mutants. Absorb their remains. Mutate into something stronger every run. Stack insane power combos and survive overwhelming hordes in this fast, chaotic, highly replayable action roguelite bullet hell.

    2026ActionAdventureFree To PlaySteam ↗
  8. Ark Odyssey

    WHY THIS

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

    Ark Odyssey is a top-down arcade shooter that lets you command an army of starships to fight against the force of void! Gather your fleet into formations, and build your team of evolving synergistic compositions. Order your army of Starforce through space and protect the cosmos!

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗

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 Annihilation.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Annihilation

What games are most similar to Annihilation?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Annihilation are Cosmic Run, Viscera, Void Resurgence.
Who developed Annihilation?
Annihilation was developed by GSig 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 Annihilation.

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