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Games like The Great Rebellion

If The Great Rebellion is your kind of game, the closest matches are VolticPistol, Neon Abyss and PROJECT TACHYON — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 The Great Rebellion: The Great Rebellion is a cyberpunk 2D sidescrolling run'n'gun roguelite using mouse/twinstick-shooter controls. It features randomly generated levels, multiple difficulty modes (including optional permadeath), a dynamic soundtrack and an upgradeable player character.

2024ActionIndie15.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Kvltgames
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Players who liked The Great Rebellion also play

Steam players who put hours into The Great Rebellion 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. VolticPistol

    WHY THIS

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

    Take control of the Tholos, a renounced knight on his quest to overthrow his former kingdom! Battle your way to the top of the kingdom in this action-filled medieval-cyberpunk adventure!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Neon Abyss

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an intense mood with The Great Rebellion.

    Second-strongest match for The Great Rebellion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Great Rebellion.

    Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PROJECT TACHYON

    WHY THIS

    Shares weapon variety, combo based combat, action adventure and an atmospheric mood with The Great Rebellion.

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

    An exhilarating run-and-gun action shooting game based on a Roguelite! Travel through time with Sigma to thwart the uprising of artificial intelligence and fight for the future!

    2025ActionAdventure17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Minotaur

    WHY THIS

    Shares weapon variety, permadeath, arcade style and an atmospheric mood with The Great Rebellion.

    Ranked #4 for The Great Rebellion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Great Rebellion.

    Slay the Minotaur is a challenging roguelike dungeon crawler set in ancient Greece. Survive the onslaught of the labyrinth. Upgrade your skills, earn ranks, and face the Minotaur in the ultimate game of cat and mouse!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Myriavora

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with The Great Rebellion.

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

    Myriavora is a roguelike swarm action shooter in a sci-fi setting. You unleash a storm of fire and ice upon giant spiders, dodging their frantic attacks via cool moves.

    2021ActionIndieEarly Access12.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. UNDERZONE

    WHY THIS

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

    SEARCH - RESCUE - SURVIVE - Smash walls, shoot enemies, rescue survivors, upgrade your Mole Mech, and uncover a dark conspiracy within a 22nd century disaster zone. Underzone is a new twist on the 'roguelite' genre, featuring procedural enemies built out of unique combinations of components.

    2021ActionIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Contract Work

    WHY THIS

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

    Contract Work is a cyberpunk action rogue-like where you infiltrate high-rises to steal corporate secrets. Do you go in guns blazing or take a more stealthy approach? Every contract earns you credits which you use to buy new cybernetic enhancements and modifications for your next mission.

    2019ActionIndieEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Running Riot

    WHY THIS

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

    Pick a class and blast your way through rooms of cyber enemies in this roguelite action shooter! Choose your abilities and your path wisely, because you've only got one life to make it through the gauntlet. Rack up those points and spend them on even more ways to RIOT!

    2025ActionIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Great Rebellion

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Neon Abyss

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an intense mood with The Great Rebellion.

    Reviewers of The Great Rebellion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Great Rebellion.

    Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Enter the Gungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares bullet hell, procedural generation and an intense mood with The Great Rebellion.

    Reviewers of The Great Rebellion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Great Rebellion.

    Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dead Cells

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with The Great Rebellion.

    Reviewers of The Great Rebellion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Great Rebellion.

    Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Hades

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with The Great Rebellion.

    Reviewers of The Great Rebellion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Great Rebellion.

    Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

    2020ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under The Great Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Great Rebellion.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under The Great Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Great Rebellion.

    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 ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under The Great Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Great Rebellion.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Great Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Great Rebellion.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under The Great Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Great Rebellion.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under The Great Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Great Rebellion.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Great Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Great Rebellion.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under The Great Rebellion on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Great Rebellion.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

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

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Moonring

    WHY THIS

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

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

    WHY THIS

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

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Great Rebellion

Does The Great Rebellion run on Steam Deck?
The Great Rebellion 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 The Great Rebellion cost?
The Great Rebellion is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Great Rebellion?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Great Rebellion are VolticPistol, Neon Abyss, PROJECT TACHYON.
Who developed The Great Rebellion?
The Great Rebellion was developed by Kvltgames and published by AIP.

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 The Great Rebellion.

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