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Games like King Must Survive

If King Must Survive is your kind of game, the closest matches are X-Mutation, REMEDIUM: Sentinels and Road Defense: Outsiders — 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 King Must Survive: In the enchanted world of the Middle Ages, it's a king's struggle for survival! Equipped with top-down shooter mechanics and rogue-lite elements, you must battle against increasingly challenging waves of enemy swarms.

2024ActionIndieCasualEarly Access2.99 USDWindowsby INFIN.8 STUDIO
King Must Survive — Steam game cover

Players who liked King Must Survive also play

Steam players who put hours into King Must Survive 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. X-Mutation

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for King Must Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    Survive thousands of monsters in X-Mutation, a hardcore 3D top-down rogue-lite action game. Mutate your body into diverse weapons, choose from hundreds of mutations, and uniquely upgrade to craft your personal combat style!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. REMEDIUM: Sentinels

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for King Must Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    Become a Sentinel and face the plague in roguelite fast-paced auto-shooter set in the same world as REMEDIUM game. Combine items and alchemical elements to acquire more powerful weapons and create unique builds to defend the plague survivors against the endless hordes of mutants!

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Road Defense: Outsiders

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for King Must Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    Protect vehicles on the road and survive! Road Defense: Outsiders is a game that combines elements of the 'roguelike' and 'tower defense' genres. Upgrade the towers and your own skills to be able to annihilate all the life around you!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Twilight Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for King Must Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    A time-limited survival game infused with rogue-lite elements and an adorable art style! The world has plunged into darkness, and you are its sole beacon of hope. Will you endure until dawn, or succumb to repeated deaths in your quest? Fear not, for you can collect more coins to arm yourself!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Ketz: Galactic Overlords

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for King Must Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    Sci-fantasy themed roguelite horde survival game with RPG elements. Choose your character, collect various gear, and create game-breaking builds using powerful skills from the Galactic Leaders!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Conquest Dark

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for King Must Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    Experience an ARPG's rapid ascension to power in minutes, packed with savage, survivors-like action and devastating sword & sorcery combat. Perfect your builds through Dark Ritual runs that will decide humanity's future as you battle endless hordes across haunting ruins and cursed kingdoms.

    2025ActionIndieRPG7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Froguelike

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for King Must Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    Your choices matter in Froguelike where you play as a frog on a mission to eat all the bugs. Level up, choose new tongues and upgrades, become unstoppable and run straight into the swarm! Unlock all frogs, tongues, items and chapters to become the most powerful frog in the pond.

    2024ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Yet Another Zombie Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for King Must Survive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.

    2023ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below King Must Survive at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under King Must Survive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under King Must Survive on Steam right now. Shares Indie with King Must Survive.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under King Must Survive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with King Must Survive.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under King Must Survive on Steam right now. Shares Casual with King Must Survive.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under King Must Survive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with King Must Survive.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under King Must Survive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under King Must Survive on Steam right now. Shares Casual with King Must Survive.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under King Must Survive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with King Must Survive.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with King Must Survive.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with King Must Survive.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. REMEDIUM: Sentinels

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    Become a Sentinel and face the plague in roguelite fast-paced auto-shooter set in the same world as REMEDIUM game. Combine items and alchemical elements to acquire more powerful weapons and create unique builds to defend the plague survivors against the endless hordes of mutants!

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Froguelike

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    Your choices matter in Froguelike where you play as a frog on a mission to eat all the bugs. Level up, choose new tongues and upgrades, become unstoppable and run straight into the swarm! Unlock all frogs, tongues, items and chapters to become the most powerful frog in the pond.

    2024ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Yet Another Zombie Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with King Must Survive.

    The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.

    2023ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about King Must Survive

How much does King Must Survive cost?
King Must Survive is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to King Must Survive?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside King Must Survive are X-Mutation, REMEDIUM: Sentinels, Road Defense: Outsiders.
Who developed King Must Survive?
King Must Survive was developed by INFIN.8 STUDIO and published by Crystal Shark 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 King Must Survive.

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