Games like Murder Miners
If Murder Miners is your kind of game, the closest matches are Splodge Royale, The Otterman Empire and BioCalibr — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its community driven creativity, tactical positioning matters and atmospheric. 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 →Murder Miners is a low-priced indie arena shooter from 2014 featuring voxel visuals and fast, agile movement mechanics. Developed by JForce Games, the game supports both local split-screen play for up to four players and online cooperative modes. Players engage in arena combat with destructible environments, vehicles, hookshots, and weapon pickups, while an infection mode lets participants play as zombies and level up their undead abilities. Reviewers highlight the simple visual presentation combined with mechanical depth and community-driven creativity through a built-in level editor, noting that tactical positioning matters in multiplayer chaos. The game maintains an active community with weekly hosted playdates and runs verified on Steam Deck.
About Murder Miners: The #1 rated Xbox Live Indie Game. Halo-inspired. Destructible/constructible environments. Vehicles. Zombie survival. Hookshots. Infection mode: Be the zombie & eat the dead to level up your zombie abilities. Community playdates are still hosted every week, join us!
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Splodge Royale
WHY THIS
Top pick for Murder Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Murder Miners.
Use Gyro Aim to Paint and Power Slide your way around while defeating Monsters, building platforms and avoiding the deadly Squog (Square Fog). Single Player and up to 4 Local Players for Co-op and Versus. From the maker of Zombie Death Quota.
The Otterman Empire
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Murder Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Murder Miners.
An intense quick-fire party shooter for one to four players. You must gear up, strap on your jetpack and travel across the galaxy in havoc causing, party game mayhem! With rapidly changing game modes and 8 customisable characters, no round of The Otterman Empire will ever be the same!
BioCalibr
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Murder Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Murder Miners.
A sci-fi arcade first person shooter where you use aliens as ammo. Kill your opponents to earn credits and unlock more aliens. As you fire your weapon, your 'clog' meter fills and changes your weapon type, also unlocking your ULTIMATE. Find the best combination of aliens to destroy your enemies!
Toad Turf
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Murder Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Murder Miners.
A 3D Platformer Party Shooter inspired by early 2000s console games. No microtransactions, no live service! Free Updates Post Launch. Easy to learn, hard to master, controls are simple to understand for veterans and newcomers.
FragFrame
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Murder Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Murder Miners.
FragFrame is a fast-paced Arena FPS with a modern take on classic shooters, set in a dark dystopian, neon sci-fi world. Battle friends in intense multiplayer matches fueled by high-energy electronic music and a rave-like atmosphere. Create and share custom arenas with the built-in level editor.
LuPR: Lunar Post Recruit
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Murder Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Murder Miners.
Dive into chaotic combat in this fast-paced party FPS for 1–4 players! Battle with or against AI bots across six retro-inspired game modes. Snipe, set traps, launch black holes, and fight for your faction in explosive split-screen action—no DLC, just pure couch mayhem!
Orbit Outlaws
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Murder Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Murder Miners.
Orbit Outlaws is the definitive physics-based arena combat game. Use gravity to pull off impossible shots in competitive and casual multiplayer. Choose your gun, chassis, and pilot, then upgrade and optimize your loadout as you progress against rival pilots.
Death Metal Derby
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Murder Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Murder Miners.
Missiles, machine guns, and total vehicular destruction. Welcome to Death Metal Derby, the most brutal car combat tournament ever! Choose from a wild cast of combatants, each with their own deadly ride and special weapon. Battle through chaotic, destruction-filled arenas in a fight for survival.
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Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Murder Miners.
Reviewers of Murder Miners cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Murder Miners.
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.
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Murder Miners.
Reviewers of Murder Miners cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Murder Miners.
Unreal Tournament is the original King of the Hill in the frag-or-be-fragged multiplayer gaming world. As the undisputed 1999 Game of the Year, Unreal Tournament grabbed the first person shooter genre by the soiled seat of its pants and knocked it around the room with its never-before-seen graphics, brutal edge-of-your-seat gameplay and...
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Murder Miners cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Minecraft Legends
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Murder Miners.
Reviewers of Murder Miners cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Murder Miners.
Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Murder Miners at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Murder Miners on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Murder Miners.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under Murder Miners on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Murder Miners.
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 ~67% under Murder Miners on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Murder Miners.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Murder Miners on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Murder Miners.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Murder Miners on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Murder Miners.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Murder Miners on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Murder Miners.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Murder Miners on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Murder Miners.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Murder Miners.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Murder Miners.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Murder Miners.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Murder Miners.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Murder Miners.
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!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Murder Miners.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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 Murder Miners.
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).
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Frequently asked about Murder Miners
- Is Murder Miners verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Murder Miners is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Murder Miners cost?
- Murder Miners is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Murder Miners have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Murder Miners supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Murder Miners?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Murder Miners are Splodge Royale, The Otterman Empire, BioCalibr.
- Who developed Murder Miners?
- Murder Miners was developed by JForce Games.
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