Games like FLASH OF THE BLADE X
If FLASH OF THE BLADE X is your kind of game, the closest matches are Curse of the Shadow Samurai, Tokyo School Girl and Lightning Katana — 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 FLASH OF THE BLADE X: Flash of the Blade X is a retro-inspired first-person Ninja slasher inspired by the Western Ninja boom of the 1980's. Slice and Dice your way to revenge against your former Ninja clan across several hand-crafted levels using an assortment of period-accurate weaponry.
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Steam players who put hours into FLASH OF THE BLADE X 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.
Curse of the Shadow Samurai
WHY THIS
Top pick for FLASH OF THE BLADE X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
Seek vengeance, battling hordes of enemies across multiple stages. Conquer challenging waves, obtain powerful upgrades, and face formidable bosses. Unleash retribution in this thrilling quest for justice!
Tokyo School Girl
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for FLASH OF THE BLADE X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
Use Souls-Like combat with a sword, gun, or your hands in this epic Third-Person adventure in the open world city of Tokyo to defeat the powerful ruler named Lion Knight and save your sister who is destined to save the city from destruction.
Lightning Katana
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for FLASH OF THE BLADE X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
Kick doors, shoot lightning, and parry bullets in this blazing fast first-person shoot'n slash inspired by Hotline Miami
Ganryu 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for FLASH OF THE BLADE X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
Play as Miyamoto Musashi in this beautiful 2D platformer and travel through a 17th century fantasy Japan, from north to the island of Ganryu-jima where everything happened between Musashi and Kojiro. The game is inspired by the story of Takezo Musashi from the famous novel “The Stone And The Sword”.
Time Commando
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for FLASH OF THE BLADE X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
For retro gaming lover, discover a jewel of 1996: Time Commando Let's fight across 9 time periods: prehistoric, Roman, feudal Japan, Medieval, Conquistador, the Wild West, and the modern wars
Brush Burial: Gutter World
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for FLASH OF THE BLADE X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
A murky first-person immersive sim with tightly-wound melee combat and tangled, vertical levels to explore. Use your forked tail to tie your enemies in knots and climb impossible heights. Kill your mark with quickness and cunning, using whatever tools you see fit.
Fashion Police Squad
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for FLASH OF THE BLADE X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
Even at this moment, our fashionable city is under assault. Baggy pants, dull suits, sightings of socks with sandals. A message needs to be sent, and it needs to be sent in style... Time to serve some good ol' Fashion Justice!
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for FLASH OF THE BLADE X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below FLASH OF THE BLADE X at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under FLASH OF THE BLADE X on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under FLASH OF THE BLADE X on Steam right now. Shares Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
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 FLASH OF THE BLADE X on Steam right now. Shares Action with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under FLASH OF THE BLADE X on Steam right now. Shares Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
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 FLASH OF THE BLADE X on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under FLASH OF THE BLADE X on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under FLASH OF THE BLADE X on Steam right now. Shares Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
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 FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
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 FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
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!
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 FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
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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Other recommendable Steam games by DOSMan Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
REAPER
WHY THIS
Another title from DOSMan Games, the studio behind FLASH OF THE BLADE X. Shares Action and Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
YOU ARE DEATH. The Grim Reaper. You must travel throughout various action packed scenarios, Reaping enemies and collecting their souls. FEAR THE REAPER
DOSMan: Space Aliens in Space!
WHY THIS
Another title from DOSMan Games, the studio behind FLASH OF THE BLADE X. Shares Action and Indie with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
Planet DOS is under attack by Space Aliens, DOSMan needs to fend them off and defend his home planet!
Skarab
WHY THIS
Another title from DOSMan Games, the studio behind FLASH OF THE BLADE X. Shares Action with FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
Arise warrior, your kingdom has need of you. Wield ancient weaponry and harness arcane powers in your quest to liberate Egypt, rescue her royal highness, and exile Anubis to the afterlife.
Frequently asked about FLASH OF THE BLADE X
- How much does FLASH OF THE BLADE X cost?
- FLASH OF THE BLADE X is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to FLASH OF THE BLADE X?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside FLASH OF THE BLADE X are Curse of the Shadow Samurai, Tokyo School Girl, Lightning Katana.
- Who developed FLASH OF THE BLADE X?
- FLASH OF THE BLADE X was developed by DOSMan 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 FLASH OF THE BLADE X.
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