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Games like X-Mutation

If X-Mutation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Robot Arena Survivors, POOBO and Sharded World — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive 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 X-Mutation: 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!

2024ActionIndieAdventureRPGCasualEarly Access11.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby ProjectX
X-Mutation — Steam game cover
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7 unique bosses with distinct patternsAction rpg combat requiring jumping and rolling masteryBoss fights require precise movementChallengingCompetitiveContemplative

Players who liked X-Mutation also play

Steam players who put hours into X-Mutation 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. Robot Arena Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Shares wave based combat, build variety, indie and a competitive mood with X-Mutation.

    Top pick for X-Mutation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with X-Mutation.

    Robot Arena Survivors is a single-player arena auto-shooter where you're fighting against waves of hostile robots using a powerful arsenal made of hover tank units. Customize your own set of abilities and dismantle your enemies to claim your fame into the leaderboards.

    2024ActionRPGCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. POOBO

    WHY THIS

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

    A fast-paced action roguelike where you play as a tiny and adorable poop fighting off bacteria. Upgrade your weapons and items to escape the toilet and claim victory!

    2025ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  3. Sharded World

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with X-Mutation.

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

    Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Extremely Powerful Capybaras

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with X-Mutation.

    Ranked #4 for X-Mutation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with X-Mutation.

    Become the bullet hell as a Capybara in this roguelite adventure! Brave the chaos solo or with up to 4 friends, forge your path through hordes of enemies, gather capy-powering weapons & skills and embrace your inner capybara in this action-packed bullet heaven frenzy!

    2023ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Voids Vigil

    WHY THIS

    Shares build variety, roguelite progression and roguelite with X-Mutation.

    Ranked #5 for X-Mutation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with X-Mutation.

    Blast through robotic hordes in this arena auto-battler rogue-lite Brotato-like. Use auto-firing weapons and drones, timely dashes and special abilities to reach the Void where a final Conservator awaits convergence. Spend your Cogs wisely within the varied shops to create unique builds!

    2025ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Bounty of One

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with X-Mutation.

    Ranked #6 for X-Mutation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with X-Mutation.

    Fallen hero of the Wild West, you’re wanted and in disgrace! Grab your guns, survive endless hordes of bounty hunters and fight to clear your name! Bounty of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell for 1 to 4 players. Dash, Dodge, Shoot, Repeat!

    2023ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. FatalZone

    WHY THIS

    Shares mutation system, weapon upgrades, action shooter and a punishing mood with X-Mutation.

    Ranked #7 for X-Mutation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with X-Mutation.

    FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!

    2024ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Yet Another Zombie Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for X-Mutation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with X-Mutation.

    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 X-Mutation at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under X-Mutation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with X-Mutation.

    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

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with X-Mutation.

    Priced ~58% under X-Mutation on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with X-Mutation.

    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 ~42% under X-Mutation on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with X-Mutation.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under X-Mutation on Steam right now. Shares Action with X-Mutation.

    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 ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under X-Mutation on Steam right now. Shares Indie with X-Mutation.

    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 ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under X-Mutation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with X-Mutation.

    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 ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under X-Mutation on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with X-Mutation.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under X-Mutation on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with X-Mutation.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Casual with X-Mutation.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. 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 X-Mutation.

    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 ↗
  8. 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 X-Mutation.

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

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck 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. Robot Arena Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Shares wave based combat, build variety, indie and a competitive mood with X-Mutation.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with X-Mutation.

    Robot Arena Survivors is a single-player arena auto-shooter where you're fighting against waves of hostile robots using a powerful arsenal made of hover tank units. Customize your own set of abilities and dismantle your enemies to claim your fame into the leaderboards.

    2024ActionRPGCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Voids Vigil

    WHY THIS

    Shares build variety, roguelite progression and roguelite with X-Mutation.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with X-Mutation.

    Blast through robotic hordes in this arena auto-battler rogue-lite Brotato-like. Use auto-firing weapons and drones, timely dashes and special abilities to reach the Void where a final Conservator awaits convergence. Spend your Cogs wisely within the varied shops to create unique builds!

    2025ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Bounty of One

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with X-Mutation.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with X-Mutation.

    Fallen hero of the Wild West, you’re wanted and in disgrace! Grab your guns, survive endless hordes of bounty hunters and fight to clear your name! Bounty of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell for 1 to 4 players. Dash, Dodge, Shoot, Repeat!

    2023ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Yet Another Zombie Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with X-Mutation.

    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 X-Mutation

Does X-Mutation run on Steam Deck?
X-Mutation 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 X-Mutation cost?
X-Mutation is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to X-Mutation?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside X-Mutation are Robot Arena Survivors, POOBO, Sharded World.
Who developed X-Mutation?
X-Mutation was developed by ProjectX.

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 X-Mutation.

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