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Games like Drone Break

If Drone Break is your kind of game, the closest matches are Isekai HKV, Giant Enemy Robot Crabs and Bullet Banshee — 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 Drone Break: Run and Gun Roguelite where the goal is to upgrade each consecutive alien drone on death so the next can strive to become overpowered enough to escape the all consuming hive mind.

2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDWindowsby James H. Van der Meulen
Drone Break — Steam game cover

Players who liked Drone Break also play

Steam players who put hours into Drone Break 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. Isekai HKV

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Drone Break fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Break.

    Enter another world with a VTuber ally. Move, dodge, collect magic and items, and survive the monster waves. Your VTuber ally can protect, break you out, revive you, and change how each fight plays.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Giant Enemy Robot Crabs

    WHY THIS

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

    Crush the countless crabs while blasting your way through the cancer zone!

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  3. Bullet Banshee

    WHY THIS

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

    An upward-scrolling roguelite shmup. Every run, draft from 40+ stacking items and 10 active equipments into a build that fills the screen with damage. Fork your bullets, chain lightning, collapse a black hole. Then die, upgrade your ship and climb higher.

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  4. The X-Type

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Drone Break fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Drone Break.

    Master a modular arsenal and survive a biomechanical nightmare in this intense cinematic shmup. Face grotesque aberrations, unlock achievements, and conquer the hardcore mode. 7 complete levels with its own epic boss and weapons!

    2026ActionEarly Access15.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Harvest Reaper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Drone Break fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Drone Break.

    Satisfaction through slashing targets with self orbiting dual whipping scythes that pull player movement magnetically.

    2025Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. Lober Lobe

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Drone Break fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Break.

    Shoot psychic orbs, collect useful thoughts, upgrade your Probe with speed, maneuverability, satellites, resistance and suppress negative thoughts in this Brain centric, procedurally generated bullet hell shoot 'em up.

    2024ActionIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Technoidium

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Drone Break fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Break.

    Master the swing of your dual directional combat tandem whip tether weapon. Seek and destroy the Corrupted Mechanoids and purge the infection. 

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  8. RESHOOTER

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Drone Break fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Break.

    RESHOOTER offers heart-pounding shoot-em-up action that elevates classic arcade gameplay to the next level. Dive into the retroflow with electrifying visuals, immersive audio, and captivating mechanics.

    2026ActionIndieEarly Access12.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Drone Break at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Drone Break on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Drone Break.

    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 ~50% under Drone Break on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Break.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Drone Break on Steam right now. Shares Action with Drone Break.

    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 ↗
  4. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Drone Break on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Break.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Drone Break on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Drone Break.

    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 ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Drone Break on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Drone Break.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Drone Break on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Break.

    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 ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Drone Break on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Break.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Drone Break.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Drone Break.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Drone Break.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗

Coming soon from James H. Van der Meulen

Announced and quality-gated upcoming releases from James H. Van der Meulen — ranked by community wishlist demand from our scraped pool.

  1. First Curse

    WHY THIS

    Announced upcoming release from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Drone Break. Shares Adventure with Drone Break.

    A lone warrior awakes from a deep slumber, sensing something is terribly wrong with the world. Set out to seek the reason for this underlying sense of unease that has afflicted the people of the land.

    Releases December 2026AdventureRPGSteam ↗
  2. Technoidium

    WHY THIS

    Announced upcoming release from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Drone Break. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Break.

    Master the swing of your dual directional combat tandem whip tether weapon. Seek and destroy the Corrupted Mechanoids and purge the infection. 

    Releases Sep 30, 2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  3. Psycho Ripper

    WHY THIS

    Announced upcoming release from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Drone Break. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Break.

    Psycho Ripper is a top down action shooter with modified conditional formations. Explore a randomization of challenges as you blast through a sentient crystal mine, confronting progressively baneful threats and equip unusual armaments, as you speculate further through a grand and unknown chaos.

    Releases November 2026ActionIndieSteam ↗

More from James H. Van der Meulen

Other recommendable Steam games by James H. Van der Meulen, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Victim

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Drone Break. Shares Action and Adventure with Drone Break.

    A game like none other.  Victim invites you into the world of The Ominous Oppression.  A desolate landscape of horrors and mental anguish.  A place where only the mentally strong can survive and overcome the seemingly endless relentless trials of perpetuating devastation.   

    2022ActionAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. First Odium

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Drone Break.

    A psychological Turn Based Combat RPG Dungeon Crawling Horror

    2023RPGCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Crazy Brain

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Drone Break. Shares Action with Drone Break.

    Use perceptive skills and cognition to attempt to gather points, collect an accumulated a score and attempt to exit the stage without failing.

    2023Action3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Happy Mask

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Drone Break. Shares Indie and Adventure with Drone Break.

    This is what it feels like to be enslaved by your own mind. Toxic happiness and the brutal reality of a world that cannot be argued away. Step into the backward flipside of a perspective of being mocked and rediculed by blind observers that subscribe to the way of the mob.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Knowledge of Hermit

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Drone Break. Shares Action and Adventure with Drone Break.

    A puzzle solving, dungeon crawling, action adventure, role playing game.

    2023ActionAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. TVS Sample Box

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Drone Break. Shares Indie with Drone Break.

    An evolving app with random surprising updates.

    2023IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dissociative

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Drone Break. Shares Indie and Adventure with Drone Break.

    Enter this dark fantasy nightmare adventure game. Spanning a vast unpredictable mindscape of over 2000 unique areas. Answer perplexing questions, gain abilities, power ups and transfer between dark and light worlds in this seemingly endless dreamscape.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG6.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Lober Lobe

    WHY THIS

    Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Drone Break. Shares Action and Indie with Drone Break.

    Shoot psychic orbs, collect useful thoughts, upgrade your Probe with speed, maneuverability, satellites, resistance and suppress negative thoughts in this Brain centric, procedurally generated bullet hell shoot 'em up.

    2024ActionIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Drone Break

How much does Drone Break cost?
Drone Break is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Drone Break?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Drone Break are Isekai HKV, Giant Enemy Robot Crabs, Bullet Banshee.
Who developed Drone Break?
Drone Break was developed by James H. Van der Meulen and published by Trash Vomit Studios.

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 Drone Break.

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