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Games like Deflect Boy

If Deflect Boy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kitty's Last Adventure, Gatekeeper and Gacha Fever — 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 Deflect Boy: Deflect Boy is a top-down arena shooter, that instead of guns, you only have a shield. Deflect the bullets and combine new skills to create unique deflection powers and survive until the nightmare ends.

2024Action1.99 USDWindowsby Reima Project
Deflect Boy — Steam game cover

Players who liked Deflect Boy also play

Steam players who put hours into Deflect Boy 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. Kitty's Last Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Deflect Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.

    2025ActionCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Gatekeeper

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Deflect Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Gatekeeper is a fast-paced rogue-like. Go on a quest to chase down Chaos and reclaim the stolen Heart of Time, fighting your way through relentless enemy forces. Play solo or in 4-player co-op and become the next Gatekeeper!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Gacha Fever

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Deflect Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Gacha Fever is a suvivors like in a cute and colorful universe. You will fight waves of monsters with various weapons, from the machine gun to the magical girl wand and the Bubble Tea Canon ! Just be careful of the area !

    2024ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.

    2024ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. X Invader

    WHY THIS

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

    X Invader is an action roguelite where you hack into big corporations' servers. Use add-ons from fellow hackers to defeat monsters. Powerful, cute bosses guard these servers!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cyclo Chambers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Deflect Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Collect synergizing items to create an overpowered character to fight hordes of cyclops monsters. Cyclo Chambers is a fast-paced, top-down arena shooter with light rogue-like elements. 150 items to choose from to create frantic combinations. Different runs every time.

    2023ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Sektori

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Deflect Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.

    2025Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Impaler Gold

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Deflect Boy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Impaler Gold is a fast-paced minimalistic arena shooter - now expanded and improved. Summon spikes to slay monsters, build barriers, and propel yourself into the air. Challenge yourself in this highly replayable rogue-lite shooter inspired by the classics.

    2022ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Deflect Boy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Deflect Boy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    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 ↗
  3. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Deflect Boy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    "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 ↗
  4. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Deflect Boy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    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!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. TYRONE vs COPS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Deflect Boy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Orbt XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Deflect Boy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.

    2017ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Toree 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Deflect Boy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    A bite-sized 3D Platformer sequel with more focus on the things people enjoyed in the first game like fast gameplay, flow focused levels and cute costumes (two this time).

    2021ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. UBERMOSH Vol.5

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Deflect Boy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.

    2017ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Peggle Extreme

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Peggle Extreme delivers fast-paced puzzle action that combines elements of pinball and pachinko to create a truly unique game experience. Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun, now exclusively themed with art and sounds from Half-Life: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.

    2007Free To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 with Deflect Boy.

    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 ↗
  7. Meteor 60 Seconds!

    WHY THIS

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

    Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?

    2018ActionIndieSimulationFreeDeck 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 with Deflect Boy.

    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. Kitty's Last Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.

    2025ActionCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Gatekeeper

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Gatekeeper is a fast-paced rogue-like. Go on a quest to chase down Chaos and reclaim the stolen Heart of Time, fighting your way through relentless enemy forces. Play solo or in 4-player co-op and become the next Gatekeeper!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Gacha Fever

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Gacha Fever is a suvivors like in a cute and colorful universe. You will fight waves of monsters with various weapons, from the machine gun to the magical girl wand and the Bubble Tea Canon ! Just be careful of the area !

    2024ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sektori

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.

    2025Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Impaler Gold

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Deflect Boy.

    Impaler Gold is a fast-paced minimalistic arena shooter - now expanded and improved. Summon spikes to slay monsters, build barriers, and propel yourself into the air. Challenge yourself in this highly replayable rogue-lite shooter inspired by the classics.

    2022ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Deflect Boy

How much does Deflect Boy cost?
Deflect Boy is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Deflect Boy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Deflect Boy are Kitty's Last Adventure, Gatekeeper, Gacha Fever.
Who developed Deflect Boy?
Deflect Boy was developed by Reima Project.

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 Deflect Boy.

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