Games like TR-12
If TR-12 is your kind of game, the closest matches are BonkCity, Red Nose Guy The LegenDairy Quest and Destructivator 2 — 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 TR-12: Survive 20 relentless minutes against endless monsters in a fast-paced twin-stick shooter inspired by arcade classics. Master precise controls, grab powerful upgrades, and chase the highest score. A fast-paced top-down arcade shooter with eight-directional movement and shooting.
Players who liked TR-12 also play
Steam players who put hours into TR-12 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.
BonkCity
WHY THIS
Top pick for TR-12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TR-12.
The label is buying up your city block, and they built a fake MC to replace the real ones. You're the one who wouldn't sign. A 90s hip-hop horde survivor: auto-fire weapons, stack drip, level mixtapes, and beat the Industry Plant.
Red Nose Guy The LegenDairy Quest
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for TR-12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TR-12.
Red Nose Guy: The LegenDairy Quest is a modern and high-energy revisit of an arcade classic.Join Red Nose Guy on an adventure through the city's various neighborhoods and discover his colorful and absurd universe!
Destructivator 2
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for TR-12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TR-12.
A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!
Saturn Quest: Blast Effect
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for TR-12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TR-12.
Saturn Quest: Blast Effect is a story-driven action adventure game set in the human-less galaxy far far away. Fly, climb, shoot, explore the world and fight the giant bosses in this 8 Bit style Space Opera, full of drama and epic.
The Christmas Gifts
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for TR-12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TR-12.
The Christmas Gifts is a 2D Old School Christmas Themed Action Platformer based on the story of a boy named Kim who is in search of his gifts which got stolen from his garden.
Jack Dragon and the Stone of Peace
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for TR-12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TR-12.
Jack Dragon is a retro game love letter to 80 and 90s arcade games. Avoid nasties, jump on platforms, glide around the screen and collect gems! Sounds easy, right?
2nd Shot
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for TR-12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TR-12.
In the vast depths of space, lies a man with a dark past. Setting himself apart from that old life, and seeking justice against wrongdoing instead of being the cause of it, Captain Righteous uses the Freedom Fighter, his trusty space fighter to search for and combat the evil Captain Buster!
In The Valley of Death -Prologue-
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for TR-12 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with TR-12.
In the Valley of Death is a color-based hack and slash twin-stick shooter, where the player controls Red and Blue as they dash, slash, and shoot their way through challenging levels as they attempt to make it to the Valley of Death.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below TR-12 at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under TR-12 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with TR-12.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under TR-12 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with TR-12.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under TR-12 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TR-12.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under TR-12 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TR-12.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under TR-12 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TR-12.
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 ~86% under TR-12 on Steam right now. Shares Action with TR-12.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under TR-12 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with TR-12.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under TR-12 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TR-12.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TR-12.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with TR-12.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TR-12.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TR-12.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 TR-12.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with TR-12.
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.
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Frequently asked about TR-12
- How much does TR-12 cost?
- TR-12 is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to TR-12?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside TR-12 are BonkCity, Red Nose Guy The LegenDairy Quest, Destructivator 2.
- Who developed TR-12?
- TR-12 was developed by ArkBit Entertainment and published by Dekker Designs.
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 TR-12.
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