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Games like Bullet Brain

If Bullet Brain is your kind of game, the closest matches are Negative Time, Formilion and Suit for Hire — 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 Bullet Brain: Bullet Brain is a top-down shooter where you jump between enemies in short, handcrafted levels. Bounce around in cueballs, eject old bodies out of windows, and ride grenades back to whoever shot them. Make things worse. Flood the pump. Spread the rot.

ActionIndieWindows · Linuxby Ricardo Aguilera, Suzu Davis
Bullet Brain — Steam game cover

Players who liked Bullet Brain also play

Steam players who put hours into Bullet Brain 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. Negative Time

    WHY THIS

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

    Negative Time is a top-down shooter with bullet hell and roguelike elements where each time you get hit, you are sent further and further back in time, until you are sent into the past they tried so hard to erase. Maybe in there lies the key to your escape?

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  2. Formilion

    WHY THIS

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

    Kill till you get through. Formilion is a top-down arcade blood shooter about a searching a person.

    2024ActionIndie0.67 USDSteam ↗
  3. Suit for Hire

    WHY THIS

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

    Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.

    2025ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. APE OUT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Bullet Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

    2019ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 64.0

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Bullet Brain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    64.0 is a minimal fast-paced arcade game, where you shoot the squares that have the same color as the background.

    2017ActionIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Intravenous

    WHY THIS

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

    Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!

    2021ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

    WHY THIS

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

    Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.

    2015ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Hot Brass

    WHY THIS

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

    As an elite SWAT operator, think fast and put your tactics to the test to master a series of missions and save lives. Summon your team of up to four players in online and local co-op, or hone your skills solo. Don’t just be the best—be the best of the best.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 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 and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    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 and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    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. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck 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 Bullet Brain.

    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 Bullet Brain.

    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 Bullet Brain.

    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. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Suit for Hire

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.

    2025ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. APE OUT

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

    2019ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Intravenous

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!

    2021ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bullet Brain.

    Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.

    2015ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Bullet Brain

What games are most similar to Bullet Brain?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bullet Brain are Negative Time, Formilion, Suit for Hire.
Who developed Bullet Brain?
Bullet Brain was developed by Ricardo Aguilera, Suzu Davis and published by TBD.

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 Bullet Brain.

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