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Games like Cubed and Dangerous

If Cubed and Dangerous is your kind of game, the closest matches are ATOMINE, Sharded World and Survivor Mercs — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its build variety feels endless, challenging 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 Cubed and Dangerous: Blast your way through infinite hordes while completing objectives in this chaotic twin-stick looter shooter with frantic juicy combat. Upgrade gear, recruit heroes, tackle cumulative escalating challenges in your quest for the build of ultimate destruction.

2024ActionIndie4.99 USDWindowsby Ace High Arcade
Cubed and Dangerous — Steam game cover
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Build variety feels endlessControls feel tight and responsiveDeep build experimentation with weapons and perksChallengingContemplativeIntense

Players who liked Cubed and Dangerous also play

Steam players who put hours into Cubed and Dangerous 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. ATOMINE

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation, upgrade system and an intense mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Sharded World

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a whimsical mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    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 ↗
  3. Survivor Mercs

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    Purge the billionaires' robot army with your Merc squad! Fast-paced twin-stick action, frantic horde survival, tactical squad-building & tons of loot! Exploit game-breaking synergies to beat the M.E.G.A. Corp. bosses in ever-changing operations. Lock, load, and loot, Commander!

    2026ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Flame Over

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation, resource management and a contemplative mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    Blending top down "squirt em-up" action and "Pyroguelike" game mechanics, Flame Over features fast-paced fire-fighting thrills, randomly generated levels, 4 different game zones and dastardly hazards at every turn!

    2015ActionIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Kill to Collect

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    Welcome to the last city on Earth. Earn your keep and die trying in Pieces Interactive’s cyberpunk action rogue-like, featuring 1-4 player co-op. Travel down the sleepless cesspool of murderous vagrants and cybernetic freaks, as you slice and dice your way to the lower levels of Geoshelter Alpha.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Destropolis

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

    2020ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Blazing Beaks

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Nuclear Throne

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Cubed and Dangerous

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

    Reviewers of Cubed and Dangerous cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Cubed and Dangerous.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

    Reviewers of Cubed and Dangerous cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Cubed and Dangerous.

    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. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a whimsical mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

    Reviewers of Cubed and Dangerous cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Cubed and Dangerous.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cubed and Dangerous at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Cubed and Dangerous on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Cubed and Dangerous.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Cubed and Dangerous on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cubed and Dangerous.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Cubed and Dangerous on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cubed and Dangerous.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Cubed and Dangerous on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cubed and Dangerous.

    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 ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cubed and Dangerous on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cubed and Dangerous.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Cubed and Dangerous on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cubed and Dangerous.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cubed and Dangerous on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cubed and Dangerous.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Cubed and Dangerous on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cubed and Dangerous.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Cubed and Dangerous.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck 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. Survivor Mercs

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    Purge the billionaires' robot army with your Merc squad! Fast-paced twin-stick action, frantic horde survival, tactical squad-building & tons of loot! Exploit game-breaking synergies to beat the M.E.G.A. Corp. bosses in ever-changing operations. Lock, load, and loot, Commander!

    2026ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Kill to Collect

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    Welcome to the last city on Earth. Earn your keep and die trying in Pieces Interactive’s cyberpunk action rogue-like, featuring 1-4 player co-op. Travel down the sleepless cesspool of murderous vagrants and cybernetic freaks, as you slice and dice your way to the lower levels of Geoshelter Alpha.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Destropolis

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

    2020ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Blazing Beaks

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Nuclear Throne

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and an intense mood with Cubed and Dangerous.

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

    Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cubed and Dangerous

How much does Cubed and Dangerous cost?
Cubed and Dangerous is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Cubed and Dangerous?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cubed and Dangerous are ATOMINE, Sharded World, Survivor Mercs.
Who developed Cubed and Dangerous?
Cubed and Dangerous was developed by Ace High Arcade.

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 Cubed and Dangerous.

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