Games like GRUEL
If GRUEL is your kind of game, the closest matches are ODDCORE, Impaler Gold and Vampire Hunters — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its art style oozes personality, enemies have hilarious designs and challenging. 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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Steam players who put hours into GRUEL 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.
ODDCORE
WHY THIS
Shares roguelike progression, weapon variety, roguelite and an intense mood with GRUEL.
Top pick for GRUEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
Impaler Gold
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with GRUEL.
Second-strongest match for GRUEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
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.
Vampire Hunters
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with GRUEL.
Third-strongest match for GRUEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
To hunt vampires, you'll need guns. Lots of guns. Mow down hordes of undead creatures by stacking your guns into absurd, over-the-top builds. Unleash your firepower and survive the mayhem in this Roguelite Survivors FPS.
Ziggurat 2
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with GRUEL.
Ranked #4 for GRUEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
Ziggurat is back, and now it's even better! Use powerful weapons and spells to break through hordes of enemies and explore labyrinthine dungeons in this hectic roguelite FPS, while you improve your skills and discover new equipment.
Voidborn
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with GRUEL.
Ranked #5 for GRUEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
Slay demons and demigods in this fast-paced roguelite FPS. Create devastating weapon builds as you journey through massive dark fantasy environments on your quest to avenge god. Challenge the demigods, face inevitable death, and rise stronger with every rebirth.
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with GRUEL.
Ranked #6 for GRUEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Fashion Police Squad
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with GRUEL.
Ranked #7 for GRUEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
Even at this moment, our fashionable city is under assault. Baggy pants, dull suits, sightings of socks with sandals. A message needs to be sent, and it needs to be sent in style... Time to serve some good ol' Fashion Justice!
Immortal Redneck
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a funny mood with GRUEL.
Ranked #8 for GRUEL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
Immortal Redneck is a FPS set in Egypt with rogue-lite elements. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and 9 classes with different traits.
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Post Void
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with GRUEL.
Reviewers of GRUEL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
Enter the Gungeon
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an intense mood with GRUEL.
Reviewers of GRUEL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
DOOM
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with GRUEL.
Reviewers of GRUEL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with GRUEL.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below GRUEL at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GRUEL on Steam right now. Shares Indie with GRUEL.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GRUEL on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under GRUEL on Steam right now. Shares Action with GRUEL.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GRUEL on Steam right now. Shares Indie with GRUEL.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GRUEL on Steam right now. Shares Indie with GRUEL.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under GRUEL on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
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 ~70% under GRUEL on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under GRUEL on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with GRUEL.
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 GRUEL.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with GRUEL.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GRUEL.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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ODDCORE
WHY THIS
Shares roguelike progression, weapon variety, roguelite and an intense mood with GRUEL.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
Impaler Gold
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with GRUEL.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
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.
Vampire Hunters
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with GRUEL.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
To hunt vampires, you'll need guns. Lots of guns. Mow down hordes of undead creatures by stacking your guns into absurd, over-the-top builds. Unleash your firepower and survive the mayhem in this Roguelite Survivors FPS.
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with GRUEL.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with GRUEL.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Frequently asked about GRUEL
- How much does GRUEL cost?
- GRUEL is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to GRUEL?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GRUEL are ODDCORE, Impaler Gold, Vampire Hunters.
- Who developed GRUEL?
- GRUEL was developed by Mick Sengers, Cheesebaron and published by Mick Sengers, Cheesebaron.
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