Games like El Matador
If El Matador is your kind of game, the closest matches are Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Quantum Break and Max Payne 3 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exotic holiday settings shine, challenging and dark. 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 El Matador: Become El Matador, a DEA special agent tasked with taking down the drug barons. A new narcotics cartel is rising across Central and South America, sharpening its claws and extending its reach. Locate the encampments, infiltrate the headquarters, and put an end to the cartel's influence.
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Steam players who put hours into El Matador 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.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with El Matador.
Top pick for El Matador fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Matador.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
Quantum Break
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for El Matador fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Matador.
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
Max Payne 3
WHY THIS
Shares bullet time and a dark mood with El Matador.
Third-strongest match for El Matador fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Matador.
No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.
Vanquish
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for El Matador fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Matador.
PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.
Sniper Elite V2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for El Matador fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Matador.
In the dark days of the end of World War Two amidst the ruins of Berlin, one bullet can change history…
Mafia
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for El Matador fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Matador.
It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men™
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for El Matador fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Matador.
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men is the new action shooter franchise by Io-Interactive, creators of the multi-million selling Hitman series. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men follows the violent and chaotic journey of two men - a flawed mercenary and a medicated psychopath - and their brutal attitude towards right and wrong.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with El Matador.
Ranked #8 for El Matador fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with El Matador.
Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile.
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Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with El Matador.
Reviewers of El Matador cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with El Matador.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with El Matador.
Reviewers of El Matador cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with El Matador.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
Max Payne 3
WHY THIS
Shares bullet time and a dark mood with El Matador.
Reviewers of El Matador cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with El Matador.
No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.
Sabotage City
WHY THIS
Reviewers of El Matador cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Sabotage city takes the idea of a city builder and flips it on its head, making a city destroyer game. You are an average citizen hired to work for a gigantic demolition company, little to find out the cities are less than abandoned…
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below El Matador at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under El Matador on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Matador.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under El Matador on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Matador.
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.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under El Matador on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Matador.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under El Matador on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Matador.
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!
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under El Matador on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Matador.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Orbt XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under El Matador on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Matador.
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.
Toree 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under El Matador on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Matador.
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).
UBERMOSH Vol.5
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under El Matador on Steam right now. Shares Action with El Matador.
The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with El Matador.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Waves
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with El Matador.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Aimlabs
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with El Matador.
Aimlabs is the aim trainer of choice for over 45 Million players, from beginners to esports pros. Our unique aim analysis optimizes your gameplay, targets your weaknesses & builds key skills for any FPS game! Time to warm up with our unlimited scenarios & rank up in-game!
Alien Swarm
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with El Matador.
Co-operative multiplayer game and complete code base available for free.
Darwin Project
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with El Matador.
In Darwin Project, ten inmates must survive the elements, track each other, fight, craft tools, and use their social skills to be the last one standing. It's a unique take on battle royale with a Show Director to influence the match and Spectator Interactions to create a one-of-a-kind game show.
Double Action: Boogaloo
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with El Matador.
Double Action is a free stylish multiplayer game about diving, flipping, and sliding your way into action movie mayhem.
Just Cause 2: Multiplayer Mod
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with El Matador.
JC2-MP is a project to bring multiplayer to Just Cause 2 in all of its magnificent glory. Imagine the chaos of normal Just Cause 2, then extending it out to dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of players.
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Frequently asked about El Matador
- How much does El Matador cost?
- El Matador is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to El Matador?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside El Matador are Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Quantum Break, Max Payne 3.
- Who developed El Matador?
- El Matador was developed by Plastic Reality Technologies and published by Fulqrum Publishing.
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 El Matador.
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