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Games like IRIDESCENT

If IRIDESCENT is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lost Fleet, Atomic Picnic and What the Fog — 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 IRIDESCENT: Fight vibrant eldritch creatures as you slash through the skies in this action packed roguelike!

2024ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDWindows · macOSby Cup of Crow
IRIDESCENT — Steam game cover

Players who liked IRIDESCENT also play

Steam players who put hours into IRIDESCENT 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. Lost Fleet

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for IRIDESCENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with IRIDESCENT.

    Lost Fleet is a co-op space shooter. Every ship in your fleet is flyable, from the smallest fighter to the largest battleship. Protect the Mothership, mine resources, crush your enemies.

    2022ActionAdventureEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Atomic Picnic

    WHY THIS

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

    Third-person bullet heaven meets explosive co-op action! Swing, dash, and blast through monster swarms while combining upgrades and discovering rare evolutions to create game-breaking builds of destruction.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. What the Fog

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for IRIDESCENT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with IRIDESCENT.

    What the Fog?! You’ve been sucked into a cursed boardgame! Now you and a friend will need to work together to survive. Run, jump, dash, and shoot to escape swarms of angry monsters in this chaotic co-op roguelite from the world of Dead by Daylight.

    2024Action4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Risk of Rain 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

    2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Vellum

    WHY THIS

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

    Write on! Defend the books in Vellum, a co-op, literary roguelike! Harness class-defining colors, master an inspired spellbook, and influence the growth of your enemy! As a group or solo, you'll craft plot-twisting builds to rewrite the rules in Ink!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Knights Within

    WHY THIS

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

    Knights Within is a hack&slash horde shooter with roguelite elements. Design custom loadouts, navigate procedurally generated levels and utilize random power-ups. Either solo or with friends, can you survive endless waves of enemies to ensure humanity's survival?

    2024ActionIndieEarly Access17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. ArcRunner

    WHY THIS

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

    Traverse 'The Arc' in this beautiful, Cyberpunk-styled action rogue-lite as you attempt to reset an evil rogue AI. Experiment with different weapons and augments as you fight hordes of machines programmed for your annihilation! Collect Nanites & power-up after every run either solo or with friends!

    2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap

    WHY THIS

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

    Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap combines chaotic third-person combat with devious trap-laying strategy. Enjoy endless replayability as your War Mage grows stronger through roguelite progression. Repel relentless orc hordes solo or with up to 4 players.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under IRIDESCENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IRIDESCENT.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under IRIDESCENT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with IRIDESCENT.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under IRIDESCENT on Steam right now. Shares Action with IRIDESCENT.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under IRIDESCENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IRIDESCENT.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under IRIDESCENT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with IRIDESCENT.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under IRIDESCENT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with IRIDESCENT.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under IRIDESCENT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with IRIDESCENT.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under IRIDESCENT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with IRIDESCENT.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

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

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  4. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

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

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

    WHY THIS

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

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. DOGWALK

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.

    2025IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Evil Egg

    WHY THIS

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

    Blast it all to hell.

    2025ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about IRIDESCENT

How much does IRIDESCENT cost?
IRIDESCENT is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does IRIDESCENT have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — IRIDESCENT supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to IRIDESCENT?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside IRIDESCENT are Lost Fleet, Atomic Picnic, What the Fog.
Who developed IRIDESCENT?
IRIDESCENT was developed by Cup of Crow.

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 IRIDESCENT.

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