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Games like Project Evolve

If Project Evolve is your kind of game, the closest matches are Womb, soul balance and RedEx — 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 Project Evolve: Take control of Azula in this action-packed beat-em-up adventure game, where you will recover your abilities as you progress through the simulation. Use close combat attacks and powerful electrical strikes to defeat your enemies and reach the end!

2024ActionIndie9.99 USDWindowsby John "Active" Pelayo
Project Evolve — Steam game cover

Players who liked Project Evolve also play

Steam players who put hours into Project Evolve 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. Womb

    WHY THIS

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

    During a route next to Prasinos, a colonized little planet, Helena received an order to investigate an S.O.S. sign streamed by the mothership Z9. When landing on site, she discovers that the situation was much worse than she thought.

    2023ActionIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. soul balance

    WHY THIS

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

    A Cute Doodle-Style Clear-Screen Battle Game. Control Four Unique Little Robots, Fight and Rampage Inside a Bionic Body That Has Awakened Self-Consciousness!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. RedEx

    WHY THIS

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

    RedEx is a 2D shooter with Tower Defence mechanics, with a minimalist pixel art stile. You are to fight against mercenaries of underground smuggling organization which pretends to be a logistic corporation called RedExpress.

    2020ActionIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. PSYCRON

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Project Evolve fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Project Evolve.

    A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.

    2021ActionAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Koumajou Remilia Ⅱ: Stranger's Requiem

    WHY THIS

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

    Koumajou Remilia Ⅱ: Stranger's Requiem is a direct sequel to side-scrolling action game Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony, featuring characters from the Touhou Project, adored by fans around the world.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. CrushBorgs

    WHY THIS

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

    "Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.

    2022ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. INAYAH - Life after Gods

    WHY THIS

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

    A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.

    2025ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Gravity Circuit

    WHY THIS

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

    Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

    2023ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Project Evolve on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Evolve.

    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 Project Evolve on Steam right now. Shares Action with Project Evolve.

    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 Project Evolve on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Evolve.

    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 Project Evolve on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Evolve.

    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 Project Evolve on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Evolve.

    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 Project Evolve on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Evolve.

    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 Project Evolve on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Evolve.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck 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 Project Evolve.

    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 Project Evolve.

    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 Project Evolve.

    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 Project Evolve.

    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 Project Evolve.

    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 Project Evolve.

    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. Koumajou Remilia Ⅱ: Stranger's Requiem

    WHY THIS

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

    Koumajou Remilia Ⅱ: Stranger's Requiem is a direct sequel to side-scrolling action game Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony, featuring characters from the Touhou Project, adored by fans around the world.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. INAYAH - Life after Gods

    WHY THIS

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

    A hand-drawn 2D metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic world. Forge your destiny in a non-linear story with multiple endings. Explore diverse biomes, conquer 20+ unique bosses, and master a magical Gauntlet with ever-evolving powers.

    2025ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Gravity Circuit

    WHY THIS

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

    Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

    2023ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Project Evolve

How much does Project Evolve cost?
Project Evolve is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Project Evolve?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Evolve are Womb, soul balance, RedEx.
Who developed Project Evolve?
Project Evolve was developed by John "Active" Pelayo.

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 Project Evolve.

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