Games like Metal Slug: Awakening
If Metal Slug: Awakening is your kind of game, the closest matches are Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef, Tank Brawl 2: Armor Fury and Ultimate Battle — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its competitive leaderboard climbing, challenging and competitive. 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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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
WHY THIS
Top pick for Metal Slug: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Metal Slug: Awakening.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
Tank Brawl 2: Armor Fury
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Second-strongest match for Metal Slug: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Satisfy your need of destruction by smashing armor vehicles to pieces in spectacular fashions during the epic 4 players co-op campaign. Vehicles and drivers have unique upgrades and class combination. Multiple weapons such as laser beam, giant hammer, Mech's katana.
Ultimate Battle
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Metal Slug: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Metal Slug: Awakening.
A game full of action and lots and lots of fun. Play numerous maps against your friends. Many modes: 1v1, 1v2, all against all.
Suds
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Metal Slug: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Grab your friends and defend the Suds' village! Fight endless waves of slimes, save infected teammates, and compete for the top spot on the leaderboards. A cute and chaotic adventure awaits!
Mars Quest
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Metal Slug: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Dozens of enemy tanks, robots and mutants are attacking your Mars bases! In the game, you drive a special tank equipped with the latest technologies. You have a choice of many types of tanks, weapons and additional equipment and reinforcements from an orbital station that you can use in the game.
Battle Tracks
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Metal Slug: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Unleash mayhem in Battle Tracks, a top-down action-adventure game with strategy and puzzle elements. Confront waves of enemies, play with or challenge friends, explore six unique worlds, and earn stars to advance through uncharted territories.
Steelborn
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Metal Slug: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Steelborn - is a run and gun platformer game inspired by the classics and made by a team of Abuse, Ranger-X, Contra, Metal Slug, Blaster Master and H.E.R.O fans.
Ground Wars KDR Alpha
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Metal Slug: Awakening fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Dive headfirst into the classic era of first-person and third person shooters with "Ground Wars KDR Alpha". Immerse yourself in the heart-pounding action and diverse arsenal that defined the early days of FPS gaming. Engage in awesome multiplayer mayhem across multiple maps.
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METAL SLUG DEFENSE
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Reviewers of Metal Slug: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Free To Play with Metal Slug: Awakening.
“METAL SLUG”, the pinnacle of 2D action-shooting on NEOGEO returns in a brand new strategy game on Steam!
METAL SLUG
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Reviewers of Metal Slug: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Metal Slug: Awakening.
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!
METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED
WHY THIS
Shares character unlocks, resource management, military and a retro mood with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Reviewers of Metal Slug: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Hard-core action with easy controls! The METAL SLUG we all love is back as a tower defense game!
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Reviewers of Metal Slug: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Metal Slug: Awakening.
[[i]i]“THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII”[/i], SNK PLAYMORE’s flagship 2D versus fighting title returns in an ultimate version on Steam!!
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Metal Slug: Awakening.
Reviewers of Metal Slug: Awakening cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Metal Slug: Awakening.
SHATTER ALL EXPECTATIONS! Transcend beyond your limits with KOF XV!
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Frequently asked about Metal Slug: Awakening
- Does Metal Slug: Awakening work on Steam Deck?
- Metal Slug: Awakening is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- Is Metal Slug: Awakening free to play?
- Yes — Metal Slug: Awakening is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Metal Slug: Awakening have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Metal Slug: Awakening supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Metal Slug: Awakening?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Metal Slug: Awakening are Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef, Tank Brawl 2: Armor Fury, Ultimate Battle.
- Who developed Metal Slug: Awakening?
- Metal Slug: Awakening was developed by Tencent and published by HAOPLAY Limited.
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 Metal Slug: Awakening.
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