Games like Rustwing
If Rustwing is your kind of game, the closest matches are CRYPTARK, Survivors of the Dawn and Realm of the Mad God Exalt — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Rustwing: Rustwing is a twin stick shooter roguelike, set in the distant future. Navigate from star to star, battle the scattered factions of humanity, discover strange anomalies, customize your weaponry, acquire powerful upgrades and become a legendary pilot!
Players who liked Rustwing also play
Steam players who put hours into Rustwing 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.
CRYPTARK
WHY THIS
Top pick for Rustwing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Rustwing.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Survivors of the Dawn
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Rustwing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.
Realm of the Mad God Exalt
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Rustwing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!
HyperParasite
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Rustwing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
Dungeon Souls
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Rustwing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!
Risk of Rain (2013)
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Rustwing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
One Step From Eden
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Rustwing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Rustwing.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
Hive Jump 2: Survivors
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Rustwing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rustwing at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Rustwing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
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 ~50% under Rustwing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Rustwing on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rustwing.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Rustwing on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rustwing.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Rustwing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Rustwing.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rustwing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rustwing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rustwing on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rustwing.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Rustwing.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Rustwing.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rustwing.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
CRYPTARK
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Rustwing.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
HyperParasite
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
One Step From Eden
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Rustwing.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
Hive Jump 2: Survivors
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rustwing.
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.
Frequently asked about Rustwing
- How much does Rustwing cost?
- Rustwing is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Rustwing?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rustwing are CRYPTARK, Survivors of the Dawn, Realm of the Mad God Exalt.
- Who developed Rustwing?
- Rustwing was developed by Sleepy Crystal.
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