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Games like DeadWire

If DeadWire is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kusan: City of Wolves, LUMbA: REDUX and Data Breach Inc. — 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 DeadWire: Use weapons and your hacking ability to trigger chain reactions by linking enemies and the environment in clever ways. Shoot, stab, throw grenades, hack, or whatever it takes to kill everyone and save yourself and your mentor.

2025ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · Linuxby Shotgun Anaconda
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Steam players who put hours into DeadWire 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. Kusan: City of Wolves

    WHY THIS

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

    Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  2. LUMbA: REDUX

    WHY THIS

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

    LUMbA: REDUX Is a challenging, fast-paced, bullet hell shooter. Take control of LUMBA and cleanse this world of the monsters that have consumed it.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Data Breach Inc.

    WHY THIS

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

    Pilot a breach rig into hostile corporate infrastructure. Mine the firewall, crack daemon cores, extract your haul, and buy permanent upgrades between sorties.

    ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Glitchpunk

    WHY THIS

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

    Inspired by classic top-down action games, Glitchpunk lets you brawl, shoot and drive your way through a dystopian future. As an android bounty hunter in a brutal world of gangs, cults and corporations there’s plenty of work for you. Lock and load, let her rip!

    2024ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ATOMINE

    WHY THIS

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

    Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Man of Honor

    WHY THIS

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

    Man of Honor is a mafia themed top down shooter / character study where you control Emilio Gallo, an ex-mafioso, as he fights to get revenge on his former friends in the waning rust belt city of Ferrousburgh.

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. RUINER

    WHY THIS

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

    RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.

    2017ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising

    WHY THIS

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

    SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?

    2018ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under DeadWire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DeadWire.

    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 ~67% under DeadWire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DeadWire.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under DeadWire on Steam right now. Shares Action with DeadWire.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under DeadWire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DeadWire.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under DeadWire on Steam right now. Shares Action with DeadWire.

    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 ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under DeadWire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DeadWire.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under DeadWire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DeadWire.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under DeadWire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DeadWire.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  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 DeadWire.

    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. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

More from Shotgun Anaconda

Other recommendable Steam games by Shotgun Anaconda, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Baby Redemption

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Shotgun Anaconda, the studio behind DeadWire. Shares Action and Indie with DeadWire.

    Baby Redemption is a high paced rogue-like shooter where you have to save babies in glorious intense slow-motion action. Weapons, bullets, babies, fun and bullet-time. What more do you need?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Velocity Noodle

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Shotgun Anaconda, the studio behind DeadWire. Shares Action and Indie with DeadWire.

    Master the art of lightning-fast noodle delivery in this challenging 2D platformer. With deadly traps, a range of moves to master, including teleportation, and trophies to unlock, are you ready to become the ultimate noodle delivery master?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Desk Space: Idle Spacefleet clicker

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Shotgun Anaconda, the studio behind DeadWire.

    Grow your fleet of spaceships in this incremental space game. Mine asteroids and trade with stations, unlock upgrades to made more money, deploy pirates, and unlock [REDACTED]. Pin to your desktop and watch your empire grow while you do "more important" things.

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗

Frequently asked about DeadWire

Does DeadWire run on Steam Deck?
DeadWire is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does DeadWire cost?
DeadWire is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to DeadWire?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DeadWire are Kusan: City of Wolves, LUMbA: REDUX, Data Breach Inc..
Who developed DeadWire?
DeadWire was developed by Shotgun Anaconda and published by The CoLab.

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 DeadWire.

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