Games like LavaLoop
If LavaLoop is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pengame, BLACK BIRD and ZOE Begone! — 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 LavaLoop: An explosive musical show set in a hand-drawn retro-futuristic universe. From shoot’em up to rhythm game, take on the role of three punk musicians, confronting a mad queen and her planet-killing machine. Discover a surprising gameplay blending arcade, music and comics!
Players who liked LavaLoop also play
Steam players who put hours into LavaLoop 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.
BLACK BIRD
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for LavaLoop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LavaLoop.
Become the Black Bird in this dark-fantasy shooting game with an operatic twist! This is the tale of a young girl who dies a pitiful death, but is reborn as the calamitous Black Bird whose destiny is to destroy the kingdom.
ZOE Begone!
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for LavaLoop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with LavaLoop.
A frenetic hand-drawn bullet hell shooter, blending run-and-gun mechanics with classic shmup action in looping arenas. Inspired by drawn-on-film animation of the 1930's - shoot, dash and pound your way through the Animator's creations.
Savant - Ascent
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for LavaLoop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LavaLoop.
A malicious orb has cast Savant out of his tower and transformed his surroundings into dangerous enemies!Dodge and shoot your way back up the tower, and blast down waves of enemies as you make your way towards the top! As you progress, you unlock CDs that not only give you new tracks to play to, but also grant you powerful new abilities!
Steredenn: Binary Stars
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for LavaLoop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LavaLoop.
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
Super Glitter Rush
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for LavaLoop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LavaLoop.
Super Glitter Rush is a boss-rush style bullet hell shoot-em-up!
Planes, Bullets and Vodka
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for LavaLoop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LavaLoop.
Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.
ONE BTN BOSSES
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for LavaLoop fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LavaLoop.
It's One Button Bosses, it's all in the name. You have one button. There are big bosses to beat. Push, tap, and bash in the handcrafted campaign or in the roguelike rifts.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with LavaLoop.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with LavaLoop.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with LavaLoop.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with LavaLoop.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with LavaLoop.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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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.
ZOE Begone!
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with LavaLoop.
A frenetic hand-drawn bullet hell shooter, blending run-and-gun mechanics with classic shmup action in looping arenas. Inspired by drawn-on-film animation of the 1930's - shoot, dash and pound your way through the Animator's creations.
Planes, Bullets and Vodka
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with LavaLoop.
Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.
ONE BTN BOSSES
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with LavaLoop.
It's One Button Bosses, it's all in the name. You have one button. There are big bosses to beat. Push, tap, and bash in the handcrafted campaign or in the roguelike rifts.
Frequently asked about LavaLoop
- What games are most similar to LavaLoop?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside LavaLoop are Pengame, BLACK BIRD, ZOE Begone!.
- Who developed LavaLoop?
- LavaLoop was developed by Louis Rigaud.
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 LavaLoop.
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