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Games like Kamikaze Empire

If Kamikaze Empire is your kind of game, the closest matches are Armored Lab Force VULVEHICLES, DRAINUS and Deathsmiles — 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 Kamikaze Empire: Carve the path to victory with kamikaze attacks! Blow away enemies with outlandish weapons, then become your own projectile and take the rest out in a blaze of explosive glory! A self destructive shmup where you devastate everything in your wake. "Squadron, charge~!"

2026ActionIndie10.39 USDWindowsby Kamikaze Kobo
Kamikaze Empire — Steam game cover

Players who liked Kamikaze Empire also play

Steam players who put hours into Kamikaze Empire 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. Armored Lab Force VULVEHICLES

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Kamikaze Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Kamikaze Empire.

    Raze the road less traveled with your Vulvehicle, the ultimate all-purpose armored combat machine! Whether flying through the sky, or burrowing deep underground, these gals stop at nothing to blast through terrain and enemies alike in this comical action STG!

    2022ActionCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. DRAINUS

    WHY THIS

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

    This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.

    2022ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Deathsmiles

    WHY THIS

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

    Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. ARMED SEVEN

    WHY THIS

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

    The year is 1989. 12 years have passed since the Gogoh Army’s invasion of Earth. Exposure to alien technology during the war enabled Earth’s own technologies to take massive leaps forward. International conflict that was previously rife in the history of mankind fell to an all-time low, and the Earth Federation was established as a...

    2015ActionIndie2.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Syder Arcade

    WHY THIS

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

    Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.

    2013ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Kamikaze Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Kamikaze Empire.

    DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.

    2015Action12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Earthion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Kamikaze Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Kamikaze Empire.

    Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.

    2025Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. NeverAwake

    WHY THIS

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

    A girl who never wakes up. She has been fighting monsters in her dreams... "NeverAwake" is a nightmarish twin-stick shooter with a unique worldview and original game rules.

    2022ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Kamikaze Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kamikaze Empire.

    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 ~52% under Kamikaze Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Kamikaze Empire.

    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 ~57% under Kamikaze Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action with Kamikaze Empire.

    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 ~52% under Kamikaze Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kamikaze Empire.

    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 ~52% under Kamikaze Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kamikaze Empire.

    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 Kamikaze Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Kamikaze Empire.

    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 ~71% under Kamikaze Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Kamikaze Empire.

    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. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Kamikaze Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kamikaze Empire.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Kamikaze Empire.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 Kamikaze Empire.

    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 ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck 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. DRAINUS

    WHY THIS

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

    This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.

    2022ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Deathsmiles

    WHY THIS

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

    Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. ARMED SEVEN

    WHY THIS

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

    The year is 1989. 12 years have passed since the Gogoh Army’s invasion of Earth. Exposure to alien technology during the war enabled Earth’s own technologies to take massive leaps forward. International conflict that was previously rife in the history of mankind fell to an all-time low, and the Earth Federation was established as a...

    2015ActionIndie2.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Earthion

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Kamikaze Empire.

    Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.

    2025Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. NeverAwake

    WHY THIS

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

    A girl who never wakes up. She has been fighting monsters in her dreams... "NeverAwake" is a nightmarish twin-stick shooter with a unique worldview and original game rules.

    2022ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Kamikaze Empire

How much does Kamikaze Empire cost?
Kamikaze Empire is listed on Steam at 10.39 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Kamikaze Empire?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kamikaze Empire are Armored Lab Force VULVEHICLES, DRAINUS, Deathsmiles.
Who developed Kamikaze Empire?
Kamikaze Empire was developed by Kamikaze Kobo and published by Henteko Doujin, Sanuk Inc..

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 Kamikaze Empire.

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