Games like PERMUTER
If PERMUTER is your kind of game, the closest matches are LINOVICTUS, Doctor Nanobot and Twin Ruin — 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 PERMUTER: PERMUTER is a synthwave-style autobattler inspired by Geometry Wars 3's Pacifism mode. Control an agile ship, weave through enemies, buy and stack game-changing upgrades, choose your build carefully to gain synergy bonuses, and defeat the challenging elite bosses.
Players who liked PERMUTER also play
Steam players who put hours into PERMUTER 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.
LINOVICTUS
WHY THIS
Top pick for PERMUTER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
Fight through waves of enemies across shifting arenas, buy upgrades between stages, invest in new ships, research permanent upgrades between runs, and compete on the global leaderboards in this blood-pumping twin stick shooter.
Doctor Nanobot
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for PERMUTER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
Small robot, big battles! Doctor Nanobot is a retro style arcade shooter where you take on bacteria, viruses and more using a variety of high tech medical weaponry!
Twin Ruin
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for PERMUTER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
Switch bullet hell into bullet heaven. Jump into a world filled with enemies and powerups, race to harvest all the power you can before the area is consumed by a engulfing fire storm. Try Survival and try and last 3 mins, and top the leaderboard.
GunDeck[100]
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for PERMUTER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
GunDeck[100] is a lightning-fast twin-stick shooter where you’ll build your arsenal from randomly-dealt cards. Weapons fire in a rainbow of elements with unique effects. Dart and dodge to survive the fireworks unleashed against you, and retaliate with your own display! Can YOU survive to wave 100?
Atomicrops
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for PERMUTER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
A twin-stick, bullet-hell, roguelite where you must cultivate and defend the last farm in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Farm mutated crops, upgrade your weapons, marry townsfolk, and kill every mutant creature that tries to invade your homestead! Yee-haw!
Windowkill
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for PERMUTER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
Windowkill is a twin-stick shooter, but the game window itself is constantly closing in on you. Shoot the window edges to push it around your screen as you fight and dodge enemies and bosses in their own windows.
Hive Jump 2: Survivors
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for PERMUTER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
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.
![GunDeck[100] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2614790/2218885ce9ffa13643dafaee21450afad7e9287a/header.jpg?t=1759986058)
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PERMUTER at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under PERMUTER on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PERMUTER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PERMUTER.
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 ~63% under PERMUTER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PERMUTER.
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 ~75% under PERMUTER on Steam right now. Shares Action with PERMUTER.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under PERMUTER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PERMUTER.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PERMUTER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PERMUTER.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PERMUTER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PERMUTER.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under PERMUTER on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PERMUTER.
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?
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PERMUTER.
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 PERMUTER.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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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.
GunDeck[100]
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
GunDeck[100] is a lightning-fast twin-stick shooter where you’ll build your arsenal from randomly-dealt cards. Weapons fire in a rainbow of elements with unique effects. Dart and dodge to survive the fireworks unleashed against you, and retaliate with your own display! Can YOU survive to wave 100?
Windowkill
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
Windowkill is a twin-stick shooter, but the game window itself is constantly closing in on you. Shoot the window edges to push it around your screen as you fight and dodge enemies and bosses in their own windows.
Hive Jump 2: Survivors
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with PERMUTER.
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 PERMUTER
- How much does PERMUTER cost?
- PERMUTER is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to PERMUTER?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PERMUTER are LINOVICTUS, Doctor Nanobot, Twin Ruin.
- Who developed PERMUTER?
- PERMUTER was developed by Toffee.
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 PERMUTER.
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