Games like Power-Up
If Power-Up is your kind of game, the closest matches are Guns, Gore & Cannoli, Valfaris and Blazing Chrome — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its no bs gotcha deaths, challenging and intense. 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 Power-Up: A fast-paced retro shoot-'em-up featuring evolving weapons, intense arcade combat and massive bosses — from one-man studio Psychotic Psoftware.
Players who liked Power-Up also play
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Guns, Gore & Cannoli
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Power-Up.
Top pick for Power-Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.
Valfaris
WHY THIS
Shares weapon upgrade system and a retro mood with Power-Up.
Second-strongest match for Power-Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Power-Up.
Third-strongest match for Power-Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Deathsmiles
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Power-Up.
Ranked #4 for Power-Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
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!
Valfaris: Mecha Therion
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Power-Up.
Ranked #5 for Power-Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!
Syder Arcade
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Power-Up.
Ranked #7 for Power-Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
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.
Drifting Lands
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Power-Up.
Ranked #8 for Power-Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
Drifting Lands is an hybrid of classical horizontal shoot'em'up with a lot of strong gameplay elements coming straight from the action-RPG genre. If you want an original diablo-like game or you want a different kind of shoot'em'up, you're in the right place!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Power-Up at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Power-Up on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Power-Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Power-Up.
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 ~67% under Power-Up on Steam right now. Shares Action with Power-Up.
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 ~67% under Power-Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Power-Up.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Power-Up on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Power-Up on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Power-Up on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Power-Up.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Last Soul - Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
Last Soul is a 2d pixel art action platformer with a compelling story about a future where mankind has lost its will. Explore and fight your way through a variety of levels, and take on awesome boss enemies.
Spark
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
Spark is a creative, combo-centric, Shoot 'em up game. It's a 3-in-1 old-school arcade game fueled by the competitive urge to climb the leaderboards. The unique shooting system hooks the player as they discover more and more ways to create beautiful and effective combos.
Rocket delivery: Space Wok
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Power-Up.
A backpack building run-and-gun game! Fill your backpack with guns, blast away space bugs, and deliver noodles to hungry customers!
Huge Enemy - Worldbreakers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
Huge Enemy is a horizontal Shoot ‘em up that takes place in a dark sci-fi universe with Japanese influences.
A2C:Ayry seems to be playtesting a 2D runner shooter from Cci
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
A 2D runner shmup(shoot-em up) where you may or may not save a nation by beating a game. Shoot and dodge bullets while you keep running and jumping! Enjoy a story where you play the game made by Cci while Ayry and Cci banter with each other(and talk about the world of Nosolute and game development)!
RADical ROACH Remastered
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
RADical ROACH is a fast paced shoot em’ up, set minutes after nuclear hell falls from the sky engulfing all but a few tough little bugs.
One Way Road: Firehunt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
Firehunt is a prologue for the main story One Way Road. Take part in space battles as you travel across the galaxy and fight to save humanity. This cinematic narrative driven action-focused space shooter, will take you on a journey into the near future, and put the destiny of mankind in your hands.
Absolute Blue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
Sidescrolling Shoot’em’up that will transport you back into the 90s (and space).
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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.
Valfaris
WHY THIS
Shares weapon upgrade system and a retro mood with Power-Up.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Power-Up.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Deathsmiles
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Power-Up.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
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!
Valfaris: Mecha Therion
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Power-Up.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Power-Up.
Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!
Frequently asked about Power-Up
- How much does Power-Up cost?
- Power-Up is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Power-Up?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Power-Up are Guns, Gore & Cannoli, Valfaris, Blazing Chrome.
- Who developed Power-Up?
- Power-Up was developed by Psychotic Psoftware.
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 Power-Up.
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