Games like A City Sleeps™
If A City Sleeps™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are HyperCore : Rhythm Bullet Hell, Heartbeats and Bullet Beat: Musical Shoot'em up — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, hypnotic and immersive. 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 A City Sleeps™: From the creator of Rock Band™ and Amplitude™ comes a fresh new approach to the traditional shoot 'em up! All the action is driven by an entrancing soundtrack- no beatmatching required. The Idol System introduces a tactical layer on top of proven shmup gameplay allowing for a range of play styles.
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Steam players who put hours into A City Sleeps™ 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.
HyperCore : Rhythm Bullet Hell
WHY THIS
Top pick for A City Sleeps™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
HyperCore is a fast-paced anti-rhythm action game where every beat becomes a threat. Survive escalating challenges, chase leaderboard glory, and master multiple game modes.
Heartbeats
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for A City Sleeps™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
Would you survive a panic attack? Test your limits in this anxiety-inducing twin-stick shooter, blasting away intrusive thoughts using your Inner weapon.
Bullet Beat: Musical Shoot'em up
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for A City Sleeps™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
Bullet Beat is a shoot'em up, where everything at the levels is in tune with the music, even shooting. You can also upload your track and enjoy the experimental generated levels! Keep the combo to get stronger!
Beat Hazard
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with A City Sleeps™.
Ranked #4 for A City Sleeps™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Beat Hazard 3
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with A City Sleeps™.
Ranked #5 for A City Sleeps™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
Are you ready to explore your music collection mapped as a stunning galaxy of wonders? Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven twin stick shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Freedom Finger
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A City Sleeps™.
Ranked #6 for A City Sleeps™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
Freedom Finger is a music driven, side-scrolling shooter that sends you blasting and punching through 40 levels of bat$#!% crazy action. Starring Nolan North, John DiMaggio, and Sam Riegel! Soundtrack by Aesop Rock, Red Fang, Com Truise, Power Trip, Ty Segall, and many more!
DubWars
WHY THIS
Shares rhythm synced shooting and an atmospheric mood with A City Sleeps™.
Ranked #7 for A City Sleeps™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
DubWars is a music game that combines the mechanics of a top-down shooter with the power of Dubstep and Electronic music. Your weapons are synced to the music creating times of intense weapon load outs and calm moments where your survival skills are tested.
ONE BTN BOSSES
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with A City Sleeps™.
Ranked #8 for A City Sleeps™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below A City Sleeps™ at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under A City Sleeps™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A City Sleeps™.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under A City Sleeps™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under A City Sleeps™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with A City Sleeps™.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under A City Sleeps™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A City Sleeps™.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under A City Sleeps™ on Steam right now. Shares Indie with A City Sleeps™.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under A City Sleeps™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under A City Sleeps™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under A City Sleeps™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Jigoku Kisetsukan: Sense of the Seasons
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A City Sleeps™.
Jigoku Kisetsukan is a bullet hell shootergame with anime-style drawings and chip music.
Lofi Ping Pong
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with A City Sleeps™.
Meditative rhythm ping-pong
Shooty Skies
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
The creators of Crossy Road present Shooty Skies! Shoot, dodge, duck, goose and weave. Take to the skies!
WOWOWOW KORONE BOX
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with A City Sleeps™.
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Beat Hazard 3
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with A City Sleeps™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
Are you ready to explore your music collection mapped as a stunning galaxy of wonders? Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven twin stick shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Freedom Finger
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with A City Sleeps™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
Freedom Finger is a music driven, side-scrolling shooter that sends you blasting and punching through 40 levels of bat$#!% crazy action. Starring Nolan North, John DiMaggio, and Sam Riegel! Soundtrack by Aesop Rock, Red Fang, Com Truise, Power Trip, Ty Segall, and many more!
DubWars
WHY THIS
Shares rhythm synced shooting and an atmospheric mood with A City Sleeps™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
DubWars is a music game that combines the mechanics of a top-down shooter with the power of Dubstep and Electronic music. Your weapons are synced to the music creating times of intense weapon load outs and calm moments where your survival skills are tested.
ONE BTN BOSSES
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with A City Sleeps™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with A City Sleeps™.
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 A City Sleeps™
- Is A City Sleeps™ verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — A City Sleeps™ is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does A City Sleeps™ cost?
- A City Sleeps™ is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to A City Sleeps™?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A City Sleeps™ are HyperCore : Rhythm Bullet Hell, Heartbeats, Bullet Beat: Musical Shoot'em up.
- Who developed A City Sleeps™?
- A City Sleeps™ was developed by Harmonix Music Systems, 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 A City Sleeps™.
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