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Games like Red Pistol

If Red Pistol is your kind of game, the closest matches are Talas, Slimewest and BSG: Big Space Guns — 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 Red Pistol: A roguelike bullet-hell with an immersive story, where a gunslinger faces hordes of zombies created by a vampire in a dark Wild West. Explore procedurally generated maps, hunt wanted criminals, build strategic playstyles with the skill card system, & take on challenging bosses in intense shootouts.

2025ActionIndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Ace Horizon Studios
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Players who liked Red Pistol also play

Steam players who put hours into Red Pistol 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. Talas

    WHY THIS

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

    Shoot your way across deep space. Shred through waves of enemies, unravel the secrets hiding beneath the surface, and explore the endless synergies in this retro-inspired action roguelike.

    2026ActionSteam ↗
  2. Slimewest

    WHY THIS

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

    Face off against an invasion of slimes in this 2D roguelite with pixel art graphics. Play alone or with up to 4 friends and save the city from the devouring attack of these creatures. Get your weapon ready and embark on this bang bang western style adventure. Play now and prove your mettle!

    ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. BSG: Big Space Guns

    WHY THIS

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

    BSG: Big Space Guns is a coop bullet hell roguelike where you step on giant buttons to activate cannons while you dodge bullets.

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  4. Hover Point

    WHY THIS

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

    Hover Point is a physics-based rogue-lite bullet hell where movement is your weapon. Dodge chaotic swarms with auto-fire action, build your skill tree, and climb global leaderboards. Master the chaos solo or in co-op via mouse-only, keyboard-only, or controller-only playstyles.

    2026ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Meowmunitions

    WHY THIS

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

    Meowmunitions gives you a roguelike bullet hell experience with a unique gun customization mechanic, letting you design your gun however you like. The random nature of the game, with multiple augments and artifacts, forces you to think of new and creative synergies to approach each run.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Sheriff Rage

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Red Pistol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Red Pistol.

    Sheriff on guard for the defense of Oldstone city against extraterrestrial forces

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Ooze Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Red Pistol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Red Pistol.

    Ooze your way through dank dungeons and dissolve thousands of monsters in this top-down shoot’em up roguelite. Slay enough and gather their essence to earn new cards from the Witch’s deck. Defeat powerful foes and explore deep places to earn more cards for your deck!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Deck of Potential

    WHY THIS

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

    Deck of Potential combines roguelike deckbuilder with bullet heaven. Collect cards, fuse them, and slap on sticker upgrades to beat thousands of monsters. Take down dungeon bosses, unlock new cards, characters, and discover fusion recipes to build the ultimate auto-firing deck.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Red Pistol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Red Pistol.

    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 ~50% under Red Pistol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Red Pistol.

    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 ~55% under Red Pistol on Steam right now. Shares Action with Red Pistol.

    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 ~50% under Red Pistol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Red Pistol.

    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 ~50% under Red Pistol on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Red Pistol.

    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 Red Pistol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Red Pistol.

    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 ~70% under Red Pistol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Red Pistol.

    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. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Red Pistol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Red Pistol.

    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.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Pistol.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Red Pistol.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Red Pistol.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Red Pistol.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Red Pistol.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Red Pistol.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Red Pistol.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Red Pistol

Does Red Pistol run on Steam Deck?
Red Pistol is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Red Pistol cost?
Red Pistol is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Red Pistol?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Red Pistol are Talas, Slimewest, BSG: Big Space Guns.
Who developed Red Pistol?
Red Pistol was developed by Ace Horizon Studios and published by indie.io.

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 Red Pistol.

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