Games like Drifting Lands
If Drifting Lands is your kind of game, the closest matches are Steredenn: Binary Stars, Asteroid Bounty Hunter and Syder Arcade — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful soundtrack and visuals, extensive skill customization and atmospheric. 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 Drifting Lands: 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!
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Steredenn: Binary Stars
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Drifting Lands.
Top pick for Drifting Lands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
Asteroid Bounty Hunter
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Drifting Lands.
Second-strongest match for Drifting Lands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Asteroid Bounty Hunter is a space shooter mixed with interesting boss fights and breathtaking visuals, with a reward system to take your skill to another level.
Syder Arcade
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Drifting Lands.
Third-strongest match for Drifting Lands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
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.
Deathsmiles
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Drifting Lands.
Ranked #4 for Drifting Lands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
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!
Jets'n'Guns 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Drifting Lands.
Ranked #6 for Drifting Lands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Jets'n'Guns 2 is a side-scrolling space shooter with insane levels of action and destruction. Travel the galaxies and unleash an arsenal of the deadliest weapons and devices to save the universe from its inevitable doom.
LUFTRAUSERS
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Drifting Lands.
Ranked #7 for Drifting Lands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
ARMED SEVEN
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Drifting Lands fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
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...
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Moss
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Drifting Lands.
Reviewers of Drifting Lands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Moss is an action-adventure puzzle game from Polyarc tailor-made for the VR platform. It combines classic components of a great game—compelling characters, gripping combat, and captivating world exploration—with the exciting opportunities of VR.
Cave Story+
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Drifting Lands.
Reviewers of Drifting Lands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
Rev
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Drifting Lands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Drifting Lands.
Become a fox and work together with your pack to hunt down a variety of different animals in the overgrown ruins of an ancient civilization. Unlock new skills and watch the seasons change around you in this small pixel game.
R-Type Final 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Drifting Lands.
Reviewers of Drifting Lands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Drifting Lands.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Diablo® IV
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Drifting Lands.
Reviewers of Drifting Lands cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Drifting Lands.
Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Drifting Lands at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Drifting Lands on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
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 ~60% under Drifting Lands on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Drifting Lands.
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 ~70% under Drifting Lands on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Drifting Lands.
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 ~80% under Drifting Lands on Steam right now. Shares Action with Drifting Lands.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Drifting Lands on Steam right now. Shares Action with Drifting Lands.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Drifting Lands on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Drifting Lands.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Drifting Lands on Steam right now. Shares Action with Drifting Lands.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Drifting Lands on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Drifting Lands.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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 Drifting Lands.
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).
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Drifting Lands.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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Foretales
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Drifting Lands.
Another title from Alkemi, the studio behind Drifting Lands.
Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.
An Ankou
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Drifting Lands.
Another title from Alkemi, the studio behind Drifting Lands. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
Death is not the end. You’ve been chosen as the Ankou, a servant of Death who aids lost souls using the tools of your old trade. Roam haunted lands to find resources, craft weapons, and slay hordes of demons in this action-exploration roguelike.
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WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Drifting Lands.
Another title from Alkemi, the studio behind Drifting Lands. Shares Action and Indie with Drifting Lands.
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Frequently asked about Drifting Lands
- How much does Drifting Lands cost?
- Drifting Lands is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Drifting Lands?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Drifting Lands are Steredenn: Binary Stars, Asteroid Bounty Hunter, Syder Arcade.
- Who developed Drifting Lands?
- Drifting Lands was developed by Alkemi.
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