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Also Shoot 'Em Up and Bullet Hell, like Drifting Lands.
- $12.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Playable
- 2015
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- Deck Playable
- 2015
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Why this: Same intense mood as Drifting Lands.
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- Released: 2017
- Developer: Alkemi
- Price: $4.99checked Nov 7
- 68% of 112 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, RPG
- Metacritic 71
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Beautiful soundtrack and visuals
- Diablo like dopamine from loot drops
- Extensive skill customization
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Grim
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Drifting Lands.
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Why this: Also Shoot 'Em Up and Bullet Hell, like Drifting Lands.
Cheaper alternatives
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Space War: Infinity
Why this: Also Shoot 'Em Up and Bullet Hell, like Drifting Lands.
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Echoes+
Why this: Also Shoot 'Em Up and Bullet Hell, like Drifting Lands.
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Assault Android Cactus+
Why this: Also Shoot 'Em Up and Bullet Hell, like Drifting Lands.
Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition
Why this: Same intense mood as Drifting Lands.
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Drifting Lands.
About Drifting Lands
The closest matches to Drifting Lands: Steredenn: Binary Stars, Jets'n'Guns 2, DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours, Assault Android Cactus+, and Really Big Sky. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Drifting Lands is your kind of game, the closest matches are Steredenn: Binary Stars, Jets'n'Guns 2 and DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and grim, and single out its focus meter system and hardcore mode toggle. 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.
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!
Is Drifting Lands worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 68% of 112 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 19 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 5 h before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Beautiful soundtrack and visuals
- Diablo like dopamine from loot drops
- Extensive skill customization
- Tactical bullet hell with forced pauses
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The game is probably fine, but I failed to grasp its charm and got bored: two hours in there was only a handful of enemies present, while the only aRPG element I noticed was the constant garbage loot management.”
“This game is okayish, but overall not good enough to buy or worth the time playing it. It is a side-scrolling shooter where you can upgrade many aspects of your ship with the cash you get between levels. Theoretically. In reality…”
People who play it also play: Steredenn: Binary Stars, Jets'n'Guns 2, DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
Frequently asked about Drifting Lands
Can I run it?
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, Jets'n'Guns 2, DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours.
Who developed Drifting Lands?
Drifting Lands was developed by Alkemi.