Games like Raiden IV: OverKill
If Raiden IV: OverKill is your kind of game, the closest matches are Raiden V: Director's Cut | 雷電 V Director's Cut | 雷電V:導演剪輯版, Assault Android Cactus+ and Ikaruga — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric music enhances immersion, horizontal scrolling returns 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 Raiden IV: OverKill: The series that changed the history of arcade shoot’em ups is back with the crazed action of Overkill mode! Instill fear in your enemies with devastating attacks and earn the acclaimed title of Master Ace!
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Raiden V: Director's Cut | 雷電 V Director's Cut | 雷電V:導演剪輯版
WHY THIS
Shares boss rush mode with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Top pick for Raiden IV: OverKill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to the PC in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future-where the tide of battle holds constant surprises.
Assault Android Cactus+
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Raiden IV: OverKill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Ikaruga
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Raiden IV: OverKill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Steredenn: Binary Stars
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Raiden IV: OverKill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
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.
Shoot 1UP DX
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Ranked #5 for Raiden IV: OverKill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
R-Type Dimensions EX
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Ranked #6 for Raiden IV: OverKill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
Syder Arcade
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Ranked #7 for Raiden IV: OverKill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
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.
Astebreed: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Ranked #8 for Raiden IV: OverKill fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.
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Raiden V: Director's Cut | 雷電 V Director's Cut | 雷電V:導演剪輯版
WHY THIS
Shares boss rush mode with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Reviewers of Raiden IV: OverKill cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to the PC in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future-where the tide of battle holds constant surprises.
Nova Drift
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Raiden IV: OverKill cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
Vortex Attack EX
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Reviewers of Raiden IV: OverKill cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Galaxy is in danger with hostile ships swarming from the opening vortex. Blast enemies with huge variety of upgradeable ships. Frantic arcade shooter featuring world leaderboards and fun multiplayer mode will keep you playing until all ships are unlocked; galaxies saved. WARNING:VERY_ADDICTIVE
Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Raiden IV: OverKill cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Soar sky-high in Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX, an electrifying entry in the classic arcade shoot-‘em-up series! Customize your music, wallpapers, game mode, and more before launching into high-octane aerial action!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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!
Floating Point
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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More from Moss Co., Ltd.
Other recommendable Steam games by Moss Co., Ltd., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Caladrius Blaze
WHY THIS
Another title from Moss Co., Ltd., the studio behind Raiden IV: OverKill. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
An epic tale that begins from shooting missiles! The newest work of the Caladrius series with lots of new features that exceeds the original story!
Raiden III Digital Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Another title from Moss Co., Ltd., the studio behind Raiden IV: OverKill. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Raiden III Digital Edition is a revival of the classic Raiden series of scrolling shooter games.
Raiden V: Director's Cut | 雷電 V Director's Cut | 雷電V:導演剪輯版
WHY THIS
Shares boss rush mode with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Another title from Moss Co., Ltd., the studio behind Raiden IV: OverKill. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to the PC in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future-where the tide of battle holds constant surprises.
Raiden IV x MIKADO remix
WHY THIS
Another title from Moss Co., Ltd., the studio behind Raiden IV: OverKill. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Buckle up and blast off with Raiden IV x MIKADO remix! This classic arcade shoot ‘em up comes fully equipped with new music, battle modes, vertical screen play, and more!
Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX
WHY THIS
Another title from Moss Co., Ltd., the studio behind Raiden IV: OverKill. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Soar sky-high in Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX, an electrifying entry in the classic arcade shoot-‘em-up series! Customize your music, wallpapers, game mode, and more before launching into high-octane aerial action!
Petit Petit Petit
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Another title from Moss Co., Ltd., the studio behind Raiden IV: OverKill. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Get ready for an exciting and refreshing adventure! In this thrilling game, you will be in charge of manipulating immune cells and medical nanomachines to fight off invading pathogens and save unknown creatures from deadly diseases.
Raiden NOVA | 雷電NOVA | 雷電新星
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Another title from Moss Co., Ltd., the studio behind Raiden IV: OverKill. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
"Raiden" unites! Get ready to blast into a thrilling new dimension like never before!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Assault Android Cactus+
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Ikaruga
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
R-Type Dimensions EX
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
Astebreed: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Raiden IV: OverKill.
Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.
Frequently asked about Raiden IV: OverKill
- Does Raiden IV: OverKill run on Steam Deck?
- Raiden IV: OverKill is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Does Raiden IV: OverKill have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Raiden IV: OverKill supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Raiden IV: OverKill?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Raiden IV: OverKill are Raiden V: Director's Cut | 雷電 V Director's Cut | 雷電V:導演剪輯版, Assault Android Cactus+, Ikaruga.
- Who developed Raiden IV: OverKill?
- Raiden IV: OverKill was developed by Moss Co., Ltd. and published by H2 Interactive Co., Ltd..
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