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Games like Paper Cannon

Below are 29 hand-picked alternatives to Paper Cannon for fans of action, indie, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Paper Cannon also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from Enter the Game Studios. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Paper Cannon: Paper Cannon is an addictive casual shooting game where you destroy balls with simple controls. Face off against bosses at the end of each stage, and power up your cannon to destroy everything raining down from the sky! Wow!

2025ActionIndieCasualEarly Access1.99 USDWindowsby Enter the Game Studios
Paper Cannon — Steam game cover

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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition — Steam game cover

    Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition

    Top pick for Paper Cannon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Paper Cannon.

    Rescue your possible WAIFU from the evil magic. Elaborated yet EASY TO PLAY shmup action game! Remove the curse from the clothes to save the girls from the ageing spell!

    2021ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Techno Tanks — Steam game cover

    Techno Tanks

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

    Techno Tanks is an intense, fast-paced arcade-inspired tanks game. It’s a lot of fast fun and a must-have if you enjoy arcade games.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Tanky Tanks — Steam game cover

    Tanky Tanks

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

    Tanky Tanks is an intense, fast-paced tank shooter game. It is fun, easy to learn, and addicting. Play alone, together with friends or against your friends, and show your navigation and reaction skills in 6 different game modes and countless levels.

    2021ActionIndieCasual2.49 USDSteam ↗
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    BattleTanks - Animal Wars — Steam game cover

    BattleTanks - Animal Wars

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

    Welcome to BattleTanks! Join friends to defend animals from moles in co-op game. Explore 5 worlds with 80+ missions. Face bosses, gather tank parts, and craft your machine. Play with up to 4 friends. Ready to save the world?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Sunshower — Steam game cover

    Sunshower

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

    Sunshower is a colorful, casual arcade action game that follows a robot's survival in a rain storm! Use the plant installed on your head to reach for the sky as you achieve high scores, unlock secrets, and stop the rain from washing away the world.

    2024ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Tanklike — Steam game cover

    Tanklike

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

    Tanklike is a cooperative 2D shooter for 1 - 4 players. Improve your stats, upgrade your arsenal, and ricochet your way to victory!

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDSteam ↗
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    GoobnBalloonsDX — Steam game cover

    GoobnBalloonsDX

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

    Fight off waves of evil balloons and save the galaxy - solo or co-op! Travel between worlds in an extensive story mode, save your friends, and recruit them to challenge dastardly bosses in this arcade shoot ‘em up adventure!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Tanks: Total Destruction — Steam game cover

    Tanks: Total Destruction

    Ranked #8 for Paper Cannon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Paper Cannon.

    TANKS Total Destruction is a tribute to a cult classic, reimagined for modern action gaming. A top-down view, movement limited to four directions, and intense, tactical gameplay come together with modern visuals, spectacular explosion effects, and smooth animations powered by Unreal Engine 5.

    ActionSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

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    POSTAL 2 — Steam game cover

    POSTAL 2

    Priced ~50% under Paper Cannon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Paper Cannon.

    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 ↗
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    Blood and Bacon — Steam game cover

    Blood and Bacon

    Priced ~50% under Paper Cannon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Paper Cannon.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Peggle Deluxe — Steam game cover

    Peggle Deluxe

    Priced ~50% under Paper Cannon on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Paper Cannon.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    shapez — Steam game cover

    shapez

    Priced ~50% under Paper Cannon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Cannon.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad — Steam game cover

    Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    Priced ~50% under Paper Cannon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Paper Cannon.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Insaniquarium Deluxe — Steam game cover

    Insaniquarium Deluxe

    Priced ~50% under Paper Cannon on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Paper Cannon.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Montaro — Steam game cover

    Montaro

    Priced ~50% under Paper Cannon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Cannon.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Bejeweled® 3 — Steam game cover

    Bejeweled® 3

    Priced ~50% under Paper Cannon on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Paper Cannon.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

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    Doki Doki Literature Club! — Steam game cover

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Cannon.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Life is Strange - Episode 1 — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange - Episode 1

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Helltaker — Steam game cover

    Helltaker

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Paper Cannon.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Paper Cannon.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Paper Cannon.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — Steam game cover

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Cannon.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Indigo Park: Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Indigo Park: Chapter 1

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

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Enter the Game Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Enter the Game Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

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    Legacy of Defense — Steam game cover

    Legacy of Defense

    Another title from Enter the Game Studios, the studio behind Paper Cannon. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Cannon.

    Become the hero who protects the fantasy world and stop the monster invasion! 'Legacy of Defense' combines defense with deck-building. Build your deck, use powerful skills, gain experience, upgrade, clear stages, and defeat the final boss. Ready to test your strategy and luck?

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation3.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Survivor Of The Journey — Steam game cover

    Survivor Of The Journey

    Another title from Enter the Game Studios, the studio behind Paper Cannon. Shares Action and Indie with Paper Cannon.

    Survivor of the Journey is a survival game with rogue-like elements Survive in countless fantasy monsters Grow faster than the enemy that comes and knock them down Survive to the end and defeat the boss. Failed? Use your stuff to be strong. Can't you? Let's try our luck this time.

    2023ActionIndieCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Soul Stream — Steam game cover

    Soul Stream

    Another title from Enter the Game Studios, the studio behind Paper Cannon. Shares Action with Paper Cannon.

    Defy the flow of the Soulstream, reach its end, and face the truth. Soulstream — a desktop background idle auto-battler adventure.

    2028ActionAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
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    Loop Tower — Steam game cover

    Loop Tower

    Another title from Enter the Game Studios, the studio behind Paper Cannon. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Cannon.

    Loop Tower tells the story of adventurers climbing an endless tower. Place it on a corner of your desktop and help them continue their ascent. Experience a fresh blend of desktop idle gameplay + roguelike + RPG right now!

    IndieSimulationRPGSteam ↗
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    Happy Little Farm — Steam game cover

    Happy Little Farm

    Another title from Enter the Game Studios, the studio behind Paper Cannon. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Cannon.

    Happy Little Farm is a cozy farming game where you grow crops, care for adorable animals, and build a peaceful little life. Just don’t check whether the animals are still happy after sunset.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Paper Cannon

How much does Paper Cannon cost?
Paper Cannon is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Paper Cannon have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Paper Cannon supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Paper Cannon?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Paper Cannon are Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition, Techno Tanks, Tanky Tanks.
Who developed Paper Cannon?
Paper Cannon was developed by Enter the Game Studios.

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 Paper Cannon.

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