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Games like Vaca Bullet

If Vaca Bullet is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Bandits of Sierra Fria, Cursed Frontier and Slime, Fire and Soul — 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 Vaca Bullet: In "Vaca Bullet," you play as a cowboy in the Wild West defending your cows from bandits' bullets. The game is a tribute to classic Western movies, filled with shootouts and chases, brought to life through beautiful pixel art, giving it a raw and unique essence like a true western.

2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDWindowsby Yanfer
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Steam players who put hours into Vaca Bullet 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. The Bandits of Sierra Fria

    WHY THIS

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

    A pixel art top-down shooter with frantic gunfights, multiple weapons, and intense action in a land ruled by bandits.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Cursed Frontier

    WHY THIS

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

    A 2D platformer shooter with a somber linoleum-inspired art style, where you’ll face funeral creatures in a haunting Wild West setting.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Slime, Fire and Soul

    WHY THIS

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

    You enter the DUNGEON and try to get as far as possible.

    2024ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 通缉令 wanted poster

    WHY THIS

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

    Top-down barrage shooter. Refer to the Vampire Ancient Survivor Meat Pigeon gameplay to add barrage, random character attributes, and random equipment.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Ninja Hagakure

    WHY THIS

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

    Defeat the ever-increasing number of enemies with a variety of ninja techniques to suit the situation After 20 minutes, we can move on to the next STAY It's more fun because there are various enemies on each stage

    2022ActionIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Dulce et Decorum

    WHY THIS

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

    Just another 2D platformer shooter game with pixel art graphics to boot. You can jump around while blasting your enemies with three different methods of combat, and protect your village from an evil immortal.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Space Shooter

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Vaca Bullet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Vaca Bullet.

    Become the best spaceship pilot with Space Shooter which is an arcade game that can quickly wake up your hardworking side

    2021ActionStrategyAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Holy Silence

    WHY THIS

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

    A Roguelike action adventure shoot game that creates your legendary experience. In the dark and wide world, explore the five races and the causes of the world's cataclysm. Flexible to deal with the complex and changing world environment with different weapons, technology and elements.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Vaca Bullet on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vaca Bullet.

    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 ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Vaca Bullet on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vaca Bullet.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Vaca Bullet on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Vaca Bullet.

    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 ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Vaca Bullet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vaca Bullet.

    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 ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Vaca Bullet on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vaca Bullet.

    "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 ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Vaca Bullet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vaca Bullet.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Vaca Bullet on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Vaca Bullet.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Vaca Bullet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Vaca Bullet.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Vaca Bullet.

    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 ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. 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 Vaca Bullet.

    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 ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

More from Yanfer

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

  1. PYRO

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Yanfer, the studio behind Vaca Bullet. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vaca Bullet.

    An exciting 2D action platformer where you control crazy pyrotechnics, face frantic challenges, and create epic explosions while testing your skills and reflexes at every level.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Cursed Frontier

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Yanfer, the studio behind Vaca Bullet. Shares Action and Indie with Vaca Bullet.

    A 2D platformer shooter with a somber linoleum-inspired art style, where you’ll face funeral creatures in a haunting Wild West setting.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Quetzal

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Yanfer, the studio behind Vaca Bullet. Shares Action and Indie with Vaca Bullet.

    Control a Mesoamerican god who must escape the underworld in this challenging 2D pixel art platformer, dodging dangers to recover the sacred bones of humanity.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Mitla

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Yanfer, the studio behind Vaca Bullet. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vaca Bullet.

    A challenging 2D platformer inspired by Mesoamerican mythology, where you control a frog to overcome deadly traps and explore a labyrinth filled with secrets and danger.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. The Bandits of Sierra Fria

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Yanfer, the studio behind Vaca Bullet. Shares Action and Indie with Vaca Bullet.

    A pixel art top-down shooter with frantic gunfights, multiple weapons, and intense action in a land ruled by bandits.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Vaca Bullet

How much does Vaca Bullet cost?
Vaca Bullet is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Vaca Bullet?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vaca Bullet are The Bandits of Sierra Fria, Cursed Frontier, Slime, Fire and Soul.
Who developed Vaca Bullet?
Vaca Bullet was developed by Yanfer.

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 Vaca Bullet.

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