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If Awaria is your kind of game, the closest matches are Love is in the Airship, Work Your Mechanical Magic and Salaryman Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. 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 →Awaria is a free-to-play action indie game released in 2024 by solo developer vanripper. Set in haunted maintenance tunnels, players control a technician repairing generators while dodging intricate bullet-hell patterns in a top-down perspective. Reviewers highlight the fast-paced gameplay loop as immediately engaging, with patterns becoming familiar through repeated practice. Players describe the generator objectives as urgent and tense, contributing to an addictive one-more-run loop that keeps pulling them back. The game features boss fights, a checkpoint system, and multiple difficulty modes and tiers for players seeking harder challenges. Awaria supports single-player only and runs playably on Steam Deck. The title holds a 96% positive rating from 8528 Steam reviews.
About Awaria: Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Second-strongest match for Awaria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Awaria.
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Third-strongest match for Awaria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Awaria.
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Ranked #5 for Awaria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Awaria.
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Ranked #6 for Awaria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Awaria.
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Ranked #7 for Awaria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Awaria.
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Ranked #8 for Awaria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Awaria.
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Frequently asked about Awaria
- Does Awaria run on Steam Deck?
- Awaria is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is Awaria free to play?
- Yes — Awaria is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Awaria?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Awaria are Love is in the Airship, Work Your Mechanical Magic, Salaryman Simulator.
- Who developed Awaria?
- Awaria was developed by vanripper.
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