Games like Beyond Citadel
If Beyond Citadel is your kind of game, the closest matches are HEADCUTTER, The Citadel and Ultra Cop — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, cinematic 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 →Beyond Citadel is a 2025 first-person tactical shooter set within a heavily fortified mechanical fortress. Players navigate a dark fantasy anime world through checkpoint-based progression, real-time combat, precision platforming, and destructible environments with environmental hazards. Reviewers highlight the deep weapon customization system featuring durability mechanics and multiple firing modes, while players praise the skill trees themed around the seven deadly sins. The game offers extensive anime character designs with detailed death animations and hidden art galleries rewarding exploration. A toggleable gore system allows players to switch between brutal and clean visual experiences. Available at $14.99 on Steam and marked playable on Steam Deck, it holds a 96% positive rating from over 2,600 reviews. Players describe it as atmospheric, cinematic, dark, and intense, with the full experience taking a long time to complete as a solo-only endeavor.
About Beyond Citadel: Beyond Citadel is an anime style retro throwback shooter inspired by the classics of the 90's, with realistic gunplay mechanics, anime violence and fast paced combat. Fight your way through the heavily armed mechanical fortress and discover the secret that lies beneath.
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HEADCUTTER
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Top pick for Beyond Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Beyond Citadel.
HEADCUTTER is a sci-fi spaghetti western FPS with brutal combat, destructible environments, and lots of gore. Track targets as a space bounty hunter, explore maps with multiple routes, and use the crunchy gunplay to cut their heads off so you can get your money!
The Citadel
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Shares weapon variety and an atmospheric mood with Beyond Citadel.
Second-strongest match for Beyond Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
The Citadel is a brutal first person shooter, and a love letter to classic games such as Marathon, Doom and Wolfenstein 3d. Descend into the depths of a dark citadel, and fight through 6 Episodes and 30 levels of action packed with 6 challenging bosses. Go forth, Martyr.
Ultra Cop
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Third-strongest match for Beyond Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
A challenging retro arcade FPS/TPS straight from the late '90s. The Crime Wars have started and it's up to the Ultra Cops to bring back ultimate justice. Use Mechs, Riot Cars and serious firepower to bring the pain to the criminal underworld in this 6th Generation Y2K inspired game.
Ion Fury
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Shares weapon variety and an atmospheric mood with Beyond Citadel.
Ranked #4 for Beyond Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Pile 'Em High Episode 3: Convalescence
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Ranked #5 for Beyond Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
Deep in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, a secluded estate becomes ground zero for terror. Pile ’Em High 3 throws you into nonstop action‑horror mayhem—cultists, zombies, abominations—all standing between you and the truth behind the world‑shattering Pandemic
HAZAMA_QUEEN
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Ranked #6 for Beyond Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
In the year 202X, the world is "YAMI"...! To save the world, go to hell and kill all the demons. Yes, just like ordering a Frappuccino at a cool cafe!
MULLET MADJACK
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Shares weapon upgrades and an intense mood with Beyond Citadel.
Ranked #7 for Beyond Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!
Turbo Overkill
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Ranked #8 for Beyond Citadel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
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Quake
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Beyond Citadel.
Reviewers of Beyond Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Beyond Citadel.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
Wolfenstein: The New Order
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Shares a cinematic mood with Beyond Citadel.
Reviewers of Beyond Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Beyond Citadel.
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
SOMA
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Beyond Citadel.
Reviewers of Beyond Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Titanfall - The Final Hours
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Beyond Citadel.
Reviewers of Beyond Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Beyond Citadel.
Written over the past four years, journalist Geoff Keighley ("The Final Hours of Portal 2") chronicles the making of TITANFALL from Respawn Entertainment. This longform app features never-before-seen photos, video and concept art from early development versions of the game.
Receiver 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Beyond Citadel.
Reviewers of Beyond Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
Receiver 2 simulates every internal part of each firearm based on manufacturer schematics and gunsmithing resources. Learn exactly how each sidearm works, including how to load and unload them, clear malfunctions, and operate their safety features.
ULTRAKILL
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Shares an intense mood with Beyond Citadel.
Reviewers of Beyond Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.
SIGNALIS
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Beyond Citadel.
Reviewers of Beyond Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
The Citadel
WHY THIS
Shares weapon variety and an atmospheric mood with Beyond Citadel.
Reviewers of Beyond Citadel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
The Citadel is a brutal first person shooter, and a love letter to classic games such as Marathon, Doom and Wolfenstein 3d. Descend into the depths of a dark citadel, and fight through 6 Episodes and 30 levels of action packed with 6 challenging bosses. Go forth, Martyr.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Beyond Citadel at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~67% under Beyond Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Beyond Citadel.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~67% under Beyond Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~53% under Beyond Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Action with Beyond Citadel.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
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Priced ~47% under Beyond Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~70% under Beyond Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Action with Beyond Citadel.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~58% under Beyond Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Beyond Citadel.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
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Priced ~47% under Beyond Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Beyond Citadel.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Beyond Citadel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Beyond Citadel.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Beyond Citadel.
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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Beyond Citadel.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Beyond Citadel.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Beyond Citadel.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Frequently asked about Beyond Citadel
- Does Beyond Citadel run on Steam Deck?
- Beyond Citadel is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Beyond Citadel cost?
- Beyond Citadel is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Beyond Citadel?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Beyond Citadel are HEADCUTTER, The Citadel, Ultra Cop.
- Who developed Beyond Citadel?
- Beyond Citadel was developed by doekuramori.
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