Games like Sand Eaters
If Sand Eaters is your kind of game, the closest matches are X Killerz, Harpoon Arena and System Breakdown — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Sand Eaters: Sand Eaters is a sci-fi co-op shooter. Define your playstyle through deep customization—from lightweight speed demons to heavy armored gunners. Deploy lethal units called "Instruments" to battle evolving threats across hostile regions.
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X Killerz
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Top pick for Sand Eaters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
A fast, bloody Y2K arena war built from three connected game types: hovercraft racing, close-quarters FPS, and a fortress-assault MOBA that run back to back in a single match. Nine stages at launch. Kills are both your score and your currency. LAN, online, or bots.
Harpoon Arena
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Second-strongest match for Sand Eaters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
A fast-paced top-down team shooter. Direct player contact is limited, so use a harpoon to pull enemies to your side and finish them off with teammates! Accuracy and cold calculation will lead you to victory. Just avoid other harpoons flying from all directions...
System Breakdown
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Third-strongest match for Sand Eaters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
Brutal, fast-paced twin-stick shooter, where you fight with Soviet war machines. Cycle between guns, use power-ups to destroy robot armors and unleash your ultimate ability. They won’t have mercy, neither should you!
Planetary Conflict: 2301
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Ranked #4 for Sand Eaters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
Planetary Conflict: 2301 is sci-fi multiplayer third person shooter set in the future, in a war between the Lunar Federation and Planetary Union.
Assault On Proxima
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Ranked #5 for Sand Eaters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
Lock and load with Strike Force Delta in this action-packed sci-fi FPS! Play solo or team up to blast through hordes of Gacrux alien invaders, save humanity’s colonies, and dominate intense PvP showdowns. Gear up, soldier, and get ready to lead the Assault on Proxima!
Fast Royal
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Ranked #6 for Sand Eaters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
Fast Royal is a battle royale game that distills the adrenaline of traditional titles into their most intense final moments, all set in a fully destructible arena. You drop straight into the action, the storm is already closing in. No time to waste! Gear up and fight to be the last one standing.
THE WASTE
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Ranked #7 for Sand Eaters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
THE WASTE – a brutal and stylish action game about bloody street shootouts and survival in a city after a global collapse, where authority has fallen, and crime thrives. Two factions fight for control over the city, its resources, and survivors.
Counter Attack
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Ranked #8 for Sand Eaters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
Counter Attack is a defense-based first-person shooter where you progress through story-driven missions and fend off incoming enemies.
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
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 Sand Eaters.
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.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
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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!
Electoral Carnage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sand Eaters.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
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Frequently asked about Sand Eaters
- Does Sand Eaters have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Sand Eaters supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Sand Eaters?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sand Eaters are X Killerz, Harpoon Arena, System Breakdown.
- Who developed Sand Eaters?
- Sand Eaters was developed by Fiddler Crab Studio and published by Dreamatron.
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