Games like BACKFIRE
Below are 24 hand-picked alternatives to BACKFIRE for fans of action, indie, 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 BACKFIRE 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. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About BACKFIRE: BACKFIRE is a tense horror-themed arcade shooter about a haunted 80's arcade cabinet with a sinister twist- Your weapons fire backwards. Engage in intense combat, bend time to your advantage, and die to demented bosses. Upgrade your power after each attempt until you are strong enough to prevail.
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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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KILLSEC
Top pick for BACKFIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BACKFIRE.
Evaluate, calculate, execute. Use the speed of time, weapon selection, and room layout to your advantage to deliver the most creative, swift, and brutal kills in close combat.
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WAVECADE
Second-strongest match for BACKFIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BACKFIRE.
WAVECADE is a sci-fi, arcade-style #shmup where YOU control the speed of the game. Destroy blocks, minions and bosses in style as you collect powerups and avoid hazards. How far can you go?
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Compadrone: Land Wars
Third-strongest match for BACKFIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BACKFIRE.
In this fast-paced roguelite arena shooter with tower-defense twists, control a drone capable of wielding multiple weapons and fight hordes of alien warbots. Collect resources and XP to unlock new weapons, towers, abilities, and drones.
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Decks of Dexterity
Ranked #4 for BACKFIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BACKFIRE.
The bullet hell card game! Decks of Dexterity fuses bullet hell shooter gameplay with a strategic turn based card game. Discover cards to gain abilities and unleash powerful combos!
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Tanks: Total Destruction
Ranked #5 for BACKFIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BACKFIRE.
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.
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Pesticide Not Required
Ranked #6 for BACKFIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BACKFIRE.
Mow down countless crops and corrupt critters while crafting game-breaking builds! Pesticide Not Required is an action roguelite bullet heaven game with farming sim elements that offers a myriad of stats and special character traits to create wildly diverse run possibilities.
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Bug Drop
Ranked #7 for BACKFIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BACKFIRE.
Fight, upgrade, and survive in a fast-paced top-down action roguelite where 20 unique heroes with special traits, weapons and abilities take on the swarm of alien bugs.
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Arms of God
Ranked #8 for BACKFIRE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BACKFIRE.
Gear up for a battle through hell in this roguelite Bullet Heaven Arena Autoshooter with Doom-inspired gore vibes, metal music, and a satisfying combat feel. Wield five weapons at once, upgrade and merge them to forge indestructible builds, and bring divine justice to a world on the brink of chaos.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below BACKFIRE at current Steam store prices.
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Garry's Mod
Priced ~50% under BACKFIRE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BACKFIRE.
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.
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Vampire Survivors
Priced ~50% under BACKFIRE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BACKFIRE.
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!
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Titanfall® 2
Priced ~55% under BACKFIRE on Steam right now. Shares Action with BACKFIRE.
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.
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Cookie Clicker
Priced ~50% under BACKFIRE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BACKFIRE.
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.
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WEBFISHING
Priced ~50% under BACKFIRE on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BACKFIRE.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
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POSTAL 2
Priced ~90% under BACKFIRE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BACKFIRE.
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?
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Buckshot Roulette
Priced ~70% under BACKFIRE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BACKFIRE.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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Brotato
Priced ~50% under BACKFIRE on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BACKFIRE.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BACKFIRE.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BACKFIRE.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BACKFIRE.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BACKFIRE.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BACKFIRE.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BACKFIRE.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BACKFIRE.
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.
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Frequently asked about BACKFIRE
- How much does BACKFIRE cost?
- BACKFIRE is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to BACKFIRE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BACKFIRE are KILLSEC, WAVECADE, Compadrone: Land Wars.
- Who developed BACKFIRE?
- BACKFIRE was developed by SQYD.studio.
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 BACKFIRE.
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