Games like Rust of Steel
If Rust of Steel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rust of New York, Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game and Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic — 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 Rust of Steel: "Rust of Steel" is a post-apocalyptic ruins exploration RPG with a high degree of freedom. Take on the world in your own style with multiple scenarios, free stat distribution, and the option to play as the good guy or the bad guy!
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Rust of New York
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Top pick for Rust of Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of Steel.
A post-apocalyptic ruin exploration RPG. A highly flexible game design featuring a wealth of skills and equipment, a vast number of locations, and numerous skill checks. The sprawling ruins of a chaotic New York City stand before you!
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Rust of Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Rust of Steel.
You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.
Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Rust of Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of Steel.
For the first time in over 20 years, we are heralding the return of a much loved piece of gaming history with the classic RPG, Wasteland! Mutants. Again. Even more than there were last time: they seem to materialize out of the very grains of the radioactive desert sand. Venomous yellow eyes.
UnderRail
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Ranked #4 for Rust of Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of Steel.
UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.
Stray Children
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Ranked #5 for Rust of Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of Steel.
“The Olders, they come to eat the Children…” All of the adults have become monsters, the rumors say. Nowhere is safe outside these walls. Welcome to Stray Children — a bittersweet, fairy tale RPG.
tERRORbane
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Rust of Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
tERRORbane is a comedic adventure where bugs are your FRIENDS! Enjoy exploring a crazy and outlandish world, full of unique, quirky characters and homages to the history of videogaming, challenge the Developer with your creativity and be the Bane of Errors!
The Age of Decadence
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Rust of Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of Steel.
The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.
Dungeon Drafters
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Rust of Steel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of Steel.
Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rust of Steel at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Rust of Steel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
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 ~55% under Rust of Steel on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of Steel.
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!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~43% under Rust of Steel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Rust of Steel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Rust of Steel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~91% under Rust of Steel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under Rust of Steel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
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Priced ~45% under Rust of Steel on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of Steel.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
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.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of Steel.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of Steel.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Stray Children
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of Steel.
“The Olders, they come to eat the Children…” All of the adults have become monsters, the rumors say. Nowhere is safe outside these walls. Welcome to Stray Children — a bittersweet, fairy tale RPG.
tERRORbane
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Rust of Steel.
tERRORbane is a comedic adventure where bugs are your FRIENDS! Enjoy exploring a crazy and outlandish world, full of unique, quirky characters and homages to the history of videogaming, challenge the Developer with your creativity and be the Bane of Errors!
Dungeon Drafters
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of Steel.
Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.
Frequently asked about Rust of Steel
- Does Rust of Steel run on Steam Deck?
- Rust of Steel 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 Rust of Steel cost?
- Rust of Steel is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Rust of Steel?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rust of Steel are Rust of New York, Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game, Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic.
- Who developed Rust of Steel?
- Rust of Steel was developed by Fortress13 Game 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 Rust of Steel.
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