Games like Headlander
If Headlander is your kind of game, the closest matches are BLACKHOLE, PSYCRON and Spectacular Sparky — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its 70s retro futuristic aesthetic, light and accessible gameplay and atmospheric. 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 Headlander: Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.
Players who liked Headlander also play
Steam players who put hours into Headlander also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
BLACKHOLE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Top pick for Headlander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Headlander.
BLACKHOLE is an award-winning hardcore platformer with over 15 hours of story-driven sci-fi comedy and gravity-twisting puzzles. Complete Edition out now!
PSYCRON
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Second-strongest match for Headlander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Headlander.
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
Spectacular Sparky
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Third-strongest match for Headlander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Headlander.
A throwback to the golden age of white-gloved 16-bit video-game mascots, Spectacular Sparky is an action-packed platformer with wacky characters, explosive weapons and boss battles to treasure!
Shadow Complex Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Ranked #4 for Headlander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Headlander.
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Dex
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Ranked #5 for Headlander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Headlander.
Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
Apotheon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Ranked #6 for Headlander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Headlander.
Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.
Axiom Verge
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Ranked #7 for Headlander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Headlander.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Gato Roboto
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Headlander.
Ranked #8 for Headlander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Headlander.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Headlander at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Headlander on Steam right now. Shares Action with Headlander.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Headlander on Steam right now. Shares Action with Headlander.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Headlander on Steam right now. Shares Action with Headlander.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Headlander on Steam right now. Shares Action with Headlander.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Headlander on Steam right now. Shares Action with Headlander.
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.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Headlander on Steam right now. Shares Action with Headlander.
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.
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.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Headlander.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Headlander.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Headlander.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
The Lab
WHY THIS
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!
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More from Double Fine Productions
Other recommendable Steam games by Double Fine Productions, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Psychonauts
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Headlander.
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Headlander. Shares Action with Headlander.
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
Psychonauts 2
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Headlander.
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Headlander. Shares Action with Headlander.
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
Brutal Legend
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Headlander. Shares Action with Headlander.
Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.
Grim Fandango Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Headlander.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
Broken Age
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Headlander.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Headlander.
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Headlander.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
Spacebase DF-9
WHY THIS
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Headlander.
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.
Costume Quest
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Headlander.
Another title from Double Fine Productions, the studio behind Headlander.
A Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Spectacular Sparky
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Headlander.
A throwback to the golden age of white-gloved 16-bit video-game mascots, Spectacular Sparky is an action-packed platformer with wacky characters, explosive weapons and boss battles to treasure!
Shadow Complex Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Headlander.
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
Apotheon
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Headlander.
Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.
Axiom Verge
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Headlander.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Headlander.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Gato Roboto
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Headlander.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Headlander.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Frequently asked about Headlander
- Is Headlander verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Headlander is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Headlander cost?
- Headlander is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Headlander?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Headlander are BLACKHOLE, PSYCRON, Spectacular Sparky.
- Who developed Headlander?
- Headlander was developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Adult Swim Games.
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 Headlander.
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