Games like Xerminus
If Xerminus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bullet Runner, Sektori and Crimsonland — 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 Xerminus: Survive randomized waves of enemies in top down arena combat. No upgrades or roguelite elements. No survivors.
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Steam players who put hours into Xerminus 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.
Bullet Runner
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Top pick for Xerminus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Xerminus.
A clone army is taking over the world. Kill them all in an epic single-player campaign to save humanity, and yourself!
Sektori
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Xerminus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Xerminus.
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
Crimsonland
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Third-strongest match for Xerminus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Xerminus.
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
Earl vs. the Mutants
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Ranked #4 for Xerminus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Xerminus.
Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.
Pesticide Not Required
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Ranked #6 for Xerminus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Xerminus.
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.
UBERMOSH Vol.5
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Ranked #7 for Xerminus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Xerminus.
The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.
Destropolis
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Ranked #8 for Xerminus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Xerminus.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Sektori
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Xerminus.
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
Crimsonland
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Xerminus.
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
Earl vs. the Mutants
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Xerminus.
Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.
Destropolis
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Xerminus.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
Frequently asked about Xerminus
- Is Xerminus free to play?
- Yes — Xerminus is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Xerminus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Xerminus are Bullet Runner, Sektori, Crimsonland.
- Who developed Xerminus?
- Xerminus was developed by Bugnie.
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 Xerminus.
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