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Games like Bombshell

If Bombshell is your kind of game, the closest matches are RUINER, ISPELL and System Breakdown — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bionic arm weapon swapping, comedic and epic. 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.

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About Bombshell: Bombshell is an Action Shooter game in which bomb disposal technician turned mercenary for hire, Shelly "Bombshell" Harrison must strong-arm her way across 4 planets in a galactic adventure to rescue the president (and humanity) from an apocalyptic alien threat.

2016ActionAdventure34.99 USDMetacritic 43Windowsby Slipgate Ironworks™
Bombshell — Steam game cover
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Bionic arm weapon swappingCampy one liners and humorHeavy metal and synth soundtrackComedicEpicFunny

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Steam players who put hours into Bombshell 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.

  1. RUINER

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Bombshell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.

    2017ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. ISPELL

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Bombshell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    ISPELL is a shoot'em up & bullet hell game where you take on the role of a nameless android who wanders through the dying worlds. Use various weapons and dodge enemy bullets, as well as challenge powerful creatures.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. System Breakdown

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Bombshell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    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!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Livelock

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Bombshell.

    Ranked #4 for Bombshell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    Livelock is a co-operative top-down shooter where you play solo or with up to two allies to break the cycle of infinite war between machines. As one of the remaining Capital Intellects, your role is to unlock Eden and revive humanity.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Memory Lost

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Bombshell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    Memory Lost is a story-driven fast-paced cyberpunk shooter where you are not just fighting enemies — you become them. Possess enemies, adapt their weapons and skills, and fight ruthless corporations. Uncover secrets, upgrade abilities, and shape your own fate in this world.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Bombshell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    Pilot a mech to hunt down and destroy the oppressive government of a cyberpunk autocracy. In this fast-paced, top-down shooter, use overwhelming firepower to destroy columns of tanks and level buildings. Unlock up to 56 unique vehicles and 40 weapons.

    2016ActionIndie6.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Ascent

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting with Bombshell.

    Ranked #7 for Bombshell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Neon Chrome

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and a retro mood with Bombshell.

    Ranked #8 for Bombshell fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Bombshell

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Alien Swarm

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Bombshell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    Co-operative multiplayer game and complete code base available for free.

    2010ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Alien Breed: Impact

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and a retro mood with Bombshell.

    Reviewers of Bombshell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    Experience the explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise in an epic single player and co-op multiplayer campaign.

    2010Action4.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Alien Shooter

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Bombshell.

    Reviewers of Bombshell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    The endless darkness and the somber, long passages of a military complex have become the abode of evil, thousands of blood-thirsty creatures fill its offices, storehouses and mysterious laboratories. About 1,000 monsters on each map, showing up to 100 monsters simultaneously on one playing screen.

    2009ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. DOOM

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Bombshell.

    Reviewers of Bombshell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.

    2016Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Prodeus

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Bombshell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Overwatch®

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Bombshell.

    Reviewers of Bombshell cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    Overwatch®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl.

    2023ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Bombshell at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Bombshell on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Phasmophobia

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Bombshell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Bombshell on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Bombshell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Schedule I

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Bombshell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Bombshell on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Forest

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Bombshell on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Bombshell on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Bombshell.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Waves

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

    2011ActionIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Evil Egg

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    Blast it all to hell.

    2025ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. SCP: Secret Laboratory

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bombshell.

    Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.

    2017ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Bombshell

Does Bombshell work on Steam Deck?
Bombshell is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Bombshell cost?
Bombshell is listed on Steam at 34.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Bombshell?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bombshell are RUINER, ISPELL, System Breakdown.
Who developed Bombshell?
Bombshell was developed by Slipgate Ironworks™ and published by 3D Realms.

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 Bombshell.

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