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Games like Hardpoint

If Hardpoint is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lost Galaxy: Survivors, Burst Hero and Sektori — 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.

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About Hardpoint: Take control of a platform with four auto-firing guns, and combine upgrades along a shared skill tree to create unique builds as you face increasingly numerous enemies. Attempt to survive 15 waves with your single life by specialize into classes with additional abilities and bonuses.

2025ActionIndie2.99 USDWindowsby FossilFeather
Hardpoint — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Hardpoint 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. Lost Galaxy: Survivors

    WHY THIS

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

    Defend massive interdimensional portals against relentless alien swarms in this fast-paced sci-fi top-down survival shooter.

    ActionStrategyCasualSteam ↗
  2. Burst Hero

    WHY THIS

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

    Burst Hero is a pixel roguelike shooting survival game. You can choose heroes with different abilities and use various weapons to resist a steady stream of enemies. In the battle, you can customize your build by weapons bullets and cards. Each battle will have different experiences and challenges.

    2023ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sektori

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2025Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Time to Strike

    WHY THIS

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

    Time to Strike is busted build bullet hell roguelike. Create overpowered builds and break the game by collecting powerful weapons, modifying them with whacky mods and discovering crazy synergies!

    2024Action4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ROIDERS

    WHY THIS

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

    Become an asteroid miner and loot your way to supremacy! Fight waves of vicious aliens or battle against your friends.

    2024ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Ark Odyssey

    WHY THIS

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

    Ark Odyssey is a top-down arcade shooter that lets you command an army of starships to fight against the force of void! Gather your fleet into formations, and build your team of evolving synergistic compositions. Order your army of Starforce through space and protect the cosmos!

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. SHPR

    WHY THIS

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

    SHPR is an arena survival roguelike in which you have to buy items while creating amazing builds and synergies that will help you defeat enemies and bosses to be able to pass to the next stages.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Defying Fate

    WHY THIS

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

    A top-down bullet hell space shooter that will test your perseverance. Blast and shoot your way through hordes of asteroids, enemy ships and whatever (and whoever) else you'll run into on your journey! Supports local co-op multiplayer over your local network.

    2022ActionIndieSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hardpoint on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hardpoint.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Hardpoint on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hardpoint.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hardpoint on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hardpoint.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hardpoint on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hardpoint.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hardpoint on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hardpoint.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hardpoint on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hardpoint.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hardpoint on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hardpoint.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Hardpoint on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hardpoint.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hardpoint

How much does Hardpoint cost?
Hardpoint is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hardpoint?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hardpoint are Lost Galaxy: Survivors, Burst Hero, Sektori.
Who developed Hardpoint?
Hardpoint was developed by FossilFeather.

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 Hardpoint.

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