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Games like The Waking Ashes

If The Waking Ashes is your kind of game, the closest matches are PESTICIDE, NUC: After The Blast and Hospital Aliens 2 — 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 The Waking Ashes: A momentum driven sci-fi action shooter. Dash, teleport, slow time and fly in six degrees of freedom to survive relentless combat. Customize and upgrade your weapon and ability load-out to push through escalating enemy encounters in a strange zero gravity open world.

ActionAdventureWindowsby Dan Carey Bailey
The Waking Ashes — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into The Waking Ashes 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. PESTICIDE

    WHY THIS

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

    PESTICIDE is a raw reflex action FPS that puts a heavy emphasis on total mayhem against nasty humanoid man-eating cockroaches. Exterminate them all through the desolate and filthy city districts, collect trophies and skins, find secrets and save adult actress Pussy Katty from their clutches.

    2022ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. NUC: After The Blast

    WHY THIS

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

    Try to survive and find your family after a massive Nuclear Power Plant explosion.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Hospital Aliens 2

    WHY THIS

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

    You must find two items in a land of Aliens. Use stealth tactics and a weapon to complete your mission.

    2023ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. OUTBREAK FALL: BIOHAZARD

    WHY THIS

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

    Survive the fall of civilization in OUTBREAK FALL: BIOHAZARD — a fast-paced FPS where you fight infected hordes, explore ruined cities, and upgrade your gear to endure relentless outbreaks and escape the chaos.

    2026ActionAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Aquanox Deep Descent

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Waking Ashes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Waking Ashes.

    We left the surface of the Earth in ruins, abandoned it and populated the oceans. The sea is now our new home. We call it Aqua. Pilot customized fighter ships and explore a deep sea dystopia torn by the struggle for resources and survival. Enter the unforgiving world of Aquanox Deep Descent.

    2020ActionSimulationRPG29.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. GALAHAD 3093

    WHY THIS

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

    GALAHAD 3093 is a tactical hero shooter where Knights of Arthurian legend clash in giant mechanized Lances. Go fast or go strong, but always bring the heat as you boost, skim and battle across 12v12 vertical sci-fi arenas. Discover your ultimate Lance, or just drop-in and play.

    2023ActionDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Zero Caliber 2 Remastered

    WHY THIS

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

    Zero Caliber 2 Remastered brings the full VR shooter experience to PC - with intense, cinematic firefights, a full single player and Co-op campaign, PvP, a huge arsenal to unlock, and character customization to make you stand out. Jump in if you’re after a proper VR shooter. Out NOW!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Apocalyptic Vibes

    WHY THIS

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

    A vintage immersive first-person shooter on GZDoom. With an atmosphere of a cold and melancholic postapocalypse, elements of dieselpunk, mix of a retro-style and realism and romantic shoegaze as a soundtrack.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Waking Ashes.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Waking Ashes.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Waking Ashes

What games are most similar to The Waking Ashes?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Waking Ashes are PESTICIDE, NUC: After The Blast, Hospital Aliens 2.
Who developed The Waking Ashes?
The Waking Ashes was developed by Dan Carey Bailey.

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 The Waking Ashes.

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