Games like Wish Project
If Wish Project is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eigengrau, Beat Hazard and Shmup! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and retro. 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 Wish Project: Wish Project is a vertical shoot 'em up that features unique and challenging bullet patterns, 4 difficulties ranging from casual to hardcore, 8 unique playable characters, 6 stages, local co-op, unlockable characters and game modes, and an intuitive scoring system that encourages replay and mastery.
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Steam players who put hours into Wish Project 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.
Eigengrau
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Wish Project.
Top pick for Wish Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
A twist at every turn! Explore a colorful shoot 'em up with varied and diverse gameplay beyond the familiar shooting and dodging. Every situation, every enemy, and every boss offers a different handcrafted experience.
Beat Hazard
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Wish Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Shmup!
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Wish Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
Arcade-style bullet hell action! 3 ships, 5 special weapons, and screen-clearing bombs. Conquer 5 intense stages with dynamic difficulty—then compete for high scores on online leaderboards.
Acceleration of SUGURI 2
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Wish Project.
Ranked #4 for Wish Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
Acceleration of SUGURI 2 is a lightning-paced duel-style shoot'em'up from Orange Juice, featuring all favorite characters from the SUGURI universe.
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Wish Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Bullet Heaven 2
WHY THIS
Shares character variety with Wish Project.
Ranked #6 for Wish Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
Bullet Heaven 2 is a bullet-hell shoot-em-up inspired by games like Touhou and Jamestown. It's all about shooting every cute thing that moves, while dodging hundreds of shiny bullets per second!
Deathsmiles
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wish Project.
Ranked #7 for Wish Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!
Mushihimesama
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Wish Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Wish Project.
Battle huge "Koju" bugs in CAVE's beautiful fantasy shooter, Mushihimesama. Experience the thrill of bullet hell from the masters of the genre as you evade visually stunning shot patterns with thousands of bullets.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Wish Project
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Jamestown
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Wish Project.
Reviewers of Wish Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wish Project.
Reviewers of Wish Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Wish Project.
Reviewers of Wish Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Wish Project.
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wish Project at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wish Project on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wish Project on Steam right now. Shares Action with Wish Project.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wish Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wish Project.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wish Project on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wish Project on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
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!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wish Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wish Project.
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.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wish Project on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Eigengrau
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Wish Project.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
A twist at every turn! Explore a colorful shoot 'em up with varied and diverse gameplay beyond the familiar shooting and dodging. Every situation, every enemy, and every boss offers a different handcrafted experience.
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Deathsmiles
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wish Project.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Wish Project.
Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!
Frequently asked about Wish Project
- How much does Wish Project cost?
- Wish Project is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Wish Project have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Wish Project supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Wish Project?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wish Project are Eigengrau, Beat Hazard, Shmup!.
- Who developed Wish Project?
- Wish Project was developed by Andrew Willman.
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 Wish Project.
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