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Games like CARNiVORY

If CARNiVORY is your kind of game, the closest matches are NINE ROUNDS RAPID, Heroes Unhinged and Hellrifters — 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 CARNiVORY: Quick and Brutal Top-Down Shooter Roguelite set in the SINS OV CIGAR universe. Collect items, struggle, and "die" violently against hordes of bloodthirsty roided out bandits.

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Steam players who put hours into CARNiVORY 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. NINE ROUNDS RAPID

    WHY THIS

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

    Blast your way to freedom, solo or with a friend in online or local co-op, through a possessed, fragmenting space station. Upgrade abilities, mod your weapon builds, and manipulate time to defeat the station's nine gatekeepers. Power up, progress, and learn the ugly truth with every escape attempt.

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Heroes Unhinged

    WHY THIS

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

    Unleash chaos in this fast-paced ARPG, where you take control of one out of 20 badass superheroes, each with unique powers and playstyles. Tear through destructible stages and obliterate hordes of enemies!

    2025ActionRPG1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Hellrifters

    WHY THIS

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

    Hellrifters is a squad-based horde survival roguelite where you burst demons to pieces and turn their remains into weapons. Grow from one rifter into a four-hero death squad, unleash devastating abilities, and build toward bullet heaven. Seal the rifts and return stronger after every descent.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  4. Serious Sam's Bogus Detour

    WHY THIS

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

    Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Ascent

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Yet Another Zombie Defense HD

    WHY THIS

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

    Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?

    2017ActionIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. VERSUS SQUAD

    WHY THIS

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

    Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!

    2016ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Super Raft Boat Together

    WHY THIS

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

    The world's been flooded. All you have left is your Super Raft Boat… and your friends! Work together to expand your raft while fending off the strangely violent (and wealthy??) creatures of the sea in this multiplayer roguelike shooter. Will your crew survive and reach the Final Island?

    2023ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about CARNiVORY

Does CARNiVORY have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — CARNiVORY supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to CARNiVORY?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CARNiVORY are NINE ROUNDS RAPID, Heroes Unhinged, Hellrifters.
Who developed CARNiVORY?
CARNiVORY was developed by Chowdahound.

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 CARNiVORY.

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