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Games like Pulsebreaker

If Pulsebreaker is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rise of Deads, Doomsday cleaner and The Last of Us™ Part I — 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 Pulsebreaker: Pulsebreaker is a classic survival horror game. Explore environments, collect resources, and fight zombies. Manage your inventory, solve light puzzles, and survive with limited supplies. Includes melee and ranged combat. Single-player only.

IndieWindowsby Anthony David Valles
Pulsebreaker — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Pulsebreaker 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. Rise of Deads

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pulsebreaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Pulsebreaker.

    Experience the amazing adventure with full of actions and puzzles with growing abilities system

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Doomsday cleaner

    WHY THIS

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

    In the game, you will play as a survivor, facing endless zombie threats. You need to use your weapons and intelligence to clean up every zombie, protect yourself, and find hope for survival.

    2024ActionIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Last of Us™ Part I

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pulsebreaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.

    2023ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Resident Evil Requiem

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pulsebreaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.

    2026ActionAdventure69.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Resident Evil 4

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Pulsebreaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

    2023ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Hotel

    WHY THIS

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

    The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Zombie Army Trilogy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pulsebreaker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.

    2015Action44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Daymare: 1998

    WHY THIS

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

    DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. The Last of Us™ Part I

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.

    2023ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Resident Evil 4

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

    2023ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Zombie Army Trilogy

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.

    2015Action44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Daymare: 1998

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Pulsebreaker.

    DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pulsebreaker

What games are most similar to Pulsebreaker?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pulsebreaker are Rise of Deads, Doomsday cleaner, The Last of Us™ Part I.
Who developed Pulsebreaker?
Pulsebreaker was developed by Anthony David Valles.

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 Pulsebreaker.

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