Games like Steel Rain
If Steel Rain is your kind of game, the closest matches are Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition, The Art Of Flight and Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Steel Rain: It's the ultimate, strategic SHMUP ReMix! Control TWO combat wings, flick between THREE different formations, and BLAST your way through overwhelming enemy fleets! Liberate planets, build colonies, research tech and skills, craft items, or even play 2p co-op in this unique new indie game.
Players who liked Steel Rain also play
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Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition
WHY THIS
Top pick for Steel Rain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Rescue your possible WAIFU from the evil magic. Elaborated yet EASY TO PLAY shmup action game! Remove the curse from the clothes to save the girls from the ageing spell!
The Art Of Flight
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Steel Rain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Play solo or with your friends in this fast-paced space shooter. Pilot multiple ships at the same time while taking on waves of enemies, finding power-ups, and gaining additional episodes along the way. Who will make it to the top of the leaderboard?
Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Steel Rain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
The definitive 'Turbo Edition' of the easy to play hard to master space blaster. Bringing more game modes, ships, challenges, upgradable power-ups and frantic retro space blasting fun than ever before. Alone or in co-op you’ll keep coming back to unlock ships, upgrade weapons and beat your high-score.
Grand Brix Shooter
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Steel Rain.
Ranked #4 for Steel Rain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Challenge yourself to a new kind of bullet-hell fusion shooter. Change your aircraft to get new skills just when you need them against advancing foes. Aim for the top spot!
Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Steel Rain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Use Aileron Rolling or Evading your enemies' attacks while having a realistic damage system. Use different planes with upgradable parts and numerous weapons you can mount to your planes to destroy your enemies. Fly solo or play with your friends and enjoy local coop. A modern re-invented classic.
Destroiders
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Steel Rain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
No nonsense, action packed, 2.5D, Asteroids inspired shooter. Scream around speeding rocks narrowly avoiding an untimely death as you obliterate rocks whilst harvesting their valuable resources. See how far you and your friends can get. Best played with mates but also pretty fun on your own.
Super Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Steel Rain.
Ranked #7 for Steel Rain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
A SUPER throwback to the classic quarter eating arcade games of the 80's. Super Bit Blaster XL is an (even more) enhanced version of the retro styled, addictive, and fast paced arcade shoot 'em up!
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Steel Rain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Steel Rain.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
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Master of Orion
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Steel Rain.
Reviewers of Steel Rain cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Steel Rain.
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
Sky Squadron
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Steel Rain cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Jump in the bloomin' gunner seat as Keith Koala to save your mates & their island paradise from the evil invading empire! Sky Squadron offers a unique Aussie twist on shooter classics like Star Fox and Panzer Dragoon, while adding thrilling & immersive VR gunner gameplay.
R-Type Final 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Steel Rain.
Reviewers of Steel Rain cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Steel Rain.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Steel Rain cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Steel Rain.
Soar sky-high in Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX, an electrifying entry in the classic arcade shoot-‘em-up series! Customize your music, wallpapers, game mode, and more before launching into high-octane aerial action!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Steel Rain at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Steel Rain on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Steel Rain.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Steel Rain on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Steel Rain on Steam right now. Shares Action with Steel Rain.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Steel Rain on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Steel Rain.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Steel Rain on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Steel Rain.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Steel Rain on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Steel Rain on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Steel Rain.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Steel Rain on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Steel Rain.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Steel Rain.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Steel Rain.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Steel Rain.
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.).
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Steel Rain.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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More from PolarityFlow, Adrian Zingg
Other recommendable Steam games by PolarityFlow, Adrian Zingg, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Sky Mercenaries
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Steel Rain.
Another title from PolarityFlow, Adrian Zingg, the studio behind Steel Rain. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Sky Mercenaries - Fast paced action overdose with rpg elements
ARK BOX Unlimited
WHY THIS
Another title from PolarityFlow, Adrian Zingg, the studio behind Steel Rain. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
Create, share and download unlimited new Stages for this new arcade remix with integrated Stage editor!
Cyber Complex
WHY THIS
Another title from PolarityFlow, Adrian Zingg, the studio behind Steel Rain. Shares Action and Strategy with Steel Rain.
Cyber Complex is a unique mix of Action, Strategy and Arcade elements in a 60s-style Sci-Fi setting.
GINSHA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Steel Rain.
Another title from PolarityFlow, Adrian Zingg, the studio behind Steel Rain. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
GINSHA is a unique atmospheric pixelart Action Adventure Platformer with special Gravity Shield and Dash Mechanics. It combines a versatile Platformer core with RPG, Souls and Crafting Elements to an Anomaly among Metroidvania games.
Cryogear
WHY THIS
Another title from PolarityFlow, Adrian Zingg, the studio behind Steel Rain. Shares Action and Indie with Steel Rain.
CRYOGEAR is a unique Metroidvania inspired Pixel Art platformer, set in an open sci-fi world and driven by rewarded exploration. Control the reprogrammed clone G.3.4.R as he discovers the world, learns new abilities and unveils the mystery of the Emperor AI.
Frequently asked about Steel Rain
- Does Steel Rain run on Steam Deck?
- Steel Rain is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Steel Rain cost?
- Steel Rain is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Steel Rain have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Steel Rain supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Steel Rain?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Steel Rain are Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition, The Art Of Flight, Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo.
- Who developed Steel Rain?
- Steel Rain was developed by PolarityFlow, Adrian Zingg and published by PolarityFlow.
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