Games like Down Forward
If Down Forward is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gunstoppable, LeadCount and Alien Grounds — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Down Forward: A roguelike FPS where the level rewrites itself while you fight. Battle VHS-era horrors in liminal spaces that shift mid-combat. No two runs are physically the same.
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Steam players who put hours into Down Forward 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.
Gunstoppable
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Top pick for Down Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Down Forward.
A momentum-fueled Roguelite FPS where speed is damage. Dual-wield overpowered weapon combos and bend time to obliterate robot hordes and overthrow billionaire bosses!
LeadCount
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Down Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Down Forward.
Fight against thousands of enemies at a time on a wide-open map. Earn XP for every kill and level up to gain skill points for persistent permanent upgrades. Discover synergies between different weapons, upgrades, and power-ups, making each round unique.
Alien Grounds
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Down Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Down Forward.
Single-player arena shooter. Weird weapons. Relentless robots. Easy to play, hard to score. Enter the chaos, shoot the bots, and compete in the Monthly Challenge.
Hexborn
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Ranked #4 for Down Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Down Forward.
A blood-fueled roguelite FPS inspired by Doom and Vampire Survivors — but instead of one arena, fight through cursed labyrinths that reshape every run. Draft brutal perks, wield occult firepower, and survive escalating horrors with a retro shooter soul.
Blood Rush
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Ranked #5 for Down Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Down Forward.
BLOOD RUSH is a fast paced, skill based FPS, mixed with roguelites elements. Upgrade yourself, buy unique guns, drain miracles from relics and destroy anyone or anything standing on your way!
INFINITE CHUMP
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Ranked #6 for Down Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Down Forward.
INFINITE CHUMP is an ultra-fast, boomer shooter roguelite tripfest where you graft spell-casting arms to your body. Put rings on your new fingers to create spells on the fly. Inspired by 90's FPS games with a trippy twist.
Steel Judgment
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Ranked #7 for Down Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Down Forward.
Steel Judgment is an ultra-fast roguelite FPS that blends game-breaking roguelike chaos with stylish spectacle fighter combat. Wipe out hordes of enemies with ruthless efficiency while collecting powerful items to grow even stronger!
Seth
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Ranked #8 for Down Forward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Down Forward.
Become Seth, god of storms, and crush Apophis’s legions in a fast-paced roguelite FPS blending Egyptian mythology with science fiction. Fast combat, random challenges, and divine power in every run.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Down Forward.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Down Forward.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Down Forward.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Down Forward.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Down Forward.
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.).
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Down Forward.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Frequently asked about Down Forward
- What games are most similar to Down Forward?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Down Forward are Gunstoppable, LeadCount, Alien Grounds.
- Who developed Down Forward?
- Down Forward was developed by Falling Light.
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 Down Forward.
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