Games like Sora
If Sora is your kind of game, the closest matches are QP Shooting - Dangerous!!, Bullet Spell and Deathsmiles — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bleak, contemplative and hypnotic. 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 Sora: From Orange Juice comes a shoot'em'up starring the lone enhanced human, Sora. The sequel of the high-speed shoot'em'up "Suguri", with improved game system and graphics.
Players who liked Sora also play
Steam players who put hours into Sora 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.
QP Shooting - Dangerous!!
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Sora.
Top pick for Sora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
QP Shooting - Dangerous!! is a bullet hell type shoot’em’up starring the pudding-loving dog girl QP seen in 100% Orange Juice. Nothing can stand between QP and her pudding - not even difficulty options to reduce the experienced gamer to tears!
Bullet Spell
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Sora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
Dodge, weave, and coordinate your way through bullets and enemies in this magical spy-thriller! Stress-test your ability to multitask by controlling the twin sisters Aurora and Solana simultaneously, or share control with a second player to coordinate the twins' survival.
Deathsmiles
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Sora.
Third-strongest match for Sora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
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!
Assault Android Cactus+
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Sora.
Ranked #4 for Sora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
LUFTRAUSERS
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Sora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
Mushihimesama
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Sora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sora.
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.
Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom.
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Sora.
Ranked #7 for Sora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
月の都から敵が攻めてきた！ その弾幕が過去最狂難易度を誇るのは当然だろう？ ピュアーでルナティックなシューティング幻想！
Acceleration of SUGURI 2
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Sora.
Ranked #8 for Sora fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
Acceleration of SUGURI 2 is a lightning-paced duel-style shoot'em'up from Orange Juice, featuring all favorite characters from the SUGURI universe.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Sora
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
SUGURI
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sora cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
Experience the rush of battle with the fan acclaimed Bullet-Hell shooter "SUGURI". You're equipped with an automatic lock-on targeting system and a unique arsenal of hyper weapons, power shields, and more. Sure, she may look cute, but when it's time to fight, it's all business.
100% Orange Juice
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sora cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Sora.
100% Orange Juice is a digital multiplayer board game populated by developer Orange Juice's all-star cast. Characters from Flying Red Barrel, QP Shooting, Suguri and Sora come together with all-new characters to duke it out... with dice.
StarBreak
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Sora.
Reviewers of Sora cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
StarBreak is a unique skill-based action platformer MMO where you explore strange sci-fi worlds alongside dozens of other players, kill legions of dangerous aliens and fight epic boss battles.
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Sora cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Sora.
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 Sora at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sora on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sora.
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 ~44% under Sora on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
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 ~50% under Sora on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sora.
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 ~44% under Sora on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sora.
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 ~44% under Sora on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sora.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Sora on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Sora on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Sora on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sora.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sora.
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 Sora.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sora.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Sora.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sora.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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More from Orange_Juice
Other recommendable Steam games by Orange_Juice, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
100% Orange Juice
WHY THIS
Another title from Orange_Juice, the studio behind Sora. Shares Indie with Sora.
100% Orange Juice is a digital multiplayer board game populated by developer Orange Juice's all-star cast. Characters from Flying Red Barrel, QP Shooting, Suguri and Sora come together with all-new characters to duke it out... with dice.
QP Shooting - Dangerous!!
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Sora.
Another title from Orange_Juice, the studio behind Sora. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
QP Shooting - Dangerous!! is a bullet hell type shoot’em’up starring the pudding-loving dog girl QP seen in 100% Orange Juice. Nothing can stand between QP and her pudding - not even difficulty options to reduce the experienced gamer to tears!
200% Mixed Juice!
WHY THIS
Another title from Orange_Juice, the studio behind Sora. Shares Indie with Sora.
200% Mixed Juice! is the 10th Anniversary game of OrangeJuice, an old school RPG featuring a 200% mix of OrangeJuice characters.
Acceleration of SUGURI 2
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Sora.
Another title from Orange_Juice, the studio behind Sora. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
Acceleration of SUGURI 2 is a lightning-paced duel-style shoot'em'up from Orange Juice, featuring all favorite characters from the SUGURI universe.
SUGURI
WHY THIS
Another title from Orange_Juice, the studio behind Sora. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
Experience the rush of battle with the fan acclaimed Bullet-Hell shooter "SUGURI". You're equipped with an automatic lock-on targeting system and a unique arsenal of hyper weapons, power shields, and more. Sure, she may look cute, but when it's time to fight, it's all business.
Acceleration of SUGURI X-Edition HD
WHY THIS
Another title from Orange_Juice, the studio behind Sora. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
In Acceleration of SUGURI X-Edition HD (aka AoSXE HD), the "little war" continues at a breakneck pace. AoSXE HD is an enhanced version of the eagerly awaited sequel to SUGURI.
Xmas Shooting - Scramble!!
WHY THIS
Another title from Orange_Juice, the studio behind Sora. Shares Action and Indie with Sora.
Help Aru save Christmas in this humoristic, action-packed shooter set in the universe of QP Shooting - Dangerous!!
Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator
WHY THIS
Another title from Orange_Juice, the studio behind Sora. Shares Action with Sora.
Flying Red Barrel ~The Diary of a Little Aviator~ is an old-school bullet hell/STG game with multiple endings based on actions you take.
Frequently asked about Sora
- Does Sora run on Steam Deck?
- Sora 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 Sora cost?
- Sora is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sora?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sora are QP Shooting - Dangerous!!, Bullet Spell, Deathsmiles.
- Who developed Sora?
- Sora was developed by Orange_Juice and published by Fruitbat Factory.
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 Sora.
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