Games like 1936
If 1936 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gurei, Burning Sword: Death Sun and Raiders 1941 — 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 1936: A hand-drawn 2D action shooter focused on intense boss battles. Set in 1936, face legendary creatures in brutal encounters, master your shotgun, and survive to an original soundtrack featuring viola and accordion.
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Steam players who put hours into 1936 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.
Gurei
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Top pick for 1936 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with 1936.
An unforgiving game with precise combat. Fight challenging bosses in any order, acquire their unique powers, and succeed on your own terms.
Burning Sword: Death Sun
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Second-strongest match for 1936 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with 1936.
Burning Sword: Death Sun is a Wuxia hack n' slash game. Play as the great fighter, Zhāng Yì Xiàn, who seeks revenge for the death of his family at the hands of China's powerful Gāo Tiān Qí. Dive into a tale of revenge, redemption, martial arts, and intense swordplay.
ActionSteam ↗Raiders 1941
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Third-strongest match for 1936 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with 1936.
A hardcore challenging Shoot 'Em Up set during WWII - battle, shoot, bomb and weave your way accross the European Theatre.
Boss Rush: Mythology
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Ranked #4 for 1936 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with 1936.
Boss Rush: Mythology - This is an action game in which you have to fight various creatures and gods from Greek, Scandinavian, Slavic and Egyptian mythologies.
Plus Ultra: Legado
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Ranked #5 for 1936 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with 1936.
Explore a vast, colorful world in this 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania set during the Age of Discoveries. Grab your halberd and become a hero amid the storm!
FEYFAE
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Ranked #6 for 1936 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with 1936.
A whimsical horror roguelite with 2D bullet hell platforming, strange companions, and lovely things hidden in unlovely places. Descend, survive, and fight your way down a collapsed research facility to uncover the truth of what was done to your family.
Bleeding Deities
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Ranked #7 for 1936 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with 1936.
Embark on a journey through a hand-drawn world of Bleeding Deities inspired by ancient tribes and their beliefs. Unveil dark secrets, face ruthless challenges, and confront evil deities as you search for the Legendary Baktun Stone. Will you restore peace to your people?
Chort
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Ranked #8 for 1936 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with 1936.
A 2.5D dark-fantasy action - adventure where you are the monster. Slain by a witch's curse, the demon Chort claws his way back from death to hunt the girl bound to him by fate - reclaiming his lost power piece by piece. Slavic folk horror from the age when the old gods went silent.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with 1936.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with 1936.
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.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with 1936.
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.
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Frequently asked about 1936
- What games are most similar to 1936?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 1936 are Gurei, Burning Sword: Death Sun, Raiders 1941.
- Who developed 1936?
- 1936 was developed by Eonium Studios.
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 1936.
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